To Save a (bunch of) Seapony[ies]

    Fluttershy trotted down to the beach, holding a little basket in her mouth, which, at the moment held Angel Bunny.

    "Ah, the beach," she sighed, letting the breeze flow through her mane, "I'm sure we can find some good shells to decorate some of the new animal homes." She set down the basket down so Angel could jump out, and then stepped into the water. Immediately she found a conch shell and a few clams, so she picked them up and set them into the bag. Angel came back over with some shells a few minutes later, so he placed them into the basket as well.

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    Suddenly, Fluttershy saw something glittering a few feet out. She started flapping her wings until she was hovering directly above it.

    "Wow.." She gasped. Sitting only about four feet below her was a glittering pearl, and a large one at that. Fluttershy lowered herself down a little, and reached down for the pearl, but just as she was about to grab it, something that looked like a yellow hoof mixed with a fish's fin grabbed it. "Eeep!!" She squeaked as the creature jumped out of the water a few feet away away.

    "Mother of Pearl, another Pearl!" It said cheerfully, "This must be my lucky day!"

    "Who are...... OMIGOSH ARE YOU A SEAPONY?!?!" Fluttershy almost screamed. Of course, floating right in front of her was a bright yellow Seapony with a slightly darker, but still almost neon mane with curious greenish spots on it. It had two fins protruding from the sides of its body, almost like her wings, and a long, scaly tail that ended in flukes, like a whales.

    "Woah... Are you a Pegasus?" The Seapony tilted his head curiously, "I guess they're not a myth after all.... well...... there is...... but he isn't a Pegasus..... he's a Unicorn..."

     "What........what's y-your n-name?" Fluttershy asked, trying to contain herself.

     "SeaSponge  PonyPants!" He said joyfully, obviously not ashamed of that name, "So, what's YOUR name?" He asked, extending an arm that had a fin across the back of it.

     "My name's Fluttershy!" She exclaimed, shaking his hoof, "I can't believe I'm meeting a real Seapony, I mean, nopony's ever met a Seapony before! It was always speculated that they could exist, but since only very few ponies can cast a water-breathing spell, I'm assuming that, anyway... Wow! I bet Twilight could turn me into a Seapony! She turned me into a Breezie once!"

    "Wow! That sounds interesting....but, uhh... what's a Breezie?" He asked.

    "Well....uhhh....is it okay if I just call you..um..Spongey?" She asked.

    "Yeah, sure"

   "Well, Spongey, Breezies are a very delicate.......well... they're kinda like these mini-ponies."

   "Cooooool!" He said, drawing out the oo's, "I've never been another kind of thing before, but I sometimes wonder what it'd be like to be a Sea Sponge, I mean, it's in my name!" Fluttershy giggled a bit, then asked,

    "You're funny, Spongey! But, um.... can you maybe help me find some seashells? I need some to decorate some of my animal's new houses."

    "Sure! I've got the day off anyway!" He answered, before diving into the water and darting back to shore, and Fluttershy followed, muttering to herself excitedly as she flew slowly over.

     As soon as she was back at the shore, she saw Angel sitting by a pile of shells, a proud look on his face. "Wow Angel, those are some nice shells!" Fluttershy exclaimed, looking over the shells, before scooping them all up with her wings and placed them carefully into the basket, then seeing another shell and leaning down to pick it up.

    "Woah...what're you?" SeaSponge asked, looking curiously at Angel, who just glared back. Fluttershy looked up, holding a scallop shell in her mouth. She spat it out into the basket and answered,

     "Angel is my Bunny Rabbit!" She informed him, and reached over to pet Angel, who just swatted away her hoof. "Say, Spongey....why were you so close to the shore anyway?"

    "Well....I was just looking for pearls....speaking of which, do you want this back?" He pulled his hoof out of the water, still holding the pearl from before. "I found another one earlier, so you can have it if you want."

    "Wow, really!?" Fluttershy reached out and grabbed the pearl, and just stared at it for a while, "Thank you.....this is so nice!"

    "No problemo!" SeaSponge smiled, "Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, I was looking for pearls with my friend Patrick when he said that the best pearls are near the shore....for some reason. Well, at first I didn't believe him, because, well, he's not usually too bright...but waddya know, he was right, I mean I found that one. After that I'm assuming he swam off because he was freaked out by you or something. Either that or whoever is telling this story just didn't want to mention him 'till we went underwater. And that certainly can't be true."

    "Oh..ok.." Fluttershy said. "Wait a second...."

    "What are you..." SeaSponge was cut off by Fluttershy shoving her hoof in his mouth, almost knocking out his two buck teeth.

    "I think I can hear somepony coming!" Fluttershy whispered. She looked over to SeaSponge, who nodded. She removed her hoof from his mouth and leaned over to his ear, "Go back underwater. I'll see who's there, and if they're friends, I'll signal you to come out."

     "Got it." And with that, the Seapony dived back into the ocean and Fluttershy took off, flying over the sand dunes to the entrance to the beach.

    "So, we're supposed to go to a beach near Ponyville to catch criminals who escaped from Canterlot's prison?" Rainbow Dash asked as the five mares made their way across the sandy beach.

    "Well, yes, but you have to understand that.... Fluttershy?! What are you doing here? We looked all over town and couldn't find you!" Twilight looked at the Pegasus as she landed right in front of her and the other four ponies.

    "Well...I was looking for shells to decorate with, but..that doesn't really matter now!" Fluttershy shook her head and looked Twilight right in the eyes and said, "Twilight. I found something very important, and I need you...all of to see it, but you can't tell ANYPONY."

    "Alrighty then, Flutters, lead the way!" Applejack said, trotting out from behind the others.

    "Um..ok" Fluttershy said as she started to walk down to the water, everypony else following. Once they arrived, Fluttershy turned around and looked at the others with the same intensity as before, "Now, when I show you this, please don't freak out, you may scare him."

    "Him?" Rarity questioned.

    "HIM?!" Pinkie screamed, "Can we throw this HIM a party?!"

    "Um.....no, Pinkie." Fluttershy said, looking out to the ocean.

    "Why nawwwt...??" Pinkie whined.

    "We're about to see, Pinkie." Twilight looked at Fluttershy and nodded.

    "Ok..." Fluttershy inhaled deeply, "SeaSponge!!! Come on out!!!"