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Wiping the sweat from her brow her dry mouth craved the much needed water. The trip was taking much longer than she expected and she was getting very anxious. The dehydration taking over her mind making her worry that she has just been going in circles for the past hour. Her mane more deflated as she solemnly waits for her eyes to even gaze upon the sight of some land. She still held on to some hope that no matter what she would get her ship back.
She was beginning to travel in and out of consciousness, her eyelids seeming to be replaced by sandbags. Her mouth is dryer than the Sahara Desert in Zebrica, her taste buds now transformed into it's cacti. The oxygen she breathes in is no better than a dust storm. Surrounded by water she would kill to get some of it in her dying mouth, salt water would only make it worse. Her eyes closed once again as the darkness took her away.
Pinkamena's eyes opened for another time as all she saw was nothing but ocean still. However one thing was different this time, as the sun was finally beginning to set. Her insides jumped with joy as at least the night would be a little more forgiving as it should be cooler. She was wrong.
The nights on the ocean were the worst. There was only the light of the moon and the starts. Captain Pinkamena's luck only worsened as the moon was not out tonight, it hid itself from view. The Captain cursed under her breath as he forced herself to say awake. Her mane almost completely deflated now the only hope she had left was the ever hope of land. The Zebras back at Zebrica only told her that it would be a day for her to reach another island some what close by.
She had to blink several times hoping that her sanity from distinguishing hallucinations from realty was still some what present. What she saw in front of her was no mere hallucination this was the real deal. Pony Harbors, right in front of her. Well, more like a mile away but her eyes did not deceive her. She could almost taste the apple cider in her mouth as she usually drunk at the bars. Grabbing two of the ores in her hooves she sat on the center bench. Pointing away from land she began to row, and row she did. For it only took her a mere 5 minutes for her to reach the Harbors with the current working against her. Tying her ship to the peg she trotted over to stallion working at the docks.
"Halt," grunted the much bigger male.
"Who, me?" Pinkamena asked the stallion pointing to herself with her rather curly pink tail.
"You are the only one who is here," groaned the stallion. Snorting he asked, "State your business for coming to the docks and pay the fee if we deem you worthy for staying here.
"Well, I am here to get by my ship that was stolen from me. I was also on the seas for who knows how long and need a place to rest." The Captain stated huffing annoyed.
"And what ship may that be?"
"The Sugarcube Revenge."
"Pirate! Stay where you stand if you do not wish to be sent to the gallows at this very moment!" The stallion warned the already aggravated Captain.
"Look bud, I am not in the mood to be arguing just take 5 gold bits and I'll be on my way, I may throw in an extra bit if you don't tell anypony?
"I will not be bribed so easily Pinkamena Diane Pie, former owner of the Sugarcube's Revenge."
"I will not take your bits."
"Fine! Then here I will take my bits and be on my way." Pinkamena's mane deflated even more and even lost a bit of saturation. Her saturation loss was do to sugar loss and just her overall tiredness. She shoved her way around the stallion and stomped over to the ramp.
"Halt, Pirate, stop where you stand!" Lowering her head she listened for the Harbor Guard to race up the ramp after her, which he promptly did. She listened as the stallions hooves grew ever so close. Curling up her small form she used her entire body mass doubled with the force of the stallion's charge to buck him in the chest. Due to their size difference she more or less got him in foreleg. Hearing the satisfying grunt she race off once again.
Galloping through the streets she often rammed into carts or bumped into other ponies who were just mingling.
"Hey watch out!"
"Look where you're running!"
That only made her giggle. She missed the feel of the breeze in her mane and tail. She jumped over a branch that was in her way which only made her crack out laughing. The pure energy that was racing through her gave her the best moments of her entire existence. Not at all like the battle in the Timbucktu or the river race at Saddle Arabia.
"Welp, Big Mac that was the best sale we had this side of the Harbors." Said the first pony.
"Eyup," Responded the large stallion.
"Applejack we only got two bits!" Whined the little foal.
"Two bits is enough to buy us two bushels of apples, be grateful Applebloom."
"Eyup."
"That still doesn't seem like much, if we were still at our farm we had free apples at ten bits a week."
"Applebloom! Don't whine." Yelled the older pony. That ponies voice made it seem like it was a mare.
"But_!"
"Hush now or do ya' want to go and clean out the smoke pipes again." Warned Applejack.
"No ma'am." Sighed Applebloom in defeat. "Can I at least go see Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo?"
"Only after ya' did your chores." Called Applejack moving to the forge to toss around the embers. None of the ponies have yet to see the Captain hidden behind the Cider Barrels.
"Hey Applejack, can you teach me sword fighting soon, I want to be able to fight Pirates when I'm older. Like you!" Applebloom asked jumping on one of the stairs that lead to the loft area of the small shop.
"Who the hay do you think you are?" Asked the rather astonished Applejack.
"Who, me?" Answered Pinkamena, slowly moving her mouth to her cutlass.
"Yes you!" Demanded Applejack.
"Well I'm the best Captain in all of Equestria." Called Pinkamena clamping her mouth onto her cutlass and quickly swinging up. From her calculation before she shoved her head down she was rather far from the barrels to actually hit them.
"You're a Pirate!" Yelled Applejack grabbing her own cutlass from her belt at her barrel (Term for a horse/ponies waist).
The two's swords clashed together, their faces only a half a nose apart. Glaring at each other the two bounced back. Their eyes not even leaving each other for a moment both knew that a fight was brewing and brewing fast.
Author's Note
Welp here is the first part of my new story, yo can actually find this part on Wattpad. I love Pirates of the Caribbean and MLP and I just wanted to write this story after hearing She's a Pony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t38DPnkDjTM . It wasn't getting the love on Wattpad so I want to see how it will do on this site.
The sun was low in the sky as a certain orange mare woke from her slumber. She is the best Blacksmith this side of Canterlot. She believes strongly in her family and always wants to see the honest side in people. Her name is Applejack and she hates pirates.
As Applejack stood their her eyes locked on the pink pirate in front of her. A bead of sweat dripped down her muzzle as she gripped the cutlass in her teeth harder. She took a step forward feeling the iron rub against each other. Her eyes began to sting blinking sweat from them. This pink pony will be in one tough customer, but Applejack has been training for this almost her entire life. She was used to the pressure of sword fighting, her and Big Mac used to train all the time.
~~Flash Back~~
Applejack was a rather small filly, she just got her cutie mark about two months ago. She was on the ground breathing heavily, her cutlass was just a few inches away from her mouth. Sweat was pooling on her and her heart was running a marathon in her chest. Big Mac was looming in front of her his cutlass still gripped tightly in his mouth.
"Get up Applejack, or are ya done for the day?" He asked her.
"I ain't done, I just need a break."
"In battle there is no breaks Applejack."
"I know that!"
"Obviously ya don't then ya wouldn't have said that ya need a break."
"This isn't a real battle though Big Mac!"
"Well just get up and attack me!"
"I can't!" Tears began to well in the little fillies eyes. "I can't hurt ya."
"Then we are done." Big Mac began to walk away.
Applejack shakily rose on her legs, "I ain't done yet." She grabbed the cutlass off the floor. Next thing she knew she was on the floor again with a horrible ache in her side.
"That is enough Big Mac." An old shaky voice called, Granny Smith.
~~End of Flash Back~~
"You are a nasty good for nothing Pirate!" Applejack hissed through the cutlass in her mouth.
The pink pony just giggled, "Well you got the pirate part right. But I'm not good for nothing."
Applejack too a step closer to the pony they blades pushing against one another. "Ever pony who classifies themselves as pirates are all good for nothing. Pirates are greedy they steal from other ponies who have nothing. They go around and endlessly slaughter ponies lives if they don't hand over their hard earned bits." Applejacks voice got caught in her throat, and tears welled in her eyes, "They slaughter ponies that have families that they need to take care of. Ponies that promised their kids that they would come home safely." She made a hicking sound as she tried to grab air back into her lungs, "Pirates slaughtered my Ma and Pa, so if you ever think about tying to tell me that Pirates are actually good then you are dead wrong!" She pushed forward on the pink pirate causing her to slam into the wall behind her.
Applejack pushed forward thrusting her sword at the pirate that she is faced with. The pirate slipped to the side she was breathing heavily and looked pained. "Are you the daughter of Appletart and Aroma Apple?"
Applejack took a step back, and her eyes widened, "How do ya know that?"
The pink pirate smiled, "They were on my ship silly. They were a part of my crew, the Sugarcubes Revenge."
Applejack swung down on the pirate, hate covering her eyes. "You are lying, Ma and Pa were farm ponies."
The pirate took a step back and giggled, "no they joined my crew 6 years ago. We met in Tortuga, the central hub for pirates. Hate for you to face it but your Ma and Pa were pirates through and through."
"But a Pirate killed them!" Applejack snorted, she pushed forward catching her cutlass on the Captain's blue coat.
"Rivals silly, we captured the Blooms Treasure."
"The Blooms treasure?"
"Yeah. Your Ma and Pa were some of the best pirates I have ever come across and they joined my ship! They could have joined with Buckbeard but no they chose me of all ponies Captain Pinkamena Diane Pie!"
Applejack stumbled back, the cutlass falling out of her mouth and hung limp still stuck in Pinkamena's coat. "I heard about you. Ma and Pa wrote about you in a letter. They said they finally got employment, we were all so happy. I thought that you were a pony that was hiring them for farm work."
Pinkamena giggled, "No silly they were apart of my crew." Pinkamena dropped her blade on the floor and grabbed the end of Applejack's cutlass in her coat. Pulling it out she walked over and set the blade on the table by the forge. "So you know what that means?"
Applejack shook her head.
"It means you are an honorary part of my crew, you are a legacy." She walked back over to Applejack grabbing her cutlass off the floor.
"I am not a pirate. I will not join your crew." Applejack scoffed as she walked around the pirate.
"I need a crew to get back my ship, Sugarcubes Revenge, and you are the first Legacy I have run into. C'mon you are perfect, pretty please with an apple on top?"
"No. I am not a pirate and I will never join your crew. Now get the buck out of my shop." Applejack whipped her tail in front of the Captains muzzle.
"Please I need a crew and you are the best fit, your fighting skills coupled with your parents blood in your veins, you would make an Awesome pirate!"
"I told you this already I am not a pirate!"
"Fine just help me on this one thing and then I can pay you with gold." Applejack's ears perked up. Gold would help them with their shop and with their living conditions. "I know this will help you. So help me help you."
Applejack's head turned around, "let me grab some things." She walked past the pirate and said, "but make note of this pirate, I am doing this for my family not for you and your dumb ship."
By the time the sun reached high in the sky the two mares set out on their journey to retrieve the Sugarcubes revenge. Applejack knew that the journey would be long and rough but she knew that Big Mac, Applebloom, and Granny Smith could make due on their own without her, just for this short time.
Author's Note
I am extremely sorry you guys! Ugh I feel so dumb that I didn't get this posted sooner. I just lost interest in it for a while and I wanted to give up on it. But after seeing the amount of views and the amount of likes this story had it made me want to continue. I promise to try my best to update this often. Unlike My Little Apocalypse I do not write this on paper before I type it out.
"No please have mercy!" Called a male pony. "I don't want to fight with a pirate!" There was distraught lacing this ponies voice as a grunt could be heard. Cheers could also be heard.
"Shut it!" Snorted a female pony. Her voice was coarse and ragged. "You know full well why I can't give a scoundrel like you mercy!"
"I don't want to die!" The male whined his voice was stressed and even more pleading. It made the female pony sick to her stomach.
"I said shut it! You knew what you were getting into when you walked into this ring." The female pony was getting fed up with this males groveling. This is a fighting ring and he should have known that when he walked through the batwing doors. The blue female kneed the male in the barrel he grunted and fell to the floor. "Get up and fight me!"
"Spare me anymore pain!" The male whined from the floor, drool was coming out of his mouth and tears were forming in his eyes. "I just came here to get information I didn't want to fight!"
"Information on who?" The female demanded stomping her hoof down.
"I can't say!"
"Spill it or you can count yourself as good as dead." The blue female threatened.
"Red Rainbow."
"What?"
"That is who I came here to get information on. He is a pirate and he hangs out here, that was all I got. So I came here to see if I could get information on him." The male groaned.
"She."
"What?"
"She is a pirate."
"What?"
The blue Pegasus groaned, "She is a pirate." Then the Pegasus grinned. She got close to the males ear, "and she is me."
The male pony got stiff his body turned cold and his breath got caught in his throat.
"It seems that this is just not your day pal." The Pegasus lifted her head to the crowd of on lookers in the fight ring, "That is what they all call me now? Red Rainbow? Nice to know I finally get a title. Well I mean I do have blood on my hooves I can not deny that nor will I. I am proud of my reputation what more is there to say. Nice to know that those dumb Canterlotfolk are looking at me as a threat finally. Ponies have more of a reason to fear me since I don't need a measly ship to get around this town all I need is my wings." Rainbow lifted her head her rainbow mane glistened in the candlelight. She walked over to the edge of the ring and grabbed her white scarf, slipping it around her neck she then walked over to the male pony still on the floor. "Up now or forfeit." She commanded him.
"I forfeit." The male whimpered.
"What they can't hear you?!" She teased the male grinning.
"I FORFEIT!" He screamed letting his head rest back on the sand floor of the ring.
"Good." Rainbow walked out of the ring grabbing her cutlass with her, "I will be taking my bits and my leave now." She grabbed the burlap sack that held four hundred bits in it. The ponies behind her were cheering and hollering. Half of them were laughing and grabbing bet money from a pal others were rushing into the ring to help the male pony still lying on the floor.
The male wasn't moving, he was almost lifeless. A red stain grew in the sandy floor as Rainbow sauntered away she could hear the scream of a female pony. Rainbow chuckled, "Add another name to the dead list."
"Red Rainbow" Dash was her title given to her by the Nobles sitting in Canterlot Palace. It was a rather fitting name for a pony who slaughters any other pony that may be gunning for her. It is true that they could very well not be gunning for her but Rainbow has to be on top of things or she could end up in the gallows. Rainbow is one of the best solo pirates out there with a bounty of 4 million bits on her head knowing the scale out there she is probably the best solo pirate out there. There is one fact that can not be over looked and that is the that her hooves are covered in blood. As far as she counted it has been 50 ponies dead on her accord. She doesn't need any help with staying alive out here and most notably she has to move on from this town, they will be after her soon and her signature rainbow mane isn't hard to miss.
She slipped the burlap sack into her bag and began to gallop. After galloping for a bit she jumped and used her wings to pull herself up into the sky. Her next stop is Pony Harbors.
~~~~~~Time Skip~~~~~
The lights of nighttime Pony Harbors could be seen below her. Rainbow dropped off at the docks of this harbor town she dropped of two bits into the cup of the guard and the guard solemnly nodded off to her. Good no one in Pony Harbors has heard the news of a__
"PIRATE!" The Guard called.
Rainbow whipped her head around to see a rather annoying Pink Coat rushing through the docks. An orange coated pony raced after her. Rainbow snorted, her again. Rainbow galloped down to the bottom of the docks once again. She could feel the strain in her legs but she kept pushing herself forward. Rainbow stopped in front of a now startled Pinkamena Diane Pie and this new orange pony.
"Rainbow?!" Pikamena exclaimed her eyes were wide as she looked at Rainbow.
The Rainbow maned horse snorted.
"So we are still not on good terms?"
Rainbow stomped, "you killed my crew!"
"If your Captain never sailed past my ship and attempted to steal it then we wouldn't have had to attack now would we."
"Speaking of your ship where is it. I don't see it anywhere in this Dock?" Rainbow teased.
"You know just as well as I do that my ship was stolen from me by a rival crew."
"So the Captain is without her crew and her ship."
"I have Applejack so technically I do have a crew. I mean it is better then going it alone now is it?" Pinkamena asked the loner pirate.
"Easier to not have to worry when a crew member falls ill or ration out apples."
"Easier to know that you have someone watching your back when you get into battle."
Rainbow stopped. She scoffed, "so you are a Captain without a ship what is even your end goal here? Are you going to commandeer a ship with only you and this pony?"
"That is the plan unless you want to help. As I told Applejack, help me help you?"
"What could you have that I would need?"
"Adams Apple?"
Rainbow stopped. Adam's Apple of Eden was the most saught after treasure in all of Pirate world. It is known as the kings treasure for it was King Dauderhoof who forged the apple out of molten gold on the summer's solstice. Rainbow pondered for a moment then looked at Pinkamena, "So you were the Pirate who stole the Apple?"
"Nope."
Rainbow scoffed, "Then I have no buisness dealing with you."
"You are going to be the one to steal the Apple."
"What?"
"You heard me. The feat among Pirates, to steal the Apple is to be Pirate King. And you, Rainbow, are going to become the Pirate Queen, you are stealing that Apple."
Rainbow turned away from them inside she was so jumping for joy. Just like the time when Daring Do was said to post out her new adventure. Turning back she grinned.
"Deal."
Author's Note
So, here we are part three already. My my, the crew is coming together. But please my fellow bronies and pegasisters don't think too far ahead, because nothing is ever as it seems.
(I do not know the true meaning behind their names so I am judging by their titles. The titles are in "...")
The halls of the Canterlot Palace were calm at this hour. Only a few ponies roamed the halls and they were maids or work ponies. The only Noblepony that walked the hall was a snow white mare with a curly purple mane and tail. She wore a generals uniform with the Golden Star of the Seas placed on her collar. She is an upstanding citizen and even has to dress to impress. This mare was a unicorn and adorning her horn was a silver ring with a blue sapphire stuck in a bezel. On the inner part of the ring it states, "I will love you always." Every night the mare weeps in her room for her fallen husband clutching her ring to her chest.
It was two years ago. The mare and stallion were on their honeymoon in the Trinfilly Isles. The ocean was a deep blue as the two splashed around the cold waves lapping at their backs. The stallion dipped under the water and snuck behind the mare scaring her and splashing more water onto her soaked mane. The two tussled around for a while before climbing out of the cold water.
~~Time Skip~~~
The sun was setting in the sky and the two were laying together in a white drapery bed. Everything seemed calm, like a fairy tale, but nothing is ever as it seems. A cannon fire sounded from off the shore to the northern bank. Trinfilly Isles was being set in a barrage of cannon fire. The mare ran to the window in horror her mouth lay gasp as she stared at the iron balls being launched toward the place that they have called home. It was their honeymoon and this bliss like dream was being turned into a horrific nightmare. The mare raced over to her stallion shaking him awake. He jolted awake looking over to see his frazzled wife crying beside him. He tried to grab onto her shoulder but his hoof seemed to slide off. His mare grabbed the ring from his horn and galloped out of the room only grabbing her satchel from the chair. He looked over mortified that his wife would seemingly abandon him getting up from the bed he began to gallop after his snow white mare. Racing through the streets he saw ponies lay on the soil of the earth. He could smell the burning of the cottage houses the smoke in the air made him cough and wheeze.
Sunnystroke wandered the plain of the lost blinking twice he opened his eyes to find himself in Trinfilly Isles. He sighed in pain seeing ponies of all ages, shapes and colors weep over their lost kinfolk. Sunnystroke stopped abruptly as a white mare galloped passed him looking over to his left he saw another stallion racing right after the mare. Soaked in his coat was blood. All on his chest was blood, a fallen. A fallen that has yet to know that he has been violently ripped from this world. Sunnystroke stepped out in front of the confused stallion.
"Calm yourself fallen." He spoke in a calm yet assertive tone.
The stallion simply tried to run around Sunnystroke but he just stepped right in the way once again.
"Fallen I know you can see me because I can see you."
"Look buddy what the hay is your problem?" Finally he spoke.
"I have come to lead you fallen one to the home of your ancestors."
The fallen scoffed at Sunnystroke, "What are you spouting home of my ancestors?" He looked around Sunnystroke to see his wife run just out of view. "I don't have time for this she is getting away and I can't abandon my wife!"
Sunnystroke sighed once again stepping in the way of the flustered fallen, "Do you want me to put this bluntly because I sure as well will if I have to."
The fallen kept trying to maneuver his way around the orange and yellow stallion. "Get out of my way I am losing her!" The fallen rammed his head into the chest of Sunnystroke. Grunting the orange stallion stepped out of the way, "Fine but if you get heart broken you know where to find me fallen."
The fallen raced out after his snow white mare. Eyes wide he searched the docks to see if he can find their boat spotting it in the harbor he frantically looked around for his wife. His heart jumped in his throat when he saw her laying on the dirt her coat matted with dried blood. He galloped over to his wife gazing down upon her he saw her chest rise and fall in a soothing rhythm. He sighed bending his head down he attempted to nudge awake his mare. However his nose simply glided right through her body. Snorting he attempted once again but he still yielded the same results, he can't touch her. He can't wake Rarity. Hearing the clopping of hooves the fallen whipped he head around. To see that annoying stallion. "You! What did you do to me! What kind of witches curse is this!"
Sunnystroke sighed walking over to the stallion he touched his tail to the fallen's side. Leaning down Sunnystroke whispered in the ear of Rarity jolting her from her slumber. "Cobalt!" She screamed looking around all she could see was the chaos that ensued the harbor. Rising shakily to her feet she picked up speed untying her small boat from the harbor she hopped aboard and began to paddle way using her magic as aid.
"Rarity!" Cobalt, the fallen, cried out.
"Give it a rest fallen. You have already passed from this life."
Mud seemed to be trapped in Cobalt's throat. Coughing he turned shakily towards Sunnystroke. "Get one thing strait you mangy two faced rat, my name is not Fallen. It is Cobalt and I am not dead!"
"Then tell me why you could not touch your dearly beloved you tried and tried yet to no advail she did not notice your presence."
"She called out my name__"
"Because I informed her that you were here with me. I am here to take you to the river of Souls."
"The river of souls?"
"Where the souls of the dead pirates lay."
Cobalt scoffed, "I am not a pirate never was I despise the vermin, even more now that they have seemingly killed me."
"Your Uncle, Greymane, he was head deck hand to the Curie Le Blanc ship. A rather small ship, not very known but still none the less a pirate ship. Come this way Cobalt. If you do not then you will forever be tethered to this world." Cobalt began to smile. "That is not a thing to take lightly for as long as those pirates and that ship lives than you shall forever be a vengful spirit to any living thing that you will come in contact with, including your wife."
"I would never hurt Rarity." Cobalt snapped.
"Look at you know you are turning your rage to me even though I am not living you are still becoming wrathful. Leave your wife be, let her mourn, let her grieve, and come with me to the River of Souls." Cobalt gazed one last time at the sea not even seeing where his wife is anymore. The fallen turned his eyes to the sky and gave a big sigh. "Fine then let us go."
Author's Note
SOOOO I know it is not like the other chapters, this focused on Cobalt and Sunnystroke mainly but please do not worry I just wanted to inform you all on how death works here (sort of). So please look out for the next chapter, if i remember to post like a good pegasister.
The sun was low in the sky as a mare stood blocking the entrance to an alleyway. She had a sinister smirk on her muzzle and her eyes just screamed, kill, kill, kill. One step, then another, then another. She was humming a tone to herself slowly making her way through the dimly lit alley. The only light was from the fires in the houses above and the moon. You could hear her hooves clopping on the wet cobble stone that lined the streets.
In the back of the alleyway a rich noble pony was cowering against the brick wall. His clothes were torn and in some places bloody, and his mane was sopping wet and matted. His green eyes were flicking from the mare to the streets behind her. He was frozen in place stricken with fear. He knew this pony from somewhere but he couldn't place his hoof on it.
The mare whispered something inaudible and the stallion looked at her confusion covering his face. "Pardon?" He asked her seeming to gain back some of his lost composer.
Again her whisper was just that a whisper. "I still didn't catch that." The stallion said stopping his shuddering.
"Love," The last part was cut off and now the mare was just a tail length away.
"Love? Love what?" He asked looking her in the eyes. That was his one mistake, he looked right into her steel blue eyes. They pierced right through his soul and once again he was stopped dead in his tracks. He couldn't move, his body wouldn't move. It seemed as if just a flick of the eye, just one movement was enough to kill.
"Love me." She cooed at him. He began to shake once again. Now he knows just who this pony is. He began to slowly shake his head, his whole body shivering with fear.
"Love me!" She commanded him. He was having a staring contest with the Pirate Mare known as Flutter "Soulgazer" Shy; and he was losing.
"LOVE ME!" She screamed at him her spit spraying him in the face like an ocean breeze, but worse.
This only made Fluttershy more angry. She began to repeatedly yell love me while looking him dead in the eyes. The stallion was a wreck now sinking to the floor and tears cascading down his muzzle. All he could do was violently shake his head in protest. This was how they all die. All of those poor souls. Every last one. They all die by her hoof, as she is screaming love me in their face.
The mare screamed one last time and with that the stallion felt a swift pressure swipe across his neck. He began to cough and sputter, collapsing to the ground. His eyes grew wide as he pressed a hoof to his throat which now is spurting blood at an alarming rate. He coughed and gagged, choking on his own blood. A pitiful death for anypony, and it just so happened he was the pony that this was happening to. He tried to pull in air to his lungs but the only air he got was mixed with blood. Tears fell down his face as he squeezed his eyes shut. How did it happen? When did she strike him?
He was laying in a dying heap on the floor the life quickly leaving him. That was when he saw it. Two white little feet that hopped right in front of him. She was not alone, she never was. She didn't kill him, that thing did. That thing is the one that delivers the final blow. The killer.
His eyes glassed over and his body stopped moving all together. The two white little feel belonged to Angel "The Devil" Bunny. Fluttershy's right hand creature. The little thing jumped on her back and Fluttershy grabbed the mane of the stallion in her mouth and dragged his body into the nighttime streets of Canterlot. She passed by one of her Wanted posters that was hanging on the wall beside the alleyway where she struck the Noblepony. She placed a hoof on the neck of the Stallion soaking it in blood. She took her now bloodied hoof and placed it triumphantly on the sign marking she killed here, then she ripped the sign down. They then trotted with the stallion and poster in mouth to the town square. Fluttershy struggled up the stairs of the center of the square but when she did make it up she placed her Trophy on the head of the fountain. She stuck the poster with a nail Angel Bunny was carrying into the chest of the stallion marking him as another kill.
Beat that Red Rainbow. She thought triumphantly to her self as she marveled her work. The light yellow pegasus stretched her wings and took of to the sky landing on a building just a little farther away. She wanted to be there to see the faces of those stupid ponies as they saw a rich and powerful Noblepony dead and strung up like a display. She giggled at herself giving a hoofbump to Angel for his hard work.
They waited on that rooftop for what seemed like hours. Once daylight reached the sky and the first mare stepped onto the streets Fluttershy heard a bloodcurdling scream. She giggled looking down at the mare, collapsed on the ground in a heap. That mare was most likely either the wife or superspecial somepony that was betrothed to the Noblepony. Other townsponies rushed out to see what the commotion was. Many mares screamed in sheer horror while the Mayor of the Town yelled at the ponies to go and find whoever did this. In that flurry of chaos and mayhem Fluttershy and Angel both found it glorious. These ponies were terrified of her and that is what she wanted. She wanted to be the mare that was never caught. This was her town and she was in command, however, it seemed she had to move on. Canterlot is so bland they never get the joke behind the kills.
That stallion for one was rasing the taxes for no reason and he was cheating on his superspecial somepony. The mare last week was a murderer that just got away with it. The last mayor was a hoarder. Don't even get her started on the first kill. He was all of the above and worse he tortured poor innocent mares before creating heinous acts on them then killing them. She was doing this city a favor and they put the poster and bounty on her head.
She gave a huge sigh before taking to the skies on flight to Pony Harbors. Why Pony Harbors? Well it was where all the best compotition is.
It took Fluttershy over a day to fly to Pony Harbors with Angel on her back. She saw only ocean and the occasional ship that the ponies below just waved at her. Oh Sailsmen so cute yet so naive.
Once her hooves touched the docks of the Harbor she trotted down to hear a pony yell in a high pitched voice, "Rainbow!" Fluttershy slowly walked down the docks to see a pink mare with an orange earthpony mare right beside her. Then Fluttershy saw her, "Red" Rainbowdash. The one pony that she was compeating with for the most kills on her head and the highest bounty. Fluttershy trotted up to the three Angel burying himself in her pastel pink mane, Angel never really had a linking to Rainbow.
"'Red Rainbow' Dash," She said a bit of snark in her tone.
"Flutter 'Soulgazer' Shy." Rainbow spat back.
"Captain Pinkamena D. Pie!" The pink mare screamed in joy bouncing up and down.
Fluttershy gave her a glare before turning to the annoying maned Rainbow pony. "What are you even doing here?"
"I was here for another brawl but Pinkamena came along and asked me to join her crew, the rest is history." She said walking over to the pink coated captain.
"Ha, then I won't have to compete with another solo pirate. I have the highest kill list of a loner." Fluttershy giggled giving a small skip.
"You're a loner pirate too? Why don't you join my crew as well!" The Captain giggled jumping for joy. Fluttershy stared at her confusion knocking thoughts around in her head. Why would she ask me to be apart of her crew? Why would I want to be apart of her crew? Why am I even considering this? Those were few of many.
"Think of it like you can still have a friendly rivalry but in my crew. Your kill count in the crew will start over and you can out match each other there." Pinkamena suggested her curly mane bouncing as she moved.
"Why would I even consider this?" Fluttershy asked.
"Why wouldn't you? You get to be apart of a crew that will have your back, get a friendly rivalry again, and have me as a Captain!" She giggled bouncing.
"Again why would I consider this?" Flutter asked again.
The Pink Captain's mane deflated a bit and looked down, "Because I need a crew to get back my ship, and three ponies isn't enough hooves to help me." She said.
"I won't join." Flutter said walking away, "especially not with her." She flicked her tail and walked into town.
Fluttershy came across a tavern that she walked into. Two Cider's Tavern. Was it's name and Fluttershy immediately walked over to the bar. She sat down and ordered a hard cider. The bartender nodded and filled one stein up with telekenisis and handed the mare the drink. Fluttershy began to drink the cider when a Stallion walked over to her.
"What is a pirate like you doing in our humble tavern?" He asked whispering it in Fluttershy's ear. She shivered and looked behind her. "Especially with a rat like this?" Fluttershy got out of her seat and quickly turned to him. He stumbled back a bit bumping into a mare at a table. She yelled at him for a bit then Fluttershy walked over to him and got right in his face.
"Don't be a Big Meanie." She said turning and smacking him with her tail.
Walking out of the tavern Fluttershy quickly walked behind the building and into the alleyway behind. She waited, and waited for an eternity before the stallion walked out when the moon was the highest in the sky. He was obviously drunk and that was when Fluttershy tailed him. She hid in the shadows only moving when he rounded a corner. The drunken fool stumbled into an alleyway and that was when Fluttershy made her move. One step, then another, then another. She was humming a tone to herself slowly making her way through the dimly lit alley. The only light was from the fires in the houses above and the moon.
The mare whispered something inaudible and the stallion looked at her confusion covering his face.
"Love," The last part was cut off and now the mare was just a tail length away.
"Love? Love what?" He asked looking her in the eyes. That was his one mistake, he looked right into her steel blue eyes. They pierced right through his soul and once again he was stopped dead in his tracks. He couldn't move, his body wouldn't move. It seemed as if just a flick of the eye, just one movement was enough to kill.
"Love me." She cooed at him. He began to shake once again. Now he knows just who this pony is. He began to slowly shake his head, his whole body shivering with fear.
"Love me!" She commanded him. He was having a staring contest with the Pirate Mare known as Flutter "Soulgazer" Shy; and he was losing.
"LOVE ME!" She screamed at him her spit spraying him in the face like an ocean breeze, but worse.
This only made Fluttershy more angry. She began to repeatedly yell love me while looking him dead in the eyes. The stallion was now a wreck now he sunk to the floor and tears cascading down his muzzle. This was how they all die. All of those poor souls. Every last one. They all die by her hoof, as she is screaming love me in their face. He thought shaking.
The mare screamed one last time and with that the stallion felt a swift pressure swipe across his neck. He began to cough and sputter, collapsing to the ground. His eyes grew wide as he pressed a hoof to his throat which now is spurting blood at an alarming rate. He coughed and gagged, choking on his own blood. A pitiful death. He thought crying profusely. He tried to pull in air to his lungs but the only air he got was mixed with blood. Tears fell down his face as he squeezed his eyes shut. How did it happen? When did she strike me?
He was laying in a dying heap on the floor the life quickly leaving him. That was when he saw it. Two white little feet that hopped right in front of him. That rat, that bunny was The Killer.
His eyes glassed over and his body stopped moving all together. Fluttershy smirked before doing her same routine of finding a Poster, stamping it and nailing it to the poor chap as they lay dead in the square.
After placing the stallion in just the perfect way Fluttershy heard the sound of hooves behind her and she turned her head. Behind her was the same annoying Pink Coated Captain.
"That was a great kill. I didn't even know that the bunny was the one who did it." She said glancing at the stallion. "We could really use a swift killer like the two of you. You could even perfect that little trick on my ship, as we travel. Heck your charms could help us commandeer a ship in the first place."
For once Fluttershy was actually considering it. She looked at Pinkamena and nodded, "fine. I will travel with you."
Author's Note
I know I am sorry, this has been far too long. I just didn't have to drive to write this in the summer. Now I do have my drive to write this. This is my only story that is actually doing decently well and this is fun to write. I will leave one spoiler below on who is the next chapter. Highlight it if you dare! >:3
Hello all you pony folk, this spoiler here is not a joke.
Also this is the longest chapter in this book I am so happy! (I will plan to write more in each chapter.)
