Shark Attack In Canterlot Bay

June 30th.

“Seriously? That’s a whole load of bullshit.” Rainbow Dash says as she plays her video game. She brought it over for her and Applejack to play on while they chat about the trip last month.

“Rainbow, I’m tellin’ ya. Those two sharks almost killed us. Not to mention that thirty foot one that him and I killed.

“Oh please. There’s no way a great white can grow that big, Applejack. You must’ve watched Jaws too much.” Rainbow compliments as she continues to play her game.

“Rainbow, I’m tellin’ ya. You can ask him. He seen it. He almost got killed by them sharks.”

“Oh please.” Dash says as she starts to blush a little after thinking about you. “So… You haven’t told him about me yet, have you?” She asks as she has that nervous look in her eyes.

Applejack sighs as she looks into her friend’s eyes.

“Rainbow Dash, I-”

Applejack was interrupted by a door opening. You walk in on them.

“Hey guys.” You said sitting on the bed. Twilight walks in as she stands right beside you.

“Hey ya’ll.”

“Hey Twilight.”

“Hi Rainbow Dash. Hi Applejack.” Twilight greets.

“What brings you here, Twi?” Applejack asks as she takes a sip of her soda.

“Eh, he brought me here to hang out with you guys.” She finishes as she sits down on the bed right beside you.

“So, wha’cha doing here, Rainbow Dash?” Twilight asks.

“Well… Applejack’s been telling me about that trip last month that him and Aj took.” Rainbow Dash comes in.

“Oh yeeah. Where you two almost got killed by those sharks?” Twilight asks as she looks at you. You sigh. You hate talking about the trip.

“Yeah. Except I almost became a meal for them. I’m surprised Applejack didn’t get chased by one of them.” You said as you cringe at the feeling of almost being eaten. “Remember that giant shark they had, Applejack?”

“That thirty footer? Yeah, I still remember that one. I still can’t get over on how it almost killed you.”

Twilight starts laughing hard as she heard something about a thirty foot shark.

“See? Told you. Even Twilight thinks it’s funny.” Rainbow adds in.

“A thirty foot shark? You can’t be serious! Are you saying that a whale shark attacked you?” Twilight couldn’t stop laughing so much that she thinks it really was a whale shark that almost killed both you and Aj.

Twilight finally calms down as you have a very serious, not to mention scared look on your face. Same with Applejack.

“It… Was a whale shark, right? Those sharks and other filter feeder sharks grow much bigger.” Twilight states as she sits up right.

“Nope. A great white.” Was your only response.

“Um… It can’t be.” Twilight comes in.

“Dude. I’ve watched tv before. Great whites don’t get that big. They grow up to what, twenty feet?” Dash comes in.

“No, I’m serious! This shark was thirty fucking feet! I’ve never seen a meat eating shark that big, and that terrifying in my entire life! You can ask Applejack!” You finish. When Applejack would reply.

“It’s true.”

“Oh come on!” Rainbow Dash screams. “There’s no way in living hell a great white shark can grow that big! If it did, it would’ve been a different kind of shark that probably wasn’t even discovered yet!” She gets up and walks out the door. “I’m gonna get some yogurt.”

The rest of you hanged out for a bit as silence is in the room for a little bit. As Twilight breaks the silence.

“So… What do you guys wanna do today?”

“Well, I was planning we could stop by Hay Burger and hang out.” Applejack says.

“Good idea.” You said as you look at your phone for the time.

Twelve o’ clock. It feels like several minutes since you arrived to Applejack’s this morning. Since that it’s summer vacation from school. You don’t have to worry about anything for two more months.

“Hey guys! You should come look at this!” You hear Dash from downstairs.

Reaching the bottom of the stairs you noticed Rainbow Dash’s watching the news while holding her yogurt in her hand.

“Late last night. Four people were killed as a fishing boat was attacked and sunk in Canterlot Bay. Nobody knows what caused this boat to sink and kill those four people on board. Reporters say that it could’ve been a whales tale fin that mistakenly caused the boat to sink. However, those people, and the boat were never found.” The news reporter said.

“Wow.” Was your response. “It doesn’t look like a whale to me that caused that boat to sink and killed those people.” You said as if it’s what you guessed.

“I have a feeling it’s something else than just a whale. I think I know where you’re going with it.” Applejack agrees.

Twilight steps closer to the tv. There’s no video of the boat being sunk. However, there are pictures of what the boat looked like, and the people that died on it.

“Yeah. We all could guess on what it was. But, there’s no full evidence that a whale actually did this.” Twilight said as she points at the tv.

“Yeah. Anyways, let’s see what’s on.” Said Rainbow as she sat on the couch and flips through the channels.

“Good idea.” You said as you sat beside Rainbow. She’s completely frozen as she felt your weight. You forgot that Rainbow has a crush on you. But, it didn’t really bother you.

***

The evening rolls in as you, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight are walking on the beach. You’re not in bathing suits. But, just short sleeve shirts and shorts so it doesn’t get too hot for you on the early days of July.

You also noticed you’re on the beach of the bay. But, lucky for you. The dock where you left to go to that laboratory last month is only fifteen to twenty miles away from where you’re at. Even now the acts of your last day there haunts you, like a poltergeist tormenting those in its home.

“So you’re saying that Pinkie Pie is baking some new cupcakes that she has for her new recipe?” Rainbow Dash asks.

“Yup” Applejack said in her own Big Mac words. “She’s been braggin’ ‘bout it since school ended for the summer. She was gonna throw an end of the school year party. But, it was already too late. So, in a few days. She’ll have those cupcakes ready. That’s what she told me”

“Oh yeah, the fourth of July’s in a few days.” Twilight remembers.

As the others continued to talk something at the end of the beach caught your attention. From the looks of things it had washed up on the shore, how long it had been there with the water lapping away at it you couldn’t tell.

“That’s right. She wants this party to be great. Since that she’s workin’ hard to bake them cupcakes.” Applejack says as Rainbow Dash sees you running towards that object that they don’t notice.

“What’s he doing?”

“I dunno.” Applejack replies.

You stop right in front of the object. You picked it up as you noticed it’s… A camera? Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Twilight come up behind you.

“Hey! What are you doing?” Twilight asks.

“I found this washed up. Look at it.” You said as you showed them the camera. You doubt that it still works from how long it’s been in the water. When you pressed the power button. Yup, figured so.

“Does it work?” Applejack asks.

“Just tried it. Nothing.” Was your only response. Until you opened a compartment. When there’s a small tape in there. “Hey, look.” You said as you pull out the video tape. “The tape’s still in here.”

Twilight walks up to you and you hand her the video tape. It could have water damage inside and out.

“You think you can fix it?” You asked her.

“I’ll see what I can do.” Twilight responds as she gawks at the damaged equipment. “But, from how long it’s been in the water I’m not sure if it’ll work or not. I can give it a try though. I’ll see if I can get the camera working too.”

“Alright.” Was your only response.

You all took the camera as Twilight takes a closer look at it. “This camera might need some repairs since it’s suffered water damage. If it doesn’t work. Consider it useless.”

“Alright. You are great at this mechanic stuff, Twilight. We hope you can get this worked out.” You said as you looked at the time on your phone. “Shit, better get home.” You said as you noticed the sun’s starting to set.

“Yeah, we better get home too.” Applejack says as her and Rainbow Dash go in the direction where their houses are.

“I promise. I’ll see what I can do to get this video playing!” Twilight says as she starts to walk home.

“Alright Twilight! Let us know what you got!” You said as you start to walk home.