A Lost Mystery

(Canterlot High School, 3rd P.O.V)

The day had finally come, the presentations for the Saurotania project were due and every student had some very creative ideas for their projects. It came from dioramas from the wrecks of the Britannic to slideshow powerpoints of the Lusitania and there had been a few Saurotania presentations, but the theories were admirable since no one knew what actually happened, but when it came time for the final presentations of the class, Dark, Oasis, and Randy stepped forward. “So what do my three favorite students have for us today?” Time Turner asked with a smile. “We have done some extensive research and we have found the true source to Saurotania’s demise.” Dark said with a confident smile. “Really? Then by all means, explain.” Time Turner replied.

“On June,12, of 1917 at approximately 2 AM, an explosion of some kind had erupted within the lower decks, Our guess was at Boiler Room 4. Ship Designer, Colin Murdoch predicted that if anymore watertight compartments were breached, it will founder the ship and since Boiler Room 4 was a sealed compartment, the water would not spread throughout the ship and thought they could limp the ship to St. Andrews.” Dark started off before allowing someone to take over. “At 2:45, due to the amount of water that was collecting in Boiler Room 4, the watertight doors ruptured and began to flood the other compartments. The other boilers were sealed shut to prevent any further explosions, but it was to no avail as the ship’s cargo hold flooded and caused the ship to list forward and towards starboard.” Oasis stated. “As the lifeboats were being launched, there was panic and chaos as some passengers tried to hijack a boat, but fell into the waters below, many of the engineers tried to keep the power on, but ultimately the power shut off and the hull split, but thanks to the reinforced steel plating, she stayed in one piece and when the bow section went under, the stern bobbed for a few moments and sank as well.” Randy said with a somewhat saddened expression on his face. “Of the 2,690 aboard, 2,125 were in the freezing North Sea and when a boat returned, the freezing waters were far colder and hypothermia set in faster, but 8 were rescued from the sea. 8 of 2,117.” Dark said as he remembered the many frozen bodies. “Among the survivors was Jonathan Glass, Dark’s grandfather. This is further evidenced by this photograph taken before Saurotania left the harbor in America.” Oasis stated as she presented the photo and passed it carefully to Time Turner. “Not only that, we also have today’s paper saying that Saurotania has finally been found in her resting place yesterday, by none other than the great-grandson of the ship’s captain while on a leisurely mini-sub dive.” Randy concluded with a smile as he placed the morning paper on the desk. The class walked up to the paper and saw the ship’s wreck for the first time.

The ship was standing upright and had a gaping hole in between her third and second funnels where the break up occurred, smaller holes where the explosions took place, the forward mast toppled over backwards, but missed the bridge and hit the seabed. The students were amazed on how well preserved the ship was and that the superstructure was mostly intact.

“Very intriguing.” Time Turner said with a stoic expression, clearly ecstatic at the news that the Saurotania has finally been found and the cause of her demise was confirmed. “To all of you who have spent time doing research, building models and dioramas, I have to say that all of you have passed my class with flying colors!” Time Turner said with a smile. “Maybe sometime I can schedule a trip to visit her grave where we can pay homage to Saurotania.” Time Turner continued earning cheers from the class. Then the bell rang for the end of the school year and the beginning of summer vacation. “Class Dismissed, see you all next year, while I have an amazing summer with a certain mailwoman.” Time Turner said as he slicked his hair back as the students grabbed their stuff to go home.

Outside in the hall the three friends waited for their fourth group member to arrive and boy did she look tired. “Well I passed, but studying for three days can really put a strain on the brain, so all I want to do is go home and rest for a bit, you’re all welcome to come over, but I don’t have much in the way of entertainment.” Minuette said apologetically as she went to locker to get the rest of her stuff. “You got any plans for the summer Randy and Oasis?” Dark asked as he looked at his friends and walked over to his girlfriend’s locker. “Not really, just gonna hang, possibly have some fun at the local amusement park, and chill. Why?” Randy replied. “Because I was wondering if you could help me and my evil side get back at Rose for ditching me for Thunderlane.” Dark replied with an evil grin forming. “Bitchin’ how we do?” Randy replied with a smirk of his own. “I have a few ideas like frame her for defacing Thunder’s car, or record a video of Thunder possibly cheating on her, or vice versa.” Dark said as he tilted his phone back and forth, but Minuette steps in after gathering her stuff and Dark thought mentally. “Why do I feel Minuette is not going to like this?” “So what are you guys talking about?” Minuette asked with a curious expression.

“Oh, well I thought of getting back at Roseluck for ditching me for Thunderlane. I know your friends with her, so if you`re not okay with me doing this, then I’ll understand, but just know she must know that consequences will follow when she crosses with Dark Obsidian’s dark side.” Dark said as he looked at Minuette with seriousness. “I know we’re friends, but she needs to learn that she can’t always lead a complication free life. So if you’re doing this, I want in plus your dark side is pretty hot.” Minuette said with a devious grin. “Glad to see we’re in an agreement, Rose should be at the field by now, and I’ll explain the plan along the way.” Dark said as he lead his friends outside to the field.

Upon reaching the field, the group saw Roseluck sitting on a bench in her tennis gear. “Ok, let me handle this.” Minuette said with a smile as she sauntered up to her friend. “Hey Rose, how was tennis?” Minuette asked waving at her friend. “Just fine, I wish Thunder would join me for a couple of rounds instead of playing baseball.” Roseluck said with a slight pout as she wiped the sweat from her brow. “I see, so uh you wouldn’t believe this, but you should’ve kept Dark because he’s a beast in the bedroom!” Minuette said with a slight coo in her voice. Roseluck’s mouth was agape from what she had just heard from her friend. “Y-You didn’t” was all she could say. “I did, and by the way, I don’t have a gag reflex, so good luck with your jock, ‘cause Dark’s all mine.” Minuette said as she patted her friend on the shoulder and went back to her friends. “I never knew you handled it so well, but how does she take this?” Dark pointed out as they looked over to see Rose’s reaction to this. They saw Roseluck fall to her knees and start to cry. “I should have fucked him when I had the chance!” Roseluck shouted as she sobbed. Just as fate would have it, Thunderlane came rushing to his girlfriend’s side to help mend her heart. “Hey, you okay dear?” Thunderlane asked. “N-no, I’m not because I’m still a virgin!” Rose whined as she sobbed into her boyfriend’s shoulder. “Hey, babe I promise, we can take care of that when we go back to my place ‘cause my parents are taking my brother on a cruise, and are leaving me in charge of the house, so no worries about being caught.” Thunderlane said as he managed to calm Roseluck down a bit, but little did they know that their ride home was going to smell awful.

But meanwhile just yards from the two, The small group of friends had their laugh and were ready to kick off their summer in the best way possible. “Ok so now all we have to do is wait for them to get a whiff of this.” Randy said as he revealed the most lethal, foul smelling concoction known to man: Liquid ASS. The others snickered at the possible outcomes as they looked at the couple heading towards Thunder’s car. Right when they opened it, it was a massacre to their noses as they were bombarded with the most foul odor emitting from the car. “Oh Jesus, what is that smell?!” Rose asked trying to hold her nose. “I don’t know! It smells like rotten eggs and overheated lotion!” Thunderlane said as he refrained from gagging. The group laughed quietly hoping not to gain their attention as Thunderlane tried to locate the source of the foul odor. “I just had her cleaned yesterday too!” Thunderlane exclaimed. “Why is this happening all because of my break-up with Dark Obsidian?!” Roseluck asked. The group then thought that this was going well, and continued to laugh silently as Thunderlane started his car and turned his a/c to full blast to combat the smell. Unfortunately it made it worse with the freezing air blowing the smell into his face causing him to try and not breathe, but it did make his eyes water a bit.

“How long does that stuff last?” Minuette asked as the car left the parking lot. “About three hours, and he lives about an hour from here, so they have to deal with that for the entire drive.” Randy said as he laughed his ass off. “This was the best start to the summer, but it’s still open for opportunities until we have to come back for the fall.” Dark stated as he began walking on the sidewalk with his friends in trail. “I hope that we travel into the past again sometime, maybe to WWII.” Oasis said. “I hope that we could meet my grandfather back when he was a young man, and possibly get to know him a bit better.” Dark said as he looked up to the sky with smile. “He’s watching over you dear, I’m sure he’s proud of the man you’ve become.” Minuette said as she pecked Dark’s cheek. “Until next time, but for now, who wants to watch movies and eat pizza at my place?” Randy asked with a smile. “Let me guess it’s Tolkien Time again?” Dark asked with a smile. “You know it, and the Battle of Five Armies Extended Edition was just released a week ago!” Randy replied with a slightly girly squeal. Rolling their eyes and laughing a little, the group followed Randy to his home and thinking about it for a while their time aboard the liner with their new fashion and financial souvenirs.