Cap´n Jack Steamwing´s diaries.by RottenbrainsChaptersCap'n Jack's Diaries, part one: A Visit to FluttershyTime to get my coat!..And hat.Day 3, Losing Sanity.Day 4, Phase Shifting?Cap'n Jack's Diaries, intro: That point where my whole life changedCap'n Jack's Diaries, part one: A Visit to FluttershyI was so lost in my thoughts that i forgot about my flying, and one wing spasmically clapped in, making me start to fall down at a fast pace..Pretty much crashing onto the ground near a pony that I knew from flightschool..One named Fluttershy, she was my other friend..She didn't recognize me at firsts.. She gasped loudly as i hit the ground, jumping back a little, then took a few steps closer again to bring out: "Oh..Uh...H-hello, s-sorry for.." and by then her voice would turn extremely low..So i said "Oi! Speak up louder would ya'!"...She didn't seem to enjoy that, letting out a loud, high pitched, "eep!"..I apologized, after which she apologized in return, saying "S-sorry...I-if i distracted you and..For b-being scared.." Anyways, she invited me for tea at her house..I accepted, i won't ever deny teatime. So, once we arrived at her house While waiting i decided to look around abit in the house, didn't find much but animal food.. When she came back with the tea we almost directly started to conversate..We had very long, interesting, conversations, sometimes she had to repeat something...And before we knew it was about night time, so i asked if i could maybe stay at her place..She gave a very low "O-ofcourse..." and showed me my bed, i smiled at her and thanked her, to then jump into it and quickly fall asleep.. End of day one. Time to get my coat!..And hat....Next Morning...Early...Six in the morning, i jumped awake at the rudely loud sounds of Rainbow's sonic rainboom.. Bah, how i hate that stunt...Well, time to get out of bed, and wobble towards the bathroom. And pack everything, you know...Not that i had much with me.. Anyways, as i arrived at the bathroom i heard sounds coming from behind the door.. so i assumed it was fluttershy and decided to get breakfast first... On my way towards the kitchen i noticed how most of the animals were still sleeping..I stopped to take a look at one of them, which was making funny noises and movements, obviously in a dream or a nightmare, i giggled a bit and walked on, shaking my head a little... So, once at the kitchen i started looking for food, didn't find anything but vegetables, no oatmeal or anything, so i just shrugged and grabbed a random vegetable, turned out being a tomato..I ofcourse did eat it afterwards.. So i sat there, trying to enjoy the tomato, when suddenly Fluttershy came in, i smiled at her and asked her why there was no oatmeal or anything alike...She said that it was because no one in her house eats it...Seems logical, she told me i'd better be going if i wanted to do something today..So i took my leave, taking everything with me i had with me, which wasn't much but a bag of money... On the way to town somepony suddenly came running out of the bushes in Evergreen forest, grabbed me by the neck and quickly pulled me into the bush he was hiding in... I had my eyes closed, and he had his hoof on my mouth so i won't produce sound... He said something about dragons.."Don't make any sound, let them pass by as soon as they're gone" I tried to say something, but it came out muffled by the cause of his hoof... After a little waiting he released my mouth...I started to yell at him: "In the name of celestia, what is this?! Who are you?! Why did you pull me into this bush?!" After which i opened my eyes and tried to look at my captor, failing at doing so, he brang out in a rather grunty voice: "As you can see m'lady, there is a group of dragon which you are not aware of, trying to catch that phoenix, and you were in the way of them. My name is Azure Flame, I pulled you to the bush to protect you, as you can see, my cutie mark has a shield on it, with flames enveloping it. It means that my duty is to protect everypony." Still wriggling around so i could see him, i brang out: "Oh, great, cutiemarks, well, y'know, i don't have one...Nor do i really care...And it's not like i can't beat up a group of young dragons!" The stallion named Azure Flame continued to resist my struggle to look at him, bringing out: "Trust me, you don't wanna face those dragons. I'd faced them before and I regretted that. They have very strong magic repellant and strong enough to block my attacks. Consider yourself lucky, if not for me, you should've been dead right now." I would keep struggling silently, during which he continued talking, saying: "And I heard you mentioned you have no cutiemark, eh blank flank? Got no special talent or whatsoever?...Oh and..sorry about that, I should let you go, but first tell me your name.." "Captain Jack Steamwing...You can call me Jackie 'cause ya' saved me...And i indeed am a blank flank, havn't found my certain special talent yet..Now..I'd really like to see the face of the stallion that "saved me".." i said in return, letting out a grunt of annoyance.. He said i could call him flame, and allowed me to see him..He seemed pretty kind, i went abit shy for being such a jerky pony and couldn't really say something.. "What's the matter? Dragon got your tongue?" in a brashfull tone, "I think we should get out of the bush now, the dragons are gone and it's really getting uncomfortable." he went on... I reacted with a simple: "M-mhm...Y-yes..Let's..Do t-that...Hehe.." He asked where i was heading, i told him i was going to Rarity, for clothes...After which he said: "Oh so you are heading to Carousel Boutique? I can guide you there. And I'm not taking no as an answer, there might be another raid will go on. And this road will be closed for the moment, so nopony gets harmed, so shall we go,Jackie?" I said sure, and asked if he wanted to know my real name, he did, and i told him "Well...It's just as real as Jackie but....Jackie is not my pony name...My pony name is Gizmo Puff...I think it's terrible.." After which i giggled.. He said: "Well that's a pretty cool name, let's stop the chit chat and let's go where you are headed at ok? It's getting dark, its very dangerous if it's night time." and looked up at the sky, i told him to go on and lead me, "Whatever you say" he said..Deep inside of me i thought about abusing that statement..But i shrugged it off and nodded, waiting for him to take off... Then he said: "Alright Gizmo, just follow me. Oh and do catch up on me, it seems I rivaled one of the best flier in the equestria. I'm just sayin' this because you might be a slowpoke. Hey now that I think about it, can you fly faster than me? Well, we let's test that out, shall we?" after which he dashes off... I, having bruised my wing quite badly by the crash earlier, couldn't accept his race invite, and yelled at him "Hey! I can't fly! I broke my friggin' wing!" after staring a second or two... "Ahw nuts, you should've said that earlier in the first place, we should go to the hospital first to check your wing!" he replied, to then slowly hover down and land near me.. I, ofcourse, rejected the offer to go to the hospital, saying i've got better stuff to do.. "The hospital won't be too far away- No, you must check that wing first..Then after that, we can go to the place where you want to go." He said... I told him that i'm scared my ship gets stolen, and he asked: "What ship?".. "Well...My airship, ofcourse.." i said.. He went on: "Anyways, enough chit chat, we shall go to the hospital, I'll guard this "ship" of yours, I'll pay the hospital bills, so don't worry about it...Show me the map where you docked your ship.."... I told him i'd make myself a mechanical wing support if he brought me to my cabin, but that i first wanted to get my coat and my hat.. He agreed on this, under the circumstance that we'll go to the hospital afterwards... I glared him in the eye and said: "Okay, okay, fine, whatever.." He told me to follow him, quickly, cause it was getting pretty late..I obeyed.. So we finally arrived at the boutique..He started: "Here we are... It's nice meeting you, hope to see you again some time..." Inside my mind a little tear dropped..So i tried to stop him... He asked what was wrong this time.. I told him: "Well, i-i thought you'd come with me to m-my ship..And we'd go to the h-hospital after i fixed this wing." After which he said "Oh y-yeah , hehe, I'm just tired and all, sorry about that", having a pretty embarrased expression on his face.. I smiled at him, as i was rather very happy that he wasn't going to leave me behind just like this...I had to get that stallion to my cabin...He told me he'd go outside and i could call when i needed him, i walked towards the counter, rang the bell and waited for Rarity to show up...So after about one minute of waiting, she finally showed up, her hair abit messy, which i heard isn't really...Usual, she gave me a strange smile and asked how she could be of service.."Oh, uh, well hello dear, what could Rarity do for a young mare like you? Hmm? Maybe a new dress? Or some fabulous boots?" I sighed, rolled my eyes and said "No, not really, i'd like buccaneer's hat, and a fitting coat...Here's about hundred coins.." "Ow, but dear, that's way too mu-" she said, at that point i shoved my hoof in her face, gave her a glare and told her to just do it "Just...Do it...Okay?" "I-i'll have them fixed b-by tomorrow, hehe..O-okay, darling?" she said.. "..Fine, i'll see you tomorrow, then.." i went on... I turned around and decided to walk outside, thinking it'd be easy to take the Azure Express to home So, once outside i said ""Rarity says she'll have it fixed tomorrow, so i'd need to come back tomorrow, i suppose.." "Alright, now let's go to this ship of yours." he said, i told him i should ride on his back 'cause my wing isn't usable right now.. I snickered and already start trying to get on his back.. "Or I can just follow you?" he objected... I thought, measured the facts, and found out he was wrong, so i said "I can't fly so that won't really work....It's an airship...It's up in the air, you see?". He sighed and said: "Oh, alright..Alright, just hop on my back. Don't do anything as soon as we take off." And that's what i did, i hopped onto his back and (asfar as that's possible with hooves) wrapped my hooves around his neck.. "Alright, ready to take off.." he said, and started to hover, my heart sank a little..."Now, can I see the map where you docked your ship?" he went on, i gulped and told him it was on a cloud near my house...And gulped again After which he asked what i was worrying about "What are you worrying about?" I went on, telling him in which direction he should go, but he persuaded his question and i told him i was scared of his speed.. He comforted me by saying he'd just go on normal speed... A little while later we arrived on the ship, it was dark outside, pitch black, even..."Alright, we are here." he started.. I said we'd better hurry and get into my cabin, he smiled at me, or so i think, it was too dark to see, and said "Alrighty" So i entered the cabin, and checked for intruders, then i let him in, after which i closed and locked the door as he asks "Ooo, pretty big cabin you have here. What do you do for living anyway?" I told him i did nothing, and that i didn't need any work because of my father's adventures that brought treasures of human origin, and the money he made with selling a few of his lesser inventions.. "Treasures?" he asked.. "Treasures, aye...He travelled the world with this old ship...He even met humans...Whom gave him treasures.." i went on, and gave him a little grin, after which he complained about humans being only mythical.. I told him i saw them, i've been there i said.. He asked for proof...So i went and showed him the human "treasures", opening the human made chest's lock is pretty hard for us ponies, for the lack of hands, except for unicorns, atleast... "Having a hard time opening that chest? Don't you have any keys for it?" he asked..As the chest clicked open i started talking, answering both his questions "Ah! Open!...And aye..It's made by humans..and it's a keyless lock, i could've equipped my hands but..That hurts quite much, i don't want you to see me in such pain, not now atleast, nor do i want such pain at night..The lock works by simply turning this wheel around properly.." He nodded and simply said "A'right...." So, i opened the chest, yawning loudly,..And said it was time to sleep just on the same moment he said it "this "human" thing makes me sleepy, I'll sleep in the clouds, G'night..Hope to meet you again sometime.." and started to chog off..I stopped him, and told him that i'd feel lonely if he left, he decided to just stay here..And i chocked towards my bed and lied town, already closing my weary eyes.. "Alright, Ill be sleeping at the couch if you don't mind...G'night" he said..I already was sleeping, didn't bring out much, but i did say that i didn't mind...And i fell asleep completely.. End of day two. Day 3, Losing Sanity.Third day of captainship Dear diary, this is my third day in my life as captain, still havn't got a crew, nor my hat or my coat, but those are being made, and crew I will most likely meet.. So, I woke up this morning, stretching my hooves, i looked at Azure on the couch, and felt like i smiled, but as i looked in the mirror I found out I had that unpleasant, sad expression on my face i've been having ever since my father died, anyway.. As I said, I looked at Azure, and I noticed he was still sleeping...I decided to leave him asleep for a little longer, and walked towards my mechanical arms, stood under it and gave the button a push, the large thing would decend down upon me and connects with the nerves in my wings, which is...A rather painful experience, making me scream in pain..At which Azure woke up and said with an annoyed, cranky, voice: "Aggh...What was that..?" I blinked and looked at him, saying: "O-oh..Ngg...H-hello...That was..Agg..M-me..", groaning in afterpain..He gave me a rather..Confused look, i tried to smile while saying "Hands.." but most likely failed, he asked what it does... And i simply explained: "It allows m-me to do things i...Ngg..Can't do with hooves...Humans are..Born with hands..".. He looked at them in disgust, obviously not really liking the looks of it.."Well it's pretty weird, anyways, It's like 5 in the morning, I better go to sleep, take care next time ok?" he said...I gave him my glare for that, "Sleep? Now? are you crazy?" i asked him, Azure yawned loudly, "I need my sleep to recover my strength, I'll be guarding the road where you've been almost caught by those dragons." he brought out.."Even though it's closed for the moment, It's my duty to protect." he continued, and yawned again, then instantly dropped to sleep.. "S-so you don't want to be part of my c-crew?" i asked him, but he didn't hear me, i grunted and went outside, to my house, opened the door and walked upstairs towards the workshop...On my way there i encountered the piano...And i played a little tune, singing abit, for my dead father...Nopony of my age should be all alone like this..No father, no mother, no brother no sister...Nopony of my age should have to see their father die.. A few hours later I was still playing, silly me..."Gizmo, is that you?" i heard..Seemingly i woke Azure up, i didn't respond and kept playing.."Gizmo, you alright?..I'm sorry to interrupt, I'll just leave you alone.." That's where I closed the piano with a bang, and told him to stay.."What's wrong Gizmo?..Is something wrong?" he asked.. So I walked towards him and hugged him tightly.."What's bothering you? Now if you need any help just tell me." he asked on.. I tightened my grip and said "P-please..Just...H-hug me...I-i'll tell you..W-when i'm done crying..." he seemed embarrassed.at the situation, but still hugged me back...Which cheered me up a little, i was done crying in about a minute... "Alright, can you now please tell me the problem? We don't wanna get stuck on each other for a week" he said, and i followed with an explanation:"N-now...What's wrong is....I'm just s-sixteen..-sniff-..You see?..And i saw my father die..N-nopony should have to live like that..." He looked abit shocked, and said that he didn't see that coming, "S-sorry to hear...Wasn't really expecting it.." he said... Then i suddenly remember hearing him saying "We don't wanna get stuck on each other for a week" I didn't completely understand, and asked him "A-and what do you mean, not sticking for a week?...W-we're friends, right?" "Well, you can say that, but I need to do my job, I work for a living. I gotta ... go at 8 in the mornin'. Oh and by sticking with you, I don't really don't mind if you do, but what I meant is the "hugging" part, it felt an hour have passed. Sorry to hear your loss...." he said..I didn't really care, and went upstairs.. After a few hours of hard labor with metal, bolts, and pressure pistons, i was finished, in the progress i cut myself, though, i had a nasty cut, at first i didn't notice, but then i went downstairs to equip the wing strengthener, and when i was finished i looked in the mirror to see what it looked like when equipped, i liked it, but then i noticed the blood..I saw the blood, and all went black...So i don't exactly remember... Later i woke up in a dark ally in Canterlot, holding my weapons in my mechanical hands, dripping with blood, a dead stallion lying at my feet, three others, all of them unicorns, using their magic to swing around a few bats...I gulped as they started to walk closer, one of them grabbed me with his magic while the other three started to beat me up, not in a way that would kill me, just breaking my bones instead... After about ten minutes of hitting me they spat on me and walked away, dropping their bats on the ground near me... After lying there for what seemed hours, but turned out to be minutes, i saw a silhouette in the sunlight at the end of the alley, i groaned at it, begged for help... "Nhg...S-sir..H-help me...P-please.." He was whistling, but then he noticed me, i groaned more, "n the name of Celestia.... What happened to you miss?!" and rushed over to my side, well, he sure was the strangest stallion i've ever seen...I brought out the words 'Insanity' and 'Thugs'.. "Crap, I- uh, we will go to the hospital as fast as possible" he said, and cast some sort of spell.. Out of a sudden, we were in the hospital, and he..Changed form, it seemed...Medics came running by and nodded at the colt, then carried me away to a hospital bed..The strange stallion coming along..Well, didn't really look strange anymore in this form, but it obviously wasn't his real form...I fainted.. An hour or two later, i woke up again, blinking..."W-whoa...Where am i..." i said.. "Stay still, even though the wound is not very critical on your condition, if you keep on moving, the wound might open up.." he told me, looking rather concerned, i didn't listen, though..."B-but i'll have to lay here..F-for weeks..I don't have t-the time..." I resistantly said, he continued to persuade his thought that i had to rest "Please, rest.." he said, looking even more concerned... I sat up, barely even groaning... Suddenly, something really, really weird happened, some kind of..Portal..Appeared and a mare stepped out of it.."Am.. I Interrupting something here.....?" he said, i just stared and blinked... "S-sort of..Ngg.." i said, as i inspected my wounds, didn't seem really much to be worried about, to me... Suddenly, the other colt said "Alright, I'll leave you guys for the moment, Ill pay the hospital bills, so don't worry...Take care.." I thought by myself Not this again.. and told him to wait, he did, and said "Yes?" i smiled at him for asfar as i could, and asked him to get my stuff.."Could you...Get me my stuff..From my house? I'll mark it if you've got a map.." "I can use my magic to make my own projected map. Tell me where it is headed. The name's Cloud Howler" he told me, i nodded and told him my name too..."Nggg..G-gizmo Puff, pleasure t-to meet you..." "Please take care next time Gizmo...and you, are you close friends with Gizmo?" Cloud said, while looking at the rather random mare that poofed into here out of completely nowhere.."Oh me. I am Phase...Phase Shift.." She said "Alright Phase, are you close friends with Gizmo?" Cloud went on, Phase objected with a simple "No..", at the same time i said "I don't even know where in Celestia's name this person came from.." "My portal lead me here.." said Phase.. "Portal?..Alright, who in tarnation are you anyway, Phase?" Cloud asked in return... "Dimensional Traveller." Phase said, she seemed rather straight to the point.."D-dimensional traveller?...." Cloud asked, abit confused about what exactly that might be, or scared, i actually don't know. "Anyways, Phase, can you stay with her for ahwile?" he went on.. "Cloud..Ngg..I still havn't told you where my house is..Nh...Nor have i given you my keys...S-so..Put up that holo map of yours.." i said, looking at Cloud, more like, inspecting his strange form.. "Alright" He said, at the same time as Phase would say she'd be watching me.."Ok, I'll go out for ahwile and I'll get your stuffs." Cloud responded afterwards, grabbed my keys from my coat and started to cast a teleportation spell...He was gone in a matter of seconds... I blinked, rolled my eyes and sighed, saying "W-what's it with men and carelessly dissapearing?.." Phase just kept silent...I rolled my eyes again.."Jeesh, you're not..Nggh..Very talkative either, are you?" i asked him... He simply said "Not much..." I tried to start a conversation, starting off with "Sooo...What do you do for a living?" "Travelling dimensions.." he said, and so, we started a conversation...And i'm not gonna write down the entire thing in complete detail, finder, plunderer or whatever you are, i can say that i mentioned my human hands.. A little while later Cloud returned...Somehow he felt like not teleporting into the room and knocked on the door...With my Stuff, i asked if they could help me build a few things, Phase started right away, conjuring a magical table to work on, and doing what i asked of him...Cloud, however, just stood there, staring, compassion and worriedness on his face, then he asked "Um..Is this thing safe?" "Sure it is..Just don't touch Dark Matter or POOF, it's gone.." Phase said as he finished the strengtheners "There we go.." "Don't worry Cloud, it's as safe as jumping off the highest tower in Canterlot and suddenly span your wings on the last moment!" i said, and started to laugh loudly, once done i'd be breathing heavily and smiled at Cloud and Phase..After a little conversation about wings i asked "Mhhr..Cloud, if you don't mind me asking, but what are you, exactly?..You don't really look like a normal pony..." "You surely look out of this world.." Phase said. Cloud said it was a long story, but me and Phase figured he must be part unicorn part dragon..Which seemed true... So, abit later, after some talking, we started to put on the strengtheners...It was rather painful, luckily i got to hold onto Cloud..I burried my nose into his mane as a tear ran down my cheek, before i let go i pecked him in the neck, though i bet he didn't notice it..once we were done i´d be panting and sighing...After having some more chat, and deciding that Cloud would come to stay with me for a week, I said goodbye and flew off to Rarity, on the way there i could barely keep my goddamn mind off the strange dragon-unicorn...Celestia damnit, what was wrong with me... After a while i arrived in Ponyville, Rarity's place to be exact...I opened the door and smiled at Rarity, though i am sure i looked hurried, i wanted to get home soon, and, after all, I really wanted to see Cloud. So i took my pouch in my mouth and gave her about fifty bits, she said i was overpaying.."But dear, that's way too much! You really don't have t-" i pushed my hoof onto her mouth and glared at her, "Jus'...Just f'cking do it...Hmmkay Rarity?..Please? I just want to go home.." i said.. "O-okay darling..I'll g-go get your hat.." she said back, and went to the back of her shop, the storage, and came back with a hat and my coat... I smiled at her and nodded as she said "Here you go...Now go do whatever it is you so badly need to do, dear.." "I'm sorry, Rarity, but there's someone waiting for me at my place, a stallion i really want to speak with...So...Maybe, just maybe, i'll come by for tea some day..Goodbye! Have a nice day!", put the coat and hat on, and flew off as fast as i could...On the way home i kept losing my concentration, i crashed into two trees... A little while later i arrived at my ship, i rammed into my cabin yelling "FUCK YOU, CLOUD!" He looked at me rather lazily and said "Oh what the fuck did I do now?" I had scratches all over my body and my eye was twitching.."I nearly died twice! I couldn't concentrate! At all! And it's all your fault!" i yelled at him. He looked rather puzzled.."Hmm..Okay, then, what does this have to do with me, though?" he said... After whichI jumped towards him and pinned him against the back of the couch.. Cloud managed to still look puzzled and said "Are you okay?" I glared him in the eyes...But then my emotions softened and I started to blush and let go of him, to strot off towards a corner and lie down there, looking at the wall.."Let me help you.." he said, and dragged me to my bedroom.. He told me to rest...I decided to confess "True but...I just want to say that well...I couldn't concentrate because of you, i couldn't think about anything else..." and blushed again, then i ran into a wall and let out a high pitched yelp. "Well..we just met few days ago.. let's not go this fa- Gizmo!?" he said, looking pretty worried, and walked over to me to help me up...He sighed and said "Look, just..Please, just rest, I know it's hard, in your condition, but...Just rest, please?" "Fine.." i said, "Could you help take off my new hat and coat?..It hurts to move..", he nodded and started to use his magic to help me out of my new clothing...After which i dragged myself into my bed and he tucked me in, i slowly fell asleep, trying not to move... END OF DAY THREE Day 4, Phase Shifting?Day four of Captainship Dear Diary, i slept very well today, i woke up with loud yawning i've been told... "Hey, what's up?" were the first words i heard..I looked at Cloud and noticed he was cooking Breakfast.. "Alright, breakfast's ready!..Oh and, good mornin'!" he said, "Let's eat our breakfast alright? Sandwhich and Hay , Sandwhich and Eggs.." I nodded and slowly fell out of bed and rolled back onto my hooves, then i smiled at him and walked towards the table, sat down and started digesting the meal.."I havn't eaten anything in days..So thanks, again..." i said.. He smiled and nodded at me, looked around abit, then said "No problem.." "Sorry about yesterday...It's true though, and it makes sence, i mean, you saved my celestiadamned life, and now you cooked breakfast for me.." i went on, blushing again, and finishing my meal..I asked what he'd like to do, he said he should meet up with Phase..At that point, ironically, Phase knocked on the door.. "Uh..Hello?" Phase said, I decided to open up for her, "Phase, you random bastard" Cloud said, laughing loudly, "Took me a while okay..? Friends from the other dimension invading the rainbow factory.." Phase said.. I walked towards the wall and settled down, sighing, to then smile and look at the two friends as Phase asked what he missed, "Not much.." Cloud said...Not much I thought..Not much?..And i glared a little inside..So i said "Well..You did miss something yesterday buuut...That's for the best to have missed that.." "Then i wont ask what happened..." Phase said, looking slightly worried I said "Gee...Those trees sure are painful.." as i inspected my wounds,.. "Is there something wrong with the strengtheners?" he asked.. I told him i just got distracted and crashed into two trees, after which he asked by what i was distracted, i blushed brighter and looked at Cloud in a questioning manner.. "Sure.." Cloud said, cloud SAID i thought... "Why would Cloud distract you..?" Phase asked.. "I..Kinda l-like him.." i said, blushing again, then i sighed and decided to walk outside "I'm..Going away for a little.." I said.. I could hear Cloud lose his words before i took off..Then everything went silent and I embraced the air and the speed... So..I was already pretty far away, and suddenly one of my wing strengtheners flew off, i started to descend rather fast, i screamed loudly, as i hit the ground i could hear a dragon roaring..The last thing i recall is a blue flash taking me up into the air, after that i went unconscious.. I woke up at the sounds of Cloud and Azure nagging..And at the feeling that there was something stuck in my throat, a bolt of my strengtheners it seems...Before we teleported i could make up it was about how Azure knew where i lived.. So, we teleported towards my ship cabin.."A-azure..Cloud?...Azure, what in the name of Celestia are you doing..Nhg..H-here...?" i asked, right away..Groaning in pain.. "I was roaming around Cloudsdale and then i heard your screaming.." Azure said..Then Cloud and Azure went on arguing, or more, Cloud went on interrogating...Is he jaleous? I thought.. Phase tried to stop them..I told her to help me and leave them to it, she nodded in agreement and said "Gizmo, listen up, i'll move you into another room so i can work on whats wrong..This might hurt a little.." as she lifted me up with her magic and carried me to my sleeping chambers...Which..hurt pretty much..I told her to lock the doors, and that she'd make a good apprentice, she locked them but said that she's got other stuff to do, in other dimensions...I told her to look for my schematics book, and did some yelling towards Cloud and Azure..I told them to get me some food.. "Oh, well, excuse me, 'princess'.." Cloud complained.. After some searching, Phase found the book and held it up "Is this it?" she asked..I nodded at her, she started to search, though i knew exactly what page to look at and simply said "Page thirty four"..She sat down at the table, nodding and opening the book, and started to craft right away.. After a while of crafting, Phase walked towards me and said "Well, let's put these on now, shall we?" she said, looking at my torn and broken wings, then she let them float in place and they started to dig into my skin with their sharp, very thin, drills..I tried as hard as i could to keep myself sane, though i warned Phase that she should lock me up inside, she didn't listen, saying they'd impale me otherwise, i let her stay.. Cloud knocked on the door at that point, saying something about food, i was near to lose my sanity, but as i heard my voice it all cleared up, i couldn't let go, he might get killed, and Azure and Phase too...Celestiadamnit.. I thought...And succeeded..I hugged Phase in a rather spastic way, then she told me to rest.."And eat, too, let Cloud come in..With the food..And be sure to keep Azure out." i said. She walked towards the door and opened it up.."Cloud? come in.." I said, upon which Cloud entered the room, the food being carried in the air by a simple levitation spell.. "Hey Gizmo, Azure's sleepin' in the couch, you alright?" he asked me, i nodded and smiled at him, and he went on "And here's the food you asked.." I asked him what it was with the arguing, and who Azure was to me, then i asked if he'd mind a hug, "I don't really mind..After this, you should eat.." he said, then he hugged me, and I, ofcourse, hugged back, rather tight...After I let go, cloud said he's going outside, I didnt really notice how I kept staring at him as he walked away, after about thirty seconds I did, though, and shaked my head, I started to blush slightly as i turned around towards my food...I told Phase she could go too.. "I'll be back to check on you tomorrow, okay Gizmo?" she said, i nodded and crawled into my bed, and told her to watch Cloud and Azure, and lock the door, but she could let either of them in seperately, too..I stayed awake for a little to listen to Cloud and Phase's conversation.. "Sorry, i'm just concerned about Gizmo...I still don't trust Azure, so if you see him do something strange then uh..Please tell me.." I heard Cloud say.. I snickered a little..Concerned about me? I thought.. "I Dont see whats wrong with Azure..." Phase said..Cloud simply said he doesn't trust Azure yet.. "He's just jaleous!' i yelled, and started to laugh loudly, after which Cloud stressfully yelled back "Gizmo!, Go back to sleep will ya?!" I dropped out of bed there, and kind of stopped following what happened, after i recovered from laughing, i heard Cloud worriedly asking if i was okay, i told him i was fine, heard Phase was leaving and told him to give Azure and Cloud the key, and lost it again, somehow managing to fall asleep in my laughing... END OF DAY FOUR Cap'n Jack's Diaries, intro: That point where my whole life changedDear Diary, today is the day i will receive my ship, it belonged to my father, the man who made it, he died recently, so i´m getting his ship...So..Uh..Yeah.. From now on, i am Cap´n Jack Steamwing!..I think? So I rushed out of bed and downed my breakfast this morning, to race off to the edge of Cloudsdale to see my ship puffing there, in the air, nearly every pony in town was there, not having seen much flying ships before...So, i walk towards my ship, and i notice it's actually...Pretty huge...No way i'll be able to drive that all by myself, i figured i needed a crew, and after a glimpse on myself, i figured i needed some captain's clothes...So i was making ready for a take off, already flapping my wings, but then Rainbow Dash stopped me, i knew her from Flight School...She's two years older..But still was one of my few friends back in flight school..Never thought i'd meet her personally again.. Anyways, back to the point, so Rainbow Dash was hysterically pointing at my ship while holding me pinned to the ground, so i gave her an angry look and said "Rainbow, could you please let me go? Pretty please? I need some new clothes, and a crew for my ship.." i noticed Rainbow stopped the pointing and burst out in laughter, bringing out: "You? A captain?! No way! You're more of a swabbey!" each word cut off by her loud, rude, laughing...So i took together all my strength and pushed her off, which wasn't too hard as she almost let go by herself because of the laughing, i gave her a look with my right eye, and shrugged it off, leaving her rolling on the ground in laughter, i took off to Ponyville.. On the way there i thought about Rainbow's laughing, and about what she said, she was right, i had to change my attitude...I will no longer be a common Fillie! I shall be captain, an air captain! No, even better, an air pirate captain I thought by myself, on this day, my entire life changed, or so i thought..
Cap'n Jack's Diaries, part one: A Visit to FluttershyI was so lost in my thoughts that i forgot about my flying, and one wing spasmically clapped in, making me start to fall down at a fast pace..Pretty much crashing onto the ground near a pony that I knew from flightschool..One named Fluttershy, she was my other friend..She didn't recognize me at firsts.. She gasped loudly as i hit the ground, jumping back a little, then took a few steps closer again to bring out: "Oh..Uh...H-hello, s-sorry for.." and by then her voice would turn extremely low..So i said "Oi! Speak up louder would ya'!"...She didn't seem to enjoy that, letting out a loud, high pitched, "eep!"..I apologized, after which she apologized in return, saying "S-sorry...I-if i distracted you and..For b-being scared.." Anyways, she invited me for tea at her house..I accepted, i won't ever deny teatime. So, once we arrived at her house While waiting i decided to look around abit in the house, didn't find much but animal food.. When she came back with the tea we almost directly started to conversate..We had very long, interesting, conversations, sometimes she had to repeat something...And before we knew it was about night time, so i asked if i could maybe stay at her place..She gave a very low "O-ofcourse..." and showed me my bed, i smiled at her and thanked her, to then jump into it and quickly fall asleep.. End of day one.
Time to get my coat!..And hat....Next Morning...Early...Six in the morning, i jumped awake at the rudely loud sounds of Rainbow's sonic rainboom.. Bah, how i hate that stunt...Well, time to get out of bed, and wobble towards the bathroom. And pack everything, you know...Not that i had much with me.. Anyways, as i arrived at the bathroom i heard sounds coming from behind the door.. so i assumed it was fluttershy and decided to get breakfast first... On my way towards the kitchen i noticed how most of the animals were still sleeping..I stopped to take a look at one of them, which was making funny noises and movements, obviously in a dream or a nightmare, i giggled a bit and walked on, shaking my head a little... So, once at the kitchen i started looking for food, didn't find anything but vegetables, no oatmeal or anything, so i just shrugged and grabbed a random vegetable, turned out being a tomato..I ofcourse did eat it afterwards.. So i sat there, trying to enjoy the tomato, when suddenly Fluttershy came in, i smiled at her and asked her why there was no oatmeal or anything alike...She said that it was because no one in her house eats it...Seems logical, she told me i'd better be going if i wanted to do something today..So i took my leave, taking everything with me i had with me, which wasn't much but a bag of money... On the way to town somepony suddenly came running out of the bushes in Evergreen forest, grabbed me by the neck and quickly pulled me into the bush he was hiding in... I had my eyes closed, and he had his hoof on my mouth so i won't produce sound... He said something about dragons.."Don't make any sound, let them pass by as soon as they're gone" I tried to say something, but it came out muffled by the cause of his hoof... After a little waiting he released my mouth...I started to yell at him: "In the name of celestia, what is this?! Who are you?! Why did you pull me into this bush?!" After which i opened my eyes and tried to look at my captor, failing at doing so, he brang out in a rather grunty voice: "As you can see m'lady, there is a group of dragon which you are not aware of, trying to catch that phoenix, and you were in the way of them. My name is Azure Flame, I pulled you to the bush to protect you, as you can see, my cutie mark has a shield on it, with flames enveloping it. It means that my duty is to protect everypony." Still wriggling around so i could see him, i brang out: "Oh, great, cutiemarks, well, y'know, i don't have one...Nor do i really care...And it's not like i can't beat up a group of young dragons!" The stallion named Azure Flame continued to resist my struggle to look at him, bringing out: "Trust me, you don't wanna face those dragons. I'd faced them before and I regretted that. They have very strong magic repellant and strong enough to block my attacks. Consider yourself lucky, if not for me, you should've been dead right now." I would keep struggling silently, during which he continued talking, saying: "And I heard you mentioned you have no cutiemark, eh blank flank? Got no special talent or whatsoever?...Oh and..sorry about that, I should let you go, but first tell me your name.." "Captain Jack Steamwing...You can call me Jackie 'cause ya' saved me...And i indeed am a blank flank, havn't found my certain special talent yet..Now..I'd really like to see the face of the stallion that "saved me".." i said in return, letting out a grunt of annoyance.. He said i could call him flame, and allowed me to see him..He seemed pretty kind, i went abit shy for being such a jerky pony and couldn't really say something.. "What's the matter? Dragon got your tongue?" in a brashfull tone, "I think we should get out of the bush now, the dragons are gone and it's really getting uncomfortable." he went on... I reacted with a simple: "M-mhm...Y-yes..Let's..Do t-that...Hehe.." He asked where i was heading, i told him i was going to Rarity, for clothes...After which he said: "Oh so you are heading to Carousel Boutique? I can guide you there. And I'm not taking no as an answer, there might be another raid will go on. And this road will be closed for the moment, so nopony gets harmed, so shall we go,Jackie?" I said sure, and asked if he wanted to know my real name, he did, and i told him "Well...It's just as real as Jackie but....Jackie is not my pony name...My pony name is Gizmo Puff...I think it's terrible.." After which i giggled.. He said: "Well that's a pretty cool name, let's stop the chit chat and let's go where you are headed at ok? It's getting dark, its very dangerous if it's night time." and looked up at the sky, i told him to go on and lead me, "Whatever you say" he said..Deep inside of me i thought about abusing that statement..But i shrugged it off and nodded, waiting for him to take off... Then he said: "Alright Gizmo, just follow me. Oh and do catch up on me, it seems I rivaled one of the best flier in the equestria. I'm just sayin' this because you might be a slowpoke. Hey now that I think about it, can you fly faster than me? Well, we let's test that out, shall we?" after which he dashes off... I, having bruised my wing quite badly by the crash earlier, couldn't accept his race invite, and yelled at him "Hey! I can't fly! I broke my friggin' wing!" after staring a second or two... "Ahw nuts, you should've said that earlier in the first place, we should go to the hospital first to check your wing!" he replied, to then slowly hover down and land near me.. I, ofcourse, rejected the offer to go to the hospital, saying i've got better stuff to do.. "The hospital won't be too far away- No, you must check that wing first..Then after that, we can go to the place where you want to go." He said... I told him that i'm scared my ship gets stolen, and he asked: "What ship?".. "Well...My airship, ofcourse.." i said.. He went on: "Anyways, enough chit chat, we shall go to the hospital, I'll guard this "ship" of yours, I'll pay the hospital bills, so don't worry about it...Show me the map where you docked your ship.."... I told him i'd make myself a mechanical wing support if he brought me to my cabin, but that i first wanted to get my coat and my hat.. He agreed on this, under the circumstance that we'll go to the hospital afterwards... I glared him in the eye and said: "Okay, okay, fine, whatever.." He told me to follow him, quickly, cause it was getting pretty late..I obeyed.. So we finally arrived at the boutique..He started: "Here we are... It's nice meeting you, hope to see you again some time..." Inside my mind a little tear dropped..So i tried to stop him... He asked what was wrong this time.. I told him: "Well, i-i thought you'd come with me to m-my ship..And we'd go to the h-hospital after i fixed this wing." After which he said "Oh y-yeah , hehe, I'm just tired and all, sorry about that", having a pretty embarrased expression on his face.. I smiled at him, as i was rather very happy that he wasn't going to leave me behind just like this...I had to get that stallion to my cabin...He told me he'd go outside and i could call when i needed him, i walked towards the counter, rang the bell and waited for Rarity to show up...So after about one minute of waiting, she finally showed up, her hair abit messy, which i heard isn't really...Usual, she gave me a strange smile and asked how she could be of service.."Oh, uh, well hello dear, what could Rarity do for a young mare like you? Hmm? Maybe a new dress? Or some fabulous boots?" I sighed, rolled my eyes and said "No, not really, i'd like buccaneer's hat, and a fitting coat...Here's about hundred coins.." "Ow, but dear, that's way too mu-" she said, at that point i shoved my hoof in her face, gave her a glare and told her to just do it "Just...Do it...Okay?" "I-i'll have them fixed b-by tomorrow, hehe..O-okay, darling?" she said.. "..Fine, i'll see you tomorrow, then.." i went on... I turned around and decided to walk outside, thinking it'd be easy to take the Azure Express to home So, once outside i said ""Rarity says she'll have it fixed tomorrow, so i'd need to come back tomorrow, i suppose.." "Alright, now let's go to this ship of yours." he said, i told him i should ride on his back 'cause my wing isn't usable right now.. I snickered and already start trying to get on his back.. "Or I can just follow you?" he objected... I thought, measured the facts, and found out he was wrong, so i said "I can't fly so that won't really work....It's an airship...It's up in the air, you see?". He sighed and said: "Oh, alright..Alright, just hop on my back. Don't do anything as soon as we take off." And that's what i did, i hopped onto his back and (asfar as that's possible with hooves) wrapped my hooves around his neck.. "Alright, ready to take off.." he said, and started to hover, my heart sank a little..."Now, can I see the map where you docked your ship?" he went on, i gulped and told him it was on a cloud near my house...And gulped again After which he asked what i was worrying about "What are you worrying about?" I went on, telling him in which direction he should go, but he persuaded his question and i told him i was scared of his speed.. He comforted me by saying he'd just go on normal speed... A little while later we arrived on the ship, it was dark outside, pitch black, even..."Alright, we are here." he started.. I said we'd better hurry and get into my cabin, he smiled at me, or so i think, it was too dark to see, and said "Alrighty" So i entered the cabin, and checked for intruders, then i let him in, after which i closed and locked the door as he asks "Ooo, pretty big cabin you have here. What do you do for living anyway?" I told him i did nothing, and that i didn't need any work because of my father's adventures that brought treasures of human origin, and the money he made with selling a few of his lesser inventions.. "Treasures?" he asked.. "Treasures, aye...He travelled the world with this old ship...He even met humans...Whom gave him treasures.." i went on, and gave him a little grin, after which he complained about humans being only mythical.. I told him i saw them, i've been there i said.. He asked for proof...So i went and showed him the human "treasures", opening the human made chest's lock is pretty hard for us ponies, for the lack of hands, except for unicorns, atleast... "Having a hard time opening that chest? Don't you have any keys for it?" he asked..As the chest clicked open i started talking, answering both his questions "Ah! Open!...And aye..It's made by humans..and it's a keyless lock, i could've equipped my hands but..That hurts quite much, i don't want you to see me in such pain, not now atleast, nor do i want such pain at night..The lock works by simply turning this wheel around properly.." He nodded and simply said "A'right...." So, i opened the chest, yawning loudly,..And said it was time to sleep just on the same moment he said it "this "human" thing makes me sleepy, I'll sleep in the clouds, G'night..Hope to meet you again sometime.." and started to chog off..I stopped him, and told him that i'd feel lonely if he left, he decided to just stay here..And i chocked towards my bed and lied town, already closing my weary eyes.. "Alright, Ill be sleeping at the couch if you don't mind...G'night" he said..I already was sleeping, didn't bring out much, but i did say that i didn't mind...And i fell asleep completely.. End of day two.
Day 3, Losing Sanity.Third day of captainship Dear diary, this is my third day in my life as captain, still havn't got a crew, nor my hat or my coat, but those are being made, and crew I will most likely meet.. So, I woke up this morning, stretching my hooves, i looked at Azure on the couch, and felt like i smiled, but as i looked in the mirror I found out I had that unpleasant, sad expression on my face i've been having ever since my father died, anyway.. As I said, I looked at Azure, and I noticed he was still sleeping...I decided to leave him asleep for a little longer, and walked towards my mechanical arms, stood under it and gave the button a push, the large thing would decend down upon me and connects with the nerves in my wings, which is...A rather painful experience, making me scream in pain..At which Azure woke up and said with an annoyed, cranky, voice: "Aggh...What was that..?" I blinked and looked at him, saying: "O-oh..Ngg...H-hello...That was..Agg..M-me..", groaning in afterpain..He gave me a rather..Confused look, i tried to smile while saying "Hands.." but most likely failed, he asked what it does... And i simply explained: "It allows m-me to do things i...Ngg..Can't do with hooves...Humans are..Born with hands..".. He looked at them in disgust, obviously not really liking the looks of it.."Well it's pretty weird, anyways, It's like 5 in the morning, I better go to sleep, take care next time ok?" he said...I gave him my glare for that, "Sleep? Now? are you crazy?" i asked him, Azure yawned loudly, "I need my sleep to recover my strength, I'll be guarding the road where you've been almost caught by those dragons." he brought out.."Even though it's closed for the moment, It's my duty to protect." he continued, and yawned again, then instantly dropped to sleep.. "S-so you don't want to be part of my c-crew?" i asked him, but he didn't hear me, i grunted and went outside, to my house, opened the door and walked upstairs towards the workshop...On my way there i encountered the piano...And i played a little tune, singing abit, for my dead father...Nopony of my age should be all alone like this..No father, no mother, no brother no sister...Nopony of my age should have to see their father die.. A few hours later I was still playing, silly me..."Gizmo, is that you?" i heard..Seemingly i woke Azure up, i didn't respond and kept playing.."Gizmo, you alright?..I'm sorry to interrupt, I'll just leave you alone.." That's where I closed the piano with a bang, and told him to stay.."What's wrong Gizmo?..Is something wrong?" he asked.. So I walked towards him and hugged him tightly.."What's bothering you? Now if you need any help just tell me." he asked on.. I tightened my grip and said "P-please..Just...H-hug me...I-i'll tell you..W-when i'm done crying..." he seemed embarrassed.at the situation, but still hugged me back...Which cheered me up a little, i was done crying in about a minute... "Alright, can you now please tell me the problem? We don't wanna get stuck on each other for a week" he said, and i followed with an explanation:"N-now...What's wrong is....I'm just s-sixteen..-sniff-..You see?..And i saw my father die..N-nopony should have to live like that..." He looked abit shocked, and said that he didn't see that coming, "S-sorry to hear...Wasn't really expecting it.." he said... Then i suddenly remember hearing him saying "We don't wanna get stuck on each other for a week" I didn't completely understand, and asked him "A-and what do you mean, not sticking for a week?...W-we're friends, right?" "Well, you can say that, but I need to do my job, I work for a living. I gotta ... go at 8 in the mornin'. Oh and by sticking with you, I don't really don't mind if you do, but what I meant is the "hugging" part, it felt an hour have passed. Sorry to hear your loss...." he said..I didn't really care, and went upstairs.. After a few hours of hard labor with metal, bolts, and pressure pistons, i was finished, in the progress i cut myself, though, i had a nasty cut, at first i didn't notice, but then i went downstairs to equip the wing strengthener, and when i was finished i looked in the mirror to see what it looked like when equipped, i liked it, but then i noticed the blood..I saw the blood, and all went black...So i don't exactly remember... Later i woke up in a dark ally in Canterlot, holding my weapons in my mechanical hands, dripping with blood, a dead stallion lying at my feet, three others, all of them unicorns, using their magic to swing around a few bats...I gulped as they started to walk closer, one of them grabbed me with his magic while the other three started to beat me up, not in a way that would kill me, just breaking my bones instead... After about ten minutes of hitting me they spat on me and walked away, dropping their bats on the ground near me... After lying there for what seemed hours, but turned out to be minutes, i saw a silhouette in the sunlight at the end of the alley, i groaned at it, begged for help... "Nhg...S-sir..H-help me...P-please.." He was whistling, but then he noticed me, i groaned more, "n the name of Celestia.... What happened to you miss?!" and rushed over to my side, well, he sure was the strangest stallion i've ever seen...I brought out the words 'Insanity' and 'Thugs'.. "Crap, I- uh, we will go to the hospital as fast as possible" he said, and cast some sort of spell.. Out of a sudden, we were in the hospital, and he..Changed form, it seemed...Medics came running by and nodded at the colt, then carried me away to a hospital bed..The strange stallion coming along..Well, didn't really look strange anymore in this form, but it obviously wasn't his real form...I fainted.. An hour or two later, i woke up again, blinking..."W-whoa...Where am i..." i said.. "Stay still, even though the wound is not very critical on your condition, if you keep on moving, the wound might open up.." he told me, looking rather concerned, i didn't listen, though..."B-but i'll have to lay here..F-for weeks..I don't have t-the time..." I resistantly said, he continued to persuade his thought that i had to rest "Please, rest.." he said, looking even more concerned... I sat up, barely even groaning... Suddenly, something really, really weird happened, some kind of..Portal..Appeared and a mare stepped out of it.."Am.. I Interrupting something here.....?" he said, i just stared and blinked... "S-sort of..Ngg.." i said, as i inspected my wounds, didn't seem really much to be worried about, to me... Suddenly, the other colt said "Alright, I'll leave you guys for the moment, Ill pay the hospital bills, so don't worry...Take care.." I thought by myself Not this again.. and told him to wait, he did, and said "Yes?" i smiled at him for asfar as i could, and asked him to get my stuff.."Could you...Get me my stuff..From my house? I'll mark it if you've got a map.." "I can use my magic to make my own projected map. Tell me where it is headed. The name's Cloud Howler" he told me, i nodded and told him my name too..."Nggg..G-gizmo Puff, pleasure t-to meet you..." "Please take care next time Gizmo...and you, are you close friends with Gizmo?" Cloud said, while looking at the rather random mare that poofed into here out of completely nowhere.."Oh me. I am Phase...Phase Shift.." She said "Alright Phase, are you close friends with Gizmo?" Cloud went on, Phase objected with a simple "No..", at the same time i said "I don't even know where in Celestia's name this person came from.." "My portal lead me here.." said Phase.. "Portal?..Alright, who in tarnation are you anyway, Phase?" Cloud asked in return... "Dimensional Traveller." Phase said, she seemed rather straight to the point.."D-dimensional traveller?...." Cloud asked, abit confused about what exactly that might be, or scared, i actually don't know. "Anyways, Phase, can you stay with her for ahwile?" he went on.. "Cloud..Ngg..I still havn't told you where my house is..Nh...Nor have i given you my keys...S-so..Put up that holo map of yours.." i said, looking at Cloud, more like, inspecting his strange form.. "Alright" He said, at the same time as Phase would say she'd be watching me.."Ok, I'll go out for ahwile and I'll get your stuffs." Cloud responded afterwards, grabbed my keys from my coat and started to cast a teleportation spell...He was gone in a matter of seconds... I blinked, rolled my eyes and sighed, saying "W-what's it with men and carelessly dissapearing?.." Phase just kept silent...I rolled my eyes again.."Jeesh, you're not..Nggh..Very talkative either, are you?" i asked him... He simply said "Not much..." I tried to start a conversation, starting off with "Sooo...What do you do for a living?" "Travelling dimensions.." he said, and so, we started a conversation...And i'm not gonna write down the entire thing in complete detail, finder, plunderer or whatever you are, i can say that i mentioned my human hands.. A little while later Cloud returned...Somehow he felt like not teleporting into the room and knocked on the door...With my Stuff, i asked if they could help me build a few things, Phase started right away, conjuring a magical table to work on, and doing what i asked of him...Cloud, however, just stood there, staring, compassion and worriedness on his face, then he asked "Um..Is this thing safe?" "Sure it is..Just don't touch Dark Matter or POOF, it's gone.." Phase said as he finished the strengtheners "There we go.." "Don't worry Cloud, it's as safe as jumping off the highest tower in Canterlot and suddenly span your wings on the last moment!" i said, and started to laugh loudly, once done i'd be breathing heavily and smiled at Cloud and Phase..After a little conversation about wings i asked "Mhhr..Cloud, if you don't mind me asking, but what are you, exactly?..You don't really look like a normal pony..." "You surely look out of this world.." Phase said. Cloud said it was a long story, but me and Phase figured he must be part unicorn part dragon..Which seemed true... So, abit later, after some talking, we started to put on the strengtheners...It was rather painful, luckily i got to hold onto Cloud..I burried my nose into his mane as a tear ran down my cheek, before i let go i pecked him in the neck, though i bet he didn't notice it..once we were done i´d be panting and sighing...After having some more chat, and deciding that Cloud would come to stay with me for a week, I said goodbye and flew off to Rarity, on the way there i could barely keep my goddamn mind off the strange dragon-unicorn...Celestia damnit, what was wrong with me... After a while i arrived in Ponyville, Rarity's place to be exact...I opened the door and smiled at Rarity, though i am sure i looked hurried, i wanted to get home soon, and, after all, I really wanted to see Cloud. So i took my pouch in my mouth and gave her about fifty bits, she said i was overpaying.."But dear, that's way too much! You really don't have t-" i pushed my hoof onto her mouth and glared at her, "Jus'...Just f'cking do it...Hmmkay Rarity?..Please? I just want to go home.." i said.. "O-okay darling..I'll g-go get your hat.." she said back, and went to the back of her shop, the storage, and came back with a hat and my coat... I smiled at her and nodded as she said "Here you go...Now go do whatever it is you so badly need to do, dear.." "I'm sorry, Rarity, but there's someone waiting for me at my place, a stallion i really want to speak with...So...Maybe, just maybe, i'll come by for tea some day..Goodbye! Have a nice day!", put the coat and hat on, and flew off as fast as i could...On the way home i kept losing my concentration, i crashed into two trees... A little while later i arrived at my ship, i rammed into my cabin yelling "FUCK YOU, CLOUD!" He looked at me rather lazily and said "Oh what the fuck did I do now?" I had scratches all over my body and my eye was twitching.."I nearly died twice! I couldn't concentrate! At all! And it's all your fault!" i yelled at him. He looked rather puzzled.."Hmm..Okay, then, what does this have to do with me, though?" he said... After whichI jumped towards him and pinned him against the back of the couch.. Cloud managed to still look puzzled and said "Are you okay?" I glared him in the eyes...But then my emotions softened and I started to blush and let go of him, to strot off towards a corner and lie down there, looking at the wall.."Let me help you.." he said, and dragged me to my bedroom.. He told me to rest...I decided to confess "True but...I just want to say that well...I couldn't concentrate because of you, i couldn't think about anything else..." and blushed again, then i ran into a wall and let out a high pitched yelp. "Well..we just met few days ago.. let's not go this fa- Gizmo!?" he said, looking pretty worried, and walked over to me to help me up...He sighed and said "Look, just..Please, just rest, I know it's hard, in your condition, but...Just rest, please?" "Fine.." i said, "Could you help take off my new hat and coat?..It hurts to move..", he nodded and started to use his magic to help me out of my new clothing...After which i dragged myself into my bed and he tucked me in, i slowly fell asleep, trying not to move... END OF DAY THREE
Day 4, Phase Shifting?Day four of Captainship Dear Diary, i slept very well today, i woke up with loud yawning i've been told... "Hey, what's up?" were the first words i heard..I looked at Cloud and noticed he was cooking Breakfast.. "Alright, breakfast's ready!..Oh and, good mornin'!" he said, "Let's eat our breakfast alright? Sandwhich and Hay , Sandwhich and Eggs.." I nodded and slowly fell out of bed and rolled back onto my hooves, then i smiled at him and walked towards the table, sat down and started digesting the meal.."I havn't eaten anything in days..So thanks, again..." i said.. He smiled and nodded at me, looked around abit, then said "No problem.." "Sorry about yesterday...It's true though, and it makes sence, i mean, you saved my celestiadamned life, and now you cooked breakfast for me.." i went on, blushing again, and finishing my meal..I asked what he'd like to do, he said he should meet up with Phase..At that point, ironically, Phase knocked on the door.. "Uh..Hello?" Phase said, I decided to open up for her, "Phase, you random bastard" Cloud said, laughing loudly, "Took me a while okay..? Friends from the other dimension invading the rainbow factory.." Phase said.. I walked towards the wall and settled down, sighing, to then smile and look at the two friends as Phase asked what he missed, "Not much.." Cloud said...Not much I thought..Not much?..And i glared a little inside..So i said "Well..You did miss something yesterday buuut...That's for the best to have missed that.." "Then i wont ask what happened..." Phase said, looking slightly worried I said "Gee...Those trees sure are painful.." as i inspected my wounds,.. "Is there something wrong with the strengtheners?" he asked.. I told him i just got distracted and crashed into two trees, after which he asked by what i was distracted, i blushed brighter and looked at Cloud in a questioning manner.. "Sure.." Cloud said, cloud SAID i thought... "Why would Cloud distract you..?" Phase asked.. "I..Kinda l-like him.." i said, blushing again, then i sighed and decided to walk outside "I'm..Going away for a little.." I said.. I could hear Cloud lose his words before i took off..Then everything went silent and I embraced the air and the speed... So..I was already pretty far away, and suddenly one of my wing strengtheners flew off, i started to descend rather fast, i screamed loudly, as i hit the ground i could hear a dragon roaring..The last thing i recall is a blue flash taking me up into the air, after that i went unconscious.. I woke up at the sounds of Cloud and Azure nagging..And at the feeling that there was something stuck in my throat, a bolt of my strengtheners it seems...Before we teleported i could make up it was about how Azure knew where i lived.. So, we teleported towards my ship cabin.."A-azure..Cloud?...Azure, what in the name of Celestia are you doing..Nhg..H-here...?" i asked, right away..Groaning in pain.. "I was roaming around Cloudsdale and then i heard your screaming.." Azure said..Then Cloud and Azure went on arguing, or more, Cloud went on interrogating...Is he jaleous? I thought.. Phase tried to stop them..I told her to help me and leave them to it, she nodded in agreement and said "Gizmo, listen up, i'll move you into another room so i can work on whats wrong..This might hurt a little.." as she lifted me up with her magic and carried me to my sleeping chambers...Which..hurt pretty much..I told her to lock the doors, and that she'd make a good apprentice, she locked them but said that she's got other stuff to do, in other dimensions...I told her to look for my schematics book, and did some yelling towards Cloud and Azure..I told them to get me some food.. "Oh, well, excuse me, 'princess'.." Cloud complained.. After some searching, Phase found the book and held it up "Is this it?" she asked..I nodded at her, she started to search, though i knew exactly what page to look at and simply said "Page thirty four"..She sat down at the table, nodding and opening the book, and started to craft right away.. After a while of crafting, Phase walked towards me and said "Well, let's put these on now, shall we?" she said, looking at my torn and broken wings, then she let them float in place and they started to dig into my skin with their sharp, very thin, drills..I tried as hard as i could to keep myself sane, though i warned Phase that she should lock me up inside, she didn't listen, saying they'd impale me otherwise, i let her stay.. Cloud knocked on the door at that point, saying something about food, i was near to lose my sanity, but as i heard my voice it all cleared up, i couldn't let go, he might get killed, and Azure and Phase too...Celestiadamnit.. I thought...And succeeded..I hugged Phase in a rather spastic way, then she told me to rest.."And eat, too, let Cloud come in..With the food..And be sure to keep Azure out." i said. She walked towards the door and opened it up.."Cloud? come in.." I said, upon which Cloud entered the room, the food being carried in the air by a simple levitation spell.. "Hey Gizmo, Azure's sleepin' in the couch, you alright?" he asked me, i nodded and smiled at him, and he went on "And here's the food you asked.." I asked him what it was with the arguing, and who Azure was to me, then i asked if he'd mind a hug, "I don't really mind..After this, you should eat.." he said, then he hugged me, and I, ofcourse, hugged back, rather tight...After I let go, cloud said he's going outside, I didnt really notice how I kept staring at him as he walked away, after about thirty seconds I did, though, and shaked my head, I started to blush slightly as i turned around towards my food...I told Phase she could go too.. "I'll be back to check on you tomorrow, okay Gizmo?" she said, i nodded and crawled into my bed, and told her to watch Cloud and Azure, and lock the door, but she could let either of them in seperately, too..I stayed awake for a little to listen to Cloud and Phase's conversation.. "Sorry, i'm just concerned about Gizmo...I still don't trust Azure, so if you see him do something strange then uh..Please tell me.." I heard Cloud say.. I snickered a little..Concerned about me? I thought.. "I Dont see whats wrong with Azure..." Phase said..Cloud simply said he doesn't trust Azure yet.. "He's just jaleous!' i yelled, and started to laugh loudly, after which Cloud stressfully yelled back "Gizmo!, Go back to sleep will ya?!" I dropped out of bed there, and kind of stopped following what happened, after i recovered from laughing, i heard Cloud worriedly asking if i was okay, i told him i was fine, heard Phase was leaving and told him to give Azure and Cloud the key, and lost it again, somehow managing to fall asleep in my laughing... END OF DAY FOUR
Cap'n Jack's Diaries, intro: That point where my whole life changedDear Diary, today is the day i will receive my ship, it belonged to my father, the man who made it, he died recently, so i´m getting his ship...So..Uh..Yeah.. From now on, i am Cap´n Jack Steamwing!..I think? So I rushed out of bed and downed my breakfast this morning, to race off to the edge of Cloudsdale to see my ship puffing there, in the air, nearly every pony in town was there, not having seen much flying ships before...So, i walk towards my ship, and i notice it's actually...Pretty huge...No way i'll be able to drive that all by myself, i figured i needed a crew, and after a glimpse on myself, i figured i needed some captain's clothes...So i was making ready for a take off, already flapping my wings, but then Rainbow Dash stopped me, i knew her from Flight School...She's two years older..But still was one of my few friends back in flight school..Never thought i'd meet her personally again.. Anyways, back to the point, so Rainbow Dash was hysterically pointing at my ship while holding me pinned to the ground, so i gave her an angry look and said "Rainbow, could you please let me go? Pretty please? I need some new clothes, and a crew for my ship.." i noticed Rainbow stopped the pointing and burst out in laughter, bringing out: "You? A captain?! No way! You're more of a swabbey!" each word cut off by her loud, rude, laughing...So i took together all my strength and pushed her off, which wasn't too hard as she almost let go by herself because of the laughing, i gave her a look with my right eye, and shrugged it off, leaving her rolling on the ground in laughter, i took off to Ponyville.. On the way there i thought about Rainbow's laughing, and about what she said, she was right, i had to change my attitude...I will no longer be a common Fillie! I shall be captain, an air captain! No, even better, an air pirate captain I thought by myself, on this day, my entire life changed, or so i thought..
