Entry 122

A day has passed since me and the others had set sailed towards the island of Las Pegasus. We ended up sleeping in the hammock of doom until the next day; when one of the crew members came to see why nopony has seen us all morning. Once freed Twilight wanted to have a word with Trixie, Spike wanted to eat, as for me, I went on deck to overlook how the crewmembers did their daily routines.

I can see ponies coming and going everywhere, from coming out from down below deck, to climbing up and down the rope ladders. There is no specific type of race for the members on board here. There are ponies with or without wings/horns, griffins, and a manicorn. To anypony else they would think that there is not order to what everyone is doing here, but to me there is a routing to what they are doing. No one here did anything without a reason for it, nothing is waste here. I can only hope I can also meet the standards these crewmembers are setting for me when I join their ranks.

As Sunset close her diary, she started to hear some voices in the distance. She turns her head towards it and can see a thick fog in the distance with a small glow of red in the center of it. Her train of thought of interrupted when somepony appeared next to her looking also towards the fog.

“Interesting is it not.” Stormfront said.

“What is it? I never seen fog before, but something about this one doesn’t seem natural.”

*Hee*”I figure as much. That is the sea of the sirens.”

Sunset then turns to face the captain in fear “WHAT! Sirens! But I thought there was none left.

“As far as civilians as yourself and your friends; they might as well be. But to those how sails the seas, they are a very real threat.”

“Do we have to worry about them?”

“Surprisingly, no. They stay in their waters but will attack anyone who dares to venture there. You see those light, there in the center.” Stormfront said point at the glow as Sunset nods. “Those are the light of the Sirens. They are watching us right now.”

“Then why are we so close to them then!”

“Don’t worry you little filly. If they were going to attack us, they would have done so already. They are just reminding passing boats that they are still there and to stay away.” The captain said leaving Sunset but stopping. “Besides we have more important things to worry about right now.”

“And what might that be?”

“Parasprites.”

“Parasprites?”

“Yes, like the one I found in your mane.” He said lifting his hoof to show a small blue creature with two large insect wings and big green eyes with a small smile on its face.

“*Aawwee* it’s cute.”

“Cute yes, but they are a pest on board. And I need you and your friends to round them up.”

Sunset looks at captain in confusion looking back and forth between him and the bug in his hoof. “Might I ask why are they a pest?”

“AAAHHH!! THEY ARE EVERYWHERE!” a voice came from down below. Sunset can see a bunch of Parasprites come out from the stairs leading to the lower levels.

Stormfront groaned in annoyance as he puts the one in his hoof in a bag. “That is why. It only takes one to doom a ship. They multiply fast and consume rations at an alarming rate.” He said as crewmembers ran past them with nets.

“So how do we deal with them?”

“Just follow what everyone else is doing and do it fast.”

Nodding in agreement Sunset grab a nearby net and started to case a some Parasprites towards the captain’s wheel. She caught ten and didn’t know what to do. “Ok now what?”

A nearby griffin had her own bag filled and was pulling them “Take them below deck. There is a storage room where we can put these until we can deal with them back on land.”

“Where is that?”

“This way pony.”

She follows her until they can to where more crewmembers where stuffing the bugs into a room. Once she had put her bag in she was handed another bag and repeated the process. She did see her friends at one point while chasing the Parasprites but could stop to chat with them.

She found a bunch of them in one spot like a statue. She was going to bag them but then the Parasprites fell off the pony underneath them. “I better be careful one false move and you might get a someone in that room along with the Parasprites.” Sunset thought to herself before she case another bunch of Parasprites.

Struggling, crewmembers push against a door as sweet drops form their foreheads while they continue to push the door. “Come on just a little more.” Then Twilight and Spike rushed on over to aid them, after stuffing a rather large bag behind the door.

“How can there be this many of them on board?”

“Never mind that JUST PUSH!” in one final thrust of might of pony power a satisfying *Click* was heard.

*Aaaww* Finally. That the last of them.” Twilight said as she fell to the floor.

“Oh come on guys, It wasn’t that bad.” Spike said shrugging his shoulders and receiving glares from all the nearby ponies. “What?”

“They ate half the rations.”

“Well-”

“They drag me across the boat!”

“Ok that was your fault for not letting go.”

“Okay! Enough of that everypony.” Twilight said calming down everypony. “What is important right now is that this door.” She gestor to said door before putting a sign on it (don’t not open). “Remains closed for the rest of this journey. Does everypony understands?” they nodded. “Good, now let everypony else know as well.” Once they left, Twilight looked at around looking for somepony and Spike notice this.

“Uh Twilight what is wrong, didn’t we get all of them?”

”No I that not it Spike. I am sure we got all of them but I am getting a strange feeling that we are forgetting something.”

“What could that-” Spike was then interrupted by a series of knocks coming from the closed door. Which caused them to look at it, before a voice came from the door.

“You know I appreciate the effort you ponies have done to contain the Parasprites on board my ship. “The voice said with anger rising in its voice. “You did very well to get all of them very quickly in this room, but I am having an itching feeling that somepony goofed up.”

“Uh, Captain is that you?” Twilight asked.

Then another voice answer for him “No it is the Muffin Mare and Little Red Riding Bloom.”

“Really!” Spike said excited.

“OPEN THE DOOR!” Sunset and Stormfront shout together

“Don’t worry we will get help. Just hang in there.” Twilight said leaving to get help.

“Two hours” Sunset said while straightens her mane.

“Now Sunset, it was not my fault. The crewmember didn’t believe me when I said you were in there.”

“FOR TWO HOURS?”

“Oh, come on, I am not that strong of a mare to drag them to the door and when I did they started to put me to work around the ship. It took me that long before I could get them even near the door.” Twilight tried to explain herself only to get a glare form Sunset.

Sunset then to in a breath then let it out. “Well at least it is over with now.”

Spike then enter their room while pulling in a bunch of blanket behind, getting the attention of the mares in the room.

“Uhm Spike what are you doing?” Twilight asked while walking towards him.

“Oh, You see I am not planning to spend another night in THAT torcher device again” he said pointing towards the hammock across the room. “So, I went around the supply room and found these blankets. I might not like sleeping on the floor, but I would prefer sleeping anywhere else.”

“I see, Spike.” Sunset said then notice something. “Uh Spike that is not enough blankets for all of us.” This sudden realization made everyone in the room look at each other than to the blankets.

“MINE!” they said together running towards the pile of blankets and crushing into each other in the process. This cause a cloud of smoke and dust to form around them as they continue with sound of random things coming out of it. Also, every now and then one of the ponies/dragon inside would be thrown out of it only to go back in.

This cause one of the nearby crewmember to enter the room investigating the noise. “What is goin-” was all he could say before he too was pulled into the scuffle. “AAHH!”

Then you can see Twilight sneaking out of the cloud towards the door with the blankets. Spike notices this and went after her. This cause the dust to settle and reliving the stallion in a head lock by Sunset tapping his hoof on her forearm.

Once Sunset notice this, she let him go while looking around. “Where did you come from, and where are the others.”

The stallion, gasping for air, weakly points his hoof towards the door.

Sunset glares in the direction of the door. “THIS MEANS WAR YOU TWO!” she shouted charging out of the room nearly hitting Trixie on the way out.

Trixie looks at Sunset turning the corner and then to the stallion in her room. She does this a few times before she jumps a little when she heard a crash nearby. “Did Trixie miss something?”

“Get back here Twilight! Those are my blankets!” Spike said as he climbs out of pile of wood and random supplies.

“Now Spike let’s talk about this. Whenever you or Sunset act like this, you two become uncontrollable and will do whatever it takes to get your way.” She said stopping in next to the side to the ship. “I am just trying to minimize any or and damage you two could cause.” All the while Sunset ran pass him towards Twilight only to be side step into a large white stallion making everypony cringe as she slow falls to the floor. The stallion didn’t seem to notice this as he continues to fasten the ropes to the boat.

Twilight lends in near Sunset “Are you Ok Sunset?” she asked while giving her a look over to see if anything is broken.

“No Mom, I want peanut butter today.” Sunset said raising her head only to drop back to the floor.

“Yeah I thought so.” Twilight said getting Sunset on her back and then notice that no pony seems to be giving her any attention about what just happen earlier. She shrugs it off and notice Spike getting the blankets. “Spike?”

“Yes?”

“Let’s get Sunset here back in our room. Then I we will deal with the sleeping arraignment.”

“Ok, but these are still mine!”

Twilight just rolls her eyes at his comment and continue her way back with Spike right behind her.

Once there they know that there is a very ironic sight in front of them. Twilight and Spike are having a difficult time controlling their laughier, while Sunset is waking up. “Huh where am I?”

“Hay Sunset good to see you awake. Something just came up that I am sure you are going to like.” Twilight said as Sunset got off her.

“Oh, really?”

“Yes. None of us are going to be using the Hammock tonight.”

“And why is that?”

Twilight then points her hoof into the room. “Because Trixie is already using it.”

As Sunset looks into the room, she can see a hammock tie around itself and with a silver tail coming out of it along with three blue hooves pocking out of it. And every now and then the hooves would wiggle around.

“I-I-I can see that.” Sunset tried to say why trying not to laugh but failing miserably, before she broke out in laughter. Spike and Twilight soon join her as well.

“IT IS NOT funny! Now stop your laugher at ONCE!” Trixie said while to continue to struggle in her prison.

Twilight calmed down enough to go toward Trixie. “Sorry about that. But I have to asked how did you ended up like that?” she asked grinning at the end.

“It was not Trixie’s fault. She was helping the stallion on the floor and then he throws Trixie into this hammock afterwards.”

Sunset stop laughing when she remembers who Trixie was talking about and sat up. “Ok one that stallion is a light weight so I don’t see him doing that.” She was walking closer to Trixie as she continues, until she was a foot away form her. “And two, why are you talking in the third person?”

“Trixie doesn’t know what you are talking about.”

“See right there, you did it again.” Sunset said point her hoof at her.

“Alright enough of that you two.” Twilight said getting in between them. “Can we focus on getting Trixie out of the hammock first, and ask her questions later.”

“Trixie doesn’t need your help!”

“Oh, then do you know how to cast magic in an anti-magic zone, or have an item that will give you levitation without toughing the item. Or are you just going to force your way out of there with your strength alone?”

She got really quiet. “Uh? Trixie.”

“We will never speak of this again.”

“Fair enough."

“Now get Trixie out of this!”

“Hold your horse shoe we are on it.” Twilight said signaling to the others to help her, but they didn’t move. “Oh, come on you two you know this is the right than to do.” They round their eyes at this before they move in to help. Spike moved next to Twilight on the left of Trixie and Sunset moved to the opposite side of them. Once in position Twilight and Spike grab the nearby rope on the hammock and Sunset did the same on the other side. “Besides, now she will owe us for this.” Before Trixie could protest Twilight and the others pulled hard on the rope away from Trixie, forcing the hammock to undo itself and dropping her on the floor.

Trixie eyes were spinning when she tried to stand up, but she lost her footing and fell on the ground a seconds later. Spike went next to her and pock her head a few times, but was not getting any response from her.

“She will be alright.” Sunset said as she and Twilight let go of the ropes. “So now what do we do? And for the record I would had gotten those blankets if that stallion didn’t interfere.”

“No, you wouldn’t have.” Twilight said, “Anyways, I have an idea of how we can solve the problem we are facing with the blankets.”

“What would that be Twilight?”

“Well for starters we could share them instead of fighting over them.”

Spike look at Twilight well letting go of Trixie’s cheek and waking her up. “Uh, Twilight. Do you remember the last time we tried to share something?” Trixie just looks between the ponies and the dragon wondering what is going on.

“This is no way relatable to that incident, which reminds me.” Twilight than give s Sunset and hard glare. “You still owe me a new Smarty Pants Doll Sunset!”

“OK first off. That was your fault for not letting go, and not to mention it was still good afterwards mostly.”

“Who would want a headless doll?!”

“Uh Twilight I think you are getting off topic again.” Spike said as Trixie got up from the floor dusting herself off.

“Oh right. Back on the subject at hoof. We could all use the blankets if we share the blankets, by sleeping next to each other.”

“Or I could just keep them for myself and let you all use the hammock.” Sunset said while holding the blankets with a grin. Twilight and Spike looks at her in shock, before she than smiles at them. “Just kidding” they let of a collect sigh “but I still think I had all rights to them.”

“Riiight.” Twilight round her eyes while Trixie grumble to herself as she left the room. “Anyways now that we are no longing fighting over who sleeps where’s. We better find something to occupy ourselves until we get to Las Pegasus.” They nodded in agreement as they separated to do so.

Night has fallen over the vessel as it continues to sail across the sea. Up on the crow’s nest, a unicorn mare was using a telescope to look out in the distance in front of the ship. The only light she has is the light form the Luna’s sky, but thankfully it is a full moon giving plenty of light. After one more look around the boat she put away her spy glass, and looks up to the stars.

‘Thank you, Luna for a quite night.” She said before she notices another pony making their way up to her. “Well what kept you?” she asks the mare climbing up.

“Sorry about that I was helping out some mates down below deck really quick and almost forgot you were still up here. And that I was supposed to releave you.” The earth pony said smiling sheepishly

“Whatever as long you made it that is what’s important.” The first mare said shaking her head side to side. “Surprising nothing to report. It is a rather quiet tonight.”

“Really? Well that is good news for once.”

“Tell me about it.” She said letting out a yawn “Anyways I going to get some sleep now. So, see you later.”

“Hold on a second please. I have a question to ask you.”

“Oh! What is it?”

“What do you know about the reason we are headed towards Las Pegasus?”

“I don’t follow you?” she said raising an eyebrow.

“You don’t know? I heard the captain say something about a very important item was found there. And we need to go pick it up.”

“You know I not wise to ease drop on the captain or anypony for that matter.”

“Whatever” she round her eyes “so what do you think?”

“About the item?” the mare nodded. “I am not sure it could be anything form a golden treasure to an old family heirloom. But does it even matter knowing or not?”

“I guess doesn’t”

“Exactly, so don’t dwell on it. Your shift will pass by easier without thinking about it.” She said making her way towards the rope ladders.

“Just one more question?”

“Ugh! What?”

“Do you have a special somepony?”

“Uh yes I do but why do yo-” she was cut short when she saw the eyes of the mare in front of her turn slightly green. “What in-” she than stop moving started staring at the mare as a small green glow formed on her forehead in the shape of a horn. Before she could say anything, she soon felt her strength leave her body and can see green ribbons energy flowing form her mouth into the earth ponies. It only last for a few minutes but to her it felt like hours as she continues to lose strength in a silent scream. Soon the mare felt so tired she collapse on the floor asleep as the standing mare smirks at her handy work.

“Nighty night little pony.” She said before a ring of green fire covered the mare turning her body to look like the mare on the floor. “Now than.” She said in her voice as she grabs a large bag and putting the sleeping mare in it and closing it, right before the sound of pony climbing the ropes was heard. The now unicorn mare look to see a pony that looks like what she was earlier appeared.

“Hay sorry I was late I was helping out some ponies below deck and forgot I was supposed to relieve you.”

“Don’t worry about it.” The unicorn dismissed with a wave of her hoof. Than the earth pony notice the rather large bag next to the unicorn.

“What is with the bag?” she said pointing towards it.

“Oh! I forgot to put my bag back below deck when the Parasprites appeared earlier and I just kept it with me since my shift was going to begin once it was over.” The earth pony nodded in understanding. “However, I did lose my hammock somewhere in the scuffle and now had no place to sleep.”

“Well that stinks.”

“Yeah but that is my problem I just going to figure out notice I get below deck.” She said putting the bag over the ledge and getting off the crow’s nest. “Anyways nothing to report tonight it rather quiet.”

“Well at least something good happen tonight. You know, you can use my hammock, since I am going to be up here.”

“Thanks.”

“You are welcome. It the third one after the supply room. Good night.”

“Good night.” She than started to go down the ladder with the bag in her hoof, and follow the direction given to her. However, she made a quick stop in the supply room and grabbing a bottle of empty rum before putting the mare in the hammock with the bottle. Than another ring of fire surround the mare again and relieved a stallion. “Silly little ponies.” The stallion left the mare and stop by a half open door.

Looking inside he can see Twilight, Sunset, and Spike all cuddle up underneath some blankets. “If it were up to me I would have drain you three dried long ago.” He said to himself. “But orders are orders.” He then closed the door and continue to walk down the hall.

Author's Note

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