My Little Pony: The Human Nine's Adventures In Equestria

Ren’s POV

A week have passed since we helped Sarah's friend and Rainbow's favorite author A.K Yearling/Daring Do complete her lastest quest and we were all heading towards Horseshoe bay for a vacation together. We all really needed it. Rarity was wearing her sun hat while Spike was pulling a small wagon with everything she needed in it. "Oh, I can't wait to be lounging on the glorious Horseshoe Bay sun!" she exclaimed.

"I think we're all in need of a day of R&R." Applejack said.

"You got that right, Applejack." I said, looking forward to be relaxing. “Especially…” I turned to Sarah, who just sighed. “Come on Sarah, this will be good for you.”

“Yeah Newbie, you need to get out more.” Jack stated. “Have some fun for a change.”

“Easier said than done.” Sarah replied. She must still be thinking about Void. “Sarah, darling, you need to stop thinking of that ruffian brother of yours and start thinking about relaxing. I've heard the waters at Horseshoe Bay are beautiful." Rarity said with a smile. "Perfect for swimming."

"Well I just wanna eat when we get there." Jack said, rubbing his gut.

"And there's another reason why you're fat." Rantaro said, earning a tick mark on Jack, "Hey shut the fudge up!"

"Now now, you two. No fighting, this is a day for relaxation." Sarah stated to them. Jack sighed and huffed, "Fine."

"I can't believe Nicole and you agreed to join us." Carrie said to Rantaro.

"Oh I just wanted to see if there was anything I get to make some money." Rantaro said.

"No it isn't, he wanted to come to spend time with all of you." Nicole replied.

"And here I thought you'd be quiet." Rantaro grumbled with a tick mark on his head. We all laughed at the pair.

Meanwhile, Twilight asked Fluttershy, "How's Gil?"

"He's completely healed and he's ready to go back home." Fluttershy said. He was holding Girl in a fishbowl. "Yeah I bet Ol' Gil here can swim a million miles per hour now." Rainbow gloated.

Jamie sweat dropped, "Nothing can go that fast, Rainbow."

"Whatever." Rainbow said.

"I like the beach crabbies, they pinch you hoofsies." Pinkie said with glee. Flutteshy was holding Gil's bowl close to her, "Well um we need to make sure it's the right time and place and uh lusar phase."

"Oh sugarplum, Ah know it's hard to see your little friend off but let's try filly steps first." Applejack said. "Let's get to Horseshoe Bay and we'll go from there."

Fluttershy nodded, "Hello sunscreen and little umbrella drinks." Rarity cheered.

"Horseshoe Bay here we come!" Rainbow called out and we all cheered.

Soon we all made it to Horseshoe bay. Kaede, Carrie and Rarity were sunbathing, Jamie and Twilight were reading on the beach. Skye, Mason and Jack were having some contests with each other to test their strength.

Rantaro and Nicole were... um... I didn't know where they went.

Sarah, on the other hand, was just sitting near the edge of the sand, staring out in the sea. “Hey Sarah, you wanna come play?” I called her.

“No thanks.” Sarah replied. I sighed. Somehow getting her to have fun was going to a real challenge. Anyway, Pinkie was playing with crabs and Applejack was on a tree holding a pineapple in her mouth making pineapple juice for Rarity, "This juice is divine Applejack. I feel a bit giddy." she said.

"That's the Horseshoe Bay pineapples. Some say the juice is so sweet that it's like truth serum." Applejack said pouring Rarity some more juice. Spike was fanning her with a giant leaf. "I love you all so much I have to say." Fluttershy was with me to release Gil. "Filly Steps, Flutters." Ren said to her.

Fluttershy nodded, "Gil, everyone says it's time to let you go home now, but deep down I you're my friend and we need each other." Fluttershy said.

"Oh no." I thought.

"... And I'm never letting you go or whenever I'm sure you don't need me anymore, whichever comes first." Fluttershy added.

"Um. Flutters." I said, seeing a large wave heading towards them. "Phew, I feel so much better now. Don't you Gil I promise I'll never ever ever let anything bad happen to you." Just then, a large wave slammed into Fluttershy and I, soaking us. "Woah!" I cried.

"Goodness where did that come from?" Fluttershy stammered then she realized Gil was gone! "Wait, where's Gil. He might be so lost in the big blue mystical ocean! It's my fault. I have to find him."

"Sorry about the wave you two." A new pony said swinging down from the ship... a pirate ship! "Woah, a friggin pirate ship!" Jack called.

The girls and the others were shocked. "Wait, a real pirate right in front of me!" Rainbow cried.

"Talk about stallions." Rarity scoffed.

"Ye wee fillies and creatures seen any crew worthy stallions round these parts?" he asked.

"Stallions, no Crew worthy, Yes! You're looking at the best crew right here." Rainbow said with pride. Twilight sweat dropped, "We're sorry sir. Our friend has apparently spent too much time in the sun but there is a town nearby with some rusty looking stallions."

"Are you kidding me? We could be pirates! I speak Pirate!" Rainbow exasperated.

"Since when?" Jamie asked.

"I'm in. Helping make dreams real everyday!" Pinkie cheered.

"My bandanna wearing friends, these here are the finest filles and humans here!" Rainbow said. "Applejack and Mason can cook in the gallery. Rarity and Kaede can pirate gear us all right up. Jack is the muscle. Skye Twilight and Jamie are branics with maps and Nicole, Sarah, Rantaro and Carrie be assistants and Pinkie has her crab army away. Spike is our.. parrot."

"What?" Spike exclaimed.

"And Fluttershy... wait where's Fluttershy?" Rainbow asked. Then we spotted Flutters swinging on a rope onto the ship, "What are we waiting for? Aye-Aye Captain!" she said and then added quietly, "I must be brave for Gil." We were all dumbfounded.

"Pink Brat, what the hell are you doing?!" Jack exclaimed, shocked seeing Fluttershy act like that. "We're um.. pirating. Uh, shiver me timbers... is that it?" she asked with a sweat drop. "Blargh!"

"If they’re in, then I'm in!" Rainbow added.

"Hell yeah!" Jack added.

"Awesome comrades!" Skye exclaimed.

"WOO-HOOO!" Pinkie cried.

"Me too!" Carrie and Kaede added.

Nicole readjusted her glasses, "Hmm... this could be interesting.

“Ugh.. sounds like a waste of time..” Rantaro grumbled.

“You could find some valuable treasure, Mr. Wilde..” Nicole said to him.

“Hmmm…” Rantaro thought. “Fine… I’ll come…”

The pony came over to Twilight, "Well some of yer friends be in. Ye est join 'em." he said.

"Ha. You honestly think we're going with you to-Where are you going?" Twilight asked.

"The Gallophost Islands." the pony said.

Jamie gasped. "The Galloping Ghost island. Nopony can find those islands. They're a legend."

"Eye, only the bravest and cleverest navigators can find the way. I'm sure I can find some worthy pirates in town. If ye don't think ye'd smart enough fer the task..." Twilight and Jamie suddenly appeared on the ship. "Only the brightest navigators huh?" Twilight smirked.

I turned to Sarah, Snowflake, Zoura and Pikachu. "What do you say, Sarah. Wanna come?" I asked them.

“Well… sigh.. You’re not going to let me say no, are you?”

“Nope.” I said cheekily.

Sarah sighed, “Then I’m in.”

"Something else to waste my time." Rantaro grumbled. I knew he would go for that so I said, "You know... if we find some treasure then you could sell it Rantaro..."

"Hmm..." Rantaro thought. "Fine, I'll come." and soon we were all on the ship.

"Well it might not be fun but at least we’re here to keep our knuckleheads friends out of trouble, right y'all?" Applejack asked, tipping her hat.

"Oh, I'll survive." Rarity said. Spike sighed and said, "Spike want a cracker." Um… Spike’s gonna be one weird parrot.

"Welcome to the Salty Sea Mare. Your quest is two fold; find me former crew, get the special map back and mind your own business savvy." the pony said.

"See Twilight nothin' to worry about." Rainbow said. I for one was excited about this. "Sure... just a mysterious pony captain sending us to do his dirty work on a fabled island. What could go wrong?" Twilight deadpanned.

"Relax Twilight. If anything goes wrong. We have Jack and Sarah has her magic and her Element of Faith, Snowflake, Pikachu and Zoura.." I reassured.

“Damn straight.” Jack cracked his knuckles, “Nothing getting to you without going through me.”

Applejack confronted Fluttershy, "Fluttershy are you sure you wanna go through with this. No offense but pirating doesn't quite suit your style." Applejack said.

"Hush, ye landlubbers, I'm ready for adventure.. and stuff." Fluttershy said and we were off on the open seas!

Rarity and Kaede made us all some pirate outfits. I was just wearing an eye patch and a pirate hat with the usual pirate clothing while the others were wearing other kinds of pirate clothing…. Except for Sarah. Zoura, Pikachu and Snowflake were by her side and Snowflake rubbed against her.

Applejack tossed an orange to Pinkie "Pinkie catch, y'all ain't gettin' scurvy on my watch, aye?" Applejack teased.

"Oh captain you handsome devil." Rarity said.

Jack sighed, "Oh brother."

Fluttershy, Spike, Twilight and I were talking with the captain. "Can we help you Fluttershy?" Twilight asked.

"Yeah, how about a cracker?" Spike asked.

"Uh nope, nope, nope, nope just thinking about the currents." Fluttershy said.

"Currents?" Twilight asked.

"And how fast fish can swim.. and pirate stuff." Fluttershy added.

"The Salty Sea Mare is faster than any fish in the ocean, especially when we are in the castaway current."

"Cool. Maybe Gil will swim past and I can save him." Fluttershy said quietly. Wait... save him...?

"I thought you set Gil-" I started to say when, "LAND AHOY!" Rainbow bellowed.

"Aye, at this rate we'll reach the Galloping Ghost Islands by sunset." the captain stated.

"And why would you crew keep your map?" I asked the Captain.

"Keeping? Nopony keeps anything away from me if they want.. and we just didn't see eye-to-eye, savvy?" he asked me. I nodded. "Now you scallywags, ye get my map of the Wandering X. That'll be all." the captain stated. "What? You don't wanna go swashbuckling with us?" Rainbow asked.

"The captain stays with the ship." the Captain said.

“Oh! I’ll stay!” Flutters said. “Me too!”

Rainbow, Skye, Rarity, Pinkie, Jack, Nicole, Ranataro, Kaede, Jamie, Sarah and I walked off of the ship while Carrie, Spike and Fluttershy stayed and Applejack whispered to Twilight, “I’m not sure about this fella. I’m gonna stay and poke around a bit.”

“Good idea.” Twilight said. “Fluttershy has been acting pretty weird too.”

“She just wants to find Gil.” I stated.

“Hmm.. still.” Twilight said.

Applejack went back on the deck and said, “Guess, I better stay too! Who’s gonna feed ya if I’m off buccaneering?”

Meanwhile, the rest of us entered the town where we were suppose to find the Captain’s crew. “Where is everypony?” Twilight asked.

“This place looks deserted.” Rainbow said.

“I hope ‘Ghost’ isn’t the operative part of the Galloping Ghost Islands.” Rarity said.

“Oh man, up fashion loon.” Jack scoffed.

“Yeah, this is the only way this can get better. Pirate Ghosts! Maybe be even ones that are half-eaten by sharks!”

“Rainbow, you’re scaring her!” I exclaimed, seeing Rarity shaking a bit.

“Easy Rarity, there are no ghosts here.” I reassured. “But I wonder where everyone is?”

“Maybe Newbie’s dragon has a clue?” Jack asked, pointing to Snowflake who sniffed the ground and gave a soft purr. “What is this girl?” Sarah asked. Snowflake walked ahead and we followed her an open building.

“Oh my Garmonbozia!” Pinkie exclaimed.

“What?! Please tell me they all have heads!” Rarity screamed.

“I think you better take a look for yourself, Rarity.” Jamie said. We saw the area filled with pirate ponies, playing, dancing, playing poker and etc.

“Awesome!” Rainbow exclaimed.

“Ugh, such tomfoolery.” Rarity scoffed.

“Say whatever you want, but now I can make some money here, hehe.” Rantaro chuckled before he walked off to one of the poker tables and Nicole followed him as always. We all sweat dropped. “Hmph, dirty money grabber, let’s just find the crew and get that map already.” Jack huffed and we walked in.

Rarity approached three pirate versions of the Cutie Mark Crusaders. She batted her eyelashes and asked, “Uh, excuse me? Pardon me? But we’re looking for the former crew of Captain..” Twilight winced at her behavior.

“Sheesh, what’s the Captain's name Rarity?”

“CaptainMcDreamy.” Rarity said. Uh… I don’t think that’s his name. Rarity went over to a couple of ponies played poker. “Oh hooray. A simple game of cards. Such chivalry.”

Suddenly, “Funny, there by five aces in this deck.” the unicorn pirate said. “You cheated!” and nearly fell off of his seat.

His competitor said, “I swear I didn’t know it was a fake fake leg!”

Okay… moving on.

Pinkie looked at a stand, “Oh Pineapple Pie. A yummy pirate breakfast for me.” she said. Pineapple Pie..? Never heard of that kind of pie before. I saw two pirate versions of Granny Smith and Big Mac. A Pirate stallion was at the stand.

“That will be two doubloons.” Granny Smith said.

“But I only have one doubloon, how about some fancy baubles?” the pony asked.

“Enope.” Big Mac said.

“We be pirates that take baubles. We only deal in gold.” Granny Smith exclaimed and the pony smiled, showing his golden teeth.

The pony literally gave his teeth to Granny Smith in exchange for the pie! Now that is creepy! Even Pinkie was freaked out. “Yum, so worth it.” the pony said. Okay… that’s an image I’m not getting out of my head for a while.

Then I heard Twilight shout, “Can anybody hear me?! It’s like I’m speaking a different language here!” Two large stallions were showing off their tattoos, “But me anchor be ruster.” the gray one said.

“But me mare be the fairest.” the light yellow one and then a bright yellow stallion interrupted and showed on his chest. It was a tattoo of a red heart that said ‘Mom’ and had a black arrow going through it. “Aye but me mom be the proudest.”

The Rainbow came swinging in saying, “Aye Me Hearties.” she landed on a table in the center of the crowd. “Which one of ye scallywags can point us towards the map of the Wandering X?”

“Well I’m be-Our Dashie can speak pirate!” Rarity exclaimed in shock. Hmm.. who knew.

A green stallion with a white mane and tail, wearing a black bandanna and had a scar over his left eye approached her, “The map of the Wandering X ain’t for no lily-livered landlubbers. Who be asking?”

“The gang of the Apocalypse, that’s who.” Rainbow said and the girls gasped. “We’re the most roughest, toughest pirate crews in the sea.” Rainbow said.

A yellow stallion then came up, “Then why haven’t we heard of it?”

Pinkie then spoke up, “Yepper, I mean argh!”

“Private Pinkie, please be quiet.” Skye stated.

“Well you’re not in the sea right now, are ya?” Rainbow asked.

The green stallion but his face in Rainbow’s face. “Who’s the map for. Only one pirate be crazy enough to go wanting it.” he said. Rainbow grabbed his sword with her mouth. Oh snap! “It be for me own peppers alone, savvy!”

“Rainbow Dash!” Twilight whimpered in fear.

Multiple ponies pulled out their swords. “Oh man!” I said and pulled out my Hacking Gun and Jack readied his fists. Jamie and the others gathered together. “Ha if y'all can disarm us, we’ll take you to yer precious map.” one pony said.

“A proper swashbuckle.” Rainbow squealed.

“Really Skittles?!” Jack exclaimed. And the fight was one. Rainbow clashed swords with one pirate and swung on the chandelier and kicked three more in the chin, knocking them down.

“Break!” I blasted some with my Hacking Gun, knocking them back while Jack punched and body slammed some others. “Now this is what I’m talking about!” he exclaimed happily.

And Pinkie…. She was playing the accordion and singing…?

Skye unleashed her helicopter at the pirates. “Eat this you maggots!” he exclaimed and the helicopter fired at the pirates, chasing them away. “Nice.” I said.

Meanwhile, Rainbow was confronted by three pirates, “Any last words before ye be humiliated?” one pony asked and in an instant, Rainbow swiped, and their swords flew in the air, “Who’s a real pirate?” she smirked.

“A piece of cake.” she said.

“Cake? Where?!” Pinkie asked.

“Haha, we’ve defeated theses mangy barnacles. Ready to walk the plank.” Rainbow asked.

“Oh you can tell us where the mappy thing is and then we can all have cake?” Pinkie suggested. Twilight and Jamie looked nervous and were looking behind them. “Rainbow Dash…” Twilight said. “Look behind you.”

We then saw that were were surrounded by more pirates with their swords drawn. “Aww man, ruin the fun why don’t ya.” Rainbow groaned.

“So you’d be wanting the Map of the Wandering X, aye?” the green stallion from before asked.

“Only trouble can come from that parchment.” another one said. What trouble can come from a piece of paper?”

“Oooh, trouble! Scary pirates are scared of paper, ha!” Rainbow teased.

“It’s alright. I’m scared of a lot of things. Like giant spiders. And dark and stormy days. And clowns in footie pajamas!” Pinkie cried out. Um… what? “It’s okay to be scared of things that aren’t scary.”

“How about this, ye landlubbers surrender and we won’t harm you three little friends here.” the green pony said and we turned to see two pirates with…

“Sarah! Rantaro! Nicole!”

Sarah was tied up and on the ground with one of the pirates pointing his sword at her while two others held Nicole and Rantaro, who had a large bag of money which I’m guessing is from playing poker with some these pirates, in a headlock and the sword near their faces. He sighed, “Why do I keep joining you people with this?”

“Well… this is troubling.” Nicole sighed.

“Let them go!” Jack growled. “Especially Newbie!”

“Haha, you surrender and we’ll let them go.” the green pony said.

Oh man… what do we do? We can’t risk Sarah and Rantaro getting hurt. “So what do ya say, landlubber?” the green stallion asked.

I didn’t really know what to do when Fluttershy said, “Um… you might wanna think twice before messing with Sarah.”

“Why’s that?” the green stallion asked.

“Because she has a protective dragon and two little pokemon as a friend.” she replied.

“What?” Suddenly, Snowflake pounced on the stallion holding Sarah and she fell on the ground. “Snowflake!” Sarah cheered. Pikachu and Zoura appeared and Pikachu used Thunderbolt and Zoura used Night Daze on them, letting Rantaro and Nicole go in the crossfire. The ponies were utterly terrified of Snowflake as she growled at them.

“So how about this, you take us safely to the map and Sarah calls off her tiger.” Twilight bargained.

“Okay! Okay!” the stallion said. Hehe… smart choice.

Soon we were walking through the small forest nearby. “But ye warned the pirate who yearsn the map be mad!”

Soon we came to a large hole in the ground. “The map be in there.” the stallion said. “Nopony is brave enough to venture into its lair and retrieve the map.”

“Come guys, it's just a little.” Twilight started but then a crab came out… a large large crab!

“Holy crap!” I exclaimed. The large crab snapped it’s claws at us. “Friggin great, now what?” Jack asked.

“We have to distract it while someone goes in and gets the map.” Twilight said. Once we get it back to Captain Hoofbread, we are going home.”

“Come on big guy, we just need the map. No biggie.” Rainbow said but the crab nearly crushed her with his claws. “Yeah, it's not like you’re going anywhere anytime soon.” Pinkie said.

“I’ll go in and get the map.” Sarah said and she rushed towards the crab. “Sarah, be careful!” I called. The crab raised it claw but Sarah teleported out of the way and into the crab’s hole. She quickly scanned the area and found the map. “Got’cha.”

She came out of the hole. “I got the map.” and then she gasped when she saw us in the crab’s claws! Rainbow, Skye, Rarity and Pinkie were in the left calaw while Jack, Nicole, Rantaro, Kaede, Jamie and I were in the right claw.

“Guys!” she called.

“Sarah, get us out!” Twilight cried.

“Why can’t you use your magic?”

“The shell deflects it!” The crab screeched and swung its claw with us in it but Sarah dodged it. She landed on the ground, “Alright then.. POWER!”” and her Amulet glowed. The dino bracer appeared on her left wrist. She took out her Fukuisaurus card, “Fukuisaurus, Spring up!”

And her Fukuisaurus landed and roar at the crab. The crab screeched.

Blossom charged the crab and swung her tail, hitting it in the face but the crab screeched at her and swung the claw with us in it! “Hey! Watch it!” Kaede growled.

Sarah took out a move card, “Emerald Garden!” and she slashed the card. Blossom roared and leaves swirled around her and formed a left ball in her mouth and launched it at the crab. It landed the crabs’ energy was being sapped and it fell to the ground, weakened and we managed to get free. The energy from the crab went back to Blossom who glowed green. She roared and the green glow stopped. “That’s the way, Blossom, let’s go!”

Sarah returned Blossom to her card and we dashed away from the crab and back to the ship.

“Just as you requested Captain. From Pirate Dash to you.” Rainbow said proudly.

“Good work Blue Pony… and other ponies.” the Captain said.

“No problem Captain Hoofbread.” Twilight said with sarcasm.

“Aye, I’d be Hoofbeard- Dread Pirate of the Sea. Those landlubbers tell you a tall tale about me, eh?”

“Not as tall as you captain. You aren’t wearing heels are you?” Rarity said. Jack and Rantaro facepalmed.

“Yes they did.” Twilight said.

“Si that going to be a problem with me crew?” Hoofbread asked.

“No if you keep your promise and we get home safely.” Twilight said.

“Be it good or evil, I always keep me word, Ms Sparkles. Always.” Hoofbread walked away, “That’s what I’m worried about.” Twilight mumbled.

“Look sharp, I’ve set a course.” Hoofbread said.

“To where exactly?” Twilight asked.

“To me Jewel, of course.” Hoofbread said.

“Woo-hoo. Non stop action here we come.” Rainbow declared, ready for action, but about two hours later, everyone.. Well.. except for Sarah and her friends, were kinda bored. The hot sun didn’t help much either but Sarah didn’t seem to mind the sun as she stared at the moving ocean.

“... So…” I turned and saw Jack and the others coming towards Twilight and I. “Are we gonna go home now?” Jack asked.

“Yeah, there’s nothing really to do out here.” Carrie added.

“And there’s nothing to eat here but damn, seaweed, gross!” Jack complained.

“Yeah, Ren. We need to get back to shore.” Twilight added. “I’m starting to think there really isn’t a ‘Wandering X’ as the Captain said.”

“But.. what if there is.. I mean. Maybe there’s a reason why he calls it the ‘Wandering X’?” I replied with a nervous smile.

“Like what?” Rantaro questioned.

“Umm….” I sweat dropped at his answer. What could be a reason for a Wandering X? Water currents? Receiving stolen treasure..? But before I could reply, the bell rang for some reason! “Enemies ahoy!” Rainbow called.

“Enemies?” I echoed, confused. We turned and saw another pirate ship heading our way!

“This can’t be good.” Jamie said nervously. Kaede held onto Carrie as the ship got closer and something came out of it. “Cannonballs! Watch out..!” Sarah cried as she tackled me to the ground to avoid getting my head ripped off by one!

“Holy crap baskets!” I exclaimed. More cannonballs came and the group dodge it as they poked holes in the ship. “Oh no! The ship is gonna sink!” Twilight exclaimed, seeing the large holes in the ship.

“I’ve got this..!” Sarah exclaimed and she used her magic to repair the holes as several grappling hooks came and attached themselves to the mast. “Kaede, get Carrie to safety!” Twilight ordered and Kaede took Carrie below deck along with Spike.

The pirate ponies swung on the hook and landed on our ship with their swords drawn. The captain came in front of us with his sword drawn. “What tis the meaning of this mutiny!” he exclaimed.

“Give us the map of the Wandering X ye landlubber!” one pirate exclaimed. They want the map too?!

“Never!” the Captain replied. “I’m gonna use it to find me treasure.”

“Not if we take it by force, get ‘em lads..!” the other pirate, which must have been the leader, ordered and his crew charged us. Rainbow and Applejack swung their own swords against some of them while I blasted some “Break” bullets at their swords, making them break, but they revealed to have a second set!

Jack just used his fists to punch some of them while one pirate actually tackled him to the ground. Wow!

The two pirate captains clashed with each other with their swords. “You’ll never take me treasure, Captain Sword.” Captain Hoofbread growled but the other pirate captain pushed him away and onto the ground. Hoofbeard got back up and growled.

“You’ve got yourself a bigger crew than the last time we crossed paths.” Captain Sword growled as he and his crew began to regroup. “Maybe we can use that to our advantage, haha…”

Huh? What does he mean by that? “What do you say we have a little… trade…?”

Then, to our horror, two of his crew revealed to have Nicole and Rantaro tied up together! Oh no! They must have snatched them during the fighting! “Nicole! Rantaro!” Twilight gasped.

“Give us back Privates Bonnie and Wilde, you maggot!” Skye exclaimed. Captain Sword laughed, “We’ll keep them for now, Captain Hoofbeard and give you time to think. You either give us the map to the Wandering X or we’ll make your precious crewmates walk the plank! Hahaa..!”

And Captain Sword and his crew swung back onto their ship with Nicole and Rantaro and we watched as they sailed off the way they came.

“Aw great, now what?” Rainbow asked.

“We got after them! That’s what!” Twilight exclaimed.

“Why bother? Those two will probably be fine….” Jack dismissed, scratching his butt.

“Jack! They’re gonna make them walk the plank!” Jamie exclaimed.

“So?” Jack questioned.

“Don’t you watch any pirate movies, Private Yamaki! Walking the plank is like a death sentence. No way are we gonna let Private Bonnie and Wilde do that!” Skye exclaimed.

Jack scoffed, “Jack, I know those two aren’t the most likeable people, but they’re still part of our family and two of the nine survivors back on our planet. We need to stay together to get back home.” I said to him.

“Come on, Jack, Nicole is one of Sarah’s mothers for goodness sake. We can’t just leave her.” Jamie said.

Jack growled but he sighed, “Fine, let’s go ‘em already…”

“But we can’t just give them the map!” Rainbow exclaimed.

“Yeah but what about Nicole and Rantaro, Rainbow? If we don’t give them the map they’ll make them walk the plank.” I pointed out.

“And even though they act so calm and collective, they’d be doomed if they had to walk the plank.” Kaede added as she, Carrie and Spike came back up.

“Yeah, but if we give em pirates the map they’ll find the treasure and they might make Nicole and Rantaro walk the plank anyway.” Applejack added.

Oh man… this is gonna be tricky…. What can we do..? We can’t give them the map, but we can’t risk Nicole or Rantaro’s lives either. I turned to Sarah, Snowflake, Pikachu and Zoura… wait… Zoura..! “I’ve got it!” I exclaimed.

“Got what Ren?” Twilight asked.

“A way to save Nicole and Rantaro and keep them from getting the map.” I started.

“How?” Fluttershy asked.

“We’re gonna give them a fake map.” I smiled, earning confused look from everyone, even Hoofbeard.

“A fake map? What the hell do you mean?” Jack asked.

“I mean, we can have Zoura turn into a map and say its the map to the Wandering X and give that to the pirates…” I started.

“Fooling them into believing they’ve won and allow us to get Nicole and Rantaro back. And if something goes wrong, Zoura can turn back and attack them.” Twilight exclaimed. “Ren, you’re a genius!”

“Awesome! Now come on, let’s go after them and get our friends back!” Rainbow exclaimed. “Full speed ahead, Captain!”

“Right..!” Hoofbeard replied and he dashed to the steering and drove the ship in the direction of the other pirates and our friends.

Rantaro’s POV

Hmm….well I’ll say two words to describe our situation right now; This sucks.

Apparently, theses pirates decided to use us as bait to get the map from Hoofbead, so they tied us by our hands and ankles and then tied us to the mast of the ship. Great.

“Hmm…interesting.” Nicole muttered.

“Yeah yeah, Miss Psychologist.” I rolled my eyes before muttering “I can’t believe I’m wasting my time doing all this. I could be with the money I won from those suckers,, but I just happened to be a hostage for the ponies who want a stupid map Yeah…totally not want I wanted for my life.”

“Mr. Wilde, please stop.” Nicole called sternly. “It’s best if we just do what they say.”

“Yeah, yeah, whatever.” I grumbled.

“Silence, you two.. Or else I’ll make you walk the plank sooner.” Captain Sword threatened, pointing his sword at us.

“Yeah, that’s threatening..” I rolled my eyes.

“Hmph.. you’ll see how threatening it is if your friends don’t hand over the map of the Wandering X.” Sword growled.

“And why exactly do you want the map? It’s just a piece of paper.” I deadpanned at them.

“I’m not telling you landlubbers.” Sword growled, but little Ms. Psychologist replied, “You want the map to find the treasure first so you can capture it and sell it to the highest bitter, right?”

Sword and his crew looked surprised that Nicole figured out their whole plan. “How’d you know that?”

“Ha! She can figure out anything if you don’t conceal your face. Nothing’s hidden when she’s around.” I said with a sly smile.

Sword and his crew growled at the two of us but before they could do anything else, we heard, “Enemies heading this way, Captain!”

“Ah… so they came to their senses… excellent…” Sword growled before he turned to his crew, “Get them ready…”

And two of his crew members cut us free from the mast and forced us to stand before they dragged us onto the plank on the side of the boat. I sighed, “Great…”

Ren’s POV

We finally made it to the Pirate’s ship and saw two of them, having Nicole and Rantaro tied up and on the plank. "Avast, hand over me crewmates, Captain Sword!" Captain Hoofbeard demanded.

Captain Sword laughed, "Then hand over the map, Captain Beard, or else, I'll throw these two into the briny deep. Hahah...!"

Sarah stepped forward with the 'map' in her hands. "Here you go..." she used her magic to teleport 'the map' over to the pirates. "Now will you kindly hand over our friends...?" she asked.

However, as we kinda expected, Captain Sword stated, "Hmm... how about I keep them both and the map. Hahaha...!"

"Then, you leave us no choice..." Sarah smirked. "Zoura, now!"

Zoura then turned into his regular self and used Night Daze on the pirates, blasting them overboard! "Hahah..!" Rainbow laughed before Sarah levitated Nicole and Rantaro over to the deck. "Got'cha." she smiled.

"Hahaha! Now off to the Wandering X!" Hoofbeard called before she steered the ship to the right. Zoura leaped back aboard and we sailed quickly away from the fuming and soaking wet pirates. "Hahah! That was awesome!" I exclaimed as Kaede untied Nicole and Rantaro.

"Now where exactly is the Wandering X?" Fluttershy asked.

Then, something popped out of the water... it was a seapony..! It was a pink female with a aquamarine hair that was smooth and clear and she had seashell earrings as well. "Hoofy, you came..!" she smiled happily as more seaponies came up.

"What the-?!" Rainbow exclaimed, confused. "Are the seaponies guarding the Wandering X treasure?"

"Nope. The seaponies are the treasure..!" Hoofbeard said happily and he pointed to the pink female. "Hello Jewel.."

"HER NAME IS JEWEL! AAGGHH!" Rainbow exclaimed, annoyed and disappointed.

"You're kidding me!" Jack whined.

"Of course! The wandering X was their migration pattern!" Twilight realized.

"Those other x's must have been where they usually make stops along their migration." Jamie added.

"Hoofy, you finally found me." Jewel said. "I worried you weren't going to make it."

"I'd never miss me Jewels' migration." Hoofbeard bragged.

"Awww... Captain Hoofbeard was following them to he could meet up with his sweetheart again... it's so sweet..." Fluttershy cooed.

"And romantic...!" Rarity squealed.

Jewel chuckled, "I see you have some new friends, Hoofy."

"Eh, this be my crew who help me find ya and protect ya from some no good pirates.." Hoofbeard stated to the seaponies, who smiled at him.

"Thank you.." Jewel smiled at us.

"Your welcome.." I smiled back at her. "I've never met a seapony before. You're really beautiful.."

Jewel giggled, "Thank you. I get that compliment alot.."

"Okay, so.. can we go home now?" Rantaro asked annoyed, holding his bag of money. "I've got money to count."

Nicole rolled her eyes at Rantaro before a larger seapony, the same color as Jewel but she had a light blue mane and purple seashell earrings came to her side. She must be her mother. "We can help with that.." she smiled before she whistled and then three large dragon came to the surface. They each had two heads and were blue with spines on their backs. "Seashockers! Cool...!" I exclaimed in joy.

"H-How?!" Twilight exclaimed in shock. Jewel giggled, "We seaponies have a special way with dragons in the sea."

And soon we were all on the sea shockers heading home. Rainbow, Fluttershy and Twilight were flying above us along with Sarah and Snowflake. "I think I need a vacation from our vacation.." Mason playfully groaned.

"Are you kidding that was exhilarating.." Jamie exclaimed, extremely happy.

"Yeah, yeah, that's because you do boring stuff all day nerd." Jack scoffed.

"Oh come on, its not everyday you become pirates, battle other pirates and find seaponies." Sarah smirked. Yeah.. she has a point with that.

"Let's just hope we don't do that for a long while.." Applejack said from her seashocker dragon.

Haha... yeah, that would be nice too.

To Be Continued..