Twilight Finally Writes Back...

Twilight, who was standing on the end of the map table with her friends opposite her, had her eyes spread out in shock. Everypony glanced at each other until Spike waved a fan at her since she was not moving.

Her mouth was dropped open as her hoof was motioned directly at the map table. Pinkie had closed her mouth closed, whereas Applejack had moved her hoof down to the floor. Because of this, Twilight snapped herself into reality again as she shook her head and turned back to her friends.

Everypony glanced at each other -- Twilight, on the other hoof, trotted towards the other side and placed her hoof on the edge of the table where her cutie mark was floating on top along with her friends.

''Does anypony know where in the wide world of Equestria the map wants us to send us to?'' Twilight spoke.

''It looks like some sort of ocean?'' Rainbow guessed.

''Yes, but why? It doesn't look like where the hippogriffs live because they live on Mount Aris.'' Her hoof was now placed on a mountain on the table. ''Or even in the ocean beside the mountain.''

''Doesn't this seem weird to you all?'' Spike asked. ''It's been a while since we've been sent on a friendship mission.''

''He's right,'' Rarity murmured.

''Now I wonder why that is,'' Applejack muttered as she tapped her chin.

Pinkie, who was sitting normally on her throne with a usually wide smile on her face, was giggling to herself -- having everypony turn to her in confusion. ''Maybe we get to meet my friend SpongeBob there!''

Rainbow flew over to her side. ''Who?''

''Why, that little yellow sponge who lives under the sea, of course!'' Pinkie declared with a glimmering smile.

This had made Applejack smirk at her innocence, whereas Rarity was standing right beside her with her cheeks puffed up with laughter and then let out a posh chuckle. Everypony stared at her in bewilderment.

The cowgirl trotted towards the violet alicorn to place an assuring hoof on her shoulder. ''You have nothing to be fretting about, Twilight. We'll all be by your side no matter what.''

Twilight smiled warmly once she noticed every one of her friends was giving comforting smiles around her. This sort of made the violet alicorn grit her teeth. ''I appreciate the love and support from every one of you a lot but I can't be the center of attention, it just doesn't seem right. Doesn't this seem unfair to you all?''

''What do you mean?'' Fluttershy inquired.

The violet alicorn sighed. ''We'll talk about this later but for now...Spike?'' A purple baby dragon with green polished scales stood in front of her with a salute. ''Send a letter to Princess Celestia.'' He zoomed off to get a piece of parchment and quill. Twilight nodded in approval. ''Dear Princess Celestia...''

''We have just been sent on a friendship mission by the map after so long but this time we're being sent off to the depth of an ocean?'' she said unsurely. ''If you have any idea what we are talking about, feel free to reply. Your Faithful Student, Princess Twilight Sparkle.''

Spike signed off with everyone's name - including his own - before rolling it into a tube and breathing green flames on top of it to dematerialize out of the window.

''And now we wait,'' said Twilight.

Pinkie sat still on the ground, watching blankly in space. Rainbow flew on over to her and waved a hoof against her face to snap her out of it. Soon after, Pinkie shook her head and turned to her friend with a smile.

Rainbow rolled her eyes -- until a letter materialized in front of them and had Spike pick up the letter for them. Twilight used her magic to levitate it towards her to read it aloud for everyone in the room.

Dear Princess Twilight Sparkle,

Bikini Bottom. I remember that town in the ocean. I once visited all the talking creatures in the ocean when Celestia and I were on our vacation but departed off on our own when we had an argument.

Never on my nine thousand years of ruling (nine thousand not ten thousand because a thousand years have cut through my reign, thanks to my dear fucking sister for sending me to the moon) have I ever met a talking sea creature. You all may not find it weird since there are sea creatures (or normal creatures per se) in the School of Friendship you six extraordinary girls have created. Which I must say was a brilliant idea.

Anyways, I promised them that I would visit them some time but I just didn't have the time to but since you all are being sent there, I suppose I should tag along too if you'd like?

Yours,
Princess Luna (Only Ruler of Equestria)

Twilight lowered the paper as an eyebrow was raised on her expression once she turned around to face her friends again. She rolled the letter into a tube again and handed it over to her dragon companion.

''See!'' Pinkie beamed. ''I told you that we are going to meet my friend SpongeBob there!''

''No,'' Twilight uttered. ''I meant why did Princess Luna write 'Only Ruler of Equestria' when she's not the only Ruler of Equestria? And why did she write the letter instead of Princess Celestia?''

''I don't know,'' Rainbow replied casually. ''Probably banished her to the sun or something.''

From the corner of her eye, she caught Twilight writing on a piece of parchment with Spike's assistance. Twilight relaxed her tongue between her teeth as she skimmed down on the parchment.

Dear Princess Luna,

Forgive me for being so brash, your highness, but where is your sister? Why didn't she reply to my letter? Did something happen to her? Did she get kidnapped by one of those sea creatures and we have to save her that's why we are getting called by the map? They wanted a friend so they borrowed Princess Celestia for one?

Yours,
Princess Twilight Sparkle

Twilight signed the letter with her name and rolled it into a tube to hand it over to Spike. He grabbed it from her aura of magic and had his green flames envelope around the scroll to evaporate outside of the window.

Meanwhile, Princess Luna was sitting comfortably on her glorious throne alone in the Canterlot Castle throne room. She lowered the parchment in her hooves and stared blankly in space.

With her magic, she levitated a piece of parchment towards her along with a quill dipped inside a pot of ink. She splotched the quill into the inkpot to soak up the ink before writing on the page.

''I wonder why we aren't trotting off to our adventure slash friendship lesson already,'' Fluttershy said quietly.

Rarity nodded. ''Indeed, I wonder what Twilight is up to at the moment. I thought she loved going on adventures with us, so what changed?''

Pinkie gasped dramatically. ''Maybe Twilight doesn't like going on adventures with us anymore!''

''That's crazy,'' Applejack commented. ''Twilight is our friend and she needs us more than anything when it should be the other way around.''

''Don't you guys think Twilight might not like her princess title after all?'' Fluttershy pointed.

Rainbow huffed. ''Why wouldn't she? Being a princess is awesome!''

''I agree with Rainbow,'' said Rarity. ''Who wouldn't want to be a princess? She's just being modest then.''

''Twilight did say earlier that she doesn't like to be the center of attention since it doesn't seem unfair to us.''

Everypony stopped to glance at one another until Twilight banged a scroll on Pinkie's head which had made her dizzy and fall on her back. The violet alicorn gave out a cheerful smile.

''Okay, team! Let's finally gallop onto our adventure together!'' she announced.

They all cheered as they got ready to exit out of the throne room. Although, the excitement had dimmed down once Spike had interrupted them with a letter as he burped.

Dear Princess Twilight Sparkle,

NOPONY CARES ABOUT YOUR STUPID FUCKING PRINCESS BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T EXISTS ANYMORE!

Yours,
Princess Luna

P.S. You may need a map for your adventure just in case you don't know your way.

Twilight's eye twitched as she lowered the paper but Applejack snatched the letter from the air that was floating in her aura of magic. Her eyes skimmed down on the page until a smile formed on her lips.

''Why, how thoughtful of her to send us a map!'' Applejack said. ''Uh, where is it?''

Spike had burped but this time it wasn't a letter but a...

''Map!'' Rainbow exclaimed, holding it in the air for everypony to see.

''Great!'' Applejack said. ''Now let's go!''

They all finally ran out of the throne room and didn't hear a giggle coming from under the map table. A spark occurred which made someone cough due to it.

A tall white alicorn was smirking at the dark blue alicorn.

At the Ponyville train station, the six ponies and dragons were standing patiently as they waited for the train to arrive. Twilight had a map in front of her to know exactly where they are headed off to. Spike was holding multiple suitcases for the sophisticated white unicorn.

Applejack raised an eyebrow at this -- Rarity took off her sunglasses to look at her.

''We will be going to an ocean,'' Rarity explained harshly, ''I'm not going to pack summer supplies?''

''Ooh!'' Pinkie beamed. ''I'm so nervi-cited!''

''You do know that's not a word, right?'' Applejack said, raising an eyebrow.

''You do know that this feels like déjà vu, right?'' Rainbow mimicked with a smirk, causing the cowgirl to chuckle at her statement.

The train had reached a sudden halt in front of them with the bells churning. A train conductor stepped outside to announce everyone on and off. The six ponies and dragon handed over their tickets to step inside the train.

They all took their seats. Rarity and Applejack sat in front of Rainbow and Pinkie, whereas Fluttershy and Twilight sat beside them with Spike sitting in between them.

Twilight's face was inside the map during the whole train ride. Fluttershy felt the urge to nudge her in the side to get her attention away from the map and into reality.

''I'm sorry but I get that you are excited for this adventure to be so intrigued by the map but I have one question to ask,'' said the shy pegasus as she looked down at her hooves.

Twilight looked around to see everypony was paired up - which had seemed odd to her.

''Huh.'' She looked at Fluttershy, who was sitting next to her. ''Doesn't it feel strange to you that everypony is paired up? I mean did they do this on purpose because they, well...''

''Why, whatever do you mean, Twilight?'' she asked, tilting her head in confusion.

''I mean Rarity is paired up with Applejack and we all know that...well, you know.''

''No, I don't know what you are inferring at.''

''Oh well.'' Twilight shrugged, having her eyes focus on the map again.

Pinkie landed her face against the window to check out the wonderful scenery as they all went past a rainforest with lots of beautiful animals. This had gotten Fluttershy hyped up and had her eyes stare at all of the animals without a blink of her eyes.

''Oh, my,'' Rarity murmured. ''I wish I had my sketchpad.''

''Awesome!'' Rainbow exclaimed. ''Hey, look! We are entering through a mysterious cave now.''

This had made Pinkie scream, but everypony just rolled their eyes until they actually entered inside. Everything was pitch black and got everypony screaming in horror.

Once they exit out of it, the rainbow-maned blue pegasus then burst into an uncontrollable roar of hysterical laughter. Everypony glanced at each other then looked at her bluntly.

''Oh, as if you were never scared when we were in that tunnel,'' said Rarity in a serious tone.

Rainbow tried to maintain her laughter. ''Okay, sheesh. No need to get all defensive.''

On the other hoof, Spike was fidgeting in his seat as Twilight and Fluttershy were staring at him unpleasingly.

''Is everything okay, Spike?'' asked Twilight in concern.

''Are we there yet?'' he inquired. ''I really need to go to the bathroom.''

Everypony in the train cart groaned in annoyance -- which had gotten him even more constipated but Twilight helped by comforting him in her purple wing. Spike snuggled himself up to forget about this.

Suddenly, the train had made a halt and made the conductor get off the train again to announce his speech. Everypony was eager to bounce off as they took a look at the beautiful ocean.

''Race you to build a sandcastle!'' Rainbow declared, smirking at the cowgirl before running into the sand.

Rarity had made Spike lay a blanket on the sand for her to relax in. She ordered him to rub sun cream on her back so she wouldn't get any sunburn due to the blazing hot Celestia's sun. Of course, Spike didn't mind as he was so blinded by her amazing beauty and seductiveness.

Pinkie was playing with a beach ball she had secretly packed into one of Rarity's bags. Fluttershy was just standing quietly beside Twilight as she was still caught up in her map.

Soon after, she lowered it down to glance at everypony. ''Girls, this is a friendship quest, not some holiday!''

''Gee, you are right, Twilight.'' The cowgirl stopped patting on the bucket of sand with her spade. ''I can't believe we even forgot about it because we were busy distracted by all of this.''

Twilight sighed. ''It's alright, Applejack.''

Applejack turned around to face the others who were still playing. She sighed in disapproval, snatching the bucket and spade from Rainbow since she was playing with the sand.

''Get up,'' she ordered. ''We have a friendship quest here.''

Rainbow chuckled as she got up from the ground and got everypony else out of their holiday trance and made everypony stand firmly in front of the ocean.

''Alright, everypony.'' Twilight trotted across from them. ''Are we all ready to swim into the ocean and help a town?''

They all had saluted. Twilight nodded in approval until Spike pulled onto her mane to get her attention.

''Uh, Twilight? How are we going to do that when we aren't in Seaquestria?''

Twilight looked at him blankly. And then facehoofed herself. ''You're right, Spike. How did I not put thought into this before? Now, what do we do now? How did Princess Luna enter into the ocean?''

Everypony glanced at each other until they had heard a voice coming from behind them. They all raised an eyebrow and turned around to see a weird creature wearing a pirate's hat and an eyepatch. A hook was attached to his hand.

''If you are not a sea creature then I suppose you should add these to your noses,'' said the pirate as he picked up a star that was attached to the sand.

Pinkie looked at him suspiciously. ''Hey, I know you...''

''You do, my little pony?'' he asked, raising an eyebrow. Pinkie nodded in response. ''How?''

''SpongeBob SquarePants!'' she exclaimed briefly.

He gasped. ''You know who that yellow sponge is?!''

Pinkie huffed, rolling her eyes. ''Duh! I'm a fourth-wall breaker after all!''

The pirate nodded in understanding and gave out seven stars for the six ponies and dragon to wear on top of their noses so they could start breathing underwater.

They all turned to him thankfully before simultaneously diving into the ocean together.

Under the ocean, Pinkie and Rainbow were giggling to themselves as they all tried swimming down to the bottom. Rarity hushed the two of them down once Twilight had her eyes laid on a town with lots of fishes walking in between.

Twilight had led the girls down to the bottom, except for Pinkie and Rainbow who had spotted a cave sitting still on a mountain. They were somehow eager to check it out.

''Hello,'' said Twilight to a pink fish wearing a blue bikini. ''I'm Princess Twilight Sparkle and we are sent here to solve a friendship problem. So, do you have any problems in this little town of yours?''

''Now I know why it's called Bikini Bottom,'' Rarity whispered to Applejack as she pointed at the fishes walking around in bikinis. This had made the cowgirl chuckle.

The fish that Twilight had been talking to casually walked right past her with a roll of her eyeballs.

''Well,'' said Rarity, ''that was rude of them to just walk right past you.''

''Um, guys? Aren't we missing something, or somepony, or someponies?'' Fluttershy said quietly.

''What do y'all think we should do?'' the cowgirl asked. ''If this place is full of rude rodents.''

''Maybe we should try to...'' Fluttershy trailed off.

''I think our problem is to decorate these buildings.'' Rarity grimaced. ''Ugh, it stinks.''

''Maybe we should be able to find the others...'' said Fluttershy.

Twilight sighed. ''I don't know. For the tenth time, I feel like a Princess of Failure.''

''You're not a failure, Twilight,'' Applejack assured her. ''We are right here to support you.''

''GUYS!'' Fluttershy shouted loudly, making a baby fish cry in its pushchair. She turned to the baby and the parent apologetically but they had walked away from her.

''Yes?'' said Applejack, finally paying attention to her due to her outburst.

Fluttershy cleared her throat, smiling at them friendly. ''Don't you think you are forgetting about someponies?''

Everypony looked at each other in confusion until Rarity had figured out what she was inferring.

''Pinkie and Rainbow!'' she exclaimed. ''Where are they?!''

The horror began on their faces. And then they all started panicking and scattering around the place to find the two missing ponies. Fluttershy, on the other hoof, was just shaking her head displeasingly.

''That's what I've been trying to tell you,'' she said.

Pinkie and Rainbow had found themselves in a dark and mysterious cave until Pinkie had got out a torch from her sentient pink poofy mane to flash the light presence that was coming out of it on the walls for them to see. But they still had to squint their eyes to see even clearer.

''Where are we?'' Rainbow inquired. Turning around to face her friend, a slight twinge had occurred through her body. Then a drip splotched on her fringe which had gotten her to turn around again.

Pinkie's eyes were filled with horror and dragged her friend to her side so they could start running. The beast started running after them.

''What is that thing?!'' Rainbow shouted, glancing at her friend.

''I don't know but quick!'' Pinkie replied, spotting a ladder in front of them. She pushed her friend up so she could also make herself climb behind her as well. Unfortunately, the beast was fast enough to catch up to them and crash into the wall. The wall crashed down along with the two ponies. They hugged each other tight, shivering and saying their last words.

''I don't want to die!'' they exclaimed, screaming in fright.

The beast stopped in his tracks, looking down at them cautiously. Pinkie and Rainbow stopped their screaming and blinked. They looked at each other in bewilderment.

''It's okay. I won't hurt you,'' the creature friendly said.

''Won't hurt us?!'' they said in unison. They glanced at each other for the last time. The creature nodded with a friendly smile which had gotten the two ponies even more confused.

''I'm sorry for chasing you,'' he apologised. ''I just tend to do that when I have an intruder in my home.''

''This is your house?'' Rainbow said, glancing at the dented cave walls.

Pinkie frowned. ''We are sorry for intruding on your home, mister. You see, we are new here and, well...''

''I know,'' he interrupted. ''You don't look like creatures that would live under the sea and because of those starfishes on your cute little noses.''

Pinkie giggled. ''Well, we are actually here for a friendship problem so do you know where something like that could be around here?''

The creature then broke into a miserable cry. Water started raining on the two ponies. Rainbow groaned in annoyance, however, Pinkie looked sympathetically at him and rubbed his back comfortingly.

''Aw, there, there, it's alright.''

''I'm sorry but...I don't have any friends!'' he cried. ''Everyone hates me because of my hideous looks and that's why I act so aggressive whenever there's an intruder because I know why they came! To make fun of me!''

''Aw, that doesn't look like a good presence to me,'' Pinkie replied.

''It's whatever,'' said Rainbow. ''You should probably try maintaining your anger on ponies, err, creatures and maybe that's why you don't have any friends.''

Pinkie nudged her. ''Dashie! What a thing to say! Now, mister, err, what's your name?''

The creature sniffed. ''Sandino, but call me Sand.''

Pinkie smiled warmly at him -- shaking his hand. ''Hello, Sand. I'm Pinkie Pie and this is Rainbow Dash. We are sorry that you are lonely but if you want, you can be our friend!''

The beast rubbed his eyes, couldn't believe what he was hearing. ''Really?!''

''Yeah!'' Pinkie beamed, nudging Rainbow in the side.

''Why not?'' she grumpily said.

They were both surprised by a tight hug from the creature as he again burst into a fountain of tears, but this time it was full of happy tears.

''And I thought Pinkie was good at tight hugs and fountain of tears,'' Rainbow mumbled.

They both giggled as they snuggled themselves into the hug, not hearing an evil chuckle from the creature.

Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy were soon found in front of a building that was shaped like a lobster's trap with a pole in front of it that had the title 'Krusty Krabs' displayed. They all looked at each other before trotting inside of the weird building.

They were soon met by a red crab draped in a blue suit with a black belt. He was pinching his claws as he walked towards them. ''Hello, my little ponies! Have you came to eat a Krabby Patty at the Krusty Krab?''

A turquoise squid was snorting to himself as he was reading a magazine inside a boat with a register in front of him. Behind him was a window with a yellow sponge popping out with a tray that had a burger and a drink placed neatly on top.

His attention was trailed onto a group of four colourful ponies. He walked towards them to greet them.

''Hello! My name is SpongeBob SquarePants!'' he greeted with a polite smile.

It was a yellow sponge with big blue eyes (similar to Pinkie's) and he was wearing a white shirt with a red bowtie and squeaky black shoes. He was also wearing a friendly smile that was also similar to Pinkie's.

''Hey,'' said Applejack. ''Isn't he the sponge that Pinkie mentioned earlier?''

''Speaking of Pinkie,'' Twilight murmured, ''we have to find her and Rainbow.'' She stepped in front of them with a cleared throat. ''My name is Princess Twilight Sparkle and these are my friends: Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy. Although, two of our friends are missing and we need to find them so we could solve a friendship problem here.''

''You don't need to.''

They all turned around to spot a creature standing at the doorway with two ponies riding on his back. This had made the four ponies hype up and run towards them.

However, Mr. Krabs was having his eyes crossed onto the dreaded beast.

''Plankton,'' he mumbled.

''Krabs,'' he muttered.

''What are you doing here, Plankton?'' Mr. Krabs inquired, having a sour look appear on his face.

Plankton placed a hoof to his chest to seem offended. ''Why, am I not welcomed here?''

''Uh,'' Rainbow muttered. ''I thought his name was Sandino.''

''You were mistaken, my little naïve ponies, and thank you for leading me to the Krusty Krab so I could get my hands on that Krabby Patty secret formula!'' He burst into a maniacal roar of laughter as he took off his costume to reveal himself.

The six ponies were about to question further until SpongeBob walked up to them to answer their question.

''Plankton is actually an enemy of the Krusty Krab because he wants to steal our secret ingredient of what we are cooking to our fellow customers because he doesn't get any customers in his own restaurant over there,'' he explained as he gestured over at a building outside of the window in the shaping of a bucket that had the title 'The Chum Bucket' displayed in big dark red writing.

''He needs to learn to be more original,'' Rarity articulated.

However, Pinkie and Rainbow were sulking to themselves in the corner until Fluttershy approached them with a soft pat on their backs. She gave out an assuring smile.

''We have just lost a friend!'' Pinkie exclaimed, crying even further.

''Maybe that's it,'' Fluttershy declared. ''Maybe this is our friendship problem. To stop the feud between the two restaurants and make them become friends!''

Rainbow looked at Pinkie. ''That sounds about right.''

Plankton was using his ray gun to blast all of the creatures who were attacking him. Once he was done, he sneakily walked inside a room that had looked like an office.

A devious smirk landed on his lips as he made a big leap onto a safe, rolling it open until he got stopped by the lights flickering open. He growled in frustration as he spotted a red crab standing at the doorway.

''Oh, come on!'' he shouted with a hint of frustration in his tone.

Mr. Krabs walked towards the safe to pinch onto the small green insect's antlers to get ready to blast him out to his own restaurant but wanted to have a bit of fun with him first.

''I got to say, Plankton, that your plans into stealing the Krabby Patty secret formula are always a total bust.''

''Only because I'm tiny!'' he exclaimed, wiggling his legs aggressively in the air. ''If I was your size, you couldn't pick me up! Although, I as a tiny being gets me to be sneaky.''

''I would still be able to win,'' Mr. Krabs declared confidently.

Plankton growled through his teeth. ''I hate you, Krabs! I will always hate you! Forever in my life, my blood will always boil because of YOU destroying my genius plans! You will always be that spoiled brat that gets everything! I hate you!''

Mr. Krabs sighed, walking up to his desk to take a seat. He laid the small green insect on the table. ''Look, Plankton. I'm sorry I always win and I love money so much but sometimes you have to take care of yourself.''

''Is that why you never let me work with you?'' he inquired.

''No, Plankton. You chose to flee and abandon me. I wanted the both of us to work together just like when we were kids but it seemed like you had other plans.''

''Gee, I didn't know. Now I feel like apologising to you, Krabs.'' This had gotten the red crab's attention. ''When we were kids, we were inseparable but now we are having a feud between each other over one silly recipe?'' He shook his head. ''It's stupid.''

Mr. Krabs smiled. ''I feel the same way, Plankton. I'm sorry too.''

''So, can we...work together and officially become friends again?''

Mr. Krabs stared at him to check there wasn't any trickery on his expression. He let out a defeated sigh and shook his tiny hands for approval.

Standing at the door, there were multiple different creatures watching the scene in awe.

Rainbow nudged Fluttershy. ''I guess you were right. This was the friendship problem.''

Fluttershy nodded until she felt something buzz on her flank. The six ponies took a glance at their cutie marks, only to see them glowing. Twilight turned around to her friends with a smile.

''Well, gang, I guess everything worked out in the end.''

Pinkie was crying a fountain of happy tears, having the place be filled with water and having all the fishes make their way out of the restaurant in paddle boats.

''But we are in the water,'' Rainbow pointed. ''I don't understand.''

A squirrel, who was wearing a white spacesuit, walked over to them. ''You'll get used to it.''

''So, how do we make it back to the surface?'' Applejack questioned.

''I think we can stay here for a little bit,'' said Twilight. ''Come on! We still haven't tried those delicious Krabby Patties! I have always wanted to try them ever since we got here and I am starving!''

Everyone chuckled as they made their way over to the register where the squid was sleeping on the job. Nevertheless, Pinkie got out a horn from her mane to blow it in his ears. He screamed, having everyone laugh out of joy. Squidward placed sponges inside his ears with a groan of annoyance as he got back to his sleeping.