Chapters Short Stories of Equestria Girls and the Ponies
Author's Note
The Following Short you're about to read is set after the events of the Season 6 finale.
Equestrian Record
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
The sun was shining brightly as Starlight Glimmer walked around Ponyville. She had done several days of studying, and only finished her latest test with Twilight Sparkle. Now she had a chance to relax and meet up with some of the ponies around town. As she walked along, she spotted Rainbow Dash standing under a tree and bouncing a ball on top of her head.
"Hello Rainbow Dash, what are you doing?" she asked curiously.
Rainbow didn't answer for a moment, she seemed to be focusing. After a minute though, she finally answered, "sorry Starlight, but I'm trying not to lose my count. 765, 766, 767. I'm trying to break the Equestrian record for the longest amount of time a pony can bounce a ball on top of their head. 785, 786, 787."
"Oh I see, but do you know the actual number for the Equestrian record?"
"798, 799, 800. Nope, I don't, but I'm pretty sure I'm getting close to breaking it. 810, 811, 812."
"Well if you want, I can go find a copy of the Equestrian book of records and tell you how long a pony's bounced a ball on top of their heads for."
"834, 835, 836. Sure go ahead, but I bet it's not as high as the number I've got right now," Rainbow boasted, then continued counting; "847, 848, 849."
Starlight went off to the bookstore and asked Plot Twist, the owner of the store, if there were any copies of the book.
"Nope, sorry Miss Glimmer," she said, "but I just sold the last one two days ago. We're due to get more copies three days from now if you don't mind waiting."
"Normally I don't mind waiting, but I need to see how long a pony's been able to bounce a ball on their head for. Thanks anyways."
She decided to go back to Twilight's castle, hopefully she had a copy of the book. On the way, she met up with Trixie, "hello Starlight, what are you doing out and about today?" Starlight told Trixie about Rainbow Dash's attempt to break the record, and that neither of them knew how long a pony had bounced a ball on top of their head for.
"I got a copy of the book, you could borrow it to find out."
"Really? Oh thanks Trixie, you're the best," smiled Starlight.
"Of course I am," Trixie boasted.
Of course, the book was underneath a pile of boxes and as a result, many of them went flying past Starlight's head as Trixie threw them out of the wagon.
"Ahh! Here it is, the big book of Equestrian Records."
Using her magic, she passed the book over to Starlight, who took it up in her magic.
"Thanks again Trixie. Oh and before I go..." she paused and using her own magic, lifted all of Trixie's books and boxes back into the wagon and piled them up into a few neat piles.
"Impressive as always Starlight."
Starlight said good-bye to Trixie, then made her way towards where Rainbow Dash was.
"1206, 1207, 1208. So how long has a pony bounced a ball on top of their heads for?" she asked Starlight. "1218, 1219, 1220."
Starlight flipped through the pages. There were many different records in there, and many were quite interesting to read about. Finally though, she found what they were looking for, "record for number of times for bouncing a ball on one's head."
"And that is? 1333, 1334, 1335."
Starlight gasped, "One billion, seven hundred thousand nine hundred forty two times."
"What?!" Rainbow Dash gasped and stopped. The ball bounced on her head, then flew away from her. "That's impossible, no pony can do that, not even me. Who was the pony that pulled that off?"
The answer soon came into view as Derpy, the little grey pegasus with wonky eyes passed them. Rainbow Dash's ball had bounced on top of her head and continued bouncing, without her even looking up. Starlight looked to the book while Rainbow Dash gasped in shock.
"Yep, that makes a lot of sense."
Short Stories of Equestria Girls and the Ponies
Author's Note
This story is set after the music video 'Monday Blues'.
Sunset's Second Pet
Sunset's Second Pet
"Ugh! Darn rain, why does it have to beat heavily into my face?" groaned Sunset Shimmer.
It was a Monday morning, and for the fourth week in a row, it was raining on Canterlot City. Sadly like a few weeks ago, Sunset set off from her home without an umbrella. Today, the weather was worse thanks to the winds being a little stronger this time, almost making it feel like it had a mind of it's own, and the raindrops were pouring down heavier than usual.
"I need to take a page out of Twilight's book and start carrying an extra umbrella with me at all times," she thought to herself. She paused for a moment and took in a deep breath, "oh well, I'll be at the school soon and out of this miserable mess...uh oh."
Up ahead, a car was coming down the road, and was heading straight for a big puddle near to where Sunset was standing. Reacting quickly, Sunset jumped out of the way into an alleyway. It was a good thing she did as the car made the water splash everywhere. A few drops landed on her high heeled boots, but not on her.
"Whew, that was close," she sighed.
She backed up a bit and bumped into a box. She heard a small hiss, then a quiet meow. Curious as to what she bumped into, she turned around and found a familiar stray stripy cat looking up at her. She had seen this cat numerous times during her walks to school and mostly every time, she does stop to give it a little pat on the head or scratch it's neck.
"Hey little guy, you still sitting out here all alone?" she asked in a kind voice.
"Meow," answered the cat.
Instead of merely patting the cat, Sunset picked it up and brought it close to her. The little cat was a little wet, and she thought it might be shivering. However, once it was close to her, it seemed to calm down.
"Poor little guy, you shouldn't have to bear the elements, you should have a home of your own."
"Meow," answered the cat, as if it was agreeing with Sunset.
She gave it a few pats on the head, and as she did, she thought about all the times she stopped to see it. She did like this cat, but always felt bad for leaving it alone in that old box, which was a sorry state giving it's age, and wet spots from the raindrops pounding on it. She also thought about when Fluttershy helped her to get a pet. At the time, Sunset said she wanted something a little less furry, but holding onto this cat now, she thought maybe a furry pet wouldn't hurt either.
She looked down to the little cat, "hey little guy, why don't you come with me? I'll make sure you have a good home."
The cat didn't protest at all. It instead watched as Sunset brought over her backpack, opened it up, moved some things around, and gently placed the cat inside to keep it dry.
"Meow," said the cat.
"You're very welcome."
Once her backpack was on her back again, she started on her way once more. This time, she got out her phone and texted Fluttershy, 'Meet me at the front of the school, I need your help with something. Sunset Shimmer.'
She soon reached the school, and while lots of students were merely walking or running in and away from the front entrance way, one person was just waiting there. It was Fluttershy, "hello Sunset, what did you need help with?" she asked curiously.
Sunset walked into the school with her, and only once they were inside, she revealed the reason for the help request.
"Is that a little kitty cat?" Fluttershy cooed.
"It is indeed. I often see this cat everyday on my way to school, and I would like to ask you if you could give him a check over."
"I can definitely do that."
The two girls walked over to a nearby classroom where Fluttershy gave a small little examination. Nothing serious, just checking to make sure all four paws were okay and using the power of her geode, spoke with the cat and asked if it had a fever.
"He's in perfect health," smiled Fluttershy. "Now, will I be taking this cat back to the shelter later?"
"Actually Fluttershy, I want to take him home with me," Sunset answered.
Fluttershy raised an eyebrow at this, "I thought you said you wanted a pet without fur."
"I did say that yes, and that's why I chose Ray, but I've grown fond of this little guy. It just wouldn't feel right bringing it in out of the rain and not taking him home with me."
The cat meowed and Fluttershy listened, "he couldn't imagine being with anyone else either," she said for the cat. It meowed again and small tears appeared in Fluttershy's eyes, "no one really bothers with this little guy. Only you stop to say hello."
Now small tears came into Sunset's eyes, "see? That just shows I should be the one to take him home. I don't mind the idea of having a second pet, and I'm sure Ray wouldn't mind either."
Fluttershy nodded to the idea, "okay Sunset, you can take him home with you. But maybe for now, let me look out for him, and we'll take him back to your apartment later."
"Yeah, sounds like a good idea. Thanks Fluttershy."
The day went by quickly and once school was done, the two girls walked with the cat back to Sunset's apartment. Apart from the cat and their school books, the two of them were also carrying food and litter that they picked up from a pet store.
Ray was waiting in his tank when they came in. His little eyes looked over to the cat.
"Hey Ray," smiled Sunset. She reached a hand into the tank and he walked onto her hand, "I got someone to introduce you to." She brought him over to the cat, "this is our newest friend to join us in the apartment, and he's called Stripy."
Sunset lowered Ray towards Stripy and watched as he nuzzled up to the right side of his face. This got a purring response from the cat.
"I'd say they're happy to be friends, and..." Fluttershy paused as she listened to them, "they say they're both happy to be with someone as wonderful as you Sunset."
Sunset blushed hearing that, "well I'm happy to have you both in my life." She brought Ray close to the left side of her face, where he nuzzled her cheek. She then brought Stripy close to her, where he did the same thing to the right side of her face. It was such a cute moment, which once again brought a tear to Fluttershy's eye.
"I just wish we could see more moments like this," she said. "But there are still plenty of strays out there."
"Well I'm sure they'll be found, and like these little guys, they'll be given great homes."
Fluttershy nodded, "well I better get back to the animal shelter to make sure of that."
"Right, and thanks again for the help Fluttershy, I really appreciate it and I'm sure these guys do too."
And indeed they did as they said so to Fluttershy. She said good bye and headed off. Sunset then looked down to her pets, "now let's get you two something to eat, you both must be hungry." Again, there were no struggles from the pets as they went with Sunset to the kitchen. As for Stripy, he could already tell that he was going to enjoy living with this wonderful red and yellow haired girl, and little Ray as well.
Short Stories of Equestria Girls and the Ponies
Never A Dull Moment (Adaptation)
Author's Note
I just want to say that yes I am aware this isn't a short story, but I felt like this was the perfect place to post my adaptations of certain MLP episodes. With that said, hope you'll enjoy this one.
Never A Dull Moment (Adaptation)
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Adaptation
Written by: ThomasZoey3000
(Based on the Season 6 Episode "P.P.O.V. Pony Point of View")
Never a Dull Moment
Celestia's sun had just barely risen over a small little village. It's a quiet place where ponies go about their lives in no big hurry, and doing the jobs they love to do. For many of them, it involves working at the docks. It was these docks that Applejack was walking on as she made her way towards a big ship. Today, she, along with her friends Rarity and Pinkie Pie were going on a little boat trip to simply relax. After the Crystalling, the Buckball game and that misadventure at Twilight's castle, the ponies felt some quiet time away from Ponyville would do them a world of good.
"Is that boat all set for us?" Applejack asked a dock worker.
"She is indeed all set," nodded the dock worker. "But be aware lass, there are fierce storms on the way today." Applejack raised an eyebrow in confusion. The dock worker pointed out to the open water, "do you see the color of the sunrise?"
"Yes I do, and it looks beautiful."
"Aye, but don't be fooled by it. Red sky at night brings Sailor's delight, but red sky in the morning brings Sailor's warning. So you best be careful as you sail out there."
"Don't worry, I brought along a map to help find our way to safe locations." She reached into her saddlebag and pulled out a map of the open waters.
"Good to know, but there's something else you need to be careful about."
"Oh, and what would that be?"
"Beware of pirates. Even to this day, there are still pirates out there, searching for lost treasure from sunken boats or looking to steal from unsuspecting ponies. So keep both eyes open and don't wander off course, or you'll be in their grasp." And with that, the dock worker set off to attend other matters.
"Oh don't worry, I'll make sure to avoid all that," Applejack said to nopony in particular.
As she waited for her friends to arrive, she looked over the map to make sure they would be heading in the right direction. She had just finished looking it over for a second time when Pinkie Pie arrived. As anypony would expect, the party pony had packed way too much into her saddlebag, yet she wasn't struggling under it's weight, somehow.
"Geez Pinkie, you look like you packed everything but the kitchen sink."
"No, I'm sure I got a kitchen sink in there."
Applejack rolled her eyes. Having known Pinkie for as long as she, or the other ponies have, AJ knew better than to question how Pinkie Pie does anything anymore.
"It's a shame everypony else couldn't join us," said Pinkie. "I'm sure they would've had a wonderful time out on the water."
"They probably would, but Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash had to attend their flight school reunion, and I believe Twilight is giving Starlight a few more lessons on friendship." Applejack looked around, but couldn't see any sign of Rarity, "hey Pink, you haven't seen Rarity anywhere have you?"
"She was back at a bakery getting some treats for our boat trip. I bet you she'll be arriving any minute now."
Right on cue, Rarity arrived and walking along behind her was a gruff looking pony, carrying her bag in his mouth. This resulted in another 'rolling eyes' gesture from the two ponies.
"Well my dears, I am ready to go," Rarity said proudly. "Oh and I hope you don't mind, but this fine chap wants to join us on our boat trip."
Applejack raised an eyebrow at this, "but why?" she asked.
"Well you know what they say, many hooves make light work. Besides, he's always wanted to go out on the ocean and I thought maybe he could join us and live his dream."
"Well in that case, welcome aboard matey."
But the pony didn't say a word, he just walked behind Rarity as she walked onto the boat. Pinkie Pie looked to Applejack, "I got a bad feeling about this guy. He's up to something."
"Well if he is, let me know right away okay?"
Pinkie Pie nodded. Ever since the para-sprite attack on Ponyville many moons ago, the ponies had learned that if Pinkie Pie says something is wrong, they better listen to her.
Pinkie and Applejack climbed onto the boat and after raising the anchor, they set off towards the open waters.
"The harbor certainly looks pretty," Rarity said as she stood at the back of the boat. "It almost looks like a model set you see in toy stores you know?"
But the sailor she had been talking to wasn't listening to her. He was instead looking at a map of his own.
"Uh, Salty Dog, is everything alright?"
The pony, known as Salty Dog rolled up his map, put it away and turned back to Rarity, "aye, everything is fine Lass. Everything is just fine." He seemed to show a smirk as he walked off down the stairs and into the main cabin of the boat.
"Okay, that was weird."
The harbor soon became just a dot in the distance as the boat sailed on. Applejack was at the wheel and looking to her map, and at times, looking to the skies.
"Hey Applejack, do you want something to eat?" Pinkie called up to her. "Rarity and I are just bringing out the food."
"Oh I love to Pinks, but somepony has to stay at the wheel, but save some food for me okay?"
"You got it!" she called out.
Somehow and someway, Rarity managed to get a tray with three shelves full of food out of a tiny bag, and she placed it right in the middle of a small table. Pinkie Pie, as one would expect, brought candy and all kinds of junk food aboard.
"Want some cotton candy Rarity? They were just sponged before we left."
"Oh thank you Pinkie Pie," she smiled and accepted one with her magic. "Why don't you try one of these cucumber sandwiches? I got them from that little shop in the village."
Pinkie Pie was just about to grab one when Salty Dog came over, and shouting in anger, "get those off me ship!" and he smacked them off the boat. They sank into the water.
"Well, how rude!" snapped Rarity, "there's certainly no call for that!"
Salty Dog didn't apologize for his actions, he just walked off back to the top of the deck. Pinkie's suspicions on this pony were now only growing with every second.
Applejack came down, "What happened down here?"
"Salty Dog just threw the cucumber sandwiches over board, for no good reason."
"They attract attention more than any of your other food!" came the cry of Salty Dog from the wheel. "I've seen many a sailor's fall victim to creatures attacking, and all because of cucumber sandwiches."
Pinkie's eyes narrowed on him.
"Never mind," said Applejack. "We still have other food here, and I brought some fresh apple pies from Sweet Apple Acres. They always bring a smile to anypony's face, right?"
Rarity nodded, "I guess you're right Applejack." Her stomach gave off a grumbling sound, "and it'd certainly satisfy my hunger right about now. Well that and Pinkie's cotton candy."
Applejack reached into her saddlebag and pulled out the freshly made Apple pies. They started eating, but Pinkie was still watching Salty Dog like a griffon. What none of them noticed was that at the spot where the sandwiches went over, several bubbles appeared from under the water.
Some time later, Applejack was back at the wheel and she could see storm clouds rolling in, "We'll need to get to shore soon," she told Rarity and Pinkie. "But I think we'll go around it instead of going threw it."
"Good call," nodded Rarity.
As Applejack took the boat away from the path of the storm, Rarity and Pinkie Pie went back to the lower deck where the pink pony brought out some of her games.
"It's P.W.T!" she cried.
"P.W.T? Uh Pinkie Darling, what's that suppose to mean?"
"It's Piñata Whacking Time of course!" she beamed. Within an instant, she got a Piñata into place and brought out a long stick, "care to have the first whack at it Rarity?"
"Of course Darling, I love nothing more to break open a Piñata."
"That's the spirit!" Pinkie smiled.
She pulled out a piece of purple clothe and used it to cover Rarity's eyes. Then she spun the fashion pony around a bit, then gave her the stick, "break a leg Rarity." Rarity swung it, but nearly hit Pinkie, "uh, you might want to go the other way before you hit me."
"Pinkie Darling, I don't know which way is the other way, I'm blind right now."
"Oh right, silly me." She guided Rarity a bit towards the Piñata, then the rest was up to her.
"I will hit it, I will hit it, if it's the last thing I do," she giggled.
She swung the stick three more times before a loud boom made her stop in her tracks. She lifted up her blindfold and noticed they were not moving away from the storm, they were heading straight for it.
"Applejack, we're going the wrong way!" Rarity called out, but got no reply. "Applejack?"
Rarity dropped the stick, and went to the top deck, wobbling a little bit from the spinning she just did. Pinkie went with her, and soon it was easy to see why Applejack wasn't replying back, she was in a struggle against Salty Dog.
"What do you think you're doing?" Rarity snapped. She and Pinkie went to help Applejack as Salty Dog was wresting to get the map from her.
"That map be the only way to find me treasure, now give it here!"
Despite being confused as to what he could be talking about, the three ponies refused to let Salty Dog take the map. They struggled against him for almost a minute before Pinkie finally realized something.
"Somepony might want to grab the wheel, we're drifting further into that storm!"
Applejack let go and tried to get to the wheel, but at that moment, Salty Dog won in the struggle and tripped Applejack, allowing him to get to the wheel.
"We're going where I want to go!" he shouted. "Arr-Arr, I'll find that treasure and become the richest pony in all of Equestria!"
But he was busy monologuing, and hadn't noticed a giant wave heading straight for the boat. The three ponies tried to warn him, but it was no use. The wave crashed down onto the boat, flipping it over till it was upside down. Despite the flip-over, Applejack was able to swim to the surface for fresh air, and a face full of rain water.
"Rarity! Pinkie Pie! Where are you?! " she cried out loud. But she got no reply from either of her friends. She called out to them again, "RARITY! PINKIE PIE! "
"Applejack!" called another voice. She looked to find the source of the voice, but couldn't see anything. "Applejack! We're over here!"
"Where? I can't see you!"
"Swim towards the sound of our voices Darling!"
Applejack swam, and soon something came into view. It was Pinkie Pie and Rarity, and they were sitting in a very big kitchen sink, with the drain hole being plugged up by Pinkie's tail.
"See, I told you I had a kitchen sink," Pinkie smiled.
Rarity helped Applejack into the make-shift boat, "are you alright Darling?"
"Yeah I'm fine, though I got some water into my ears." She pounded on her ears and soon got the water out, "whew, that's better."
Rarity looked up and saw the storm clouds moving away, "oh sure, now they move away!" she groaned. "I wish the weather ponies could make up their minds for goodness sakes."
"Never mind the weather, what happened back on the boat?" Pinkie asked.
"I was trying to get us away from the storm when Salty Dog tried to take my map. Apparently he has an old map that shows the location of lost treasure from a ship that sank many moons ago, but the map isn't up to date, so he wanted my map and our boat to find it."
"Well he can't use it now," said Rarity, "thanks to him monologuing, the boat sank."
All three ponies watched as their boat sank to the bottom of the open waters. Rarity huffed unhappily, "and now we're stuck out here, honestly can this day..."
"Rarity, don't say it!" Applejack snapped. "Everytime one of us says that phrase, something bad always happens. Now let's just calm ourselves down and see if we can find land. If we can find any, maybe we can find a boat to use to get back to Ponyville."
"Or we can use this map," said Pinkie as she held out a map.
"Pinkie, you actually got the map away from Salty Dog?" Rarity asked in surprise.
"Uh, no I didn't. I got his instead."
She gave it to Applejack and she looked at it, "it's no wonder he needed our map, this one doesn't show much of the lands I saw on my map. However, it does show a small island heading South." She removed her hat and pulled out a small compass, "inspired by the way Pinkie stores things, I figured on putting a compass in my hat, just in case."
"Good thinking," smiled Rarity.
With Applejack's compass, and Salty Dog's map in hoof, they set off to find the Island. However, as they headed on their way, Pinkie could've sworn she heard some sinister laughter in the distance, followed by a small splash from somewhere close by.
"I don't think we're alone anymore," she thought to herself.
Despite the map being completely outdated, the three ponies were able to find a small Island with a small worn, but still with a roof, hut. As they headed for it, the sink scratched up against something.
"What in tarnation was that?" asked Applejack.
"I don't know, but we're not at land yet," said Rarity.
Pinkie placed her head into the water and looked around. She brought her head back up moments later and said in surprise, "there are pieces of a boat down there."
"A boat sank this close to land? That's not possible," said Rarity.
"Actually, I didn't see a boat, just pieces."
"Then the currents must've washed those pieces here," commented Applejack. She pulled out the map and saw the X was far off from the spot where the Island was, "those must've been some strong currents."
They finally reached land, then Applejack went back into the water to have a look for herself. It was hard to see down there, but she could indeed see pieces from a wrecked boat. She swam back to the surface for air and to call out; "Pinkie's right, there are pieces down here, lots of them!"
"Do you think the treasure was brought over here too?" Rarity called out.
"Only one way to find out." Applejack took in a deep breath and went back underneath the surface.
Less than a minute later, she returned to shore with a long chain. With Rarity and Pinkie Pie helping, they pulled on the chain until at last, a big wooden chest with rusty metal all around it came into view. Applejack bucked the lock off and pushed the lid open, revealing the contents inside were gold coins, silverware and even a crown.
"Oh my, what a treasure," gasped Rarity.
There was also a note inside, which was covered in laminate to protect it, "to our old friends of Mare-Is Prance, from Princess Celestia of Canterlot."
"No way, it was on it's way to Mare-is, but what could've caused the boat to sink and leave this at the bottom of the ocean for moons?"
"I don't know Rare, but I bet more than anything there are ponies out there that want this treasure for their own selfish needs. That's why Salty Dog wanted our boat, and that's why he wanted our map."
"Well at least he won't be able to find it now."
"Uh, actually he might be able to," said Pinkie. "As we were heading towards shore, I heard some sinister laughter and it sure sounded like Salty Dog to me, and I know he still has your map Applejack."
"Then that means it won't take him long to find us, and the treasure," said Rarity. "What shall we do?"
Applejack thought it over, then came up with an idea. "Let him come find us."
"What?" the two ponies exclaimed.
"Hear me out, if we try to float back to Ponyville in our sink with the treasure, we'll just sink again. I'm sure Salty Dog took one of the life boats our ship had, so when he arrives, we'll take his boat and get away from him. Once we're back in port, we'll alert the police and they can come get him."
The two ponies agreed to the plan and began talking on what to do upon Salty Dog's arrival. All the while, they were being watched by something in the water.
Night came, and the ponies had to go to the hut to keep themselves warm. Pinkie kept a watchful eye open for Salty Dog's arrival while Applejack kept a small fire going, and Rarity provided them with light by her horn.
"So much for some peace and quiet, it just never ends," sighed Rarity.
"I know, but to be honest, I do like some adventure every now and then," said Applejack. "It at least gets us out of ruts, and allow us to see such wonderful places. Like how Flutters and I went to Las Pegasus a short while ago."
"Or when Pinkie and I went to Canterlot after the map got fixed."
"Yes, adventures may be exhausting from time to time, but they can be fun."
On that note, Rarity and Pinkie Pie nodded in agreement. Then Pinkie whispered, "he's here, he's come for the treasure!"
"Lights out everypony!" Applejack put the fire out, and Rarity put out the light of her horn.
Salty Dog's boat landed on shore, and he growled just as the mere site of the pathway made in the sand. "I know you mainlanders have my treasure, and I want it now! Give it up, or I'll take it from you by force!"
"We'll see about that," Applejack whispered. She timed everything perfectly, then shouted: "CHARGE! " And she charged at the door. It hit Salty Dog in the face, and made him faint. Rarity and Pinkie Pie brought the treasure chest out of the hut, and once on the boat, all three ponies made their escape.
Salty Dog groaned as he got up, "darn mainlanders!" he shouted. He then smirked when he noticed a nearby object. "That treasure is as good as mine." He jumped into the sink, plugged it up and reached for the map, but discovered he didn't have it. As it turned out, when Applejack charged and hit him, she managed to get her map back. He growled, shoved his sink into the water and hurried to catch up.
"Uh oh," groaned Pinkie.
"Uh oh what?" asked Applejack.
"I forgot to sink the sink."
Rarity looked back and groaned, "uh Applejack, you might want to go faster! He's after us!" Applejack looked back and saw that Rarity was indeed correct. Salty Dog was catching up, in spite of having no ores.
The three ponies hurried as fast as they could, but then they stopped.
"What now?" groaned Rarity.
"We must've landed on more wreckage," groaned Applejack.
Pinkie placed her face into the water and looked down. A big smile came to her face. She lifted her head out of the water and looked to her friends, "it's not wreckage, we just found a friend; a tri-horned bunyip."
"A tri-horned what?" Applejack asked.
Rarity was at a loss of words as she saw a big head pop up in front of their boat. Applejack looked and gasped, "what in tarnation is that?"
"That is a tri-horned bunyip," Pinkie explained. "Friendly creatures of the sea, and they love cucumbers. I bet you he ate the sandwiches that Salty Dog threw overboard." The tri-horned bunyip nodded in agreement. "Well you're very welcome for the sandwiches Bunyip Sir, but now can you help us out? We need to get away from that meanie."
The tri-horned bunyip nodded again and put on some speed, back to the harbor. Salty Dog gasped, "you got to be kidding me."
A couple of times, one of the ponies or the treasure nearly fell out of the boat, but the tri-horned bunyip made sure they never fell. In no time at all, they reached the docks, much to the surprise of the dock workers there.
"Thank you Bunyip Sir, we appreciate you doing this for us," Pinkie said kindly.
The tri-horned bunyip rolled around happily, then dove back into the water.
"Pinkie, how did you know what that creature was?" asked Rarity.
"I looked it up in a book on sea creatures just yesterday. I borrowed it from Twilight's library."
Applejack and Rarity looked to each other and in unison said; "makes sense."
"What is going on here?" asked the harbor master. The ponies quickly explained everything. "Right, we'll put a stop to his plans." He looked to one of the dock workers, "go get the police and have them come here."
"Aye-aye captain!"
By the time Salty Dog reached the docks, the police were there waiting for him. They arrested him on the spot for endangering lives, theft and piracy. He growled unhappily as he was led away.
"What about the treasure?" Applejack asked the police chief.
"We'll make sure it's delivered to Mare-is Prance on the next boat," he said.
And they did too. The next boat leaving was going to Mare-is, so they loaded the treasure onto it, wrote a note explaining the situation that just happened, and sent the boat on it's way.
A few hours later, Twilight, Starlight and Spike were making their way to the train station, though Twilight seemed to be more excited than the other two, "will you slow it down Twilight?" Spike called, "we can barely keep up!"
"Sorry you two, but I'm just excited to hear of how their trip went."
"I'm sure it was fine," said Starlight. "I mean, what kind of trouble can three ponies get into while travelling on a boat?"
"Well we're about to find out, cause I can see the Friendship Express coming this way," said Spike.
Using her magic, Twilight lifted Spike onto her back and the two ponies ran to the platform. They got there just as the train slowed to a stop, steaming hissing from the cylinders. The doors opened, and many ponies stepped out onto the platform. The last to walk out were Rarity, Applejack and Pinkie Pie, all soaked and covered in seaweed and mud.
"Okay, that's what could happen," gasped Starlight.
"What happened guys? Was there any problems?" Twilight asked.
The ponies looked to each other and in unison said; "have we ever got a story to tell you."
Short Stories of Equestria Girls and the Ponies
Driving Miss Shimmer (Adaptation)
Equestria Girls Adaptation
Driving Miss Shimmer
Based on the Original CYOE Shorts/Adapted by: ThomasZoey3000
Sunset Shimmer sighed as she walked up to her locker of the Canterlot High School. She opened it and reached in to get her bag, but she didn't grab it, she just stood there and sighed heavily again. Nearby stood three of her best friends; Applejack, Rarity and Fluttershy. They could see Sunset looking miserable, and walked over to find out what was going on.
"Is everything alright Sunset?" Fluttershy asked her. "There's no bad news from Equestria is there?"
"Other than repairing damage from the recent invasion, no everything's fine over there," she answered sadly. "I even checked with my family this morning."
"Then, why do you look so sad?"
Sunset gave in, there was no point in trying to hide this from her best friends. She pulled out a piece of paper and gave it to Fluttershy to look at. Applejack and Rarity looked at it too, and suddenly found their answer.
"You failed your Driving test?" Fluttershy asked in surprise.
Sunset nodded as she leaned back into her locker and slid down to the floor, "yes I failed. I took a turn too wide and almost had a head-on collision, and I was driving too fast."
"Yikes, that is bad," said Applejack.
"Mr Cranky Doodle said it was the worst piece of driving he had ever seen, and said that I need more practice driving before I can even think of getting my license."
"So it'll be a while yet before you can take your next test?" Rarity asked.
Sunset shook her head, "not really. Mr Cranky Doodle said that he can test me again on Monday, which does leave me tonight, Saturday and Sunday, but I can't rent a car cause they're too expansive, and after that drive, I'm not really that confident in driving alone right now."
The three girls looked to each other, and as if they were talking to each other using their minds, they nodded and looked back to Sunset.
"Don't worry about vehicles or asking others for lessons, cause we can help you Darling. After all, all three of us have our licenses and each have a car, or truck of their own."
"Indeed," nodded Applejack, "and we'd be more than happy to teach you what we know."
"You guys would really do that for me?"
"Of course we would," smiled Fluttershy. "We'd do it for any of our friends, you know that."
Sunset had to admit that she did know that, cause it was who her friends were. Though it did bring to mind of her other friends, "what about Pinkie, Twilight and Rainbow?"
"They don't have licenses at all," answered Rarity. "Rainbow tried to get hers, but didn't pass the written test, plus she did get the instructor sick by doing a quick spin in the parking lot." Rarity shuddered, remembering that she saw the whole thing before her eyes. "Pinkie has yet to try, and as for Twilight, I think she's happy taking the bus for now."
"But don't y'all worry yourself Sunset, we can help you in two shakes of a tail," Applejack smiled. "Come by Sweet Apple Acres tonight, and Granny and I can show you how to do turns, following the speed limit and how to get turned around using the 3 point turn and the rest."
"We can try highway driving on Saturday," suggested Fluttershy.
"And Sunday, I'll teach you about parking," finished Rarity.
"That all sounds great, thank you girls," smiled Sunset. "Honestly, I don't know what I would ever do without you in my life."
When the end of the school day arrived, Sunset made her way to Sweet Apple Acres where she found the garage door open. There wasn't a single person nearby.
"Hey, is there anypony...er, anybody here?" she called out, quickly correcting her lingo.
"Well I don't know about ponies, but I'm here," chuckled a nearby voice from the back of the garage. Moments later, Applejack came walking over.
"Sorry, I sometimes get my lingos mixed up," said Sunset. "That happens when you spend a large portion of your life in a pony world."
"It's understandable Sunset."
"Anyways, I can't thank you enough for agreeing to help me tonight."
"Think nothing of it, besides I've been meaning to get the old girl running again. Hope she still runs like a new truck after all this time."
"Well we'll find out," said a voice from behind Sunset, which made her jump. She hadn't heard Granny Smith coming in, "stand aside girls." She walked up to the sheet covering up the truck and pulled it away. It sent a huge dust cloud everywhere. When it finally cleared away, Sunset could see a moderate sized truck with a wood box on the back, "still just as beautiful as ever."
"She's definitely...something special..." coughed Sunset.
Before they could leave though, Applejack opened up the hood and showed Sunset of how the engine worked, and where to put oil, windshield washer fluid and anything else a vehicle needed. Much like Twilight Sparkle would, Sunset wrote down everything as she would read it over and study later on after her lessons.
When they were done, Granny Smith gave Sunset the keys and the three of them climbed into the cab. Sunset turned the key and the engine roared into life.
"Sounding really good here," smiled Applejack. "A little tip Sunset is every few seconds, look down to your speed, but once you get a quick glimpse of it, get your eye sight back up to the road."
"I'll remember that, thanks AJ."
She put the truck into gear and with a small push on the pedal, the truck rolled forward out of the garage. But it hadn't gone far before there was a pop and the front left side leaned down. Sunset put the truck into park, and all three climbed out.
"Oh no, not a flat tire!" groaned Sunset.
"Not to worry Dearie," smiled Granny Smith, "consider this a part of your lessons." She lead Sunset to the back of the truck where they found a tool box. She opened the box, pulled out a wrench and gave it to Sunset. "Now first things first, you'll need to remove the hood-cap, undo the bolts, then you can remove the tire and replace it."
Sunset understood and after Applejack lifted the truck up, using the magic from her geode, the red head went to work. She even managed to remove the nail that burst the tire. In no time at all, she had a new wheel on the truck.
"Not bad Sunset," smiled Applejack. "You could really become a great mechanic one day. Now, let's get these nails picked up before we have to do this lesson again."
Sunset nodded and worked with Applejack to get the nails.
"But what if I don't have you nearby to help? What should I do then?"
"Pretty much every vehicle has a jack in the back as well as the spare wheel, just read the instructions and you'll be fine."
It took well over twenty minutes to get the nails off the driveway, and they discovered the reason they were there was because Apple Bloom needed to do some much needed repairs on the treehouse, and had accidently dropped some. She apologized to them, promised to be more careful in future and wished Sunset luck on her training runs.
As for the runs themselves, there were some mistakes made and only twice did Granny have to grab the wheel, but as the evening wore on, Sunset's driving got better and better. Soon it was decided to let her try driving solo. She was nervous of course, but she swallowed up her nervousness and did what she needed to do. By the end of her solo drives, she felt better and now no longer had the habit of taking wide turns.
"That was fun," she smiled as she gave Granny Smith the keys back.
"Well that's good to hear," smiled Applejack, "but you just wait till tomorrow when Fluttershy takes you on the highway."
Sunset gulped. During her evening runs, she had been going at no more than thirty miles per hour. Now tomorrow, she would be going faster and with lots of other vehicles next to her. Applejack saw how nervous she was, and gave her some encouragement, "after everything we've all been through, this will be the easiest thing in your life. You'll be fine Sunset."
At ten A.M. the next morning, Sunset walked away from her apartment and over to the street corner where she found Fluttershy. She was holding onto a kitty cat, and was standing next to a car that was smaller than a mini. Judging from the look of it, Sunset had to take a guess that Fluttershy had it customized to her and her animal's style.
"Sweet ride here Fluttershy, when did you get it?"
"Right after I got my license, but when I got it, it was bold red and the leather inside was black. It was a little too bold, so with Applejack and Rainbow Dash's help, I got it made into what you see here."
Sunset's guess was spot on.
"Anyways, we're doing some highway driving, so take the keys and let's go." She turned to place the cat in the back seat, "here you go Miss Kitty, enjoy the ride."
Sunset was still nervous over the idea of driving on the highway, but knew she needed to know this for her test. She got into the driver's seat, turned the key and let the engine come to life. It wasn't as loud as Applejack's family truck, but it still sounded good.
"Okay, before we take to the highway, we must go over our check-lists," said Fluttershy.
Sunset raised an eyebrow, "our check-lists?"
"Oh yes. When I drive, I always make a mental check-list to make sure I am prepared for the drive ahead. After all," she paused and stared firmly at Sunset, "you don't want to leave something out and get pulled over by the police, do you?"
"Uh, no, no I wouldn't."
Fluttershy smiled, "good, then let's begin our check-list. First, make sure your side mirrors are showing the side of the car and the area behind you, and your rearview mirror should show you the view from your back window." Sunset checked the mirrors, and they were set in the way Fluttershy had asked. "Next, make sure you have your seat-belt on."
"Well that's an obvious item," commented Sunset.
"Perhaps, but you be surprised by some of the stories I've heard about people who don't put on their seat-belts and drive off."
Fluttershy went on to discuss more safety checks until finally, they were ready. Sunset put the car into drive and drove away from the parking spot, already showing a great improvement from her previous test. They drove smoothly through the city streets, but just before the highway, Fluttershy suggested to Sunset that they pull over.
"Are you feeling alright Fluttershy?" Sunset asked curiously.
"I'm fine, but it's you I'm more concerned about. I know you're nervous, so while you calm yourself down, let's go over the steps for merging onto the highway."
"Okay," said Sunset and pulled off the road.
"Right well, as we're going onto the ramp leading onto the highway, you have to keep your speed at the correct limit, not too fast and too slow. Next, you'll need to go with this system; mirror, mirror, blinker, shoulder check and then change lanes. Let's try that." So Sunset did try it, more than a few times until Fluttershy was confident in what she saw. "Now vehicles won't slow down for you, so don't take up too much time, and most of all, don't stop in the merge lane, unless it's all bumper to bumper and no one's moving, otherwise, you merge right into it."
After a few more minutes of calming herself down, as well as getting pointers for getting off the highway, Sunset and Fluttershy made their way to the fast moving lanes of the highway.
"Remember this Sunset; breathe. Just breathe," Fluttershy said calmly.
Sunset did and performed everything Fluttershy instructed her to do. It resulted in a shaky merge, but they got on safely. As she drove at the speed of the highway, Sunset didn't say anything, but merely breathed in and out.
On the next highway merge, Sunset performed better. Fluttershy watched her like a true examiner, and so far it was good.
They kept merging on and off the highway until late afternoon when they returned to where they started.
"I'd say you're ready for the highway portion of the test Sunset," Fluttershy smiled. "Now you just need to do parking practise and you'll be ready." She didn't even mention that Sunset had parked on the line. She didn't want to destroy her confidence. "Don't worry, Rarity's all set for that part, and when she's done, you'll be 120% ready for your test."
"I hope you're right," Sunset muttered.
"Hey, don't get down on yourself, put a smile on your face and remember; you can do it. Geez, I'm starting to sound like Pinkie Pie."
At ten the next morning, Sunset once again left her apartment to meet up with Rarity. This time though, Rarity was nowhere to be seen.
"Where is Rarity? I hope she gets here soon, I really want to practice parking," Sunset thought to herself.
She looked to her phone for less than a minute. She decided she would call her and see if she was just leaving her house, but before she could do that, Rarity's Shelby Mustang pulled up.
"Sorry for being a little late Darling, had to help Sweetie Belle with a rip to her jacket." She looked down to Sunset's hand and her phone; "rule number one for today, keep your phone off at all times when driving."
Sunset wasted no time in turning her phone off and after climbing into the passenger seat, she put it into the glove box.
"Now we'll go over to the mall, and from there, we'll practice parking."
Rarity drove the powerful Mustang car over to the lot, and from there, the two girls switched places.
"Okay Sunset, to park perfectly, let's imagine two vehicles on either side of the spot you want to park at, that way it'll remind you to be careful when parking."
"This sounds like it's going to be hard."
"Perhaps right now, but soon it'll become easy. Now for pulling into the spot, you'll need to line yourself up so you'll be able to pull into the spot perfectly."
Sunset tried that and did get into the spot, but Rarity didn't look happy.
"What?" Sunset asked.
"That pretend car was a Bandit Trans Am, and you just wrecked it."
Sunset groaned, "too wide again?"
"Indeed, but don't worry Darling, that's why we're here. To practice until you get it, then we'll keep going until you're ready."
So from the morning going into the afternoon, they practiced pulling into the parking spot, backing into the parking spot and even parallel parking, which wasn't easy to do at times. By sundown though, Rarity was confident in what she saw.
"You're ready now Sunset."
She was about to say she hoped so, but then remembered what Fluttershy said, "I'll do my best tomorrow."
The next morning, Sunset waited outside the school for Mr Cranky Doodle to return from the test drive before hers. As she waited, she went over in her mind of all the tips and lessons she had over the weekend. "Look down for a second at my speed, look back up to the road ahead. Mirror, mirror, blinker, shoulder check, change lanes. Line myself up beside the vehicle, put myself at a 45 degree angle, back up, turn to line myself up, pull ahead and park. Okay, I know I got it."
The test car came back, and much to Sunset's surprise, the front left tire was flat.
"Lightning strikes twice," she thought to herself.
Mr Cranky Doodle stepped out of the car angrily, "Miss Heartstrings, your driving got us a flat tire, you went too fast and you had the music up too loud. You failed."
Lyra Heartstrings groaned and walked off unhappily. Mr Cranky Doodle walked up to Sunset, "I'll be with you in a minute Miss Shimmer."
As he walked away, Sunset decided to put her lessons to good use, and happily, there was a jack in the trunk of the car. She changed the tire, just as Mr Cranky Doodle arrived.
"Not bad Miss Shimmer, I was going to ask you if you can change a tire, but you beat me to it."
Sunset lowered the car down, put the jack and ruined tire in the trunk, then got into the driver's seat. Before beginning, they went through all the signals, including the four ways. When she turned on the car though, Sunset discovered that Lyra had the radio blasting too loudly, so she turned it all the way down till no sound came out.
"Ahh that's better, I thought I would go deaf from all that. Now before we begin our drive, what do you do?"
Sunset checked her mirrors. They weren't in position, so she adjusted them, then she put on her seat-belt and did everything Fluttershy had said to do on the mental check-list.
"Okay, a better improvement from the last drive, now put the car into drive and turn right."
Sunset did as she was asked, and this time turned perfectly. As she pulled out though, she didn't see her three 'teachers' arriving to give her support.
"She'll do just fine," smiled Applejack. "She's a smart gal, and with our lessons, she'll perform better than most beginners."
"I hope so," said Rarity as she looked over to a downcast Lyra, "not too many students can impress Mr Cranky Doodle."
Sunset took Mr Cranky Doodle through the town, and onto the highway. Fluttershy's lessons worked wonders, "She sure does know what she's talking about," Sunset thought to herself.
After the highway run, they drove along some side-streets where Sunset performed three point turns, U-Turns and even did some parking. Finally, they returned to the parking lot.
"Not bad Sunset, you completed the U Turn, three point turn and backed into a good parking spot. But now for the most difficult one, the parallel parking."
Remembering Rarity's lesson, Sunset did her parallel park in no time at all and finished with a smile on her face, "done."
Mr Cranky Doodle was surprised, "well I'll be darned, it's been a long time since I've seen anyone do that. I don't know what you did during the weekend, but it certainly helped you quite a bit."
Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy waited anxiously for their friend to come over and say either bad or good news. They hoped with all their hearts that she would pass.
"I PASSED !" cried a happy voice. They looked to the side of the school and saw Sunset running over happily, "I passed my test!"
"Awesome!" cheered Applejack, "Well done Sunset."
"We're all proud of you Darling," smiled Rarity, and Fluttershy nodded in agreement. "Was it easy this time around?"
"Oh it was, and I have you three to thank. If you hadn't taunt me all you know, I would've failed again. One of these days, I promise to repay you for everything you've done."
"No need to do that," smiled Fluttershy. "Just being our friend is enough reward for us."
Applejack and Rarity nodded to that, "now let's go find the other gals and tell them the good news," said Applejack. "They're going to need to hear the good news, and to give Pinkie time to get ready for a 'Congratulations' party'."
On that happy note, they began to make their way to the school. As they did, Sunset looked back to the parking lot and saw the car pulling out. Mr Cranky Doodle was once again in the passenger seat, and in the driver's seat was a green haired girl.
"I'm sure she'll pass too," she thought happily to herself, and hurried to catch up with her friends.