G5 Adventures in Muppet Treasure Island

Jim and Harmony had been taken captive by Long John Silver, Allura, Twitch and the rest of the pirates, with Jim being forced to give up his father's compass in order to spare his and Harmony’s lives.

Harmony completely understood... it was a life or death situation at the time.

But unfortunately, the pirates and Allura weren’t planning on letting them go anytime soon... as soon as Allura had the next star shard in her possession, she was going to destroy the Mane 6 and gain even more power than what she had.

They just had to hope and pray that things would work out in the end.

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Misty, Izzy and Persephone led the way with their glowing horns while Captain Smollett used the lantern he had brought from the ship to light the path through the dense jungles.

However, even with the light, it was beginning to get way too dark for their own good. “Captain, it's getting really dark,” Hitch frowned. “I'm not even sure I would be able to see my own hoof in front of my face if the lantern was put out!”

“You’re right about that, Hitch,” Captain Smollett realized with a nod, setting the lantern down on a flat surface. “We'll camp here and wait for first light.”

Rizzo whimpered nervously as the group tried their best to make themselves comfortable, and Sunny immediately caught onto how Rizzo was feeling... she was feeling the same way, but showing it differently. “Oh, hey, Rizzo, relax! Don't be so afraid.”

“Oh, I've gone way beyond afraid,” Rizzo spoke, terrified. “Right now I'm somewhere between bed-wetting and a near-death experience.”

“Look... I know that this seems really scary, everypony. I'm worried about Jim and Harmony being surrounded by pirates at every turn... Allura and Twitch being near them...” Zipp began to growl before she shook her head. “We just gotta keep moving forward-- with finding Jim and Harmony, with stopping Allura... with pretty much everything. And we can't do that until we get some good rest.”

“You’re right, Zipp,” Persephone agreed, blowing out the candle. “Good night, everypony… sweet dreams.”

And so, everyone in the group, except for Rizzo, began to settle down and retire for the night. Rizzo trembled in place, too frightened to go to sleep, when suddenly… he began to hear strange snorting sounds all around him. “Gonzo? Is that you, Gonzo?” Rizzo asked nervously, hoping that it was. “Boy, Gonzo, it sounds like you're coming down with a little cold there. I-I’m just gonna light a match if you don't mind, here.”

Rizzo found the matches and quickly lit the lantern... but he honestly wished he hadn't.

Dozens of wild boars had surrounded the group in the darkness, and Rizzo's screaming woke the others up, leaving them to panic as they were suddenly grabbed by the boars and drug into the forest, out of sight.

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Harmony kept her head low as she was forced to walk alongside Allura and Twitch (the latter being on Allura’s back), scared out of her mind.

She really thought that Uliana was someone she could trust, but… it seemed as if she was wrong.

Finally... she decided to speak up, a certain question lingering within her mind. “When you said that… we were more common than I thought? The part about each of us losing someone? W-What did you mean by that?”

“...my brother and I were separated many years ago, after we were exposed of our… unusual treatment of our homeland and the creatures that lived there,” Allura said, eyes forward as she kept walking. “I was banished to Starlight Ridge, home of the auroricorns, where I learned that the star that had been used on me and my brother had been broken up into different fragments… and those ponies have been trying to stop me from finding them and freeing my brother.”

“...I’m sorry that you’re so far from your brother,” Harmony muttered, feeling sorry for Allura and how things have went for her, but still wary of the circumstances. “It sounds really hard. I miss my mom every day… but have you ever stopped to consider that maybe your brother is in a better place? Maybe he’s happy where he is.”

Allura snapped her head to look at her, eyes glowing white for a second out of anger. “...you’re wrong. He and I belong together, and I’m going to make sure he’s returned to me safe and sound.”

Harmony sighed to herself... there goes her chance of reforming Allura and sparing the Mane 6 of all that trouble.

“Long John, look!”

Everyone in that group looked up to see skeletons being hung from the rocks above… a sight that made Twitch scream and hide on Allura’s back. “Flint hung 'em up there after he gullied 'em to mark the trail to the treasure,” Long John said with a wicked grin. “Wicked sense of humor ol' Flinty had.”

“If you call that ‘wicked sense of humor’, then yes…” Harmony rolled her eyes to this remark. “It is very wicked.”

“I-It’s a sign,” Clueless Morgan trembled. “This is a cursed place.”

“Well, there's an informed opinion,” Allura smacked him on the back of the head with her paw. “All right, Jim… where to from here?”

Jim looked at the map as the pirates glared at him. “On a heading of 179 degrees, walk 312 paces from where the dead men hang high.”

“Okay, so… which way is that?” Harmony asked as Clueless Morgan trembled again. “That way!” Long John proceeded to walk down the trail on his one leg, and reluctantly, the pirates, Jim and Harmony followed him, Allura and Twitch down the path.

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Around the same time as this, the Mane 6, Captain Smollett, Persephone, Rizzo and Gonzo were tied up around bamboo poles with strong ropes, and as much as they tried, they couldn't break free from their bonds.

That's when one of the wild boars that imprisoned them came forward, clearly not pleased with their presence. “Howdy, vous, stinky froggy man and friends,” the boar said gruffly. “I am Spa'am, High Priest of the Boars. You mucho wickedness go trespass on island.”

Several more boars began to surround them, making Izzy and Hitch that much more nervous. “N-No no no! I-It is SO not like that!” Persephone tried to defend. “We were just laying down to rest for a while before we found our friends!”

Izzy, on the other hoof, giggled at what Spa’am had said. “He called Captain Smollett ‘stinky frog’...”

“Now,” Spa’am continued, “you suffer the wrath of our queen, Boom Sha-Kal-a-Kal.”

“Terrific…” Rizzo groaned sarcastically. “Captured by wild pigs and sacrificed before a pagan alter!”

“Are we lucky or what?” Gonzo asked enthusiastically, and the others turned to him with disturbed looks. “Gonzo, you're a good friend and all,” Zipp said, “but the things that get you excited are… concerning, to say the least.”

“Silence, smelly sailor mans and womans!” the boar priest yelled, causing the others to wince. “You have violated sacred island!”

“Uh-uh, excuse me. I am Captain Smollett,” the frog captain introduced, drying to de-escalate the situation. “We mean no harm to your culture. We embrace all creatures of different nationalities.”

“SILENCE!!!”

The friends gasped and whimpered at the harsh snap… just before Spa’am brought out his next orders. “Bring forth Boom Sha-Kal-a-Kal…”

“...that can’t be good,” Persephone muttered, ears pinned back against her head. “Really?” Pipp asked sarcastically. “No kidding.”

One of the boars sounded a large gong, then the stones faces and boars began chanting.

Boom Sha-Kal-a-Kal
Boom Sha-Kal-a-Kal
Boom Sha-Kal-a-Kal
Boom Sha-Kal-a-Kal

More boars entered the grounds. Some beating drums, others carrying large torches. As the chanting continued, Smollett, Rizzo, and the ponies grew more and more frightened... while Gonzo seemed to be enjoying the chanting and ominous nature of the scene. “We have to get out of here,” Sunny told her friends, “or else we’re ALL dead!”

Sunny then tried to wrestle her way out of the rope, but the binds were too tight-- and if she couldn’t move, she couldn’t turn into her alicorn form either.

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Meanwhile, the vacationing mice were watching the spectacle from a makeshift restaurant area. “These tropical floor shows are so exotic!” one of them said, causing another one to agree.

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The music began to intensify, and just in time, too. An elephant slowly lumbered onto the grounds, carrying a floral chariot on its back. It didn't require much thinking for the group of friends to determine who was in that chariot. “Well,” Hitch sniffled, scared out of his mind, “at least I know that Paradise will look after Sparky…”

Unfortunately, that was the worst thing he could've possibly said, because a second or two later, they heard Misty crying. “I’ll never get to see my parents again!!”

“...oops…” Hitch looked embarrassed. “Way to go, Hitchster!” Rizzo fussed. “Now you got the empathic one all teared up!”

“Don't worry, Misty, we'll get out of this,” Gonzo said, trying to be reassuring. “We promise.”

“B-But what if we don’t…?” Misty sniffled, trying to bat away her tears. “Come on, Misty-Twisty!” Pipp said confidently. “We’ve been through WAY worse than this, you know.”

The boars gathered around the stone stairs as the elephant approached. One of them cut the ropes off Smollett, Rizzo, Gonzo, and the ponies, but not to free them. They brought our heroes forward and pushed them against a stone platform, forced to bow.

Boom Sha-Kal-a-Ka-a-a-al!

Finally, the tribe finished their chant, bowing toward the top of the stone stairs. The flower curtains to the chariot opened, revealing a gorgeous pig (who looked and acted a LOT like Miss Piggy from back in normal times), in a stunning, leopard-skin dress, along with a pink feather headdress. “Bonsoir, mes amis. Ha ha ha…”

The group of friends all looked up, and Smollett silently gasped-- he recognized his lover from anywhere... even after all these years. “Oh boy… and I thought Pipp's dresses were flamboyant,” Zipp whispered, but unfortunately, Pipp heard this. “Hey!”

“Come, Flaubert,” the Miss Piggy look alike said to the anteater in front of her. Flaubert, unfortunately, in his excitement, hastily walked down the steps, dragging her with him. The Queen tumbled down the steps, screaming and grunting as she did so. The boars, ponies, frog, rat, and whatever Gonzo was watched her fall down each stone step. Finally, she came to a stop at the bottom. She groaned, her pet anteater was by her side, licking her to see if she was okay. “Flaubert! Get away, you stupid anteater! You spoiled my entrance!” the queen reprimanded her pet. The boars began chanting again, much to her annoyance. “Oh, knock it off!”

They immediately did so, quickly realizing she was now in a foul mood. The queen turned to the tribes new captives and quickly giggled in embarrassment. The friends just stood with looks of confusion and bemusement, except Smollett, who was in complete shock. “Greetings. Moi am Benjamina Gunn,” the queen said as Smollett stood up completely. “Maroonee, temptress and queen of this i--”

Benjamina stopped and gasped when she finally got a good look at Smollett, immediately recognizing him. “Wait…” Persephone immediately gasped. “Is she… are they…? She’s the…”

“Stop interrupting yourself and tell us already!” Hitch snapped, causing the other mares to glare at him, causing Hitch to chuckle nervously. “...too soon?”

Smollett gulped and slowly walked up to Benjamina, and she did the same. “Smolly, can it be you?” Benjamina asked, almost not believing her eyes. “Benjamina…” Captain Smollett said compassionately.

The sweet moment was cut short when Benjamina reared back and delivered a mighty punch at the captain. “HI-YA!!”

Captain Smollett screamed as he sailed through the air. He crashed into the gong. The rats all began cheering and whistling, while Rizzo, Gonzo, and ponies stared, slack-jawed. “Well…” Zipp blinked. “That was unexpected.”

“Yeah,” Hitch said. “It was like a roller coaster full of emotions.”

The captain got up shakily, and the gong boar looked down to see if he was all right. “Oh, uh, old girlfriend…” the captain said before falling to the ground, causing Persephone to gasp. “Captain Smollett!”

“Tie'em back in their stakes!” Benjamina barked and stormed off. “Oh, great…” Pipp groaned. “If we never get out of this, I’ll never be able to get the juicy gossip on what just happened!”

“Pipp…” Zipp took a deep breath to calm herself before turning to glare at her younger sister. “Not the time.”

Pipp, immediately remembering they were on a serious and possibly risky mission and upon seeing her friends glaring over at her as they were led back to their stakes, nodded stiffly. “...point taken.”

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The hike up the mountain seemed a lot shorter for Allura and Harmony, since they had four legs and many of the others had two legs.

But eventually, they got closer to where the treasure was supposed to be-- all they had to do was walk a few more paces. “306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312.”

Finally, the pirates had arrived, but there was no sign of the X that marked the spot anywhere... and this honestly got Polly nervous. “What if Clueless is right? W-W-WWhat if it is cursed?”

Twitch muttered in agreement, visibly shaking from fear. Allura growled in frustration. “Silver and I will show you what we think of your curse!”

Long John drew his sword, knocking Polly and Twitch backward before he began to slice through the vines in front of them. “You mewling little lily-livered, toffee-hearted little wuss of a crustacean!”

Finally, Long John sliced the vines just enough so the group could climb through, using torches to light their way. Jim looked at the map, and then looked to see a large hole right in the middle of the cavern. “Treasure buried here.”

Three large chests sat in the middle of the hole, making Harmony a bit curious… and worried. Why would the chests just be sitting out there in the open like that? “Oy!” one of the pirates said. “We don't even have to dig it up!”

“Come on, mates!” cried Polly. “The treasure's ours!”

The pirates cheered as they, Allura and Twitch got down into the hole, but when they opened the chests… they were all empty!

The treasure, much to their shock... was gone!

And needless to say… Allura, Twitch and the pirates were not pleased. “There’s no treasure here, Silver!” Allura snarled, her wings spread in anger. “You brought us here for nothing! Those ponies will never be destroyed now!”

“And now we'll be tried for mutiny!” Polly agreed. “YEAH!!” the other pirates shouted in agreement. “I say,” Mad Monty said calmly, “we should kill him!”

Harmony shrieked as the other pirates drew their swords, but Long John drew his pistols and held them out. “Run, lad!” he shouted to Jim and Harmony. “Save Harmony and yourself!”

But, as they turned to leave, Jim suddenly turned back to Long John, confused. “Why are you doing this for us?”

“Yeah,” Harmony said suspiciously. “Aren’t you on the side of that vile snow leopard?”

“It’s because I like you, kids,” Long John told them sincerely. “I hope you didn't think I was lying about that.”

Jim and Harmony spared a glance at each other, wondering if Long John's words were true. That’s when Allura let out an angered roar. “GET HIM!!!”

The pirates then took the opportunity to charge, and Jim and Harmony managed to escape the cavern just as the pirate crew became infested in battle, Allura and Twitch leading the charge.