G5 Adventures in Muppet Treasure Island

The Mane 6 continued to strain in their binds-- it had been hours since they, Captain Smollett, Persephone, Gonzo and Rizzo had been taken captive by the wild boars, led by Captain Smollett’s former flame, Benjamina Gunn.

Now, since all the boars and Benjamina had left, our heroes had no idea how they were going to work their way out of this mess and save their friends.

As the Mane 6 and their friends struggled to think of a plan, Spa'am, followed by two other boars, came over to them, causing Misty and Izzy to tense. “Take greeny, flippy, bulgy-eyed one away,” Spa’am ordered, looking over at Captain Smollett. “Others stay. Chop chop!”

“W-What?” Sunny muttered before Captain Smollett was cut loose and was led away by the boars. “Stop! Where are you taking him?!” Persephone strained to get loose from her ropes. “Captain Smollett!!”

“I’ll be okay, Persephone, don’t worry!” Captain Smollett called back. “We’ll get back to each other soon! I promise!”

And just like that, Captain Smollett was led out of sight, causing Persephone to whimper, trying to fight the tears forming in her eyes. Rizzo let out a terrified whimper. “I wish we were back at the Admiral Benbow eating table scraps.”

“Rizzo, I think food is the least of our problems right now,” Zipp said scoldingly. “Yeah,” Gonzo nodded. “We’re about to become table scraps!”

“Well, this is terrible!” Rizzo said as he walked in front of the others. “This is the worst thing that's ever happened to me! I…”

“Rizzo, stop for a second!” Sunny said, wide-eyed when she saw the cut ropes around the rat. “You’ve been cut loose!”

“But it couldn’t have been any of us,” Misty shook her head, “so… who…?”

“Hi, guys!”

The group let out a shriek of surprise when they saw Harmony and Jim cutting all of their ropes, much to their relief. “Harmony, Jim!” Gonzo sighed. “They’ve got Captain Smollett!”

“We know,” Harmony said as she undid the ropes, freeing the group completely. “Come on. We've got to get help.”

“You guys go on ahead and try to get back aboard the Hispaniola,” Sunny said. “Hitch and I will navigate the jungle and see if we can find Captain Smollett.”

“We will?!” Hitch looked at her in shock before correcting himself. “Uh… of course we will! Heh… I knew that.”

“Good luck, everypony! We’ll be back together soon!” Zipp promised, and the groups immediately went their separate ways.

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Things were not looking too hot for Long John Silver. He was currently tied up against a tree with a bunch of angry pirates around him. Well, Mud Bunny, on the other hand, was crying on Dead Tom's body. “Tom, Tom, Tom!” he sobbed. “Ohhh! Dead Tom's dead!”

Walleyed Pike looked back at the other pirates, who were just as confused, and Allura put a paw to her face in exasperation. Mud Bunny continued to cry and even kissed Dead Tom's corpse. “Long John shot him!”

“But… but, Dead Tom's always been dead,” Walleyed Pike mentioned. “That's why he's called Dead Tom.”

“Exactly,” Allura said quietly, “so you can stop crying over a corpse.”

“Oh…” Mud Bunny dropped Dead Tom on the ground. “Can we get on with this?” Polly shoved the pirates aside. “Get outta here, will ya? Clueless!”

“Yeah, yeah?” Clueless Morgan asked as Polly turned to look over at Long John. “Give it to him!”

“Yeah!” Clueless said, but then hesitated. “But, uh, it's not even his birthday.”

Polly jabbed the goat in the stomach. “No, no, no, no! The paper!”

“Ohh…” Clueless chuckled evilly, as Allura approached Polly. “I’m starting to think this guy’s a complete idiot instead of being just clueless.”

Polly nodded at this. “You and me both, sister.”

Clueless came up to the tied up John and handed him a piece of paper. “This is for you.”

John looked at the paper for a moment with fury in his eyes. “The black spot?”

“Yeah,” the pirates confirmed. “You dare to give me the Black Spot?!” Long John was seething with rage. Suddenly the victorious arrogance began to dwindle… while Allura couldn’t help but be confused. ‘Instead of being in fear and despair, he's furious? What does he know that we don't?’ she wondered. “He-- he told me to,” Clueless pointed at Polly. “Shut up, will ya?!” Polly scolded. “And it's drawn on a page from the Bible,” the mutiny captain said darkly. “You tore a page from the Holy Scriptures to make a pirate's death sentence?!”

The other pirates turned to Mad Monty, who was the one holding the Bible, which he tried to pass onto someone else. “Well, I'm not religious,” Allura muttered to Twitch, “but why does it matter that we used a book page for the black spot?”

Twitch merely shrugged, confused. “Ohhh, the red hot gates of hell are creeping open!” Long John shouted as the pirates began to shake in fear. “Satan is heatin' his pokers for you, you blasphemous heathens!”

Each and every crewmate was quaking in their boots, fear gripping them like a snake's vice. Allura couldn't help but get a little nervous herself. While she prided herself of not being afraid of anything, so were pirates. And considering they were beyond terrified at this point, whatever exactly they were scared of, was justifiably so.

Even Twitch was starting to sweat from Long John's religious words. “Fall down to your knees and beg for deliverance from damnation!”

The pirates immediately bowed and started pleading, crying, and begging for mercy.

“Please forgive us!”

“Please forgive me!”

Allura bowed, but she didn't say anything. She wasn't entirely believing Long John's words, but it was better to be safe than sorry. “Very good,” the cook sucked in a breath. “You're forgiven. Now untie me! And let's go find that treasure!”

“Hold on,” Allura simply raised a paw as she spoke. “Let me say something first.”

This caused the pirates to stop trying to untie John and look at her. “Choose your words carefully, Allura,” Long John told her. “I will rejoin your crew… on one condition,” Allura began. “Hey hey, pussy-cat,” Polly began to threaten. “If you think you can take the treasure all to yourself, you can…”

“No! I could care less for the treasure. Frankly, I've grown tired of playing this nonsensical game of follow-the-leader,” Allura snapped. “All I wish for is the star fragment. That's only reason I'm here. That fragment belongs to me, and if any of you decide to take it for themselves, I'll do things to you that will make Flint's actions look like child's play! Is that understood?”

Then… there was a long pause. The pirates all turned to Long John, waiting for an answer, and eventually… he smiled. “Consider your conditions met.”

Allura smirked. “Purr-fect. Now, you idiots, get him untied!”

The rest of the crew all cheered and went back to work, leaving Allura to roll her eyes. “Rapacious scoundrels…”

Well, the deal was met, now it was best she played her part on the crew. “Oh, you are a good man,” Clueless hugged Long John and stroked his coat. “You are a kind man. A handsome man.”

“Precious,” Polly whispered, and Clueless added onto his most recent statement. “Oh, he's-- you're precious a-and…”

“Beautiful.”

“And he's beautiful. Oh.”

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Jim, Gonzo, Rizzo, Zipp, Pipp, Presephone, Harmony, Izzy and Misty traversed through the jungles of the island in order to reach the beach.

As soon as they found the boat the Mane 6, Persephone, Gonzo, Rizzo and Captain Smollett used, they would row back to the ship and figure out how to save Captain Smollett, Sunny and Hitch from the boars and their queen. “Yeah!” Gonzo pointed out along the shoreline. “Here’s the boat!”

But when they approached the boat, they found that it had been completely wrecked and demolished, leaving Persephone to gasp. “Oh no!”

“Well, that won't help us,” Jim sighed. “We're gonna have to swim to the ship.”

“Hello? Earth to Jimbo!” Rizzo frowned. “Swimming to a ship that's full of killer pirates to save the captain is not a good plan!”

“Well, Zipp, Pipp and I can’t carry everybody to the ship without being seen,” Harmony pointed out with a frown. “We’re just gonna need to think outside the box.”

That’s when Zipp pulled out her visor and pointed to something along the horizon. “Guys, look!”

When the others looked out, they immediately saw someone rowing toward them… and to their immense relief, it was Mr. Arrow, alive and well! “Yes. The gunwale and keel are definitely safe.”

“Mr. Arrow! It’s me Jim!”

“Mr. Arrow!”

“Over here!”

“We need your help!”

“Oh. Oh, children! Come join me aboard this exceptionally safe little boat,” Mr. Arrow said as the unicorns used their magic to pull the boat closer to shore. “By the way, that Silver fellow may not be trustworthy.”

Pipp scoffed at this remark. “Now he tells us.”

“We don’t have time for this, Pipp!” Misty pointed out. “Mr. Arrow, we gotta get back to the Hispaniola right now-- the fate of our friends may depend on it!”

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Sunny and Hitch continued to wander through the jungles, searching for Captain Smollett after Hitch found out which direction the boars took him in when they suddenly heard a voice. “I cannot believe this!” it growled, irritated. “How can this be happening to moi of all maroonees?!”

“I think I hear that Benjamina pig that the captain reunited with before!” Hitch said as he pushed a few leaves aside. “Come on! It’s coming from up ahead!”

“Right behind you, Hitch!” Sunny said as she galloped after her childhood friend. Eventually, they stopped galloping when they got to some sort of ancient stone ground, where Sunny immediately gasped when she saw Captain Smollett, safe and sound. “Captain Smollett, we found you!”

“Sunny, Hitch!” Captain Smollett turned to the two earth ponies, relieved. “How did you find me?”

“It helps when you’re a Trail Trotter in the making,” Sunny giggled. “Now, not to be rude,” Hitch said, “but can we get out of here before we’re found by one of those pirates?”

However, Benjamina Gunn wasn’t set on letting them leave until she gave her ‘Smolly’ a harsh talking to. “Of all the backwater, no-class piles of sand in the ocean, you had to wash up on mine!”

“Yikes…” Hitch grimaced. “I take it their relationship isn’t all that great.”

Captain Smollett tried to ignore that and cleared his throat again. “Benjamina, I just want you to know that I'm sorry.”

“Sorry? No, no, sorry doesn't cut it,” Benjamina dismissed. “You left me standing at the altar!!”

“Captain Smollett, is that true?!” Sunny asked, wide-eyed with shock. “Uh, well… y-yes,” Captain Smollett nodded, “but… I was on a ship headed for Zanzibar. I got cold feet.”

“You’re a frog,” Hitch deadpanned. “You’re supposed to have cold feet.”

“My mother came all the way from France,” Benjamina continued. “I was wearing her white lace dress. The cake was filled with lemon custard!”

Benjamina quickly turned away with a whimper, and Captain Smollett knew he had to take this situation lightly. “Mina, fate has brought us together again. Well, actually, buried treasure and pirates brought us together…”

“Don't you start with me about pirates!” Benjamina snapped. “After you jilted me, I took up with this Bernie Flint? The man was totally codependent.”

“Wait wait wait,” Hitch interrupted out of shock. “You and Captain Flint?!”

“Well, he was a pirate, I was a lady. You know the story,” Benjamina brushed it off before turning to Smollett again. “Smolly? He marooned me. Meeeeeeee!!!!”

And just like that, Benjamina broke into sobs, and while Hitch glared over at Captain Smollett, Sunny tried her best to comfort Benjamina. “Oh, this is all my fault!” the captain said. “Oh, what have I done to you?”

“Uh, I hate to interrupt the moment here,” Sunny said, “but maybe we can talk about this somewhere that DOESN’T have any kind of murdering pirates around. Like… back on the Hispaniola? Our friends have to be back there by now.”

Suddenly, her ear twitched as she heard something behind her, and the four of them turned to see the entire group of pirates, led by Long John Silver, Allura and Twitch, standing behind them, mocking them while Long John slowly clapped.

Hitch and Sunny immediately got in front of their friends as Allura and Long John stepped forward. “Bravo, captain!” Allura said with a pleased smirk. “You, Starscout and Trailblazer make quite the theatrical troupe.”

Hitch growled at this, but Sunny managed to keep him back as Long John turned to Benjamina with a knowing smile. “Touchin' reunion, Benjamina. This seems to be your day for renewing old… acquaintances.”

Benjamina chuckled at this. “Oh, well… ahem. Hello, Long John.”

“Oh, no!” Captain Smollett felt sick to his stomach at this. “Him too?”

Benjamina gave him a push on the shoulder. “Well, if you'd married me!”

“What does that have to do with it?”

“I'm a pig! I need commitment!”

As Smollett and Benjamina continued to bicker back and forth, Long John pulled out his pistol and pointed it at the group, causing them to instantly freeze. “Now, I'm not gonna be really patient about this, Benjamina,” he threatened. “Yes. What we really want to know is,” Allura’s gaze grew colder, “where is the treasure?”

Sunny and Hitch prepared to leap at them and give Benjamina and the captain a moment to escape, when Benjamina saw her boar army on the nearby hill, getting an idea. “Um, I just may not tell you.”

“Right!” Hitch agreed, suddenly seeing where Benjamina was going. “We wouldn’t tell you in a million years!”

“Oh, don’t you dare play games with us,” Allura threatened. “The ponies should know… I’m not a very patient leopard when it comes to hunting my next meal.”

Suddenly, a spear from the boars flew down and landed in front of her, causing Twitch to scream, and everyone to look up at the boar army. “Stop! Give up now, weak and tiny pirate mans,” Spa’am told the pirates, “or die like stinking dogs!”

The boars cheered and growled in agreement to this, but when Silver shot his pistol at them, the boars screamed and ran off into the forest.

Hitch sighed wearily at this as soon as he saw that the boars had left their sight. “We’re doomed, aren’t we?”

“Is it that obvious?” Benjamina deadpanned, putting a hand to her face. “Now, we’ll ask you again, pig,” Allura said as she got closer to their faces. “Where… is… the… TREASURE?!”

She snarled at Sunny and Hitch, causing them to jump back and protect their friends if necessary. “There is no treasure,” Benjamina suddenly said. “It was all a clever ruse!”

“Ha!” Long John scoffed, not believing a word of this. “So where did you get that gold necklace you're wearing? The one made of Spanish doubloons.”

“...um… shopping channel?”

Sunny and Hitch looked shocked for a few moments before the two earth ponies slapped their faces with their hooves. That was the WORST thing she could have said!

The pirates, Allura and Twitch cackled before Allura grabbed Sunny and Hitch in her magic, and Captain Smollett was grabbed by Silver before they began to take the three away. “NOOOO!!!” Benjamina cried out in terror.

What had she done to the frog she loved and his friends?!

No matter… there was still time.

She had to fix this… she had to!