Aquaman of Equestria

Traveling to Kludgetown and meeting Aquaman

(Third person pov)

It was early morning when the Main Six and Spike began to wake, most of them, if not all of them, were groggy, dirty, and grumpy. They have been traveling for four days and had to scavenge for food and other necessities due to them being far from any form of civilization but it was not easy due to how hostile the forest was. Not the Everfree Forest but another forest they had entered while traveling.

Once they had all eaten whatever berries and stuff they found, after making sure they were safe to eat of course, they continued on with their journey to find the hippo’s or whatever it was Celestia wanted them to find in order to save Equestrai. While walking through an open road, Rarity was complaining about her hair and makeup for the fifth time in a row in that single day.

“Rarity, you’re my friend but please enough with the whole appearance shit.” Rainbow Dash said to her friend, clearly annoyed by Rarity’s complaints about something so unimportant. “It’s driving me nuts!”

“But darling look at my hair!!” Rarity said while pointing at her somewhat messy hair. “It's dirty and going to have split ends in it!” she cried while Rainbow Dash’s eye twitched and she was close to strangling her.

But suddenly Pinkie jumped up and pointed out into the distance where there was a small village just miles away. “Look girls!!”

“A village! No wait, even better! A town!” Applejack said, a smile forming on her face after realizing that the village was really a town if the tall buildings and other structures were any indication. “Heck, it might even be a city!”

“And you know what they say, where’s there’s a town, there’s a spa!” Rarity exclaimed happily while her friends just raised their eyebrows at her. “What? I know we have to save Equestria but I want to at least look fabulous while doing it.” Rarity said while the others sighed and started walking towards the town.

After a few hours of walking they made it to the entrance and saw that the town had a flea market that sold everything from clothes to food to even things that made them hesitant on entering, such as live animals that were bizarre and other things. Twilight even swore she saw Magicrystals that no doubt belonged to people. “U-um, maybe we should g-go somewhere else?” Fluttershy fearfully said, immediately growing afraid after seeing what was being sold in the flea market.

“But we don't know if there's another town or city nearby.” Twilight said while shivering at the site of a few Magicrystals that still had blood on it.

“M-maybe we can just stop here to get some supplies and stuff before hitting the road again. And maybe look for any clues about these ‘hippo-whatevers’ the princess wanted us to find?” Applejack suggested.

They were hesitant for a moment before nodding in agreement and entered the town. They stayed close together while looking both horrified and disgusted at what these people were sailing, Fluttershy even saw a few of them selling dead rabbits and squirrels. “I-I don’t really like t-this place.” Fluttershy said as tears began to form in her eyes after seeing that.

“H-hey, cheer up Fluttershy. We won’t be here for long.” Pinkie said, trying to comfort her friend while placing a hand on her shoulder and giving her a small smile.

Fluttershy was still upset and afraid but did feel somewhat better thanks to Pinkie. “O-ok.”

They then continued to walk through the flea market before coming across two ladies that were selling clothes. As Twilight got closer she instantly noticed that a few people were staring at her and her friends. “U-um, me and my friends would like to purchase some of your wares.”

“Oh? That is great! Go ahead and browse and let us know if anything catches your eye dearies!” one of the ladies said to them.

The girls and Spike looked through the pile of clothes and found what fitted them before going to the next stalls to gather what they needed like shoes, water, food, and camping equipment, “Alright, anything else we need?” Twilight asked while going through a checklist with Spike.

“The only thing we need right now is information about the hippo-whatsits.” Spike said and Twilight frowns a bit.

“Right. Hopefully we might find something here.” Twilight said and Rainbow Dash groans a bit.

“Do we have to stay in this place longer? It’s giving me the creeps.” she said while looking around, seeing the people of the town still staring at them.

Twilight sighed and nods her head. “Unfortunately yes. We will have to if we want to find out what it is Celestia wants us to find if we want to save Equestria.”

“Great.” Rainbow Dash sarcastically said.

“Come on Dash, the sooner we find some clues, the sooner we can skedaddle outta here.” Applejack said as they started to walk off. They start to ask the locals if they have any information about what they were looking for but all they got were odd looks and silence so they kept going and asking another person the same thing. They kept asking around but they only got the same responses and eventually, they all ended up at a bar to rest up, though Rarity was none too pleased about being in such a place.

“Man, this is pointless. We asked nearly everyone we saw yet we’re still nowhere closer to figuring out what Celestia meant.” Spike said followed by an exhausted sigh.

“Yeah, all we got were weird looks and complete silence from everyone.” Applejack added.

“Cheer up guys! I’m sure we’ll find something soon!” Pinkie Pie said, trying to lift her friends spirits up.

“Forget it Pinks. We’re better off just leaving this place before something happens to us or something.” Rainbow Dash said and Fluttershy gulped a bit at that which made the rainbow haired girl quickly add, “Not that anything will of course. I’m just saying we should as a ‘better safe than sorry’ type thing you know?” Fluttershy was quiet and Rainbow Dash sheepishly rubbed the back of her head a bit.

“Let’s change the topic and discuss what we’re going to do now.” Twilight said before Pinkie pipped up.

“Or what if we talk about why it’s so quiet in here now.” that confused Pinkie’s friends before they quickly realized what she was talking about. The music was turned off and the bar occupants looked at Twilight and her friends with various looks of confusion and narrowed eyes.

“M-maybe we should leave. It’s clear we’re not welcomed here.” Rarity suggested and everyone nodded their heads before getting up.

“Y-yes, probably a good idea.” Twilight said in agreement.

Just then the bar doors burst open and the Main Six and Spike were shocked to see a 7ft tall man walking into the bar while carrying three unconscious fishermen and carelessly dropped them onto a table which broke.

The stranger only wore a pair of black pants with no shoes or shirt showing off his muscular figure and shockingly amount of tattoos on his arms, chest, stomach, and shoulders. He walked up to the surprisingly calm bartender and grabbed a large bottle of whiskey before saying in a deep voice. “Those idiots are buying.” he said while pointing at the three fishermen and started walking away.

“Whoa. Who’s that guy?” Spike asked quietly as he and his friends stared at the man.

“Don’t know but I’m guessing someone who does this often if everyone is barely batting an eye at what just happened.” Applejack said back.

The stranger was almost out the door when Pinkie Pie appeared in front of him with a huge smile on her face.”Need something?” he asked while Pinkie Pie’s friends tried and failed to wave her back over.

“Hi there! I’m Pinkie Pie! Ponyville’s resident party planner and friend to everyone! What’s your name?! Where did you come from?! Why’d you bring those people in like that?! Were they hurt?! And what’s with all the tattoos?! Do you like tattoos?!” rambled Pinkie while her friends quickly rushed over and pulled her away from the man.

“S-so sorry about that sir! She just likes meeting new people!” Twilight apologized to the man with a nervous grin on her face.

The stranger stared at them with a raised eyebrow before popping the bottle of whiskey open and taking a large swig from it before speaking. “The names Arthur….. Arthur Striker and where I came from is none of your business.” he said before walking past them and continued taking swigs from the bottle of whiskey with the Main Six and Spike chasing after him.

“U-um, wait! Sir! If y-you don’t mind if we ask if you have any information about something that starts with the word ‘hippo’? You see i-it’s really important that we find what our princess wanted us to find if we want to save our land from invaders.” Twilight asked the man.

“You mean hippogriffs? Yeah I know those fuckers; what about them?” He asked while finishing off the bottle of whiskey and looked at them.

“Hippogriffs! So that’s what, or rather who, Celestia wanted us to find!” Twilight said as she and her friends' expressions immediately brightened, clearly happy that they found a clue or possibly more information about what they were looking for. “Please sir, it’s very important that you tell us any information you have on them! Our land is in danger and our princess sent us out here to find the hippogriffs so they may help us.”

Arthur chuckled before looking at them. “Sorry kid but you won't get any help from those pussies.” he said while walking through the town while the other civilians looked at him with either indifference or gratitude.

“Huh? What do you mean we won’t be able to get any help from them?” Rainbow Dash asked him.

“What I mean is you are better off staying either here or fighting whoever is attacking your city by yourself because those fuckers stopped ‘helping” a long time ago.” he said while they were getting closer and closer to the ocean.

That caused them all to be filled with despair. Their only hope of saving their home don’t want to help? But why? And how does this man know this? “B-but why won’t they help? S-surely they must have a good reason!” Twilight said.

He laughed harder which made Applejack and Rainbow Dash become angry at him. “Look here princess, your little home talks about friendship and harmony but out here.” He gestures around them. “The strong survive and the weak die, that's just how the ‘real’ world works..get used to it,” He finished while stepping into the depth of the ocean before being stopped by Fluttershy.

“W-wait, how do you know where we’re from?” Fluttershy asked him.

Half of Arthur body was deep under water now before looking at her with a smirk. “Everyone knows about the Element Bearers and the new princess of Friendship; but hey by some miracle you were able to convince those cowards into helping you, then I will say I was wrong.” he said before jumping backwards into the ocean.

To the Main Six’s and Spike’s shock, they saw what looked like Arthur blasting off inside the ocean depths before disappearing from their sight.

“What the fuck?! How’d he do that?!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed in shock.

“M-maybe a spell or something?” Twilight said, trying to rationalize what they had just seen.

“Who cares. We need to find them hippogriffs to see if they might help us.” Applejack said, snapping out of her shocked state to worry about the more important issue at hand. “Too bad that Author guy didn’t tell us where they are though.”

“Maybe I can be of some assistance,” They heard a voice and turned to see a male around 5’6 with tan skin wearing brown pants with brown boots and a dull red coat. He has blue hair with green cat-like eyes with a grin on his face showing off his fangs.

“And who are you? And how can you help us?” Spike asked the man.

“My name is Capper my dear boy and I can help because I know exactly where the hippogriffs are.” he said while giving them a slight bow of his head.

“You do?! Where are they?!” Twilight asked Capper, quickly running up to him.

He smirked and gave a flamboyant gesture towards a different direction. “I have a map that shows exactly where they are, all you have to do is follow me.” He said while looking at the group with fake innocence.

“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s go! We need that map now!” Twilight said, beginning to walk forward but Spike stopped her.

“Hold on Twilight, m-maybe we should find out on our own? I don’t exactly trust this guy.” he said to his sister figure.

“Spike we don't have enough time to find the hippogriffs while our home is slowly being taken over, if he has the location of the hippogriffs then we should at least let's hear him out.” Twilight said while the others agreed and started following Capper.

But Spike still had a bad feeling about this, something in his gut told him that this is going to end bad for them.

(Tempest pov)

I had been pacing in my room on the airships for about three hours now. It's been four days since the princess of Friendship and her friends escaped and I was getting more and more worried about not finding them for the Storm King. Just then one of my soldiers ran into my quarters and gave me a salute. “Well?! Don't just stand there you fucking moron did you find them!!” I demanded while glaring at the soldier.

The soldier spoke in a language that was unknown to everyone but me and I frowned. “So they’ve been spotted heading south?” the soldier nodded his head.

I gained an evil grin on my face before I waved him off and grabbed my crystal mirror then contacted The Storm King. “Sir, one of the soldiers told me that they have found the princess of Friendship and her friends going South,” I said while smiling evilly into the mirror.

“I do not care which direction they are going Tempest! I care about you capturing the princess! Call me only when you have her in your grasp!” the Storm King shouted angrily, making me wince a bit. I then see the Storm King pause a bit and a thoughtful look appeared on his face. “Wait a minute. You said they were heading south?”

“S-sir, do you know something or someone there?” I asked nervously before seeing him start to chuckle before full-on laughing.

“Oh this is just perfect! They’re heading right to Kludgetown! Capturing the princess will be much easier now!” the Storm King exclaimed, still laughing. “Head there now and find her. Just tell people that the Storm King sent you.”

I nodded and after he disappeared, I walked out onto the deck of the airship and I started shouting out orders. “Set a course for Kludgetown, we finally have a lead on the princess of Friendship!!” I ordered and grinned.

(Spike pov)

I was following behind Twilight and the others as we were led to Capper’s home while the whole time I was still feeling like something isn't right. “So Capper, how do you know about the hippogriffs?” Rarity asked while walking next to him.

“Oh simple. They used to come around here to do business and such. Mostly just selling things like pearls and stuff they make though.” Capper said as he stepped to the side just as someone dumped a bucket full of dirty water out of their window and onto the street which thankfully, didn’t get on any of us.

I narrowed my eyes at him and felt like he was lying either about the hippogriffs coming here or seeing any of them I couldn't tell. “That's just fabulous darling.” Rarity said while smiling at Capper.

“Maybe. Haven’t seen any of them around here in a long time though. Nobody knows why.” Capper said with a shrug and I can see that he wasn’t all that bothered by the hippogriffs not showing up anymore.

We then arrived at his house and by the looks of it, I instantly noticed that it wasn't normal. It was huge and looked somewhat rundown with all manner of people hanging around it. “Uh Twilight I have a bad feeling about this,” I tried to warn her but she just smiled and rubbed my head.

“I know Spike, I do too but we need to do this, ok?” Twilight said to him, putting on a brave face to mask her worry.

As we walked in I noticed it was dark. “Hey where are the-” I didn't get to finish before seeing a bright flash of pink light before falling to the ground and slowly losing consciousness. The last thing I saw was Capper smiling down on us and with three others behind him.

(Capper pov)

“That was almost too easy.” I hear one of the Verko’s men say with a chuckle, making me roll my eyes.

“Just get ready to haul them off to Verko so my debts can be paid. The sooner they are, the sooner I won't have to deal with that mole anymore.” I say, making them laugh at me. I looked at the unconscious bodies of the six girls and the boy, who I learned was named Spike, before grinning and walking off to contact Verko to let him know that I was able to get him a special gift.