MLP G5: Adventures in Happy Land “There’s A World of Nessies”

On a stormy night in Maretime Bay, the Mane Six and Sparky were at the Crystal Brighthouse having a slumber party. They were doing makeovers, eating snacks and playing games. Even how the magic in the Brighthouse was entertaining them.

“Isn’t this so much fun,” Sunny asked. “Having slumber parties more often?”

“Mostly on the weekends,” Hitch replied. “I never thought you would invite me. Usually, I think this is for girls only.”

“Maybe,” Pipp said. “Sure, we may do makeovers. But that doesn't mean boys can’t be with us either.”

“We have no rules for that if you’re wondering,” Zipp teased.

Hitch gave out a little laugh and said, “Always getting rule jokes.”

There was a loud thunder that made Brighthouse shake a little and the ponies yelped in fear. Even Sparky gets scared as Hitch comforts him.

“Do you think we should skip the scary stories when the storm is over,” Misty asked.

“But we can make it part of our stories,” Izzy replied and lit a flashlight to make a scary face. “And make them scarier.” Lightning flashes from behind her for a scary effect.

“Speaking of storms,” Sunny said. “Hitch and I have this storybook we made when we were foals.”

“Oh, boy,” Hitch comments in disbelief.

“You two made a storybook together,” Zipp asked. “That’s cute.”

“Well,” Hitch explains. “Not exactly our story. Her dad told us the story and we just drew the book together with our imagination.”

Sunny takes out their book and shows it to their friends. It looks dusty and almost worn out after years in storage. The cover had drawings of two familiar Alicorns with mysterious sea creatures.

“Legend of the Royalty Spirit,” Zipp read the title. “Is that the name of some kind of ship?”

“A ghost ship,” Pipp asked in a spooky voice.

“Not quite spooky,” Hitch replied. “But it is falling apart a little.”

Some pages start to fall out. Dust was getting into Sparky’s nose, causing him to sneeze. That also made him send out his fire breath. However, his transformation magic turned the book into a newer hard cover book.

“Well, that fixes your problem,” Izzy commented.

“Thanks for that, Sparky,” Sunny said. “Now we can read it better.”

As Sunny read her book, there were pictures of ancient Equestria. That was when Princess Twilight Sparkle was the new ruler.

“Back in the days of Twilight Sparkle, she and the Guardians of Harmony were celebrating the Festival of the Two Sisters. The new holiday that replaces the Summer Sun Celebration. When the retired princesses, Celestia and Luna, came to be honored, the ponies built a special gift for them. They named it the Royalty Spirit.”

As shown on the pictures, the Royalty Spirit was a flying mobile home with alicorn wings. Similar to the Mare Stream, it was a houseboat with a special effect of day and night. During the day, it has Celestia’s color pattern and changes to Luna’s colors at night.

“The sisters’ new home away from home. So, they could use it for traveling on their vacations and visit more. However, on the same night, they were flying it back to Silver Shores when a storm hit.”

A large waterspout was shown over the coast of Silver Shores with the sisters’ airship getting sucked in.

“It would seem they were lost forever in a waterspout. But some ponies who witnessed the disaster saw them being rescued by magical sea creatures. Believe them being known as Nessies”

The Royalty Spirit was being carried safely by the Nessies. They were sea creatures who can fly and breathe in both water and air.

“They say they have special necklaces that protect them from prying eyes, rendering them invisible to all. Their home is a secret world under the seafloor and the entrance would be hidden on a nearby island. After rescuing the Alicorns, the Nessies invited them to live with them as long as they would protect their secret. The two sisters happily agreed as they were still able to visit their friends.”

The next page showed what was left of Silver Shores as it became an abandoned town.

“But when years passed and everything was forgotten, they claim that Silver Shores was reconstructed and became Maretime Bay. However, there were some ponies like my dad who still believe in these legends. They say when the moon shines after a storm, they’ve seen the secret island and the Royalty Spirit flying away but disappears soon after like it was a ghost ship.”

As Sunny finishes her story, the other ponies find it interesting as Zipp comments, “Cool story. The last part sounded mysterious.”

“Not really spooky at all,” Pipp added. “But how nice they had a home away from home like ours.”

“Have you believed in this, Hitch,” Misty asked.

“Kind of,” Hitch replied. “Even though we made this book together, I may have stopped believing when it mentioned a haunted lighthouse.”

“Getting spooky now,” Pipp comments.

“It’s before I was born,” Sunny said. “My dad told us when he and Mom renovated the lighthouse, they believed the Alicorn sisters used to live here. Had a secret entrance of their own to the Nessie world and turned themselves into seaponies.”

“Just like Misty’s spell,” Izzy mentioned. “That turns us into seaponies when we go into the ocean.”

“Exactly,” Sunny replied. “How Dad thought he was seeing them as ghosts, they were in the forms of their cutie marks, playing flute music.”

Suddenly, they start to hear a flute playing as the storm was clearing up. The ponies were getting concerned but Zipp was getting curious.

“Sounds like a mystery is starting to happen,” she said.

“You sure this is not you’re doing, Sunny,” Hitch asked. “Not any tape recorder to scare us.”

“Definitely not,” Sunny answered. “Next thing you know you’ll think the Brighthouse is causing this.”

“And I’ll believe it when I see it,” Hitch added.

“Well get ready to believe,” Zipp said as she pointed to something behind them.

They all saw what’s making that music and were all surprised. It was the cutie mark of Princess Celestia.

“Oh, my stars,” Sunny comments.

The cutie mark floats away to the basement as the Mane Six starts to follow. Unknown to them, the moon shines over the sea and reveals a hidden island in the distance. Suddenly, a mysterious invisible force starts to move the Mare Stream into the water.

In the basement, the ponies and Sparky spies on the cutie mark as it passes through the wall. This leaves them shocked.

“That almost looks like a ghost to me,” Misty said.

“It can’t be,” Zipp replied. “It has to be some kind of trick.”

“Or a new kind of brick,” Izzy added.

“Trick or brick,” Sunny said. “Let’s check it out.”

As they examine the wall, Zipp uses her Z-Goggles to scan and feel around for a hidden switch.

“If we rebuild the Brighthouse,” Hitch said. “We would’ve known there was something hidden.”

“Right,” Zipp replied. “There must be a secret panel or some kind of virtual reality gizmo. Probably push a hidden button and--” She pressed on the wall but suddenly her hoof went through it. “It's a secret passageway.”

“Sounds like your story’s might be true, Sunny,” Pipp said. “But there’s a wall here.”

“It’s a trick,” Zipp explains. “I’ll show you.”

She pushes through the secret entrance until she disappears to the other side. She sticks her head back out to her friends.

“Zipp,” Sunny exclaimed.

“Relax,” Zipp assured. “Come on in, it’s cool.”

As Zipp goes back in, the rest of the ponies follow through the wall. They meet up on the other side in a secret room.

“Amazing,” Izzy said.

“What’s happening,” Misty asked. “I don’t get it.”

“Look,” Zipp pointed.

They look up and see something shining. Two large gems in the shape of Celestia and Luna’s cutie marks. They were above a secret tunnel.

“Magic gems,” Pipp exclaims.

“I don’t know if it is magic, Pipp,” Zipp explains. “Might be a mirror effect.”

“Just a trick to hide this tunnel,” Hitch added.

They start to hear the flute music coming from the tunnel.

“It’s the ghost again,” Misty said.

“I’m gonna find this ‘ghost’ who’s playing that flute,” Zipp said as she flew through the tunnel.

Pipp flies after her while the others run on foot. “Wait, Zipp,” she said. “Wait for-”

Suddenly, the four non-flying ponies and Sparky didn’t notice a slide and fell down it. Pipp and Zipp circle back and slide after them.

As the Mane Six and Sparky ride the secret slide, it leads them into an underground cave. They land into water at the bottom. Thanks to Misty’s spell, they immediately transformed into seaponies. Sparky playfully splashes a Hitch until Sunny covers his mouth to keep quiet. They see the floating cutie mark hovering over what looks like pink boulders. It stops playing its music.

“Oh, I like it,” said a voice. “You just need to practice that last note, Celestia.”

The cutie mark starts to manifest into the thought-to-be-extinct Alicorn, Princess Celestia. The hidden Mane Six gasped in shock to see a pony from the ancient past. Celestia looked a lot younger and was a flying seapony that can breathe in air.

“It needs a wee bit more fine-tuning,” Celestia said.

“Who’s that,” Misty asked.

“It’s our ghost,” Izzy replied.

“Princess Celestia herself,” Sunny said in awe.

“And she’s a flying seapony,” Pipp added. “Maybe a different spell than ours.”

“But who is she talking to,” Hitch asked. “I don’t see anypony.”

“Come on,” Zipp said. “We’re getting to the bottom of this.”

They swam over to another set of red and green boulders and climbed on top.

“Well, my friend,” Celestia said. “We must be getting a move on.”

The pink boulders began to move on their own. Suddenly, the green boulders the Mane Six were on began to move to and follow behind.

“Boulders are moving,” Izzy comments.

“I don’t like the look of this,” Misty said.

“We must be on some kind of…” Hitch was saying.

“MONSTER,” they all said together.

“Quiet,” Sunny shushed. “If we just stay still and quiet, it’ll probably won’t know we’re here.”

They all nod in agreement as they ride their moving boulders through the cave following Celestia’s.

To be continued...