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

The Mane Six continued to ride their moving boulders following Celestia. They were amazing to see that were in a secret subterranean paradise they’ve never seen before. They noticed over them was a city hanging from the ceiling of the cave. The two sets of boulders stop at a theater by the shore.

“Look,” Sunny pointed.

The pink boulders Celestia is riding revealed to be a head, body and tail. It was really a large female pink sea creature with magenta hair and dorsal fin. She is known as Happy Ness, the Queen Nessie. The Mane Six gasped in surprise at what they witnessed.

“We’re here,” Happy Ness called.

“It’s the creature from the story,” Sunny said. “A Nessie.”

“And not just one,” Hitch pointed.

Two more Nessies came out of the theater. Prompt Ness, an orange female Nessie with blue hair and pink dorsal fin. Loud Ness, a red male Nessie with seashell earmuffs.

“You’re… you’re late, Celestia,” Prompt Ness said nervously. “You’re very, very, very, very late.”

“Good afternoon, Prompt Ness,” Celestia greeted. “Good to see you, Loud Ness.”

Hence their names, the Nessies are named for various emotions and other traits. For Prompt Ness, she has the quality of doing something quickly and without delay, or at the arranged time.

“No, no time for greeting,” she said. “You’re late. Places. Places everyone.”

As the Mane Six spies on them, they feel their manes being blown back by Loud Ness. He shouts as he talks.

“PROMPT NESS IS RIGHT,” he shouted.

“No need to shout, Loud Ness,” Happy Ness said.

“I DIDN’T SHOUT, HAPPY NESS,” Loud Ness said. “I’M NOT SHOUTING!”

This causes Celestia’s hat to get blown away. Suddenly, the other boulders send the ponies flying into the air, revealing to be a male green Nessie wearing a jester hat. This was Silly Ness, who didn’t even notice the ponies riding on him and Celestia’s hat flew into his eye, blinging him.

“For Loud Ness,” he said laughing. “That’s a stage whisper.”

Falling in the water, the Mane Six hides behind bulrushes. A purple female Nessie with pink hair and dorsal fin, Kind Ness, comes out.

“Hurry, Celestia,” she said. “Rehearsal’s about to start.”

“Don’t hold the curtain for me,” Celestia replied.

“Everyone, be calm,” Happy Ness reassured and Silly Ness was swimming blind behind. “It’s just opening night jitters. This is going to be one of the happiest days ever.”

“Happy Ness is right again,” Celestia comments “It’s going to be wonderful.”

She notices her hat missing and retrieves it from Silly Ness, making him see again.

“That silly music,” he said. “Makes me wanna do a silly nilly dance! Ha, ha, ha!”

“No time for dancing, Silly Ness,” Prompt Ness said. “We’re late!”

“I can’t help it,” Silly Ness said in a singing voice. “I have to be silly!”

He does a silly dance hopping and splashes over the water. With the Mane Six watching, few of them couldn’t hold their laughter at the funny Nessie.

“I can’t believe it,” Sunny comments. “My dad’s story is really true.”

“Yeah,” Pipp replied. “I guess there’s a whole world of Nessies down here.”

“And they’re named for emotions and other traits to describe themselves,” Zipp thought.

“I wonder if they’re all so happy,” Misty said.

“Or kind,” Hitch added.

“Or silly,” Izzy added.

“Or loud,” they all said together and laughed about it.

In a dark and misty part of the Nessie world known as Gloom Lagoon, there was a dark castle shaped as an evil Nessie. This is where bad Nessies live, ruled by Pompous Ness. She was light gray with purple hair and wore a crown.

“I hate those goody goody Nessies,” She addresses two of her servants. “The nerve of them. Not to offer me, Pompous Ness. A born star, the leading role of their stupid show.”

The black male Nessie with green hair is known as Dark Ness. He said, “May I Be so bold as to suggest we pull the plug on their little show before it even opens.”

“Good Idea, Dark Ness,” Mean Ness comments. She’s the dark turquoise female Nessie with green hair. “Let’s do something really mean.”

“Really dark,” Dark Ness added.

“Really wonderful,” Pompous Ness said.

“Huh,” Mean and Dark Ness asked.

“Wonderfully wicked that is,” she explains and the two nod in agreement. “If my star won’t shine, no one’s will. Find their star and bring her to me.”

Just then, two more bad Nessies came in. Devious Ness, a dark blue male Nessie with a blue hooded cape. Sneaky Ness, a red male Nessie with salmon colored hair.

“Where have you two been,” Pompous Ness asked.

“We thought we tried something devious,” Devious Ness explains. “Like stealing from ponies for our own vessel like Celestia’s flying ship.”

“Ponies,” Pompous Ness asked. “Have you been sneaking around that rainbow lighthouse on the surface?”

“Celestia and Luna sneak around pretending to be ghosts,” Sneaky Ness said. “Why couldn't we do so too?”

“Because we don’t need anything from those foolish land creatures,” Pompous Ness replied. “Playing around with their silly magic spells, singing to their ridiculous music and if I planned on stealing from them, it would be the Royalty Spirit. Not some useless flying scrap metal that’s not seaworthy and too small. What did you do with that thing?”

“Brave Ness took it,” Devious Ness said. “I’m sure the ponies don’t even know it’s gone.”

“Unless they followed Celestia’s ‘ghost’ down to Happy Land,” Pompous Ness theorized.

Back in Happy Land, the Mane Six sneak into the theater. They hear Celestia announcing to the Nessies.

“Alright, Nessies,” she said. “From the top. And a one and a two and a…”

In the dance room, Celestia rehearses playing her flute while Silly Ness and three other Nessie practice a dance routine. Happy Ness watches from a balcony with others. As the four dancing Nessies performed, the turquoise male Nessie with orange hair, Forgetful Ness, was out of step. As he struggles to get back in sync, he wipes out into Lovely Ness. The lavender female Nessie with turquoise hair, purple bow and turquoise dorsal fin.

“Forgetful Ness,” she said sternly. “Don’t you remember the routine I taught you?”

“I… I’m sorry, Lovely Ness,” Forgetful Ness apologized. “I keep forgetting which way I’m supposed to dance.”

“To the left,” Lovely Ness instructed. “The left.”

“The left, right,” Forgetful Ness said, confused. “Yes, the right? To the right.”

Meanwhile, the Mane Six explore through a hall of painting. They yelped when they saw a big, scary Nessie right in front of them, only to realize it’s just a large, flat standee.

“I’m feeling kinda hungry by all this exploring,” Hitch mentioned. “Shoulda bought some snacks if we knew this was going to be an adventure.”

“I’m sure we’ll find something to eat,” Sunny said. “Let’s spit up and look around.”

“But stay put,” Zipp replied.

The ponies split up into two of their kind. Pipp and Zipp come to a doorway, where they watch from a balcony that the Nessies rehearse their performance.

“What do you think of this style for the Nessie zone parade number,” Lovely Ness asked. “Not too much, I hope.”

“You’re absolutely lovely, Lovely Ness,” Celestia comments. “You all look spectacular. I just know the show will make everyone in Happy Land so… Uh, so… So…”

“So lovely,” Kind Ness said.

“So bright,” Bright Ness added. The yellow female Nessie with orange hair and glasses.

“So silly,” Silly Ness added.

“So… So…” Forgetful Ness forgets what to say.

“So happy,” Happy Ness said.

“Exactly,” Celestia replied. “Everyone in Happy Land will be so happy.”

All the Nessies and Celestia share a laugh while Pipp and Zipp spies on them, smiling in amusement. Just then, a light green male Nessie with yellow hair, known as Brave Ness, comes in.

“Sorry to interrupt your rehearsal, everyone,” he said. “But I thought you should know that Devious and Sneaky were up to trouble and I found this.

Two other Nessies help Brave Ness bring in a familiar vehicle. It was the Mare Stream. Pipp and Zipp gasped in surprise to see their motor home with the Nessies.

“How did the Mare Stream get down here,” Pipp asked.

“Just listen,” Zipp said.

“Where’d you get this,” Happy Ness asked. “Devious Ness and Sneaky Ness tried to steal this?”

“I caught them sneaking around up in that pony town called Maretime Bay,” Brave Ness explains. “Saying they want a flying ship like the Royalty Spirit.”

“By stealing from my kind,” Celestia asked. “Shame on them.”

“Isn’t this from those ponies who live in what used to be Celestia’s lighthouse,” Bright Ness asked.

“That’s right,” Brave Ness replied. “I would’ve returned it, but they would get suspicious and not trust us.”

“Well, they might feel unsure,” Celestia said. “Like how you’re unsure of meeting them.”

“I’ll say,” Zipp mentioned.

“There’ll be a time they’ll want to see us,” Happy Ness said. “Besides those six ponies look like some we can relate to.”

“Me too,” Pipp said to herself.

“For the bad Nessies,” Silly Ness said. “They’re silly themselves thinking they could fit in something this small.”

Silly Ness demonstrates by trying to stick his head through the small door. Pipp and Zipp cringed in worry about their vehicle getting messed with.

Meanwhile, the two bad Nessies, Dark and Mean Ness, were sneaking around the art hall.

“She said ‘take the star’,” Mean Ness recalled. “‘And bring her to me.’ But how are we supposed to find the star?”

“Hey, Mean,” Dark Ness said. “Look there.”

As he pointed, they spotted a pony with a star on her flank. It’s Sunny.

“The star,” Mean Ness said. “We found it.”

As they were sneaky up from behind the little pony, she was talking to Hitch.

“Still think it’s hard to believe my dad’s story,” Sunny asked. “Even seeing a pony from ancient Equestria.”

“Yeah, but for creatures named for emotions,” Hitch added. “Sounds concerning. The ones we’ve seen are ok, but what if there are some names for the bad traits?”

“Would you mean some like dark or mean,” Dark Ness asked behind.

“You could say--”

Hitch gets a double take of who he’s talking to. He and Sunny gasped at the bad Nessies behind them as they grabbed for them.

Back at Pipp and Zipp, they were still watching the good Nessies until they heard screaming.

“HELP!!”

“Sunny,” Zipp exclaimed.

Izzy and Misty heard it too.

“Hitch,” Izzy exclaimed.

Sunny and Hitch were captured by the bad Nessies. Mean Ness held Sunny and Dark Ness had Hitch. As they taunted the little ponies, they noticed the rest of the team.

“Hey,” Zipp called. “I don’t know much about you, but we don’t kindly know how new worlds would treat visitors. Especially if they’re referred to how they’re described by their behavior.”

“And you better let our friends go,” Izzy said. “You big…”

“Or what,” Mean Ness asked.

Izzy feels a loss of words.

“Well, we don’t know what to say,” Misty mentioned. “But you get the picture.”

“Good come back, Misty,” Sunny comments.

“Well, you four think,” Dark Ness said. “We’re gonna slink.”

He activates his Loch-et, which makes the place dark with mist.

“Hey, what’s the idea,” Pipp yells.

“Sorry for leaving you girls in the dark,” Dark Ness said as he and Mean Ness made their getaway.

“Girls! Sparky,” Sunny called. “They’re taking us!”

“Get help,” Hitch called.

To be continued...