MLP G5: Adventures in Happy Land “There’s A World of Nessies”
Chapter 4: Gloom Lagoon
Previous ChapterNext ChapterBack in Gloom Lagoon, Pompous Ness can be heard from outside as she was screaming in rage.
“WWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!?????”
Inside the castle, she was raging at Mean Ness and Dark Ness as they brought Sunny and Hitch before her.
“But… But, your crownless ness,” Dark Ness replied.
“Y-your gracelessness,” Mean Ness said.
“Your future highness,” Dark Ness responds. “You told us to bring you the star of the big show.”
“And this pony has a star on her,” Mean Ness explains holding Sunny. “So we thought, well she must be the star.”
“I guess big in size,” Sunny comments. “Doesn’t mean big in brains.”
“Especially if they’re not more specific,” Hitch added.
“Listen you, just because--”
Before Pompous Ness could talk, Sunny bites Mean Ness’s finger to escape her grasp. Hitch made his escape move by kicking Dark Ness in the stomach.
“Hey, zip it, dragon breath,” Sunny confronts Pompous Ness. “We didn’t have to be here in the first place, you know.”
“How dare you speak to the future ruler of Nessie City like that,” Dark Ness asked, hopping in pain.
“You don’t scare us, Dark Ness,” Hitch said with courage. “Even I stopped sleeping with a night light when I turned two.”
“The question is,” Pompous Ness said. “Now that we have the great misfortune of your company, what am I going to do with you?”
“How about getting us a midnight snack,” Hitch asked. Sunny gives him a disapproved frown. “What, I haven’t eaten anything since the slumber party.”
“A snack,” Pompous Ness asked. “A snack!? I’ll make you two a snack into a snack if I hear another sound out of you!”
Entering Gloom Lagoon, the good Nessie were swimming through the water as the ponies flew on the Royalty Spirit.
“Hang on, girls,” Celestia said. “I’m taking the Royalty Spirit down to sea level.”
She lands the ship in the water and the Nessies gather around.
“All tails on deck,” Luna said. “Brave, you and Loud storm the castle doors while Reckless launches a sneak attack from the side.”
“Happy. Forgetful,” Celestia instructed. “Me and the girls are coming from the rear and rescue their friends, Sunny and Hitch.”
“Uh, princess,” Zipp asked. “From the look of Reckless Ness.” She’s referring to the purplish-gray male Nessie with blonde hair and wearing bandages. “Well, I’m not sure about him making a sneak attack.”
“Precisely, Zipp,” Celestia replied.
Suddenly, they heard a loud scream as they spotted the castle.
“It’s Sunny,” Pipp exclaims.
“Reckless,” Celestia instructed. “Full speed ahead.” She tosses life rings on tow ropes to Happy Ness and Forgetful Ness. “Tie to me, Nessies, and tow us to the castle.”
Happy Ness and Forgetful Ness put the rings around their necks and tows to ship.
“What are they doing to our friends,” Misty asked with worry.
“Maybe, it’s what our friends are doing to them,” Izzy said. “I found a new app for our phones for emergencies.”
“Like what,” Zipp asked.
Inside the castle, the screaming noise wasn’t from Sunny. It turns out she was using her phone to make a high-pitch sound. The app Izzy mentioned is titled Hypno Breaker. She’s using it to irritate the bad Nessies, who were covering their ears. Even Pompous Ness had an ice pack on her head.
“Enough,” she said. “I beg you stop that shrieking!”
“Just so you know,” Sunny explains. “This was supposed to be used if any creature tried to hypnotize us. But I guess this works too.”
“So, I suppose you should do something for us,” Hitch added. “Like us something to eat.”
“Dark, Mean,” Pompous Ness ordered. “Get them food. Lots and lots of food. Tons of grub. Anything to plug up those gaping holes below their noses.”
As the two servants Nessies were leaving on orders, there was a loud bang that was heard.
“What was that,” Mean Ness asked.
The three Nessies looked out the eye-shaped window as the banging was coming outside. It was Brave Ness and Loud Ness pounding on the castle doors. They turn their attention to the bad Nessies from above.
“YOO-HOO,” Loud Ness shouted. “ANYBODY HOME!!??”
His loud shouting startled the bad Nessies that they moved away from the window. Suddenly, Reckless Ness came in smashing through the wall.
“Sneak attack,” he said.
“We’re surrounded,” Mean Ness stated.
“Stay here, guard them,” Pompous Ness instructed and turned to Dark Ness. “Come with me. Grab my castle, will they?”
Pompous Ness and Dark Ness exit the castle as Brave Ness and Loud Ness charges at them.
“Prepare to be mashed,” she said. “By the queen of splash! Enguard!”
As the Nessies charge into battle, Happy and Forgetful Ness tows the Royalty Spirit to the castle.
“Now, Nessies,” Celestia calls.
“Prepare to storm the castle,” Luna added.
“Castle,” Forgetful Ness asked. “What castle?”
“That castle,” Zipp replied.
The four Nessies were having a splash fight using their tails. Until Brave Ness creates a big splash, sending Pompous and Dark Ness underwater. When they came back up, they were feeling defeated.
“All Right! Okay, Brave Ness,” Dark Ness surrendered. “You win.”
As the ship comes to the castle wall, the Alicorns and pegasi fly up to the window while the unicorns levitate themselves with their magic.
“Here we go, girls,” Celestia said.
Once they entered the room, they confronted Mean Ness.
“Let them go, Mean Ness,” Luna demanded.
“Not a change,” Mean Ness replied.
“Hey, guys,” Sunny called. She and Hitch had some snacks as requested. “Thanks to that phone app Izzy showed us, we made them do something for us.”
“And I’m done here,” Hitch stated.
He rushes back over to the group and reunites with Sparky. Mean Ness stands in the way of Sunny, preventing her from getting away.
“You aren't going anywhere, missy,” Mean Ness said.
Celestia leans out the window and calls, “Now, Happy Ness. Ness Bless now!”
Happy Ness holds up her Loch-et to activate its magic as she said, “Time to send a part of me through the air and through the sea.” Her Loch-et sends up a beam of magic. “I’ll give Mean some happiness by sending a magical Ness Bless.”
The beam hits Mean Ness and engulfs her in Happy’s magic.
“What a strange feeling,” she said as her personality changed. “I’ve never felt like this before. What is this wonderful feeling? Could I… Could I be… Happy?”
“Oh, I get it,” Zipp theorized. “Each Nessie can make others feel the same as one who’s casting their magic.”
“Indeed,” Luna replied. “From mean to happy.”
“Yes,” Mean Ness said. “I am happy! I’m so very, very happy! I wish I was happy all the time!”
“Well do something to make us happy,” Hitch confronts. “And let Sunny go.”
“Of course, you delightful pony,” Mean Ness replied and collected Sunny.
“How long does this last,” Pipp asked.
“Just enough time for us to get away,” Celestia replied.
Mean Ness picks up Sunny and cuddles her. “Now you run along with your friends, dearie,” she said. “So nice to have met you.” Sunny was feeling uncomfortable as Mean Ness was nuzzling her until she let her go. “Drop by for a snack anytime.”
“Rescued by Nessies and ghosts,” Sunny comments.
“What ghosts,” Izzy asked. “They’re not ghosts.”
“But…” Hitch tries to say something.
“Are you,” Zipp asks. “Or are you two not ghosts?”
“No, dearies,” Celestia explains. “We may be older since ancient Equestria, but we’re certainly not ghosts.”
“Indeed,” Luna added and showed them their Loch-ets. “These Loch-ets hold the essence of who we are inside and keep us forever young.”
“And they make anypony who wears them invisible to the world above,” Celesta said as the two disappeared and reappeared behind them. “Haunting our old lighthouse and pretending to be ghosts is great fun.”
“Plus, we do love pulling a good surprise,” Luna comments. “Especially how these can make us flying seaponies who can breathe on air like them.”
“There’s always a good explanation for everything,” Zipp replied.
“Speaking of things needing an explanation,” Hitch said. “Who are all these Nessies?”
“Yeah,” Sunny added. “I know we heard of the one story of you and them. But the whole world thinks there’s some terrible monster under the bay.”
“Then we came down here and found all of you instead,” Misty added.
Happy Ness came up and said, “Well I can’t think of a better way for you to meet our family than with front row seats for the biggest show ever.”
“And she does mean big,” Celestia announced.
To be continued...
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