Sealegs

That night, nobody got any sleep.
The ponies lay awake, each worried about the pressing situation.
Shining Armour worried for his princess' safety.
Fluttershy worried about Sombra's abrasive behavior.
Sombra worried about Fluttershy's views on him.
Gold worried about the strange newcomers.
Braeburn worried about the strange creature that had attacked.
The waves rocked the ship back and forth gently, but there was no solace for the company.

Sombra decided to take the initiative.
He rolled over, gently placing an arm over Fluttershy.
He pulled her gently towards him, a small, sly smile playing at the corner of his muzzle.
Fluttershy looked into his eyes, drinking in his lust.
Sombra leaned in, and began to kiss Fluttershy.
He trailed his hooves along her sides, resting and massaging the base of her wings.
Fluttershy let out a small moan of delight, rubbing up against Sombra sensually.
Sombra's hooves trailed down Fluttershy's hips and back, sending shudders through her small frame.
Sombra began to kiss, hungrier every second.
Fluttershy returned the hungry smooches, before flipping over, presenting her delicate underside to Sombra.
Sombra shifted himself to a crouch, his member hanging just above Fluttershy's marehood.

"Do you want it?"

Fluttershy looked up at him with those gigantic eyes.

"Yes sir."

Without any ado, Sombra slipped into Fluttershy, sending waves of pleasure rippling throughout her entire body.
Her wet marehood gratefully accepted Sombra's hard member.
Sombra's masterful hips began to pump with rigor, every thrust prompting a small squeak from Fluttershy.
Sombra began to pump faster.
Fluttershy's squeaks became moans.
The whole ship seemed to rock in rhythm with Sombra.
Sombra, getting close, pulled out and stroked his member for a moment.
He fired straight up, covering Fluttershy's muzzle with his fluids.
Taking heed to their discussion earlier, Sombra leaned down, and began to lick Fluttershy's marehood.
Fluttershy thrusted up, causing his tongue to slide deeper into her groin.
Sombra licked delicately, Fluttershy gasping for breath.
Fluttershy moaned loudly as she reached orgasm, before lying limp, spent, on her back.
Sombra flopped down beside her, and the two panted together in the darkness for a while.
Sombra eventually cracked a small, rare, genuine smile.

"Ready for round two?"

Five voices in unison could be heard from the other cabins.

"NO!"

Everyone assembled on the deck the next morning, with Sea Breeze hauling breakfast from below deck.
A large barrel slammed down in the middle of the group, where the brazier had been sitting the night before.
With no small amount of effort, Sea Breeze pried the lid from the barrel, revealing preserved, rancid looking oatmeal.
Gold gagged.

"You aren't getting me to eat that. No way, no how."

Braeburn chuckled, whilst Shining gave a small grin, before taking a deep breath.

"SOLDIER, YOU WILL EAT THIS OATMEAL AND YOU WILL ENJOY IT, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?"

The breath thundering from Shining's lungs was enough to blow Braeburn's hat askew.
Gold lifted a hoof to his head, knowing full well that an order here couldn't be disobeyed.

"You are one cruel and unusual pony, you know that Shiny?"

Shining chuckled as Sombra and Fluttershy walked up to the group.
Sombra snarled at the disgusting looking oatmeal.

"You don't honestly expect us to eat that, do you?"

Gold grinned triumphantly.

"You see? This pony gets it."

Shining shot Gold a look from the corner of his eye.
This prompted a salute from the young stallion, in an almost mocking display of respect.
Green Flash and Sea Breeze looked on.
These ponies had to be crazy.
Sea Breeze sat down next to Shining, levitating a bowl and scooping up some of the oatmeal.
It made a sickening squelching sound.
Gold and Sombra shuddered.
Braeburn stood and walked towards the bow, beckoning for Gold to follow.

Shining followed Sea's example, scooping some of the horrid oatmeal into a small wooden bowl.
He lifted it to his muzzle, taking a small bite.
It stuck to his teeth, tongue, everything.
He just about threw up in his mouth.
Sombra roared.

"THE RUNT HAS AN APPLE!"

The whole company turned to look at Gold and Braeburn, who were in the midst of splitting an apple in two.
Shining spat the oatmeal out onto the deck, prompting an angry growl from Green Flash.
He galloped towards Gold, full throttle.
Gold attempted to escape by flying up to the crows nest, but found his hind legs held back by a magical grasp.

"GET DOWN HERE AND SHARE!"

Gold looked down and returned the scream.

"NO, HAVE THE OATMEAL YOU LOVE SO MUCH."

Sea stood beside Shining, adding his magical force to the pull.
Gold's wings flapped, trying their best to break free.
It was a losing battle.
Eventually, Gold gave up, his wings failing.
The magical grasp pulled him down to the deck at extreme speeds.
He collided head on with Shining.
The Apple went flying.
Shining and Gold lay dazed in a heap, whilst Braeburn ran to catch the apple.
He caught it in his mouth, and quickly hid it within his vest.
Sombra galloped up behind him, giving him a foul look.

"Where'd you put the apple. I know you have it."

Sweat broke out on Braeburn's brow.
The Apple Family was no good at lying.
They never had been.very good at it.

"Ah uh...uh... dropped it overboard?"

Sombra wasn't having any of it.

"Just give me the apple. I'm not eating that muck."

Green let out a cry of protest, seemingly enjoying his bowl of the disgusting oatmeal.
Gold struggled to get up, but was held down by Shining.

"Ow! Owowow! ...I hate being so small..."

Fluttershy looked from fiasco to fiasco.
Shining held Gold down, a triumphant grin upon his face.
Sombra scowled at Braeburn, trying to intimidate the apple from him.
Fluttershy took a deep breath, before screaming out.

"EVERYONE BE QUIET!"

Instant silence.
Gold cracked a small grin.

"Funny, I wanted to yell the same thing last night."

Fluttershy was mortified
Sombra scowled at Shining.

"Aren't you going to hit him?"

Shining sighed.

"Nope. I totally agree with him on this one.

Fluttershy's blush only got worse.
Gold continued to struggle.

"Can you let me go now?"

Shining grinned down.

"Nope. Not until I get my hooves on some of that apple."

Gold groaned.

"Shiny, that sounds really gross."

Shining was left dumbfounded whilst Gold craned his neck to look at Braeburn.

"C'mon Brae. We aren't gonna get away with this apple anyway, we may as well share it."

Braeburn sighed, before pulling the apple from his vest.
With lightning speed, Green snatched and swallowed the apple whole.

"Now stop yer whinin' and eat yer oatmeal."

One thoroughly disgusting meal later, the company had set sail once again.
They were making a beeline toward's the island the changelings had been sighted on.
They'd be there before sunset.
The group spent most of the day mulling about.

The afternoon sun was burning once again.
Every day it seemed to be getting worse.
Luna was losing her grip.
The company tried their best to shield themselves from the burning heat, even going so far as to make forts out of barrels and blankets.
Shining, Gold, Braeburn, and Sea Breeze sat beneath one large fort, whilst Sombra had constructed his own to share with Fluttershy.
The malevolent silence was broken by a mighty bellow from Green Flash.

"LAAAAAAAAAAAND HOOOOOOOO!"

Gold raised an eyebrow.

"What, as opposed to a Sea ho?"

Shining whacked Gold on the back of the head.

"That joke was bad, and you should feel bad for making it."

Gold rubbed the back of his head tenderly, before getting up and leaving the fort to stare.
The island looked to be covered in a dense jungle.
He could only just make out a small port down, seemingly built in the treetops.
The sun began to set.
Shining furrowed his brow.

"Wait. It's too early for the sun to be setting."

Gold looked concerned.

"The princess must be losing her control. Maybe she can't keep the sun up anymore."

The company mulled over the possibility.
Tragic as it was, it was most likely true.

The ship was checked into the port without much trouble.
The company wandered about in awe at the concept of a whole town suspended in the trees.
The island's residents were mostly zebras, with the occasional Sailorpony from Trottingham.
Shining checked out rooms at the inn, whilst the rest of the ponies looked about.
They were supposed to be looking for changelings, but they seemed too enthralled in the local culture to notice anything out of the ordinary.

Gold stumbled across the store, imitating a zombie pony.
Braeburn chuckled.

"Ah'm pretty sure yer gonna offend someone if you keep that up."

Gold lifted the mask up to poke his tongue out at Braeburn, before continuing to mimic a zombie pony whilst wearing a wedding mask.

Sombra and Fluttershy stared at the strange, foreign jewelry.
There were strange totems, carved from equally strange and rare materials as far as the eye could see.
Fluttershy gave Sombra a wide eyed, pleading look.
Sombra Sighed, and readied his bit pouch.
Fluttershy eventually landed on a small, wooden bunny totem.
Sombra sighed again. He had gotten off easy this time.

Shining Armour wandered about the treetop town.
Something didn't feel right.
He felt as if he was being watched.
A chill went up his spine. These feelings of his were usually right.
A deathly cold breeze whistled past him.
Quite strange for a tropical climate.
He whirled around, and barely had time to scream...