A Sea Ahead

The pony group got out of the portal, which turned into a rock behind them.

• We forgot to ask how to go back! - Rarity was shocked

• Don't worry! I am sure, that we will find a way, after we beat the lord of this kingdom. -replied Twilight

-Where are we? - Spike was confused.

The pony group climbed the nearest hill. The panorama shook them.

They were on a very high hill. Way bellow down, a town stood. And behind it- a sea. Nopony of them had ever deen a sea. It was so beatiful. Especialy with the wonderfull cliffs on the shore.

• Wow! - Applejack was amsed. - let's go!

• Hold on! We don't know is this town dangerous or not! First, we need to train you how to use those! - notted Celestia and pointed at Pinkie's and Applejack's wings and horns.

• Give me half an hour, Princess, and they will be ready for flying! - said Dash. And she didn't lie. After exactly half an hour, they could fly- so-so.

• We don't have enough time to learn you magic. It is too complicated unlike flying. For now, I guess, the telekinesis, the most simple spell, should be enough. Try to imagine how the object moves. - Celestia told them

That was hard for Pinkie and Applejack. It took them whole three hours. After all, they weren't born alicorns.

• That's enough for today. It's getting dark. We should find a shelter in the town.

The group went down the hill. The sun was slowly hiding in the sea and the sunset was to it's end. Soon the whole town started lighting up it's lanterns.

  When they reached it, it was already night. They didn't want to stay on the street in this yet unknown village, so they entered the nearest inn with the strange name "The jolly seebass"

As they entered the pub in the inn, everypony looked them strange.

• His servants aren't welcome hear. get out! - spoke the barpony, the owner of the inn

• Wait pal, whose servants? - asked Applejack

• Western accent! So you aren't his servants! Strange, very strange. Anyway, you aren't welcome here. He'll come for you some day and my inn will pay the price.

• I refuse to leave! -yelled Luna

• OK,you lose. If you escape immeadietly, he won't find you.

Ignoring the cross barpony, the group saton the bar.

• What will you want then, lost souls?

• One cupcake for me. - ordered Rainbow Dash

The barpony bursted out laughing:

• Hear that, Sea Wolf? She wants a cupcake!

• What's so funny? - asked dash

• Here there aren't any cupcakes dear. There are only algae.

• What? And you eat them? -Rarity was insulted

• Of course! There isn't anything else.

The barpony loooked them strange again.

• You are really strange. better leave now.

• They will leave, whenever they want, Rum Glass. - spoke a voice out of somewhere.

The happy barpony suddenly became quite serious.

• I don't fear you!

The ponies tracked the voice. It came from a table, where a pony with a hood stood. The group couldn't see it's face or body, every thing was hidden by the hood.

• Well, you should. -spoke the pony again and some very sharp blades stuck in the wall less than an inch from the barpony's ear. The frightened earth pony went up the stairs with his friend Sea Wolf, leaving the group alone with the stranger with hood.

• Don't klll us! - whispered Fluttershy.

• Follow me. - commanded the stranger.

The gang had no choice but to follow the stranger through the unknown, dark streets. Finally , they entered the stranger's house. When they got in it's biggest room, the stranger lit a lantern.

• Oh, stop with all the details and kill us already! - Rainbow Dash was angry.

• I won't kill you. - spoke the pony with now a familiar voice, while removing it's hood.

• CADENCE? - everypony was confused.

• How do you know my name? - Cadence was even more confused.

• We.... - began Dash

• Alternate dimension! - whispered Twilight

Way up in the clouds Discord and Hase laughed out loud again.

• Aah, a lucky guess! -Rainbow got out of the strange situation.

• Anyway, are you ready?

• Cadence, one question. How are you an alicorn, while celestia and Luna aren't? - Dash asked without thinking

• Ha-ha-ha! -laughed the two jokesters in the sky.

Cadence decided, that she'll ignore that question.

• I think you know why I took you away from the inn.

• Nope. - replied Applejack.

• OK, than I guess I should tell you the legend of this land.

• Yep.

• Once, this was a peaceful, wealthy land. The soil was ferthile, the sea was green and the ponies were happy. This was untill a bad mayor came. Everypony knew he was a trickster, but nopony could get him of his post, which he bought with money.

  The mayor turned his head to the sea. Untill him we only used the sea for the necessary things, like the algae- one of delicacies in this part of Equestria.

• You eat them? - Rainbow was disgusted

• If they are cooked well, they are just amazing. My mother cooked the best algae in the whole town before the accident.

     One day the mayor got an idea. He decided to use the sea to the max: he stole it's corals for jewels, he stole it's fish for pets, he stole twice the algae, so it's price can become lower. He was full of greed. He even didn't listen to the wise old ponies, who told him, that he didn't want to make the sea angry. And then one day it happened.

• What happened? - Celestia was worried.

• The biggest storm I've ever seen. I was a filly back then. The sea made a massive abb-tide. Then suddenly a stalion got out of the water. He looked like me, with both wings and a horn, but way more different. His mane and tail were green from algae, he had the colour of the sea, his horn was made out of red coral. His wings didn't have feathers but shiny scales. He headed directly to the mayor's office and broke in. The window of the cabinet was open so I sat nearby and listened.

• Leader of those, who ive on the dry land, return what you stole! - the sea pony was angry

• I didn't steal anything! - lied the mayor

• What about the algae, the coral and all the other treasures? Answer! - asked the stalion

• Treasures? Are ther any more treasures? - the mayor was full of greed even in his last minute.

The other stalion laughed. A jellyfish appeared out of nowhere and slammed into the mayor's face.

-Ouch! It stings!

• One last chance. Where are they?

• I don't know, you freak! - the mayor continued to lie

• So that's it. - said the sea pony. His horn started glowing. The mayor screamed once more before he was turned into water.

As the stalion got out, the ponies gathered around him. He spoke:

• Citizen of this city of liars! Listen to me! Tonight I shall retake what's mine! I know most of you are innocent. That's why tonight go on the highest hill and save yourselves!

  Than he returned to the sea.

Most of the citizen did so. But the foolish servants of the mayor remained on the beach and gathered all the algae, that remained. Then suddenly a huge tidal wave approached. It drowned all the fools. It even reached the base of the hill. I was safe but my mother was bellow me and the sea got her. But before the waves grabbed her, the same pony appeared again.

• Your heart and soul are innocent. I can't stop the wave once after it started. But you shall not die.

The sea stalion turned my mother to a siren: a spirit that tricks the brave sailorponies and their ships crash in the cliffs.

That is even worse than death.

   Since then, nothing was the same. The soil was unferthile, we only depended on the sea. The sea stalion created very cruel pony- eating fishes, which we call sharks. the biggest ones can even break our boats. He limited us: we could only sail 10 miles away from the shore and we could gather the algae only at 9 feet deep. If we went deeper or further in the sea the sharks would eat us. And if that wasn't enough each year on the tomorrow date he wants from us to give him the most beatiful mare in the town, so she can become a siren. I suceed to hide for all these years, but the last month they recognised me. I will be the new siren.

• That's horrible! - Twilight was horrified

• And I just can't take it - to kill innocent ponies!

• We have to stop that! - Luna was angry.

• No! It will only become worse. Luckily, there is a prophecy. When there are three ponies with both wings and horns fight against him, he will be defeated and we shall once more live as a peacfull nation.

• But... we don't know anything, that can help ya! - Applejack was worried.

• What? - Cadence was amazed.

Soon the group explained Cadence everything.

• Soo, you came from an a dimension, where you both, - Cadence pointed the princesses - , were alicorns or landicorns, or whatever this race is called and you both, - she pointed Applejack and Pinkie - , were earth ponies?

• First, I was an alicorn too, and second, an alicorn is an alicorn and a landicorn is  a mixture of all the other races but the alicorn one. - Twilight cleared it out.

• And you don't have any experience? - Cadence was horrified.

• Nope. - replied Applejack

• We are doomed! - Cadence started to cry.

• We should run! - Celestia gave the band an idea.

• It's useless, he'll find us. Nopony would ever take my place. But i suppose, it's the best thing to do right now. - Cadence sighed

  Cadence joined the group as they secretly went out the town, which now looked sinister.