The S.S angel bunny

If you were to sit down at the Equestrian docks, every month for one week only, You might be able to see a ship. not just any ship however. A pirate ship. A long and high ebony Ship with cannons lining all floors and 4 masted sails atop. And at the very top of the  central mast was a flag, complete black as expected, with an emblem of two wings spread wide with a familiar skull shape on top. A pony skull. And if you were to wait until night fell you would notice a pony climb their way onto deck, stare up at the moon, and salute to their rulers.

But this story does not start on this ship, nor does it start at the Equestrian Docks. For It actually starts in a small town known as "ponyville" and follows a light Blue Pegasus who goes to find what happened to her friend. And it is here, that we begin...

It was a glorious day in Ponyville once again as Rainbow Dash lay on a cloud up high. She had done her fair amount of training and cloud kicking and so now she just wanted to kick back and relax. She kicked her back hoofs and allowed the cloud she lay on to glide along the calm breeze. And as she glided along she began to pick up things, things like missing sounds or disturbances. Things were quiet. Perhaps, a little too quiet. Rainbow Dash rolled onto her front and peered through the cloud to see why things were so quiet, and realised why. The cloud had found it's way to Fluttershys cottage. Once ripe with animals and happiness now abandoned and lonely. And the odd thing was, it had been like that for almost a year. Why? Why had Fluttershy been away for a year? Why had she not come back to feed them, and if she had, then why didn't she say anything? And how come Rainbow Dash had only thought of this now?

Well Rainbow Dash had enough. She was going to find answers if it meant breaking into her house. And at this point, it seemed like something she may have to do. She fluttered down in front of the door and knocked on it, just to see if there was anypony in. No response. She knocked again to make sure they heard.

“Heloooo! Anypony in there?”

But once again there was nothing. She pulled the handle down and found, to her surprise, that the door was unlocked, and it swung right open! Dash walked in as silent as she could and began to look around. Nothing had changed much. The sofa was still near the stairs, Bird cages and food bowls were occasionally placed on the floor, and everything was collecting dust.

“Well so much for visitors.”

But lying on the table was the one thing that had seemingly less dust than the others. A letter, that was addressed simply to Rainbow Dash. Intrigued and confused, Dash went up and opened the letter. Reading it allowed I said:

“Dear Rainbow Dash,

If you are reading this then you have found out that the front door is open. What I said about going on holiday was a lie. I have in fact left ponyville forever. After the death of Angel I have felt as if it was not my destiny to take care of animals, like I was born for something else. After borrowing a book from Twilight I have found a legend saying that it is possible to change your cutie mark if you become good at something else, and if you are reading this a month after I leave and I have not come back that is what I am doing.

It hurts me to say this, and I am sorry Rainbow Dash, but I have decided to sail the seas, far away. I have a lot of secrets that I take with me, some I wish I told you and the others sooner. Some  I wanted to tell only you. Once again, I am sorry, and I hope you do well.

Your best friend,

Fluttershy”