//------------------------------// // Rocko Harbor - Part 1 // Story: Super Rainbow Sunshine // by uniquecorn //------------------------------// Rainbow, Pinkie, Applejack, Rarity and Fluttershy were seeing the hot air balloon with Twilight and King Sombra taking off heading towards the island with the volcano. Seeing them off like this calls for desperate measures. “How are we supposed to get to that island from here?” Rarity asked sounding hopeless. “We need to collect a lot more Shine Sprites to reach Mount Crupperona.” FLUDD illustrated. “How many more exactly?” Rainbow asked. “50. You only have 8.” FLUDD answered. “Looks like we have to wait long to rescue Twilight.” Applejack concluded as the ponies walked away from the block they’re standing on to think about what to do next. That’s when Rainbow noticed a big puddle of paint across a bridge and decides to clean it up with FLUDD. But just like with the other paint puddles, the paint creature rose from the middle, so Rainbow has to defeat it, easily. Which then reveals a house with a lightning-shaped portal on it. “Hey, guys! I found another portal! Rainbow called. “Oooh! It looks like something suspicious! It must lead to more Shine Sprites.” Pinkie called out. “Yeah. Are you coming with me, Pinkie?” Rainbow asked. “Hmm… now that I think about it, I should let somepony else have a turn.” Pinkie suggests as she turns to Rarity, Fluttershy and Applejack. “Oh, I wish I could, but I heard there’s a new shop I haven’t been in.” Rarity explained that she couldn’t go with Dash. “I’m sorry I can’t go with you, I still want to hang out in the garden.” Neither could Fluttershy. “Guess that means ah’m goin’.” Applejack concluded, which made Rainbow smile. Sometimes she gets along with Applejack and Applejack gets along with Rainbow. “What are you gonna do, Pinkie?” Rainbow asked wondering what Pinkie will do once she’s gone. “There’s a bakery in that alley.” Pinkie answered. “You ready, Rainbow?” Applejack asked as she and Rainbow face the portal. “I was born ready!” Rainbow replied with confidence as both ponies jump into the portal to go to Rocko Harbor. *** Gooper Blooper Breaks Out Rainbow Dash and Applejack appeared at a stone platform at Rocko Harbor. This place is packed with boats and scaffolding. “So how can we find a Shine Sprite, Rainbow?” Applejack asked Rainbow Dash how she finds Shine Sprites. “Unfortunately, there’s no pattern in finding a Shine Sprite. In this case, we’ll just follow the path and see where the path takes us.” Rainbow answered as she starts going up the metal ramp in front of them which leads to a boat that loads fences. Inside the fences is a paint puddle and a couple of coins. “We need to climb over the fence.” Rainbow suggested as she and Applejack start climbing. “Hit the fence to flip it.” FLUDD informed. “Like this?” Rainbow said as she punched the fence that made it flip over and took Rainbow Dash to go inside the fence. “Woah.” Applejack said looking amazed as Rainbow climbed down to clean the puddle, collect the two bits and start climbing back out and on top of the fence with Applejack following. Once she’s out, she collects 4 more bits along the way while she and Applejack were moving on to reach a crane with a platform. “We have to jump it.” Rainbow said as the crane moves to a position where the ponies can jump onto the platform to jump to the next platform. Rainbow sees they have to climb up fences again and began ascending. “And now we have to climb the ceiling.” Applejack thought as they climb the ceiling towards the orange platform and collect 2 more bits and reach the end to jump on the next moving platform on crane. The crane began to move towards the next platform where Rainbow saw that she needs to spin a pinwheel by spraying water at it, so that’s what she did which made a platform rise and a blue coin appear to be in front of them. “Ah’ve never seen that before.” Applejack said. “I’ve never. Something tells me this is important later.” Rainbow explained as the platform starts lowering down. “Rainbow! Quick!” Applejack warned as they quickly platformed until they reach a big gap. Luckily, Rainbow knows about her hover ability and Applejack is such an competitive pony, so they made it to the next platform with 3 bits without problems. “Now what? That wall is way too high to jump to.” Rainbow pointed out. “That platform, come on.” Applejack replied when she and Rainbow jumped on the platform when it’s rising and saw they have to climb the ceiling again to get to the main town and collect 6 more bits along the way. In town, Rainbow sees a blue coin above a fountain to collect and a lightning graffiti on the wall to clean to make a blue coin appear to collect. “This way.” Rainbow said as she gallops to the cargo boxes with something dangling on it. “What in tarnation? What’s in there?” Applejack asked. “I think we’re supposed to pull this.” Rainbow thought. “Be careful, Rainbow. Ah don’t like the look of this.” Applejack warned as Rainbow starts pulling and yanking the thing off. That caused a big squid to come out of the cargo pile. “What is that?” Rainbow questioned as it’s in the sky and beginning to descend to the ground threatening to crush the ponies. “Rainbow! Move!” Applejack pushed Rainbow out of the way while looking out for her safety too. It’s time for a boss fight. *** Boss Fight Rainbow noticed its face is covered in paint, so her first instinct is to clean its face. But that made the squid’s nerve to slam the ponies flat. “Look out.” Applejack warned as Rainbow jumped to dodge the tentacle and made it flat by stomping on it “Did that work?” Rainbow asked. “Ah think you have to pull the flat tentacle.” Applejack suggested. So Rainbow got her hooves on the tentacle and pulled until it comes off the squid. “Gross!” Rainbow abhorred as she threw the tentacle away at Applejack. “Hey!” “Heh heh! Oops. Sorry.” Rainbow turned to Applejack to withdraw. “Observe, Rainbow!” Applejack warned as she pushed Rainbow away before she got crushed by the tentacle. “We have to flatten a tentacle again!” Rainbow informed as the squid retracted its arms and try to slam them again. Rainbow avoided the slam while Applejack jumps on one of the three tentacles. “Nicely done!” Rainbow complimented as she starts yanking the tentacle off the squid. Rainbow Dash and Applejack has to take all the tentacles off the squid, which is what they did. “All the big tentacles are gone. Now what?” Rainbow Dash questioned. “Ah know, give me the FLUDD.” Applejack ordered which made Rainbow widen her eyes. She’s given the FLUDD to Pinkie before and now Applejack wants the FLUDD? She gave it to her anyway. “Watch and learn, Rainbow.” Applejack began squirting water at the squid, then she puts her hooves on the cork on the squids mouth and began pulling until the cork comes off and the squid’s mouth springs back to damage the boss. “Did we beat it?” Applejack asked as she hoofed FLUDD back to Rainbow Dash. Unfortunately, no. They didn’t defeat the squid as it recovered itself, regenerated its tentacles and surrounded “Looks like we have to strike again!” Rainbow said as she sprayed the squid with FLUDD which caused the squid to slam the ground, which gives the chance to stomp, somehow, two tentacles. “You pull the other one.” Rainbow instructed as she and Applejack got hold of a tentacle and yanked them both off. “Smart.” Applejack complimented as the squid tries to slam them both again when they dodge, stomp, grab and pull each other’s tentacle. Now that the squid lost its tentacles, Rainbow figures she has to stretch its mouth like what Applejack did. “Let go, Rainbow!” Applejack said as Rainbow let go of the squid’s mouth to spring it back to launch it into the air and into the water in defeat. In turn, a Shine Sprite appeared. “Yeehaw! Fighting that thing kinda felt good.” Applejack said as Rainbow collected the Shine Sprite and both ponies celebrate as they got immediately sent back to Delfilly Plaza. *** Applejack and Rainbow Dash just came back from the portal on the house. “Hey, AJ, RD.” Pinkie welcomed them both from inside the house “Howdy there, Pinkie. What are you doing in there?” Applejack asked “Oh, Rainbow, I found something in there, come in.” Pinkie answered as she’s leading them both into the house where they see its a shop with a zebra working here. “Welcome, please feel comfortable with your wits. I sell Shine Sprites for 10 blue bits.” “Well, that’s cool, but I’m 2 short.” Rainbow replied “Oh, that’s rough, Come back when you have enough.” The zebra said as the customers accepted the unfortunate and left the store. “Oh well, we still have the Shine Sprites through the portal, right?” Rainbow said. “It’s okay, Dashie. I just want to show you that shop.” Pinkie replied. “Okay, Rainbow, you ready to go again?” Applejack asked. “Yeah, I’m ready!” Rainbow answered as she and Applejack go back in to Rocko Hills *** Blooper Surfing Safari Back in Rocko Harbor where Applejack and Rainbow appeared in the same spot as before, they first noticed the ramp to the first ship is gone. “Looks like we’re not gettin’ on that boat.” Applejack concluded. Rainbow began looking around the stone platform the ponies are standing on and she found a lightning-shaped graffiti that she sprayed water at to make a blue bit appear. She looked around some more and saw some logs bridging across a gap to a wooden platform with orange and blue squids with a pony next to it. “Sir, what’s this supposed to be?” Rainbow asked the instructor. “Oh. Have you ever heard of ‘Squid Surfing’?” The pony said and was received a head shake from Rainbow. “Well, it’s exactly what it sounds like; Get on a squid and you can surf like a pro.” The pony instructed. “Woah, that sounds awesome.” Rainbow complimented as she walks towards the blue squid and Applejack takes the orange squid. “Now before you get on, these squids are pretty fast, so make sure to hold on tight.” The instructor warned as the ponies got on their squids and started boosting. “Woah!” Rainbow interjected as she’s kind of enjoyably surfing on squids as she and Applejack sees, follows and collects a bit trail with 20 yellow and 1 blue bit into a tunnel. The tunnel consists of more squids and another instructor pony. “You wanna go for a ride? Try to make your best, reach the end as fast as possible. Show me some squid surfing and you’ll win a prize.” The instructor instructed as Applejack and Rainbow Dash confidently stood behind the next blue and orange squids to begin surfing, or rather racing. “You want a race, AJ?” Rainbow asked which made Applejack turn to her. “Oh, it’s on!” Applejack answered as Rainbow starts the countdown. “3… 2… 1… SURF!” The race has begun. Around the first corner turn, the first obstacle is to dodge some cubes and then dodge some cones to making a U-turn. Next obstacle is a moving cube, and then a motionless rectangular prism. The next obstacle is rotating walls, and up next is rising cubes in a U-turn followed by multiple U-turns until they reach the goal with Rainbow going first. “Oh well, you won that one, Rainbow.” Applejack admitted loss to turn to the instructor pony. “I timed your race. You reached the finish line in 45 seconds.” “Not bad.” Rainbow took it as compliment. “As promised, here’s your prize.” The instructor pony hoofed out a Shine Sprite as the prize. Rainbow quickly collects it and celebrated with Applejack before going back to Delfilly Plaza. *** Back at Delfilly Plaza, Applejack and Rainbow came back from the portal. “Oh, um… Welcome back.” Fluttershy welcomed them both. “Eeyup, we’re back!” Applejack replied. “Hmm… are you girls tired after that journey?” Fluttershy asked. Applejack and Rainbow Dash looked at sun as it’s setting. “Yeah, we must be tired.” Rainbow admitted until she remembered something. “Oh, but before I rest…” Rainbow asked as she rushed into the house. “Oh, I see that you’re back. Do you have 10 blue bits to fill my sack?” The zebra asked. Rainbow nodded as yes and hoofed out the 10 blue bits and got sold a Shine Sprite. “Say, are you related to a zebra named Zecora?” Rainbow asked wondering if she knows Zecora “Ah, I see that you’ve met one of my kins. Quite a long time after I see her skins. But I always live inside my shack. Tell Zecora I say hi when you came back.” The zebra said. “What’s your name?” Rainbow asked. “Call me Zella if you want to call my name. Now leave my store to rest your mane.” Zella said as Rainbow leaves the Shine Sprite store. She then looks at Mount Crupperona talking to out of range Twilight. “Don’t worry, Twilight. Someday, we’ll find you.” Will she? Will she someday find Twilight Sparkle once she found at least 50 Shine Sprites? What will happen?