Twilight looked around the dock. Her friends were nowhere to be found, and it was just a few seconds to noon.
"Hey Twilight! We're here!" shouted Pinkie Pie, appearing out of nowhere along with Rainbow Dash. As Twilight turned around to greet them, Rarity came up from behind her along with Fluttershy.
"So Twilight, we're here. What do we do now?" asked Fluttershy.
"Well, now that we're here, we just buy tickets and sail to Great Britail, find that penguin and interrogate him. I thought I explained that."
"Yeah sugarcube, but ah mean, th' ship only sails once a year from this 'ere dock. How d'you think we're gonna sail now?" asked Rarity, and everypony looked at her.
"Is that Applejack's hat you're wearing? And what's with the accent?" asked Rainbow Dash.
"Aye, it's Appl'jack's ol' stetson hat, but ah don't get what the hay you mean by acc'nt. I ain't speakin' in no acc'nt. Y'all should stop speakin' weird." said Rarity.
"Oh...kay. Well, we're stuck here without a ship. We're definitely not going to find out what happened to Applejack and, now, Rarity if we don't find a ship." said Twilight.
"What about 'The Flying Dutchmare' ? You know, that ship just beside the dock that is perfectly functional but everypony thinks it's haunted because there have been mysterious disappearances around it so nopony wants to use it?" asked Pinkie. Twilight scratched her chin.
"I don't know Pinkie... None of us knows how to use a ship, so we can't really take it, can we?" asked Twilight.
"Don't worry. I'm sure we'll figure something out once we're on it. We could at least give it a try." said Pinkie.
"Well Pinkie, got any ideas on how we use this thing?" asked Twilight, pointing at the helm while Pinkie looked around herself.
"Maybe we should check what's below the deck. There could be some instructions."
"Yeah... maybe we should."
The team of five split up to search the rooms.
Fluttershy entered a long corridor filled with cabins. As she passed them one by one, pale figures started entering the corridor through the doors and creeping up behind her. She finally walked to the end and, seeing no open doors, turned back.
"Hello, poppet." said one of the ghostly ponies.
"Oh... hello there."
"Would ye care to tell us why ye entered our ship?"
"Well, we wanted to take this ship and sail to Great Britail and find out why our friend got a weird speech change... that is, if it's okay with you..." she said quietly, putting on her cutest face.
"I, uh... we, uh... sure, go ahead, take the ship." he said.
In a flash of a second Fluttershy's face turned from cute to psycho, "You're damn right we're gonna take it! And you better not get in our way or else I'll make your afterlives as miserable as it is possible!" she shouted, scaring the ghosts and causing them to disappear back into walls.
Then she looked around herself, "Hmm... I wonder what happened? Why are all the nice ghost ponies gone?" she asked herself before going back to the top of the ship.
Pinkie Pie entered a huge room which was labelled 'Zee Captain's Room" and started looking around. She found nothing interesting except for a huge tricorne hat with a feather on it.
"Oh! What's this? It looks nice!" she said, picking it up.
"So... found anything?" asked Twilight as she, Fluttershy, Rarity and Rainbow Dash regrouped by the main mast.
"Nothin' interestin' 'ere sugarcube." said Rarity.
"I found a... a storage- a storage rum full of room..." said Rainbow Dash, swaying from one side to the other.
"I met some ghost ponies but they said it's okay to take the ship..." said Fluttershy.
"I only found sea charts and a compass, but that's not helpful if we can't get the ship into the open sea." said Twilight.
With loud hoofsteps, Pinkie Pie appeared behind them. Twilight turned around to face her.
"Did you have any luck finding instructions how to sail, Pinkie?" asked Twilight.
Pinkie looked at her, raising her hoof to fix the tricorne hat on her head, "There be no need fer instructions Ms. Sparkle. Just follow the orders of yer captain and we'll hit Great Britail in 30 days or less."
Before Twilight could reply, Pinkie hopped behind the helm, "From this moment, this ship is under the orders of Captain Pie, and all ye scoundrels shall follow them, else we'll end up in Davy Jones' Locker. Now Ms. Dash and Ms. Shy, raise the sails.
"Aye captain!"
"Ms. Rarity, raise the anchor."
"Aye cap'n!"
"Ms. Sparkle, ye shall be our navigator."
Twilight looked around herself to see her friends work on the ship, "Am I the only one who finds it weird that Pinkie is behaving like a pirate?" she asked. Pinkie jumped down and used her tail to pull out a cutlass from her mane, putting it to Twilight's throat.
"Listen ye landlubber. It is Captain Pie to ye, and ye shall follow me orders else I'll have to accuse ye of mutiny against the captain, and the punishment for mutiny against the captain is to walk the plank. Now get to the charts Ms. Sparkle and don't test me patience again." she whispered to Twilight's ear.
The lavender unicorn gulped, "Aye captain." and teleported behind the charts, using her magic to control plotting instruments and find a good trail to sail to Britail.
"Aye, today the wind's on our side. A good day to set sail." she said. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy flew up to her.
"The sails are raised captain. Any orders?" asked Rainbow Dash.
"Aye. Ms. Dash, fly up and hoist the Jolly Roger. Then take place in crow's nest and call shall ye see any other ships or land."
"Aye captain!" she said, rocketing upwards.
"Ms. Shy, ye shall prepare the cannons below the deck for firing at any needed time, should we encounter resistance."
"Aye captain." she whispered, flying low below the deck.
Rarity galloped up to Pinkie, "The anchor's raised cap'n and we're movin'. Any ord'rs?"
"Ye finished yer job last, so ye shall be sweeping the deck. Next time I expect the job to be done right away."
Rarity looked down in shame, "Aye cap'n..." Then she grabbed a broom with her horny magic and started sweeping.
Pinkie walked back to Twilight, "Which way now Ms. Sparkle?" she asked.
"We should turn 45 degrees right..." said Twilight, looking at the maps and the compass.
"Starboard it is. Aye, I can feel the adventure in me blood." said Pinkie, turning the helm.
"Oi, Big Macintosh, have you seen my mates today?" asked Applejack, looking at her brother.
"Nnnnnnnet." he said in a very strong accent, going back to pulling his cart.
"Bugger. Where the bloody 'ell have they gone. I've been looking left, right and centre for them..."