//------------------------------// // Welcome // Story: Jurassic World: Jurassic Pony IV // by mistercokehold8 //------------------------------// Hundreds of miles from the coast and the island of horrors sat a house in Ponyville shared by three best friends for life. Two of them had a very important trip coming up, and a certain orange pegasus was in no hurry. Sweetie Belle sighed as she uses her magic to pack the car, a dark green SUV. She pouts back towards the house before trotting inside, spotting a certain orange Pegasus on the couch looking through a viewfinder, flicking through images of dinosaurs. Wrapping the toy in a green glow she yanks it towards the ceiling. "Scoots, come on! We've been planning to visit Applebloom for months, and we'll get there a lot quicker if you help me load the car." she complained, brushing some of her mane back out of her face. "She's not going anywhere." The pegasus mare complained, before she began preening her wings. 22 years have granted her the ability of flight, but barely enough to sustain herself. Once done keeping her wings clean she pulled over her lazily packed saddlebag. Sweetie gave her a flat look. "You're seriously putting off seeing Applebloom? Come on, how long has it been since the Cutie Mark Crusaders all got together again?" She glances at the purple kite shield of a Cutie Mark on Scootaloo's flank, remembering the day the two of them and Applebloom got similar marks at the same time, anointing them as the Cutie Mark Crusaders forever. She pulled herself back into the present. "I mean we got lots of crusading stories to share with her when we finally get there... assuming I don't have enough to carry you to the car as well." "We have two hours till our flight. The airport is 36 minutes away, 60 with traffic. We have plenty of time." Scootaloo said calmly, kicking her hooves back. Sweetie groaned, using her magic to start dragging Scootaloo out the door by the tail. "Come on, I wanna get there as soon as we can!" "Want me to feed the monsters under the bed Mom?" The pegasus said sarcastically. "We gotta say bye to our older sis's first." Sweetie starts trotting in place with a whine. "Pleeeeaaaaase can we just call them? I really don't want to have to deal with a "watch your back because dinosaurs will eat you" lecture. Seriously, it's like they forgot we were at the park with them!" While it was a very well-known fact the six most well-known residents of Ponyville despised Isla Zebra and anything involved with it with a burning passion, the three youngest survivors of the incident twenty two years ago had simply moved on with their lives. There was simply nothing to be afraid of in their minds. "I'm sick of the lecture too but they know a princess who can stop us from going if we dont tell them." Scootaloo said. "Wait... You didn't tell Rainbow Dash you were going on this trip? I told Rarity I wanted to visit Applebloom weeks ago!" Sighing she levitates out her cell phone, and taps off a quick text to the six ponies. "There, if they want to try to stop us they can do it at the airport, now let's GO!" "Alright alright...just floor it." Scootaloo said, climbing into the passenger seat and buckling in. She quickly made sure they had the envelope with their VIP passes. Sweetie hopped in the driver seat, and buckles in herself before driving for the airport. "I wonder how Applebloom's been doing. From the sounds of things she had her eye on somepony a few months back, but then she never talked about it again." "Probably too caught up with dinosaurs." Scootaloo said, ruffling her mane with the air coming through the open window. "Yeah, Twist visited the park a while back, and loved it. She said it's been a big success so I bet Applebloom has her hooves full." Scoot's phone began to go off. Taking a glance at it, she sighed. "Rainbow and Rarity said as long as we behave ourselves, everything will be fun. Also if anything chases us, run. Very funny Dash..." "Well that went better than expected." Sweetie said as she parks the SUV, hopping out. Scootaloo was quick to follow her close friend out of the car when her phone went off again. "They said give them a heads up when we get there." Sweetie sighed. "Alright... Jeez, they're not our mothers or anything..." The two mares trotted into the line for their flight, bored at the wait they had to go through. Once boarded, the plane took off on schedule and arrived at the Coltsa Rica International Airport. Their next destination was rather simple; the luxury cruise with the sign labeled Isla Zebra, and proudly showing the logo for their destination. "Ever feel like we forgot something?" Scootaloo asked her friend as the trotted up the ramp. "Or is that just me?" Sweetie tilted her head. "Well….yeah usually whenever I take a trip, but it's usually nothing. Let's see we got our luggage on its way into the plane, and so packed for us to stay a few weeks... Maybe we forgot to pack lunches? You know what they say about airport food." "Eh, it's probably nothing." The pegasus said, looking over the brochure. "Jurassic World had eight species of dinosaurs when they first opened. Now they have fourteen herbivores and six carnivores. That's fifty tons of food a week." She read, bored at the piece of paper. "Long as there’s no jeep tour I'm good." "I heard from Twist they upgraded to these big hamster balls that can deflect a 50 caliber bullet," Sweetie says as they ride the escalator. "That's what they use in an anti-tank rifle!" Looking up with a wide smile she says, "I'm looking forward to the petting zoo! Remember the Brachiosaurus that woke us up in that tree? Well you get to feed the baby ones! And foals can ride the baby Triceratops! Good thing I packed my camera, and video camera!" "Aren't you a little old for a petting zoo?" Scoot asked, smirking at her friend. The boat was filled to the maximum capacity for passengers, something not out of the ordinary in recent years. The captain began moving the boat forward, and off towards the island they went. The pegasus was ignoring two stallions their age who was checking her and her friend out. While the mare couldnt vouch for f Sweetie, but Scootaloo wasnt interested in picking up a coltfriend on this trip. Off in the distance the two mares could see the morning fog covering the Isla Zebra. This would be the first time in twenty two years the two would lay eyes on it. Sweetie gulped slightly, and takes Scootaloo by the hoof. "...Don't worry Scoots...I-it's totally safe now, no reason to be scared..." The pegasus scoffed. "I'm not scared." She insisted. Always trying to act tough she was. The boat slowly drifted through the water before coming to dock at the peer. Thankfully nopony paid the two any attention, otherwise they might've noticed the two from reports and stories from a long time ago. "Welcome to Isla Zebra, home of Jurassic World." The captain said over the loud speaker. "We hope you have a safe and enjoyable stay with us." Slowly the passengers made their way off the boat and onto the peer. With their saddlebags in place, the two crusaders began eyeballing the crowd for their friend, but instead found a mare in casual clothing holding a tablet with their names on it. "That's not Applebloom...." Scootaloo said, knowing full well the mare in question promised to meet them here. Sweetie folded her ears back sadly. "...Maybe she's so busy she forgot we were coming? We could surprise her at work like that." Scoots only sighed, before motioning to the worker. "That's us." She said, pointing to the names on the tablet. "Applebloom sends her apologies, but something came up that required her immediate attention." The mare said, clearly not wanting to be here but as Applebloom's assistant she had to be. The name the assistant had on her name badge was Crystal Comet. Scootaloo rolled her eyes at the name before trotting onto the monorail car. Sweetie follows, and bumps Scootaloo with her shoulder. "Come on Scoots, she'll make time for us when she can, we're here for two weeks after all." "She better." The pegasus said, pulling out a pair of headphones from her saddlebag, listening to whatever music she felt like listening to. "Those of you in the front of the train should be able to see our main gates." The voice on the loud speaker said as the monorail slide forward. Sweetie Belle pushed her way to the front, seeing the giant wooden gates approach. "For those who don't know those wooden doors are the actual doors from the park over twenty years ago!" “Sure looks like it." Sweetie admitted as the gate opened to admit the monorail train. A short few minutes later the monorail came sliding to stop at the station. Not even noon and the visitor count was already climbing well into the thousands by the looks of things. "Please obey all park rules. Fillies and colts must be escorted by their legal guardian and no provoking the dinosaurs permitted." Another voice said over the loud speaker. "Applebloom arranged to meet you both and one o clock, and can she slow down?" Crystal asked, watching Sweetie Belle galloping ahead to the escalators. "Nope." Scootaloo answered with a smirk. Sweetie groaned as she prances in place eating for them. "Come on Scoots! I can't believe someone who hangs out with Rainbow Dash could be such a slowpoke!" "Again, she's not going anywhere." The pegasus reasoned, taking a spot on the escalator. Crystal hurried to catch up with the two, before the three would separate from the crowd and make their way to the resort hotel Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle would be residing. "Welcome to the VIP Suite." The assistant mare said as the orange pegasus flopped onto the bed. "This could work." She said, sighing on how cozy the beds were. "With your passes you can get on any ride without having to wait." Crystal explained. “Let’s go!” Sweetie said, wanting to go explore the park and find their friend. “She said we had to wait Belle.” Scootaloo said, sitting up from her spot on the bed. “I don’t wanna wait anymore!” Sweetie trotted over to the balcony, and threw the door opened. Right in front of them was the park that taken all of Equestria by storm….and what had previous caused them grief. But it was a different time, and a chance for new beginnings. Sweetie Belle smiled as she puts her front hooves on the guard rail. "Wow this place is beautiful!!! Just look at the size of that pool!" Scoots trotted over to the rail. "Sweetie....that's not the pool." She said, overlooking the rather large body of water separating them from the theme park just across it. Sweetie blinked, and then looked closer, spotting the large fence around it. "...Is that... Is that where the Water Show is?! Omigoodness, Twist told me all about it, we gotta go check it out!!!" If the two mares would've looked hard enough they would've noticed a small little building sitting on a hillside located on the other side of the park. This was the most important building in the whole park, next to the Visitor Center of course. This was where the dinosaurs were made, security was monitored, and where important business was conducted. At this moment the very mare Sweetie and Scootaloo were looking for was riding down the elevator. "Hay Bale, vice president. Apple Gin, bad mane. Snow Crystal, deserves better." Applebloom muttered to herself, smoothing out her business attire. "Hay, Apple, Snow. Hay, Apple, Snow. And I am Applebloom." She went over, before looking at the time with her phone. "Three...minutes....late." The mare said disappointed with herself. The elevator came to a stop at its location, the mare put on a determined smile as the door opened. "Welcome to Jurassic World."