A seapony's Heartstrings

by Paradise Oasis

A picture is worth a thousand words...

"A picture is worth a thousand words."

Archivist pony's note; I have done my best to translate the Sea pony's strange utterances for the benefit of the reader. However, in order to keep the exotic flavor of thier speech patterns, I have chosen to leave the Sea Pony euphemisms- 'hip', 'funky', 'far out' and so forth- in for the reader's benefit.

There are many strange things in this world of talking ponies, many unusual creatures of every shape, size, and description. One fact that stands without dispute, is that the surface of this land is home is the home of ponykind. Earth ponies and unicorns, flutter ponies and Pegasus... all trot along happily on the green earth, and play under a warm sun.

But far beneath the waves- beneath the lakes and streams that dominate the countryside- they are home to ponykind, as well. Not the land ponies, who prefer the soil under their feet, or the sky ponies, who prefer wind under their wings. No, these places were the domain of the sea ponies- fin bearing equines who long ago abandoned the surface to their land-dwelling cousins. Magic had adapted them to their new lives far under the waves, and few of them saw any reason to look back to the land with any regret.

It was the middle of a sunny afternoon, when three Sea Ponies were to be seen splashing their way through the Rainbow River. At their lead was Seawinkle, the blue mare with a pink mane. The duchess of the sea ponies, she commanded all the aquatic equines in her freshwater dominions. Behind her swam Wavedancer and Sealight, her two mares-in-waiting, who were always by her side.

"Try ta keep up, gals!" Seawinkle called back to the two ponies behind her. "We're almost home ta our hip and humble abode!"

"We can dig it!" The two sea ponies giggled, following their lady downstream.

As the three sea ponies swam their way towards Rainbow Lake, they noticed several land ponies on shore and in their fishing boats, who waved at the aquatic equines as they passed.

"Hiya, ponies!" The three called out in greeting. "Hope ya havin' a groooovy day!"

Sadly, all the ponies in the boats and along the shore heard was "Shooby Doo! Shoop Shoopy Doo!" coming from the Sea Ponies mouths. Shaking their manes at the silly sea ponies, they went back to their picnics and rowing.

Poor Surface dwellers, Seawinkle thought to herself. Their ears cannot pick up the sub harmonics in seapony song, and they were unable to understand underwater communication. Oh, the sea ponies could still speak the surface tounge easily, of course. But it was sad that their land cousins could not talk to them in their own tongue.

"Seawinkle! We're comin up on the river's guardian!" Wavedancer called out, the pink mare with the blue mane veering off to the left. The duchess nodded, and followed suit.

It was then that the came up to the spot, where the river poured into the Rainbow sea. As they rode the waterfall over into the large body of water, a long purple serpentine form rose from the water, greeting the mares with a fanged smile.

"Oh hellooooooo, ladies!" The blonde sea serpent called out to them, waving a claw in an effeminate manner. "Good to see you home! Your manes look faaaabulous, as always!"

The ancient guardian of the Rainbow River, Scaleclaw had been around in the time of the harmony bearers. The festive water dragon was fond of telling the tale of how they helped him repair his moustache once.

"Why thank ya, Scaleclaw!" Sealight whinnied back. "And your groovy stache is lookin' totally groovy!"

"Why thank you, darling!" Scaleclaw replied in a lisp "But you're only saying it because it's true!"

As the three ponies swam past the sea serpent, they swam out into the center of the small sea. Thousands of sea ponies swarmed around different levels of the water, who turned and bowed as Seawinkle passed them. Heading for the very center of the sea bed, they swam towards a large, pink undersea castle with many towers and turrets rising from it's sides. The duchess smiled- Mermaid castle might not be particularly large or ornate, but to the seaponies, it was home.

"Welcome home, Duchess!" A white pony called up to her, lowering the clamshell-styled drawbridge. "Did you have a hip visit with the land pony emissaries?"

"As well as could be expected, Sea Mist. Loud, noisy, and full of those jive talkers we call politicians." Seawinkle replied swimming down the pink and blue hallway, to her main audience chamber. The leader of the sea ponies swam up to her throne. "Tell me, what went down while I was rappin with the surface ponies?"

"Well, Sea Breeze got a new crop of kelp for the fall harvest, so we'll have a far out food supply this year!" Sea Mist whinnied. "Oh, and the Sea pony trio signed a twelve record deal with Canterlot music! I just can't believe how much land ponies love our singing!"

"Sounds like things were totally hip while I was away!" Using sea pony hydrokenesis, she levitated her shell brush up to comb her magically waterproofed mane. "By the way, where are my husband and daughter?"

"Duke Kelpie is still away at the ocean, huntin' gator ponies." Sea Mist replied, tossing her red mane. "As to little Sea Star, she and Whitecap took the Dolphin Carraige to explore the wrecks along the ocean shoreline."

"That's a funky trip for such a tiny pony to take!" Seawinkle replied in a worried tone. "Still, if she took Whitecap and the Carriage with her, my baby should be simply groovy!"
...
"My lady! Please slow the carriage down!" A terrified Whitecap cried out, holding on to the side of the large conch shell for dear life with her fins. "I'm about ta loose the kelp I had for breakfast!"

The Dolphin Carriage rocketed along the ocean floor, with a giggling baby sea pony driving heavily on the reigns.
"Aw c'mon, Whitecap!" Sea Star laughed. "Don't be such an old fuddy duddy!"

The little sea pony pulled back on the reigns, causing the dolphin pulling it to a sudden stop.

"Aieeee!" Whitecap screamed, as the sudden jolt sent her flying out of the carriage, and hurling through the water. "Couldn't you work on your stops, little sister? I almost had a really funky landing!"

"Awww, lighten up, Whitecap!" Sea Star giggled, petting the dolphin steed with her tiny fin. "Reese was just having a little fun... wern't you, Reese-weese?"

"Reese-weese?" Whitecap snorted sarcastically. "Oh, brother, what jive you talkin, sister!"
Before the royal governess could even catch her breath, her charge had already swam into the porthole of one of the ships.

"My lady!" The white pony with a purple mane cried, swimming up to a hole in the port side. "Please, wait for me!"

Swimming through the holes in the ship's floors, Whitecap made her way down to the cargo hold.

"Wow, just look at this thing! It's an old Equestrian Galleon!" She whinnied excitedly, darting from artifact to artifact. "This gold harp has markings from the Trottingham foalharmonic on it! And this statue of Princess Luna has eyes that feel like they're looking right at you!" She swam around in a circle excitedly. "Who knows what else this thing was carrying went it went down!"

Sea Star was surprised, when Whitecap failed to respond with her usual complaining. Swimming over to where her governess was floating, the little Duchess found her staring at a large portrait, still hanging on the ship's intact hull.

"Whooooooaaaaaa!" Sear Star whinnied, looking up at the portrait in awe. "Who in the heck is that?"

It was a blue unicorn mare with a blue mane, and a white streak going through both. She was reclining in an alluring position, grinning out at the viewer with a mysterious smile. The sea pony foal then noticed something about the portrait.

"Hey, what that picture of a Lyre on her flank for?" Sea Star asked her governess. "I've seen other land pony images with those, too!"

"That's a cutie mark, Sea Star." Whitecap replied, "It's a magical brand that appear on land ponies when they discover their special talents. Our ancestors had them, once."

"Oh! Kind of like the scale patterns we get, when we discover our special talents!" Sea Star exclaimed. "I just thought land ponies got tattoos on their butts!"

Whitecap simply laughed at that, then looked back at the Lyre-bearing unicorn. "I wonder who she could be?"

"She looks a lot like my mom, if ya ask me!" Sea Star snorted. "Though this sister does have a slightly lighter coat!"
"Hmmm...I do think you're right." Looking at the picture, Whitecap did notice a resemblance between the blue pony in the portrait, and Duchess Sea Winkle. "Maybe we should get this picture back to-"

It was then, that the two of them noticed a fell chill in the water, and realized that they were not alone.

"W-what's that cold?" Sea Star whinnied in fear. "Sister, something's not right..."

"Oh no... the merponies..." Whitecap snorted, speaking the name of the sea ponies hated rivals. "They must have felt ouir presence here, we're too close to their territory!"

"We gotta get outta here, sister!" A terrified Sea Star shrieked. "Before the merponies sends one of their pets after-"

A massive grey and white shark suddenly smashed through the hull, tearing after the two sea ponies with fangs bared. The two aquatic equines shot away from the wreck, the beast in hot pursuit. Augmenting their swim speed with hydrokenesis, the pair were able to keep well ahead of the underwater eating machine.

"Get to the chariot!" Whitecap cried out, speeding ahead. "We'll have to come back for the portrait later!"

The two ponies made a beeline towards the chariot. But the loyal dolphin steed saw the shark coming, and dove in to save his masters.

"Reesee! No!" Sea Star cried out, as the squeaking dolphin charged at the shark. The two bodies tore into each other, in a vicious pinwheel of teeth and blood.

"We gotta save him!" The little duchess started swimming towards the fight, but her governess held her back. "We can't just leave him here to-"

"No, child! It's too dangerous!" Whitecap swam back towards the river, towing her young charge along by hydrokenesis. "We have to use his sacrifice to get you back to the fresh water, we have no choice!"

"Reesee! NOOOOOOOO!" The little filly wailed, as her governess towed her back inland.

...

"How's the little one taking it?" Duchess Seawinkle inquired, swimming up from her throne.

"She's devastated, my lady." Whitecap whinnied sadly. "That dolphin was like a sibling to her. I'm sorry I didn't stay and defend Reese, my lady."

"You did what you had to do. Any longer in that salt water, and both of your gills would have become corroded." Seawinke swim-paced in front of her throne.

"How dare the meponies send one of their sauhaguin pets after your daughter, my lady!" Sealight hissed, floating to the right of the throne. "Those costal waters are ours by treaty!"

"We cannot let this go unpunished!" Wavedancer snorted. "Once Duke Kelpie returns, we'll go to arms, and bury those saltwater-sucking fiends!"

"Chill, ladies, chill!" Seawinkle told her two ladies in waiting. "We must fully grasp this funky situation, before any unhip actions are taken! Now, you say there was a portrait of a land pony that looked like me!"

"Yer diggin it, my lady!" Whitecap nodded. "We were gonna float the thing back here but we got attacked first, ya dig?"

"I dig yer jive, sister!" Seawinkle agreed. "I have a feelin' my look-alike has something ta do with this mystery."
"What shall we do, my lady?" Sea Mist inquired.

"Time for a rap session with the surface ponies." Seawinkle snorted. "Time ta find out just who this 'Lyre' pony is!"

Comments

[KartalTheWriter]

SEAPONIES!

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[OF29]

All of my yes!