//------------------------------// // Town Meeting and Night Fishing // Story: Jaws - Equestria Girls // by GunsRGreat //------------------------------// Hours after the incident of the beach, Diamond Tiara's mom, Spoiled Rich, believed that she died of a shark attack, thus held a bounty of $300,000 for the death of the shark that killed her. A sign that read: REWARD A $300,000 BOUNTY TO THE MAN OR MEN WHO CATCH AND KILL THE SHARK THAT KILLED DIAMOND R. TIARA ON SUNDAY, JUNE 29th ON THE CANTERLOT CITY BEACH Was shown at the Town Hall. "Diamond Tiara is the kid who was missing at the beach. Her mother says it was a shark." said a man amongst the crowd of people. "We don't even know that there's a shark out there." said woman to the man. A group of at least 20 people, including the Mayor and Sunset Shimmer, were heading towards the meeting room of the Town Hall. After several minutes of walking, they finally arrived at the meeting room, which was a small room with chairs in the middle and a large desk at front, where it can hold at least 5 people, and a chalk board at the back. Everyone took a seat with the Mayor sitting in the middle of the desk and 4 other people, Sunset Shimmer was leaning on a desk, not sitting, while everyone amongst the crowd talked. Many people didn't have a seat and just stood there, still talking. "Can I have everyone's attention." said Sunset, though it was no use as everyone was talking loudly. "Please, everyone calm down and let me speak." Still more talking. The Mayor grabbed her gavel and smacked it. "Please, let's have some order." said the Mayor, catching everyone's attention. Everyone quieted down for the Mayor to speak. "Now before this starts, are there any questions?" "Yeah, is the bounty on the shark in cash or check?" asked a man, causing the whole room to laugh, with the exception of one woman and of course Sunset Shimmer. "I don't think that's funny." said the woman. The Mayor smacked her gavel to obtain order. "Alright. That's private business between you fisherman and Mrs. Rich." The Mayor said, then looking at Sunset. "Miss Shimmer. Everyone, I'd like you to meet Miss Shimmer, vice-president of the Canterlot Carriers, the Beach's safety team." Sunset stood up and cleared her throat. "Hi. I'm Sunset Shimmer, vice-president and manager of the Canterlot Carriers Safety Team. The CEO couldn't make it here due to his mother's passing, so he asked me to come." Sunset explained. She cleared her throat again, and thought about what she would say next. "Now, regarding the uh... 'incident' with Mrs. Rich's daughter, we are gonna put on extra safety teams on the beach ASAP, and children under the age of 14, shall not go in the water without a guardian." "Are the police going to close the beaches?" asked a man. Sunset already knew the answer. She also knew the said answer would cause the people to be either disappointed or out right mad. "The CEO has talked to them, and I can safely say..." She stared at the crowd, creating a suspenseful aura around everyone and the whole room. "Yes, they are." This created a loud moan from everyone. Arguments were already brought out towards Sunset and the Mayor, making Sunset wishing the CEO could come. "Only 24 hours." said a voice. Sunset turned to see Mayor speaking. "They didn't agree to that!" exclaimed Sunset. The Mayor ignored her comment so she could get to her own statement. "Only for 24 hours." she said again. "24 hours, is like 3 weeks!" a woman could be heard amongst the crowd. Sunset was now wondering why the Mayor persisted on keeping the beaches open, even though there was a shark attack in broad daylight, with everyone seeing it. The arguments were now very heated, and could almost be heard throughout the entire Town Hall. At that moment, a loud screeching sound was heard. Said sound came from the back of the room, where a hand was sliding down the chalkboard, letting it's nails do the work. Everyone covered their ears and turned to see who was making the noise, thus stopping all arguments. The screeching stopped and it was revealed a man wearing a black tuxedo with a black tie created the sound. The man had his black hair stroked all the way back from the use of gel, and the focal point of his face, was a deep scar that ran through his left eye, which was pink. The pupil had no color, except white. The scar looked like to be from a knife of some sort. "You all know me." said the man in an English accent. "You all know how I earn a living. I'll catch this fish for you, but it ain't gonna be easy. It's a bad fish. It's nothing like going down to the local pond and catching tadpoles, or salmon. This shark, swallow you whole. A little shaking, a little tenderizing, down you go. Now we gotta do it quick, before another kid becomes lunch for Nemo. But it's not gonna be easy. I want a lot more than $300,000 Miss Shimmer. I'll find him for 3, I'll catch him for 5, but I'll kill him for more. Now you all gotta make up your minds. You gonna stay alive and make more money and ante up, or do you want to play it cheap? I don't want no volunteers, I don't want no mates, and I certainly don't want no wankers or twats. $1,000,000 for me by myself, for that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing." "Thank you, Mr. Nicklesworth. We'll be sure to put that up, on consideration." said the Mayor. Nicklesworth stood up and looked at the crowd. "Mrs. Mayor, Miss Shimmer, ladies and gentlemen." said Nicklesworth as he walked away, followed by a man wearing a pure brown leather jacket with a plain white T-Shirt, black pants, black shoes, and had his brown hair stroked back into miniature shark fins, probably not the best hairdo during this summer. Sunset looked at this man, thinking maybe it was best to hire him to kill the shark. That evening, the police all put signs up that said: NO SWIMMING HAZARDOUS AREA BEACH CLOSED By Canterlot P.D. All around the beach were signs that said this, making sure no one swam... for 24 hours. Sunset was at her station that night, with all her team gone home, she was the only one there. She was looking through a book about sharks, so she could get a better understanding of them, and why they attack humans. She was so occupied on this, that she didn't notice someone was behind her, walking towards her. That person put a shoulder on Sunset, scaring her shitless. "AH!" she screamed. She turned to see Rarity behind her, scared as well. "Oh, Rarity. You scared me." "As did you." said Rarity. "What are you doing here?" "I came to ask you if you've seen Sweetie Belle, she said she was going to be here at the beach with her friends, collecting seashells." "At night?" "Well they were going to come home when it gets dark. It's still light out." "Yeah I've seen them, they're out there." Sunset said as she pointed out the window. Rarity walked outside to the balcony to see Sweetie Belle, Applebloom, and Scootaloo, with Sweetie Belle on the boat. "Huh, would you look at that. Sweetie sure loves that boat that you and Applejack made for her friends." Sunset was still looking at her book. "Where is it?" "She's sitting in it darling." This caught Sunset's attention. She stood up and went out to the balcony to see Sweetie Belle in the boat, with Applebloom and Scootaloo on the dock. Sunset was worried that something may attack Sweetie. "Sweetie! Get out of the water!" yelled Sunset. "But I'm in the boat you and Applejack made for us." yelled Sweetie back. "We're helping!" yelled Applebloom. "I don't care! Get out of the water!" "You're not my sister!" "Sunset, what are you doing darling?" asked Rarity. "I want her out of the water." replied Sunset. "She isn't out on the water, she's in a boat. I don't think she'll ever go out in the water after what happened today. She heard it on the news." Sunset sighed and knew she was right. "Now come on, don't say that. She's your sister." said Sunset as Rarity grabbed for the book that Sunset was holding, intrigued on what she was looking at. "I just don't want her to go to far, I worry for her and her friends." Rarity came to a page where it showed a shark biting the underside of a boat. "Sweetie! Did you hear Sunset?! Out of the water now! Now!" Rarity yelled causing Sunset to look at her confusingly. That night, a boat was being rowed towards a dock, with two figures on it. They reached the dock and got out to get on it so they could catch the fish and retrieve the award. One figure dropped some chain and frozen meat, these figures were Lyra and Bon-Bon. "Gee, I don't know Lyra. I don't think it's a great idea to come out here." said Bon-Bon a little worried. "Don't worry, we're fine. We're on the docks, a shark can't get us from here. Now help me tie this chain to the dock." said Lyra as she stuck a hook onto the frozen meat. "Won't your mother realize that her summer roast is missing from her freezer?" "Yeah but $300,000 can buy a lot of roast. Now come on, are you gonna help or not?" Bon-Bon rubbed her shoulder, before she thought, 'Screw it!' and grabbed the chain. She walked over to the end of the dock and tied to chain to the pole, while Lyra brought the roast to the end of the dock as well. "Come and get it fishy!" yelled Lyra as she threw the meat out into the sea. The meat floated in the water, while Lyra and Bon-Bon waited for their prize catch to come and eat it. "Now what?" asked Bon-Bon. Back at the station, Sunset was looking through her book once again, trying to learn more about Sharks. She saw several pictures of sharks being hung while men in the background were stood, smiling at their catch. She turned to page to see a shark holding a helium tank in it's mouth. At the docks, Lyra and Bon-Bon were playing go-fish, with a flashlight standing up to see the cards better. Lyra looked at Bon-Bon with a serious look, while Bon-Bon smiled deviously. Unbeknownst them, the meat was taken under. Sunset flipped some more pages, this time seeing shark attack victims. She saw a man with his lower leg, from knee down, torn off. Another picture showed a man without an arm, and another a foot with a giant hole on the side, showing some bone. One picture had a man with his side ripped off, spilling out blood and guts. She looked away from the gruesome sight, almost losing her stomach. Lyra looked at Bon-Bon seriously, as Bon-Bon still had that devious smirk. She then drew a card from a pile, and looked at her best friend, smiling. She smacked her cards down to show her whole set had pairs. "I win." she said. At that moment, the chain started being dragged across the dock, as the meat was being carried away. Lyra and Bon-Bon looked at the chain, until Lyra noticed a disturbance in the water. "Hey it's taking it! It's taking the roast!" exclaimed Lyra. Down below, the dock was getting unstable, with the chain pulling on it. "We've gotta do something, that's my mom's roast!" The dock then gave in, tumbling down into the water, along with Lyra. She screamed as she was being dragged by the piece of dock being pulled from the great beast. Bon-Bon looked horrified at the sight of her best friend being taken away. Lyra then jumped off the piece of wood and started swimming towards the shore. The beast however heard the splash and turned around towards Lyra. "Come on Lyra! Swim! Swim as fast as you can!" yelled Bon-Bon. "I'm... trying!" Bon-Bon looked beyond her to see the ripples coming closer to Lyra. "Lyra! It's right behind you! Swim faster! Or else you're gonna end up like Diamond Tiara!" "Not helping!" Lyra then made it to what was left at the dock. She tried to get on the ramp like wood, but to no avail. She kept slipping and slipping, and looked behind her to see the beast following her. "BON-BON! HELP!" Her friend grabbed her hands and started to pull her up, while the beast came closer and closer. Finally, after mere inches away from her feet, Lyra was pulled to safety by her friend, and crawled away from the dock as fast as she could, and could feel the beast still breathing on her leg. The piece of dock however beached itself on shore, revealing that there was no beast but was being pushed by the tide. "Can we go home now?" asked Bon-Bon, out of breath.