Entry 122
A day has passed since myself, and the others had set sail towards the island of Las Pegasus. We slept in the hammock of doom until the next day, until one of the crew members came to see why nopony had seen us all morning. Once freed, Twilight wanted to have a word with Trixie. Spike wanted to eat as I went on deck to overlook how the crewmembers did their daily routines.
I can see ponies coming everywhere, from down below deck to climbing up and down the rope ladders. There is no specific type of race for the members on board here. There are ponies with or without wings/horns, griffins, and a manicorn. To anypony else, they would think that there is no order to what everyone is doing here, but to me, there is a routine to what they are doing. No one here did anything without reason; nothing is wasted here. I can only hope I can also meet the standards these crewmembers are setting for me when I join their ranks.
As Sunset closed her diary, she started to hear some voices in the distance. It sounded like somepony was singing. She turns her head towards it and can see thick fog in the distance with a small glow of red in its center. Her train of thought interrupted when somepony appeared next to her, also looking towards the fog.
“Interesting is it not,” Stormfront said.
“What is it? I have never seen fog like before, but something about this one doesn’t seem natural.”
*Hee* “I figure as much. That is the sea of the sirens.”
Sunset turns to face the captain in fear. “WHAT! Sirens! But I thought there was none left.
“As far as civilians as yourself and your friends, they might as well be. But they are real to those who sail the seas and are a real threat.”
“Do we have to worry about them?”
“Surprisingly, no. They stay in their waters but will attack anyone who dares to venture there. You see those lights there in the center.” Stormfront said, pointing at the glow as Sunset nodded. “Those are the light of the Sirens. They are watching us right now.”
“Then why are we so close to them then!”
“Don’t worry, you little filly. If they were going to attack us, they would have done so already. They are just reminding passing boats that they are still there and to stay away.” The captain said, patting her shoulder. “Besides, we have more important things to worry about.”
“And what might that be?”
“Parasprites.”
“Parasprites?”
“Yes, like the one I found in your mane.” He lifted his hoof to show a small blue creature with two large insect wings and big green eyes with a slight smile on its face.
“Aawwee, it’s cute.”
“Cute, yes, but they are a pest on board. And I need you and your friends to round them up.”
Sunset looks at the captain in confusion, looking back and forth between him and the bug in his hoof. “Might I ask why they are a pest?”
“AAAHHH!! THEY ARE EVERYWHERE!” A voice came from down below. Sunset can see a bunch of Parasprites come out from the lower decks.
Stormfront groaned in annoyance as he put the one in his hoof in a bag. “That is why. It only takes one to doom a ship. They multiply fast and consume rations at an alarming rate.” He said as crewmembers ran past them with nets.
“So, how do we deal with them?”
“Just follow what everyone else is doing and do it fast.”
Nodding in agreement, Sunset grabbed a nearby net and started to case some Parasprites towards the captain’s wheel. She caught ten but didn’t know what to do. “Okay, now what?”
A nearby Griffin had her bag filled and was pulling them. “Take them below deck. There is a storage room where we can put these until we can deal with them back on land.”
“Where is that?”
“This way, pony.”
She follows her until they can to where more crewmembers are stuffing the bugs into a room. Once she had put her bag in, she was handed another bag and repeated the process. She did see her friends at one point while chasing the Parasprites but didn’t stop to chat with them.
She found a bunch of them in one spot like a statue. She was going to bag them, but the Parasprites flew away, revealing a pony underneath them. “I better be careful. One false move and you might get someone in that room along with the Parasprites.” Sunset thought to herself before she cases another bunch of Parasprites.
Struggling, the crewmembers push against a door as sweet drops from their foreheads while they continue to push the door close. “Come on, just a little more.” Twilight and Spike rushed on over to aid them after stuffing a rather large bag behind the door.
“How can there be this many of them on board?”
“Never mind that, JUST PUSH!” In one final thrust of pony power, a satisfying *click* was heard.
*Aaaww* “Finally. That the last of them.” Twilight said as she fell to the floor.
“Oh come on, guys, It wasn’t that bad,” Spike said, shrugging his shoulders and receiving glares from all the nearby ponies. “What?”
“They ate half the rations.” one crewmember said,
“Well-”
“They drag me across the boat!” another said,
“Okay, that was your fault for not letting go.”
“Okay! Enough of that, everypony.” Twilight said, calming down everypony. “What is important right now is that this door.” She gestor to the said door before putting a sign on it ‘don’t not open.’ “Remains closed for the rest of this journey. Does everypony understands?” They nodded. “Good, now let everypony else know as well.” Once they left, Twilight looked around, looking for somepony, to which Spike noticed.
“Uh, Twilight, what is wrong? Didn’t we get all of them?”
”No. I... that not it, Spike. I am sure we got all of them, but I am getting a strange feeling that we are forgetting something.”
“What could that-” Spike was interrupted by a series of knocks behind the closed door before a voice came from the door.
“You know I appreciate your ponies effort to contain the Parasprites on board my ship.” The voice said with anger rising in its voice. “You did very well to get all of them very quickly in this room, but I am having an itching feeling that somepony goofed up.”
“Uh, Captain, is that you?” Twilight asked nervously.
Another voice answered, “No, it is the Muffin Mare and Little Red Riding Bloom.”
“Really!” Spike said excitedly.
“OPEN THE DOOR!” Sunset and Stormfront shout together
“Don’t worry. We will get help. Just hang in there.” Twilight said, leaving to get help.
“Two hours,” Sunset said while straightening her mane.
“Now, Sunset, it was not my fault." Twilight said, brushing Sunset's mane, "The crewmembers didn’t believe me when I said you were in there.”
“FOR TWO HOURS?”
“Oh, come on, I am not that strong of a mare to drag them to the door, and when I did, they started to put me to work around the ship. It took me that long before getting them even near the door.” Twilight tried to explain herself only to get a glare from Sunset.
Sunset breathes in and out, slouching forward. “Well, at least it is over with now.”
Spike then enters their room while pulling in a blanket while getting the attention of the mares in the room.
“Uhm, Spike, what are you doing?” Twilight asked while walking towards him.
“Oh, You see, I am not planning to spend another night in THAT torcher device again,” He said, pointing towards the hammock across the room. “So, I went to the supply room and found this blanket. I might not like sleeping on the floor, but I prefer sleeping anywhere else.”
“I see, that makes sense,” Sunset said before noticing something. “Uh, Spike. That blanket isn't big enough for all of us.” This sudden realization made everyone in the room look at each other than at the blanket. Carefully, they thought of a reason to get the mantle for themselves. A power silence entered the room before they went with the quickest solution.
“MINE!” They said together, running towards the blanket and crashing into each other. This causes a cloud of smoke and dust to form around them, causing random sounds and things to come out. As they continue the battle between siblings. One of them would be booted out only to go back in.
This caused one of the nearby crewmember to enter the room investigating the noise. “What is going-” was all he could say before he too was pulled into the scuffle. “AAHH!”
Twilight sneaks out of the cloud towards the door with the blanket as the fight continues. Spike noticed this and went after her. As the dust settles, the stallion could be seen in a headlock by Sunset while he taps his hoof on her forearm.
Sunset shakes her head, noticing the stranger letting him go. “Where did you come from, and where are the others.”
The stallion, gasping for air, weakly points his hoof towards the door.
Sunset glares in the direction of the door. “THIS MEANS WAR, YOU TWO!” she shouted, charging out of the room, nearly hitting Trixie on the way out.
Trixie looks at Sunset turning the corner and then to the stallion in her room. She does this a few times before she jumps a little when she hears a crash nearby. “Did Trixie miss something?”
“Get back here, Twilight! That blanket is mine!” Spike said as he climbed out of the pile of wood and random supplies.
“Now, Spike, let’s talk about this. Whenever you or Sunset act like this, you two become uncontrollable and will do whatever it takes to get your way.” She said, stopping in next to the side of the ship. “I am just trying to minimize any and or all damage you two could cause,” Twilight said while Sunset ran past him towards her. Thinking quickly, she sidesteps out of the way, letting Sunset continue to run past her into a large white stallion with tiny wings. The sound made everypony cringe as she slowly fell to the floor. The stallion didn’t notice this as he continued to fasten the ropes to the boat.
Twilight lends in near Sunset. “Are you Okay, Sunset?” she asked while giving her a look over to see if anything is broken.
“No, Mommy, I want peanut butter today,” Sunset said, raising her head, eyes spinning before dropping back to the floor.
“Yeah, I thought so,” Twilight said, getting Sunset on her back and noticing Spike getting the blanket. “Spike?”
“Yes?”
“Let’s get Sunset here back in our room. Then we will deal with the sleeping arraignment.”
“Okay, but this is still mine!”
Twilight rolls her eyes at his comment and continues her way back with Spike right behind her.
Once there, they know that there is a very ironic sight in front of them. Twilight and Spike have difficulty controlling their laughter while Sunset is waking up. “Huh, where am I?”
“Hay Sunset, good to see you awake. Something just came up that I am sure you will like.” Twilight said as Sunset got off her.
“Oh?”
“Yes. None of us are going to be using the hammock tonight.”
“And why is that?”
Twilight then points her hoof into the room. “Because Trixie is already using it.”
As Sunset looks into the room, she can see a hammock tie around itself, a silver tail coming out of it, and three blue hooves poking out of it. And now and then, the hooves would wiggle around.
“I-I-I can see that.” Sunset tried to say why trying not to laugh but failed miserably before she broke out in laughter. Spike and Twilight soon join her as well.
“IT IS NOT funny! Now stop your laughter at ONCE!” Trixie said while continuing to struggle in her prison.
Twilight calmed down enough to go toward Trixie. “Sorry about that. But I have to ask how you ended up like that?” she asked, grinning.
“It was not Trixie’s fault. She was helping the stallion on the floor, and then he throws Trixie into this hammock afterward.”
Sunset stops laughing when she remembers who Trixie was talking about and sits up. “Okay, that stallion is a lightweight, so I don’t see him doing that.” She was walking closer to Trixie as she continued until she was a foot away. “And two, why are you talking in the third person?”
“Trixie doesn’t know what you are talking about.”
“See right there, you did it again,” Sunset said, pointing her hoof at her.
“Alright, enough of that, you two,” Twilight said, getting in between them. “Can we focus on getting Trixie out of the hammock first and ask her questions later?”
“Trixie doesn’t need your help!”
“Oh, then do you know how to cast magic in an anti-magic zone or have an item that will allow you to use levitation without touching the item. Or are you just going to force your way out of there with your strength alone?”
She got really quiet. “Uh? Trixie.”
“We will never speak of this again.”
“Fair enough."
“Now, get Trixie out of this!”
“Hold your horseshoes; we are on it,” Twilight said, signaling to the others to help her, but they didn’t move. “Oh, come on, you two, you know this is the right thing to do.” They rolled their eyes before moving in to help. Spike moved next to Twilight on the left of Trixie, and Sunset moved to the opposite side of them. Once in position, Twilight and Spike grab the nearby rope on the hammock, and Sunset does the same on the other side. “Besides, now she will owe us for this.” Before Trixie could protest, Twilight and the others pulled hard on the rope away from Trixie, forcing the hammock to undo itself and dropping her on the floor.
Trixie's eyes were spinning when she tried to stand up, but she lost her footing and fell on the ground a second later. Spike poked her head a few times but was not getting any response.
“She will be alright,” Sunset said as she and Twilight let go of the ropes. “So now what do we do? And for the record, I would have gotten that blanket if that stallion didn’t interfere.”
“No, you wouldn’t have.” Twilight said, “Anyways, I have an idea of how we can solve the problem we are facing with the blanket.”
“What would that be, Twilight?”
“Well, for starters, we could share could either share this one or go look more instead of fighting over it.”
Spike looked at Twilight well, letting go of Trixie’s cheek. “Uh, Twilight. Do you remember the last time we tried to share something?” Trixie starts waking up looking at them, wondering what is going on.
“This is no way relatable to that incident, which reminds me.” Twilight then gives Sunset and stern glare. “You still owe me a new Smarty Pants Doll Sunset!”
“Okay, first off. That was your fault for not letting go, and not to mention it was still good afterward, mostly.”
“Who would want a headless doll?!" Twilight said as Trixie got up from the floor, dusting herself off. “Anyway, now that we are no longing fighting over who sleeps where. We better find something to occupy ourselves until we get to Las Pegasus.” They nodded in agreement as they separated to do so.
Night has fallen over the vessel as it sails across the sea. Upon the crow’s nest, a unicorn mare used a telescope to look out into the distance in front of the ship. The only light she has is the light from Luna’s sky, but thankfully it is a full moon giving plenty of light. After one more look at the boat, she removes her spyglass and looks up to the stars.
“Thank you, Luna, for a quiet night.” She said before she noticed another pony making their way up to her. “Well, what kept you?” she asks the mare climbing up.
“Sorry about that. I was helping out some mates down on deck really quick and almost forgot you were still up here. And that I was supposed to relieve you.” The earth pony said, smiling sheepishly
“Whatever, as long you made it, that is what’s important.” The first mare said, shaking her head side to side. “Surprising, nothing to report. It is rather quiet tonight.”
“Really? Well, that is good news for once.”
“Tell me about it.” She said, letting out a yawn. “Anyways, I going to get some sleep now. So, see you later.”
“Hold on a second, please. I have a question to ask you.”
“Oh! What is it?”
“What do you know about why we are headed towards Las Pegasus?”
“I don’t follow you?” she said, raising an eyebrow.
“You don’t know? I heard the captain say something about an essential item that was found there. And we need to go pick it up.”
“You know I not wise to eavesdrop on the captain or anypony for that matter.”
“Whatever,” she rolled her eyes, “so what do you think?”
“About the item?” the mare nodded. “I am not sure. It could be anything from a golden treasure to an old family heirloom. But does it even matter knowing or not?”
“I guess doesn’t”
“Exactly, so don’t dwell on it. Your shift will pass by easier without thinking about it.” She said, making her way towards the rope ladders.
“Just one more question?”
“Ugh! What?”
“Do you have a special somepony?”
“Uh yes, I do, but why do yo-” she was cut short when she saw the eyes of the mare in front of her turn slightly green. “What in-” she then stops moving and just stares at the mare as a slight green glow forms on her forehead in the shape of a horn. Before she could say anything, she soon felt her strength leave her body, and she could see green ribbons of energy flowing from her mouth into the earth ponies. It only lasts for a few minutes, but to her, it felt like hours as she continues to lose strength in a silent scream. Soon the mare felt so tired she collapsed on the floor, asleep as the standing mare smirked at her handy work.
“Nighty night, little pony.” She said before green fire covered the mare, turning her body to look like the first mare. “Now then.” She said in her disguise voice as she grabbed a large bag, put the sleeping mare in it, and closed it right before pony climbing up into the crow's nest. The now unicorn mare look to see a pony that looks like what she earlier appeared.
“Hey, sorry I was late. I was helping out some ponies below deck and forgot I was supposed to relieve you.”
“Don’t worry about it.” The unicorn dismissed with a wave of her hoof. Then the earth pony notices the rather large bag next to the unicorn.
“What is with the bag?” she said, pointing towards it.
“Oh! I forgot to put my bag back below deck when the Parasprites appeared earlier, and I kept it with me since my shift would begin once it was over.” The earth pony nodded in understanding. “However, I did lose my hammock somewhere in the scuffle and now had no place to sleep.”
“Well, that stinks.”
“Yeah, but that is my problem. I am just going to figure out once I get below deck.” She said, putting the bag on the ledge and getting off the crow’s nest. “Anyways, nothing to report tonight. It's rather quiet.”
“Well, at least something good happens tonight. You know you can use my hammock since I will be up here.”
“Thanks.”
“You are welcome. It the third one after the supply room. Goodnight.”
“Goodnight.” She then made her way down the ropes with the bag in her hoof and followed her direction. However, she quickly stopped in the supply room and grabbed an empty rum bottle before putting the unconscious mare in the hammock with the bottle, sleeping soundly. Once more, green fire surrounded the fake mare again and relieved a stallion. “Silly ponies.” The stallion left the mare and stopped by a half-open door.
He can see Twilight, Sunset, and Spike all cuddle up underneath some blankets. He huffs, “If it were up to me, I would have drained you three dried long ago.” He said to himself. “But orders are orders.” He then closed the door and continued to walk down the hall.