//------------------------------// // How to Use a Boat // Story: The Three Castaways // by sonicfan05 //------------------------------// - 6 Days and 1 Hour Stranded on an Island - It was early morning on the deserted island and everyone was still asleep in their beds, except for this lone figure who was currently sneaking towards the ship. Trixie barley slept that night because she was debating with herself of what she should do and if it was the right thing to do. They caused her so much trouble since day one of her 'trip' and she wanted nothing to do with them. Plus their naiveness of doing nothing but fun instead of planing to leave the island would probably hold her back. On the other hand, despite their flaws, they are very helpful when it counts and they were very nice and kind to her, despite the way she treated them. After hours of her inner struggles, her selfish side won the battle and she going to use the ship and leave everyone else behind. Trixie untied the rope off of the dock that keep the boat in place and then climbed into the boat with a ladder. Once she was on top, she was surprised to see that Bob was on the boat, waiting for her... and he did not look happy. Trixie's eyes narrowed. "What are you doing here? Didn't Trixie leave those stupid bananas you wanted near your bed?" Bob simply pointed at her, then the hut and finally the boat, all while glaring at Trixie. Trixie fully climbed on the boat while she continued to stare down at the monkey. "I see... you knew I was planning the whole time and you were waiting on the ship all night. Can't say whether Trixie should be impressed or annoyed by you." Trixie shook her head and walked towards Bob. "No matter, Trixie's going to use this ship to escape this horrible island and she won't let anyone get in her way!" Trixie then stopped in front of Bob and lowered her face close to his. "Especially from a meddling, filthy and scheming little ape!" Suddenly, Bob took out a banana and shoved it in Trixie's face, catching her off guard. Bob made a run for it so he can warn the girls. Just before he reached the ladder, a large net was thrown over him and caught him in place. He turned to see Trixie, holding the net in place with a scowl on her face. "Oh no you don't!" She cried as she was pulling Bob towards her. "You will not ruin Trixie's plans!" Once she pulled the struggling monkey close to her, she hold him upside down and gave him her victorious smirk. "Trixie knew you don't believe me and will try to pull a fast one," she gloated. "But this time Trixie is one step ahead of you! It's not so funny when someone else throws a monkey wretch to your plans, now is it?" Bob groaned from that terrible pun as Trixie carried him towards the middle of the ship and opened what appeared to be a deck hatch from the floor. Trixie tossed Bob into the hole and Bob looked up with his angry look. "See you never!" Trixie said with her malicious smirk before closing the door on him. Once Trixie locked the door, she then headed to the control room. "Alright, with him out of the way, now Trixie will escape this place and she won't be stop by-" "MORNING BIXIE!" Trixie screeched and turned to see both Pinkie and Sonata both waving at her with smiles on their faces. "W-where did you two come from!" Trixie demanded. "From the ladder silly!" Pinkie answered. "That's not what Trixie meant!" "Also, Bob told us last night that we should wake up early and then head to the ship," Sonata explained as she was eating her taco. "I guess he was looking forward for to ride on the ship too!" Trixie bit back her growl. Darn that dirty ape! So he planned to get these two to come here so they can catch me in the act! I'm just glad that I got to him first before they showed up! Sonata swallowed the rest of her taco and then raised her eyebrow. "What are you doing here so early Bixie?" Trixie began to sweat as her eyes shifted around nervously. "I um... I was... trying to see the morning view from the ship." She lied. "You would not believe how lovely the view looks from up here! Heh heh heh." "Hey wait a minute!" Pinkie cried while narrowing her eyes in suspicion. "I know what's going on here..." Trixie gulped. She couldn't believe that they finally caught on to her. Pinkie suddenly made a one-eighty as her expression changed to her sly grin. "You couldn't wait to have fun on a boat and were trying to make a head start before us. Weren't you?" Trixie nearly sighed in relief. "O-oh yeah! You've caught Trixie! She was so excited she could hardly wait any longer." "Oh I know what you mean Bixie!" said Sonata. "I remembered one time I wanted to try one of those new Taco Breakfast Meal from Burger Princess. I wanted to be the first to get it so I broke into the restaurant to be the first in line." Sonata then smiled sheepishly. "To make a long story short, I received a restraining order from that place to this day." "That's... disturbing," Trixie commented. Sonata looked around the ship. "Hey, where's Bob?" "Oh he's... going out for a bite," Trixie answered quickly before heading to the control room. "Anyway, since we're all here, why don't we get this thing going." While her original plan to ditch them was now out of the question, her new plan is to try to keep them in the dark long enough to use the boat to get them back home before they suspect a thing. "But what about Bob?" asked Sonata as she and Pinkie followed Trixie. "He said we can go without him," Trixie lied again. "Said something about getting seasick easily." Pinkie pondered in confusion. "Bob gets seasick?" "And since when did you learned how to understand Bob?" Sonata added in suspicion. "...sign language," Trixie replied without looking at them. They eventually reached the control panel and Trixie was flipping all the switches. "Okay, everything seemed to be in order. Now lets-" "Ooh ooh! Can I start the boat!" Pinkie requested as she raised her hand and hopped up and down in place. "No." Trixie stated bluntly. "Please?" Pinkie begged. "No." "Please?" "No!" "Please?" "NO!" "Please, Please, Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!?" Trixie threw her arms up in frustration. "Alright fine! Just don't break anything!" "YAY!" Pinkie cheered before taking out a captain's hat from her hair and then stood in front of the controls. "Arrr, avast me maties!" Pinkie cried in her pirate accent. "We shall go to where no one have ever gone before! 'The Great Unknown,' the most dangerous place in all the seven seas! Just waiting for us to discover! It'll be the adventure of our lifetime! The thrills, the chills and most of all, for fun! We shall-" "Yeah yeah yeah! Thrills and chills and all the other mumbo jumbo! Now let's start the ship already!" Trixie snapped impatiently. "...party pooper," Pinkie mumbled with a pout. Pinkie turned the key from the control box to start the engine. However, nothing happened. Pinkie tried to turn the key multiple times but the result remained the same. Both Pinkie and Sonata were confused while Trixie was starting to get agitated. "What happened? Why won't it start!" Trixie cried angrily. "I-I don't know Trix! The boat should work!" Pinkie replied as she tried to turn the key again. "All for- move aside!" Trixie snapped as she shoved Pinkie aside and tried to start the engine herself. But like Pinkie, Trixie wasn't able to get the ship started. Trixie growled in frustration. "I don't understand! I made sure we have enough fuel, certain switches turned on and we have enough power to get this engine running! What the heck are we missing?!" "Um... did you make sure that all the wires were connect properly?" Pinkie suggested. Trixie blinked. "Uh... no. I didn't." Trixie mentally scolded herself for not checking the wiring earlier but put her thoughts aside as she knelt down to the side panel of the control booth and opened it. She took a closer look at everything inside of the panel until she finally found the problem with the engine. "Hey, there was supposed to be four wires in here but they're gone!" Trixie exclaimed. Pinkie frown concernedly as she scratched her head. "Where can they be Trix?" Trixie sighed dejectedly as she brought her head out of the pannel. "I don't know, they could be anywhere! They could be lost at sea during the storm before we landed on this island." "Well that stinks!" Sonata said with a frown for a moment before her expression changed to a smile. "It's a good thing I was able to get those pretty wires from there and made them into our friendship bracelets before the storm hits!" Trixie was snapped out of her depressed state and then slightly turned her head at Sonata in interest. "Wait... what did you say?" Sonata faced Trixie with her confused look. "I said it's a good thing I got these wires from that panel and made them into our bracelets before the storm." Trixie stared blankly at Sonata. Something about what Sonata just said really bothered her and she wasn't sure what. She then took a real good look at the 'bracelet' Sonata gave her the night before. After a full minute of examining it... Everything clicked. "WAIT A MINUTE!" Trixie shouted as she stood up. With a scowl on her face she teared her 'bracelet' off of her wrist. Then, without warning, she walked up to both Pinkie and Sonata, grabbed their wrists and pull off their bracelets too. "HEY! That's my bracelet!" Sonata cried. Before any of them could complain further, they were stopped by Trixie's glare. They received many glares from Trixie before, and it was pretty scary to look at. But the glare they were getting from Trixie now, was the most nasty and scariest look they had ever received all week. Probably more scary then all the creatures and she-demons who nearly invaded their school combined. Trixie slowly shifted her glare at Sonata who nearly made the poor siren wet her pants. "YOU IDIOT!" Trixie roared in rage. Trixie slammed her fist on the control panel, causing Sonata to jump in fright. "Do you have any idea what you stupidly and inadvertently have done!?" "W-What did I do?" Sonata whimpered with tears leaking from her eyes. "HEY, what's your problem Trixie!?" Pinkie yelled as she stood in front of Sonata to defend her friend. "Why are you yelling at Nata?" Trixie glared at Pinkie in the eyes. "Oh I'll tell you why I'm yelling at her..." said Trixie in her eerie calm voice before pointing her finger at Sonata behind Pinkie. "IT'S BECAUSE IT'S ALL HER FAULT THAT WE'RE STUCK ON THIS ISLAND IN THE FIRST PLACE!" "M... me?" Sonata whispered in shock. "YES YOU!" She screamed as she shoved the 'bracelets' she took to the two girls' faces. "Those 'pretty wires' you took out are the main wires for the engine. By removing them, the ship won't work! If you haven't take them out, like a moron you are, we would be back home right now! But instead, we were left behind by those two con-artists, washed away by a tidal wave, and marooned on this miserable island for almost a week! All... because... of YOU!" "But I... I... I..." Sonata trembled violently before she burst into tears and began to sob uncontrollably. Pinkie hugged Sonata to comfort her while she shot Trixie her glare. "You just made Nata cry!" Pinkie accused in her angry tone. "Well it's the truth!" Trixie shot back. "That girl caused so many disasters even before we're on this island! The fact that she was the one that made us stuck here, she really takes the freakin' cake! And before you ask... NO! I do not mean an actual cake!" Pinkie was still glaring at Trixie as she held a blubbering Sonata. "Even so, there's no reason to lash out on her like that! It was a mistake." "MISTAKE?" Trixie cried in disbelief. "No! A mistake is when you added the wrong ingredient for your cupcakes! A mistake is when you mark the wrong answer to your test! A mistake is when you accidentally called someone the wrong name when you greet someone! This-" Trixie swept her arm around to show Pinkie their surroundings. "-is not a mistake! This is a freakin' travesty!" "Trix... what happen with starting over?" Pinkie stammered. "I thought you wanted to be friends with us?" Trixie eyes narrowed. "As if! I lied!" Pinkie gasped at the revelation. "But... why?" "Because if I didn't play nice with you two buffoons, we would never finish re-building this ship!" Trixie responded cruelly. "Y-you're using us!?" Pinkie demanded in her broken voice. "Like I said from the very beginning, I wanted to get off of this island and go home by any means necessary. You two never take things so seriously! All you two were doing is to fool around like this is some stupid beach party!" "HEY! It's not a stupid beach party!" "Well it's a party that nobody asked for!" Pinkie held the bawling Sonata tighter as she tried to keep herself from crying. "Trixie... you're... A BIG JERK!" Trixie scoffed as she knelt by the opened panel. "UGH! I have no time for this!" Once Trixie located where the original wires should be, Trixie placed the wires one by one to their proper sockets. First, she placed the blue wire she got from Sonata, then the yellow wire from Pinkie and finally, her own red wire after she roughly took it off from her own wrist. Okay... I just after I inserted this here, everything should be in- Trixie's thoughts were interrupted when she noticed something was wrong with the wire set-up despite putting everything back in their respective section. After looking at the wires closely, she found one crucial detail of her handy work which caused her to frown deeply. HEY! Where's the last one!? I put all the wires that the stupid siren mistook them as bracelets back to their spots! How can one still be mis- Suddenly, it hit her, like a ton of bricks. She realized that there is one more wire that she didn't have in her possession to complete the engine. She thought back to last night when Sonata revealed to her that she made those 'bracelets' to all of her friends on the island, including the one who is currently have possession of the green wire that was wrapped around his wrist... Bob the Monkey. Trixie bared her teeth in anger. Oh you've got to be kidding me! That cursed monkey was wearing one too! I gotta get that wire back from him right away! Trixie suddenly stood up and then she quickly went for the door. "Hey! Where are you going?" Pinkie demanded. But Trixie ignored her and walked out the door to the main deck. Trixie picked up her pace until she reached the same deck hatch at center of the ship where the trapped monkey is. With no time to waste, Trixie quickly knelt down, unlocked the hatch, and opened it. "Alright you dumb ape! Trixie believes you have something that belongs to-" Trixie's words died in her throat as soon as she looked into the hole, to find that Bob the monkey was gone. The only thing that remained was the net that Trixie used to trap him earlier. "Wha- WHERE DID HE GO!?" Trixie bellowed. "HOW DID HE ESCAPE?" "How did who escape?" Trixie looked up to see a teary Sonata and a stern Pinkie with her arms crossed. "Is there something you want to share with us?" Pinkie said in her frosty tone. Trixie stood up while looking like a deer who was caught in a headlights. "Um... nothing?" Pinkie narrowed her eyes. "I may like to party around and I may be random, but I'm not stupid! Just what is going on here?" Before Trixie could say anything, they heard a few familiar monkey sounds from above them. They looked up to see Bob who was sitting underneath the crows next while thick gray clouds suddenly appeared in the sky and covered the sun. "Bob!?" Pinkie cried in surprise. "What are you doing here? Trixie told us you get seasick if you sail with us!" Bob was screeching back at them in his monkey language and Sonata, who stopped crying, widen her eyes in shock. "WHAT!? Trixie trapped you and locked you in the trap door!?" Trixie was sweating profusely as both Pinky and Sonata glared at her. "Bixie how could you! You're a liar and a monkey kidnapper!" "Well he's was gonna rat Trixie out! So what was I supposed to do!" Trixie shot back. Trixie then stepped very close to Sonata's face, causing Sonata to lose her anger and stepped back in fright. "Also... my! Name! IS! TRIXIE!" Trixie immediately look up when she heard Bob angrily screeching at her. "As for YOU, I'm getting what is mine!" Trixie ran to the sail pole and begin to climb towards the crows nest. "STOP! Leave Bob alone!" Sonata protested as she chased after Trixie. Trixie paid no mind to the siren as her sight was on Bob with her determined look. Not even the strong wind that was blowing in her face was enough to slow her down. The monkey screeched in panic and climbed up further, but it was all in for naught because he reached at the very top and couldn't go further. He looked down just in time to see Trixie, who was a couple of feet away from him. Trixie would've climbed up further if not for Sonata, who was pulling her down with all the strength she had. "End of the line chimp!" Trixie shouted with her sinister grin. Trixie extended her arm out towards the monkey. "Now give Trixie that green wire that's on your wrist or Trixie will rip it off of it herself!" Bob shifted his sights between the girl who destroyed his home, the deck, which was a long way down from where he is and finally the ocean water with sharks swimming around from the side of the ship. No matter which he'll end up with, is a lose situation for him and there is no escape. Trixie smirked when she saw Bob had a defeated look on his face and took off the green wire from his wrist. Trixie tried to extend her arm further so Bob can easily hand over the wire to her. However, instead of handing the wire over to her as Trixie expected him too, Bob did the unthinkable. Bob turned away from Trixie and faced towards the sea. Then, while he held the green wire, he bend backwards and raised his arm over his head. Trixie's eyes widen. Oh no! He wouldn't! He would! Bob threw the green wire over him and it flew out towards the sea. Time seemed to slow down for Trixie as the wire was flying away from her. Trixie quickly slid down from the pole, nearly knocking Sonata down in the process, and ran towards the side of the ship to catch the wire. The wire descended faster and faster from the air and it looked like it was going to go overboard and into the ocean. In desperation, Trixie jumped on the ship's railing and she extended her arm to reach out to grab the wire. Trixie was sure the wire is going to land on Trixie's palm... But she was held back and the wire missed it's mark. Trixie watched helplessly as the wire continued to fall until it landed in the water with a soft 'splash.' A disappearing object made a small ripple in the water and many 'triangle shaped fins' dove right after the object. There's no denying it, that wire, the key to get the ship working again and get them back home for good, was gone. Trixie moaned her loss quickly changed to anger as she turned to the one who grabbed her and denied her of that key item. The one who held her in place, was non other than Pinkie Pie. Trixie slapped Pinkie's arm away and she climbed down from the railing, all while she gave Pinkie her infuriating look. "WHY!?" Trixie screamed accusingly. "WHY DID YOU STOP ME? I COULD'VE CAUGHT THAT THING IF YOU HAVEN'T STOPPED ME!" "So you rather if I didn't and let you fall and become the next meal for the sharks!?" Pinkie shot back as Sonata joined up with Pinkie with Bob in tow. "This would never have happened if you didn't act like Miss-Meany-Pants to all us and you cared for no one but yourself!" Sonata nodded in agreement while Bob was pointing and laughing at Trixie as if she was a big joke. Pinkie continued to berate Trixie but Trixie no longer paid any attention to her. Her sight was on the laughing monkey, who continued to mock her. The one who threw the wire, which was the only way to get the ship to work again. The one who tormented her constantly and kept foiling her previous attempts to leave her island. The one who is the bane of her existence from the very beginning when she first landed on this island. Her nostrils flared, her teeth bared and her fist clenched in rage as the monkey's laughter continued to torment her. Then, her mind snapped when she spotted something from the corner of her eye. She spotted a glass case, hanging on the wall of the ship that usually held an item inside case of emergencies. But what really caught her attention was the item itself inside of that case. Inside was a red pick head fire axe, with a long wooden handle. Normally, that axe is used for breaking down doors and windows to escape the fires, but Trixie figured she can make that axe for better use. With a maniacal grin, Trixie walked towards the glass box, completely disregarding Pinkie as she was calling out to her. When Trixie finally stood in front of the box, Trixie punched though the glass, completely caught the other everyone off guard. Ignoring some small cuts on her hand, Trixie grasped the axe handle and pulled it out. Trixie then turned towards them with her huge toothy but deranged smile, making everyone else flinched at the sight of her. "T-Trixie? What are ya gonna do with that axe?" Pinkie asked nervously. "What Trixie should've done a long time ago!" Trixie said in her calm but dark voice. Her eyes suddenly set on Bob and raised her axe up a bit as the thunder boomed in the background. "I'm gonna chop that no-good monkey up to pieces and then FEED HIM TO THE SHARKS!" Both the girls and the monkey screamed and ran away from Trixie as Trixie gave chase. They ran towards the ladder to escape but when they looked down, they realized that they were no longer near the deck. They were now floating in the middle of the ocean. On top of that, sharks were swimming around their boat, waiting for their prey to fall off from the boat. "The deck!" Sonata screamed in panic. "Where's the deck!?" Pinkie survived the area until she spotted the island which was about a hundred yards away from them. Pinkie then looked up and she noticed the way the sail was violently pushed away from the opposite direction where the strong air was blowing. "It was the wind!" Pinkie hollered over the wind. "The wind was blowing us away from the island!" Both girls suddenly turned around when they heard Bob's fearful screech. Their faces were drained when they saw Trixie slowly walking towards them with her hair all disheveled due to the wind while still carrying her long axe. The trio screamed again and they ran towards the back of the ship until they reached the opening with stairs that lead to the bottom storage room. They ran down the stairs and entered the storage room with Sonata slammed the door behind her and locked the door. Trixie followed them until she came down the stairs and stood in front of the closed door. She tried to opened it but the door wouldn't budged. Trixie chuckled humorlessly. "Now girls," Trixie said in her eerie calm voice but had a crazed smile on her face. "Trixie is not going to hurt you, she just wanted that little monkey, that's all. Just hand him over to Trixie and you two will be juuuuuuust fine!" "NEVER!" Pinkie screamed at the door. "We'll never sell our friend out to some coco-loco who is only going to hurt him!" "YEAH!" Sonata added, despite feeling scared from Trixie's aggressive behavior. Sonata hugged her monkey companion tightly. "We would rather die then letting your grubby hands all over Bob!" Trixie let out her malicious smirk. "Poor choice of words, but very well!" Without a moment of hesitation, Trixie swung her axe at the door, partly chopping through the wood. Trixie then swung at the door again. And again! And again! And again! The two girls were screaming as Trixie continued to break down the door until she finally made a huge hole in the center of the door. Trixie stuck her head into the hole with her psychotic grin. "Heeeeeere's TRIXIE!" As Trixie reached her arm into the hole to unlocked the door from the other side, Bob desperately looked around the storage room until his eyes landed on a create which was filled with rotten fish. Bob quickly made his way towards the create and grabbed one of the fish. He then threw the fish at Trixie just as Trixie entered the room. Trixie cackled madly as she walked towards the frighten girls, until she was stopped in place when a stinky- slimy fish hit her in the face. Trixie turned towards the source and growled in anger when she spotted Bob. Without any hesitation, Trixie raised her axe over her head and charged towards the monkey. Bob jumped out of the way in time as the axe nearly chopped the create in half. Trixie screamed in rage as she pulled out the axe and continued to chase the monkey around. Bob hopped on one of the pipes and then immediately leaped off as Trixie's axe cut the pipe in two. Bob landed on the floor and then he dodged before the axe could hit him, leaving the mark in it's place. Throughout the chase, Bob continued to jump and dodged from Trixie's attacks while Trixie kept missing her target, leaving everything in her path destroyed. The more times Trixie missed, the angrier she gets. The most damage in the area was that one spot on the wall with huge crack in shape of a giant circle. No one noticed a small amount of water leaking inside the ship. As Bob dodged another one of Trixie's swing, Bob slipped on a fish that was lying on the floor. Bob tumbled to the floor and looked up in fear just in time to see Trixie looming over him. With a deranged grin, Trixie raised her axe above her. "SAY GOODBYE, MONKEY BOY!" "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Sonata tackled Trixie from the side with all of her strength, causing Trixie missed her target and her axe slammed on the wall of the ship with a huge crack. After the axe had struck, the wall burst and the water from the outside of the ship to rush in, flooding the room. Trixie snapped out of her rage mode as she and the others watched in horror as the water continued to fill up the ship. They all had one thing in mind. Uh oh!