//------------------------------// // The Trip // Story: Bikini Equestria: The Adventures of Spongebob in Ponyville // by condescendence //------------------------------// At Spongebob's house... As the clock ticked at 6:00 A.M., the foghorn then blared loudly, waking up Spongebob in excitement. Spongebob started bouncing inside his bedroom until he landed down the ground floor's living room. "Do you know what will be happenin' today?" SpongeBob asked in excitement. Gary meowed as he went straight to his pants before he replied yet again. He then raised his hands in excitement. "We will be travelling in a submarine from Sandy's house." [insert Gator 1 theme] Afterwards, SpongeBob and Gary left their house to visit Patrick. The rock house opened, revealing Patrick in excitement also. "Are you ready, Sponge?" Patrick asked. Spongebob then replied, "Sure, Pat. Let's go to Squidward." The three were running to Squidward's house. The door was locked and he was not there, so they decided to leave and walk their way to Sandy's treedome. [Gator 1 ends] A few minutes of laughter later... "Here we are, Pat!" Alongside Sandy's treedome was a giant submarine that was as big as Spongebob's, Patrick's, and Squidward's house combined. Their jaws dropped at the sight as Sandy came. [Insert Molaka'Nui (a) theme] "Howdy, you three! Welcome to my submarine!" Sandy appeared as she left her treedome. "Hi, Sandy. Where is everyone that you invited?" He greeted as he asked her about the others who were invited to be on the adventure. Sandy then opened the door to the submarine, revealing a giant room like a cruiser. The submarine's inner hull contained several rooms, specifically with giant hallways, bedrooms, lounges, etc. [Molaka'Nui (a) ends] "How long did you build this?!" Spongebob's eyes became bemused in confusion. Patrick then abruptly interrupted, "Tartar sauce!" "Over 2 years. I had hired several crewmen working from Tough Tavern to make the structure, while I made the circuitry." She replied. Shocked surprise began to flow into both Patrick and Spongebob's faces as they were just as confused. Sandy then dismissed their looks, revealing the other passengers: Mr. Krabs, Plankton, Pearl, Larry, Mrs. Puff, Squidward, Karen, Mermaid Man, and Barnacle Boy. The submarine door then closed, as they were preparing their tour. "Ahoy, there lad!" Mr. Krabs then came to the three. "Oh, hello, Mr. Krabs," Spongebob added, "you are also for the trip?" "Well, lad. 'tis the first time fer' nearly 70 years I have been in such a cruise." Spongebob then leapt in excitement as Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy approached the three. "Call me Admiral Mermaid Man, Sponge." "I'm the admiral, you coot!" Shouted Barnacle Boy. The argument had just began. "Me!" "I am!" "Barnaclehead, I am the real admiral!" "I am the real admiral, coot!" Squidward, who couldn't take their annoyance completely, decided to leave away from their antics and decided to do his artwork. "Would you two calm down?" Spongebob then added, calming them down. The bickering ended, as they went back to the pilot room with Sandy. 5:30 P.M. The announcements began as Sandy and the crew inside were preparing for the launch for their tour to the other world. "Ladies and Gentlemen, we announce our departure to the other world will begin now. Buckle up for ya' safety, as Captains Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy and Admiral Sandy Cheeks will commence the trip..." Inside the control room, engines began to rev, propellers began to spin, as she pressed the switch on. The submarine began to move slowly as Mermaid Man pushed the switch to "Forward". Meanwhile... Spongebob was watching a marathon of The New Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy with Gary and Patrick. "The Raging Whirlpool!" "Come on, Barnacle Boy, evil is spreading!" Spongebob, in a Mermaid Man costume, said. "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, unite!" The two said together. Squidward was playing his clarinet badly in his room, only to be annoyed by Patrick and Spongebob's hysterical laughter. "Barnacle heads." Plankton, along with his Karen, was inside their room, making their own "mini-lab". "Now, the secret formula will be mine! [hysterical laughter]" Karen then inquired, "Uhmmm... We are not in Chum Bucket." "Forget about Krabs," he then replied, "I will resort myself to Plan B if we are in that world already." Mr. Krabs was reading a book in the living room, while Pearl was inside the bedroom. "Daddy!" Shouted Pearl. "What in barnacles?!" Mr. Krabs then turned his head as a surprised Pearl appeared at him. "Oh, Dad," she added, "you don't need to be cheap sometimes." Larry was inside the gym, doing workouts heavily while preparing for whatever happened in their submarine. "A fine day of workout keeps the tiredness away." Larry said in a confident tone. Mrs. Puff was in her room, reminiscing the time she was in her boating school, mostly infamous moments of when she taught Spongebob. "Spongebob... I don't even know if I still have any mood to teach you." She said in a stern voice. Inside the pilot room, at 11:15 P.M. The crew were inside, as they looked at the submarine's windshield, knowing that they are out of Bikini Bottom already. Houses and buildings vanished upon their sight, as they saw was pitch-black darkness amongst them, save for the illuminating lights, rock formations, and algae. "Where we are now?" Barnacle Boy inquired. Sandy then checked the radar, revealing that they were 4,150 nautical miles away from Bikini Bottom, as they were now in the middle of nowhere. "4,150 nautical miles away from Bikini Bottom. ETA to destination is a day and 3 hours." Sandy replied before she took a nap. Mermaid Man slowly woke up as he was now piloting the submarine. To his surprise, the surrounding place was already dark with no signs of jellyfish or Bikini Bottomites. "Oh-ho, son." "*sighs* Admiral Cheeks is resting for now, Mermaid Man." "Ya' know, this reminds us of the first time we had done our heroic acts, son." "Sandy Shoals was a good place to retire. Maybe if we arrived in the destination, we could go to another retirement home." "Sure as it is, Barnacle Boy." A few miserable hours later... The next day; 7:00 A.M. Announcement came up, as they were expecting the unexpected. They saw a vortex of magical energy coming from the other side of the barren ocean floor. Sirens started to blare, as the passengers from their rooms began to panic. [Insert House of Horror 5 theme] "Attention! The pressure is too much to handle! The crew are unable to avoid the power coming from the portal!" They frantically ran around as the submarine began to be forcefully pulled into the portal. At the pilot room, Sandy, Mermaid Man, and Barnacle Boy were desperately trying to veer the submarine away from the portal. "Tartar sauce! This portal is too much to handle!" "Embrace for impact! We can no longer fight that portal!" As they tried to futilely turn the steering, the ship immediately thrusted forward into the portal, sucking the submarine completely, while causing some damage. [House of Horror 5 ends]