//------------------------------//
// Chapter 7 
// Story: PBB: A Pirate's Life 
// by AntiBronyBenSwolo 
//------------------------------//

Things have been getting strange since Aria left for Middle Earth. Mango Mad was up one night while I was sleeping to try to find the best way to get to Sonata's ship to capture her, when he found an envelope on his desk. He opened the envelope to find a map to a place he wouldn't have recognized. Along with that map that read "Hidden in the trees is where I lie. The Siren's song will soon be mine." which upset Mango Mad a tiny bit, who waited until I woke up to show me the map and the note. The note confused me, but it looked like the map lead to Camp Everfree in the human version of Equestria. We took our minds off of the map for a while so Mango Mad would take me to his personal favorite bar for refreshments. Mango Mad brought some soda with him so that we wouldn't get all drunk like the other pirates in the bar.

Speaking of, one of the pirates made Mango Mad spill his drink on the counter, so he got up and asked "All right. Which one of you buccaneers started a bar fight?". I got up and joined him and asked "Yeah, which one of you is trying to ruin..." But Mango Mad said, before I could finish "Without me?" In which, all the pirates stared at a single elf with an eyepatch and a beard who started the fight. Mango Mad had a giddy look on his face, and punched the pirate elf in the cheek! I did not expect Mango Mad to do something like this. I was shocked to see Mango Mad act so violent, yet happy at the same time. "Hey Adagio! Care to join us?" Mango Mad asked, as he was dodging punches. "I'll have to decline that. I don't wanna get hurt or anything" I said, which was followed by Mango Mad getting punched in the face. Mango Mad wasn't infuriated about the punch, but was rather relieved about the hit, and even complimented the person who hit him.

I just sat there and examined the map that Mango Mad found. Why would it be a map to Camp Everfree? Why would it go to Mango Mad? Who gave it to Mango Mad? And how did Mango Mad receive the note? Mango Mad told me that we're leaving, and that he'd teach me how to throw a punch once we're back on the ship. But the thing was, I couldn't stop thinking about where the map came from. So, once we got back onto the Cursed Shell, I examined the map and I found multiple Xs on the map. Mango Mad, taking note after I pointed out, decided to connect the Xs to form what appeared to be a siren gem. Now we have a new question on our hands. Why would it form a Siren Gem? We then started up on how to throw a punch, and Mango Mad went easy on me. We both went in slo mo for the practice punches, and pretended to hit each other. Then, when we practiced with real punches, I managed to get punched in the face by Mango Mad, who then helped me back up. For some reason, that hit felt refreshing. I dunno why, but it just did. I managed to get Mango Mad back by punching him in the gut. He said that my punches are on the spot, and that I would be great at bar fights.

Anyway, Mango Mad and I decided to go to the alternate Equestria to find out where the map leads. After carefully placing a portal right on top of the Crystal Portal in the normal version of Equestria (I could have sworn, I heard one of the royal guards having a mental breakdown about how frequent this happens), I, Mango Mad, and some of the crew entered the portal and ended up in the universe that I wanted to escape. To be honest, I kind of missed the place. We knew we couldn't sail to Camp Everfree, due to it being landlocked from the school to the camp, so we decided to borrow horses and ride there. Mango Mad explained to me that we were using horses because Middle Earth hasn't developed cars yet. We stopped riding our horses for the night and decided to rest. The next morning, Mango Mad found another note that read "The answers that you seek are near. Come closer if you have no fear".

Just the word "fear" in the note gave me a bad feeling about this journey we're making. But Mango Mad is determined to solve this mystery of what this map leads to, and what is going on. We continued onward to our journey to Camp Everfree, which wasn't too far away. Once we made it there, the campground was submerged in 6 inches of water. We found the owners of the camp to tell them we're going to investigate the camp to see where this map leads, but the both of them were too busy arguing with each other to acknowledge that we're here. In fact, practically everyone at the campground at the moment was arguing with each other. This looked like something I would do if I still had my siren gem. In fact, it looks like there's another siren on the loss.

I decided to investigate further. As I split from to group to investigate, I tried to find signs to confirm that there was a fourth siren, such as a green mist on the ground. I couldn't tell or not from the water, so I tried to find another sign. Turns out that there was someone listening to music who weren't arguing. This was a good enough sign for me, because someone survived my spell the first time and helped the rainbooms out by wearing headphones. I decided to ask that person a few questions about what's going on here. She said that she didn't know. All she knew is that there was a witch doctor themed singer, and after she came here, everyone started arguing. I then asked her where this "witch doctor" was, and then she lead me far into the forest. Once we made it to the witch doctor's location however, everything blacked out for me, and next thing I knew, I was put in a wooden cage.

Outside of the cage, I saw 3 potions. One of them was orange and had a purple ribbon, another was purple and and had a green ribbon, and another was blue and had a red ribbon. Then a mysterious voice creeped behind me and asked "You want that potion, don't you?" as the voice slowly revealed itself to be a girl who helped me out earlier, but wearing torn up clothes, like tribal chieftain would. The girl was named "Arial Kraken", and she revealed to me that the potion would restore my singing voice. She also revealed to me that like me, she too is a siren. But unlike me, she still has her siren gem. Arial then said that the potions are indeed meant for me and my friends, but Mango Mad is gonna have to fight me to defeat me. Then all the pieces clicked together. Arial is what the map and notes were leading to. It was a trap!

I had to warn Mango Mad, but I couldn't because I was stuck in the cage. Ariel was setting up her voice to sing a song to get Mango Mad under the siren's spell. Mango Mad? Under the Spell? I had to get him out of there, but how? I thought about what would happen if Mango Mad was under Ariel's spell. All I could think about is Mango Mad yelling at me during our fencing classing, telling me to "get it right"! I then remembered Sonata, and how Ariel Kraken would jeopardize the whole adventure. How could we capture Sonata and reunite the Dazzlings if we kept arguing with each other? All I knew is that the fate of the multiverse was resting on Mango Mad's shoulders.