LEGO Equestria Girls 8

by Chronicler06


Heroes at Sea

Chapter 5
Heroes at Sea

Back in the Lego World, on the uncharted island that was the epicenter of a powerful storm unleashed by Equestrian Magic, a seemingly ordinary sandpit suddenly erupted in a bright golden light as a minifig was flung out from within. That minifig — Rainbow Dash — tumbled uncontrollably through the air and then landed awkwardly upon the muddy ground at the edge of the surrounding jungle.

Rainbow Dash groaned as she rolled over onto her back and immediately felt her face and body quickly get soaked in the heavy downpour. “Ugh, forgot about the rain…” she grumbled as she pushed against the ground and stood up.

As soon as Rainbow was on her feet, the sandpit erupted again in a bright light as another minifig was flung out. Twilight Sparkle, with the staff of Sacanas in her grasp, screamed as she tumbled through the air and then landed directly onto Rainbow, causing both of them to slam into the muddy ground.

“Ow,” Rainbow flatly muttered.

Once Twilight quickly regained her bearings, she smiled to see her familiar claw-shaped hands. As she grasped the staff with her hands and got up off her friend, she sighed in relief and remarked, “So glad to be back in my regular body.” As she turned and helped Rainbow up, she added, “And we got our clothes back, too, so that’s a huge relief.”

The sandpit once again erupted in a bright light as the last of their friends, Sunset Shimmer, was flung out. Rainbow responded by immediately sidestepping away from the impact site in the mud, only for her friend tumbling through the air to land on top of her anyway. “Oh, come on! Seriously?!” she exclaimed furiously.

Twilight used her free hand to help Sunset up, then did the same for Rainbow Dash.

As Sunset began to feel the heavy rainfall and strong wind, she turned to her two friends and worriedly spoke up, “This storm’s getting really bad now! Should we deal with it right here and now?”

“I’m not sure about that,” argued Twilight cautiously. “We don’t know how exactly this staff will work, and with all this dense vegetation surrounding us, I don’t wanna take any chances. I’d recommend that we find some open ground before we attempt to clear this storm.”

“Then let’s get back to the beach where we landed!” suggested Rainbow Dash with a smile of determination. “C’mon, let’s go!” She turned towards the path she had seen Twilight and Sunset arrive from earlier and began running down that path. Her two friends quickly followed after her.

The three girls ran for less than a minute before they reached the gorge they had crossed earlier that day. Rainbow had crossed it before her friends by simply using her super speed to jump across, so she was surprised to see there was now a white bridge spanning the gap.

“Whoa. Where’d this bridge come from?” asked Rainbow Dash as she came to a stop right in front of that bridge.

“I built it out of a few skeletons I found nearby,” answered Twilight with a hint of pride in her voice. “And thanks to the utilization of my magic power, the entire assembly and placement process literally took only a matter of seconds.”

“Nice!” praised Rainbow. As she stepped onto that bridge and quickly led her friends across the gorge, she remarked, “Even with our awesome superpowers, it’s good to see that we can still call ourselves Master Builders!”

The three girls soon made it to the other side of the gorge, but they still had a lot of jungle terrain to cross before they reached the beach, so they continued to rush onwards.


At the Luxe Deluxe, a few passengers had gathered at the indoor performance stage to watch one of Trixie’s magic shows — albeit not because they were interested, but rather there was simply not much else for them to do on a ship without any power. Of course, the show was interrupted when the ship had suddenly accelerated forward, and after a few minutes of violently rocking around, the ship suddenly ground to a halt. Since none of these people were aware of what was going on outside, they chose to simply return to their seats and continued watching the show.

“Thank goodness that wild ride is over with,” grumbled Trixie as she hastily picked up her fallen props and set them back in their proper places on the stage. Like everyone else onboard, she was wearing a lifejacket over her performance outfit. She had initially refused to wear it on stage, but a little “persuasion” from her parole officer — Flash Sentry, who continued to watch her every move from backstage — had convinced her that she would be better off wearing that lifejacket.

Once everything on the stage was reorganized, Trixie stood beside a small table with an empty vase on it as she spoke up, “Now then, to proceed from where I left off…” She picked up the vase and turned it upside down to demonstrate that it really was empty. “As you can see, ladies and gentlemen, the vase is empty. Now watch and be amazed as the Great and Powerful Trixie shall magically re-summon the water that once filled this vase!” She began waving her hands around in a fanciful style over to empty vase.

Almost right away, everyone began to hear a faint rumble. Just seconds later, seawater suddenly began flooding into the backstage area, then rushed across the stage floor and flowed out into the seating area. The few people in the audience immediately got up and rushed towards the exit to escape from the room as it began to flood.

As the tons of water rushed around her ankles, Trixie stared at the surrounding water and fearfully exclaimed, “I’m too powerful… I’M TOO POWERFUL!! This is even worse than when I blew up that neon sign!”

“What are you talking about?” asked Flash Sentry in confusion.

Trixie turned to the police officer, then giggled in embarrassment and weakly replied, “Uh, did I forget to mention that little incident from a few weeks ago?”

Flash glanced down at the seawater that was now up to his knees, then turned back to Trixie and firmly stated, “We’ll discuss this later. Right now, we gotta get outta here!”

“Agreed!” responded Trixie worriedly as she and Flash hastily made their way to the exit. “Nothing takes a higher priority than escaping from a sinking ship!”


Out on the deck, while the storm continued to unleash strong winds and heavy rainfall, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie watched in horror with all the other people outside as the ship began to slowly descend into the water. Although the damage caused by that impact with a rock was towards the bow of the ship, it was the stern that was noticeably sinking more rapidly, with the pool area of the lower deck already dropping below the waterline.

“We’re sinking!” exclaimed Fluttershy fearfully.

“To the lifeboats!” shouted Pinkie in panic.

BOOM!!

Multiple lightning strikes all at once suddenly struck every single lifeboat attached to the ship, not only instantly burning away the ropes that held them in place, but also puncturing numerous holes into all of them. The passengers and crew watched helplessly as every single one of those lifeboats dropped away from the ship and quickly sank out of sight.

“And… there go the lifeboats,” noted Pinkie uneasily. “That was a very specific lightning strike.”

Up on the bridge, Captain Bluffbeard and Spike had witnessed the unexpected loss of those lifeboats. “Y’know, lad,” remarked Bluffbeard with concern, “I’ve sunk a lotta ships in all kinds of crazy ways over the years, but that right there was a first, even fer me.”

“And somehow, I wish it wasn’t…” muttered Spike under his breath.

Meanwhile, Applejack had just made it outside and rushed over to her friends gathered on the deck. “We couldn’t stand a chance against that much floodin’!” she urgently reported. “We’ve already lost the engine room! We gotta abandon ship now!”

“Yes, that would be the appropriate course of action at this very moment,” explained Rarity uneasily. “Unfortunately, it seems the storm has swiftly eradicated every single available lifeboat.”

Applejack leaded over the side of the ship and saw that all the spaces where she expected to see lifeboats were now completely empty. “How the brick is that even possible?!” she asked in disbelief.

BOOM!!

Multiple flashes of lightning suddenly surged in the dark sky all around the doomed ship, with each accompanying boom of thunder startling everyone on board. All the lightning eventually coalesced into an intensely bight ball of light in the sky, and that light soon faded to reveal a bright blue symbol — the symbol of the Storm King.

Pinkie Pie gasped and exclaimed, “Holy salami! There was evil magic behind this storm all along!”


Back on the island, Rainbow Dash, Twilight, and Sunset arrived back at the beach where they had previously landed. They looked out to sea and gasped in horror when they saw not only the cruise ship had gotten much closer to the island since they left, but also the symbol of the Storm King was now looming ominously over the ship.

“There’s no time to lose!” shouted Rainbow Dash urgently. “Let’s do this!”

Twilight held out the Staff of Sacanas and exclaimed, “Everybody, grab on!”

“Right!” agreed Sunset with determination as she grasped the staff below Twilight’s hands, followed by Rainbow grasping the staff above Twilight’s hands.

As all three girls held tightly to that staff, their Equestrian Magic caused it to surge with power. The blue crystal atop the staff glowed brightly, followed by a pillar of bright golden light bursting up into the sky. Almost immediately, that pillar of magic began sucking in all the surrounding lightning and dark clouds like a giant vacuum cleaner.

Out on the stricken ship, everyone outside braced themselves as a series of intense lightning bolts began to arc down directly towards them. But right at the last second, those lightning bolts were suddenly pulled away, along with the Storm King’s symbol and all the dark clouds in the sky. As the fearsome storm was swiftly pulled away, all the wind and rain also suddenly ceased. Everyone now watched in astonishment as all evidence of that storm was quickly pulled into a single focal point somewhere on the beach of the nearby island.

Twilight, Sunset, and Rainbow maintained their hold on the staff as it continued to absorb more and more of that magical storm. Due to how widespread the storm had gotten by the time they arrived, it took a couple minutes before every last trace of that storm was finally sealed within that magical staff. Once that storm was finally cleared away, the true weather for the area was revealed to be a bright sunny day with no wind and absolutely no clouds at all in the sky.

Rainbow and Sunset released their grip on the staff — which, now that they had a chance to really look at it, had notably not turned into a Lego part upon passing through the interdimensional portal — and the three girls smiled in accomplishment. Twilight stuck the end of the staff into the sand and proclaimed, “Weather update: sunny!”

“With a chance of awesome!” added Rainbow Dash with enthusiasm.

“I can’t believe how easy that was!” remarked Sunset.

“I think we all learned a valuable lesson today,” noted Twilight.

“Totally,” acknowledged Rainbow Dash. “I learned we don’t have to go looking for trouble — that’s something a bad guy would do. Instead, we just have to be there for each other whenever it finds us.”

“And although your actions were atrocious, I suppose there was at least one positive aspect to result from all of that,” admitted Twilight. “If you hadn’t run off and found this island, it would’ve been much more difficult for us to resolve this. Even under a best case scenario, we might’ve been able to escape aboard the ship with all systems fully restored, but there’s no telling how much more powerful that storm could’ve gotten before we eventually figured out its true nature.”

“See?” quipped Rainbow Dash smugly. “Even when I mess up, I still find an awesome way to save the day!”

While the girls were busy talking, their attention was turned away from the ship that was still sinking off in the distance. They failed to hear the faint screams of terror, and even a set of fireworks that spelled out “SOS” went completely unnoticed by them.

Squawk!

The three girls turned to see a familiar blue and yellow parrot perched atop a nearby palm tree. That parrot extended a wing out to the ocean as it spoke, “The ship is still sinking.”

Sunset glanced out to sea, then gasped and exclaimed, “Girls! The ship is sinking!”

Twilight and Rainbow looked out to sea and also gasped in shock. “Oh, no!” exclaimed Twilight fearfully. “They must’ve struck one of those rocks out there!”

“Then what are we waiting for?!” exclaimed Rainbow. “We gotta help them!”

Sunset prepared to start running, but suddenly paused and muttered, “Wait… none of us ever said anything about a sinking ship.” All three girls turned their gaze up and stared suspiciously at the parrot perched atop the palm tree.

The parrot stood perfectly still upon being faced with such a glare. Its gaze quickly shifted left and right, then it squawked again and quickly spoke, “I’m gonna improvise Rainbow Dash style!” The parrot then leaped off the branch and flew away.

“Ugh, you say it once in front of a parrot and they say it forever,” grumbled Rainbow.

“Forget the parrot,” Sunset spoke up urgently. “We still gotta save our friends!” She rushed over to the lifeboat she and Twilight had used, grabbed her discarded lifejacket and put it back on.

Twilight rushed over, put on her lifejacket, and then helped Sunset lift their lifeboat and began carrying down to the shore. However, after only a few steps, she suddenly cried out, “Whoa, whoa, whoa! Wait! Stop!” She set down her side of the lifeboat and pointed to the motor on the rear of it. “We can’t use this! The propeller is damaged!”

Sunset set down her side of the lifeboat and quickly inspected the motor. She quickly discovered that two of the three blades on the propeller piece had snapped off, rendering it completely useless. She groaned in frustration and grumbled, “Great. Now what?”

“Good thing we got a spare!” Rainbow Dash pointed out as she put on her lifejacket from the lifeboat she had used to reach this island.

Sunset and Twilight silently nodded in agreement and rushed over to Rainbow Dash’s lifeboat. The three girls then carried the lifeboat out into the water and hopped in.

Sunset grabbed the pull-cord to start the motor and yanked it, but the cord snapped right off. She growled in frustration and shouted, “You have got to be kidding me!”

“Don’t worry!” assured Twilight. “We can figure this out.” She took a brief moment to assess everything before she explained, “That motor has a broken propeller and this one has a broken starter, so let’s just remove the propeller from this motor and swap out the broken one on the other motor.”

“I got a better idea!” Rainbow Dash spoke up excitedly as she held up her magical geode and touched it to activate its power. “It’s hero time!” She hopped out the back of the lifeboat and began using her super speed to run across the surface of the water, all while pushing the lifeboat ahead of her. This idea quickly turned out to be remarkably successful, as she managed to keep running fast enough to stay above the water’s surface, all while pushing the lifeboat ahead at a speed that actually exceeded what the motor had been capable of.

Sunset and Twilight held on tight as Rainbow Dash pushed them directly towards the sinking cruise ship. It took them less than a minute to reach the doomed vessel, and with a mighty kick against the water, Rainbow launched the lifeboat up onto the deck.

Among the people on that deck were Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Applejack. The four of them had been desperately trying to figure out a way to help everyone around them when they saw that lifeboat land on the deck. When they noticed who was in that lifeboat, Pinkie gasped and excitedly exclaimed, “You’re back!” She then rushed over to the lifeboat, followed quickly by the rest of her friends.

“Are you girls okay?” asked Twilight as she, Sunset, and Rainbow got up and climbed out of the lifeboat.

Pinkie immediately gave Twilight a tight hug, then released her and quickly explained, “While you were gone, we fixed the boat, but then we crashed into a rock, and now we’re sinking, so—” She inhaled and then sobbed, “We totally ruined your vacation plans!”

Twilight placed her hands on Pinkie’s shoulders and calmly explained, “It’s not your fault. That storm was the result of Equestrian Magic. Rainbow Dash may have looked in all the wrong places and made a lot of bad choices, but her actions ultimately allowed us to eliminate the threat much more quickly than we otherwise might have.” She released her hold on Pinkie and turned to the rest of her friends as she continued, “Whatever the seven of us are facing, however our lives are changing, we’re going through it together. So let’s get everyone off this boat, like the superheroes we are!” She turned back to Rainbow Dash and winked.

Rainbow responded with a smile and a nod.

Twilight turned to everyone else and raised her fist as she declared, “Who’s with me?!”

“We are!” cheered the rest of the girls excitedly.

Rainbow then groaned and complained, “See how easy that was?”

“Kinda helps when everyone actually agrees with ya,” quipped Applejack with a smile, “rather than you tryin’ to cram nonsense down our throats.”

“Ah, so good to see the three of ya have returned!” greeted Bluffbeard as he and Spike walked over to the seven girls on the deck. “As I’m sure you’ve noticed, this here ship is now sinkin’, fer which I have some good news an’ some bad news.”

Spike raised an eyebrow and skeptically asked, “How could there possibly be any good news about a sinking ship?”

Bluffbeard gave a hearty laugh and explained, “Oh, it all comes down to how the ship is sinkin’! An’ thanks to how often I’ve had the misfortune to sink a ship, let’s just say I’ve learned a thing or two! In this case, the damage to the hull is at the bow, yet it’s the stern that has sunk further, which can only mean one thing. The bow of this ship has run aground, meaning it can’t possibly sink any further than it already has!”

“Huh. I guess that is good news,” remarked Rainbow Dash.

“And the bad news?” asked Spike, somewhat hesitantly.

Bluffbeard pulled out a stethoscope and placed the resonator end against the outer hull over the side of the ship and listened closely to the subtle groans being made by the large structure. After a few seconds of listening in a few places, he removed the stethoscope and explained, “As I suspected. The stern is hangin’ precariously over an undersea cliff. Worse still, the bow ran aground at low tide, which means that in a matter of hours when the tide comes in, this ship will eventually slip loose an’ begin its final plunge into the abyss.”

“Then we don’t have much time to lose!” concluded Sunset urgently.

Twilight turned to Rainbow Dash with a smile and asked, “You thinking what I’m thinking?”

“Rainbow lasers?!” responded Rainbow Dash excitedly.

“Pony up!” declared Twilight simultaneously.

Sunset glanced at the two and asked, “I thought we were calling it—?”

“No,” argued Rainbow, “we agreed on—!”

“Light it up, ladies!” Pinkie suddenly declared with enthusiasm.

Sunset shrugged and said with a smile, “Sure, let’s go with that.”

The seven girls stood together side by side and grasped each other’s hands. Twilight stood in the middle, to her right were Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy, and to her left were Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Sunset. Once all seven of them were joined together, their magical geodes began to glow. They hovered up into the air as that glow quickly covered their entire bodies. After a few seconds, that bright glow faded to reveal the seven girls now in their familiar ponied up forms, along with the magical outfits that had been given to them on the most recent times they had done this. Conveniently, not only were they now completely dried off after being soaked by the storm’s heavy rainfall, they were also allowed to keep those lifejackets on over their magical outfits.

“I’ll get the animals!” said Fluttershy with determination.

“AJ, Dash, Pinkie, and I will make sure all the decks are clear!” stated Sunset firmly.

“You got it!” agreed Rainbow.

“I’ll fashion a new lifeboat!” declared Rarity.

“And I’ll help everyone climb into it!” finished Twilight with a smile.

With their tasks assigned, the seven girls lowered down back onto the deck and quickly went to work.

Rarity immediately walked over to the side of the ship and began conjuring a large diamond construct at the surface of the water down below. In only a matter of seconds, she had crafted a massive flat-bottomed boat with several rows of wide benches for seating. She turned to Twilight and explained, “I’m uncertain about the number of people aboard this luxury vessel, but with the estimate I have heard being over a hundred, I decided to err on the side of caution by overestimating a new lifeboat large enough to comfortably support that many people with some breathing room to spare.”

“Not to mention, Fluttershy is also gathering up all the animals from the petting zoo,” Twilight pointed out.

“Ah, yes, I had momentarily forgotten about that,” confessed Rarity. “Still, I remain confident my overestimation shall suffice to hold everyone and every creature, albeit perhaps not quite as comfortably as I had hoped for.”

“It’s just gonna be a short trip to that island over there,” noted Spike. “I’m sure we’d be okay with being packed like sardines if it means getting outta here to safety.”

As some of the concerned passengers began gathering on the deck, Twilight addressed them, “I understand you’re all anxious to evacuate, but we need to ensure we don’t leave anyone behind, so I’ll be asking each of you to briefly identify yourselves before Rarity and I help you climb into the new lifeboat.” She turned to Bluffbeard and asked, “Do you have a manifest?”

“It’s in my quarters,” confirmed Bluffbeard. “I’ll go fetch it, along with some other essential paperwork.”

As Bluffbeard walked away, Spike pulled out a notepad and pencil as he said, “Until he gets back, I’ll help you girls keep track of everyone.” Spike pointed his pencil at the nearest passenger — an old man with glasses and no hair — and stated, “Name, please.”

“Mister Waddle,” replied the old guy.

Spike quickly scribbled the name on his notepad, then turned to Twilight and smiled as he stated, “Got it!”

Twilight then used her magic to levitate Mister Waddle up into the air and gently over towards the oversized diamond lifeboat.

“Whoa! Easy!” called out Mister Waddle. “I just had my hip joint replaced.”

Meanwhile, over at the other side of that deck, Fluttershy was also making an effort to account for all the animals. She had already fastened lifejackets to all of them hours earlier, so it was just a matter of double-checking that each and every critter would be safe. “Single file, everyone!” she called out to the gathered animals who were chattering worriedly in their various noises. “Please, single file! I need to make sure that all of you are here so we don’t accidentally leave anyone behind!”

A grey rabbit suddenly hopped towards Fluttershy and squeaked frantically as he waved his forelegs around desperately.

Fluttershy recognized this rabbit as Mister Bouncy, and when she heard what he had to say, she gasped and worriedly exclaimed, “Oh no! Wait here, everyone! I have to—!”

Whoosh!

Rainbow Dash suddenly arrived through her usual rainbow motion blur and stopped right in front of Fluttershy. She had two small grey rabbits in her arms as she looked down at Mister Bouncy. “Are these yours?” she asked casually with a smile as she gently set down those two rabbits. “I found them under an overturned trashcan.”

While Mister Bouncy embraced those smaller rabbits, Fluttershy breathed a sigh of relief and replied, “Thank goodness! I was just about to go rescue them. Thank you so much!”

“Leave no bricks unturned!” quipped Rainbow Dash confidently. “AJ and Pinkie are checking below deck, so I’ll do a quick sweep right behind them.”

“Good idea,” agreed Fluttershy with a nod.

Without another word, Rainbow Dash zoomed off.

Meanwhile, Sunset had quickly made her way towards the stern of the ship, where worried passengers watched helplessly as the waterline slowly crept up along the lower pool deck. “Head to the front deck!” she urgently called out to everyone. “We got a new lifeboat set up over there!”

The worried passengers heard Sunset’s alert and quickly began to make their way up towards the front of the ship. Once the crowd had cleared the area, the only person left behind was a little girl who was sobbing as she held tightly to a stuffed turtle.

Sunset knelt down in front of the little girl and gently placed her hand on the crying girl’s shoulder, which allowed her to see the little girl’s memory. The girl and her mother had been holding hands as they tried to escape from below deck when she dropped her stuffed turtle. Desperate to retrieve that beloved toy, the girl released her hold on her mother and rushed back to pick it up. The little girl was momentarily happy as she hugged that stuffed turtle, but that happiness quickly faded when she looked around and was unable to find her mother anywhere in the surrounding crowd of panicky minifigs.

Once Sunset finished her glimpse into the little girl’s memory, she gently hugged the girl and calmly assured, “Hey, it’s okay. I’ll help you find your mommy. Do you trust me?”

The little girl quieted down and wiped her tears away, then smiled and nodded.

Sunset stood up and glanced up ahead, but saw the deck on both sides of the central structure were too crowded to pass through. She glanced up at the central structure, then looked around at whatever surrounding objects she had to work with. She gently picked up the girl and set her down off to the side, then said, “Wait here.”

Sunset started by grabbing one of the umbrellas and used it to knock away part of the glass roof over the deck along the backside of the central structure. Once that obstruction was cleared away, she then removed the large plate pieces from the tables and used a few other parts she removed from some chairs to connect them together lengthwise. She then hauled the length of large plates upright and placed it against the side of the central structure, providing a complete surface of studs all the way up to the roof. She then finished her build by attaching a few other various parts to lock those plates against the wall.

With that creative build complete, Sunset picked up the little girl and placed her on her back so that she could wrapped her arms around her neck. “Hold on tight,” advised Sunset.

The little girl responded by tightly hugging the stuffed turtle in her hands against Sunset’s front.

Sunset ran straight at that wall of studs, then ran right up it until she landed up on the roof — her parkour talent of SNOT walking in action. She then ran straight across the roof to the front, then slid down the sloped front windows on her feet before making a final leap out onto the front deck. Once she had landed, she reached back and gently carried the little girl off her back.

The little girl looked around and her gaze soon fell on one particular woman in the crowd who was speaking frantically with one of the crewwomen. “Mommy!” she cried out and she reached her arms out.

The worried woman turned to them and suddenly smiled as she rushed over. As Sunset handed the little girl over to her, the mother let out a sigh of relief and praised, “Thank you so much!”

“Just doing what all heroes do, ma’am,” assured Sunset with a smile.


Inside the ship, the buffet room had flooded with seawater up to just below the height of a minifig’s waist. By now, the only minifig who had remained behind was the chef, Puffed Pastry, and not for a lack of effort. The rapid acceleration of the ship followed by its sudden stop had thrown the contents of the buffet into complete disarray, severe enough that she had been knocked unconscious when something hit her head in the sudden stop. By the time she recovered, the room was already partially flooded, and her attempts to escape were hindered by something below the water’s surface that left her stuck in place. No matter how hard she tried to pull herself free, she was unable to move her left leg, and the lack of light made it virtually impossible to see what was holding her down.

Puffed Pastry was starting to lose hope when she noticed a familiar pink girl wading through the flooded hallway and into the room through the open doorway. She immediately scowled and grumbled, “I zought I told you to never come in ‘ere ever again.”

Pinkie Pie smirked and playfully remarked, “Good thing I’m too stubborn to listen.”

Puffed Pastry wanted to argue, but she understood that a situation where her life was on the line was not an appropriate time to maintain a grudge. She reluctantly softened her expression and confessed, “I’m trapped. My foot is caught on something. I fear I may ‘ave to detach my leg and leave it behind.”

Pinkie initially looked skeptically at Puffed Pastry, but then smiled and held out her hand. With no time to lose, the chef grabbed the party girl’s hand and they both pulled, but even with that assistance, Puffed Pasty remained trapped.

Pinkie released her grip and seriously remarked, “Yup, you’re stuck alright. I’ll need a visual on what we’re dealing with here.” She took a huge breath and completely submerged herself into the water. As soon a she laid eyes on Puffed Pastry’s trapped leg, she couldn’t believe her luck. Wrapped around that leg and a table leg was a bundt cake — the very specific type of bundt cake she had been so desperately craving for the entire voyage. She didn’t need a second thought to take immediate advantage of this opportunity to finally try it. She did not hesitate to take the biggest bites she possibly could, all while she had remained completely submerged on a single breath of air. It took three huge bites to break the ring shape, freeing the trapped leg.

Puffed Pastry let out a sigh of relief as she felt her left leg was released. She looked over in the direction of where she had been trapped and began to grow concerned when she did not see Pinkie resurface.

A few more seconds passed before Pinkie finally breached the surface of the water and took a gasp of air. She had a huge smile on her face and a partially eaten bundt cake in her hand. “Triple Choco-Berry Blasted Butter Biscuit Bundt Cake!” she squealed excitedly. “So worth it!” She then took another huge bite out of that cake.

Puffed Pastry recoiled in disgust and asked, “‘ow could you possibly savor zat? It is ruined by all ze saltwater!”

Pinkie glared at the chef and sharply responded, “After how desperate you’ve made me to even so much as taste this divine work of culinary perfection, I’ll take it!” She then promptly took another huge bite out of that soaked bundt cake.

Puffed Pastry couldn’t help but feel remorse for Pinkie in that moment. She was about to say something, but the low groaning noise of the ship’s hull quickly reminded her of their current predicament. “We must leave at once!” she declared urgently as she began wading towards the doorway.

“Right behind ya!” agreed Pinkie, speaking with her mouth full. The two girls waded through the waist-high water out of the buffet room and towards the exit up onto the deck.


Further down in the ship, Applejack boldly waded through water that was already up to her chest. She knew that certain areas like the engine room were already completely lost, while other areas — such as the crew’s quarters where she was currently searching through — were on the verge of being completely submerged, so she knew she had to search those areas first if anyone still down here were to have any hope of escape.

Clang-clang-clang!

“Get us outta here!” cried out a guy with a gravelly gangster voice.

“We don’t wanna drown down here!” cried out a guy with a deeper dim-witted voice.

Applejack waded her way down the hallway and around a corner before she found herself at the barred door to the ship’s brig, behind which were a certain pair of incompetent robbers. “Seriously?!” asked Applejack in disbelief. “You brick-heads followed us even all the way out here?!”

“We didn’t follow you, sissy!” Rocky shot back. “We was plannin’ to rob this ship long before we found out you sissies were aboard!”

“Though you gotta admit, it’s kinda weird how we always seem to keep bumping into each other,” noted Mugsy.

Applejack sighed and spoke up, “Normally, Ah’d never do somethin’ like this, but Ah say that even a couple of brick-heads like yourselves don’t deserve to drown.” She then grabbed the barred door and, with the use of her magically enhanced strength, easily ripped it out of its frame and tossed it aside.

The two pathetic crooks were momentarily stunned to see one of the good guys was actually letting them go, but then decided to immediately take advantage of the opening. Rocky promptly shove Applejack aside and exclaimed, “C’mon, Mugsy! Let’s scram!”

“So long, sissy!” taunted Mugsy as he and his partner in crime escaped down the hallway as quickly as they could… which, considering they were chest-deep in seawater, was little more than a slow wading pace. Naturally, they didn’t make it far before a rope suddenly looped around them both and quickly tightened to hold them together back-to-back.

Holding the other end of that rope was Applejack, who smirked and remarked, “Good thing Ah always carry a lasso around with me.”

The two captured robbers groaned in frustration and disappointment.


Up on the deck, Twilight and most of her friends continued to help load the passengers into the large diamond lifeboat. Sunset and Pinkie were able to join in after they had finished their search efforts, while Fluttershy continued to keep track of all the animals being loaded aboard. In addition, Captain Bluffbeard was now using the ship’s manifest to simply check off the names of every passenger — and the number of different animals from the cargo list — as they were loaded aboard, allowing the process to proceed much more quickly than it initially had. Since Rarity had to focus her effort on maintaining the structural integrity of the diamond lifeboat, Twilight had decided to levitate her over onto that boat to make it a little easier for her to hold it together.

But while the crowd of people and animals on the deck gradually shrank, there was now a pile of luggage that was quickly growing on the deck, courtesy of Rainbow Dash zooming back and forth between the rooms below deck.

Whoosh!

As Rainbow returned and tossed two large suitcases atop the pile, Sunset turned to her and asked, “What’s with all this luggage?”

“It’s to help me keep track of which rooms I’ve already checked,” explained Rainbow before she zoomed off again through her rainbow motion blur.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Rainbow swiftly returned again and tossed some more bags and cases atop the pile as she continued, “Besides, the boat’s sinking so slowly that I figured we’ve got plenty of time to salvage everyone’s possessions as well.”

A particularly loud groan from the ship’s hull caused everyone still aboard to momentarily pause whatever they were doing. When the noise subsided, Bluffbeard glanced up to identify the sun’s position in the sky and noted, “I reckon the tide’s startin’ to come in right about now. We’d best pick up the pace of this here rescue operation.”

“Challenge accepted!” declared Rainbow Dash confidently before she resumed rushing back and forth between the rooms below deck and dumping more luggage onto the deck.

Only a minute later, Twilight levitated a few more passengers over to the lifeboat. She looked over toward Sunset and Spike, who were helping Bluffbeard keep track of everyone, and noticed the only remaining passengers still on board nearby were Trixie and Flash Sentry.

Bluffbeard checked off those last two names on the manifest, then smiled and stated, “An’ that’s the last of ‘em! Every passenger has now been accounted for!”

As Twilight levitated those last two passengers over to the lifeboat — leaving only the crew left to be transferred over — Spike asked, “What about the animals?”

Bluffbeard flipped to another page on the manifest and noted, “Only one pig has yet to be accounted for.”

“Got him right here!” stated Fluttershy as she carried that heavy pig in her arms, struggling to keep her balance as she walked towards the remaining group of people still aboard the ship. “I caught Wilfred trying to sneak into the buffet for some leftovers.”

Pinkie giggled and playfully scolded, “You naughty little piggy!”

Twilight smiled and rolled her eyes before she levitated Fluttershy and that pig over into the lifeboat.

Bluffbeard flipped to another page in the manifest as he stated, “Now all that’s left is to account fer all the crewmates.”

“Don’t forget a couple of stowaways,” added Applejack as she arrived and dumped the now fully tied-up Rocky and Mugsy onto the deck.

“Oh yeah, I forgot about those two,” muttered Spike.

Sunset turned to Twilight and requested, “Send me over with them, so I can keep an eye on them.”

Twilight nodded in agreement and levitated Sunset and the two bound robbers over into the lifeboat.

While Bluffbeard and Spike checked off the names of crew members, Applejack turned her attention to the pile of luggage on the deck that Rainbow Dash continued to rapidly add more to. “What’s all this for?” asked Applejack in confusion.

“I think she’s trying to make up for all the awful things she did to us earlier,” spoke up Pinkie Pie, who was also watching Rainbow Dash rush back and forth. “Even I know that collecting our possessions is usually not recommended when we need to make an emergency escape, but seeing her do this anyway is something I think everyone can totally appreciate.”

Applejack turned back to lean over the side of the ship and look down at the diamond lifeboat where almost everyone from the ship was now crowded on. She sighed and said, “Too bad it’s all for naught. There’s no way all that stuff is gonna fit into that lifeboat Rarity made.”

“Who says it all has to fit into that one particular lifeboat?” asked Pinkie slyly.

Applejack considered Pinkie’s subtle suggestion as she turned her gaze towards the central structure of the sinking cruise ship. She soon smiled and replied, “Y’know what, Pinkie… you’re right!” She then approached Bluffbeard and asked, “Captain! May Ah have your permission to dismantle your ship for parts Ah could use to build somethin’?”

“This ship’s already destined fer Davy Jones’ Locker,” replied Bluffbeard with a smile, “so feel free to tear it up as much as ya want! So long as it don’t make us sink any faster, o’ course.”

“Sounds good to me!” acknowledged Applejack as she rushed over towards the large clam-shaped performance stage on the front part of the deck and quickly began tearing it apart and tossing the pieces over towards where Pinkie stood beside the pile of luggage — which Rainbow Dash continued to swiftly add more to. Once that outdoor stage was gone, Applejack then moved on to the central structure and walked along the sloped front windows to reach the roof, from where she began to gather even more parts. She had collected nearly everything from the entire top floor before she felt satisfied she had enough Lego pieces to start building. She swiftly attached and connected the parts together and in almost no time at all, she had assembled two large outriggers that were hollowed out for storage space.

Applejack used her magically enhanced strength to effortlessly lift one of those outriggers over her head, then carried it over to the side of the ship and called out, “Sunset! Fluttershy! Heads up!” She then tossed the outrigger over to the far side of the diamond lifeboat. As that outrigger splashed into the water, she picked up the other one and tossed it into the water on the opposite side of the lifeboat.

Noticing the attachment booms on those outriggers, Sunset and Fluttershy reached over on opposite sides of the lifeboat to pull those attachment points up and onto the boat, where Rarity then threw on a few smaller diamond constructs to securely fasten them to the sides of the boat.

It was right at this moment when Rainbow Dash, upon arriving and once more tossing some more luggage onto the pile, finally stopped and stated, “That’s everything I could find. If I missed anything, then it’s probably already submerged.”

“Great work, girls!” praised Pinkie. She then frowned and asked, “So how are we supposed to get all that stuff over there? Do we just toss it all overboard?”

“Leave it to me!” declared Twilight as she used her telekinetic magic to lift the entire pile of luggage, smoothly separated it into two collections of roughly equal size and weight, then levitated them into the two large outriggers.

“Now that was some mighty fine teamwork!” declared Applejack proudly.

Meanwhile, Bluffbeard and Spike continued to check off the names of crew members from the manifest. Within less than a minute, Bluffbeard smiled and spoke up, “An’ that’s every crewmate accounted for! Nothin’ left to do now except fer the rest of us to finally abandon ship, an’ then shove off in that fancy new lifeboat!”

Twilight levitated the last of the crew over into the lifeboat, then did the same for Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Spike, and Bluffbeard. Finally, she and Rainbow Dash used their feathered wings to simply fly over to the lifeboat. It turned out to be very good timing, because just seconds after their feet left the deck, the ship groaned loudly again, then began to slowly slide backwards into the sea.

With everyone and practically everything safely loaded up, Twilight landed inside the lifeboat with everyone else, while Rainbow Dash touched down directly behind it and, just like she did with the smaller lifeboat, used her super speed of running against the water’s surface to quickly propel the lifeboat towards the nearby island.

As the diamond lifeboat sped off, many of the people riding in it looked back and watched as the bow of the luxury yacht began to rise upwards — presumably because the whole ship was now teetering over the ledge of that undersea cliff. Everyone could only stare in stunned disbelief as they soon saw the bow finally descend into the water and slip beneath the calm waves of the sea. The Luxe Deluxe was now gone.

It took over a full minute for the large diamond lifeboat and its two cargo outriggers to finally reach the shore of that small island. The momentum that Rainbow Dash had provided was enough for the makeshift boat to slide far enough up the beach to land completely out of the water. Once they were safely ashore, Rarity dispersed of her diamond construct, leaving behind the crowd of passengers and crew between the two outriggers filled with their luggage. Now that the rescue mission was complete, the seven Equestria Girls reverted from their magically enhanced ponied up forms back into regular minifigs.

While Rainbow Dash laid down in the sand to rest after all that running around the ship she had done, the rest of her friends pitched in to help out with the aftermath of their rescue. Rarity and Applejack helped the crew gather the lifejackets from everyone, Fluttershy helped all the petting zoo animals out of their life jackets, Sunset and Twilight helped pass out all of the luggage to everyone, and Spike helped Captain Bluffbeard organize all the other paperwork he had gathered from his quarters.

Pinkie Pie noticed Puffed Pastry was sitting on a log while staring out to sea with a sad look on her face. Naturally, Pinkie sat down next to the buffet chef, pulled a cupcake out of her fanny pack, and offered it to her.

Puffed Pastry took the gifted dessert, stared at it for a moment, then sighed and muttered, “It was foolish of me to presume you ever ‘ad any malicious intent. As soon as we get back to civilization, I shall bake you a fresh bundt cake, so zat you can enjoy it ze way it was meant to be.”

Pinkie smiled and sweetly said, “Aww, thank you so much.” She then embraced Puffed Pastry and gave her a big hug.

Puffed Pastry was initially stunned by the display of affection, but then smiled and used her free hand to gently pat Pinkie on her back.

Meanwhile, Rarity was stacking lifejackets when she saw Ragamuffin walk over to her. She left out a sigh of relief and said, “I am truly relieved to see you make it out of this disaster seemingly unscathed.”

Ragamuffin chuckled and remarked, “Nothin’ like havin’ some good ol’ luck on your side, ain’t that right?” He then frowned as he let out a sigh and solemnly added, “Well, I s’pose this is goodbye.”

Rarity smiled and stated, “Take care of yourself.”

“You, too, Rar-i-ee,” responded Ragamuffin with an embarrassed smile.

As Ragamuffin turned and was about to walk away, Rarity suddenly spoke up, “Ragamuffin…” When he turned back to her, she continued, “Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t be a dancer.” She then dramatically added, “For all coal turns to diamonds!”

“That’s the best advice I’ve ever heard!” remarked Ragamuffin contently, suddenly speaking without any accent at all.

“Thank yo— Wait, what?!” responded Rarity, suddenly in shock. She then accusingly asked, “Y-you mean… that charming accent of yours was fake this whole time?!”

Ragamuffin chuckled awkwardly and hesitantly replied, “Can’t blame a guy for trying to impress a girl.”

Rarity glared at the exposed fraud of a man and firmly argued, “Hardly impressive if it all happens to be based entirely on a lie!”

Smack!

Rarity slapped Ragamuffin in the face, then let out an indignant huff as she turned away and walked off. Once she reached the other end of the stacks of lifejackets, she stopped and let out a sigh of disappointment.

Applejack walked over and placed an arm around Rarity’s shoulders. “Well, ya know what they say, Rarity,” assured Applejack. “Easy come, easy go.”

Rarity let out another sigh and acknowledged, “Yes, I suppose you are right. I should’ve known it was too good to be true.” She then smiled at Applejack. “At least I still have dependable friends I know I can count on.”

“An’ don’t ya ever forget it!” Applejack proudly remarked.

A few minutes later, after everyone had a moment to relax after their recent ordeal at sea, the Equestria Girls gathered together on the beach and stared out at the open ocean where their cruise ship used to be.

“Well, I’m glad to see everyone made it out okay,” remarked Spike contently as he joined the girls on the shore. He then less enthusiastically added, “Of course, now we’re stranded on this island and the only ride we had to reach the mainland is now at the bottom of the ocean.”

“I’ll have to agree with you on that,” noted Rainbow Dash. “As awesome as I was for pushing that lifeboat to shore, I don’t think I could do that for hundreds of miles across open ocean.”

“So… now what?” asked Fluttershy.

Twilight giggled and proudly answered, “Worry not, girls! Situations like this are precisely the reason why I always carry around one of these with me.” She held up her right forearm, attached to which was her Jump-Gate return device. “All I have to do is enter the code for the Jump-Gate back in Baltimare, step right through the open gateway, and we’re all home free!”

“Good ol’ Jump-Gates!” remarked Pinkie Pie cheerfully. “Gotta love that conveniently simple solution!”

Twilight began tapping the buttons on her device, but frowned when nothing seemed to happen. After repeatedly tapping those buttons uselessly a few more times, she opened a small compartment and pulled out a small and rather dull crystal. She let out a huff of frustration and grumbled, “Figures. The Power Crystal is completely drained.” She casually tossed the now worthless crystal over her shoulder, which then lightly splashed into the sea. “Note to self: always remember to pack a spare Power Crystal.”

“So much for a super simple solution,” grumbled Rainbow Dash.

As Sunset glanced around aimlessly, her gaze soon fell on the Staff of Sacanas that she, Twilight, and Rainbow Dash had left behind when they went off to help their friends save everyone on the ship. As she walked over to retrieve that staff, she spoke up, “We might have another way home. But it’s… kinda weird.”

When Twilight noticed Sunset grab that staff she had left stuck upright in the sand, she incredulously asked, “You’re not seriously considering…?”

“What other options do we have?” Sunset pointed out. “With your Jump-Gate device powerless and Rainbow Dash acknowledging that a trans-oceanic run is beyond her capabilities, this is literally the only alternative we have available. Besides, we need to return this staff, anyway, so we might as well go for it.”

“Well I personally don’t mind having another go at it,” Rainbow Dash arrogantly remarked, then more seriously added, “but I’m not so sure if we can pull it off with over a hundred people all at once.”

“What are you talking about?” asked Spike.

Sunset sighed and carefully explained, “When Twilight and I came here to find Rainbow Dash, the three of us stumbled across… another interdimensional portal to Equestria.”

Pinkie let out a huge gasp and loudly exclaimed, “Another interdimensional portal to Equestria?! You mean there’s more than one way for us to visit that alternate world of magical ponies?!”

Pinkie’s excited outburst quickly caught the attention of everyone on the beach. As everyone started muttering among themselves about this sudden revelation, Bluffbeard stepped forward and asked, “What be the reason fer bringin’ this to our attention?”

“I’m afraid it could be the only way for us to get off this island,” replied Sunset uneasily. “Without a boat or access to a Jump-Gate, the only other option I can think of is that second interdimensional portal that we recently found on this island. The only other such portal I know of leads to Canterlot City, and I know where in Equestria to find that portal, so if everyone is willing to follow me, I can take all of you to that City region, via Equestria. The only downside is that, well… we would all turn into fully organic ponies while passing through Equestria.”

The chatter among the passengers and crew quickly grew more concerned upon hearing that last bit of information.

Bluffbeard looked down at himself and stated, “Much as I enjoy a good change of pace every now an’ then, I don’t think I’d be up fer somethin’ quite so, er… out there.”

“There is no way I’m letting my children go through something like that!” objected a mother with two young kids by her side.

“I-I’m allergic to horses,” one crewman nervously pointed out. “If I have to go through a world full of ‘em, I could swell up like a blimp.”

“Does it really have to be ponies?” asked a young man among the passengers. “Why can’t it be something more awesome, like griffins?”

“What about the animals?” asked Fluttershy. “We already know that us minifigs will turn into ponies, but what would they turn into?”

“Okay! I get it!” exclaimed Sunset irritably. “Most of you don’t like the idea at all, but what other options do we have?”

Twilight tapped her chin thoughtfully, then smiled and spoke up, “Actually, we may not have to take any of them with us.”

Sunset turned to Twilight and raised an eyebrow. “What do you mean by that?” asked Sunset.

“You said the other interdimensional portal you know of leads directly back to Canterlot City, correct?” explained Twilight. “And technically speaking, my Jump-Gate return device is still fully functional — it just needs a new Power Crystal to actually power the device. I’ve got plenty of them back in my apartment, so all we have to do is go through Equestria back to Canterlot City, then I can just run over to my apartment, grab the Power Crystal, and then we come right back here so I can use the Jump-Gate to take everyone directly back to their respective homes.”

Sunset took a moment to consider Twilight’s suggestion. After a short while, she smiled and replied, “You know what, Twilight? That’s actually a really brilliant idea!” She chuckled to herself and continued, “What was I thinking? If just three of us struggled to get around without being noticed, how could I possibly hope to do the same with over a hundred minifigs-turned-ponies?”

“Nothing short of an absolute miracle, by my scientific estimate,” quipped Twilight.

Sunset turned back to the crowd and announced, “Okay, listen up, everyone! None of you will have to come with me to Equestria! Instead, Twilight and I will go there to reach Canterlot City, where Twilight can grab a replacement crystal to power her Jump-Gate device. We will then come back here and use the Jump-Gate to take all of you directly back home.”

Everyone in the crowd was now muttering more contently in agreement and also smiled for the most part.

Bluffbeard smiled and nodded as he stated, “I suppose we’re alright with that.”

“So I guess that settles it!” declared Sunset happily. “C’mon, Twilight. Let’s get going.”

“Can I tag along?” asked Rainbow Dash eagerly. “Like I said, I don’t mind having another go at it!”

Twilight and Sunset glanced at each other, then smiled and shrugged. “I think we can be okay with that,” acknowledged Twilight.

“Sweet!” cheered Rainbow Dash with a fist pump. “Another adventure in Equestria! Let’s go!”

Sunset carried the Staff of Sacanas with her as she, Twilight, and Rainbow began to walk toward the inland jungle. The same three girls who had only recently visited Equestria once before were now about to begin another journey through that alternate world.

“Not so fast!” exclaimed Pinkie Pie as she suddenly jumped in front of those three to block their path ahead. “An opportunity to see us get turned into ponies?! There is no way I’m missing out!”

“I would love to see what we would look like as ponies,” agreed Fluttershy as she walked over to stand beside Pinkie.

“Ah reckon it can’t be all that bad,” added Applejack as she walked over to join with the others.

“I must confess, you have my curiosity piqued as well,” admitted Rarity as she also joined the group.

When the seven girls then turned back to look at Spike, he took a moment to consider the unspoken question, then shrugged and said, “Eh, why not? I heard my counterpart is supposed to be a dragon. How cool is that?”

“Then I guess it’s official,” stated Sunset. “All eight of us will visit Equestria, use the other portal to get a replacement Power Crystal for the Jump-Gate return device, then come back here and send everyone back home.”

“Sounds like a plan!” agreed Rainbow Dash with enthusiasm. As she led the way into the jungle, she beckoned to her friends and excitedly declared, “C’mon, girls! Let’s go have some fun! Pony style!”

“Again, Rainbow, that’s not something we say in Equestria,” muttered Sunset as she and Twilight followed after Rainbow Dash. The three of them were then closely followed by the rest of their group of best friends.

The threat of evil Equestrian Magic may have been dealt with and everyone was saved, but with everyone now stranded on that isolated island, there was still one more task left for the Equestria Girls to accomplish, and it seemed they were all going to visit the alternate world of Equestria to make it happen.