//------------------------------// // Nami's struggle, Pinkie's fight and Zoro's rescue! // Story: My Little Pony: Pirates of the New World! // by MarlonCalpe4000 //------------------------------// At an abandoned house... After Nami guided the group to a house nearby where Luffy and Pinkie started making and eating sandwiches. For a pink party pony, Pinkie has no qualms with eating meat now that they were hungry since she has helped Fluttershy feed the carnivores in her animal sanctuary on one or two occasions. Meanwhile Twilight searched for some books about this world to read while she and Rainbow stand nearby. "Eh... So you all got separated from your crew... How many people and tiny hor.. I mean ponies are there in your crew?" Nami curiously asked as she sat on top of the table. "Well I have one swordsman and six ponies in my crew." Luffy said as he sat on a chair while Pinkie was looking around for more food stuff to chow down for her and Luffy. Twilight was reading the books on the shelves and Rainbow flies beside Luffy like she's his bodyguard. After eating one more tower sized sandwich in a single bite, Luffy asked Nami. "So you live in this house alone?". "No, I don't even know whose house this is. Everyone in this village is hiding in a shelter outside of the town. They are trying to avoid conflict with the Buggy Pirate Fleet." Nami explained. "Hmmm is he that scary? That pirate called Nami?" Luffy asked. "Umm I don't think Nami is a boy or should I say... A stallion's name" Rainbow Dash grinned trying to hold in her laughter. "I am Nami!! The pirate is Buggy!! Don't switch names!!" Nami yelled giving Luffy and Rainbow a glare. "It would be pretty weird for a guy to be named Nami! Hehehehe" Pinkie giggled. "It's not funny! Stop laughing about my name!!" Nami yelled. "Anyway about Buggy... He's a famous pirate for his love of cannons." Nami explained. "Ooh he likes cannons too? Does that mean he likes parties as well? I think that me and him would get along pretty well!" Pinkie giggled as she starts jumping in place, Happy that she found somepony who may like party cannons as well. "Far from it... And from what you might do..." Nami turned and gave Pinkie a glare. "When a bunch of kids from a village where he once stayed made fun of his nose, He used a cannon to wipe out the whole village and it's said that he's got a really strange power. "Wow... It seems like this Buggy isn't nice at all! What a grumpy meany pants!" Pinkie huffed as she crossed her forehooves on her chest. "Yeah! We oughta teach this Buggy a lesson he won't forget! I'd say we smack him around and beat him up for good measure!" Rainbow said as she flies up and starts punching in the air like a boxer. "Why that's terrible! If that's the case then we have to do something in order to stop whatever he's plotting and save this town!" Twilight said, always ready to help others out in need and save the innocent in the name of friendship, whether they are pony, human or not. "But then why isn't there anyone in this village?" Luffy nonchalantly asked. "I just said they're avoiding conflict! What have you listening to all this time?!" Nami yelled in frustration. "Aha, so your stealing from these empty houses." Luffy exclaimed with an intrigue smile as he takes one more bite of a ham, cheese, bacon and boloney filled sandwich, inserted inside a baguette bread. "How rude! I'm a specialist in robbing pirates! Don't compare me to a common thief!" Nami groaned as she facepalmed in frustration. "But stealing is stealing right? Sorry but a thief is a thief. If you steal, your a thief." Twilight exclaimed. "Yeah. If a thief steals your money and you steal it back, Doesn't that make you a thief too?!" Rainbow yelled as she gets into Nami's face and causing her move back and blush in embarrassment. Pinkie Pie finished another sandwich before saying "And even I know that two wrongs don't make a right." Pinkie said looking at Nami with a uncharacteristic frown. "But you and Luffy are eating the food in this house!" Nami desperately countered, trying to change the subject. "Which is why I'm leaving behind a couple of bits for them silly!" Pinkie said with a cheerful smile. "I... I don't even.. Ugh..." Nami looked at Pinkie as she threw a number of gold coins on the table and groaned as she slammed her head on the table much to the amusement of the ponies around her. "Hahaha calm down" Luffy laughs seeing how Nami is acting around his new pony friends. Rainbow Dash then jumped in the conversation. "Anyways forget that! How about we talk about what you did to us when we arrived here? You just thrown your problems at us out of the blue when you barely got a look at us! And then you just left us to deal with it while you ran away! You could have help us or at least stood behind but you just let us deal with it! Meanwhile you hide and came out just when we've finished! That's mean, tricky and treacherous. Like what the actual buck with that!?" Rainbow said an indignant manner, stomping her front hoof on the floor. Nami nervously looked at the rainbow maned Pegasus while waving her hands in front of her. "Now let's keep it easy ok girls? Yeah I suppose would have been quite sudden but look at it this way. I really needed the help and everything turned out just fine right?" "That's not the point! You betrayed us!" Rainbow said as she flew in front of Nami with her hooves crossed over her chest and giving her the stink eye. "Enough." Twilight said who strongly closed a book to get everyone's attention. "Rainbow you can't start a discussion right now while there are more of those pirates out there who already have a clue on who we are and are on the run searching for us right now so I'm gonna ask you to please keep it quiet." Twilight exclaimed as Rainbow just huffed in anger while Nami relaxed. "And you..." Twilight said while giving a stern glare at Nami which prompted her to look a Twilight nervously. "Regardless of your intentions, you still put my friends in danger without knowing first of what we were able to do, when we could easily been unable to defend ourselves against them but you still made us fight them for you. Since everything turned out fine, I'm letting it slide this time but if your going to tag along with us you better think it twice before trying a ruse like that again. You go that?!" Twilight said with a edge in her voice that send shivers down Nami's back. "S-sure thing! Like crystal clear!" Nami said as droplets of sweat fell down from her forehead. "Then that settles it." Twilight said as she gives a tiny smile to Nami before going back to her book. As Nami felt relieved, Pinkie then asked her. "Why are you doing this anyway? Wouldn't it be better to do something that help others instead? Something that makes them smile!" Nami moved her head from side to side as she looked at Luffy and everyone else in the room. "You don't get it. I need to get a hundred million berries." "What are you gonna use that much money for?" Luffy asked. "Let me repeat. My goal is to get a hundred million berries! Then I'm going to buy a certain village!!!" Nami exclaimed. "You want to buy an entire village? Isn't that a bit excessive?" Twilight asked. "Yeah Twilight is right. I can understand you buying a house and all, I mean you have to live somewhere but a village?" Pinkie replied. "Buy a village? A hundred million berries is a lot, so you have to steal from a lot of pirates..." Luffy exclaimed. "Yeah and we're not going to be one of those pirates that your gonna stole from if that's what your thinking Missy!" Rainbow Dash retorted. "Oh don't worry girls. I have a plan for that." Nami said as she pulls out a rolled piece of paper from her pocket. "Look this is the Grand Line Map I just stole! I'm going to steal treasure from this Buggy guy then I'm going to the Grand Line, then I'm going to steal from even greater pirates who carry much treasure!! What do you think? Don't you ponies wanna team up and earn a bunch?" That grabbed Luffy's curiosity and attention. "A map! Are you a navigator? " "The best you are going to find in all of East Blue!" Nami proudly replied. "Oh gee, Why I don't buy that for not even a second!" Rainbow countered back with a grumbled look. "Huh!? Now listen here, I might had lied a lot to a lot of people about a lot of things but if there is something I will never lie about is my navigating skills! Its my biggest pride you know!" Nami said with an annoyed look as she and Rainbow Dash butt heads with each other that lightning starts to strike between their foreheads. "I believe you! Would you be our navigator?" Luffy said, oblivious of the rising tension between Rainbow and Nami. "WHAT!? No way! You can't actually be serious!" Rainbow exclaimed as if the decision just impacted her. "Wow! You mean it?" Nami asked jumping with joy. "Yeah! A pirate navigator my friend!" Luffy exclaimed getting excited as well. "No!" Nami said with a furious look as if all the excitement just evaporated from her like steam. "Are you really are a pirate...? All of you?" Nami said with suspicion in her eyes. "Yeah.."Luffy said while grabbing the straw hat and putting it on top of his head. "I promised to the man that gave me this hat that I will become a great pirate and will get plenty of nakamas." Nami slammed her palms on the table. "What I hate the most in the world are pirates! What I like is money and tangerines!" "Well then guess what?! We're not too fond of you either so don't you beat it and get lost before I..." Rainbow Dash exclaimed, now getting to Nami's face once more say but Luffy put a hand on her mouth and Rainbow looked at Luffy, rolling her eyes. "C'mon be our navigator" Luffy said inviting Nami once more. "I said no." Nami replied and moved to look out a window. "Luffy I know that we need a navigator but are you sure we couldn't ask anyone else?" Twilight asked with a concerned look on her face. "Huh? Why would we go for anyone else other the best navigator in the East Blue?" Luffy exclaimed. "Oh come on! Don't tell me you really buy that nonsense! Its obvious its a lie!" Rainbow argued. "Nah trust me. She is telling the truth." Pinkie replied nonchalantly. "How do you know!?" Rainbow asked turning to her cotton candy maned friend. "I can just feel it." Pinkie said as she sat down on the floor like she's meditating. "Yeah right. Don't say I didn't warn you" Rainbow huffed, crossing her hooves over her chest. Nami just looked at the window to try and ease her mind. "Where did that woman go!?" A crewmate of the Buggy Pirates asked. "We have to find her! She can't get away with that map!" Replied his comrade as they ran off to search in the other abandoned houses. "Right, They are still searching... Hmmm... Heck if it were just him, What I have in mind would be a lot easier... Well guess I just have to hope they go along with this..." Nami thought as she eventually gave in to this hard decision. Nami then cleared her throat to get everyone's attention. "Now listen here. We have to get out of this house. I know you guys don't like me and honestly I can't say that my feelings are that different but if you want to approach Buggy with his guard lowered, I have a plan but you're all going to need to trust me on this one... So what about a truce?" "Ha! Good joke! Like we ever-" Rainbow Dash objected with sarcasm but Luffy quickly cut her off by putting a hand on the rainbow pegasus mouth. "We'll do it." Luffy replied as Rainbow looked at him with an expression between annoyed and like if Luffy had just grown a second head. "Great! Now listen here, Since they think Luffy is my boss, What we're going to do is tie him up, and present ourselves to Buggy saying something like we got tired of him and decided to betray him. That way you would get directly to him without dealing with his lackeys and wait for the best moment to take him out!" Nami explained her plan as she doddled on a notepad. "Ooh, That's sneaky!" Pinkie exclaimed. "Mmm, It doesn't sound bad..." Twilight said analyzing the idea. "Well I still think its not a good idea to trust her" Rainbow replied. Everyone else looked at luffy and waiting for his decision. "Let's do it!" Luffy yelled excitedly. "Of course he would..." Rainbow Dash muttered, not entirely trusting Nami yet. Seeing the discontent in her rainbow maned friend, Twilight said "You know if trusting her is difficult, I know of something to make sure she wouldn't try anything." "Yeah? What?" Rainbow asked. "Two words. Pinkie..." Twilight said as she looked over at the pink party mare. "Promise..." At the mention of those words, Pinkie's eyes lit up like stars while Rainbow upon understanding grinned in a devilish way at Nami and giving the young navigator some kind of bad feeling. Pinkie then immediately jumped in front of Nami. "Now listen here, Its really Easy! All you just have to do is say something like I Nami Pinkie Promise that I not gonna betray you! Now try it!" Nami followed the pink pony's instructions even though she was unsure of where this is going. "I, Nami, pinkie-promise I'm not betray you..." "Good! Now repeat after me. Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!" Pinkie said as she did a series of motions in each part. A little weirder out, Nami proceeded with Pinkie's instructions and it and tried to imitate the pink mare's hoof motions "Cross my heart... Hope to fly... Stick a cupcake in my eye? Did I did it right? Because right now, I look like a foo.. " "Okie dokie lokie! Now there is nothing to suspect! She is one hundred percent With us!" Pinkie said with an excited tone in her voice. "Just a little reminder..." Pinkie said in a sing song voice but in an instant she was in front of Nami as she moves her face much closer to her as they now see each other eye to eye like a scene in a fugitive interrogation and the place suddenly going black with only one dim light bulb turned on. Pinkie now has her mane deflated and her colors darkened while looking Nami directly straight in the eyes with a crazed psycho look. "You never and I mean NEVER EVER BREAK A PINKIE PROMISE OR YOU ARE GOING TO FACE THE REPERCUSSIONS!!! You got that Bub?!!" "Ok! Now we can go!" Pinkie said returning to her usual chipper self in less that a second and walking off as if nothing just happened. "Just what kind of trouble did I get myself into...?" Nami lamented while comically crying. "WHAT THE HELL?!" Buggy yelled furiously to three of his pirate goons. "That cat burglar thief got away!?" "WAAAAH! WE ARE REALLY SORRY CAPTAIN! "The three pirate goons pleaded as they trembled on their knees with tears gushing out of their eyes and sweat squirting out of their foreheads like water sprinklers. "Fools!! HOW COULD SHE ESCAPE YOU THREE WHEN I'VE ARMED ALL OF YOU!? DEATH AWAITS YOU WEAK MINDED IDIOTS!!" Buggy yelled as she strangled the interrogated pirate in the middle, who was begging for his life and chocking to death whilst the captain gave a signal to the back for the other members of the Buggy Pirates to prepare the cannon and get it loaded with his signature Buggy Ball. Now the most cruel execution for failure in the Buggy Pirates was about to commence, being strangled to death while getting blasted by a cannon at the same time. All was set when... A black skinned fodder crew of the Buggy Pirates wearing a jester hat came running to his boss delaying the execution. "Captain Buggy!!" "Huh? What?" Buggy asked as gives another signal to delay the execution, leaving the pirate to be punished fall to the floor while being helped by the other pirate goons as he tried to catch his breathe. "Its the thief!" The pirate goon reported as he bowed down in front of Captain Buggy before slowly recomposing himself with a salute. "She returned willingly! She is also accompanied by tiny multi-colored horses!" "What did you said!?" Buggy asked surprised. "Its ponies! po...nies!! Does no one in this world the know basics about equines!?" An angered Rainbow Dash exclaimed, feeling like she just got spat on and insulted. Alongside Rainbow walked Twilight, Pinkie, Nami and Luffy who's all tied up. "H...hey! There is the thief! And the T...I mean ponies that helped her!" One of the fodder crew from the Buggy Pirates called out. Nami slightly nudged Twilight as she let Luffy go only for the lavender alicorn to use her magic to grab him. "We have captured the thief Captain Buggy the Clown! We give you back the map." Nami said as she pushes the tied up Luffy to Captain Buggy. "Thank for giving back the map... So what did you to change your minds?" Buggy asked with a sinister look as he takes back the map of the Grand Line from Nami. "We had a fight with our boss and we got tired of him" Nami said as she then looked at Twilight with a wink expecting her to remember the drill of the plan. "Ermm... Yeah! He was really bad and always getting us to do the dirty work!" Twilight said with a salute as she looked at Pinkie. "Oh! And also he a meanie! A real meanie Mcmeaniepants!" Pinkie said in her usual chipper tone as she nudged Rainbow, looking at her with a big smile. Rainbow just looked annoyed and tired of all these shenanigans as to the other side and grumbled. "Yeah.. Whatrever..." " Anyways we want to join your crew instead! What do you say?" Nami asked as she looked to Buggy with an inviting gaze and with open arms like she was getting ready to square dance. Buggy looked at them for a moment with a intimidating gaze. "Captain Buggy is really mad!!" A pirate goon exclaimed as he and the other scared pirates from the left side quickly ran over to hide in the empty crates that were just lying around. "He is going to use his devil fruit powers again!" Another pirate fodder called out as he ran off with the rest of the Buggy Pirates on the right side as they ran and hide on the empty barrels while others hide behind tables and chairs. "Devil fruit powers huh..." Luffy muttered. Everyone went silent as Buggy kept throwing darts and knives at the red and white target, making the rest of the Buggy Pirates scared beyond belief. The whole Big Top encampment was so silent that you could cut the tension with a knife. "GYAHAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA! so you got tired of him huh?! One single woman and a trio of ponies? What an interesting set of recruits you three make! You can be our nakamas! Gyahahahhahaha!" Buggy laughed so hard the he spit out the beer that he was drinking and threw the mug at one of the fodder pirates who was lucky enough to dodge it and smashing it into pieces as Twilight, Nami and the ponies starts laughing nervously while facing Buggy then turned to each other with concerned looks on their faces. Nami had a sly smile, thinking to herself "My plan was a total success! Pirates are so easy to manipulate..." Nami thought as Luffy gets sorrounded by the rest of the Buggy Pirates and the rubber kid was incarcerated in a cage. "Ehh? Why am I in this cage?" Luffy asked with a confused look on his face. "Gyahahahahaha!" Buggy laughed loudly as one of the Buggy Pirates quickly ran over to his captain to serve more food and drinks while the rest of the fodder crew starts doing circus tricks and play party music much to Pinkie's delight. "I'm in such a good humor so I'll entertain you all! Gyahahahahaha! What are your names ladies?" "Nami" The Cat Burglar introduced herself with a friendly wave, trying to look as innocent as possible. "Twilight Sparkle. A pleasure to meet you" Twilight said with a graceful bow as part of the act. "Pinkie Pie! Hello!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed as she quickly zips over to Captain Buggy, wrapping her forehooves around him and shaking his hands left and right. "Pfftt... Rainbow Dash..." Rainbow grumbled under her breathe as she looked at Buggy and the rest of these so called clowns with a intimidating glare that no one dare mess with her. "Good! Lets make a party for our four new nakamas!" Buggy announced with open arms as the rest of his pirate crew cheered loudly, either out of fear or joy that their captain is getting distracted at the moment. "DID YOU SAID PARTY!?" Pinkie asked in a excited high pitched tone. "SURE DID MY PINK EQUINE! LET'S GET THIS STARTED!" Buggy exclaimed as he starts dancing and swinging his arms around Pinkie, being enthusiastic as ever. While the music was playing and the food being served, the crew of buggy was either dancing, drinking or eating and having a good time while some of them were even doing party circus tricks. Twilight was just standing quitely nearby eating some fruits and politely declines whenever a pirate asked her to dance. Pinkie was the opposite however. Whenever she wasn't dancing with the pirates, She was either eating or showing her party cannon as well as tricks of her own much to the delight of the Buggy Pirates around her. Rainbow Dash sat down with her hooves crossed to her chest but when a pirate tried to approach her for a dance, She gave them a threatening glare making the pirate backed off from her, as well as the rest of the pirates who tried to check out her rainbow colored mane and tail, probably having secret plans to sell her at an auction. "That's right! Stay over there and get away from me you creep!" Rainbow grumbled. Nami however was sitting down on a carpet beside Buggy who ate and drink like there's no tomorrow. "Come on! Why don't you drink? Its your party! And eat more!" Buggy exclaimed as he kept chugging down mug after mug of beer as the pirate goon that acted as his assistant began to get tired from refilling his Captain's mug. "Oh yes thanks!" Nami said with an innocent smile with her hands on the hem of her skirt. "I will stay here like some kind of little girl at a party, Recover the map to the Grand Line once more and this time, I will also get Buggy's treasure!" Nami thought with a confident smirk. While the party keeps going on, Luffy stretches his arms to try and get some food from his cage but to no avail as it was a bit too far, anything would be good right now but meat sounds really good. "I want to eat too..." Luffy exclaimed as he was about to get a plate with meat but his Gum Gum Powers had reached its stretching limit and his arm retracted back for the fifth time much to the rubber kid's disappointment. "Damn..." Pinkie saw Luffy immediately go for the plate of meat as the pink party pony moved the meat dish closer to Luffy. Luffy had a dreamy smile on his face, drool escaping from his mouth as he stretched his right arm and grabbed the meat and retracting it back to his cage. "Hey why are you giving him food?!" A pirate goon asked Pinkie with suspicion in his voice. "Well why not? We have plenty of food right here and he is hungry. Besides Buggy did not order us to NOT feed him did he?!" Pinkie countered back with his wit as the pirate goon looked like he was about to say something, but then began to think with a dumbfounded expression and scratching a finger on top of his head. "Gyahahahaha! I'm having a wonderful time!" Buggy laughed and laughed as he strike a pose and ordered his men to commence the artillery bombardment. "Hahahaha! Men prepare the Buggy Bomb!" As the pirates cheered loudly to execute their captain's order, Pirate fodder crews start to drag a cannon while a black skinned pirate wearing a jester hat carry a red canon ball Buggy's jolly roger stamped on it. The Buggy Bomb. Pinkie asked as she approached Buggy's makeshift throne curiously, the pink party pony was then accompanied by Twilight and Rainbow Dash whom despite her wanting to get this over with and get back to the boat with the others, the curiosity also got the best of her. "W-what is that? "Nami asked Buggy with a concerned look on her face. "Look closely my friends! The power of the Buggy Bomb!" Buggy exclaimed with a sinister smile. "Lit it" Buggy ordered as the rest of the pirate goons lit the fuse of the cannon. The ponies watched with curious gazes as well as Luffy who is still trapped inside the iron cage. Nami had a confused look but Buggy had a sadistic and murderous smile as the canon fired. A spreading light shines all over Orange Town and a rumble shook the floor as a devastating blast from the canon as it obliterated all the houses and building in front of him under the shocked looks of Nami, Luffy and the ponies. Meanwhile on the other side of the town by the port, Zoro, Spike, and the rest of the ponies with arrived with the three captured crewmen from the Buggy Pirates. "What was that explosion?" Zoro asked with a raised eyebrow. "That's the Buggy Bomb from Buggy Sama!" Exclaimed the dark skin toned pirate. "Buggy Bomb?" Zoro asked as he raised an eyebrow, scaring the three captured Buggy Pirates that was being held as their hostage. "Wow that sure was a big explosion." Applejack exclaimed as she adjusted her Stetson hat. "That could mean that Twilight and the rest could be big trouble! We better hurry!" Spike said and everyone agreed with a nod. When the explosion passed, just debris and a ton of dust remained in their sights where once perfectly fine houses stood for the 40 years that Orange Town was founded and now... It is all destroyed by fire and ash. Back where everyone was, thick smoke spread everywhere as a part of the town was lit in fire and ash. Nothing but destruction everywhere. Thankfully no one was dead since the citizens of Orange Town had evacuated beforehand. As the Pirates celebrated the massive destruction that ocurred as Nami looked dumbstruck and the ponies were a lost of words at what they just saw. They were beyond shocked and appalled as what they just witnessed. "Wha... What kind of magic was that...? " Twilight Sparkle asked as she tried to comprehend what just happened, The purple alicorn horrified beyond belief. "Magic? What did you say? This is not magic! Gyahahaha!" Buggy laughed as Twilight turned to him, even more shocked and appalled as well as the rest of the ponies. "Are... you telling me that in this world, Such a level of destruction its so easily possible...? Without magic at all...? Without dragons or powerful artifacts?" Twilight asked with slight terror in her voice. "Buggy gave Twilight a confused look for a moment and chuckled. "Hehehehe! Now listen here, If the fact that you are basically talking and sentient animals is anything to go by, You aren't from around here right? Well then let the Great Buggy the Star Clown teach you the most important lesson in this world." Buggy then approached Twilight and looked at her straight in the face with a sinister look, making the purple alicorn flinch back but she tried to calm herself down but this creepy clown just kept making advances towards her until his round red nose was now colliding with her muzzle, making the purple alicorn more scared. "I don't know how things work from where you're from but look here and listen good! There are only three things that give someone power." Buggy said in a low tone as he lifted a hand and started to count. "Weapons!" Buggy said lifting one finger. "Devil fruits!" Buggy lifted a second finger. "Money!" Buggy lifted a third finger as he got out of Twilight's face and exclaimed aloud and striking a pose. "And I, The Great Captain Buggy the Clown possesses all three of those! With the power of my Buggy Bombs and my devil fruit, I'm gonna conquer the Grand Line! Don't you think so Nami? Gyahahahaha!" "Y-yeah! Right! "Nami nervously said as she was still a little shocked about what she just saw. "Ehhhh?!" Luffy yelled loudly, grabbing the attention of everyone and most especially Buggy who quickly stopped laughing. "What are you saying? I will be the one who's going to to conquer the Grand Line!" Luffy declared as Nami gave him an incredulous look while Twilight facehoof and Buggy grimaced at those shocking set of words. Rainbow Dash looked at Luffy and signaled him to shut up with a "Shhhh!" But Luffy wasn't having none of it. "I will become the King of the Pirates!!" Luffy yelled so loud that his voiced echoed all over Orange Town and catching the ear of every fodder crew in the Buggy Pirates making Rainbow facehoof in frustration. "You idiot!" Nami yelled at him angrily. "Can't he Read the ambience at all!?" Nami thought as a dark aura started to surround her as the ponies can see that Nami was now scared from the way she was crying in a comedic fashion. Buggy starts making weird noises as he tries to hold back his laughter. "Now I see why were you all mad..." Buggy exclaimed as he starts chuckling, delighted at the quick turn of events. "T...That's right! We couldn't tolerate it anymore!" Nami said with a smirk as she tries to recompose herself and walks over to Buggy's side. "Hey Nami don't miss the party!" Buggy exclaimed as he takes another big gulp of beer as well as taking a bite of a meat on a bone. Nami just looked at Luffy as the rubber kid stares back at Nami. "What happened? Your hands are shaking. You thought tricking pirates was too easy huh? That's why it ended like this." Luffy exclaimed with a calm and collected demeanor. Nami recomposed herself as she glares at Luffy. "What do you mean?! Do you think killing is a easy choice?! This pirate choice?!" Nami asked as she looks at Luffy with sweat dropping down her forehead as the tension rises on her end. "Of course not! Its about if you are willing to risk your life or not." Luffy replied with a playful smile. Nami just stand there while the pirates cheered Nami to lit the cannon due to Buggy's orders. One of the pirates then grabs the matchbox from Nami's hand as he starts to lit a matchstick. "Hey don't make us wait woman! There! This is how its done." The pirate goon exclaimed as was about to lit the fuse of the cannon. Nami looked tensed as he watched as he watch the pirate goon about to perform the execution of this rubber kid but then at the last moment, Nami quickly took three batons that were strapped in one of her legs as she armed them in the air to make a long cane and delivered a hit to the pirate goon's head and knocking him out much to the surprised look of Rainbow Dash who charges in a quick flash of rainbow light and bucks another pirate in the chest. "You..." Rainbow Dash said as the rainbow maned Pegasus and the ginger haired burglar looked to each other with eyes wide open. Pirates and ponies just looked surprised at the scene that occurred while Luffy was stunned at the sudden turn of events from inside the cage. "Wowie!" Pinkie cheered as her mane stopped deflating mid halfway. Twilight was at a loss for words as all her machinations were suddenly interrupted. "What...? Oh damn..." Nami winced as she looked at the knocked out pirate, realizing what she just done much to the shock of Buggy and the rest of the enemy pirates. "Grrr...!! Nami!! Just what the heck do you think you're doing!?" Buggy yelled with his anger starts rising and a nerve starts throbbing in his head. "Ah...! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Hehehehe!" Nami said as keeps bowing down in front of Captain Buggy trying to act like an innocent little girl but deep inside, she had other plans. "Huh!? Why are you apologizing!? Do you think I'll just forgive you in a snap of a finger?!" Buggy yelled in anger. "Hey what are you doing? Do want to save me or not? Remember the plan?" Luffy asked curiously. "Don't be stupid! I don't want to be at the same level of these pirates! You could rot in there for all I care!" Nami exclaimed with fury burning in her eyes. "What? Alright that's it! Forget about joining my crew!" Luffy countered back from inside the cage as the other ponies understood their captain's decision. "Shut up! I will never be like the pirates that took the life of the person that I love the most! I will never be like the pirates out there who would kill more people that are important to me!" Nami yelled back with defiance as Luffy and the ponies were impacted by those words as if their hearts broke as if they were made of glass, especially Twilight who had flashbacks to when Spike almost got his wings ripped off during their last battle with Tirek, Chrysalis and Cozy Glow. "So that's it..." Luffy said with a nod, understanding Nami's dilemma when he suddenly smelled something burning. "Hey! The fuse!" Luffy yelled as he observed the fuse on the back of the cannon that was burning. "You dare to play with us like this you brat?!" Buggy yelled as he threw a mug of beer at Nami who dodged the fragile object just at the right time. "You ponies are with her too!" Buggy exclaimed as he point a finger to the ponies and turned to the rest of his fodder pirates. "So be it then... Get them!" Buggy ordered as the rest of his pirate crew jumped into action. All the pirates charged at Nami but suddenly a purple barrier stopped them in their tracks. "You go help Luffy! We got this!" Twilight called out as she held them off with her barrier and levitating them before proceeding to throw the pirates on the pavement. "Water! Water! Water!" Luffy looked from side to side, frantically looking for water to put out the fuse from behind the artillery. Nami ran behind the cannon as the fuse was almost completely burned. Without wasting much time, She grabbed the burning end of the fuse with both of her hands, letting out a sharp cry of pain as her hands burned but despite all the pain, Nami didn't let go which left Rainbow Dash impressed and shocked at the same time with her mouth open. "Nami..." Luffy exclaimed as he watched this brave girl sacrifice herself and braced the pain for his safety. Eventually the fuse from behind the cannon went off then... "NAMI!! BEHIND YOU!!" Luffy yelled as four pirates jumped at Nami with their swords and knives out while Rainbow was distracted. "DIE YOU BUGGY TRAITOR!!" The four pirate goons thought they had it and laughed their way to victory as they were so close to kill Nami when Zoro stepped in, just time time with his Three Sword Style to stop these buggy fodder pirates, throwing them to the ground, as well as their swords and knives. "Hey now.. You four are ganging up against one girl? Really now.. Where's your respect?" Zoro asked, giving a demonic glare to the buggy fodder pirates and making them back off immediately like they just angered hell itself. Luffy gave a wide smile upon finally seeing the swordsman in his crew. "Zoro!" As the pirates charged in for another attack hoping to win with superior numbers, Applejack stepped out as she starts tumbling on the ground and bucking the pirates on the chest, followed by spinning on the pavement with her forehooves on the ground and kicking the living daylights out of the annoying Buggy Pirates until the path was clear. "Now that ain't a fair and honest match. How bout we make things more even huh? Pick somepony your own size. If ya can handle her that is." Applejack said as she adjusts her Stetson hat. "Applejack!" Pinkie smiled, happy to see her friend. "Don't start without us!" Spike said, putting a claw to his chest and appearing with Rarity and Fluttershy. "You hurt?" Zoro asked Nami. " Eh?" Nami replied giving Zoro a confused look. "Are you injured?" The moss haired swordsman asked with concern. "You aren't... Are you...?" Fluttershy asked worriedly. "A-ah... No... I'm fine..." "Ahhh thank goodness you came guys! Come on! Hurry and get me out of here!" Luffy called out from inside his cage. "What are you doing playing here?! You were captured by a bird and the next thing you're in a cage?!" Zoro asked with an annoyed look. "Well so much has happened..." Luffy tried to explain. "Well nevermind that Darling. We'll get you out as soon as we have dispatched these brutes..." Rarity said, getting battle ready with magic sparking out of her horn. "Z... Z... Zoro?!" One of the pirate goons called out, looking as if he had just seen a ghost. "T... The Demon Pirate Hunter Zoro is here?!" Another one of the Buggy fodder crews asked with sweat trickling down his forehead and his legs shaking looking as if fear had completely swallowed him. "One of the companions he was talking about is the pirate hunter Zoro?! Also it seems that there are more of those ponies and some kind of big flying lizard? What's happening?" Nami thought with wonder and surprise. "So you are the Great Pirate Hunter Zoro.. What is your motive here? Are you going for my head?" Buggy asked. "Nah. I don't care. I left being a pirate hunter." Zoro explained, disinterest in his voice." "Well then guess what?! I am interested in you!" Buggy exclaimed as he looked at the moss haired swordsman with an evil grin. "If I kill you. I will become famous." "Don't try it. You will die." Zoro said as he barely look at him with a fearless gaze. "Eh? Its fine really." Buggy said as he took out various knives and held them between his fingers. "I see.. You don't understand what's about to happen here.." Zoro said with a surprised tone. "BUGGY! BUGGY! BUGGY! TAKE HIM OUT CAPTAIN!" Buggy's fodder crew called out, cheering for their Flashy Big Top Captain. "COME ON ZORO! SHOW THAT BUFFON WHO'S BOSS!" Rainbow called out as she sat on the sidelines and drinking a mug of beer. "Ha! No way he is beating Zoro just with knives. He isn't even going to need us in this one! YOU GOT HIM!" Spike called out as he sat beside Rainbow and eating meat on a bone. Zoro then unsheathed his swords, putting one of them in his mouth while Buggy began to lick one of his knives before charging towards Zoro with a crazy laugh as Zoro just stands there and bracing himself for the clown's attack. "DIE!" Buggy yelled as he jumped at the swordsman but then Zoro just moved quickly and cuts down Buggy into multiple pieces and everyone looked stunned. Nami looked away. "O...Oh my!" Fluttershy gasp as she covered her mouth with both of her front hooves with slight hint of tears in her eyes. "Yikes...!" Rainbow exclaimed looking like she was about to barf and slowly looked back with all her bravado suddenly gone. "That's such an ugly way to go..." Applejack replied as she took off her Stetson hat and put it against her chest. "W... What? Hey! Who turned the lights off!?" Spike asked as he struggled under the grasp of Rarity who was covering the baby dragon's eyes with her hooves. Zoro put the swords back on his scabbards before looking back at Buggy's corpse that hit the floor before looking at his fallen opponent. "What an easy opponent." Zoro scoffed. "Yeah he was really weak!" Luffy agreed as he banged with his fists inside the iron cage. "No way..." Nami exclaimed in complete and utter disbelief. "That was all...?" Suddenly the fodder crew of the Buggy Pirates started to laugh after witnessing their Captain cut down in front of them. "T...They're laughing? B... But why?" Twilight asked but then something peculiar put her off. "Okay... This is just starting to get creepy..." Rainbow said as she saw the pirates laughing maniacally. "What's the matter Twilight?" Pinkie asked catching unto her purple princess friend, questioning something in her mind. "Why...?" Twilight asked as she lifts a hoof towards Buggy's corpse. "Why is there no blood coming from this dismembered body?" "Hey! What's so funny?!" Zoro asked as he looked at the laughing pirate goons with an irritated look. Then in an instant, the ponies gasp as the upper half of Buggy floated behind Zoro and looking like something from a horror movie in a way that even Spike was frozen in fear from how haunted it looks. "Ahhh!! A ghost!!" Spike yelled as he quickly clung unto Rarity who was already afraid and had her mane all frazzled. "Wait... A what now?" Zoro asked as the swordsman suddenly felt a sharp pain as he looks down and saw the blade of a knife crossing his abdomen. "Gah!!! W... What the...?!" The knife retracted to reveal that it was Buggy's severed hand all along that stabbed Zoro as the clown hand returned to Buggy's now reformed arm. "Chop Chop! That's the name of the devil fruit that I ate!" Buggy exclaimed with a sinister smile as the rest of his body assembled once more. "Don't you get it?! I can't die from a slice of a sword because I'm a Splitting Human! Gyahahahaha!!" "So it is true... This devil fruit can give one all sorts of mysterious powers... I would be even more fascinated if not for the current situation now..." Twilight said as a drop of sweat fell from her forehead and into the pavement. "He reformed again! I thought that devil fruits were a myth!" Nami exclaimed. "A splitting human? Is he a monster?" Luffy added, looking on with wonder. "Bro seriously?" Spike asks, looking at Luffy with a deadpan expression. "You have a seriously nasty would. Even if I missed your vital organs, Its crystal clear who would get the victory here." Buggy said as the rest of his pirate crew cheered for their captain. "Our Captain Buggy won! Buggy! Buggy! Buggy!" "This is bad! The situation is getting worse and if we continue to fight back at this point, we're not going to live to see the sun rise..." "That was cheating!" Applejack called out with an irritated look. "Gyahahahaha! Me cheating? It was a combat to the death! There's no such thing as cheating!" Buggy said as he laughed at the apple farmer. "Grrr...YOU ARE WRONG! HITTING ON THE BACK IS FOR COWARDS YOU BIG RED NOSE!!" Luffy yelled and instantly all the pirates had their jaws dropped down to the pavement and their eyes bulging out of their eye sockets while Pinkie was slamming her right hoof on the ground, trying to hold her laughing fit. "What an idiot! You didn't have to say it like that!" Nami thought with panic as she facepalmed. "Who... HAS... A... BIG RED NOSE?!!" Buggy yelled as his hand threw a knife towards Luffy. He was totally enraged now beyond all means and manner of reason. "Luffy!!" Zoro gasp as he slowly tried to get up. "Buggy!!" Luffy yelled back as he caught the knife between his teeth. "I'm gonna kick your butt later! Just you wait!" Luffy threathened as he broke the knife using the strenght of his jaw much to the amazement of everyone. "Darn, Those are some powerful teeth right there" Applejack said impressed at Luffy's bite force. "Kick my butt?! Not even in your dreams!! Gyahahahaha!!" Buggy laughed loudly mocking Luffy as well as the rest of his peculiar pony and dragon friends. "All of you are going to die right here, right now! Now then beg! How should I dispose all of you..? Buggy asked as he looked at Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Spike as well as the Mane 6 who had looks of fear, sadness, hatred and anger. "Oh no... There's no escape... Its over..." Nami said as she began to cry and put her hands over her eyes when Rainbow Dash stepped in front of her as she prepared to attack. "What are you saying? You sure are talking big when the seven of us are still standing." Rainbow said as she took on a fighting stance. "We aren't letting you harm them anymore! Not now. Not ever!" Twilight added as she stepped up beside Rainbow as her horn sparked with magic. "Hahahaha! We aren't gonna die so easily if that's what you mean!" Luffy grinned before he turned to his first mate. "Zoro! Run!" Luffy screamed. "You are asking a Nakama that came to help you run away? What is your problem?!" Nami yelled in a comedic fashion, not understanding what was Luffy's plan but the rubber kid only smiled back at her. "Zoro just looked at him for one moment as he saw his rubber finger pointing to the cannon subconsiously and smirked. "Understood Captain." "I... I don't get what's going on anymore... This is why I don't like pirates..." Nami said as she became so perplexed that she started to fall, only to end up being held by a light blue magic aura. "Now now. Don't fall like that Darling. You just trust us and we're going to set everything straight amd make things right." Rarity said as she held Nami get back on her feet. "YOU CAN'T ESCAPE BUGGY THE CLOWN!!" Buggy yelled as jumped to attack Zoro but something blocked him when he was just about to strike the moss haired swordsman. "Well... Well... Well... Another knife enthusiast huh? How about if we duel you clown?" Pinkie asked as her mane was now completely deflated on top of her head and her colors suddenly darkened as Pinkamena clashes knives with Buggy. "HA! AS YOU WISH! BRING IT ON YOU PINK HORSE!" Buggy yelled as he and Pinkamena swing and parried with their knives in an intense battle but it was starting to turn quickly in Buggy's favor as every cut that Pinkamena did to him was useless and was useless slices a cut in Pinkamena's cheek. "Ha! You can't do anything to me! Didn't you listen? If a sword can't kill me then much less a knife! Gyahahahaha!" Buggy laughed loudly. "Hahahaha!" Pinkamena let out her own insane laugh which confused the pirate clown as Pinkie's cheek just reformed like a bubblegum being patched up by another layer of gum. "Ok first off. While impressive, your knife skills are still not on par with what I can do. If I happen to land any cuts on you, It would already land you in a really bad shape." Pinkamena replied as she gave Buggy a stoic look "HEY! ARE YOU CALLING ME LAME?! HOW DARE YOU?!" Buggy yelled as he once again jumped to land multiple strikes on her but Pinkamena easily blocked him and the stabs from Buggy that did land a strike on the pink mare is taking 0 damage! Not a scratch on the pink mare as if her skin and durability is compared to Charlotte Linlin aka: Big Mom. "Second..." Pinkamena exclaimed as she gave a creepy smile while struggling with Buggy's stabs and slashes which freaked out Buggy a little bit. "You should put more attention to your surroundings..." After Pinkie's words got through to his ears, Buggy looked around to see that all of his pirate goons had already been beaten to a pulp as he felt a sudden pain, seeing that Pinkamena quickly stopped struggling with him and instead bucked him in the stomach and causing Buggy to be sent flying to the ground and hit a wall, leaving a large crack in the process. "And three, Don't get distracted when fighting! That's all!" Pinkie said as her mane starts puffing back and her colors becoming lighter as she talked in her usual chipper tone before bouncing away. "You... Cursed Ponies..." Buggy groaned as he tries to get up but then a burning smell entered his nose and his attention flew to the artillery that's ready for action, the cannon was now pointed to him and his crew, "H... Hey! There's still a Buggy Bomb inside there!! O.. Oi!! Oi!!" "Lit it Nami! Hurry!" Zoro yelled. "Wait..! Wait...! Wait..! Wait!!" Buggy yelled in a desperate attempt to save himself and his crew at the last second when... "Right!" Nami replied as she lit was little remained of the fuse from behind the cannon. "Alright! You go guys! Blast him now!" Luffy cheered in excitement as he sees his friends winning against these circus freaks and their clown pirate. "WAAAA! YOU LIT IT! WAIT STOP! STOP! STOP!" Buggy cried out for help in order for the finishing blast to stop but to no avail. "KA BLAM!!!" And for a second time the cannon was fired. After the explosion, Buggy or his pirate crew are nowhere to be seen and not a single trace of them were left in the thick smoke. "Hey Zoro... You are injured..." Luffy said as he saw his Vice Captain having blood drip down on his boot. "Shut up! I'm doing this in my own way!" Zoro yelled at his captain as he tried to lift the cage even in his injured state. "What is this guy thinking?" Nami asked as she gavce a confused look at the the moss haired swordsman. "Oi Luffy who's this girl?" Zoro breathe heavily as he turned to his captain. "Oh she's our navigator" Luffy replied with a smile. As Zoro once again tried to lift the cage, Nami gave an incredulous look as she saw Zoro perform the heroic deed of saving his captain even though he continues to bleed and worse yet, It was aggravating due to the excessive force that he put on his back. "We should urgently attend to that before it gets worse." Twilight said with a worried look as she looked at Zoro's injury. "Yeah dude.. Not gonna lie but that looks kind of nasty" Spike said looking worried and even a bit grossed out. "Hey pardner, You sure you don't want any help with that?" Applejack asked as she galloped towards Zoro. "Stay out....!!" Zoro grunted as he struggled more. "Grrr... Out of my path!" Zoro yelled and through his great strenght, he lifts the cage with both of his hands as more blood drips out of his knife wound. "Why are you trying so hard? He's just a pirate..." Nami said with a low tone as she observed Zoro slowly advancing to saw Luffy and everyone else to get away and escape. "Well miss, It just so happens that we aren't like your usual pirate crew. We are like nice guys after all." Spike exclaimed as he flies above Nami. "Nice pirates... Pfftt... Yeah right..." Nami said with a frown as she turns around before Spike shrugged and flies off. As Zoro advanced, he suddenly felt his back got lighter so decides to look at the cage that he was carrying and saw a light blue aura around it provided by Rarity. "I said this is my..." Zoro turned to Rarity and gave her an annoyed look but the fashionista pony was having none of it. "Oh you better cut that right there Darling. There is no way that I will just watch you any second more than how you work yourself with a would like that. I'm helping you whether you want to or not so let's just make it out here quickly shall we?" Rarity cut him before he could spout anymore unnecessary words, giving the moss haired swordsman a stern glare. Zoro glared at Rarity but upon seeing that this mare wasn't going to back down, he huffed and reluctantly continued on with her assistance. "Hey Luffy do you want a taste of this meat?" Pinkie asked as she bounced away with her friends while carrying a meaty bone on the right hoof and balancing a mug of beer on top of her mane. "Me? Me! Me! Meat! Meat!" Luffy exclaimed as he tried to reach for the meat In Pinkie's hoof before the pink party mare gave her another one as Pinkie drank her mug to their small victory. "What a battle.. What a fight... What a victory..." Pinkie exclaimed with a satisfied smile. TO BE CONTINUED...