//------------------------------// // A canine and an equine fighting a human with a beast. // Story: My Little Pony: Pirates of the New World! // by MarlonCalpe4000 //------------------------------// "So I believe that we didn't get to introduce ourselves in a proper manner before." Nami said as she sat down on a porch, trying to strike up a conversation with Twilight. "What are you ponies doing here and where did you come from?" "Well... To tell you the truth, I come from the land of Equestria and I was supposed to be crowned the new princess but there had been a magical disaster that happen." Twilight explained. "Wow! So your really going to be a princess? That must have been so exciting!" Nami said with a bright smile as she cupped both of her cheeks which Twilight found flattering. "A magical disaster huh?" Mayor Boodle asked pondering as he put a finger under his chin. "It seems to me that your either from the Grand Line or the New World." "Okay I know that I was a bit shocked to learn that devil fruits aren't a myth at all but magic? There must be a lot in the world that I don't know about!" Nami exclaimed. "Woah you've been to the Grand Line before old man? B... But how?" Luffy asked from inside the cage while biting down on a lemon muffin surprise that's been given to him by Pinkie. "Yes. I've been to the Grand Line and the New World before because I've been... On the Pirate King's crew before. Gold Roger." "What?! You've been on the Oro Jackson before?!" Luffy yelled as his jaw literally dropped down to the ground and his shocked expression grabbed the attention of Spike, Nami and everyone else. Gol D. Roger's ship the Oro Jackson. Boodle at age 33 when he was a fodder crew at Gol D. Roger's ship before he founded Orange Town. "Woah a pirate story?! Count me in!!" Rainbow exclaimed as she flies over to where Luffy, Nami, Twilight and Mayor Boodle was, followed by Spike who was just as excited. "Well I do love myself a pirate story. Such fascinating and romantic tales. Especially this place called the Grand Line! Oh how exciting! The adventure, the legends, the lore." Rarity replied as she trots over beside Rainbow to listen to Mayor Boodle's story. "You've set sail for different islands before? That sounds fun! You must have seen some incredible animals and other interesting set of wildlife before." Fluttershy added as she flies over to listen as well. "Ooh I bet you've seen places before like an island full of sweets, desserts and candy!" Pinkie chirped as she bounced towards the group. "Hahaha! Oh you have no idea pink equine!" Boodle exclaimed, making Pinkie more excited, having stars and hearts in her eyes. "Mr. Mayor, pardon me for asking but how come your not freaked out that a bunch of pastel colored ponies are talking to you?" Twilight asked with a curious look. "Well talking animals aren't new to me since I've already encountered them in the New World before." Mayor Boodle exclaimed as he remembered being a fodder crew in Gol D. Roger's ship when they went to Zou to retrieve that one road poneglyph and his captain met a member of the Mink Tribe named Pedro. "Wow. This is nothing short of mind blowing. Just think about all of these knowledge and technology that we can bring to Equestria once we get back home!" Twilight exclaimed with stars and glitters in her eyes. "Hey so your Luffy's quote on quote navigator right?" Rainbow asked as she flies over to Nami while doing air quotes with her front hooves. "My name is Rainbow Dash and now the captain of a stunt team called the Wonderbolts!" "That sure is a fun sport. Would you mind showing me some tricks up your hooves when you get home and reunited with your team?" Nami asked with a cheerful smile. "Hahaha! Sure thing Nami!" Rainbow answered as the rainbow maned pegasus and the navigator does a fistbump as they gripped each other's arms or hooves in Rainbow's case as a sign of promise, trust and respect. "Well it sounds like you've got quite a hobby there. But to tell you the truth, I haven't seen any of those stunt teams that you talked about when I was travelling the seas." Mayor Boodle exclaimed as he let out a chuckle. "Oh Yeah?" Rainbow retorted. "Well I am the fastest flying pegasus in Equestria after all. No one can rival me and I don't think that no one ever will." "Hahaha. Now don't get so sure of yourself. There's always a rival across these warm waters. I can still remember that three day and three night battle where we faced off the fastest, If not one of the fastest pirate apprentice that I have ever faced in that all out fight." Mayor Boodle exclaimed as remembered seeing Marco the Phoenix in action, who is now one of the top fighters in the Whitebeard Pirates. "Ahh really? Well then tell us old man!" Luffy exclaimed with excitement having stars in his eyes at the mention of those adventures, much like the stories that Shanks used to tell him. "Yeah old guy! Come on, tell us!" Rainbow added with a smirk, Always revved up for a challenge and getting pumped to hear that she was going to have a rival once more, aside from Applejack with those physical challenges back in Equestria. "Ahh don't rush it you rookies. You'll find out who it is when you get there. Hahahaha." Mayor Boodle laughed, refusing to tell them more, much to the disappointment of Rainbow and Luffy. "So your Applejack huh? That's a cute name If I do say so myself. The first thought that came into my mind was a nickname." Nami exclaimed. "Nope. That there is my name clear as day. And this here cutie mark says that I'm an expert in farming, picking apples as well as baking them to pure perfection!" Applejack explained. "A cutie mark? You mean that tattoo on your butt? What does that do?" Nami asked the apple farmer with a large anime style question mark on top of her head. "A cutiemark appears on our flank when we discover our special talent Darling." Rarity answered as she sat down beside Nami and Applejack, gesturing a hoof over to her flank where three diamonds are shown. "If Applejack's talent is farming and selling apples, Mine is being a fashionista Dear." "Why? Don't you guys and gals have cutie marks appear on your bodies too?" Spike asked looking curiously over to Nami and Luffy. "Uhmm no..." Luffy said as he looked at the purple drake while picking his nose. "It would be pretty weird for people to have tattoos on their butts. "Yeah! Hahahaha! It would be like being stamped with a price tag at the market to be sold." Spike joked making Nami and Luffy laugh but Rarity and Applejack are having none of it, giving the purple dragon cold stares. Spike could not tell who was scarier since Applejack has a dark purple aura over her head while Rarity has scary shadows over her eyes. "Ahh wait! No! No! No! No! That's not it! Come on girls! Its just a joke! You girls know me right? I would never really thought of that and insult the one mark that symbolizes your talents!" Spike nervously said as he starts to back off and sweat starts dropping from his forehead. "Aww shoot. We know that Spike but you still need to be taught a lesson." Applejack said with a warm smile as she puts a forehoof on Spike's chin before grinning that sends him all kinds of red flags telling the purple dragon that he should definitely worry as the apple farmer pulls out her trusty lasso from under her stetson hat. "Now Spikey wikey..." Rarity cooed as her horn starts sparking with magic while Applejack grips the lasso with both of her hooves with a warm smile which told Spike deep inside that he was in deep trouble now. "Please be a sweetheart and still say yes?" "Spike sweat profusely as he did the only reasonable action for him to do in that situation. RUN. "Come over here Spike." Applejack playfully called out as she throw her lasso to the purple drake that tried to escape but Rarity quickly teleported in front of him looking like the pristine white unicorn was happy for a date but this only worried him more considering the magic charging up from her horn. "Ahhh!" Spike yelled which caught the attention of Nami, Luffy and everyone else from the Buggy Pirates to the people taking shelter on the outskirts of Orange Town. LATER... "That will show ya." Applejack said as she trots away with a satisfied look as Spike was now all tied up and looking all burned from the zap of magic courtesy of Rarity who flicks her mane with a wink as Spike cried. "Now let this be a lesson Spike okay? Never make fun of somepony's cutie mark ever again!" Applejack and Rarity simultaneously exclaimed. "Y... Yes Mam! N.. No more cutie mark jokes to insult mares!" Chibi Spike apologized as more tears trickled down his eyes. "Well well well... Would you look at that! The great Apple knight and her squire defeated the big bad dragon!" Nami chuckled with an amused look. "Ha! That's right. I am a mighty warrior after all, considering of my undeniable powerful strength!" Applejack declared as strike a brave and knightly pose to flex her hind legs in the process which struck a nerve within Rarity. This seems to be one of those times when her Apple pride spreads like wildfire in contrast to the apple farmer's supposed honest and humble nature. "That sure is an entertaining thought but when it comes to mares and a classy one at that, I think its pretty clear that I would be a better knight than you." Rarity replied and Applejack looked at her like glass has just been shattered, It became so quite that you could cut the tension with a knife. "Did somepony say knife?" Pinkie popped up much to the surprise of Nami and Luffy, balancing a knife on the tip of her muzzle. "NO!!" Applejack and Rarity both replied making Pinkie sank back down on the scene. "Okie dokie lokie!" Pinkie chirped back. "Yeah right..." Applejack scoffed. "Sorry to say it like this Rares but you're surely not built to be a knight. Not with how disgusted you seem to react when around dirt and sweat. Trust me that you will be more comfy as the squire." "Honey you have to remember that there is more to being a knight than jus brute strength dear. You have to act like one as well and have the proper etiquette but I had to sadly say that's not really your biggest forte Darling. I strongly believe that the more humble ways of a squire fit you better." Rarity replied back with her sass. "Huh? What's happening?" Nami asked, having a large anime style question mark appear on top of her head wondering why Rarity and Applejack are arguing over something trivial such as a joke. "Three... Two... One..." Twilight interjected as she turned to Nami and Luffy with a deadpan look. "I would make a much better knight than you!" Applejack declared, being fired up and heated by her Apple pride. "Ha! As if! You wouldn't recognize true chivalry if it hit you right into that thick skull of yours!" Rarity retorted back with her sass and finesse. "Right, Because you have such a great history with that right? Remember Mr. Prince from the Grand Galloping Gala?" Applejack rambles down as a speech bubble appeared on top of her head, showing the events that transpired during the said event. "Don't you dare bring that up! The point is, that I would be the better knight!" Rarity replied back as she tries to wipe the speech bubble away with her hooves while blushing madly in embarrassment. That may be the case for the fighter fashionista but she won't give in to defeat! "No you don't!" Applejack shouted as she clashed heads with Rarity as orange lightning began sparking from her head between them. "Yes I would!" Rarity countered back as she pushed her head back to Applejack as sky blue lightning began emitting from her horn. "Bleeh!" Applejack, overcome with her Apple pride spat as she starts sticking her tounge out at Rarity. "Bleehhh!!" Rarity snapped back as she stuck her tounge out at Applejack as well and until saliva starts splattering everywhere on the pavement. "Are you done...?!" Twilight and Pinkie asked with a deadpan look. "We are done!!" Applejack and Rarity both replied whilst glaring at each other. "Shishishishi! This is great!" Luffy laughed as he observed his crewmate's amusing bickering. "That's classic Rarity Applejack alright..." Twilight shook her head in frustration while she untied Spike who escaped the apple farmer and the fashionista while they cooled off. "Sorry to cause that... It was a joke..." Nami said with an apologetic look. "Nah don't worry them. They're going to be fine! They do it all the time!" Pinkie giggled while waving a dismissive hoof as Nami sighed with relief. "So... I've heard that you love growin and pickin tangerines huh?" Applejack asked as she approached Nami with a friendly gesture. "Yeah. Back at the village where I grew up, m... me and my adopted mother always pick them up so that we can sell them or squeeze them into juice." Nami said as she tapped a hand beside her and motioning Applejack to sit down. "That's mighty interesting Sugarcube. Back where I come from, we used to grow and harvest apples on the orchard with the help of my Granny Smith, My big brother and my little sister. There were even times when my little sister would ran around to snatch an apple or two, to show them to her friends and she would give us quite a chase hehehe." Applejack chuckled as finished her tale. "That's... Nice..." Nami said with a warm smile as she enjoyed the company of her new friends even though she quite consider herself as part of the crew yet. "Oh I know the feeling of that hehehe. I just to ran around and grabbing a tangerine from the orchard then make my way into town to tell everyone that it was the best. I usually get a good scolding afterwards by the police chief from the village after sneaking into a library for a book about navigation cause I have this dream to see the world but then my adopted mother... She..." Nami couldn't continue her tale as she started crying much to the shock of Spike and everypony else who approached the cat burglar and comfort her in her time of need. Applejack was the first to speak up as she wrapped her forehooves around their recognized navigator and nakama. "I know exactly what it feels like to loose someone you love at such a young age. Loosing someone might hurt but when you value what you have right now and who's there for you.. That's the best darn life lesson in the whole world. Everyone comes and goes but the love always stays. Take it from somepony honors the family like she ever had." Applejack finished as her tears trickle down on Nami's hair while having flashbacks of her parents from her fillyhood. "Yeah... And no one knows more than me about being adopted. I didn't even know who my parents are and where I cam e from. What matters to me the most is the one the ponies that love and care for me and even though I never knew my mother, I owe her big for the life that she has given me and how much I've grown because of the sacrifice that she made to make sure that egg was safe and protected. Or take it from someone who values the pony that loves him and cares for him." Spike added as he wrapped his arms around Nami for a warm and comforting hug. It was a touching moment. A loud roar suddenly caught everyone's attention including Applejack and Rarity who had sense the danger somehow. "Huh? What was that sound?" Nami wondered. "Whaa! Its him! The Beast Tamer Mohji!" Mayor Boodle stuttered in his words as he started panicking. "Wait! What do you mean the beast tamer? Nami asked but the village chief quickly ran away. "Hey wait! Why are you running away? Aren't you supposed to be a crew member in the Pirate King's crew?" Nami asked out loud as she chased after Mayor Boodle. "That is right, I was one of the fodder crew in his ship but you have to understand that I'm a product of an old era and I cannot fight as I used to!" Mayor Boodle yelled back as Nami followed him. "An enemy is approaching us... Come on! You have to give me the key back." Luffy called out to Chouchou, trying to open the dog's mouth with his bare hands but the canine wouldn't budge. An enormous shadow of a lion loomed behind Luffy as he looks back at his new opponent with Spike and the rest of the ponies getting ready for battle. "Who are you?" Luffy called out to Mohji who was on top of his humongous lion. "I'm the Beast Tamer Mohji from the Buggy Pirates!" Mohji declared as he point a finger at Luffy trying make himself look threatening. "So what? Here to avenge your captain huh?!" Rainbow asked as she maintain her battle ready stance. "Avenge? Pfft... As if! Our captain wouldn't go down so easily! No! Hahaha!" "Ehh... You have a really goofy outfit... "Luffy exclaimed making a couple of ponies including Spike chuckle. "How insolent! This is my hair!" The beast tamer said getting annoyed now. "Then that makes you even more weird..." Luffy nonchalantly replied making Pinkie and Rainbow Dash dropped down on the ground and slamming their hooves trying to hold in their laughter before Spike and everypony else joined in. "Damn you... Because of that iron cage you are so calm..." Mohji said as his face starts getting red with madness. "Don't you know how great I am?! I'm the Beast Tamer Mohji! There's no animal that I can't tame!" Mohji said as he jumped off his lion and walks up to Chouchou. "Now dog, give me the paw!" Mohji said as he extends his hand over to the guard dog Chouchou but the canine only end up biting him furiously on the hand. "Ahhhh!!" Mohji reeled back his hand in pain before he looks back and growled. "Anyway all of you are going to die soon so you better make a good decision here and tell me where is Roronoa Zoro. Then I... And I mean I might spare you!" "No!" Luffy immediately yelled back. The Beast Tamer lost all his patience and yelled out. "Eliminate him Richie!" Richie quickly leapt in and with one swing of his enormous paw smashed Luffy's cage but Luffy luckily missed the blow much to the sight of the ponies who were more than shock and appalled. "Great! The cage is now broken!" Luffy exclaimed as the lion quickly tried to land a second hit on Luffy with his paw, making Luffy yell out in pain and fly directly towards a house and destroying it in the process with a force similar to the Tempest Kick that the Cipher Pol uses. "No more playing around! Lets get him!" Rainbow yelled out as the ponies commence their attack. Twilight and Rarity started to fire magic blasts at Richie but the lion was really agile and managed to evade their attacks. Applejack then tossed her lasso and expecting to grab the lion's neck while the big cat was distracted by the magical lasers but Beast Tamer Mohji quickly saw the apple farmer's trapping move and warned Richie, causing him to grab Applejack's lasso in his jaw before charging towards the apple farmer and slashes her as Applejack gets thrown against several houses and destroying the said structures it in the process. "AJ!!" The ever loyal Rainbow Dash yelled as she takes off towards her injured friend. As the battle continued, Mohji decided to fight alongside Richie and jumps into the air, deciding to take on Pinkie but it wasn't easy for the beast tamer to get the upper hand in this fight since the pink pony was incredibly fast with her knive slashes and he was forced back and dodge her attacks. Meanwhile Richie continues to go all out and reach Twilight and Rarity but he was blocked by both Spike and Fluttershy who distracted the fierce animal and making him miss every claw swipe. Spike flies in and charge a big green fire blast but Richie saw the chance and just before Spike prepares another sizzling flare, the lion jumped backwards and prepares another attack. Spike blew fire all over their battlefield but Richie jumped and dodged every fire blast due to having trained by Mohji jumped through hoops and perform tricks in the Buggy pirates. "Sweet Celestia! For something so big, that lion is so agile!" Spike thought with a stunned look as the lion spun above him upon realizing that it was too late. The lion delivered a double kick with his paws as Spike was thrown off to ground and collapse with multiple wound slashes on his face and body. "SPIKEY WIKEY!!" Rarity screamed, terrorized by what happened her dragon admirer. "I'll go check on him, he could be injured and needs help! You, Fluttershy and Pinkie take care of them! I will try to return to you girls fast!" Twilight said as she prepares to take flight. Mohji saw Richie in the air and quickly got an idea for a counterattack. "Come on! Are you going to stay like like that forever? Come and hit me like a man!" Pinkamena taunted as she slashed wildly at Mohji who was managing to evade most of her attacks before getting kicked by a forehoof in the face which the beast tamer blocked with an arm which was glowing red from the pain based on how hard the knife fighting equine had kicked her. Mohji jumped backwards huffing and puffing as he takes a look at his own arms which were filled with deep knife cuts, dripping with blood to the pavement. "Who me? Hit you? Nah... You should look up though." Mohji smirked as the pinkie sense sparked inside the party pony's mind and manage to dodge just in time as Richie came crashing down on the pavement, creating a large crack in the process. Despite dodging the crash landing attack, the floor shook and Pinkie wasn't able to properly struck her own landing and stumble down to the floor. "Richie!! Now!!" Mohji ordered his beast pet and that was all that it took as Richie quickly charge in and manage to bite Pinkie's tail. "Uh... Ohh..." Pinkie looked back at her tail between the lion's razor sharp teeth as Richie gave a sinister smile. With Pinkie's tail in the lion's mouth, he lifted her and slammed Pinkie in the pavement ten times before rapidly spinning her in the air before letting her go as he threw Pinkie against three houses and turning the town into a complete warzone full of destruction and debris. "PINKIE!!" Twilight looked traumatized as she saw the destruction and how Pinkie Pie was taken out. "Twilight you must go." Fluttershy said with a calm tone. "Fluttershy? But your not ready to..." Twilight tried to explain but Fluttershy was having no more of these objections today. She takes a good look at Fluttershy's eyes and realized what the butter yellow pegasus thought on doing as Twilight gave a serious nod before taking flight. "I will try to be quick. Pinkie needs help. You know what to do Fluttershy!" The purple alicorn exclaimed before flying over to her unconscious party pony friend. "Well so much for that. Okay Richie lets find Zoro and after we beat him, we will become famous!" Mohji said before Richie seemed to mumble something. "What's up?" Mohji looked down at the lion and replied. "Its a pet food store. If you want something to eat then you better be quick!" The beast tamer said as Richie replied with an enthusiastic roar but there were a couple of brave defenders on their path. "What the hell is going on here? Don't tell me that dog is guarding that shop with that weird tiny yellow horse with wings" Mohji glared as he saw Fluttershy standing right next to Chouchou. "Stop! You have been really rude. You hurt my friends while stating that you are after other friends of mine. Now you want to destroy the most precious treasured possession to this poor creature..." Fluttershy said with a low and calm tone as her eyes cover her long pink mane. "But despite this, I'm still going to be a kind soul for giving you one last chance and asking kindly that you please go away and tell your captain to leave this town OR ELSE..." Fluttershy then looked up to reveal a single crimson eye with a beast like slender pupil. "Your going to make me be a little more forceful with my demands!" Fluttershy growled but the beast tamer and his lion continued their advance regardless but Fluttershy's assertive nature and Chouchou barked beside her. "Oh yeah? Then get over here and stop us if you dare!" Beast Tamer Mohji glared back as he now butt heads with Fluttershy. "Woah... That was such as scare but I finally made it out of that cage!" Luffy said as he lay down and punched out of the debris from the house that just got destroyed with him. "Hehe good! Now I'm free to kick their butts and make that girl Nami be our navigator!" Luffy yelled in an enthusiastic manner. "Huh? How can you still be alive?!" Nami asked beyond shock and appalled as he walked by in that moment the rubber kid finally got ready to fight. "His alive!" Mayor Boodle exclaimed as he walked beside Nami. "What do you mean? Is it so bad that I'm alive?" Luffy asked curiously. "But a house just crashed down on top of you and its strange that your not injured!" Nami exclaimed with a surprised look. "Seriously?" Luffy asked as he gave Nami a nonchalant look and cleaned himself a little. "Why have you come to this town boy? How did you get yourself involve with those pirates. I must know your reason." Mayor Boodle asked Luffy seriously. "My reasons huh... Well... I want that map to the Grand Line and also a navigator!" Luffy declared with a smile as Nami observed Luffy ran off. "That lion guy said that he was searching for Zoro so I'm gonna go and have a look!" Fluttershy in her Flutterbat form leap viciously towards the enormous lion towards his neck but Richie's reflexes were faster as the big cat blocked her with a foreleg as Fluttershy took a bite on one of his paws making Richie roared out in pain and slammed Fluttershy with her teeth still in his pavement before swinging his paw one more time making Fluttershy released his bite on the Richie's paw and be tossed a few meters away then with a single swing of his other paw destroyed a part of the shop and injuring Chouchou. As the two enemies start entering the shop, the guard dog Chouchou charged towards them as memories of his past flashed through him. Chouchou bite Richie in the same paw that Flutterbat did making the enormous lion yell in pain as Flutterbat performs another attack and rips off a part of Richie's skin on his other paw with her sharp fangs. Seeing his beastly pet in tight trouble, Mohji dismounted from his lion to support a counterattack cracking his knuckles as Chouchou barked furiously and Flutterbat hissed. "GAH!!!" Beast Tamer Mohji growled as he kicked Chouchou and Fluttershy in the face while Richie slashed a razor sharp claw in their faces, making blood splat on the pavement as the canine and the equine tried to stand up all battered up but still pulling the last of their strength to stand their ground. The equine, the canine and the big cat all facing each other killer sight glares, not intending to give any more inch of ground to the identified enemy. "Ooh brave... You two animalistic brats are still standing... What annoying pair of equine underdogs! When will you two learn to give up?!" Mohji yelled as he gritted his teeth while trying to held unto his irritating wounds, bites and scratches that Fluttershy and Chouchou had dealt on him. Chouchou leapt at Beast Tamer Mohji for one final assault to rip his face off but Richie suddenly slashed a claw at him with all his mouth, splattering blood all over the window of the shop. "Well so much for that bitch..." Mohji said when suddenly Flutterbat tackled the beast tamer to the floor and immediately goes for a neck bite but then Mohji quickly managed to the grab her fangy snout at the last second with one hand and her jaw with the other. The man struggled to maintain the grip at Flutterbat who was trying to maul him with all her might. basically Flutterbat at this point has entered her merciless rabid mode. "GAAHH!!! YOU BITCH!!! RICHIE!! BITE HER NOW!!!" Beast Tamer Mohji screamed as a indescribable pain struck through Flutterbat. Richie just ripped off one of her wings with a powerful bite. Flutterbat suddenly let out a sharp beastialic cry of pain that could be heard all over Orange Town. "FLUTTERSHY!!!" Twilight, Spike, Pinkie, Applejack, Rainbow and Rarity cried out in horror as they saw the state of her friend all bloodied and beaten, tears flying out of their eyes. "You are one hell of a fighter.. Leaving me deaf like that you damn creature..." Mohji said as he got up and takes a look at Flutterbat all paralyzed with pain and having slight tears running down her cheeks. "Richie slam her down until you leave those bones of hers broken like the glass on that window!" Mohji ordered as he throws Flutterbat into the air before being caught by his lion and slashing on the back of the head leaving behind a bloody mane and grabs her tail to toss her on the broken glass window of the pet shop, The butter yellow pegasus spit out blood and saliva as the beast tamer just kick her with his knee to the barrel before she gets slammed into the hard pavement and turning back into her pegasus form, lying beside the guard dog Chouchou in a pool of blood. "That will teach you to mess with the Buggy Pirates..." Mohji glared at Fluttershy before looking towards the shop and gave a sinister smile. "Now down to business..." When everyone finally gathered back in the same place, It was already too late and the damage had already been done. The pet shop was now completely destroyed and burned down as Fluttershy lay down on a pool of blood next to the guard dog Chouchou howling in pain. "FLUTTERSHY!!" Spike and the rest of the Mane 6 was beyond shock and appalled as they approach the injured yellow pegasus. "SWEET CELESTIA!! YOUR WING IS BLOODY AND CUT UP!!" Rarity cried out with horror. "We don't have time to loose mayor! Lets get to move now!" Twilight exclaimed as Mayor Boodle gave a nod. "Do us a favor and go take Fluttershy to a safe place where she can get treated by a doctor! I'm going to escort you there pronto!" "I'm going with you!" Rainbow said with a quick salute. "Very well, Lets get to moving now. On the double!" Twilight nodded as she and Rainbow gallops off with Mayor Boodle to find a safe place where Fluttershy can get treated by a doctor. "Damn that stupid dog and that weird bat equine bite me and slashed all over. When I find them... I'm going to have me some pony burgers and hot dogs... Literally..." Beast Tamer Mohji growled with anger as Richie marches down the street with a bag of pet food on his mouth but Luffy takes a stand in front of them with shadows all over his eyes, not saying a single word. "Hey! What are you doing on the road? Get out my way!" Mohji yelled at the rubber kid and Richie growled with blood dripping from his mouth. "Ha! I'm not gonna die just like that." Luffy replied crossing his arms with a smile. "I'm a rubber man. I have eaten the Gum Gum fruit. You don't need to know anything more. Now are you ready for me to beat the crap out of you?" Luffy nonchalantly replied. "N.. No way! That meant your like Captain Buggy and you have devil fruit powers!" Beast Tamer Mohji realized with horror as he saw Luffy's hat fall from his head before preparing for another attack. "F... Fine! I apologize! I'm truly sorry for the trouble!" Beast Tamer Mohji pleaded with his life as sweat gushes out from his forehead like waterfall and his eyes about to burst from his eye sockets in a comedic manner. "I'm not interested in your apologies you piece of crap! They don't sound that genuine to me anyway." Luffy glared coldy as he turned to his foe that turned purple from the utter fear of facing him and pleading mercy. "Because of you, Chouchou's treasure is never coming back, My nakama ended up being hurt and one of them is even at a critical condition! The time for apologies is over and I'm kicking your ass!" Luffy yelled as he stretch his arm back and grabs the beast tamer by the neck before retracting his rubber attack, punching Mohji directly to the ground as blood splatters on the ground. As the pet shop in ruins burned through the inferno, Chouchou sat down in front of his most prized possession with Applejack petting the dog on the back while everyone else just stood nearby. "One or another... All pirates are just the same... Destroying anyone's prized possession, things that they value without any consideration..." Nami mumbled between clenched teeth as she saw Luffy walking passed her. "Hey pirate, how are you still alive?! I thought that the beast of a lion have already killed you!" Nami exclaimed with a fake smile before she immediately frowned. "You are a pirate so you will probably do the same thing!" The Cat Burglar yelled as everyone else turned to look at her with a silent gaze. "Maybe you already have a good number of pirate crews but If I can at least stop you from gathering more nakamas then so help me, I will kill you right here, right now!!" Nami yelled as she charged towards Luffy but Mayor Boodle quickly stops her by a grab to the arm. "Stop young one!" Mayor Boodle exclaimed as he grabbed Nami by the arm and pulled the Cat Burglar away from Luffy. "Hey! What do you think your doing?! Let me go you old man!! Your a pirate too so you deserve to die!! Be glad that I'm sparing you and I'm killing this rubber man right in this place!! Let me at him and I'll splatter his blood you asshole!!" Nami yelled as she turned to Mayor Boodle with a murderous glare in his eye. "You don't have the strength to kill me anyway. Luffy said as he turned to Nami with shadows covering his eyes. "I haven't tried it!" Nami angrily yelled back but neither Luffy, Spike or the rest of the ponies paid any attention to her, preferring to stay quite after everything that has happened today. "I said... Shut up!!!" Mayor Boodle yelled at Nami as he gives her a haki infused punch. A physical attack that seem to have been coated by an invisible aura, something similar to Garp's fist that vice admiral used to discipline Luffy. This mayor of Orange town is a former fodder crew from the Roger Pirates after all. "Huff... Huff... Puff... Puff..." Mayor Boodle tried to catch his breath as the man in his seventies fell down to his knees as Nami lay on the ground and briefly coughing up blood from her mouth in this tense situation. Luffy sat down beside Chouchou along with Applejack as he drops a box of pet food in front of the injured guard dog and it was the same food that Richie the beast lion had in his mouth earlier. "Hey this is all I could get back... I'm sorry... That lion seemed to have eaten the rest but... I hope that it can still cheer you up." Nami slowly looked up and surprised at the sight of Luffy's actions. Applejack looked at Luffy with a smile before holding his hand with a hoof. "Hey at least its something. Thanks Sugarcube. The little fella really needed it." "Hehehe! Fluttershy and Chouchou seem to fought really hard even though I wasn't there to see it. I know from the looks of the battle scars that they have sustained." "And hear it..." Applejack added as the horrible scream of her friend was still fresh in her mind. Of all the times that she and her friends fought to defend Equestria, Fluttershy has never been this badly hurt before. The apple farmer contemplated before she felt Luffy's hand on her back with a cheerful smile. "Don't you worry Applejack. I guarantee you that she's going to be just fine. I promise you that." Luffy answered her. "Ya can't just promise something that ya aren't sure of but I'll take your word for it. Thanks hun." Applejack closed her eyes for a moment and chuckled. "H.. He fought that beast of a lion... Just for that sweet poor dog?" Nami asked as she couldn't believe the sight in front of her. "Yup! That's Luffy for you!" Pinkie suddenly appeared beside Nami and jumps around, scaring the cat burglar. "Oops! Sorry! Hehehe!" "I almost had a heart attack! Please don't do that again!" Nami pleaded as a ghost of a chibi escaped from her mouth. "Yeah I'll try but no promises! Hehehe! Anyways its true though." Pinkie explained. "You know when me and my friends first arrived at this world, we met a young boy who dreamed of becoming a marine but then stuff happens. He couldn't do anything about his situation during that time because there was this really bad and super fat pirate named Iron Mace Alvida, Yeah that's what I'll call her! She had him as her personal slave and then what happened next was we met Luffy shortly afterwards. Do you know what he did? He beat the living daylights out of that pirate and helped the boy to get out!" Pinkie cheerfully explained as she blew some bubbles from her hidden toy. "Really? Why would a pirate just help out a kid? That and the fact the the boy wanted to be a marine no less!" Nami questioned with a scrutinizing look. "I honestly don't know but it doesn't stop there! We arrived at an island that has one of those naval fortresses that the marines used. We were going to leave the kid but it turns out that the marine officer thats running the place was also a bad guy who abused his power and ruling the entire town with fear even to his own soldiers. We kicked him out of that gutter to beat some sense into his mind so that the boy can get into the marines. We also got to know Zoro and he helped us out there and eventually joined us as a part of our crew. He's super duper nice too! Even if he gets a little grumpy at times hehehe." "B... But that doesn't make sense! Why would you even do that? I don't believe it! You must have asked some kind of payment in exchange! Am I right? Damn... Everyone knows that pirates are..." Nami was going to continue with her monologue but then she was interrupted by Spike as the dragon flies over and lands beside Pinkie. "Nah... We just got on a boat to leave the island and sail out to sea. We can even show it to you and prove it." Spike answered. "Do you really expect me to believe all of that?!" Nami asked still in denial about their words. Rarity approaches Nami with a flick of her mane. "Well Darling in all honestly no. We can't. All we can expect at the very least is that you have a little faith that we don't mean any harm. We already understand that you had a bad and unpleasant experience with pirates in the past." "Pfftt! Bad?! Just bad?! You clearly don't know the rest of it!" Nami huffed as she glances to the other side and tries to avoid meeting Rarity's gaze. "Yes your right Honey. I don't understand and its fine if you don't want to tell us but you could at the very least believe that we are with you and everyone else that wants to put a stop to that brute Buggy. I mean we have fought with all of our strength to save you and you saved us. We should kept it like that don't you agree?" Rarity asked as Nami thought over her words and looks at Applejack, Luffy and Chouchou having a genuine warm and touching moment. "You sure are strong for a guard dog you know that?" Luffy asked with a grin as Chouchou barked at him as the dog takes the box of dog food and starts eating it while Spike and everypony else watches on with a warm smile. "Hey would anypony like a snack? I'm sure that there are stashes of food here somewhere! If not then I'll be glad to contribute!" Pinkie said as she starts rummaging through her mane and starts pulling out some eggs as well as carrots, potatoes, lettuce, green peas, cabbages, broccoli, carrots and other herbs for a veggie soup. "I'll be glad to bake some pies for ya'll if the oven is up and running on one of these houses. Some flour to make dough would be nice for starters as well as a couple of apples." Applejack said as she decides to join Pinkie on her little cooking expedition. "Well sure. I don't see why not. I'll just leave these here." Mayor Boodle said as he sets down some bottles of beer beside the large assortment of cupcakes that have mysteriously manifested on the spot courtesy of Pinkie Pie. "Hey!! I want get a good taste of that beer!!" Pinkie yelled as she zips by to the old man's alcohol stash before being bested by Rainbow who wanted to taste something as good as Sweet Apple Cider from Equestria. "Pinkie! Rainbow! Come back here! This is no time to be drinking okay? We have to be on the look out for more enemies from Buggy's crew!" Twilight protested as she galloped after her friends before they might get themselves drunk after the food is prepared. "Hehehehe! Awww come on Twilight! Don't be such a partypooper!" Pinkie encouraged as she and Rainbow began scarfing down different types of flavored cupcakes with Luffy after gaining speed in their eating contest. "Yeah and besides, if anyone comes in to mess with us then we'll just beat them up! Right Luffy?" Rainbow asked as she and Pinkie gave the rubber kid a high five, full of energy and enthusiasm once more. "YEAH!!!" Luffy replied back, much to the ponies enthusiasm and high spirits. Meanwhile...