//------------------------------// // Chapter 29: The Guild Vs The Pirates (Part 1)(Rewritten) // Story: A Little Girls Love // by darkmage1997 //------------------------------// In the Brigs on one of the Ships, Toby's cage, along with Dana, Marina, Fiona, Tabby, Lincoln, Leni, Luna, and Lola, were emptied out into different cells in the brig of a ship run by the Shadow Pirate's Beastliest Captain, Luke, "Ye scallywags can stay in thar while we find the treasure!" Luke said, as he eyed the Nymphs and Leni like they were big pieces of meat, "Hmm, not bad of a selection, if I do say so me self," Luke said, as he grabbed a hold of one of Dana's massive breasts, prompting the thiccest Nymph Sister to kick Luke in the family jewels. "Keep your gross hands off the goods, bub!" Dana snapped. "Gah! I'll... see to it.... yer.... punished for that! Oww," Luke said, holding his private area, limping away. "Dang, she's good," Lola commneted, impressed at how Dana was able to handle Luke's perverted advances. "How do we get out of here?" Serenity quietly asked. "Perhaps the Nymphs could destroy the cage bars?" Charity asked. "We'd love to, but something's keeping us from using our magic," Fiona replied. "I'm feeling dark magic channeled into these bars, similar to King Sombra's," Tabby commented, looking at the bars. "My guess is that Sombra must've given the pirates some of his dark magic, which is why and how they invaded Canterlot and kidnapped all of us," Lincoln commented. "While we're on the subject, who even is King Sombra?" Luna Loud asked. "Well, you see, about 1000 Years ago, King Sombra came into power of the Crystal Empire, He was a cruel dictator who treated his subjects like slaves. It took both Princesses Celestia and Luna to banish him to depths of darkness, but not before he placed a powerful curse on the Empire which caused it to disappear for 1000 years," Tabby explained. "King Sombra uses Dark Magic that feeds on the fear and sorrow of all beneath him," Dana added. "I doubt that even Lucy would like him," Lincoln commented. "Hardly any one ever did back then, even to this very day. Even the likes of Queen Chrysalis and Lord Tirek despise Sombra," Fiona replied. "So, will there be a day when Sombra will actually be likable, like, maybe next Tuesday?" Leni asked. "No Leni, when they said 'to this day', they mean that everyone right now doesn't like Sombra," Toby clarified. "Well, will anyone come to rescue us?" Lola asked. "All we can do is hope," Lincoln replied. "Wait, don't you guys still have your Pokemon from Alola?" Charity asked. "We do, and we have them on us, but it may not be a good idea to call on them at the moment," Lincoln replied. "Why not? We can bust out of here and escape easily!" Lola countered. "True, but we don't know what these pirate guys are capable of. Even if we have our Pokemon and the Nymphs with their magic fighting off the pirates, what to say that they won't try something to stop us?" Lincoln countered back. "Lincoln's right. We need to play it safe and hope that someone will come and save us," Luna Loud added. "I just hope everyone is doing alright," Toby commented. "By the way, I couldn't help but notice the way you Nymphs were talking about Sombra. It's as if you know him personally," Lincoln commented. "We do, but we don't take any pride in that. As we said, Sombra was a total creep," Tabby replied. Meanwhile, in the main flagship, Mavis groggily came around, slowly sitting up, "Ugh, what happened?" she asked. Once she opened her eyes, she saw that she was in some kind of cage, in an office of some kind, "Where am I?" she wondered. "Ye be in me office, ye scurvy fish!" Mavis' blood ran cold, as she turned to see the very same pirate that had taken her arm, "At long last! We have our mermaid!" Marcus said, as he circled the cage, like a vulture does with it's prey. "W-What do you want from me?" Mavis timidly asked. Marcus then agressively banged the cage, getting a yelp from the young mermaid girl. "Ya see, me crew and I are after the biggest booty haul in the history of the seven seas. We be after the Lost City of Atlantis!" Marcus said. Mavis was shocked. The pirates were after her, and slaughtered her own family, just so they could find the lost kingdom?! "Y-you'll never find Atlantis! Only a Mermaid can show a human the way, and they can only do it of their own free will!" Mavis stated, trying her hardest to sound brave. "True, but I'm sure you'll be willing to cooperate with us. Unless of course, ye don't actually care about yer land lubber friends," Marcus said, as he showed Mavis security camera images of each brig on the four ships. Each brig had her human friends, her Nymph Teachers, and the Royal Woods kids, "So, here's what I be proposing. Show us the way to Atlantis, and no harm will come to them. Refuse, and we'll find some kind of uses for them. Especially those bimbo fairies. They'd make fine playthings for me crew," Marcus said, eyeing the Nymphs with a perverted look on his face. Mavis, on the other hand, had a very scared look on her face. She didn't want any of her friends to get hurt by these pirates. She didn't know what her meant by "plaything", but she could tell it would be bad. Mavis then let out a heavy sigh. "If I show you where Atlantis is, will you let mes amies go?" Mavis asked. "As long as ye don't try any funny business, then I give me word," Marcus lied through his teeth. In turth, his fingers were crossed. "Very well. First, we must head to the center of the Atlantic Ocean," Mavis explained. "ALL HANDS, SET A COURSE FOR THE ATLANTIC OCEAN!" Marcus bellowed over an intercom system, as they changed course. However, it right then that the entire ship began to rock violently, as the fleet of pirate ships came under attack, "Gah!? What in the name of Davy Jones' Locker?!" he yelled. "Captain, we're under attack! Some new ship just showed up, and started blasting us! We cannot go any further!" a pirate's voice called out. Marcus then turned on the monitor to see what was going on, and to his shock, it was some kind of futuristic ship, "What the...?! Who be piloting that thing?!" Marcus questioned, as he zoomed in on the bridge. There, he saw the Alicorn's Wish Guild, along with the adults from the Ball, all standing in opposition to the pirates, "It's those scurvy dogs again! Attention all hands! Prepare to launch a counter attack!" he yelled on the intercom, before storming out of the office. "They came for us after all!" Mavis quietly exclaimed, a look of hope on her face. "How did they even get here in the first place!?" Marcus questioned. Several Minutes Ago, back in Equestria, The Alicorn's Wish Guild was getting things ready for the battle against the pirates, and save the hostages, "Hold on!" Silver turned to see Twilight, and the rest of the adults standing before him, "We're coming too," she declared. "Very well. We're getting ready to head out now," Silver replied, as they quickly boarded the ship. Silver then took his place at a podium, which overlooked the entire Guild, "Alright guys, you all know the situation! A fleet of pirates have kidnapped several of our friends and are using them as hostages. Our mission is to find the hostages, and rescue them!" Silver said, as he pulled up a display of the hostages, with the picture of Wanda being drawn on with marker. "Really, Sister?" Princess Luna asked in a very annoyed tone. "She knows what she did!" Celestia barked, only to get hit on the head with a book by Twilight. "That's enough out of you," Twilight stated. Celestia held her head in chibi form. "In any case, let's ship out!" Silver declared. "Activating main thrusters!" Raiden said, punching in some keys, which activated the thrusters, "Alright, we have lift off!" Raiden exclaimed, as the ship began to fly up off of the ground. "I'll open the portal," Discord said, snapping his eagle talon, which opened a portal. "Portal confirmed. Flying into it now," Raiden said, as he steered the ship into the portal. Unbeknownst to anyone aboard the Guild's ship, another vessel was nearby, with seven familiar faces. "Pirates? That doesn't sound good," James commented. "Care to explain what that transmission has to do with us?" High Heel asked. "Because I'm the only one who gets to kidnap my son! Those pirates are muscling in on MY territory," James replied. "By the sounds of that transmission, those pirates may outnumber the guild," Pharoah Phetlock replied. James took a moment to think about it. "You know, just this once, since it's the holiday season, we'll lend some aid to them. We could help ourselves to whatever treasures the pirates might have," James proposed. "Ooh, how fiendishly clever," Mane-iac commented, as their ship proceeded through the portal. Realtime, "Alright guys, we're going to attack the pirate ships directly! Get to the hanger, and board the fighter jets!" Silver instructed the guild members. "I've detected a forecfield around the main flagship! Four other ships are generating the power for that barrier! I've uploaded the data to each fighter jet! The top members of the Guild will advance to the four lesser ships, and will proceed to take out the generators!" Raiden said, as jets were released from the hanger. In retaliation, the pirates began to launch a counter attack, firing cannons and blasts of dark magic at the jets. "That would explain why Sombra was so easy to defeat. He must've given his Dark Magic to the pirates," Twilight theorized. "Is something like that possible?" Ross asked. "In theory. Truth be told, humans are much more adept in magic than even alicorns or Discord," Celestia replied. "Silver, we're taking heavy fire!" Icezer said over the com-links. "There's too many shots being fired! We can't get close!" Claire added. "Then maybe this should help!" an all too familiar voice said, as a fleet of flying robots flew in, not only shielding the fighter jets, but also launching their own attacks on the pirate ships. "Wait, that voice.... It couldn't be!" Silver commented, as an image of James appeared on screen. "James Mason.... what's a snake like you doing here?" Raiden asked, not even trying to hide his disgust for the man in his words. "Relax. I have no intention of causing any of you trouble at the moment. The enemies have a common enemy, namely those pirates," James replied. "And why should we accept any help from you?!" Rainbow Dash questioned. "Because we both want to stop pirates. I only want to take back Toby, since he is my son!" James replied. "Who is this guy?" Randy asked. "He's a real piece of crap. He's Toby's biological father, who abused his own son just because he was jealous of the attention he was getting from his wife, who he murdered in cold blood," Silver replied. "Is that true?" Ross asked, sounding absolutely appalled. "It is. Now he's taken up residence somewhere in Equestria so that he can have an easier time kidnapping Toby," Twilight replied. "In any case, we don't even want your help, James," Silver stated. "And I'd rather not help any of you, but we can agree on one thing; These pirates must be stopped, so just this one time, let's call a truce until we defeat these pirates," James replied.The Fujiyama Brothers and the Ponies didn't like it, but they knew that James was right. The pirates needed to be stopped. "Very well. Have your robots focus on clearing a path to these four ships. There's a tremendous amount of power generating a forcefield around the main flagship," Raiden said, transferring the data over to James' ship. Longface then punched in a few keys, which had all the robots focus their attacks on the four ships that were larger than the rest of the ships, but still smaller than the main flagship. This allowed the fighter jets piloted by the Guild's Elite Members to land on each of the four ships. "Can we really trust James?" Fluttershy asked. "I wish we didn't have to, but we may have no other choice," Rarity replied.