//------------------------------// // Chapter 7 - Colossal Trouble!!! // Story: A Seapony's Tale: Ceren's Descent // by SinAries13 //------------------------------// I'M BACK!!! AND SO IS AV!!! X3 READ!! NOW!! MESSAGE AT BOTTOM!!! XD BE FIRST POST NOW!!! “hold on Storm, what’s a Magnanathroawax?” I asked wondering what the hell is Magnathen. . .magos. . .whatever it is. The place rumbled a bit more once again. “Mag-na-tho-rax, Ceren! And its back AGAIN to eat this Island!” Storm corrected me with a worried face. “WHAT?! But I thought we took care of its hunger for our island months ago!!” Gaze said started to freak out about it. “Well apparently its STILL hungry!” Storm shouted. “Was our offerings not enough this time?” Dream asked calmly. What the fudge is a Magnathorax! I hope its nothing big or anything. “NO! And it’s gonna eat Home, If we don't figure something quick, we can kiss our tails goodbye along with the villagers of Home!” Storm panicked more at the thought of it. “I don’t want “Home” to end up like Casa Mojado that got eaten!” Gaze said panically. ‘ Casa Mojado? Eaten? I’m beginning to question about this Mognuprax’s size’ I thought a little worried. ‘Hmmmm...offerings, eh. I think I got a solution to this dilemma we got here’ ‘As long as its not involving me chasing it away from Home.’ ‘...’ ‘....I’m involved with that aren't I?’ ‘Eeyup’ ‘Fine! Just tell me the plan so I can tell it to them’ I thought. “I think I have a way to temporarily remove the Magathrax.” I said. “Magnathorax.” Storm corrected me. ‘Okay here’s the plan, we drive the Magnathorax away from Home, and give it food, since thats all it wants.’ “Whatever! Okay here’s my plan, we get the Magnanathax away from Home.” “Magnathorax!” Storm corrected me again. “Then we give it food once we’re away from Home.” I explained. “Don’t you think we’ve already done that?! It’s still gonna come back!” Gaze told me. ‘BUT we enchant the food enough with Sleep magic to keep it at bay for awhile, until its hungry again.’ “BUT we put enough sleeping magic on the food so it can have enough to eat and give enough time for us to get ready for it the next time it gets hungry.” I explained Altum’s plan to them. “But how will we get enough food for the Magnathorax?” Dream asked. ‘Just how big is the Magnogax is anyway?!’ I thought. “...well there is one way to make it’s food.” Storm said with a grim look on her face. “*gasp* Surely you are not suggesting we use...” Dream said sadly, and storm nodded. Dream pondered, then the other girls did the same. I saw everyone get a light bulb moment above the their heads and looked at me. ‘Aw firetrucks...’ I thought before getting pulled away by my tail towards to doorway. “Ga~ze, are you sure this is a great idea for ME to do this part of my plan?” I said, floating right outside of the cove. “Aw come on Ceren! Don’t be a scaredy catfish! Part of your plan was to attract the Magnathorax away from Home, so start being...annoying or something it.” Gaze Shouted. “Plus the others need time to get the food ready!” Gaze added. Shes hiding inside the cove, it was still rumbling inside from what I saw.. “Ah great! this plan of yours backfired on us, Altum!” I mumbled to my myself before turn turning around to look for the Magnathorax. ‘Hey! Even I didn’t predict this outcome! Now quit bein scared!’ Altum said, I swam further out to find it but was to no avail. ‘Well, I’m gonna be scared if I find out if it’s a thousand times bigger than me!’ I thought at Altum. I kept swimming further to find it, then turned to see behind me. ‘Man where the heck is it? If it was big, I would’ve....seen it......alreeeaaady’ I thought before my jaw dropped at what PROBABLY was the Magnathorax. ‘OH!’ ‘My!’ “GOOOOOOOOD!!!!” I screamed. I was scared beyond belief at the size of it, it was probably about the size of...well damn I think it’s bigger than a shadow of the colossus monster! It had the head of a snake with some fins towards the back end of its head, sharp gnashing teeth that the beast could use me as its toothpick...if it had arms of course. It was long, VERY long, and I bet its home is probably a million times bigger than this little island with Home inside. ‘WHAT IN CELESTIA’S NAME WAS I THINKING AGREEING TO PLAN TO KNOCK THIS THING THE FUCK OUT!?!?!’ I mind shrieked about my life of hanging in the balance. I had a cold chill went down my spine just over to the shivering Gaze hiding in the cove entrance. ‘Ceren, I know it’s a liiiittle too big, but we can't just wuss out on this solution.’ Altum maybe the most annoying, snarky, perverted subconscious that anyone could have, but HE knows me the most out of anyone I know. I mean come on, Altum is my inner me from start to now. I gathered my courage and took a deep breath of...ocean water, then swam fast towards the colossal monster. “D-DON’T WORRY GAZE! I GOT THIS!” I shouted to her shivering self to reassure that I can get this...*gulp* gargantuan sea beast’s attention. It looked like a small portion of it wrapped around the island like was it trying to squeeze the island or something, but I couldn’t let it do that or else Home would be crushed. I got into its eye view, but it wasn’t focused on me...yet. I concentrated hard on imaging a large hammer, but it was to no avail. ‘God GLOBBIT!!!’ I thought shouted out of frustration. ‘For Luna’s sake man, did you forget Dream’s teachings already?!’ Altum shouted. ‘Remember! You can't create magic out of nothing, but change it.....’ Altum reminded me, but also triggering a flashback when I was still in high school, My physics teacher was telling everyone about energy and how it worked. I calmed down a bit, closed my eyes and tried again. I slowly felt everything slow down for moment. I opened my eyes to see a bright pink glowing transparent giant hammer, it wasn’t as big the monster was, but it probably was the size of its eye, but no bigger than that. “Alright! Now we’re talking!” I said feeling a bit more confident and preparing my hammer for a big swing. I saw the iris of the beast come looking in my direction. “Sorry bout this big guy, but this island...is under new protection now!” I said before slamming my hammer against it’s eye, making it roar out in pain I did it. I disbanded my holo hammer and swam away fast to get some distance from it and boy was it PISSED at me. “COME ON!! OUT OF ALL SEAPONIES THAT TRIED HURTING YOU, YOU CRY OUT IN PAIN WHEN I HIT YOU IN THE EYE!? YOU’RE JUST A BIG BABY!!” I shouted at it, and I don't think it understood what I said, but it was too steamed to listen. Its grip on the island loosen up and started coming after me. ‘OH SH#@!!!!’ I thought freaked out before swimming for my life. I looked back to see if it was still chasing me, aaAAANDD IT STILL IS!!! I manage to dodge its gaping jaw snap by an inch. “GAAAAZE!!! HOW LONG TILL THE OTHERS ARE DONE!!!” I shout over to gaze who is still hiding in the cove. The sea beast roared, I wasn’t able to hear what she said before I swam further away from the cove. ‘Dagnabit! I didn't catch what she said!’ ‘lose it and hide behind some rocks!’ “LIKE HELL THAT’LL WORK!!” I said while maneuvering through some small rock arches and large coral reefs that I WISH I could’ve gotten some pictures of. I heard loud noises behind me, sounded like it didnt work to slow it down. I passed by some kind huge crater, but it was filled with some kind of glowing reef and seaweed trees of some sort. I looked back again only to find out that I was in its mouth before it snapped it shut. “AAAHH!!! Let me out!LETMEOUTLETMEOUTLETMEOUUUUUT!!!!!” I screamed bloody murder, banging my hooves on its teeth. Now I was freaking out, I had to try to stay calm and think about on how to get out of its mouth before it thinks about chomping me down and swallowing me. I quickly thought up a jack lift to open up the sea beast’s mouth, I struggled a bit to get the jack lift to move, but I ended up getting a nosebleed. ‘Dang it Ceren! Put more mental muscle into it!’ “You’re...not hel-PING!!!” I said struggling to get the top of the mouth to move. ‘Ceren! You’re gonna get us both killed at this rate!’ “And YOU think...you can do...b-BETTER!!” I said frustratedly. ‘Yeah I can if you just let me take over NOW!’ “Fat....CHANCE!!!” I said struggling. The jack lift I created had begun to crack a little with each attempt I made to open the beasts mouth. ‘WHY ARE YOU BEIN STUBBORN AT A CRITICAL TIME LIKE THIS!!’ “CAUSE!!! Ever...since I got here...in this WORLD!!! I had more...fun here than that boring life...I HAD!!!” The struggle to get the mouth open was starting to take its toll on me. My began head hurt and my vision blocked by my own nose blood. ‘But what about your friends and family! You can't just up and die here! We don't even know if this is our REAL bod transformed into a non-existent kids show cartoon!’ “Don’t you...think...I know...that..........” I said before everything turned dark red. --------------------------------------------------- Gaze “Wander Gaze” --------------------------------------------------- The cove around me stopped rumbling, Ceren had successfully driven the Magnathorax away but I could still see it miles away from here. “Come on, Ceren. PLEASE be alright!” I said really worried about him. I noticed the others had FINALLY come out with the largest boiled lobster tail I’d ever seen and it was the most delicious thing I’ve seen in my life. It was deep fried to glissing brown with tiny bits of green spicy seaweed mix and seemed as though the inner sides of the meat was filled with a special seasoning sauce. I was practically in awe at the sight of it, but it was just too BAD that I couldn’t have a piece of it. “What took you girls so long!? Ceren is getting chased by the same monster that ate Casa Mojado!” I said shaking off the thought of eating it now. “Sorry Gaze, Dream here was getting skeptical about the spices” Storm said to me while the Elder, Dream, even Grey, and all the unicorn seaponies and octoponies in Home, levitated the dish out slowly so it wouldn’t fall over. “Stormy dear, you didn't expect me to leave it unperfected did you?” Dream stated. “CEREN IS OUT THERE RISKING HIS LIFE FOR THIS VILLAGE DREAM!! I think we could’ve skipped the spices this time!” Storm shouted. “WELL! I never, I will neve-” “GIRLS!! We don’t have time for this! Dream! Is the Lobster tail enchanted with sleep magic” I asked her. I want to make sure we get Ceren safely back with us again......Ok FINE, I just want to hug him senseless when this is over. “Why yes Gaze, bu-” She stopped before she could finish her sentence. I felt a sense of dread coming towards Home. I turned around to see the Magnathorax coming this way with a smouldering red like smoke coming out of its mouth and continuing to surround it’s body while drawing closer to Home. “No...You don’t think...that he...” Storm worriedly asked. ‘Hmmm...did he get eaten?’ I asked myself. “Naah! But if he did get eaten, we could always FISH him out.” I said with a giggle, but I am worried about him though. He was my best pillow yet. In fact, the first time I slept with him was probably the best sleep I ever had. “I agree with Gaze, we’ll save him if he got eaten.” Dream said. ‘*sigh* I hope he didn’t get eaten, I don’t want hug him if he’s all slimy and stu. . .’ My thoughts were interrupted by the Magnathorax’s...what was wrong with it? It started to thrash around more and the red smoke that was coming out thicker. I could’ve swore I saw a tiny red flash for moment when it roared. “What the...tuunaaaa...!?” Was all I could say to what I was looking at. Magnathorax, a monstrous being capable of eating islands, making new islands, and is capable of eating an entire village of seaponies, was choking on something? Did it really eat Ceren? Everypony was confused except the elder and Dream. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ceren Sull’oceano, a few minutes earlier... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everything felt was dark, eerie, and...smelled bad...really bad. I opened my eyes and found myself in some type of room when I met altum for the first time. ‘Aawww, sleepy head finally decided to woke up.’ Altum said in the distance before the red light he was floating in front of. ‘What’s goin on?’ I asked Altum, rebalancing myself in this dark space I was in. ‘A show that no seapony is gonna forget is what’s goin on, my little noob’ ‘Ok that somewhat answers my question, but wasn’t I in the mouth of the-’ ‘Magnathorax. Yeeeah, you was, but not me....’ Altum said before he tried to swim into the red light. ‘Wait! Where do you think you’re goin?’ I asked before trying to stop him from going into the red light. He was silent a for moment. ‘TO RAISE SOME HELL!!’ Altum said before he swam into the red light. The red light flashed, blinding me a little before deeming down slowly. ‘What?! Hey come back here!’ I said swimming fast to the dimming red light. I tried make it, but I was too late, I missed by a long shot to get into the red light. Everything went dark again, I couldn’t seen nothin. I looked around but it was to no avail, I still see absolutely noth-... ‘what is that?’ I said looking at what seems to be...a red wave? It looked like a wave of red energy, the closer it got the more I feel adrenaline pumping through my veins. ‘W-what is this power rush?!’ I said, starting to like this profound power. The red energy covered every inch that was in my mind, giving a red glow around me. “That, my little noob, is what TRUE power is. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to put our BIG friend to bed.” Altum’s voice echoed all around me before fading away. ------------------------------- Altum ------------------------------- “HENSHIN A GO GO BABY!!” I shouted feeling ready and pumped to take this Monstrosity down. It seemed that the last thing Ceren was doing before we switched was holding on to the Uvula of the Magnathorax. A dim red light glinted off of the slime coating the inside of the beasts mouth. ‘Where is that light coming from?’ I asked myself. ‘Well where ever its coming from, I’ll check it later when this thing is asleep and use it as flashlight for now’ I thought. ‘Hello? Can you hear me? HellooOOooo?’ “Yes, I can hear you just fine. Now silence! While I put this monster to sleep!” I said pointing my horn towards the back of the beasts throat. My horn glowed red, as I concentrated on making a smog like mist. If I’m right, the smog should spread around to the beast’s lungs and it should knock it out, but the only problem would be is if it had gills, Ceren didn’t get a good look because of the sheer terror clouding his mind. I covered myself in a anti-sleep bubble encasing every inch of my body and then focusing hard on creating a smog like sleep gas aura, and obviously it was red thanks to my magic, Although, I did like the red mist thing goin on. The red smog was starting to shroud my vision, seeing a red light on red smog wasn't helping me see what’s going on in the mouth. after a few minutes, the beast started flailing around or something. I don’t fucking know it was getting crazy inside the mouth, it was choking and coughing on the smog that I was making. ‘Hey What’s goin on out there!? Things are starting get too intense inside my head here!’ Ceren said with concern. “Nope, nothing! don’t worry, I got everything under control.” I said before hearing the beast making a roar of rage and anguish. My eardrums were now ringing badly, the beast was now that I believe THRASHING about. I think it was trying fight the sleep off. ‘Aaaltum, I don’t think yah got this under control! Cause its getting pretty crazy up in my mind right now!’ Ceren said even more concerned about what I was doing. “Don’t worry. . . I got this!” I said enthusiastically. The Magnathorax beginning to thrash less and less every minute, I wish Ceren had brought his watch, so that way I could tell for sure, but its not relevant to this moment. The Magnathorax made one last thrash before making it’s last roar facing up towards the surface of the ocean, seeing the bright vastless sky. *WWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSCCCCHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!* The Magnathorax’s last roar made the surface water ripple violently before making falling down motion. I slipped off of the uvula and I hit against the ceiling of it’s mouth, then the loudest thud I’ve ever heard underwater and instantly causing me to descend onto the Magnathorax’s tongue. “EEYUCK!! Maggy you need some fuggen mouth wash cause yo tongue STANK!!!” I said in disgust before floating back up and I ceased my magic, stopping everything I was doing before. ‘*sigh* We can’t even smell anything underwater! What makes you think we can smell stuff down here? Anyways, switch back or something so I can have control again.’ Ceren said sternly. ‘Well one, either YOU can’t smell anything or I got a sensitive nose underwater, cause this thing got some serious dental health issues. And two, HECK NO!!! I’m not going back just yet, I got lil’business to attend to soooo yeah, hell no man.’ I said reconstructing the same magic jack lift that Ceren used in his first attempt. I magically cracked up the jack lift and the beast’s mouth started raise. I swam towards the front teeth of the Magnathorax, I saw Gaze, Storm, Dream, old fish, and others I’ve never talked to, and even Grey was just float’en there with their jaws dropped. I squeezed myself between the teeth. trying not to cut myself against it’s sharp dentals. “What? No “Woohoo! he did it!” celebration? Come oooon, did ya’ll think I get eaten that easily?” I said whimsically before swimming out of it’s mouth and disbanding my magic. Gaze snapped out of it and came up to me slowly. “But.....how...how did you do that?” Gaze asked confused but didn’t get too close for some reason. Then Storm came up to me slowly as well. “W-what happened out there?” Storm asked with a worried look on her face. And lastly, Dream swam up to me curiously and this time she didn’t look anywhere else other than giving me Absolute eye contact. “And...why is your left eye glowing like that, ?” Dream asked getting closer to examine my face. “Well those questions will have to wait till we make sure this “Thing” is away from Home first, then I’ll answer any questions ya’ll got okay, loves.” I said turning around facing the gnashing teeth that could’ve killed Ceren and I, concentrating on lifting it up and not dropping its jaw. The Magnathorax was too heavy to lift up, I looked behind me just to see every unicorn seapony STILL floating there. “Um...ngh! A little help....would be fine right about...now guys!” I said sternly and still struggling to lift the rest of its body. And to think everyone was looking at heterochromia eyes before, this time it’s my left glowin eye that was distracted them from moving. “Chop, chop Everypony I can’t hold this by myself!” I said even more sternly this time. The seaponies who were brought along snapped out of it and started swimming along the Magnathorax’s sides, but the ones that moved slowly was Dream, the elder, and...Is Grey giving me a nasty look? Grey was literally giving me a glare, what is his beef with Ceren and me? I remember Grey saying something about a sea mare ...........oh snap! Is that jealousy I see? Ohoh man I wonder who it is? “Let me help you with that, sugar.” Dream said swimming next to my right side with her horn lighting up. The sleeping head of the beast felt lighter, I was no longer struggling to lift it anymore, but it was a neutral lift now. “Thanks, Babe.” I said smiling at her. Her eyes widen, apparently astonished by something. “What? Was it something I said?” I asked a little curious by the surprise on her face. “That’s the first time you called me anything other than my name, Sugs” She said with glee and moved closer to me. WOAH! What’s with the...Oooooh NOW I get it. Hater got a problem with his crush liken me, but didn’t Dream scold him for almost busting the village into oblivion? Well, whatever if he gives me any problems, I swear we’re gonna settle it one-on-one, no interferences, and dare I say it, no girls. Dream saw Grey’s death glare and she gave off the most stone cold killer stare at him, even I was able to sense it and so did everyone else. Everyone cringed except for the elder, Grey swammed behind a few seaponies from Dream and I. Apparently I knocked it out with so much of my sleep magic mist, and that it wasn’t gonna wake up anytime soon, but good thing, I’m soooo not ready for round two with it. “ALRIGHT!! WE’RE GONNA TAKE THE MAGNATHORAX AWAY FROM HOME ABOUT A WEEK SHOULD DO IT, PROBABLY ENOUGH TO GIVE HOME TO PREPARE FOR ITS NEXT ATTEMPT! GOT IT?” Storm shouted to everyone who was present. Everyone nodded and was ready to go. “Aren’t you being a little too loud, what if it wakes up, because of you.” Said the unfamiliar male voice behind me. “Pfft! Please! Like it would wake up now, this thing is out like a solar crystal. Its not waking up anytime soon...I think.” Storm said that last part sounding a bit unsure. “You think?! We’ll get eaten if it wakes up before we make even make it!” This pony seriously has no idea how much valuable time he’s wasting and was getting on my nerves talking to MY Storm in that tone. “Hey! Keep that mouth running, and we all die sooner than you can say “Oops!” So suck up, shut up, and let’s get this thing outta here already! AND! If you talk to her like that again, your gonna have a nice “chat” with me...” I said before turning around giving him a death glare with my left eye. Death Glare successful, random seapony has shut up, but something tells me this is gonna be looong trip. ------Meanwhile------ “Hehhehheh bene, beeene...he’s doing fine for his first time with his subconscious’s help. Unlike the other miserable sciocchi who failed me, but this one just might be the right one after all, right enough to visit you, my little pezzo degli scacchi...” Said the Silhouetted figure before fading off into the dark.