My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Adaptation

Written by: ThomasZoey3000

(Based on the Season 6 Episode "P.P.O.V. Pony Point of View")

Never a Dull Moment

Celestia's sun had just barely risen over a small little village. It's a quiet place where ponies go about their lives in no big hurry, and doing the jobs they love to do. For many of them, it involves working at the docks. It was these docks that Applejack was walking on as she made her way towards a big ship. Today, she, along with her friends Rarity and Pinkie Pie were going on a little boat trip to simply relax. After the Crystalling, the Buckball game and that misadventure at Twilight's castle, the ponies felt some quiet time away from Ponyville would do them a world of good.

"She is indeed all set," nodded the dock worker. "But be aware lass, there are fierce storms on the way today." Applejack raised an eyebrow in confusion. The dock worker pointed out to the open water, "do you see the color of the sunrise?"

"Aye, but don't be fooled by it. Red sky at night brings Sailor's delight, but red sky in the morning brings Sailor's warning. So you best be careful as you sail out there."

"Don't worry, I brought along a map to help find our way to safe locations." She reached into her saddlebag and pulled out a map of the open waters.

"Beware of pirates. Even to this day, there are still pirates out there, searching for lost treasure from sunken boats or looking to steal from unsuspecting ponies. So keep both eyes open and don't wander off course, or you'll be in their grasp." And with that, the dock worker set off to attend other matters.

"Oh don't worry, I'll make sure to avoid all that," Applejack said to nopony in particular.

As she waited for her friends to arrive, she looked over the map to make sure they would be heading in the right direction. She had just finished looking it over for a second time when Pinkie Pie arrived. As anypony would expect, the party pony had packed way too much into her saddlebag, yet she wasn't struggling under it's weight, somehow.

Applejack rolled her eyes. Having known Pinkie for as long as she, or the other ponies have, AJ knew better than to question how Pinkie Pie does anything anymore.

"It's a shame everypony else couldn't join us," said Pinkie. "I'm sure they would've had a wonderful time out on the water."

"They probably would, but Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash had to attend their flight school reunion, and I believe Twilight is giving Starlight a few more lessons on friendship." Applejack looked around, but couldn't see any sign of Rarity, "hey Pink, you haven't seen Rarity anywhere have you?"

"She was back at a bakery getting some treats for our boat trip. I bet you she'll be arriving any minute now."

Right on cue, Rarity arrived and walking along behind her was a gruff looking pony, carrying her bag in his mouth. This resulted in another 'rolling eyes' gesture from the two ponies.

"Well my dears, I am ready to go," Rarity said proudly. "Oh and I hope you don't mind, but this fine chap wants to join us on our boat trip."

"Well you know what they say, many hooves make light work. Besides, he's always wanted to go out on the ocean and I thought maybe he could join us and live his dream."

But the pony didn't say a word, he just walked behind Rarity as she walked onto the boat. Pinkie Pie looked to Applejack, "I got a bad feeling about this guy. He's up to something."

Pinkie Pie nodded. Ever since the para-sprite attack on Ponyville many moons ago, the ponies had learned that if Pinkie Pie says something is wrong, they better listen to her.

Pinkie and Applejack climbed onto the boat and after raising the anchor, they set off towards the open waters.

"The harbor certainly looks pretty," Rarity said as she stood at the back of the boat. "It almost looks like a model set you see in toy stores you know?"

But the sailor she had been talking to wasn't listening to her. He was instead looking at a map of his own.

The pony, known as Salty Dog rolled up his map, put it away and turned back to Rarity, "aye, everything is fine Lass. Everything is just fine." He seemed to show a smirk as he walked off down the stairs and into the main cabin of the boat.

The harbor soon became just a dot in the distance as the boat sailed on. Applejack was at the wheel and looking to her map, and at times, looking to the skies.

"Hey Applejack, do you want something to eat?" Pinkie called up to her. "Rarity and I are just bringing out the food."

"Oh I love to Pinks, but somepony has to stay at the wheel, but save some food for me okay?"

Somehow and someway, Rarity managed to get a tray with three shelves full of food out of a tiny bag, and she placed it right in the middle of a small table. Pinkie Pie, as one would expect, brought candy and all kinds of junk food aboard.

"Oh thank you Pinkie Pie," she smiled and accepted one with her magic. "Why don't you try one of these cucumber sandwiches? I got them from that little shop in the village."

Pinkie Pie was just about to grab one when Salty Dog came over, and shouting in anger, "get those off me ship!" and he smacked them off the boat. They sank into the water.

Salty Dog didn't apologize for his actions, he just walked off back to the top of the deck. Pinkie's suspicions on this pony were now only growing with every second.

"They attract attention more than any of your other food!" came the cry of Salty Dog from the wheel. "I've seen many a sailor's fall victim to creatures attacking, and all because of cucumber sandwiches."

"Never mind," said Applejack. "We still have other food here, and I brought some fresh apple pies from Sweet Apple Acres. They always bring a smile to anypony's face, right?"

Rarity nodded, "I guess you're right Applejack." Her stomach gave off a grumbling sound, "and it'd certainly satisfy my hunger right about now. Well that and Pinkie's cotton candy."

Applejack reached into her saddlebag and pulled out the freshly made Apple pies. They started eating, but Pinkie was still watching Salty Dog like a griffon. What none of them noticed was that at the spot where the sandwiches went over, several bubbles appeared from under the water.

Some time later, Applejack was back at the wheel and she could see storm clouds rolling in, "We'll need to get to shore soon," she told Rarity and Pinkie. "But I think we'll go around it instead of going threw it."

As Applejack took the boat away from the path of the storm, Rarity and Pinkie Pie went back to the lower deck where the pink pony brought out some of her games.

"It's Piñata Whacking Time of course!" she beamed. Within an instant, she got a Piñata into place and brought out a long stick, "care to have the first whack at it Rarity?"

She pulled out a piece of purple clothe and used it to cover Rarity's eyes. Then she spun the fashion pony around a bit, then gave her the stick, "break a leg Rarity." Rarity swung it, but nearly hit Pinkie, "uh, you might want to go the other way before you hit me."

"Oh right, silly me." She guided Rarity a bit towards the Piñata, then the rest was up to her.

She swung the stick three more times before a loud boom made her stop in her tracks. She lifted up her blindfold and noticed they were not moving away from the storm, they were heading straight for it.

"Applejack, we're going the wrong way!" Rarity called out, but got no reply. "Applejack?"

Rarity dropped the stick, and went to the top deck, wobbling a little bit from the spinning she just did. Pinkie went with her, and soon it was easy to see why Applejack wasn't replying back, she was in a struggle against Salty Dog.

"What do you think you're doing?" Rarity snapped. She and Pinkie went to help Applejack as Salty Dog was wresting to get the map from her.

Despite being confused as to what he could be talking about, the three ponies refused to let Salty Dog take the map. They struggled against him for almost a minute before Pinkie finally realized something.

"Somepony might want to grab the wheel, we're drifting further into that storm!"

Applejack let go and tried to get to the wheel, but at that moment, Salty Dog won in the struggle and tripped Applejack, allowing him to get to the wheel.

"We're going where I want to go!" he shouted. "Arr-Arr, I'll find that treasure and become the richest pony in all of Equestria!"

But he was busy monologuing, and hadn't noticed a giant wave heading straight for the boat. The three ponies tried to warn him, but it was no use. The wave crashed down onto the boat, flipping it over till it was upside down. Despite the flip-over, Applejack was able to swim to the surface for fresh air, and a face full of rain water.

"Rarity! Pinkie Pie! Where are you?!" she cried out loud. But she got no reply from either of her friends. She called out to them again, "RARITY! PINKIE PIE!"

"Applejack!" called another voice. She looked to find the source of the voice, but couldn't see anything. "Applejack! We're over here!"

Applejack swam, and soon something came into view. It was Pinkie Pie and Rarity, and they were sitting in a very big kitchen sink, with the drain hole being plugged up by Pinkie's tail.

"Yeah I'm fine, though I got some water into my ears." She pounded on her ears and soon got the water out, "whew, that's better."

Rarity looked up and saw the storm clouds moving away, "oh sure, now they move away!" she groaned. "I wish the weather ponies could make up their minds for goodness sakes."

"I was trying to get us away from the storm when Salty Dog tried to take my map. Apparently he has an old map that shows the location of lost treasure from a ship that sank many moons ago, but the map isn't up to date, so he wanted my map and our boat to find it."

"Well he can't use it now," said Rarity, "thanks to him monologuing, the boat sank."

All three ponies watched as their boat sank to the bottom of the open waters. Rarity huffed unhappily, "and now we're stuck out here, honestly can this day..."

"Rarity, don't say it!" Applejack snapped. "Everytime one of us says that phrase, something bad always happens. Now let's just calm ourselves down and see if we can find land. If we can find any, maybe we can find a boat to use to get back to Ponyville."

"Pinkie, you actually got the map away from Salty Dog?" Rarity asked in surprise.

She gave it to Applejack and she looked at it, "it's no wonder he needed our map, this one doesn't show much of the lands I saw on my map. However, it does show a small island heading South." She removed her hat and pulled out a small compass, "inspired by the way Pinkie stores things, I figured on putting a compass in my hat, just in case."

With Applejack's compass, and Salty Dog's map in hoof, they set off to find the Island. However, as they headed on their way, Pinkie could've sworn she heard some sinister laughter in the distance, followed by a small splash from somewhere close by.

Despite the map being completely outdated, the three ponies were able to find a small Island with a small worn, but still with a roof, hut. As they headed for it, the sink scratched up against something.

Pinkie placed her head into the water and looked around. She brought her head back up moments later and said in surprise, "there are pieces of a boat down there."

"Then the currents must've washed those pieces here," commented Applejack. She pulled out the map and saw the X was far off from the spot where the Island was, "those must've been some strong currents."

They finally reached land, then Applejack went back into the water to have a look for herself. It was hard to see down there, but she could indeed see pieces from a wrecked boat. She swam back to the surface for air and to call out; "Pinkie's right, there are pieces down here, lots of them!"

"Only one way to find out." Applejack took in a deep breath and went back underneath the surface.

Less than a minute later, she returned to shore with a long chain. With Rarity and Pinkie Pie helping, they pulled on the chain until at last, a big wooden chest with rusty metal all around it came into view. Applejack bucked the lock off and pushed the lid open, revealing the contents inside were gold coins, silverware and even a crown.

There was also a note inside, which was covered in laminate to protect it, "to our old friends of Mare-Is Prance, from Princess Celestia of Canterlot."

"No way, it was on it's way to Mare-is, but what could've caused the boat to sink and leave this at the bottom of the ocean for moons?"

"I don't know Rare, but I bet more than anything there are ponies out there that want this treasure for their own selfish needs. That's why Salty Dog wanted our boat, and that's why he wanted our map."

"Uh, actually he might be able to," said Pinkie. "As we were heading towards shore, I heard some sinister laughter and it sure sounded like Salty Dog to me, and I know he still has your map Applejack."

"Then that means it won't take him long to find us, and the treasure," said Rarity. "What shall we do?"

"Hear me out, if we try to float back to Ponyville in our sink with the treasure, we'll just sink again. I'm sure Salty Dog took one of the life boats our ship had, so when he arrives, we'll take his boat and get away from him. Once we're back in port, we'll alert the police and they can come get him."

The two ponies agreed to the plan and began talking on what to do upon Salty Dog's arrival. All the while, they were being watched by something in the water.

Night came, and the ponies had to go to the hut to keep themselves warm. Pinkie kept a watchful eye open for Salty Dog's arrival while Applejack kept a small fire going, and Rarity provided them with light by her horn.

"I know, but to be honest, I do like some adventure every now and then," said Applejack. "It at least gets us out of ruts, and allow us to see such wonderful places. Like how Flutters and I went to Las Pegasus a short while ago."

On that note, Rarity and Pinkie Pie nodded in agreement. Then Pinkie whispered, "he's here, he's come for the treasure!"

"Lights out everypony!" Applejack put the fire out, and Rarity put out the light of her horn.

Salty Dog's boat landed on shore, and he growled just as the mere site of the pathway made in the sand. "I know you mainlanders have my treasure, and I want it now! Give it up, or I'll take it from you by force!"

"We'll see about that," Applejack whispered. She timed everything perfectly, then shouted: "CHARGE!" And she charged at the door. It hit Salty Dog in the face, and made him faint. Rarity and Pinkie Pie brought the treasure chest out of the hut, and once on the boat, all three ponies made their escape.

Salty Dog groaned as he got up, "darn mainlanders!" he shouted. He then smirked when he noticed a nearby object. "That treasure is as good as mine." He jumped into the sink, plugged it up and reached for the map, but discovered he didn't have it. As it turned out, when Applejack charged and hit him, she managed to get her map back. He growled, shoved his sink into the water and hurried to catch up.

Rarity looked back and groaned, "uh Applejack, you might want to go faster! He's after us!" Applejack looked back and saw that Rarity was indeed correct. Salty Dog was catching up, in spite of having no ores.

Pinkie placed her face into the water and looked down. A big smile came to her face. She lifted her head out of the water and looked to her friends, "it's not wreckage, we just found a friend; a tri-horned bunyip."

Rarity was at a loss of words as she saw a big head pop up in front of their boat. Applejack looked and gasped, "what in tarnation is that?"

"That is a tri-horned bunyip," Pinkie explained. "Friendly creatures of the sea, and they love cucumbers. I bet you he ate the sandwiches that Salty Dog threw overboard." The tri-horned bunyip nodded in agreement. "Well you're very welcome for the sandwiches Bunyip Sir, but now can you help us out? We need to get away from that meanie."

The tri-horned bunyip nodded again and put on some speed, back to the harbor. Salty Dog gasped, "you got to be kidding me."

A couple of times, one of the ponies or the treasure nearly fell out of the boat, but the tri-horned bunyip made sure they never fell. In no time at all, they reached the docks, much to the surprise of the dock workers there.

"Thank you Bunyip Sir, we appreciate you doing this for us," Pinkie said kindly.

"I looked it up in a book on sea creatures just yesterday. I borrowed it from Twilight's library."

"What is going on here?" asked the harbor master. The ponies quickly explained everything. "Right, we'll put a stop to his plans." He looked to one of the dock workers, "go get the police and have them come here."

By the time Salty Dog reached the docks, the police were there waiting for him. They arrested him on the spot for endangering lives, theft and piracy. He growled unhappily as he was led away.

And they did too. The next boat leaving was going to Mare-is, so they loaded the treasure onto it, wrote a note explaining the situation that just happened, and sent the boat on it's way.

A few hours later, Twilight, Starlight and Spike were making their way to the train station, though Twilight seemed to be more excited than the other two, "will you slow it down Twilight?" Spike called, "we can barely keep up!"

"I'm sure it was fine," said Starlight. "I mean, what kind of trouble can three ponies get into while travelling on a boat?"

"Well we're about to find out, cause I can see the Friendship Express coming this way," said Spike.

Using her magic, Twilight lifted Spike onto her back and the two ponies ran to the platform. They got there just as the train slowed to a stop, steaming hissing from the cylinders. The doors opened, and many ponies stepped out onto the platform. The last to walk out were Rarity, Applejack and Pinkie Pie, all soaked and covered in seaweed and mud.

The ponies looked to each other and in unison said; "have we ever got a story to tell you."

Short Stories of Equestria Girls and the Ponies

by ThomasZoey3000

Never A Dull Moment (Adaptation)