//------------------------------// // Chapter 11 Underwater Room Guest // Story: The Seaponies // by opuscon789 //------------------------------// Twilight was in the guest room for the night. She was dreaming that she was in a forest surrounded by trees, bushes, etc. She heard noises coming from behind her. Twilight turned around but saw nothing. She shrugged and turned back around, only to bump into somepony. “Oops! I’m so sorry!” Twilight said. “It is no trouble at all, Twilight Sparkle,” the pony said. Twilight looked and noticed it was Princess Luna! “Princess Luna?” “Yes, it is us. We seek an audience with thee,” Luna declared. “If you came into my dream, does I mean you want to talk to me?” Twilight asked. “Yes, Tia and I came to Ponyville. You were not there, so we were wondering where thou wast?” she asked. “Well um...” Twilight thought for a second. Should she reveal her true location? “We were waiting?” Luna said. “Um... Baltimare,” Twilight lied. “Rarity has family in that town and I went there because there was a sick relative of hers. She’s in the hospital right now.” Luna looks at Twilight’s face. “Do not lie to us, Twilight Sparkle,” Luna said. “We know thou art not there.” Twilight sighed. “Okay, I’m sorry. I’m just not sure if you would believe me if I told you the truth.” “Please, tell us,” Luna said. “Alright, well the truth is that I’m in an underwater land called Atlantores,” Twilight admitted. Luna laughed. “Tell us the truth, Twilight, you’re making me laugh. That story is funny.” Twilight looked up with a serious expression. “That is the truth, Princess.” “There are no such thing as ponies that live underwater,” Luna said. “Oh, but there are,” Twilight said earnestly. “Come and see for yourself it’s right off the coast of Waterhorse! But you’ll need to perform a breathe underwater spell first.” “Please, Twilight. If this is some kind of joke...” Luna said. “It’s not. I swear,” Twilight replied. “I can tell you once you get back you will be punished,” Luna said, hoping that she would tell the truth. “You will have nothing to punish me for, Princess,” Twilight replied simply. “I will give you one chance, I will come down myself and see if you are telling the truth. I will be there at midday,” Luna said. “Thank you, thank you, thank you for believing me,” Twilight said excitedly. “Don’t thank us yet. We are quite skeptical,” Luna responded. “See you here, Luna.” Twilight’s dream ended. “Twilight? Were you talking to somepony?” Spike asked, rubbing his eyes. “Because you woke me up.” “Oh, I’m sorry, Spike. It appears that Princess Luna is coming to visit us soon,” Twilight said. “We should probably warn Numeral.” “At three in the morning? No, he’s sleeping. I don’t want to wake him in the middle of the night,” Spike said. “It’s really only three?” Twilight asked, glancing up at the clock. “Well, I guess it can wait.” “Well I’m going back to sleep, good night.” Spike layed back down. “Good night, Spike,” Twilight responded. She lay back down and fell asleep. The next morning, Numeral had made the group breakfast again. When they were sitting to eat, Twilight told the others about her dream. “So, the Princess of the Night is coming to visit?” Numeral said. “This is big news! Do you know how much we seaponies respect her? The moon affects our tides! We must alert everypony to clean up the place!” “How is the city going to prepare for Luna on such short notice?” Twilight asked. “This is so exciting I think I’m going to explode!” Pinkie exclaimed. She jumped up in the water above her and popped into confetti. “Pinkie?!” Rainbow screeched, waking up fully. Pinkie Pie gently floated down. “Gotcha, Dashie!” Pinkie said, laughing. “You almost gave me a heart attack, never do that again,” Rainbow suggested as her heart rate jumped. “Okey dokey loki!” Pinkie said, taking a large bite of her seaweed meal. Twilight, Spike, and Numeral laughed at their random friend’s act. “I wonder how Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy are doing?” Twilight asked. Meanwhile at the hotel... The three friends were just getting up from their peaceful slumber. “Good mornin’ ya’ll,” Applejack yawned, stretching out her front legs. “Good morning,” Fluttershy said quietly. “This hotel has fabulous service! I slept wonderfully,” Rarity commented, smiling under her eye mask. “I think I’m going to go take a shower, if I can figure out how since we’re underwater,” Fluttershy said quietly. “Ah don’t think ya can, sugarcube,” Applejack said thoughtfully. “Ah mean, we’re surrounded by water so...” “Are you suggesting that we swim in filth?” Rarity said, disgusted by such an idea. “Actually, we shower using air bubbles,” somepony said. The three girls turned around to find a handful of seaponies watching them. “Aah!” the girls screamed, shrinking under their covers. ”Where did they come from?” Rarity asked. “Sorry, I opened the window last night to let some cool water come in,” Applejack explained. “I k-knew coming to a h-hotel was a b-bad idea,” Fluttershy stuttered. “Well we need to think of something,” Rarity said. Fluttershy started feeling something. She suddenly  jumped up and stared at the seaponies.   “Oh, we’re sorry. We’ll just...leave now,” the seaponies said, backing out the door. “Good seaponies...” Fluttershy murmured. “Well, that’s one way of doin’ it,” Applejack said. “I knew taking Fluttershy with us was a good idea,” Rarity said. “Oh, it’s nothing girls,” Fluttershy said softly. “Nonsense, you got rid of those seaponies. Now, we’d better escape before more show up,” Rarity said. “Eeyup. Let’s go!” Applejack said, leading the way out. They left toward Numeral’s house before any more seaponies came. “Numeral, are you home?” Rarity knocked on the door. Twilight answered it. “Hello, how was the hotel?”   “It was rather good, however there were some, um...” Rarity started. “Seaponies in our room,” Applejack finished. “Yeah, seaponies are curious creatures,” Twilight said, looking back at Numeral. He waved, embarrassed a little. “You bet your apples “Yes, come right on in,” Numeral replied. “Do you have a shower or whatever you call it?” Fluttershy asked. “Of course, down the hall to the left,” Numeral directed. “Thanks,” she said, barely audible. She quickly swam away. “I wonder how the showers work here?” Twilight asked. “We have jets that shoot out air bubbles,” Numeral said nonchalantly. “What do you do?” “Water...” Twilight said. “Ah, yes, I see how it could be confusing,” Numeral said. “Well from the soap I use I think that bubbles clean too,” Pinkie said as she blew a bubble from her mouth. “How are you doing that?” Rainbow asked. “I don’t know. I just did it,” Pinkie replied. “Okay then...Well when Fluttershy’s done, I think I’ll take her on that tour,” Rainbow said. “Great, and I will help prepare for Luna’s visit,” Twilight said. “I’ll go with Rainbow,” Spike said. “No, you're helping me,” Twilight said. “Aww,” Spike mumbled. “Wait, Princess Luna is visiting?” Rarity asked. “Oh yeah, she told me so in a dream,” Twilight explained. “Alrighty then,” Applejack said. “Ah guess that ah will help Twi.” “As will I,” Rarity decided. “It would be an honor to help prepare for the Princess’s arrival.” Fluttershy walked out from the shower. “Hmm, I like that shower; it’s comfortable.” “Now that you’re done, wanna go on that tour I promised yesterday?” Rainbow Dash asked. “Okay,” Fluttershy said. “Great! Let’s go,” Rainbow said, pulling Fluttershy out the door. “Well, I’m going to go tell the mayor the the Princess is coming,” Pinkie said as she smiled.“ I’ll also set up the party!” “Perfect, I think we're set,” Twilight said. “Great, let’s get started then,” Numeral decided. The girls split up to spread the news and set to work preparing for the arrival of the Princess.