Out to Sea
By Discord
Rainbow Dash groaned loudly as she sat down by the side of the ocean, "UGH I'm so bored, why do we even have to go on a cruise?"
Her friend Rarity smiled as she fanned herself lightly from under her umberella, "Dash darling, a little sea air would do you some good! You've been cooped up in your house for weeks with all this dry weather. It's not good for you!"
Rainbow Dash grumbled to herself as she folded her arms together, "I could be watching Captain Kangaroo right now..."
The pristine white unicorn rolled her eyes as she looked back out to sea, "Just you'll see, the Jewel of the Ocean is a fine ship, with all the amenities one could want, like the spa with mud bathes, and fine salt water soakings. Oooh I'm getting all goose-bumpy about it!"
And so the pair waited together on the pier for any signs of their ship. Not realizing that it was coming in more ways than one. (See what I did there? Wow I'm so clever!)
BWOOOOOOOOOOM!
The sound filled the air so loud that both ponies quickly covered their ears in an attempt to block it out, when they looked behind them, the duo had found that the ship had finally pulled into port, and began to let the passengers on, "Well come on Rainbow Dash, I've been looking forward to this for months!"
As Rarity moved forward to board the ship, Rainbow Dash stood stock still, the ship was big, bigger than anything she had ever seen before, with its huge smoke stack raising up to the sky like a tower, it's masts with little flags carrying little simboles on it, and the little French script writing by the anchor, proudly displaying the name, Jewel of the Ocean.
Rainbow Dash flapped her wings, and felt her heart pop as she got closer and closer to the ship. She reached her hoof out and gently touched the side of the ship, "Hi, I'm Rainbow Dash."
The cruise liner bobbed in the water closer to her, and she felt her heart do a little flip, "I never knew what this feeling could be like. Are you going to take me places I've never been before?"
"Ummm, are you talking to the ship?" somepony asked and Dash was quickly brought back to reality, (Or the closest thing that she can ever get to anyway)
"Wha? Who me? No, I was just talking to..." She looked around in hopes of finding something, or somepony she could pin it on, unfortunately she brought no luggage, and everypony else had already boarded, "Myself! Yeah, I was talking to myself!"
The sailor looked at her wairily before backing away slowly, leaving Dash alone to find her shared room with Rarity.
****
(That is how I do a page break? I think it is, oh well.)
The next day, Rarity and Dash woke up and headed down to get breakfast in the dining hall. "Hey Rarity, do you think it would be a good idea to split up? You know so we can have some alone time when outside the room?"
Rarity turned as she tossed aside one of her dozens of sun hats, "Rainbow, we are on this trip together so we can get to know each other better. After all, we barely spend any time together. Besides, a hooficure might do you some good!"
Rainbow Dash opened her mouth to protest, only for Rarity to give her the thousand yard stare of doom, instantly shutting her mouth.
So the first day was spent with Rarity, and Rainbow Dash in the ships spa. For the entire duration of the day, Dash was treated to the best massages, hooficures, steam rooms, and mud kelp wraps that money could buy, and she was in misery.
It wasn't until after the spa that Rainbow Dash could finally have a moment to herself. While Rarity trotted off to the all you can stand to eat buffet, Rainbow Dash took off to the casino.
She wandered about aimlessly, a few bits in her bag and a bored expression on her face, looking for anything that would give her a thrill of winning. Suddenly she spotted the wheel of fortune, shrugged and walked up to it, "Place your bets miss!"
"My brother Flam and I guarentee that this game is easy to win!"
"That's right Flim, how about it miss? A bet on any number you like!"
She looked at the two stallions behind the table and raised an eyebrow at them, "Aren't you those two con ponies that tried to take Applejacks farm away?"
"Never heard of it, have you Flim?"
"Not I Flam, so how about a bet on number fourteen? Hottest number of the night!"
The Currulian pegasus gave a shrug with her wings and placed her bits on the table, then thought it out. "Wait, are you telling me to bet on this number because the wheel is fixed?"
The twins looked at each other, "Er, of course not! We are just two hard working ponies trying to make an honest living!"
Dash gave the pair her most scrutinizing squint, (Wow that's a tough word...) and shifted the bits to the number six, "Don't be offended, but I just don't trust you."
The two brothers smiled as they spun the wheel, "Well let's see if she is right to mistrust us,"
"Of if her folly will cost all her bits to go down the drain!"
The wheel spun around for several moments, creating a buzzing sound as the needle hit all the little pins. Finally after what felt like forever, the wheel stopped on, "Number fourteen!"
"Awww, what a shame. Maybe next time you should listen to us!" The two ponies then laughed as Dash walked away frustrated.
****
Angry, and alone, Rainbow Dash wandered out out of the bar, reaking of hard cider. She stumbled onto the ships deck and took off to fly around the ship for a while. She flew round and around the ship and couldn't help but blush at the sight of it, it was so big, "Hey, how's it goin'?"
The boat, naturally didn't say anything, but it did sway through the water a little bit, "Oh you naughty little boat, I see you swishing for me."
She then leaned up against the boat's smoke stack, "You know, I always thought that my first time would be with a stallion, but I guess you'll do," She then kissed the smoke stack, and followed it down to the engine room.
****
Three months later...
Dash was feeling ill, and was laying down on an examiners table in the doctors office back in Ponyville waiting to find out what was wrong with her.
Suddenly the door came open and the doctor looked at the x-rays in confusion, "Well Miss Dash, I have some news."
"Give it to me straight doc, will I ever fly again?"
The doctor looked over the x-rays again before giving a sigh, "I don't know how to say this but, your pregnant," He then held up the x-ray to show it, "Congratulations, your going to be the proud mother of a tug boat!"
And that's where tug boats come from!
The End