//------------------------------// // Pony Sea Cruise, part 2 // Story: Every Pony knows your mane: Tales from the Satin Slipper // by Paradise Oasis //------------------------------// Pony Sea Cruise, part 2 "Do something, Heart Throb!" Whizzer wailed, flapping around frantically on the deck. "We gotta do something, or this boat's gonna go over the falls!" "Ah'm tryin', dahling!" The other Pegasus wailed, running to the back of the boat. "Hurreh up, we gotta hailp Salty and your Sistah!" Grabbing the ropes on the back of the boat, and taking to the air, the two mares tried to tow the vessel back away from the falls. But two little ponies, going against all of the river's mighty current, was a losing prospect from the start. "Ahhh, Heart Thob! We're not gonna make it!" The twinkle-eyed mare cried, the rope starting to slip from her teeth. "Don't give up, Whizz!" Heart Throb yelled back, tugging on the line even harder. "We cain't just- wait, what's thait?" "Shooby Doo! Shoop Shooby Doo!" The cry came from below them, as the two Pegasus saw four shapes swim through the water towards the boat. Suddenly, the ship began slowly moving backwards through the water, as if the very current itself had begun to flow backwards. "Heywhatisthis?" The mare with the propeller-beanie cutie mark asked, dropping her line in shock. "Whattheheyisgoingon?" "The sea ponies!" Heart Throb exclaimed, a wide smile spreading across her face. "Whizzah, the Sea ponies have saved them!" "Hey girlfriends! Ya should have known not ta sail your boat so close to the Horseshoe falls!" A pink mare with fins exclaimed, her head popping up above the surface of the water. "It's can really be really hazardous to your health, ya know!" "Duchess Seawinkle! Thank the horsemaster you're here!" Whizzer exclaimed, purposefully slowing your voice down again. "I was afraid we were gonna lose my sister and her boyfriend to those falls!" "Speakin' of the lovebirds, ya might want ta head into the boat's cabin." Seawinkle nodded her head towards the door on the deck. "I think those ponies wanna jive with you about somethin'." "T-talk to them?" Wizzer asked, as the two mares landed on the deck again. "But those two are-are..." "No excuses, you two." Seawinkle insisted. "Either you get in there, or my sistahs let this boat go over that little dip back there!" Blushing a deep red, the two mares trotted up to the door, and pushed it open. There, they found Salty and Fizzy sitting on either side of a table, gazing into each others eyes over a candlelit pasta dinner. "Oh, hey you two!" Fizzy greeted them, slurping down a spaghetti noodle. "What took you two so long?" ... "So let me get this straight." Heart Throb asked, "Y'all knew we were heayh, and knew about the wine?" "Aye lassie, and Fizzy detoxed it the moment I picked it up off the deck." Salty explained, downing the last of his glass of grape juice. "She is the mistress of all things bubbly, after all." "Butwhydidn'tyoujustellus?" Whizzer asked impatiently. "Andhowdidyouknowtheseaponieswouldbeheretosaveyou, huhhuhhuh?" "Salty told them we'd be teaching you two a lesson in advance." Fizzy replied, slurping down the last of her spaghetti. "You two really shouldn't have messed with our date, we are very capable of taking care of ourselves, thank you very much." "But shugah, we saw the two of you..." Heart Throb face turned a deep crimson. "Celebrating your love together in here, when we looked through the porthole. " The pony couple looked at each other blankly for a moment, then both fell back laughing. "Woldyoutwomindtellinguswhat'ssofunny?" Fizzy's sister demanded. "You saw me stepping up on Fizzy's back, to get a bottle of this grape juice off the shelf!" Salty replied, wiping a tear from his eye with a hoof. "I can only imagine how it must've looked though the porthole lassie." "Well I guess thait settles thait, then." Heart Throb exclaimed, as she and Whizzer sat down at the table. "Naow why don't y'all pass thait spaghetti, and we'll try to enjoy the rest of this cruise?" Actually, we're,going to enjoy this cruise." Fizzy's horn lit up, and the mares were encased in two bubbles. "I think you two meddlers need to go take a dip in the river." "Wait,what-" "YAAAAAHHHHHH!" SPLASH! The sea pony- guided boat continued to sail it's way upriver, as two soaked Pegasus crawled out onto the river bank, "Great, our wings ah too soaked ta fly, so we have ta walk home. This is the laist time ah take yo advice!" "Ohshutupyoubigdummy!"