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// There's Something Under The Sea 
// Story: Derring-Do and the Lost Kingdom 
// by Eh 
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	Hey there Folks. So, my first My Little Pony fanfiction, a series in which I recently got into and a good one at that, and I decide to plagiarize an old Disney movie. Not the best start if I can admit that, but at least I'm not going with the self-insert human in Equestria thing. Hope you'll enjoy it and since this is my first fiction (Well not technically, but I'd rather not discuss that.), any criticisms are welcome.

So without further ado, Derring-Do and the Lost Kingdom.






There's Something Under the Sea



1000 Years Ago


"We've passed the final marker."
Apollo, Captain of the Lunar Guard regarded the worn pages of Clover the Clever's journal, the illustrations faded but still understandable. As was common in the Lunar Guard, Apollo was a unicorn stallion, one of the largest and most powerful. His coat was jet black, his mane a dark silver, and his cutie mark was three stars in a triangular pattern. He lowered the book telekinetically, letting his grey eyes reach out into the open sea. Apollo proudly said, "Now onto the Sentinel's Run, and Thule!"
"But sir," One of his ponies spoke up, a younger earth pony barely past his training, "It says that there's a monster guarding-"
"Enough!" The pony found himself being thrown onto the mast by Apollo's magicks. Apollo had his patience tested by this pathetic excuse of a soldier, nevermind one of the Lunar Guard.
"I would slay a thousand monsters if it gets us there! Just as I would slay you!"
"Sorry sir! I..." The earth pony could feel the very air being sucked out of his throat, before being forcibly slammed onto the deck of the boat. Apollo looked on the earth pony as he would the dirt on his hooves. He turned to his men, thirty of the Lunar Guard's finest and bravest, all of whom gathered around him, watching him with a sense of awe.
Apollo spoke, "Soldiers, I don't need to remind you how important it is that Princess Luna gains the advantages of what Thule provides. This great energy could tip the very balance of this war in our favor. Now back to your posts, sail on!"
The guardsponies sailed on, their small longship rocked against the waves and water splashed the ponies coats and armor. The clouds were grey and uninviting in appearance, it was clear to Apollo that a storm was coming. He would not stop however, he had come far, too far to let a bit of rain stop him and his ponies. The ship continued to press on, the light drizzle that appeared had now grown into a full spray of icy water and the wind was blowing in every general direction.
"Sir! The storm is getting worse! We need to turn back!" One of Apollo's pegasus ponies floated over the ship, scouting in every direction. Apollo shouted that they had come too far to turn back, and to continue. The pegasus nervously continued circling the ship. The pegasus was named Carmine, another new addition to the Lunar Guard. He was adorned with a red coat, brown leather armor (Unlike the iron armor of the unicorn and earth ponies.), a brown mane and his cutie mark was of a tombstone. His shaky brown eyes continued scanning the landscape for any trouble.
Suddenly, something exploded out of the sea. It was huge, easily making the ship look like a filly's toy in comparison. It barreled over the ship, it's serpent body making it seem like it was floating. Perhaps it was, Apollo thought, nothing that big could be that agile. He caught a glimpse of it's head, a featureless face, save for many tentacles and single giant red eye that glowed like a lighthouse. It boasted arms with that ended in lobster like claws and it's body looked segmented, almost as if the serpent was encased in armor. It disappeared beneath the waves just as soon as it appeared, and Apollo's crew suddenly found themselves in panic.
"What was that? A whale?"
"No! It's the monster!"
Apollo found his patience being tried again, Carmine had landed on the ship out of fear. Apollo looked over.
"You, go check it out." He commanded. Before the red coated pegasus pony could complain, he found himself being thrown out of the ship by Apollo's magicks. Steadying himself, he relunctantly flew over to where the serpent had disappeared. He lingered for a moment, then turned to the ship.
"I don't see anything!" He shouted. He didn't even have time to react before he found himself being pulled into the sea by a long thin tentacle. Apollo's crew panicked.
"We've got to get out of here!" An earth pony shouted. Before anypony could do anything however, tentacles bursted out from the sea around the ship and began snatching up screaming ponies to their doom. Apollo however, stood his ground and fought, blasting the tentacles with offensive magic. It was ineffective however, the tentacles would just be blasted back and resume what they were doing as if nothing happened. Apollo suddenly found himself being tossed into the air, a tentacle had grabbed him. He roared in defiance as he was dragged into the very depths of the sea.
The tentacles subsided, there were no more ponies. They had all been snatched up and taken into the sea. The longship floated aimlessly for a moment. Then, a light beneath the ship appeared, a great beam of red suddenly pierced the ship, and it exploded with an earth-shattering kaboom, separating the ship in two barely intact pieces. Wooden debris, flaming or not, flew everywhere, and the two halves of the ship sank into the sea. Clover the Clever's journal flew out into the depths of the sea, apparently untouched, and floated. Its brown hard cover slightly scorched and its pages becoming wet, it sank into the sea.
And with it, the secrets of Thule.





Well that was a doozy. As said before, do leave a comment and criticize.