//------------------------------// // Chapter 5: The More The Mare-ier! // Story: Minty's Misadventures in Ponyville!! // by TheFanficFanPony //------------------------------// Chapter 5: The More the Mare-ier! The adventurers trotted into the gateway to Butterfly Island. A light blue Pegasus pony with a yellow and fuchsia mane flew over to them. Her cutie mark was flowers and leaves in a tangle. "Hi guys! *whistle* It's me again! *whistle* You want to go to the island? *whistle*" Thistle Whistle said quickly, whistling as usual. "Hey Thistle! Can you take us to the entrance to the Forest of Unicorns?" Minty asked. They had to go through the forest in order to get to their next stop, Unicornia. "Sure!*whistle*" Thistle Whistle replied as she picked up Minty in her mouth by Minty's saddlebags. As they flew across the island, Thistle Whistle asked if she could join the expedition. "Sure, a pegasus friend would be a great help!" Minty replied. The four adventurers looked around the sandy beach landscape of Butterfly Island, as a small white pegasus shyly trotted up to them. "Uhh..." she staid shyly as she backed away with her lime green and magenta mane falling over her face. "This is Baby Honaloo-loo! She's a bit shy! *whistle*" Thistle said cheerfully, pushing Honaloo-loo forward. "Wow-a-real-Pegasus-filly-I've-never-seen-one-before!" ZipZee said faster than normal. "Erm..." Honaloo said shyly. "Sorry, Breezies can be very curious." Wysteria apologized. "It's okay! *whistle* Honaloo-loo is like this all the time *whistle*" Thistle explained. "Ummm......" Honaloo ummed. "It's ok, you don't have to go on the mission if you don't want to!" Minty smiled at the filly. "O- OK." Honaloo stuttered. "Come on! *whistle* Let's go!" Thistle Whistle said, waving a hoof towards the small sandbar-thing that led to the Forest of Unicorns. The path was very skinny and unstable, piles of sand falling into the water below. Even with ZipZee and Thistle Whistle flying above, the weight of Minty and Wystie was enough to unstabilize the sandy path. "This doesn't feel safe..." Wysteria quivered shyly. "Nah, it's solid as a rock!!" Minty said cheerfully, jumping up and down on the sand to prove her point. Just then, the sandbar path completely collapsed around them, Thistle Whistle grabbing Minty with her mouth, pulling her up on throwing her over to the side where the forest path started. "Sorry..." Minty blushed. "Urghh!!" ZipZee grunted as she tried desperately to pull Wystie up, but, being so small, she had quite a hard time, flapping her wings in double time. "Help meeeeee!" Wysteria said as she started to fall into the ocean, ZipZee losing her grip as she hovered in the air. "We've got to save her! *whistle*" Thistle said as she grasped a small bit of Wystie's mane in her teeth. She grunted as the water started to pull them both under. Minty was staring at the scene from the shoreline, wishing she could help. Suddenly, a blue aura surrounded both the pegasus and the lavender earth pony. A yellow unicorn with a red-and-pink mane jumped out of the bushes. She skillfully lifted the two ponies and the Breezie to the shore with her and Minty. "Thank you..." Wysteria started, but didn't know this unicorn, or any unicorn for that matter. "Brights Brightly, Miss!" the elegant unicorn said proudly. "And I'm Wysteria! This is Minty, ZipZee, and Thistle Whistle!" Wystie introduced each of the adventurers. "Yup! *whistle* Thanks for savin' us!" Thistle Whistle said. "Well, I do appreciate your thanks! I would be glad to join your adventure, and I AM a unicorn! I can help!" Brights said, and although exited, kept a calm state throughout. "Cool! A real life unicorn!" ZipZee said, then bombarded the unicorn with questions. "Yes, I'm actually a unicorn, no, I don't poop rainbows, but that would be cool, yes, I like rainbow berry juice, yes, I can do magic, wait what? What's a pegasus pony?" Brights Brightly said, raising an eyebrow at the end. "It's a pony that can fly! *whistle* Like me!" Thistle Whistle said, pointing to herself and puffing out her chest proudly. "Enchanting!" Brights said, her eyes gleaming. "So I'm assuming that you want to come with us? I don't think 5 ponies need to go to the Blossom, it's not that dangerous!" Wysteria said, holding up a hoof. "But it will be more fun with more ponies!" Minty argued. "I guess..." Wystie said defeatedly, as the team set out to the dark forest ahead of them.