//------------------------------// // The Benbow Inn // Story: Treasure Planet // by SirPenninghoof //------------------------------// Applejack rushed through the doors carrying a basket of apples on her back, she brought them to twilight sparkle working in the kitchen. "I the apples that you had asked for twilight." she said, dropping the basket on the floor beside her. Twilight appoached the basket, she took out a handful of apples and set them on a cutting board, "thank you applejack." twilight said kindly; applejack left the room, and went outside to fetch more apples for her delicious treats. Twilight peered out the window, above the ocean rainbow dash cleared the clouds, she wasn't going to let a beautiful day like this be ruined by a group of angry cloud formations. Twilight sparkle flipped the meat in the pan, its greenish tint was a natural gag reflex set-off to her. She placed the meat on a plate beside the stove, she reached up and opened a cabinet, taking out a small blue bottle; she sprinkle the white tiny cube shaped, contents on the meat, it turned from a light green, to a tasty dark red color. Twilight sparkle took the plate and walked through the doors; A bustling busy inn it was, families sat at tables with menus, others eating and talking about life, loners chatting and sipping freshly brewed coffee, A beautiful morning indeed. She approached a pony dressed in a bright green dress, she looked up from the newpaper. "Here is your coffee, Mr. Sunmane." "Thank you twilight." she replied in a nice [lousiana] southern accent, "Will there be anything else?" twilight added graciously, "None at the moment dear, thank you again." Twilight went around tables, asking if they needed anything, refilling cups with nice hot coffee, or milk, or tea. She always enjoyed the job of pleasing others through her own styles of cooking, drinks, and desserts. Twilight left the room, she opened another door and entered the hallway, she turned to the first door on the left and opened it; it was her room, a nice large bed to call her own, a large dresser, and an open closet with dresses, shirts, skirts, and pants inside. She layed down on the bed and stretched her hooves, what a day! Loads of work, carrying dishes, cooking meals, cleaning dishes sweeping floors, helping the other ponies out with work, keeping care of the inn; she prolonged to get away from here sometimes, to a beautiful palace where everything and everyone were at her every need. But she knew it would not happen, most of the inns money goes to keeping the inn at tiptop shape. Twilight heard someone knocking on her door, she got up and opened it; pinkie pie stood there smiling at her, "Hi Twilight!" "Hi Pinkie Pie." "Can you come help us with the yard, pleeeeeeaaaaaaaaase?" "Ugh, I guess..." "Thanks!" pinkie finished, she ran down the hallway busting through the door, and rushing outside happily. Twiligt sighed more work that has got to be done, she didn't sigh because she was annoyed, she sighed because she was exhausted, a good nights sleep would've done her aot of good, if she hadn't had nightmares of the inn being burnt down by pirates every night for the past week or so, and not telling anyone about them. They worked on the yard, planting beautiful roses and daffodils; Mowing the lawn and trimming the bushes, stomping ant hills and bee nests; one of the bee nests dropped on applejack, the group of ponies laughed about after they had got it off her. Applejack collected more apples, rainbow dash cleared the clouds and scared off crows, fluttersy calmed the animals and sung them tunes, twilight planted flowers, spike mowed with the help of rarity, and pinkie pie washed the windows. The day had ended and all the ponies retreated to their room to rest. Twilight layed down on her cmfy bed, she closed her eyes and drifted off into a beautiful dream about apples, wasn't this supposed to be applejacks dream? It was the middle of the night when twilight heard the crash outside. Immediately she sat up in her bed, put on her clothes, and went outside to see what the commotion was. Applejack had already went outside, twilight saw a large ship crashed against the dock, and applejack helping out a dark furred colt, holding a chest. "Help me get 'im inside!" yelled applejack. They brought the cult inside and sat him down on a lofa beside the door, he gave the chest to twilight and pulled her up to his, "Take the map" he said, the three symbols on the chest, he put in a code and it opened, "Hide it, beware the cybord.. beware.... the cyborg...." twilight layed him on the ground, applejack and twilight knew what had happened. Otherponies entered the room to see a dead body on the ground. "What as that noise?" Spike said, "What're you guys up to!?" said Rainbow dash, "Who was that cullt? He was mighty handsome!" stated rarity, "Now just calm down girls, he died, his name is Billy Bones.." twilight said, they gave in a loud gasp, "He left us this bronze ball, he said it was a map.." applejack said taking in from twilight, applejack fiddled with it, twisting it and turning it in hope that it would open or activate somehow. Twilight tried at it, a green flash appeared from the ball and it lit up the room; luminating pictures of nebulas, glowing suns, flashing bundles of light surfing through the dark appeared, what is this? is what they all thought, spike pointed toward a specific planet, "Is that, Treasure planet?" he said touching it, soon the whole galaxy dispersed and it was focused solely on the planet spike had touched. "What is treasure planet spike?" asked twilight sparkle, "Treasure Planet is a legend, the loot of a thousands worlds, flints trove. The Infamous captain flint piled all his treasures on that planet, or at least thats how the story goes..." spike said anxiously... "How do we kno' this isn' fake?" said applejack, giving signs of great curiousity. "Well, we don't. We just have to trust billy bones and this treasure map." spike replied, "The loot of a thousand worlds! I could get a hundred make overs, and even more with that!" said rarity, examining her mane and muttering things that she could do to it. "Look girls.." said twilight, "We can figure this out tommorow. Let us rest, sleep on it and decide what to do from tommorow." she sounded fimly. The ponies agreed to talk more upon the matter tomorrow. Suddenly a bright flash of light had came through the entrance, all ducked but twilight, she looked out the window and saw a ship landing, and cults getting out of it. The apparent leader was big, and had a robot front and back leg, and had a robot eyepiece as well. "Run!" said twilight, they ran through the hallways, till they reached the backdoor; they creeped outside, hearing crashes, bursts, and seeing flashes of light from inside the house. Twilight looked back, she will never forget the benbow inn. They had found a wagon where a large creature was attached to it, "Delilah! go!" yelled applejack, the sluggish creature on two legs took off when they got on the wagon, it sped quickly down the road. They knew exactly where they were heading to, applejacks summerhome.