At the edge of the desert, the crew finally reaches the grassy plains on the outskirts of the desert. The ponies and Chopper drop onto the floor with exhaustion and happiness.
"Finally!" They all muttered.
Gilda was pulling the caravan holding the supplies while the others were walking beside it. They didn't want to tire her out completely seeing how they were on the desert. Finally, the hottest of their challenge was over.
"Well, that took a while." Usopp pointed out.
"Only because we stayed in that town too long." Robin stated. "If we're going to continue our journey, we should be aware that the towns are out to get us. They have enough reasons to attack, so if we want to be safe, we'll have to keep a low profile."
"Yosh!" Luffy says aloud. "That settles it! Everyone, stop making so much attention!"
"LOOK WHO'S TALKING!!" They all scold at Luffy, except for Robin and Fluttershy.
Traveling farther, Twilight looks down as she begins to ponder at some thoughts. Fluttershy notices and walks by her.
"Twilight, what's wrong?" Fluttershy asked.
"Hmm?" She turns to the yellow pegasus. "Oh, you must've used your observation Haki, didn't you?"
"I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to invade your privacy."
"It's alright." Twilight assures her. "Don't worry too much about it."
"Are you sure?"
"It's fine Fluttershy." Twilight gives a fake smile as she continues on the road. Fluttershy foolishly believes the lie, but even Usopp and Applejack could tell something wasn't right. Arriving at yet another town, they find it inhabited by griffons and ponies. The war has not affected the relationship of the two species here yet, so they calmly enter.
"Maybe this time we can get some supplies in peace." Rarity thought.
Applejack quickly jumped on Zoro and held onto his head. Zoro was immediately angered.
"OI! What the hell are you doing!?" he questioned.
"I'm not letting you out of my sight!" Applejack stated. "I'm not letting you waltz around here getting lost, especially if we just got here!"
"Lost!? Geez."
"I think I can help with that." Rarity spoke.
Levitating a bell with a strap, she places it around Zoro's neck. As she ties it on, everyone begins to laugh. Zoro's face became red.
"Oh… my… S-Sorry…" Fluttershy snickered.
"Hahaha! Zoro, Hahaha!" Chopper fell on the floor chortling.
"Zoro looks like a pet! Haha!" Luffy chuckled with Chopper and the ground as well.
"I don't need to hear that from you!" Zoro scolded at Luffy.
"And… there! Now we'll know where you are at all times!" Rarity smiled.
Zoro pulled it off and threw it away. "I rather have this one on my head."
"My names Applejack!" She told Zoro.
"Sorry… Jack."
Applejack bonks Zoro on the head, making a swell appear on the top of his hair.
"Watch it partner."
The whole group traveled together to the center of town. As they did, they see a scuffle between a pony with a griffon against two griffon soldiers.
"Hey! Why'd you do that!?" The civilian questioned.
"That right there is a pony!" one of the soldiers stated. "Don't you know? We're at war with them!"
"Etora has been a place for all species!" He responded. "We never discriminate species, regardless of who owns this land back then or now!"
"Well it looks like a perfect time to change customs." The soldier declared as he loomed over the fallen mare. "This is griffon territory. You along with all your pony friends now must leave."
"B-But I live here! A lot of us do!" The mare mentions.
"Do you dare defy us? Do you really want to see what we'll do to you if you refuse our orders?" The griffon questions, pressuring the pony.
Suddenly, a spiraling blue stallion swings in with a powerful kick from his lone hind leg digs directly into the side of the griffon.
"Côtelette"
The blow pushed the soldier and his cohort aside. The mare and griffon looked upon the blue stallion with amazement. The blue stallion brought the pony back to her feet and asked, "Are you okay?"
The mare blushed and said, "Y-Yes… Um, thank you…"
Over by the Straw Hats, the mares of the group were impressed. Rarity was certainly attracted to this heroic figure.
"Oh my, he's so chivalrous." Rarity commented.
"He sure knows how to kick!" Applejack exclaimed.
The others felt a sense of familiarity upon the blue pony. Finally, Robin realized something.
"Isn't that Sanji?"
"Sanji!?" Usopp repeated. "Did he… turn into one like Luffy?"
"Sanji! Sanji!" Luffy and Chopper called.
The blue stallion turned and saw the others. His gaze upon Robin made his eye turn into a heart as he twirled over to them.
"Robin my love~!" He said happily. "I'm so glad to see you again!"
"Wasn't Luffy and Chopper the ones who called you?" Rainbow thought.
"It's good to see you too Sanji." She replied while petting his mane.
Sanji's eye shrunk as she places her hand on his hair. Robin is combing my hair? Is she… finally in love with me!?
Zoro's laughter interrupted the thoughts of Sanji as he glared at the swordsman.
"What are you laughing at moss head!?" He questioned.
"Oh nothing." He smiled deviously. "How's it like being a prince pony?"
Sanji immediately went ahead to kicking Zoro, but was deflected by his katana. Though Sanji was in a pony body, he was able to move and fight in a human like pose. The ponies and Gilda were shocked to see this hero suddenly kick his crewmate over an insult.
"Stop! Aren't you two friends!?" Twilight questioned the two.
"HELL NO!" They both exclaimed while fighting. As each kick managed to somehow deflect the sword, Nami came in and hits both of them on the head.
"KNOCK IT OFF!"
As the two were knocked down, the ponies stared at a new face. Nami was exhaling some frustration off before opening her eyes and realizing something. "Zoro! There you are!"
"You just noticed that!?" Usopp yelled.
"Usopp! Robin! Chopper!" She said in happiness. "I'm so glad to see you all again!"
"Likewise Nami." Robin replied.
"Just because you said you're happy to see me doesn't mean it makes me happy you bastard~!" Chopper said with a cheerful dance.
"You sure look happy." All the mares and Gilda commented.
Nami looked at Luffy for a moment. Pausing, she then says, "Luffy! You look so adorable!"
She tussled Luffy's hair, making him laugh. Sanji got up with steam coming out of his ears before he was calmed down by Robin as she too pets him on the head. The ponies look at the crew assembling so far, and sigh in exhaustion. How much weirder is this crew gonna get?
Pinkie on the other hand was excited as she introduced herself to the two. "Hi! My name is Pinkie Pie! You must be Sanji and Nami!"
Nami raised an eyebrow at her and the six other beings before her. "How do you know us?"
Robin taps Nami's shoulder and says, "We have a lot to discuss. Let's go somewhere private for now."
"You know a good place?" Applejack asked. "We've had some trouble last time we went to an inn, and boy, did it get ugly."
"Don't worry." Nami assured the others with a wink. "Sanji was able to get popular in this town and got us a nice place to stay. You'll like it there, they have a spa!"
"A spa!?" Rarity said in glee. "How wonderful! I can't wait to get a hooficure! It's been too long since I had the time to relax."
"Do they have meat?" Luffy asked.
"This is a griffon village Luffy." Gilda reminded him. "Of course they have meat!"
"What are we waiting for!? Let's go then!" Luffy shouted.
Resort Hawk, a Japanese spa themed inn now had the Straw Hats meeting up. The girls and boys splits up to their changing rooms. Though Sanji wanted to peek at Robin and Nami, he was slapped away by the navigator's swift hand. Entering the spa baths, Luffy and Chopper are on life preservers with Usopp, Zoro, and Sanji.
"Ah! This feels great after two days of trekking through the desert." Usopp stated.
"Desert?" Sanji repeated. "Did it go well?"
Thinking back to the countless amount of griffons attacking with cannons, arrows, commanders, and even saving Luffy in time from public execution, the group shrugged and said, "Yeah, it was fine."
"Eeeh…" Luffy moaned. "Sanji, how'd you get turned into a pony?"
"Hmm? I don't know. I woke up with Nami hugging me tightly as she held me close to keep her safe~."
"Dumbass." Zoro insulted.
Sanji's nose spat up blood before he sneered, "What'd you say you dumb ass swordsman!?"
The two glared at each other before they heard Rainbow and Gilda chanting, "Fight! Fight! Fight!"
They looked up and saw the two flying over the opening between the blinds. The other side was the girls domain. As the two were laughing, Usopp questioned the them.
"Oi! What are you doing peeking over this side?"
"Just want to see how the boys are doing." Rainbow claimed.
"Hey Straw Hat, you might want to stop leaning on one side of the water tube if you don't want to end up drowning." Gilda suggested.
Luffy ignored her as he continues to dangerously lean on one side. Chopper was faring no better as the heat was making his fur wet. He was slowly slipping into the hole. Gilda merely nods her head before going back to the other side.
"What are you guys talking about anyways?" Rainbow asked. "Too many gross girly stuff over here."
"Tomboy." They all said in unison.
Rainbow went up and shouted…"Hey! You take that back or I'll-"
"Rainbow!" Twilight called. "Get down here! And stop peeping at the boy's side!"
Rainbow hovered down as they continue to relax in the hot water. Both sides were silent for the time being, soaking in the bath's minerals. Finally breaking the silence on the girl's side was Nami.
"So, you're the ones who took care of our captain then? Thanks. I know how he can be a handful at times."
"Yes, it was quite troublesome dealing with him." Rarity agreed. "He was so impolite."
"He eats a lot, I can tell you that much." Applejack chuckled. "I should know, I'm the one who kept cooking for the guy."
"But he's super duper fun!" Pinkie pointed out.
"He's pretty cool, for a pony made of rubber." Rainbow admitted.
"He can be nice… when he wants to." Fluttershy scratched the back of her head with that being said.
"He's not the brightest." Twilight added. "Neither is Zoro, seeing how he keeps getting lost."
Nami laughed at this. "I thought as much. How about you? Gilda was it?"
"Hmm?" She spoke. "Oh, I barely know the guy compared to the others. He's okay in my book though."
"Robin, are you alright?" Rarity asked. "You seemed even more tired than usual."
"Robin my love~!" Sanji called. "Are you alright? Do you need my attention?"
"Perverted cook." Zoro sneered.
The sound of yelling was heard on the other side. Robin giggled as she replied, "I'm alright. The water just makes me feel a bit uneasy."
"That's right." Twilight recalled. "You're a devil fruit user as well. Anypony who ate a devil fruit won't be able to swim. The chest area is where you start to lose strength, right?"
"Sometimes it varies." Robin answered.
"Hmm… How's Luffy and Chopper doing in the baths?" Applejack wondered.
"Well, they're holding onto life preservers while their soaking it in, but looks like they're about to slip off." Gilda answered. "So, pretty good I guess."
A loud splash noise echoed and the following voices were those of a panicking expressions.
"Oi! Luffy!" Usopp shouted.
The girls were now in the room getting pedicures, massages, and other fine spa treatments. Rarity and Nami were enjoying this time relaxing. Rainbow however was not interested at all and looked to the other room and saw the boys playing ping pong.
"Aw, what!?" Rainbow complained. "They get a ping pong table and all we get are ponies touching our hooves?"
"If you want to be with the others, go ahead." Nami suggested.
"Oh, but she must simply try this! It's to die for." Rarity contradicted.
"Amazing that ponies can do such a fine massage with only hooves." Robin spoke. "I thought it would be uncomfortable."
"I like griffons massages better, but this is fine too." Gilda commented.
Rainbow was surprised to see Gilda actually liking this. "What!? Not you too!"
"What's the big deal Dashie? It's not a big deal."
"Don't call me that." Rainbow snapped back. She looked over to the others and struggled to stay with the girls. Finally, she flew to the other room. "Aw heck, why not? It's better than letting ponies poke me."
After she deserted the others, Rarity sighed. "I simply cannot understand that pegasus."
"I wouldn't mind it none." Applejack responded. "It's just how she is."
Meanwhile in the boys lounge, Luffy was hitting the ball to Usopp, only for it to not even hit the table and blow a hole through the wall.
"DAAAH!" Usopp screamed. He turned and yelled, "Luffy! That's not how you play!"
"Wah?" Luffy said in bewilderment. "Don't you just hit the ball back?"
"You're supposed to let it hit the table first." Chopper explained.
"Here, like this." Sanji took the paddle and a ball. He swung it hard down onto the table and then made a hole in it.
"ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME!?" Usopp questioned.
"How are you two able to hold the paddles with no fingers?" Zoro wondered.
"Maybe it's magic." Chopper thought as he poked Luffy's hoof.
Suddenly, Rainbow entered the fray and received everyone's attention. "Hey guys! Mind if I play?"
"Sure!" Luffy said with a grin. He gave Rainbow the paddle and room to play. She was against Usopp, and she swung the ball hard. Enough to do the same mistake as Luffy.
"WAAH!" Usopp squealed before turning to Rainbow. "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU ALL!?"
"Isn't that how you're supposed to play?" Rainbow wondered.
"I give up." Usopp sighed as he handed the paddle to Zoro. "You do whatever, I'm not dealing with you if it involves me getting a hole in my head."
"Yosh." Zoro got behind the table and raised it to Rainbow. "Get ready!"
"Bring it!" Rainbow challenged.
The two went at it and hits the ball back and forth nonstop. The ball never hits the table, and the eyes of the crowd never stop watching the ball. It was something to see.
"It's not hitting the table." Chopper pointed out.
"Yeah." Usopp nodded.
"Not touching the table." Luffy added.
"If one of them stops hitting, they win." Sanji noted.
Rainbow and Zoro were on the mark. This didn't last long however as Rainbow missed a beat and the ball was heading straight for her head. Sanji managed to kicked the ball and land on the table in the nick of time.
"Hey moss head!" Sanji scolded. "Watch where you're hitting the thing!"
"Uh… Thanks?" Rainbow says to Sanji. "But I'm fine, really."
"Oh? Is nosebleed pony in love with horses now?" Zoro questioned.
The two started fighting again, grasping everyone's attention. Finally, Twilight intervened and levitated the two of them to stop.
"I think it's time we had a talk." She said.
Intervention. Zoro and Sanji are sitting across from each other and Twilight sits between them. She was wearing glasses to make herself appear as a therapist. She levitates her pen and clicks it as she picks at the board, ready to jot down notes.
"Alright, let's begin." Twilight declared. "What has gotten you two like this?"
"Because he's an idiot." Zoro answered.
"Because he's a moss head." Sanji answered.
The two punches the table and yelled, "What'd you say!?"
She used her magic to make them sit down and say, "That's not a reason! Look, how did this start? I mean, surely there must be a time when you two were able to get along before all of this."
They held their chins and nodded in disagreement with the idea.
"No, never had." Zoro claimed.
"I don't think so." Sanji as well.
"Well, you two should calmly work between your differences." Twilight recommended them. "After all, you two sail the same ship under the same captain. It would just be right to have the crewmates working together with everything in order."
"No way." They both shot down Twilight's idea.
"B-But!"
"Sanji!" Luffy called. "I'm hungry!"
Sanji grinned and said, "Alright! I'm coming!"
"W-Wait! We're not done here!" Twilight told Sanji, only to be ignored for the moment.
Zoro got up and left as well. "Looks like we're good for now."
"Luffy!" Applejack scolded at the red pony. "Can't you see he was busy talking with something important? If you want to eat so bad, just ask me."
"But Sanji's cooking is so good! You gotta try it!" Luffy replied.
"It's fine Applejack." Sanji assured her. "I don't mind cooking for everyone here."
"But I've been doing the cooking for the others ever since. It doesn't seem right to make somepony else do my job." Applejack explained.
"I'm the cook of the crew though." Sanji reminded her. "In fact, I'd say you were the one taking my job."
Applejack couldn't counter that and sighed. "Alright, but I don't know if you can make any apple dishes. I've been having a craving for some since then."
"Apples?" Sanji chuckled. "Alright! I'll see what I can do."
Somewhere near Featheran, groups of royal soldiers from Canterlot ready their forces. Their camp consisted of many ponies. Among them was a certain blue haired unicorn.
"Hey Captain Shining!" His subordinates called. "Why are we waiting so long to invade the fortress? It doesn't seem right to just wait around."
Shining Armor turned to his fellow ally and explained. "We don't have the numbers to match the strength of the place yet. For now, we're awaiting for more units to meet up here. It took us a while to find a safe enough place just to be near the place."
"But Captain!" The subordinate exclaimed, but was silent after realizing he raised his voice.
"Patience." Shining told him. "If we rush it, we'll just end up losing everything we worked on. They're counting on us to secure the place, so that's what we'll do."
"S-Sir!" another pony called with fear on his face. "W-We have a problem!"
"What is it?" Shining questioned.
"Our scout, Rusher went in ahead to check around the fortress." He informed Shining. "I tried to stop him, but it was too late. He went right in, and no later got captured. The griffons will be coming!"
"Oh no…!" He muttered as his eyes shrunk to pinpricks. He looks over to his subordinate and said, "This isn't good! We'll have to take some evasive measures."
"What do we do?" He asked.
Not able to think of a good enough plan as he heard battle cries nearby, he placed his hoof on the soldiers shoulder. "You'll have to leave immediately."
"W-What sir!? Why me!?" He wondered. "What are you planning!?"
"We've been found out. It's only a matter of time before we all get overpowered. You need to get to the other squadrons and warn them before it's too late!"
"But… I can't leave you all here!" He stated.
"It's fine!" Shining assured him. "Go! Deliver the message! Hurry!"
The young soldier nodded and left immediately. As he did, the fire was already raised among the forest. As he fled as far as possible, he could hear only screams of his fellow soldiers. Tears dripped from his face as he expected the worst has happened to them.
Luffy, Pinkie, Chopper, and Usopp were chanting food over and over. They were obviously excited for what Sanji had to offer. Most of the others were rather used to their behavior, but Rarity had the urge to state her opinion.
"Be patient you four." Rarity told them. "It's rude to rush a chef when preparing a meal."
Sanji came in with the mares helping him bring in the food. The glamorous meal shines with sauce over the meat dishes and the wonderful smell of vegetarian meals did not fail to excite the ponies.
"Dinner is served." Sanji said as he placed one of the foods on the table.
The food for meat eaters were on the pirates side and the food for vegetarians were on the ponies side. Gilda being a griffon took one bite of what was in front of her suddenly had her eyes widened.
"This…!" She muttered.
The others followed by and took what was in front of them. They were astounded to say the least, as great reactions to the food were taking into extent.
Rainbow was stunned and shoved more of the food in her mouth. No one could understand her mouthful of vegetables speak.
Fluttershy just stared at the food from one bite. "Oh my goodness…!"
"So… So…" Twilight was trying to sum up the words to describe it.
Applejack was looking at Sanji before staring at her piece of apple pie. "And I thought I was the best at apple pies."
"Sanji!" Rarity spoke. "This is truly the most amazing-"
"WOW!" Pinkie shouted. "This is so tasty! I never had anything like this before! Boy Luffy! You sure are lucky to have a cook like him on your crew! I wish I had a cook that made everything like this!"
"See? I told you guys!" Luffy laughed.
Sanji poked his hoof at Luffy's head and growled, "It’s ladies. None of them are guys, they're woman and deserve to be treated with respect."
"I can agree with that." Rarity said with a smile.
Twilight looked at Rainbow as she gouged continuously at the food. "Rainbow! Slow down! There's enough for all of us!"
"Is there really?" She managed to say before eyeing Luffy. The girls stared at him for a moment before realizing what she meant.
"Everypony eat before Luffy does!" Twilight screamed.
"Hey!" Luffy shouted.
The meal turned into an eating contest as the crew and the ponies went after the food as quickly as possible. Sanji and Rarity were quite annoyed, as well as Nami who was planning to have a normal meal. She didn't expect anything less however, knowing the usual antics. Rainbow swiped as much as Luffy and Pinkie during the sprawl. Though most of them mind their manners at the table, they just loved the meal too much. Twilight was even teleporting the meal as well as levitating them to her. Fluttershy managed to gather a few under the radar, and Usopp and Chopper went onto pulling pranks such as hot sauce on some of the foods. Of course, this lead to a kick by Sanji whenever one of them went to a girl. Robin was laughing at all of this while Zoro merely ate his food. At times he yelled at the others whenever they steal.
But amends were made after Luffy went on doing what he did best. Start a celebration. He along with the new kid quadruplets, consisting of him, Usopp, Chopper, and Pinkie placed chopsticks up their nose and to their mouths. Laughter was exclaimed and cheers were thrown. No one could resist the good times, not even Rarity. The music was brought in by Pinkie and a set of instruments that came out of nowhere, and tunes were flowing in. Night came sooner than they knew, and finally the night sky blankets the sleeping eyes of this crew.
Fluttershy who somehow managed to stay awake and look around. She went to the inn's lobby looking for something.
"Even after all that, I still can't sleep too well." She said to herself. "I hope it isn't too much trouble for a warm glass of milk."
Searching around, her eyes view something completely stunning. The papers are in, and she runs to her friends with them in wing. Waking them up, she panics.
"Everypony! We have a really big problem!" She cried.
They drowsily woke up and looked at her. She immediately regrets waking them up and says, "I-I'm sorry to disturb you all, but… this came in."
They stared at the newspaper in front of them reading the headlines. The Straw Hat Squad has broken through! The article focused on the last skirmish at Sandy Claws. The new bounties have also shown and have been updated.
"Luffy, a bounty of 500,000,000 bits still staying at place. Rainbow Dash, a bounty of 380,000,000 bits. Usopp Long Shot, 250,000,000 bits. Mystery Robin, 300,000,000 bits. Zoro the Slasher, 450,000,000 bits. Tanuki, 320,000,000 bits." Twilight read.
"TANUKI!?" Chopper squealed.
Twilight continued to read the new updates. "Applejack, 300,000,000 bits. Blue leg Sanji, 440,000,000 bits. Witchcraft Nami, 210,000,000 bits. All other reported ponies are henchmen of the Straw Hat Squadron."
"Henchmen!?" Rarity scoffed. "I'm no ruffian! How dare they!"
"Ugh, I was hoping to avoid this." Applejack said as she looked at her bounty.
"Hey! Look at that!" Rainbow said. "You're 80,000,000 bits less than me!"
Applejack glared at Rainbow while the other pirates smiled. Nami wasn't particularly happy with the bounty, especially being called a witch.
"How dare they call Nami a witch!" Sanji growled. "I'll kick every one of those griffon bastards out there!"
"Ahem." Gilda spoke.
"Except you miss." Sanji added.
"Tanuki?" Chopper whimpered. "I'm a reindeer! Don't they see the antlers?"
"Don't worry Chopper." Fluttershy comforted him. "at least we all know what you really are."
Chopper sighed while Luffy was laughing in happiness. "Wow! Everyone sure got a bigger bounty!"
"You say it like it’s a good thing." Rarity pointed out.
Zoro looked over to the papers and noticed another misplaced bounty. "Hey, I think you missed one."
"Hmm?" Twilight looked over to the extra sheet of paper and took it out. She was stunned by what she saw, making everyone watch immediately. Twilight stuttered with her skin on a tense state. "Fluttershy is… wanted for a bounty of… 490,000,000 bits!"
They were all shocked. Fluttershy was beyond belief too. Twilight continued to read the nickname they had given her.
"Fluttershy, Luffy's apprentice."
"WHAT!?" Rainbow screamed. "She has a higher bounty than me?!"
"Out of all of us, she has the second most highest bounty." Robin pointed out.
"Wow! Great job Fluttershy!" Luffy laughed as he pats her on the back.
"490,000,000…?" She muttered. "W-Why do I have so much…?"
"It's probably because you used Haki back at the other town." Robin deduced. "If I remember correctly, Luffy received the high bounty and the interest of the griffon kingdom because he happened to use it in your town as well."
"That's why they dubbed you, Luffy's apprentice." Twilight finished off.
"Cool! I never had an apprentice before!" Luffy laughed.
"What about those kung fu dugongs?" Zoro reminded him.
"Oh yeah!"
"Oh my gosh!" She quickly hugged Chopper in discomfort. "What do I do!? What if they come after me!? I'm so scared!"
"Don't worry!" Luffy assured her. "We'll be fine! Once we find Brook and Franky, we'll be able to take on anyone!"
"Oh… okay…" Fluttershy nodded and released Chopper. "But where will we find the last two?"
"If we look further into the newspaper, you'll find something interesting." Robin said. She turned to the page having a picture of a Thousand Sunny. "The so called haunted ship has been reported to be at Craggy Coast. It's not too far, we're only another town away."
"We can take the train!" Twilight suggested. "This town connects to the harbor town, Sealos."
"A train?" The straw hat crew repeated.
"Why? What's wrong?" Twilight tilted her head in confusion.
"There's nothing wrong with it." Usopp assured her. "It's just been a while since we went to one. The last time we had a train ride was at Water 7."
"Water 7?"
"It also happens to be an island of shipwrights." Robin continued. "It was there when we rode the Sea Train as well as meet one of our crewmates there."
"A sea train!?" Pinkie bellowed. "Oh my gosh! Did it go underwater?"
"No, it just rode over the water." Chopper answered.
"Ooh! That still sounds cool!"
"Yosh! That settles it!" Luffy declared. "We're going to Craggy Coast by train!"
"What!? But… an inn with a spa! For free!" Rarity whined.
"We can't stay here forever." Applejack stated. "Our goal was to help Luffy find his friends so we can all stop this war."
"Still, we have a long way to go." Twilight sighed.
"But it's gonna be a blast once we finish it!" Rainbow thought. "This is getting exciting!"
"We're all here to see it to the end." Applejack stated. "So don't worry too much. We're behind you all the way."
The girls nodded, and gave a smile to match they joyful pirate crew. It's just one more stretch to resolve the crisis.
Or is it?