Trident explained about what Marine told him to Aquarius and Amphitrite, both were looking in shock.
"Marine... wants to... live on the land?" asked Amphitrite.
Trident nodded. "She asked me if she could, apparently the blue unicorn builds machinery. He says that he can build some legs for her."
"Isn't she the slightest bit worried she'll suffocate?"
"I don't know, he says he has those details covered."
"I don't see any reason why we can't trust him," said Aquarius. "He not only built his arms but also helped the predators out of their famine."
"Aquarius has a point, Trident, if we can trust Cyber System, we can trust Marine that she will stay alive."
Trident nodded. "I suppose that is true, I will talk with him in the morning before he departs to ask him if he will keep his word."
"And of Marine?"
"If he proves trustworthy, she may go."
The next day...
Fang woke up from the ground, and looking around he saw that his friends were all still in their sleeping bags. Then he heard sizzeling from the kitchen, who turned out to be his mom.
"Hey, Mom!" Fang said, Artemis looked and waved.
"Good morning, Fang."
"What's for breakfast?"
"Bacon and eggs," Artemis answered, making Fang salivate.
"Too long since have I had your eggs, Mom!"
Fang heard Dusty's voice. "I can tell, those smell good!"
"Hey, Dusty, good morning."
Dusty yawned. "Mornin'," he replied before trotting over next to Fang. "By the way, Cyber's awake too, he's just doing... actually I have no idea what he's doing."
"Probably something scientific, where is he?"
"Outside, I'm headed there, can't stand the smell of bacon anymore."
"Don't knock it till you try it," Fang smiled as he and Dusty trotted outside, to find Cyber sketching on his blueprints.
"Cyber, what are you sketching this time?" Dusty asked.
Cyber looked at his friends. "Some legs for Marine, I plan on helping her travel Equestria."
Fang's face lit up. "Are you serious?! That is awesome! Marine would love it."
"I know, but I can't build it right here, so we'll have to put Marine on the boat and in my lab for me to build it."
"But I saw you building something earlier," Dusty added.
"Oh, you mean this?" Cyber held up a small device that was wrapped around one of his arms. "This is a communicator, I've always wanted to build one but never had the chance to, it will allow me to talk to other misfits if we're separated."
"So you built it last night?"
"Mostly on the boat."
"And you brought your gadgets with you."
"Never without them."
"How long did you sleep?"
"Two to three hours," Cyber said, smiling.
"Cyber, you really need to-" Dusty was interrupted by a voice coming out of the communicator.
"Testing, testing, Cyber can you hear me?"
Cyber held the device to his mouth. "Roger that, Clockwork, can you hear me?"
"Yes, I can, both communicators are fully functional."
"Great, what's the process on the house?"
"Near complete, I got a few ponies to help out, it should be ready by the time you get back."
"What should be ready?" asked Twilight, who just stepped outside, obviously tired.
"Oh, good morning, Twilight, I was just talking to Clockwork using the new communicator."
"Good morning, Twilight!" Clockwork said through the communicator.
"Oh, good morning... Clockwork," Twilight said, unsure before the familiar voice of a certain party pony came out.
"Twilight? Cyber? What are you two doing in this little box?"
"Pinkie, we're not in the box, we're still on Predator Island, this is just a communicator."
"I was wondering why you sounded like Clockwork."
"I do not sound like that," Clockwork added.
"Never mind that, Pinkie, start planning a party." Cyber said.
"Ocean themed, fish flavored cake, got it!"
"How did you-" Fang tried to say before a weird twanging, vibrant sound came from the other end.
"Hey, is anypony standing near a door?" Pinkie asked.
"Why would you ask that?" Cyber asked.
Then the door to Fang's house was opened by Eclipse and hit Dusty right in the muzzle.
"Aaah!" Dusty yelled in pain.
"Gah! Oh my gosh, Dusty I am so sorry," Eclipse apologized.
"How did she know that?" asked Cyber.
"Pinkie has a 'Pinkie sense' that let's her detect danger, forgot to tell you."
Cyber was wide-eyed at the fact. "Clockwork, make a note to scan Pinkie's brain."
"One step ahead of you," Clockwork responded before communications were turned off.
"That Pinkie Pie is more unpredictable than my anger," Eclipse said. "Anyway, breakfast is ready." The ponies outside trotted inside and at the table, already the rest of The Misfits were awake. All non-predators only ate the eggs while the predators and Pixel happily ate bacon.
"I still can't thank you enough for what you've done for us," said Diomedes.
"It's the least I could do for a friend," Cyber replied as he ate his food.
"And Podargos said we're welcome here anytime," said Fang.
"I thought Xanthos was head of the tribe, why is he doing what his dad does?" said Pixel as she ate some bacon.
"Xanthos is getting old, so he's giving Podargos more and more privileges to prepare him for his time as chief," answered Fang, Pixel shrugged and started listening to her music as Diomedes and Artemis finished their breakfast and left to talk with Xanthos about the tribe, leaving The Misfits and Twilight to discuss with each other.
"We just saved a tribe from starvation, helped ponies become accepted, and we met Princess Celestia!" said Mixy. "Who knows what good we'll do next?"
Twilight answered her as she cleaned her plate. "Well, as of now you need to help your dad's fear of Canterlot, find out Eclipse's, Pixel's and Moonlight's parents, and of course the normal 'search Equestria for misfits' business."
"Speaking of which, I've been thinking, we've been gaining new members left and right," said Cyber. "I mean we already have added Eclipse, Moonlight, Clockwork, Pixel, and soon Marine and it's only been a month! Perhaps we need some way to easily gather."
"You mean like a base?" suggested Twilight.
"Pretty much, or at least a way to always be ready for new members when they are needed."
Twilight though for a while before getting an idea. "How about you stay in Ponyville?" she suggested.
"Ponyvile? I guess, but how are we going to help ponies in need?"
"Perhaps Luna could help," said Moonlight. "If she finds a pony who is having trouble she could send the details to us through something, like what Celestia does with Spike."
"That's actually a really good idea!" said Dusty.
"Plus it let's us stay with our friends, like Lyra," Fang added.
"Plausible solution," Cyber said. "I'll have to suggest the idea to Luna the next time we see her, but until then we'll continue our regular routine," he then cleaned his plate and began to head outside. "I'll see you guys later, I've got to speak with Trident about Marine."
"Hey, wait for me!" Fang said as he darted after Cyber.
Cyber and Fang watched the ocean as the hippocampus king rose from the waters.
Trident was the first to speak. "I suspect you're here to talk about Marine?" the two land dwellers nodded.
"Yes, your daughter seems really excited about joining us on our journey," Cyber said.
"And I have discussed this with my wife and son, I have only known you for two days and already you seem trustworthy, and I have seen Fang's work all his foalhood, and he's trustworthy."
"Are you that concerned about us?" asked Fang.
Trident shook his head. "No, I am concerned for Marine, if she were to suffocate and die on land I don't know what I would do with myself."
"Your daughter will be safe, Trident. I already have her breathing gear planned out."
Trident sighed. "I am putting my trust in you, if she dies while on your journey, don't bother coming back."
"I understand, your highness, so do you allow Marine to travel with us?"
Trident slowly and almost reluctantly nodded, "Yes, I do. Take good care of her."
Marine was already in her tank ready to be placed on the boat, which was setting sail in fifteen minutes.
"Do you understand what you're doing?" asked Trident.
"Yes, Dad, I can handle it," Marine answered.
"I'm putting a lot of trust that you'll be careful."
"I'm going with Fang, I'll be fine."
"Just be careful out there."
"I will," Marine said, slightly annoyed.
"And remember-"
"Dad! I got it, stop worrying about me."
Trident looked at his wife, then his sons, then Marine as he sighed. "Good luck."
"I'm sure you'll be fine," Amphitrite added.
"Try not to make out with Fang too much," Aquarius said, surprising his sister.
Marine turned a slight pink after hearing the comment. "Aquarius!" she yelled in annoyance.
Her brother laughed at her expense, smiling as he said, "I'm just kidding, good luck."
Oceanus looked at Marine, his large, worried eyes making her exchange with Aquarius almost nonexistent. "Will you be back?" he asked
Marine smiled at her younger brother and nodded, "I'll come back to visit, I promise," she answered as Fang came over.
"Ready to go?" he asked.
"As ready as I'll ever be," Marine said before saying goodbye to her family, then Fang grabbed Marine's tank and helped her move as the royal hippocampus family dove back into the water, with Aquarius and Oceanus the last to see her depart.
"I'm so excited," Marine said as she and Fang arrived onto the ship.
"I can understand, this is how I felt when I was coming back here."
With the help of Twilight, Mixy, and Eclipse using their magic, Marine was placed onto the boat with The Misfits, Twilight, and several other predators that decided to travel to the mainland to continue supplying food to Predator Island. Shortly after Fang said his farewell to his parents and joined his friends the boat set off again to return to the mainland and a new beginning for the hippocampus princess.
Laa-Mohr continued his travel across the plains toward Ponyville, he stopped following the train tracks after the train passed by him, which caused the smokestack to backfire and shoot smoke at the conductor's face. No matter, he could see what must be Ponyville ahead.
As he continued, he came closer to a grove of apple trees in rows, from his experiences as a thief, it was obvious that they belonged to somepony. He was about to move on and continue towards Ponyville... but his stomach said otherwise.
'I'm sure they won't mind if a few apples are missing, there's so many of them. Besides, it's for a good cause,' he thought as he came closer, already there was an orange mare wearing a stetson picking up a few apples on the ground, nopony else.
He came closer without the mare noticing, then he stopped when he was a reasonable distance away for his curse to start working.
'Let's see if that hat protects your head at all,' he thought as he smirked, then...
BONK!BONK!BONK!
Three apples fell right onto the mare's head, who looked around before shrugging and returning to her work.
BONK!BONK!BONK!
Once again, right on the noggin. The mare looked around more confused. "What the-" she asked.
BONK!BONK!BONK!
The mare looked more annoyed. "Who's there?"
BONK!BONK!BONK!
"Alright, now this ain't funny! Y'all better show yourself!" she waved a hoof at her imaginary foe.
BONK!BONK!BONK!
The mare growled and faced the tree the apples seemed to be coming from, then she rose her hind legs and bucked the tree.
CREEAAK... SNAP!
Instead of whatever threw apples at her, a large branch fell from the tree and fell on the mare, knocking her unconcious.
Laa-Mohr couldn't help but laugh as he approached the mare, removed the branch off of her, then taking a few apples for himself and continuing toward Ponyville.
Ponyville was only a short distance away, and he knew it was Ponyville by a newspaper that a stallion was reading.
Although the word 'Ponyville' was the only part he caught before the newspaper suddenly burst into flames and burned away.
Now that he knows that he is in Ponyville, Laa-Mohr decided to rest a bit on a bench. Only to begin to doze off until a voice woke him up.
"Excuse me, sir, sorry for waking you so soon, but is that the Saddle Arabian eye of misfortune?"
Laa-Mohr opened his eyes to see a zebra looking at him.
"Yeah, it is, why do you ask?"
"My name is Zecora and this is true, I know magic and wish to help you."
Laa-Mohr's head perked up. "You're joking, aren't you?"
Zecora shook her head. "I feel sorry for you, my Saddle Arabian friend, so I plan to use what I know to bring your curse to an end."
Laa-Mohr thought for a moment before shrugging. "I got nothing else to lose. I'm Laa-Mohr, by the way," he said as he got up.
"Now along the way I hope you don't mind, if I ask some questions to make the cure easier to find."
"Ask away," Laa-Mohr said as he followed Zecora.
"First, Laa-Mohr, regarding your curse, when near more ponies does it get better or worse?" Zecora asked.
"So far it depends how many know about it. The more that know, the worse it can get. Though overall I honestly have no idea."
"This one about your curse too, does it affect other ponies or only you?"
"Just other ponies, it does nothing when I'm alone."
"And now your homeland where you were from, did your curse make it hard to become welcome?"
"Big time."
"I assume that your curse brought much misery, but how did it affect your family?"
"Well, I don't really have a family. I'm an orphan, but I was adopted by the Vizier to the Sultan of Saddle Arabia."
"And did the curse drag your reputation through the mud, and leave you rejected from the royal blood?"
"Well, yes and no, I didn't have my curse until I got my cutie mark, and until that happened I was actually quite popular amongst the other ponies. But when my curse did come, I was shunned by everypony because of the disasters I caused, that was when I had to be sent away."
"And being within the royal family tree, does that mean at least somepony tried to keep you with a plea?"
"There was one, Caliph, my foster father, he was the only one who tried to keep me in Saddle Arabia, but as you can see he didn't impact much."
"And what of your past before he failed to prevail, do you wish to tell me in greater detail?"
"I'd rather not talk about it after knowing what I caused, and I thought you were asking me about my curse."
Zecora was about to answer as they entered a forest when she slipped in some mud. "Apologies for that, though I may have deserved it, I tried to ask you questions outside of your limit. Anyway, as I was saying before I slipped in muck, are the events caused by your curse magic, or simply bad luck?"
"A little of both, sometimes it's only bad luck, sometimes it's magical and things come out of nowhere," Laa-Mohr answered before they stopped some distance away from a hut.
"If you don't mind but this is my hut, for this to be successful, your curse cannot interrupt. Just stay right here and I'll be back in a bit, then you may use the cure to make the curse quit."
Laa-Mohr shrugged. "Whatever you say," he said as he sat down and Zecora trotted into her home.
'If this works, maybe I can finally return to Saddle Arabia, but I can only hope for the best.' he thought.