Water by lyra_lover777, Part I of Project Aqua
The five of us hiked over the endless valleys and plains of pure dust and sand. We were on a mission, a mission to save the wor-
"You started it wrong!" Lyra screamed at Bon Bon, frowning at her.
"Well you go, then!" Bon Bon cried.
The world was in desperate need of water, the driving force of life-
"You're buckin' jackin' it up as well!" Vinyl screeched.
Five ponies almost died a lot as they got wa-
"WHAT THE BUCK!?" Derpy yelled.
When five ponies went out to help save their home from dehydration and lack of muffins-
"There wasn't a lack of muffins!" Lyra exclaimed.
"Let me give it a try!" Octy said, snuggling up against Vinyl, her new wife.
Everypony fell silent as Octy began.
Once upon a time, five friends set out on a quest across the barren wastelands, a husk, a shell, of what their world had once been. Wars had racked Equus once to many, and the rivers, the lakes, even most of the oceans and seas dried up. These five, unqualified to go unto this mission to bring water to their homeland, began their journey by riding by train to the outer edges of the Griffonian Empire.
Now, they looked out across the flat, dusty wasteland that had once been the sea floor.
Octavia, by far the leader, and the smartest and strongest as well-
"Oh, somepony's totally not vain-" Lyra began.
"Oh, be quiet, you," Octavia murmured before starting from where she had left off.
These five, along with hundreds of other groups of five, had been exploited by the Kingdoms of Equus to search the planet of water, to drill to the planet's fiery core if they had to.
The endeavor was named "Project Aqua."
Either way, Vinyl, the hot yet basically mute unicorn began to drill into the ground.
"Why are you drilling all over the place, Vinyl?! What about this thing that helps us locate good spots to dig?" Octavia yelled, holding up a beeping metal contraption.
"Ah, I don't think that'll help," Vinyl replied. "I'll trust my instincts."
Octy huffed, trotting over to Vinyl's side to force her to stop.
Suddenly the device beeped loudly, its metallic sound screeching across the barren desert.
"Told you so," Vinyl smirked as she continued to excavate the spot.
The five then began to dig together.
By the end of the day, they had filled a pack of canteens by the little spring that resided in that spot. They had drained it, and it had only provided enough for a family of four ponies to last two weeks.
Lyra and Vinyl set up a portal with their magic while the other three prepped the water canteens for transport.
When the metal stakes had been planted in the ground and the two unicorns had powered up a portal in between the poles, Octy, Derpy, and Lyra inserted the bottles of clear, crystalline water into the portal. They would soon be sitting in a warehouse just outside the Canterlot Castle, freshly zapped from the wastelands on the borders of the Griffonian Empire.
"Oh, this is getting good! I'm gonna go get some muffins!" Derpy cried, flapping haphazardly into the kitchen.
"I'll get some popcorn," Bon Bon murmured, also entering the kitchen.
TO BE CONTINUED.