//------------------------------// // 423. Captain by Silver Scrolls // Story: The Sun and the Stars: A Twilestia Prompt Collab // by Fuzzyfurvert //------------------------------// by Silver Scrolls *** “Man the sails, they be gaining on us quick.” The purple unicorn waved her pegleg over the deck. “You, man the cannons.” A small flying lizard landed on her shoulder as she turned back to wheel and rose up on her back hooves, resting her front hooves on two of the pegs. “Everypony hold on.” She spun the wheel hard and the ship banked into a massive grey storm cloud, swallowing the ship whole. Outside the cloud a white unicorn lifted her sword and jumped on the prow of her ship. “FOLLOW THEM!” “But captain, that’s a funnel cloud. We’ll never make it through alive.” A blue pegasus gulped and shivered as she stared at the small hole in the cloud the other ship had made. The darkness inside leered at her and mocked her deepest fears. The unicorn cackled madly and wrapped her free hoof in a rope. “Nonsense Luna. If the Dread Pirate Twilight can brave the storm so can we.” Luna whined and clutched the wheel tightly. “But she’s insane and we are perfectly rational ponies...right?” Her only answer was a barking laugh as the unicorn pointed at the cloud with her sword and screamed her adversaries name. “Why do I bother.” Defeated she spun the wheel and aimed for the hole. The world lit up as a flash of lightning lanced over the bow of Twilight's ship and she smiled with a wicked glee. “See that Spike, the clouds welcome us.” The purple lizard chirped and Twilight tossed her wheel to the left, narrowly avoiding a screaming windigo. “Bring it on cloud, I am Twilight Sparkle, scourge of the seven skies.” Her face was lit by another blast of lightning and a cannon ball roared past her. “She comes Spike, she comes.” Behind them Luna screamed in terror as the windigo was run through by Celestia’s sword. “Nature cannot stop my wrath Twilight, I WILL CATCH YOU.” She leaned forward and pointed to the other ship. “FIRE!” The cannons roared and peppered the inside of the cloud with holes. Back on Twilight’s ship, Twilight roared back to her crew. “Return fire!” and was rewarded with the booming sound of cannons. The cloud swallowed the sound of the firing cannons much like it did the cannon balls, save one. Luna screamed as a cannon ball tore into the ship directly in front of her. Shards of wood stuck into her wheel and her eyes narrowed. “She shot my ship. SHE SHOT MY SHIP.” “That’s the spirit Luna. Bring the ship around and we’ll board her.” Celestia glared at the purple speck aboard the ship in front of them. “You won’t get away this time.” The wheel turned into a blur as Luna banked hard to right into a massive surge of wind. Her eyes expanded in surprise for a brief moment before her mad laughter started. “Sister, brace for impact.” Celestia looked back at her sister and gulped when she saw the mad gleam. “Um, sister, are you okay?” “She shot my ship.” “Yes well, umm, won’t ramming her break the ship even more?” Luna smiled with madness, turning the wheel hard to left. The sound of snapping wood and screaming ponies filled the air as the two ships joined together. Celestia screamed, rolling over her shoulder as she was thrown onto the deck of Twilight's ship. She jumped to her hooves. “TWILIGHT!” Twilight answered her by falling from the sail overhead and jamming a sword into the deck where she had been standing. “Yes dear?” Twilight smirked and yanked her sword free. Celestia growled. “I am not your dear.” She brandished her sword and settled into a stance. “But, those several weeks we spent together, did they mean nothing to you.” Twilight gave her a puppy dog look for a few seconds before breaking into laughter. “Arrgh.” Celestia lunged forward and brought her sword down. Twilight rolled to the side and whistled as a piece of barrel took a chunk from her ear. “Temper temper love.” Twilight flicked her sword to the side, deflecting Celestia’s blade. “It’s not like I stole anything of value.” Celestia sputtered as she spoke. “Nothing of value.” Her voice rose in pitch. “You stole my most valued possession.” Twilight snickered and leaned against the mast, planting her sword in the floor. “It’s just a box.” She rolled her eyes. “If it means that much to you, you can have it back.” She lifted her tricorner hat and pulled out the box and tossed it back to Celestia. “Can you stop chasing me to every corner of the world now.” The box flipped end over end, aiming straight over Celestia’s head. She jumped up, her horn starting to glow as the wind grabbed the box and whisked it towards the edge of deck. Her mouth opened in a silent scream as the box vanished over the railing. She hung over the railing and sniffled as she turned back to Twilight. “How could you?” Twilight slid up to her and wrapped a hoof over the back of her neck, pulling her in close. “Because the real thing is always better.” Celestia turned bright red and tried to back away. “Now now, no running away from me this time.” Twilight darted forward and kissed Celestia passionately. Luna swung in on a rope, a sword clenched between her teeth. She grabbed the handle as she landed and rolled to her hooves. “EGU...ard.” She stared at Twilight and Celestia for a moment. “OH COME ON!”