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// Big Water 
// Story: MLP/LBT: The Stomping Grounds 
// by Jongoji245 
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With Summer passing on to the changes of Autumn, civilizations have their own methods of preparation. In Equestria, this would be the "Running of the Leaves," but in the Human World, it was a mere last minute agenda. By the time September will end, the local outdoor swimming pool will be closed for the year and so many people come by on weekends. The heat still had some fight left in it, eighty-degree temperatures can be reached by high noon and last through the night.



Six feet underwater in the middle of one such hot day, Diver stood "dormant", occasionally breathing out a few bubbles. When she opened her eyes, a boy of various colors happily swam around her. This was another one of inhabitants from The Great Valley, an Ophthalmosaurus by the name Mo. In both worlds, the Deep Sea Swimmer was just at home in the water. Mo swam up to the Maximal and stared at her, humoring her by rolling belly up. Diver puckered her lips and breathed out bubbles at Mo's purple nose. As he giggled, she pushed herself off the undertow and quickly ascended to the surface. Feeding her starved lungs, the overweight teen paddled to the edge of the local swimming pool. A few seconds after, Mo porpoised himself high into the air, laughter joining the usual soundscape before diving into one of the swimming lanes. Octavia, taking a part-time job as a lifeguard, blew a whistle, though that was moot when Mo was deep underwater.

Diver turned to see Ducky and Spike sitting at the pool's edge, their feet in the water.

"Why aren't you guys coming in?" Asked Diver as she shimmied herself to them "Aren't you a Swimmer?"

Ducky turned to Diver, "I am a Swimmer, I am I am. It's just that whatever Big Water we come across, a mean Sharptooth Swimmer tries to eat us."

Spike acknowledged that with a mumble.

Diver cocked her head, "Like sharks?"

Before coming to the pool, Ducky and Spike have visited the Downtown Aquarium and so could understand what a Sharptooth Swimmer is to the Humans. The humanized Stegosaurus answered again with a nod.

"Well," - Diver heaves herself out of the water and sat next to them - "I can assure you that we are far away from any ocean, no shark's coming here."

"Well, the little girl does have a right to worry." Diver, Ducky and Spike turned to the Dazzlings sunbathing, Adagio with her arm raised "After all, remember what we looked like back in Equestria."

"Uh, hello" - Sonata piped up-  "we were like super scary fish demons." - the blue Siren looked to find her sisters and Diver giving her the look - "what, what did I say?"

Diver turned back to the two dinosaurs, "Well, what was it about the ocean that scares you?"

On cue, Pinky Pie pops out of the bushes, takes out a pan flute from her hair and flings it to the Maximal. After she caught it, Pinkie pulled out a pair of drumsticks from her hair before digging into Adagio's massive headpiece. The lead Siren glared at Pinky before she pulled out a drum. Aria lowered her sunglasses, her mouth grimaced. Sonata chuckled before being given the same glare.

"Hey, Flash!" Pinky yelled from across the deep pool, catching the school jock's attention as he tuned his guitar. 

Diver lead in with her pan flute before Flash and Pinky Pie took over with their instruments. Sonata also pulled out a vibraslap from Adagio's hair, further angering her sister, and began bopping it.



At the end of their song, Sonata's belly began to rumble.

"This singing really works up an appetite," - Said Sonata before sharply turning to Pinkie - "and you know what that means..."

Adagio face palmed, "Oh no..."

"Taco Dinner!!!" Shouted Sonata and Pinky Pie.

Ducky and Spike helped Mo out of the water before following them to their cars. At the other side of the pool, one member of the "Eco Kids" was packing his belongings when a "googly eyed fish" surfaces.

"Weird..." Said the teenager before leaving. The fish tracks his movements before submerging into the depths of the swimming pool.