//------------------------------// // Chapter 5: Fishtopia // Story: Age of Wizardry // by Doodle Note //------------------------------// It has been a devastating time for the travelers. Being followed by Cipherlings without knowing, getting hit by a Slowness Potion, and leaving Bloo and the crusaders behind because they said the journey was too dangerous for them. Kai was glad that he stopped getting those dreams of his he had since childhood, but he's wishing that he won't get them again because of what he saw. Twilight's experience with Bill was more frightening than the time she lost her parents. And Mabel was just shocked that Bill took King Meep away making the citizens sad. The travelers were on the sea for days, and they haven't arrived at Fishtopia yet. Spike was sitting next to Nya trying to forget of his experience with Bill. Nya turned to Spike seeing the expression on his face. "You okay?" "I just can't believe Bill took the king." Spike said in a worried tone. "What's the Mainland without a king?" Nya patted Spike's back. "Spike, everything is going to be okay. We're all going to be okay once we get the king back to the Mainland." "But what does Bill want with the king?" Spike asked. "I don't know." Nya replied. "But we have to do this for the Mainland. Just like Kai, Twilight, and I went on a quest to find the Elements of Harmony for Celestia and Luna." "I just don't want anything to happen to the king." Spike said. "We all don't." Nya added. Pinkie was playing a harmonica, which was bothering Cole. "Will you stop that?!" Cole yelled. Pinkie sighed and puts the harmonica in her mane. Dipper turned to Silver Spoon. "So, why are we going to Fishtopia?" "There is a wizard over there that helped me and Gumball with our magic." Silver Spoon said. "His name is Cheese Sandwich. He is the king of Fishtopia and makes his slaves do what he wants them to do." "What is Fishtopia like?" Dipper asked. "The citizens there are out of control." Gumball answered. "You'll understand what it's like over there once we get there." Hours have passed, and the travelers finally reached Fishtopia. But they only reached the forest of the island. "How long will we be at the town?" Patrick asked. "It's not that far." Silver Spoon said. "The town is two minutes away. Trust me." As they kept walking, they heard explosions from far away. "Are they in some other war?" Rainbow asked. "With each other, yes." Gumball answered. "The citizens have one objective, and that objective is to steal each other's stuff. And who ever gets a lot of stuff gets money from the king." "That makes sense." Squidward added. Two minutes passed, and the travelers finally got out of the forest. They noticed that the town was chaos. They walked into the town and saw all the rubble that was on the ground. Twilight turned and saw a giant shrimp wearing a black mask holding TNT running up to her. She wore a shocked face as she lit up her horn and teleported with others. The travelers appeared in a plaza full of many fish running around chasing each other with TNT. "So that's why they call this place Fishtopia." Fluttershy said. "That's right." Gumball replied. "And just like I said. Out of control." Dipper grabbed the tree-shaped crystal seeing it glow brighter. "Um, guys? Why is this crystal glowing so bright?" "It means we came to the right place to help you with your magic." Pixal said. "Cheese Sandwich could be anywhere." Dipper then used his crystal to find Cheese Sandwich. He followed the glow and found the crystal telling him that Cheese Sandwich was in a tower. "I found him! Well, mostly the crystal found him!" The others turned and saw the tower. "We have to go up there!" Mabel suggested. As they started walking, they heard a thud behind them. They turned around and saw a female fish with red hair tied to a bun wearing a pink shirt, a blue headband, and black gloves. The fish turned to the travelers. "Hey, strangers. I have got myself lots of loot I got from robbing a house. And I noticed that crystal thing you have. And I have a question. What's with it?" "It's none of your business, okay?" Dipper said. "We're just looking around the place." "Uh huh..." The fish said suspiciously. "What's going on here?" A voice asked. The travelers looked up seeing many fish in several genders and colors. "Bea has found, like, a crystal thing that can help us find Cheese Sandwich." The pink fish wearing a black leather jacket, blue eye shadow, and a white headband said. "It's nothing, okay?" Kai scolded. "Just leave us alone!" "We'll leave you alone." The clear green fish wearing a brown vest said. "If you give us that crystal." Dipper gripped the crystal tightly. "Why should we? You guys are looking for Cheese Sandwich?" Rainbow jumped in front of Dipper looking at the fish. "If you want the crystal, you have to get through me, Rainbow-" The red-haired fish known as Bea punched Rainbow in the face and snatched the crystal out of Dipper's grasp. Rainbow got up on her hooves and rubbed her face. "Yow, that hurt." Bea held the crystal up. "Oh, mighty fish gods. Show me the light to Cheese Sandwich!" A blue fish wearing a black mask tied to a rope comes down and takes the crystal. "Hot dog!" He then turns to a brown fish with brown hair wearing a black vest and braces. "Pull me up, bro!" The brown fish pulls up the blue fish with Bea chasing after them. "We have to split up in groups!" Twilight suggested. "Agreed." Kai added. The travelers split up in groups. Dipper, Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Gumball, Pixal, and Coloratura went after Bea. They went up the building and noticed that Bea and the two brothers were working together. "Bunch of losers." Bea said maniacally. "You should've seen the looks on their faces!" The brown one laughed. The blue one held the crystal up. "Cheese Sandwich, here we come!" "They're working together!" Coloratura whispered. Dipper ran out of the shadows. "Hey!" The three fish turn to Dipper. "Give me that crystal!" Dipper yelled. "You have to catch us first!" The brown fish said. The three fish split up going different directions. "This is how we have fun in Fishtopia!" The blue fish exclaimed. The other run to Dipper. "Who took the crystal?" Pixal asked. Dipper turns to Silver Spoon and Gumball. "You two get the redhead." Then he turns to Pixal and Coloratura. "You two get the one with the fro. Diamond Tiara and I will get the blue one." The others nodded and went to get what Dipper told them. Dipper and Diamond Tiara ran after the blue one. The blue fish turned and saw Dipper and Diamond Tiara. "Losers!" He turned and stopped at the ledge of the building. He turned back to Dipper, who was clenching his right fist making it glow. "Give...me back...my crystal." Dipper said angrily. "Okay! Okay!" The fish said taking out the crystal. Dipper was about to take the crystal, but an explosion blew him off the roof making him let go of the crystal and fall to the ground. He saw the crystal and crawled to get it, but a brown clam with pink hair grabbed it and placed it on her head. "My turn!" The clam exclaimed as she turned and saw Spike in her way, who blew fire at her, but missed. "Wow. You are one freaky snake." Spike wore a confused face. "I'm a dragon." Twilight landed on the clam's head and grabbed the crystal. "That was easy as pie." She then felt a rock hit her head, which made her let go of the crystal. Bea grabbed the crystal and ran off. Twilight rubbed her head and saw Bea running away with the crystal. "No!" Twilight, Spike, Kai and Nya ran after Bea as they ran into Silver Spoon and Gumball. "Have you seen Bea anywhere?" Gumball asked. "She got the jewel again!" Nya answered. Silver Spoon turned and saw Bea running to a ruined house. "There she is!" The travelers followed Bea to the house. Bea went inside the house and locked the door. Spike grabbed the door knob. "It's locked!" Kai turned and saw some vines hanging from the wall. "I found a stress-free way up the house." He runs to the vines and climbed them up the house as he saw Bea poke her head out of a hole in the wall above him. "Hey Red," Bea said. "I have to admit, you are one hot tamale. Do you work out?" Kai blushed and wore a confused face. "Excuse me?" Bea takes out some TNT. "I don't need to know. That was just a compliment." She throws the TNT at Kai. Kai wore a shocked face and dodged the TNT jumping to another round of vines. He climbs again and saw Bea poke her head out of another hole above him. "You know what you remind me of?" Bea asked. "This dream I had last night. It was dark and I was in a forest getting chased by sirens." She takes out more TNT. "And I couldn't get them to go away." She throws the TNT as Kai dodged it going to one more round of vines. As he kept climbing, he finally reached the roof and gestured to Twilight to fly to him. Twilight flew up to Kai and landed next to him. Kai and Twilight looked at Bea, who was holding the crystal looking for Cheese Sandwich. "Okay, little crystal, show me where Cheese is." Bea said. "If I were Cheese Sandwich, where would I be? I guess that's my problem. I bet Future Bea is super successful." "Twilight," Kai commanded. "Pounce." Twilight pounced onto Bea and grabbed the crystal with her magic. Bea and Twilight started to pull the crystal to get it as an explosion occurred making them drop the crystal to another building. Cole saw the crystal falling to him. He was about to grab it, but it fell into an open window. He turns to Rarity. "We have to get that crystal!" Rarity nodded and followed Cole to the building. She gets out a hook and a rope and tied them together as she threw the hook part to the window above the one the crystal fell into. She used her magic to lift herself to the window. As she went into the window, she finds a big hole in the ground. She walk up to the hole and looking into it seeing a big orange octopus wearing a black vest and a pale yellow piranha with blonde hair wearing a green cloak holding the crystal. "What did I tell you about teamwork?" The octopus asked. "I was the one who said we should work together!" The piranha yelled. "Did not!" The octopus yelled back. Rarity grabbed the crystal with her magic out of the piranha's hands with the octopus and piranha looking up to her. "Thank you." She runs out of the window and saw Cole climbing the rope as she used her magic to pick him up. "Thanks, Rarity." Cole said. "Anytime." Rarity replied. "But now we have to get to the next building." She puts Cole on her back and runs off. Rarity then jumps to the next building seeing Jay and Pinkie searching for the one who got the crystal. She clears her throat as Jay and Pinkie turned to her and saw the crystal in her grasp. "Hey, you got the crystal." Jay said. Rarity gives Jay the crystal. "Keep it from everyone here. Except the ones we know. Pass it to someone you see." Jay nodded and jumps onto Pinkies back. "Go, Pinkie!" Pinkie jumps off the building to the ground being chased by many fish. She then runs to Squidward as Jay gives Squidward the crystal. Squidward takes the crystal and runs off being chased. He then runs to a building and finds a ladder. He climbs the ladder up to the roof and finds Fluttershy and Patrick on the roof. Fluttershy and Patrick turned to Squidward. Squidward gives Fluttershy the jewel. "Get Patrick to the tower." Fluttershy said. "It might be where Cheese is." Squidward nodded as he took Patrick's arm and ran to the tower. Fluttershy turned and saw many fish running up the stairs to her. She flew off the roof and flew away as she saw Dipper and Diamond Tiara. "Dipper!" Dipper looked up and saw Fluttershy, who was holding the crystal. "I got your crystal!" Fluttershy called throwing the crystal the Dipper. Dipper caught the crystal. "Thanks, Fluttershy!" Fluttershy smiled and flew away. Dipper and Diamond Tiara turned and saw many fish running to them. Dipper puts the crystal on and activated his magic. Then he threw a ball of blue light at the fish blowing them away. After all that, they finally arrived at the tower, seeing the others. The rest turned to Dipper and Diamond Tiara. "You two are okay." Coloratura said. "And you got the crystal." Dipper smiled. "Got it safe and sound." He said walking to the others with Diamond Tiara following him. Zane knocked on the doors as they open and sucked the travelers inside.