Pirate's Life for Scoots

by Trinket334

Troggy Trouble

Previously on Pirate's Life for Scoots:

Buccaneer, Musketeer, Privateer, Swashbuckler, and Witchdoctor...hmm. Some interesting classes, but I AM known for my speed and agility. So if there's one class that's perfect for me, it has to be...yes! I know just what class.

"I choose Swashbuckler." was the one thing she said.

"Splendid!" Avery beamed as all attention then turned to a certain quite and silver filly.

"What?" she asked nervously.

"And what'll be your class, my dear?" Avery asked her. The filly was all but hesitant on which class she needs to be. She just didn't know. So it was then that she pattered out her decision...to which she didn't have.

"Can you come back to me on that later? I don't know what class is best for me." she inscribed nervously.

"It's fine, dear. It's always difficult to figure out which class you fit in, on the first day. I'm sure you'll find your true calling soon. For now, my amulet?" Avery encouraged hastily reminding them about their quest.

"Oh yeah!" Scootaloo exclaimed completely forgetting the task at hand."If there isn't anything else, Subodai, Silver Spoon, let's go!"

Avery then gives the new Swashbuckler her new card, Sneak Attack, as well as a compass and finally, Silver Spoon and Subodai followed their captain out and leading to Skull Mountain.

"Good luck! Remember to bring it back to me!" Avery yelled from afar. "And don't you DARE replace it with a fake! It happens all the time, trust me, I know!"

Exiting Avery's office, our heroes took the advantage and looked to the beautiful fortress. It seems tropical to say the least, but there was one mysterious pillar that caught Silver Spoon's eyes.

"Hey uh...Subodai is it? What's that down there?" she asked looking at the pillar.

"It is a Life Fountain. It will heal us when we are injured." he explained.

"Well that's definitely useful when we get hurt." their captain said as she looked upon the compass.

"So according to the compass, Skull Island should be over there. That's West, right?"

"It does not feel right to me. Over there is west." Subodai said, pointing the other direction. He then swiped the compass off his captain's hoof and declared it 'garbage'

"Skull Mountain should be over there," Subodai says as he leads the two fillies to the bastion with the fancy velveted docks. They look like they were newly constructed.

"Now hold yer horses there, pirates!" cried someone as our heroes were spotted a pelican running up to them.

"And just where do ye think you're going?" the pelican asked crediously.

"Skull Mountain. And don't tell us we won't make it. I'm su-"

"I couldn't care less if you fillies want to face yer dooms trying stop those monstrous Troggies," the pelican yelled abruptly. "The only thing that concerns me is that if ye want ta go to Skull Mountain, YER GOING THE WRONG WAY!"

"Stop us all you'd like ya old geezer, it's our only way to get b-excuse me what?" Silver Spoon was taken aback by the pelican's claim.

"Skull Mountain's over there, ladies." he said pointing to the opposite bastion...aka the bastion Scootaloo claimed as West.

It was then that the two fillies glared at the horse barbarian.

"What?" he asked cluelessly.

"You almost put us in the wrong direction, what do you you think?" Silver Spoon moaned as she took the lead and went to bastion where the pelican pointed. Scootaloo followed and Subodai...

"Wh-where are you going?" Scootaloo asked the horse going the other way. Subodai was...taken aback to where the he was going.

"This isn't to Skull Island?" he asked.

"THE PELICAN JUST SHOWED US THE WAY TWO SECONDS AGO, ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" The two fillies shouted in unison...oh hey they grew shark teeth too.

"Silver Spoon, drag him so he wouldn't get lost." Scootaloo ordered.

"I AM NO CHILD, I DO NOT GET LOST!"

"YOU JUST GOT LOST THREE SECONDS AGO!"

Finally, they went west and to the west bastion. As they approached the bastion, they soon met with a round man, manning the cannons into a forest. Then suddenly A BARREL came hurdling towards the Gunner!

"HIT THE DECK!" The man yelled as everyone dropped to the ground embracing impact.

BOOM! the barrel exploded causing a major crater in the center of the bastion.

"Ahoy there! Keep yer head down if ya ain't willin' ta get blown up! Blasted Troggies. They've gone mad, they have!" the round man greeted

"Chief Gunner Rigby, I presume?" Silver Spoon asked.

"Aye that's me."

"Don't worry, Avery sent us to help." Scootaloo saluted.

"Ya want to help? We need to stop this bonbardment! Go find Bonnie Anne!" Rigby said opening the gate. "She went across the bridge to teach those savages a lesson. You'll do more good, there!"

"Thanks! We're on the case." Scootaloo says as she led her pirate crew across the bridge an into Skull Mountain.

"Finally. I thought we would never get on track. Thanks to our 'faithful navigator' over here." Silver Spoon taunted glaring at Subodai, as our heroes reached a jungle clearing.

"SHUT UP!" The horse barbarian hissed.

"Knock it off, you two, we've made it to Skull Mountain. Now all that's left is to find this Bonnie Anne person." Scootaloo intervened, as she went off further into the jungle.

Sure enough, she found large anthromorphic fox. The fox was wearing a clear white blouse and a red scarf with a matching red skirt and brown boots and on top of her head, a brown bandana. Finally the panting fox appears to be carring a large musket.

"Excuse me, miss, have you seen a Bonnie Anne around here?" Scootaloo asked the tired fox.

"Aye...that be me...what can...I do...ye for...?" the fox panted.

"We're here to help fight out those Troggies." Scootaloo says as the fox began to rise up and regained composure.

"I'm guessing Avery sent ye? Good, that Fin, he's a wily one, I tell ye. He roused up those Troggies till they're mad as badgers!"

"How are they firing back at you? It doesn't really look like those Troggies have much to work with." Silver Spoon asked curiously.

"They didn't. Those slimy devils raided us last night, they took half our powder stores, now they're fligin' it back to town!" Bonnie explained. "We're tryin' ta fight back, but there's too many of them! Ye want ta help? Soften them up a bit, and I'll help ya find Fin. Report to Lieutenent Smollet, when yer done!"

"Right, we're on the case!" Scootaloo said as she ran off by herself, leaving Scootaloo and Silver Spoon.

"That's yer captain?" Bonnie Anne asked.

"Yep." Silver Spoon replied.

"Talk about enthusiasm."

"You have no idea."

Soon enough, the three pirates shoved off to the locations of the Troggies. Soon enough, they have reached a clearing filled with of anthromorphic, tribal frogs running around like maniacs and firing barrels out to the court. Avoiding contact from them, the three hid behind a bush and discussed their plans.

"Are those the Troggies?" Scootaloo whispered.

"Yes. Draw your blade and prepare for battle." Subodai whispered.

"What should I do?" Silver Spoon asked in quiet.

"Once we defeat them, report to Smollet. But be discreet. They must not find us. But, if they see you, we'll all be captured. Understand?

"Understood."

"Good. Now, TO BATTLE!" Subodai cried out as he revealed himself and charged at the Troggies.

"LET'S DO THIS!" Scootaloo yelled , following Subodai's lead.

"So much for being discreet..." Silver Spoon sighed, as she sweatdropped.

"Eep, eep, oi!" a Troggy yelled as he and his pack got into position.

"Let's do this! SNEAK ATTACK!" Scootaloo yelled as she practically disappeared out of thin air.

The Troggies looked around in confusion. Where did she go? They have found their answer when suddenly, out of nowhere, Scootaloo reappeared behind them and striked one of the Troggies, not even giving it a chance to attack.

"Op!" the Troggy leader yelled as he began to lash at Scootaloo, but she blocked his attacks easily. Revealing his blind spot, Subodai advanced and lunged at the Troggy leader, only for the Trogg to dodge and he reacted by throwing his leafy shield.

"EEP EEP OOOOOOP!" The Troggy yelled. Subodai was just about the ssclice the shield down, considering it's weak structure, but instead the shield only flew back and attack Subodai behind, Almost like a boomerang.

"A boomerang like shield. I bore those tricks.

"Eep, Arp, Oh, Ep, Op!" the Troggy only babbled.

"Enough of this sensless babbling! TREMOR!" Subodai yelled as suddenly a piece of ground suddenly revolved up. Subodai only kicked the rubble, striking the Troggy unconcious.

"Who-hoa! Nice one, Subodai!" Scootaloo beamed all so starry-eyed as she finished off a remaining Troggy.

"Naturally, Captain." Subodai smirked as he watched a Troggy hunter nearing his captain. Scootaloo saw it near her, and she only stabbed it. As of now, all Troggies were gone.

Seeing the Troggies gone, and watching the others run away in fear, Silver Spoon discreetly sneaked out of her hiding spot and ran back to the jungle clearing.

Meanwhile with the two,

"And that's that." Scootaloo sighed. "Hopefully Silver Spoon reported to this Smollet person."

"Already did." Silver Spoon said as she, Bonnie Anne and a rotund person (whom Scoots assumed to be Smollet) made their way to them.

"Smartly done, pirate. With your crew on our side, we may actually have a fighting chance." Smollet replied.

"Well done indeed, yer really good to have around for a fight. For a filly," Bonnie Anne said, earning a glare from the orange filly.

"What's THAT supposed to mean?" she hissed.

"Anyway, I said I'll help ye find Fin, an' I'm a girl of me word. Don't suppose ye have room for another on yer crew, captain?" Bonnie Anne humbly requested.

"Of course, the more the merrier! Welcome to the crew Bonnie!"

"I'm happy for you, Anne, but remember there is still business to be done," intervened Smollet. "Listen up: the Troggies are using three great slingshots to attack the bastion. Our cannons could destroy them, but the farthest slingshot is out of range, and our men can't see an inch in this jungle."

"So what do we do?" Scootaloo asked.

"Scout the forest and mark the location of the two slingshots for our men to locate," Smollet ordered as he gave Scootaloo the map of the forest. "Once you are done, find the third one and set off the powder kegs they're flinging to the island and destroy it. Report back when you're done."

"Sounds like a plan. Let's go guys!" Scootaloo ordered as the three pirates and their newest crewmate, Bonnie Anne, scouted out the landmark to find the slingshots. They found the first one: no Troggies, and marked it on the map.

The second slingshot had one Troggy manning the powder keg. So they quietly marked the location, and headed off to find the third one.
And finally the third one, to which it had a whole band of Troggies and a whole bunch of powder kegs with them. Fortunately, Subodai knew what to do.

"To hell with you, amphibian scum," he growled as he took out a match and lit the fuse.

It was then that the crew quickly QUICKLY ran away from the site.

"HIT THE DECK!" Silver Spoon yelled bracing for impact.

BOOM! An explosion erupted in the clearing, leaving a crater of soot in replace of the slingshot...and the Troggy.

"I love a good smell of gunbowder in the morning." Bonnie Anne sighed.

"Now then, let's report back to Smollet. I'm sure he knows it is us who made the explosion." Subodai says as they went back to Smollet for their report.

"I heard the explosion. I take it the mission was a success?" Smollet presumed.

"All barrels taken care of, sir. And here's the mapped location right here." Bonnie Anne said as she handed the map to Smollet.

"Excellent work! Skull Island is safe. Now that the bonbardment is taken care of, we can get to work on bringing Avery his bauble back" Smollet said.

"I sent two of my best men, Livsey, and Shepard to find the Amulet. They haven't been heard from in a while. Go up the trail and find any traces of Livsey or Shepard. IF they're alive, they can help you find Fin."

"IF they're alive, that's reassuring..." Bonnie Anne moaned as the crew casted off further into the forest. Once they reached the trail up,

"You there, help!" cried a voice.

If there was anything that Scootaloo has learned anything in Equestria, it was to help those in need. She did what her insticts told her and searched for the cry for help, only to find a frog pirate trapped in a wooden cage.

"Aww, hey there, little fellah!" Silver Spoon squealed. "You need help getting out?"

"WHAT THE HELL DO YA THINK I AM A DOG?! JUST GET ME OUTTA HERE!" The frog barked at the filly with actual shark's teeth.

"Calm down, dude I was just playing around," Scootaloo chuckled. "Maybe you can help us, little guy. Do you know anyone named Livsey or Shepard?"

"You can look no further, lass. The names Livsey E. Froggert at your service" the frog said bowing to the captain.

"Well that's good. Smollet sent us to look for you and Shepard." said Bonnie Anne.

"Smollet sent ye? Good, I think I know where Fin is, but he ain't alone. I saw a ship docked up the mountain a while ago, a Cutthroat ship by the looks of it and they've set up camp up there."

"A what?" Silver Spoon asked.

"Cutthroats, captain. They're dangerous shark pirates, Fin must've called them here while we were busy with the Troggies," Bonnie Anne explained.

"Aye, but when we found them, they found us. The sharks attacked us and I've been trapped in here ever since."

"And Shepard?" Subodai persued.

"Didn't see him. We got seperated during the attack." Livsey explained as he contunied to try to break the lock opened. No dice. "UGGHH I can't get the lock opened. Maybe if you get the the key from the T-"

"You are just too weak." Subodai inturrepted bluntly.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Livsey retorted.

"It is simply bamboo. It's structure is think, but it can be easily cut down with the proper blade."

"And I suppose you can put your money where your mouth is, and cut the cage down?" challenged the frog.

SLASH! At a blink of an eye, Subodai stroked the cage, to which it was chopped into little pieces. Livsey was free.

"Done."

"NEXT TIME GIVE BE A CHANCE TO DUCK! YA ALMOST CHOPPED MY HEAD IN TWO!" Yelled Livsey in rage. "Anyway, now that I'm free, we can get to finding Fin. If we sneak past the Cutthroats, we can find some clues to finding Fin."

"Their camp is up the trail, right? Let's head up there" Scootaloo said, anxious for some action. At the Captain's orders, the crew and Livsey snook past the Troggies and went up the hill.

In their view, they found a perfect view of a giant skull. In the captain's sight she had also noticed is a campsite with a band of sharks guarding the camp.

"There's Skull Mountain. I'm not afraid." Subodai said readying his blade to battle.

"Me neither," Scootaloo replied determinely.

"I am." Silver Spoon muttered meekly.

"You don't count."

"EXCUSE ME?"

"Break it up you two," intervened Bonnie Anne, breaking up the fight. "Now then, there are the Cutthroats. Now then, why don't we give them a warm w-"

"Let's not! We need to find Fin, not draw attention on us!" Livsey intervened. "How about this:" he said turning to Bonnie.

"You, Fox, you're good with a rifle aren't you? Why not you just snipe them from the bushes. We need to stay hidden, at all cost."

"The bush is all the way near the cave. How are we gonna get there without one of those buggers spotting us?" Bonnie Anne asked.

"Leave that to me." Scootaloo said as she...smeared mud all over her face. Everyone looked at the filly in confusion.

"Uh...captain, ye got a little..." Bonnie Anne said motioning that she has dirt all over her face.

"It's part of my plan. I walk up and distract them as... buyer or an ally, while you guys make a break for it to the bush, and that is where Bonnie takes her shot and blast those Cutthroats down, pretty neat huh? I read it in a Daring Doo book, Those books really are interesting, if you ask me."

"...Daring...who?"

"You're certain it will work?" Subodai asked.

"I'm certain it'll work." Scootaloo retorted.

"It's crazy enough TO work. We're countin' on you, pirate." Livsey said.

"Once I get the conversation in motion, you guys sneak by and head to the bush. Wish me luck." she said as she trotted up to the Cutthroats, who unfortunately unsheathed their swords and aimed it at her, without a second glance.

"Who the blazes are you?!" the Cutthroat ordered threatningly.

"Oi, no need to be alarmed, gents. I be a business venturer sent by Fin," Scootaloo said in a rather distinquishing pit-cockney accent.

It was then that the Cutthroats lowered their weapons. "You're the buyer? No offense but I kinda expected you ta be...taller."

"I get that allot, mate no worries. To answer yer question, yes I'm the buyer.A little birdie told me, that you have something that belongs to the proprietor of Skull Island. I couldn't possibly turn that deal away."

While the plan was in action and Scootaloo commuted with the Cutthroats, Bonnie, Subodai, Silver Spoon and Livsey sneaked past them.

"Aye. Fin told us he scored Avery's Jade Amulet. Clearly, Avery stopped the search after we roughed up two suckers looking for it." another Cutthroat explained.

"Suckers you say? And who might those gents be?" Scootaloo asked probing for answers.

"A dog and a toad. Ehh what's their name? Livsey and Shepard, I think."

BANG! The sound of a gunshot was heard, making the Cutthroats ready their weapons. "What was that?" the Cutthroat leader barked.

"I don't see anythin'! Ed you see anyone here?" second Cutthroat said motioning his brother. No response. "Ed?" it was then that the so called 'Ed' dropped down to the ground.

"Oi, Ed! You OK?" the Cutthroat leader asked. he's not moving, no flinch, no nothing. He's dead.

"SOMEONE KILLED ED!" the second Cutthroat yelled preparing for battle.

"Show yourself, coward!"

BANG!

Another gunshot. erupted the camp shooting down the second Cutthroat. "Brutis! He was just a guppy, you bastards! HE WAS JUST A GUPPY!" the leader roared. "Buyer, did ya s-"

Scootaloo suddenly stabbed the leader in the chest, putting him down.

"Sorry, but I'll give Fin my regards once we get back the amulet from him. ALL CLEAR GUYS!" Scootaloo yelled signaling her crew out of their hiding spots.

"Guess yer plan really worked, captain." Bonnie Anne said.

"Was there any doubt?" She scoffed.

"Good work, pirate." Livsey said appearing to the group. "During yer little diversion, I found this note. Listen to this:"

"Our buyer won't be here for a while. I'll be in the temple. If the buyer arrives, bring him to me. The temple entrance is in the Skull Cave ~Fin"

"So, Fin's in there?" Silver Spoon said as everyone turned to the Skull Cave.

"Yes. There's no turning back now, captain. Into the cave." Subodai said.

"Maybe Shepard's in there. You guys check inside the cave, I gotta report back to Smollet." Livsey said running back to Smollet.

"Whelp, you heard the horse. Into the cave! Let's get Fin!" Scootaloo said as she and her crew ran in the Skull Cave, awaiting for the danger that they will soon face.