//------------------------------// // Season One Opening "Shut up and sail with me" (spoiler warning) // Story: Straw Hat Pinkie: East Blue Beginnings // by River Road //------------------------------// ------ Camera moving across the open sea towards a small boat in the distance Oh don't you dare look back A shadow appearing in the water Just keep your eyes on me …getting larger as it gets closer to the boat I said your holding back …turning into a growing mound of water She said shut up and sail with me The “King of the Near Sea” bursting out from the water This woman is my destiny Pinkie Pie on the boat holding her hat with one hoof She said …throwing a punch forward Ooh ooh ooh …close-up of her foreleg extending Shut up and sail with me Still shot of Pinkie hitting the fish square in the jaw ------ Shot of the story’s logo[1] over a black background ------ …fading away to a disco floor Pinkie is dancing on We were ready for a fight Fluttershy fading into view, shuffling her hooves next to Pinkie Ready to stand up for what is right Rainbow Dash flying into the picture to join Stand our ground in the fading light Rarity moonwalking in from the other side in an appropriate outfit Oh we were bound to get together Spike dropping in from above to join Bound to get together Applejack jumping in from the side, whipping her lasso with her tail at the side of the screen . and rolling the disco background up, causing them all to fall off She took my arm Pinkie grabbing her crew with one extending arm I don't know how it happened …grabbing the side of a cliff with the other We took the floor and she said …and swinging them all onto the Going Merry Oh don't you dare look back Camera zooming in to move over the ship, going past Rarity sewing fabric Just keep your eyes on me …Applejack bucking a tree with one hoof I said your holding back …Fluttershy sorting her medical supplies She said shut up and sail with me …Rainbow Dash exercising before striking a pose This woman is my destiny …Spike making new bullets with his alchemy kit, looking up and towards Pinkie She said ...finally moving to Pinkie sitting on the figurehead Ooh ooh ooh …throwing up her arms… Shut up and sail with me …and jumping off the boat ------ Picture changing to a sea map, with a chibi Pinkie An old straw hat and unruly mane running in front of the Going Merry and Making sure my life'd never be the same the ponies they met on their travels in the background I felt it in my soul as she yelled my name I knew we were bound to be together View moving behind Pinkie as she charges up to Arlong Park Bound to be together Jumping and raising a hoof in attack at the shadowy figure of Arlong She took my arm Jump to Iron Will and Trixie in Loguetown I don't know how it happened …Vinyl and Marines in Loguetown We took the floor …Pinkie standing between both groups, turning her head to look up at the dark clouds where . lightning is building And she said Lightning shooting down and filling the screen Oh don't you dare look back Pinkie and crew running through Loguetown Just keep your eyes on me Neon with a squad of Marines I said your holding back …pointing a hoof and giving the signal to fire She said shut up and sail with me Pinkie pulling her crew into a side street, just in time to avoid the explosion This woman is my destiny Vinyl standing at the end of the street, hooves charging with blue electricity She said ooh ooh ooh …tensing and charging forward, then jumping Shut up and sail with me Still shot of Vinyl hanging in the air, about to clash with Pipsqueak and his crew Oh come on girl! Jump to the main sail of Going Merry unfolding --- The ship sailing through a storm ---- --- towards the entrance of Reverse Mountain --- ---- …the Straw Hats standing on the deck around a barrel -- -- -- -- -- -- ---- …placing their hoof/claw on the barrel one by one -- Water spraying to the right -- Water spraying to the left ---___ The Going Merry jumping the top of Reverse Mountain and down the slope Deep in her eyes Split screen between Pinkie getting her hat from Shanks I think I see the future …and Pinkie looking out at sea I realize Split screen between Rainbow getting slashed by Spitfire This is my last chance …and raising her sword for her oath She took my arm Split screen between Spike staring up into a rain of falling purple feathers I don't know how it happened …and Fluttershy running through a burning field We took the floor and she said The straw hat flying up into the sky ------ Sepia picture of past Loguetown ------ Ponies stomping their hooves as lines of marines trudge by in tact Oh don't you dare look back Clover being led to the scaffold Just keep your eyes on me Close-up of her grinning I said your holding back The executioners taking position at her sides She said shut up and sail with me Camera moving in as Clover raises her head This woman is my destiny …saying her final words She said …face turning to shadows again Ooh ooh ooh Camera suddenly moving out to show the executioners having impaled her Shut up and sail And moving out again to show the crowd bursting into cheers and throwing up their hats Oh don't you dare look back Rainbow looking around at the Marines surrounding her Just keep your eyes on me …knocking them all back with one strike of her wings I said your holding back Applejack bucking another Marine into a group of them She said shut up and sail with me One of the leftover Marines getting hit by an explosive bullet This woman is my destiny Camera turns to Spike holding his sling, backing away from the Marines with Rarity . (levitating her staff) and Fluttershy behind him She said ooh ooh ooh Pinkie jumping in front of them Shut up and sail with me …and whipping the Marines away with one leg ------ Random shots of Pinkie and her crew Ooh ooh ooh shut up sail with me running across different islands ------ Ooh ooh ooh shut up sail with me -- Shot of Pipsqueak and his crew -- Shot of Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon -- Shot of Shanks and Spitfire ------ Final shot of the Straw Hats in front of their ship [1] Logo not yet existing