On the ship’s deck, Twilight and Applejack were desperately trying to scoop out the excess water with spare buckets. Applejack’s eyes shrunk in horror as she noticed an all-too-familiar face driving the motorboat.
A large red stallion with an orange mane and a yoke on his neck stood at the front of the small boat and slowed down the engine. Applejack gave him a contemptuous glare as he trotted onto what was left of the Winona.
“Mac, what tha hay do ya think yer doin’ here?!” she shouted, “It’s too dangerous!”
“I’ve been watchin’ tha news, sis.” Big Macintosh explained, “About what happened in Sunset Shores. I just knew you’d go out an’ try ta catch tha’ shark yerself. I cain’t lose tha only family ah got left.”
“And I cain’t either!” Applejack yelled, “So why don’t ya just turn tail back to Manehattan!”
“Yer comin’ with me, sis.” Big Mac resolved, “It’s too dangerous out here.”
“More dangerous than Manehattan?!” Applejack argued, “Tha murder capital of Equestria?!”
“Actually, that would be Fillydelphia.” Twilight corrected.
“Quiet!!” Applejack and Big Mac shouted in unison.
“Never mind...” Twilight whispered.
“Sorry, Twi...” Applejack apologized, “I’m jus’ worried about mah brother.”
The Apple family union was interrupted as the massive shark leapt directly onto the front of the deck, causing the harpoon crane to snap away and plunge the boat further down, like an anchor. Twilight and Big Mac managed to climb onto to helm but Applejack slipped directly into the shark’s gaping maw.
“HEEEELLLPPPP!!” Applejack shrieked as she frantically kicked and screamed at the shark.
The earth pony desperately reached around for anything she could find and managed to grab a cutting knife from one of the spilled container. She stabbed the shark repeatedly in the eye as Big Mac struggled to reach out a hoof to save her.
“Take mah hoof, sis!!” he screamed.
“Ah’m tryin!!” Applejack shouted back.
The two ponies’ hooves couldn’t quite interlock and Applejack screamed in pain as the shark took a bite out of the lower half of her body. Blood gushed from her mouth as she gurgled and convulsed, still trying to stab the shark. The monstrous creature left Applejack’s torso to sink into the water as it swam back down below, leaving a bloody mess on the half-flooded deck.
“APPLEJACK!!!!” Big Mac screamed in horror, his eyes blinded with tears.
“Applejack!! NO!!!!!” Twilight bawled in only marginally less agony.
The two ponies’ grief was soon turned to confusion as the ghost pirate ship once again appeared from beneath the waters and headed straight for the Winona.
“Not pirates...” Twilight whispered, “Not now...”
The empty pirate ship was lifted high into the air as it was attached to a giant head that burst out of the water. Twilight’s and Big Mac’s eyes nearly fell out of their sockets as they witnessed a gigantic humanoid mermaid wearing a clamshell bra and a pirate ship tangled in her red hair. She had the purple lower half of a sea serpent, just as Twilight had witnessed. The massive mermaid opened her mouth to reveal a large set of gaping fangs.
“Giant vampire mermaids!” Twilight observed, “I thought they were only a myth!”
The predatory sea maiden easily scooped up the great white with her clawed fingers and took a bite right out of the shark’s upper back. The mermaid chewed up the fresh shark meat and swallowed, wiping the blood from her lips. She let the half-eaten shark fall back into the water. Applejack had been avenged.
The nightmare was not over yet as the killer mermaid set her eyes on the two pony morsels still clinging to the ship. She grabbed the sides of the ship with both hands and let her cleavage rest on the unbroken half of the deck. The impact made Big Mac lose his grip and he fell between the mermaid’s seashells. Big Mac blushed but the moment was not to last as the mermaid picked up the doomed stallion, holding him with two fingers by his yoke. Before he could realize what was happened, the mermaid placed Big Mac on her tongue and made quick work of him with her teeth.
“BIIIG MAAACC!!!!” Twilight screamed, reaching out in vain with her hoof.
` The mermaid looked directly at Twilight who panicked and dove into the water. The enormous humanoid followed her down and opened her fanged mouth wide. Twilight took shelter under the boat and managed to swim back inside the engine room through the broken window. The mermaid’s huge hand burst through window and took hold of Twilight. The unicorn tried to teleport away but couldn’t concentrate. She did manage to teleport a large object nearby but could not tell what it was.
The mermaid burst back through the surface and opened her mouth to devour Twilight. Just as Twilight met the mermaid’s lips she noticed the reserve fuel tank she had accidentally teleported into the mermaid’s cleavage. She finally managed to teleport herself onto the mast of the Winona, still sinking into the deep.
The mermaid made a swipe at the unicorn with her hand, which Twilight barely managed to dodge. Twilight blindly began firing magical bolts at the fuel tank with her horn but only managed to sting the mermaid’s skin, infuriating her. The now angered mermaid brought down a hand to crush Twilight but the unicorn focused all of her concentration at the fuel tank.
“Smile you overgrown bitch!” Twilight shouted as she fired a concentrated blast of energy directly at the fuel tank.
The fuel tank ruptured and the mermaid exploded in a fiery blast of gasoline and blood. Twilight broke into maniacal laughter as bloody chunks of the mermaid rained down on her. She fell back into the water and found she was too exhausted to swim.
Twilight started to sink beneath the surface until the arms of a pony in scuba gear held her up. Rarity took off her goggles and oxygen mask and warmly embraced her surviving friend.
“Was that a giant vampire mermaid?” Rarity wondered.
“Yeah, I guess it was.” was all Twilight could say.
“Where is Applejack?” Rarity asked.
Twilight only shook her head mournfully and Rarity gave a downcast look.
“I’m so tired...” Twilight muttered, “I can’t swim anymore...”
“We can float back on shore with that.” Rarity said, pointing her hoof at the clamshell bra that had floated to the surface.
The two ponies reluctantly grabbed onto each giant clamshell and kicked their legs back toward land.
“You know, Rarity...” Twilight said, “When I was a filly, I used to be intimidated by older mares.”
“I can’t imagine why!” Rarity replied.