October 2nd
"Permission to ask where Spike is, cap'n?"
"Err," said Twilight, pushing a pillow out of the way so she could see her pink companion. "Permission granted."
"Where's Spike?"
"He said he had a tummy ache so he wouldn't be joining us today."
"Aww, that's too bad. I finally found a hat just like his," said Pinkie Pie. "And what'll you do without a periscope?"
Twilight grinned. “With Spike's help I've come up with a new kind of under-pillow sonar; I can send out a tiny wave of magic that will bounce off of ponies and tell me where they are.”
“Ooo, clever! Try it now, try it now!”
“Okay,” said Twilight, and her horn glowed a little brighter as she began to concentrate.
Pinkie wiggled in anticipation. “What does it say?”
“Their surface vessels are scattered, this should work to our advantage. I'll check again to see if they're moving.” Twilight's horn flared. “Oh?” she said. “They've all gotten closer...”
“What's wrong cap'n?”
Her magic pulsed out a third time. “This is bad, they're almost on top of us! It’s like they’re able to track my sonar somehow...”
Pinkie began to shake Twilight by the shoulders, completely breaking her chain of thought.
“What are we gonna do Twilight? I know I won't be able to hold up under interrogation; I'll sing like a birdy! One little feather and I'll be telling them all of the secret songs I've been working on! And then it'll be all my secret jokes, and then all my secret pranks, and then—”
“Comrade Pie!”
Pinkie released Twilight, although it took several seconds for her to stop shaking.
“By now they'll be surrounding us, but you can still escape; it's me they're after.”
“I can't abandon my captain!” said Pinkie.
“Don't worry, I've got a very important mission for you... Sputnik-Pie.”
- - -
“Come on out Twi', we've got you surrounded.”
Rainbow Dash pulled her head out of the pillows. “Pinkie Pie is on the move!”
“What about Twilight?” asked Applejack.
“Didn't hear anything from her, she must still be there.”
“Then Pinkie's a distraction. Eyes on the prize, ladies.”
Rainbow nodded in agreement; this was the closest they had come to defeating the Twilight October, and she wasn't about to mess up this opportunity by chasing a burrowing pink pony.
Applejack brought her head closer to the pillows. “Don't make us come down there!”
The area that the friends had surrounded began to move. Twilight was surfacing.
“All right, you got me,” Twilight said as she finished extracting herself from the pillows. “So what are you going to— Rarity?!”
“Were you not expecting to see me on the ground, as it were?” answered the impeccably groomed unicorn.
“Well, no... you never were before. I mistook you for Fluttershy with my sonar.”
“Ahh, we wanted to mix things up a little. It wouldn't be fun if you won every time.”
Twilight nodded. “Fair enough.”
“Also, Fluttershy wanted to try being a rescue helicopter,” Rarity said, nodding her head towards the yellow pegasus as she did so.
Fluttershy was a little further back from the main group. Angel and Gummy were taking it in turns to dive off of her head and onto the pillows where they would flounder around, pretending to be lost at sea. Fluttershy would then hover down and extract them from their soft, cushiony fate.
“And this time,” Rarity continued, “we have a secret weapon.” She turned side-on to Twilight, revealing her passenger who had previously been obscured behind her mane.
“Spike!” Twilight exclaimed.
“Pryvet, comrade,” said Spike, his accent having slightly improved over time.
“Well that explains how Rarity was able to track my new sonar... but how could you betray the Motherland like this, former comrade Spike? You believed in the cause more than any of us; without you She would have already fallen.”
“She has already fallen, Twilight. Zhe Motherland zhat we fought to protect abandoned us and her own values long ago. Too many of Her sons and daughters have been lost in zhese meaningless conflicts. Is it wrong to seek an end to zhis bloodshed? To wish for zhis war to be over?”
“No battle is meaningless that is fought to protect our freedom,” Twilight retorted.
“And were we free Twilight? Were we free to meet with friends without rousing suspicion? Were we free to visit our own home towns without identity papers and checkpoints? Were we free to read a book zhat wasn't on zhe preapproved list?
“No, Twilight. We could do none of zhese zhings. We did not have freedom. We fought for a paradise of the proletariat, an end to the exploitation carried out by zhe bourgeoisie. Instead her people live in poverty, exploited now by the corrupt bureaucrats and officials zhat were put in place to protect zhem.”
“So you claim your actions are for the people?”
“No, Twilight. I wish my defection had such a noble cause, but my motivation was purely selfish.
Twilight raised an eyebrow.
“Rarity let me ride around on her back.”
Twilight rolled her eyes. Suddenly, she smiled. “So you think you have won?”
“Well, a'course. We captured ourselves the dreaded Twilight October,” said Applejack.
“Oh, we'll see about that,” replied Twilight. “Strike from the sky, comrades!”
Three little ponies leapt off of the balcony above them.
“CUTIEMARK CRUSADER COSMONAUGHTS! YAY!”
-
“We got 'em, we got 'em!” said Sweetie Belle from on top of her sister.
“Yes. You did,” said Rarity, having been flattened onto the pillows by the impact. She was propping her head up with her hoof. Spike had managed to throw himself free before becoming a dragon sandwich.
“Okay, that was a pretty cool entrance,” Rainbow admitted, trying to extract herself from Scootaloo.
“Really?!?” asked the orange filly.
“Sure kiddo.” Rainbow tapped the plastic bowl Scootaloo was wearing on her head. “But I don't think much of this thing.”
“That's my helmet. Pinkie Pie said we needed them to breath in space.”
Rainbow chuckled.
Apple Bloom was spinning around on Applejack's back, trying get a look at her own flank. “Didwegetourcutiemarks, didwegetourcutiemarks?!?”
“I sure hope you don't get a 'jumpin' on your sister cutiemark'.”
Their helmets prevented the cutiemark crusaders from checking their own flanks, so they checked each others.
“Awww,” they said together.
Twilight beamed at them. “You did a great job, comrades. The Motherland is lucky to have you.”
“Always happy to help, Twilight,” said Apple Bloom.
“Does this mean we win?” asked Scootaloo.
Applejack got to her feet, which made Apple Bloom wobble trying keep her balance. “Now hold on just fer a minute. We aint’ out of this yet, we've still got Fluttershy. She could... wait... is that a fin poking out between those pillows?”
Seven ponies and a dragon turned to look at where Fluttershy was standing.
“Ummm...?” said Fluttershy
“RAAWR!” said Pinkie Pie, roaring in precisely the way a shark doesn't.
The pink pony exploded out of the pillows, latching onto Fluttershy and dragging her beneath the surface before the onlookers even had a chance to blink.
Fluttershy's terrified “Eeeeeeek!” faded rapidly, as she was taken to the dark, downy depths.
Spike broke the silence. “Just when you thought it was safe to go back to bed...”
“Okay, now ya' win.”
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What's this "On hiatus" stuff?
I require more intense ponysub action, daring sea battles, vile betrayals, heroic rescues, suspense, action, adventure... and Fluttershy going "toot toot"!
RAWR!
The motherland demands MORE.
..."roaring in precisely the way a shark doesn't."
Douglas Adams would be proud!
This is so wonderfully strange and funny...
Hey, twilight octoober, I remember reading this a lot of time ago! good to see you here ^_^
This fic is too good laughed the whole time
This is the most adorable fic I've read in a long time.
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I was never sure if I could think of another part for this, so I originally labelled it 'on hiatus'.
Changed to 'completed' since another part would be a long time off, if ever.
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Thank you!
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RAWR!
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Alas, a new idea for this story eludes me.
Although I did have an idea for a 'Murder on the Pony Express', which would be like a spiritual successor.
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Adams is one of my favourite authors. Quotes like this sometimes come to mind and I suddenly can't imagine that anything else would fit.
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That's exactly what I was going for.
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Howdy Mime!
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Excellent!
48739>>48746
I'm glad you like it.
I couldn't help but wear a big, stupid grin on my face throughout this fic. It was just... so FUN. :D
bravo, i haven't laughed like that in a long while... would love to see more of this.
and now that i think of it i would also love to see a picture of the room they're in... filled with pillows!
for now though, keep up the great work and watch out for pinkiesharks
Damn that brightened up my day.
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Mission accomplished!
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Thank you! One must always be on the lookout for Pinkiesharks. Especially in custard.
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I'm very glad to hear it.
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Down that path insanity lies. Come join us, the waters soft and fluffy.
"That is where the fish live."
This is where the fish lives
This IS pure AWESOME!!!!
Please continue writing!
THE MOTHERLAND DEMANDS A SEQUAL! comrade you must write a sequal! the fate of the glorious motherland rest's apon it!
Oh bloody hell they got Fluttershy! NOOOOO
OOOOOO
Mother Russia story. Bahaha!
This. Is. Fabulous!
That was fun!
that was absolutely and utterly a fun read
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Ze Mozerland demandz a zequal to zis! Zis ztory haz enzpired millionz of our comradez to take up armz againzt ze threat zat iz Equeztria. Zo my brozher, i zalute you.
P.Z. if you cant understand this, try saying it out loud... not too loud... you sound kinda funny
Thanks for the good laugh.
Awesome story xD
No seriously, I'm smiling like an idiot. "roaring precisely like a shark doesn't"...That's what we call genius my friend :p
hmm yes I like this... please have some more soon...
56 weeks. Eh? Eh?
This. Is. So. Funny!
Exactly what I needed, having just finished Background Pony. (Warning: though an excellent story, that is decidedly not a happy one.)
Back to the world of warm and fuzzy with Twilight October! Toot toot!
Okay, how did I not realise this had been posted on fimfiction? This story is freakin' hilarious.
Love it just as much now as I did the first time I read it.
I'll rarely favorite a completed story, but this is most assuredly one of those times.
HEE! Cute lil' story >w<
502316 your second image is a ninja. because It's not visible.
This is so many kinds of awesome, words d not begin to describe it. Also, darnit! Now I wanna play!
Fantastic story! The final assault on the Fluttercopter had me in stitches
That was adorable!
Lel
I can't help wounding what pinkie is doing to fluttershy down there *wink* *wink*
It's been over 3 years and this is still one of my favorite fics!
One of the best things I've ever read. At "Spike wasn't able to join us", I was almost prepared to skim the second chapter and downvote; it would've really sucked if you'd followed such a fun, fluffy, silly chapter with a chapter cursed by the one thing that drops a wet blanket on my good mood: Spike missing out on something that all six of his friends did together.
Oh my....
I had no idea this was a thing. And it is fantastic.
RainbowHawk this is Solar Command, move out and await orders.
RainbowHawk in position.
RainbowHawk release pillows. Now. Now. Now.
*ping*
Range to target.
*ping*
900 yards.
*ping*
800 yards.
*ping*
700 yards.
*ping*
600 yards.
*ping*ping*
500 yards.
*ping*ping*ping*
400 yards.
*ping*ping*ping*ping*ping*
300 yards.
A white hoof wearing a shining gold shoe extends purposefully toward a small and functional looking red button, before pressing it after a brief moments hesitation.
*pillow explodes harmlessly*
Then a voice full of amusement speaks.
Now you understand RainbowHawk that pillow did not self-destruct, you heard it hit the pony. And I, was never here.
As a gold wallet embossed with a sunburst pattern was levitated in front of the Solar princess and opened to reveal a rushed drawing of a purple unicorn with a pillow impaled upon it's horn.
V'oktyabreh!
I have never felt so much joy. I have also never wanted Hasbro to adapt a fanfic into an actual episode more.
why no russian helicopters
don't make fluttercopter cry
I'm sad I missed this story until now.
I'm glad I found it! It was hilarious!
49498 Both chapters were equally funny. I enjoyed it. Stories like this are like popcorn: small and fluffy, and you can read a whole bunch in one sitting. One critique though: I believe that "taking it in turns" would be better worded as "taking turns". The first one comes across as a little odd, and reads less smoothly. Other than that though, it was good. I have read it before, and I would like to see you write something else. If you are having trouble writing new things, why not try being a co-author?
Cute and funny ending
omaigash so adorable ponies!!!
I could only read this in the scout's voice...
This was very adorible
hee hee...I was a little wary of this story as I have seen the movie (albeit a long time ago) and it is not a happy movie. This story was complete and total harmless nonsense, and I'm glad I read it. If I had to say anything is that it might have been a good idea to have a brief prologue setting up the scene (cover art helps, but it would be good if maybe you had a paragraph or so saying how they came to decide to play this strange variation on a pillow/tickle fight. Also got to wonder how many pillows they had available to be completely submerged (or is it air-quotes submerged?)
either way, for a quick read, it's a gem that I am going to add to my funny folder here on FiMfiction.
Death by Pinkie-shark. Harsh, dude. Harsh.