Since moving a population that can fill an entire city is a slow process, it took over a month to get to the east. So, by the time Dawn reached the east it was around the same time Shadow met Solace and Mandal, the unicorns from the west. And Fawkes, Condor, Gyro, and Vane. They set a large camp just a few miles away from the eastern bay city of Wary Ripples. At nightfall, Dawn went off by herself to the ships that were there. She knew one of the five there belonged to her friend Longbeard. She wanted to greet her old friend peacefully, without a whole lot of a attention. She saw an old ship she recognized. This ship had to be it.

A tacky looking ship that still floats, surprisingly. From the looks of it, the ship hasn't been taken care of. Compared to the other ships around it the Dutchcolt was hideous. She snuck aboard and went to the captain's cabin. She didn't see him nor any other crew. There was only one place where she knew the captain might be. The brig. As she thought. The captain was in his own brig. Passed out drunk. She used her magic to unlock the cell and went inside. She went to him and saw that he was slightly shivering. She threw his coat over him and went on the top deck and started fixing the ship.

By late afternoon, Longbeard woke up and covered his eyes. He lied there, on the cold planks, for a good hour then jolted up when he felt the ship move.

"What the? Am I being hijacked?" He stumbled to his hooves. "Whoever has the guts to come upon my ship without my permission, best be ready for a fight." He used the bars to hold himself up. "It it too early for me to get up." When his eyes was touched by sunlight he cried, "Whoa, geez I don't remember drinking anything last night." He covered his eyes with his coat. He heard a voice call his name.

"Longbeard!"

He turned to the direction from which it came and replied, "Now, if this is about last week, sweetie, I swear I didn't know she wasn't you. You two look exactly the same."

"You're talking to the wrong mare, my friend."

"Okay! Who the heck is that?!" He threw his coat off his eyes, "Oh my, well isn't it Dawn." She was at the helm. She made her way to him.

"Hey, I fixed up what I could without making too much noise." Dawn have him a light hug. "How about having a "one-pair crew" with me?"

"Ah, too old and too drunk to. How far out have you taken her?" He leaned over the starboard rail, "That far already?"

"Well, those holes in the sails, I patched her up real nice for you."

"And I thank you." He felt something come up his throat. He vomited over the side. Dawn shivered. "I feel quite better now." He wiped his mouth and tried to hug Dawn back. She sorta pushed him off and smiled. "I must smell like a working girl's hind quarters." He chuckled, "Looks like I did the aging for you and your father."

"You sure did. And you did the drinking for us."

"That part I like."

"Where's the rest of the crew?"

"What crew? I have been taking care of the Dutchcolt by myself ever since my..........father.......Yes, my father left it to me....DECADES AGO.....after he died."

Dawn's smile slowly faded away. She felt sorry for this stallion. She thought he must've gone in a deep state of depression when his father, the original Longbeard, passed away. He drank his sorrows away and had completely forgotten about the ship. "Hey, Sparsa-"

"Only a princess can call me that, young mare." He looked at her, "Well, you are your daddy's princess aren't you?" There was a splash on the port side. He stood straight up and ran toward it, "Ha, a warning shot! Who dares to threaten the life of her and the Dutchcolt?" Dawn was astonished at how swiftly he was moving on his hooves while hungover." He leaned over the rail and looked back, "Master Dawn!"

"Yes, captain!" She shouted.

"Take over please. I'm going to the cabin to take care of some things."

"What exactly do you want me to do?"

"Give no quarter." He said calmly.

"Really? First of all, I can't do that by myself. Secondly, I'm not a killer."

"Well, think of something. I trust that you will make a better decision than myself." He walked away.

"Captain! Ahh, damn it. Okay." She went over to a cannon on the port side and loaded it. She then went to the helm and turned the wheel to port so that the ship will be headed to the other. She let her cruise and went to the cannon. "Where's the anchor she thought?" She lowered to filthy anchor down in the water. The ship stopped. She waited. The ship that fired finally met up with the Dutchcolt on her port side.

A stallion from the other ship shouted, "Ahoy there!"

"Ahoy!" Dawn replied.

"That's my father's ship you're on, child! How about letting me take it back."

"Not a chance! Prove it!"

"That ship's name is the Dutchcolt, it's captain is Captain Longbeard."

"Anything else little filly?"

"Filly? Now who're you calling a filly?!"

"You! Who else would I call a filly?" Dawn saw some of his crew snicker.

"The only filly in these waters is yourself."

"Try looking in a mirror."

"That's it, I'm done! Main battery, fire!"

"Son of a-" Dawn had no time to finish. She casted a protection spell on the port side and defended the ship from the 12 cannonballs. She wiped her brow, "I have one shot in this cannon." She tapped the cannon, "Now you have to decide. Where will I fire my one shot? Maybe right at you."

"If you do that-" Dawn shot in the middle of his sentence. She hit the waterline.

"Are you done playing yet?" Water was seeping in the ship fast.

"Go plug up the hole!" One of the crew ordered. The captain yelled, "Your name?"

"Dawn!"

"I should've known. Name's Klaus, Captain Klaus to you." Klaus was an orange unicorn with brown eyes. His mane was straggly and long. His crew looked more presentable than he did. Two ships were up on the Dutchcolts starboard side.

"They yours?" Dawn asked.

"My brothers. Best you get the captain out here."

"Will do." Dawn went inside the cabin and saw Longbeard drinking again, "Sparsa, don't you ever-"

"Captain Longbeard, Dawn."

"Sorry, Captain, we are going to get boarded soon. I think you should get out there and tell them I'm okay."

"Ah, fine. Come on then." They went outside and saw that they were surrounded. "Children please. Come meet my friend here."

"Stop bringing young mares aboard your ship, Captain!" They heard coming from a violet pegasus. "You okay, honey?"

"I am." Dawn answered. "Thank you." This pegasus seemed a little feminine even though he was a stallion. From what Dawn saw, he was really well groomed and so was his ship.

"You can call me Marl. No need for captain."

"Who's the one in front of us, Captain?" Dawn asked Longbeard.

"Ah, that ship is called Abyss. Her captain is Jinx. Very bad tempered that one."

"Like Captain Klaus?"

"No. One big difference is that Captain Jinx fires without warning. That says a lot about a captain. I think we best be headin' back now. Captains, let's head back to the bay and properly introduce ourselves to her."

The four ships Dutchcolt(Longbeard's), Reef(Klaus'), Aquarius(Marl's), and the Abyss(Jinx's) all got back to the bay. "Captain," Dawn said, "Where's the fifth ship? My father told me you had another." Captain Jinx stayed in his ship.

"That I do. This...umm ship is different from the others. The first of its kind. Not really a ship. Huh? What to call it?"

"Nautilus is the name of it." Marl said. "It can't be too far from here."

"Who's the captain?"

Klaus answered, "Her name, Captain Elize."

"Cap'n!" A stallion part of Klaus' crew shouted. He was at the very top of the main mast. "The Nautilus is here!"

A vessel emerged from under the water. It looked like a metal teardrop on its side.

"Like I said. Not really a ship. She's still a beauty though." Longbeard said proudly.

The moon was rising and Black Soul went out to find Dawn With Randall . She saw her enter a small house with strange looking stallions and one mare. "What's she doing?"

"Maybe having some fun, Soul." Randall laughed.

Soul looked at her disgusted, "That's just wrong. Don't even- No, just stop."

"Wanna barge in?"

"Give it a minute, then-" A shriek came from the house Dawn entered. "Come on!" Then ran fast to the door and threw it open, "Dawn, are you...."

Dawn looked at them, "Oh, Soul, Randall, I'd like you to meet my friends. This is Captain Longbeard, Captain Klaus, Captian Marl, and Captain Elize." Randall saw Captain Elize. Elize had a long silver mane that ran down one side of her gray face.

Soul asked, "What was the scream we heard?"

"Oh, sorry. That was me. I got a little too excited when I was told I'll get my own ship."

"You two are gorgeous." Longbeard exclaimed, "You'll make suitable wives for me."

"No, thank you." Soul replied, "Besides, you have Dawn there."

"Yes, I do. Knew her ever since we found her and her father drifting in the sea."

Randall closed in on Captain Elize. She said, "Elie? Is that you?"

"Who might you be?" She replied.

"It's me. Randall. You don't remember. Rally."

Elize got up, "No, I don't." She went through the back door.

"But-" Randall sighed. "I'll be back at our camp. Sorry." Randall left with a frown on her face.

"Damn." Marl went to the back.

"What happened between those two?" Soul asked Longbeard.

"Rally is a friend of my daughter, Elize. There's was an accident a few years back that wiped out Elize's memory of the past year. That year was the year she fell in love with Randall. Randall fell in love with my daughter. After the accident, Randall moved away and this was the first time they've met."

"If you knew why didn't you say anything?"

"They will find out eventually. I saved myself some trouble."

"That explains why Randall acts so intimately with almost everypony."

"Not really, maybe she has a sex drive like me." Longbeard chuckled.

"Don't talk about her like that." Soul said angrily.

"Apologies, ma'am. Just trying to lighten up the mood. Dawn, when do you want to start construction?"

"How soon can we start?"

"We have everything we need here."

"Tomorrow."

"Tomorrow it is then."

Randall was alone by the ocean. When she looked into the water she didn't see her reflection. She the reflection of Elize smiling at her. Randall's tears distorted the image, then she saw herself crying.