My Little Pony: Pirates of the New World!
Chapter 15: Sailing on the Merry to Friendship!
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"Simmer down guys and gals... Simmer down..." Pinkie walks up to Nami and Ussop as she tries to calm them down.
"Yeah. Pinkie's right ya'll. I'm sure that we can talk things out and find less violent ways of settling ourselves." Applejack added.
"That's right! Though... Hearing Ussop talk about research and experiments has got my interest expanding here. It kind of reminds me during the days when I first came into Ponyville and got to live in a library." Twilight said having stars and sparkles in her eyes which got Nami all bummed out.
"Now that you've mentioned it. I'm all for crazy contraptions and inventions. I am a dragon who loves play with his toys and tinker around after all!" Spike declared with a claw to his chest. "I am one of the smartest guys in Equestria after all who grew up and taken cared of by yours truly." The baby dragon said proudly causing Twilight to blush once he referred to her.
"Yeah and I just wanna play around and test things out what Ussop will be building around this ship!" Pinkie declared as she raised her right hoof and waving it wildly.
"Wait! What does being a woman have anything to do with getting a room all for yourself?" Twilight curiously asked.
"W... What? H... How could you ask me that question right now Twilight?! Didn't we already talk about this back at the hot baths over in Kaya's mansion?" Nami yelled at her face in a comedic fashion as the purple alicorn got the navigator blushing red all over her face.
"Yeah what about it? Don't see anything wrong with allocating a room on the ship for something that would be considered amenities and whatnot." Spike answered.
"Well... You know... I don't want you girls and the guys here seeing my goods all the time!! You know... My bare chest... and my butt and..." Nami sat down on the floorboards and slumped over to a corner blushing more and more. "Oh right... I forgot... You girls are animals so you really don't wear any clothes whatsoever..." Nami groaned.
"Then what's wrong with it? Its not like we're gonna do anything to you. We don't wear clothes all the time!" Spike blurted out.
"Shut up!! Listen!! How can you all say that?! I'm a delicate little girl!"
"You are?" Luffy tilted his head to the side having a anime like question mark popped up on his head.
"I SAID SHUT UP!!!" Chibi Nami yelled being red all over with steam bursting from her ears and nostrils blowing up a gasket.
"They fight about strange things... Something tells me life will never be normal again on a ship like this." Gaimon exclaimed as Zoro poured him a cup of sake and the scrub brush drank.
"Hahahaha! Your telling me! That's what I thought as well after finding out I joined this gang of pirates." Zoro laughed as he toasted cheers to the new ship and drink his own cup of sake.
"I think what Nami meant is modesty darlings." Rarity exclaimed. "A place to be all alone by herself when she's changing her clothes. Its like when I demand the door to be closed when we're changing outfits for the Grand Galloping Gala.
"Well thank goodness at least someone here gets it." Nami muttered as she looks to the side.
"But Rarity. We don't usually wear clothes remember? I thought we talked about this?" Applejack said to her friend.
"Well I guess I can understand that its a different case for humans.. I mean me and Spike went to that mirror world after all in another dimension after all and we were wearing clothes all the time." Twilight exclaimed.
"Woah!! That's so cool!! So guy girls already went to another world!! What's it like?" Luffy asked the purple princess having curiosity once more got the better of the rubber kid.
"Alright.. I'll tell you the story.. So here's what happened Luffy.. You see I'm a Princess and what happened with my crown was..."
"Well alright! You want the room then fine! But... Not before I can get there first!!" Ussop declared as he quickly ran off while Nami walks on over to Pinkie as she whispered something in her ear and the pink mare nodded.
"I guess its not something I could have left behind..." Ussop muttered as he pulls out a can of spray cheese to try it out. "I bought them but I never really thought I would end up using them... Hmmm... I did try it out on a mouse. before and it was surprisingly effective though... There's no way it would really taste good as those others kids would say right...?"
"Wha...?! What do you think your doing?!" Nami yelled out as she saw Ussop unpacking his ridiculously oversized backpack with all his inventions, tinkering toys and Knick knacks with Ussop making what looks like a Leaning Tower of Pisa on the palm of his hands with a spray cheese from a can and eating it up. "S... Shut up! Its my business on what I do in my own room right?!" Ussop retorted as Nami slowly started to back away from the amount of stuff that was on the floor, even deciding to just brush it away. "Y.. Yeah b.. but that's why I'm..."
"W.. Wha?! Nami what did you just say?!"
"N... Never mind! H... How silly of me! It was just a joke... Just a joke... I mean... Uh... What was I gonna say again..." Nami fumbled around but then Ussop accidentally sprayed molten cheese all over her which got the Cat Burglar fuming mad. "USSOP!!!" Nami yelled out as the long nosed teen quickly bolted out of the room and Nami wanting to chase after him.
Ussop stared out into the ocean with a serious look on his face along with Spike, Pinkie, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo all holding out their wooden swords. "You pathetic little maggots..." The long nose boy muttered. "You had knowingly attack the invincible fleet of pirates commanded by Captain Ussop of the Going Merry?!" Ussop charges forward with his new playmates as they raised their wooden arms and swung them everywhere pretending to have enemies in front. " Hiyaa!! Attack them!! Show them no mercy!!"
"WHAT?!!!"
"Huh... Jeez... I really expected you guys and girls to be a little bit more lively than this..." Ussop muttered at the sight before them as Luffy was off to the side drawing the Jolly Roger of the Straw Hats with Gaimon and Peebee taking a look as what's being done, Nami was reading some maps with Twilight and checking out some books about the ocean while Zoro was taking a nap with Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy.
"Well you can't blame them really. There's the ones who have been fighting in close combat back at your village Ussop." Apple Bloom exclaimed.
"If you put it like that Apple Bloom. Yeah. That makes sense. They've been pretty much injured after all. I'm surprised its taken them this quick to recover.
"Well don't you worry about that Captain Ussop because our enemies got us to deal with!! Hiyaa!!" Pinkie yelled out her battle cry along with Spike, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo and Ussop as Pinkie even fired out her party cannon as an extra measure.
"Yeah!! You go get them Pinkie!! Blast them to smithereens!!" Ussop called out.
"Look!! Our pirate mark!! Now that Ussop's joined we've got 13 people! That's a whole crew right there! I think its about time we've got our own flag! Hahaha! I've put a lot of thought into making our symbol!"
"O... Our Symbol..." Everyone muttered with a sweat drop.
"Uhh... Luffy...? Is that really going to be our mark...?" Zoro asked.
"Hehehe what do you think? Nice huh?" Luffy grinned.
"Our mark should be scary. It should strike fear into our enemies hearts." Zoro exclaimed as he crossed his arms around his chest.
"Zoro is right. A pirate's flag should be a symbol of death, but this flag is... Well... I guess its quite terrifying in a sense." Gaimon said trying to make sense of what he's seeing.
"Squeak!! Squeak!! Chirp!! Chirp!!" Peebee answered as she flies beside the Scrub Brush guy.
"No... This could be some sort of abstract art..." Nami said with a pondering look.
"If our enemies were terrified infants then this would be perfect." Pinkie added with a smile.
"Wow... they're..." ~Sweetie Belle
"Yeah, they're..." ~Scootaloo
"They sure are... somethin. I... mean... I love something! Something is my favorite!" ~Apple Bloom.
"Well I guess its not working because I'm not scared of this symbol so I guess that theory is thrown out of the window." Spike shrugged and the Cutie Mark Crusaders just nod their heads in agreement.
"Hmm, you think so?" Luffy asked as he tilted his head while looking over his work.
"It's goin' okay." Applejack said with a smile though it was obvious what she really thought from the buckets of sweat splattering down her forehead.
"Satisfactory, I'd say." Rarity answered with a nervous grin.
"It could be better." Rainbow Dash added as she sat with a hoof on her right cheek and even about to look away.
"It's not very good." Fluttershy fearfully pointed out as the butter yellow pegasus hid in her mane, not knowing how the captain would react.
""It's a disaster!" Pinkie yelled out in the air as the pink party pony's eyes literally popped out of her head and her mane getting frazzled all of a sudden.
"Luffy, don't take this the wrong way…but…I don't think art is your best talent." Twilight stifled her giggles as she looked at Luffy's attempt to paint what would be their Jolly Roger.
"It sucks." Usopp and Zoro both said in unison.
"Your beyond terrible! Leave the drawing to me!" Ussop exclaimed. "You guys really should have told me about this. Maybe you didn't know this about me but I am an artist."
"Does that mean you can draw Ussop?" Luffy asked.
"Hah! When it comes to painting, I'm in a league of my own! I've been drawing graffiti for 50 years straight!" Ussop declared with a proud grin.
"Oh boy... Here come the lies again I presume..." Applejack let out a big sigh.
"Woah! 50 years?" ~Luffy
"That would mean he's an old man by now." ~Zoro
"Which would give him 5 or 6 grandchildren and I don't see them!" ~Nami
"Woah! Woah! Woah! Ussop is 67 years old?! S... So is Ussop as strong as freaking Whitebeard?! And Roger?! And Shiki?! He's in a class of his own!! Hahahaha!!" Gaimon exclaimed as the others bursts out laughing from his sarcasm especially Applejack. Gaimon is a New World Pirate after all.
"Wow!! That is soo cool!!" ~Luffy
"Hey!! Behold the priceless work of pirate art!! Tadaa!!" Ussop declared as he quickly draw a version of his own Jolly Roger unto the flag which had everyone flabbergasted.
"It looks a lot like you want that flag!" Spike said with a raised eyebrow.
"That's pretty fun! Then how about if you guys take a gander at my work?" Nami exclaimed as she quickly grabbed the brush and drew on what her personalized Jolly Roger on the ship would be.
"Hey!! I'm the Captain!!" Luffy protested before Zoro gets the brush and decides to paint a Jolly Roger symbol of his own to show to the others.
It looks really good but Luffy just frowned seeing how the brush was being passed around now. "Hey!! What gets painted is the pirate mark that I want and that's final!!" The rubber captain declared causing Zoro to get punched by both Luffy and Ussop this time.
"What? This looks really kickass!" Zoro exclaimed before the swordsman noticed that Apple Bloom took the paintbrush and drew her own Jolly Roger which was an apple with two crossbones which brings back memories to when Pinkie was trying to find out her extended family.
"Wow that actually looks pretty good Sugarcube!" Applejack praised her little sister with a tip of her hat and the younger sibling hugs her.
"Hehehe, well I do consider myself a maestro of the arts after all and a connoisseur of all things considered museum worthy." Apple Bloom said with pride causing both Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo to also grab the paint brush and paint their respective Jolly Rogers which was a pair of crossbones and splattered with their cutie marks.
"Alright. If you guys are going to be making your own jolly rogers then let me take a crack at it!!" Rainbow said as she quickly grabs the painting brush and then designed something that the rainbow pegasus had remembered back then when they were on the quest to save Canterlot from the Storm King and they meet Captain Caelano and the Sky Pirates.
"Awww come on guys!! Just draw My Jolly Roger already!!" Luffy said whining and pouting in the background.
"So how do you guys like this one?" ~Ussop
"Wow! That's actually pretty good Ussop!" Twilight complimented.
"Yeah keep it! That's the one!" ~Luffy
"So we finally settled on it? This is going to be our mark?" ~Zoro
"Sure is! Hey Ussop! Draw another one too just for keeps!" ~Luffy
"Right!" ~Ussop
"It doesn't even remotely look like the other one." Spike said.
"Ahh... I'm poof..." Ussop muttered as he lay down all tired and tuckered out on the floor boards with Nami, Zoro and everyone else after they've just been competing to paint their own jolly rogers while Luffy was whining in the background about using his own symbol in which Ussop had to fix.
"What the hell is that?" Nami who was reading a book asked as she saw Luffy carrying a large crate with a mark DANGER on it.
"I found it in the storeroom." Luffy said with a smile.
"Its a crate full of cannon balls." ~Nami
"I figured that since we have our own cannon now we can get in on some target practice." Luffy explained.
"Woo!! Really?! Your going to be testing some artillery? I like the way you think Luffy!!" Pinkie exclaimed jumping with joy as the pink party mare even got out her own party cannon on the ready. "Can I joined you Luffy? Can I? Can I?"
"Us too!! We wanna fire the cannon!!" Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo called out.
"Hahahaha sure!! It will be a lot more fun with more people anyways!!" Luffy exclaimed, embracing their enthusiasm.
"Sure thing. Count me in guys. I've got nothing better to do anyways." Spike added.
"Just leave the cannoning to me!" Ussop proudly declared with a thumb to his chest. "I hearken back to the time I was three years old and jumped on a passing cannon ball riding halfway around the world..." The long nosed boy told his tall tell but the Crusaders and Spike just yawned in boredom and they walk away with Pinkie and Luffy.
"Hey!! Listen to me!!" Ussop yelled for them.
"Yeah... I'm sorry bro... You know... We were rocking with you back then... But your childish tales has gotten ridiculous its not even funny..." Spike said with a half lidded stare.
"Yeah... I mean you were pretty good until now but... Your lies... Its gotten to the point where its..." Apple Bloom tried to find the next said to words with a pondering look.
"Crumbled to dust...?" Sweetie Belle answered to her friend."
"Yes! That's it! Thanks Apple Bloom!"
"Yeah... Yeah... Come on... Lets go..." Scootaloo said as she and the others walk off to join Luffy leaving a dejected Ussop behind.
"So how do you work this thing?" Luffy wondered. "Hey Zoro! Do you know how to shoot this?" The rubber kid called out to Zoro was passed out on the floor.
"Asleep..." Nami answered. "The guy sleeps constantly."
"Give me a break Nami. Zoro has been fighting out there all this time. You can't blame him you know. We just saved your lives. Just give us a bit of credit why don't you?" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.
"Hehehe. Your right. Figures." Nami answered with a sheepish smile, blushing from embarrassment causing Rainbow and Applejack to roll their eyes with a smile.
"He's no fun..." Pinkie groaned in boredom.
"You know guys, Just from the south of here is a reef which would make for some excellent target practice." ~Nami
"Yeah lets go!! For real guys!! What are we sitting around here for?! That sounds awesome!! We're gonna have a great time!! Come on!!" Luffy exclaimed causing Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Spike, Pinkie and Ussop to run off with him leaving Zoro to dream about his past once more.
"What are we gonna do with him..." Twilight said with a sigh of relief as she looks over at Luffy and the others playing around.
"I don't know Twi but it looks like you've got a new young in to babysit other than Spike. A baby brother even." Applejack joked causing Twilight to giggle. "This new world just gets stranger every single day... And better with you friends by my side.."
"We'll always be Twi. We promise." Applejack gave the purple alicorn a loving look on her face as she kissed her on the forehead as the two were left to admire the ocean while the others were left to their own devices.
"Hey!! What are you all doing all of a sudden?!" Zoro was suddenly woken up from his slumber to a loud explosion. "I'm testing out our cannon! It would be a waste not to make good use of it. But... I can't get it to fire well."
"Stand aside my amateur friend!" Ussop exclaimed as he walks over to Luffy and the others. "Try aiming for that rock!" Luffy ordered.
"Roger!" Ussop answered with a salute.
"Holy crap! You hit it on the first shot!" Luffy exclaimed as the others were just awestruck at the way the rock was blasted to pieces on the first try which got Ussop's ego to get fired up and he starts bragging again.
"Your right I did!!! I... I mean of course I did! I'm an expert when it comes to all things aiming! Feel free to bow down before and address me as your captain!"
"Oh boy... Here he comes again..." Apple Bloom muttered.
"Doesn't he ever let this happy go...?" Scootaloo said with a bored look.
"Yeah... Its becoming tiring at this point... I'm even cringing from how bad it looks and sounds." Sweetie Belle added.
"I've decided! You can be our sniper!"
"Fine. But if you screw up, I'm the captain. Deal?" Asked the ship's sniper with his hand held out. Luffy laughed then he shook his friend's hand.
"Alright then!! Its my turn!!" Pinkie called out as she pulls out her party cannon and then loads the said projectile and fires away. "TIMBER!!!" The party mare yelled out and her party cannon did hit the target as good as Ussop much to the shock of Luffy and the others especially the ponies and their baby dragon. They were left speechless.
"W.. What was that?!!" Zoro was disturbed by the Party Cannon this time just he was ready to continue his nap.
"That explosion was huge!!" Nami exclaimed as she quickly throws her book to the side and walks over to them.
"P.. Pinkie Pie?!" Twilight stuttered through her words as her jaw literally dropped to the ground. How did you manage to destroy that rock over there with just your party cannon?!"
"I don't know! I guess it just had an impact more than it usually has. I did load it with actually cannon balls this time though." The pink party mare explained.
"Woah that was soo cool!!" Luffy cheered, the rubber kid having stars and sparkles in his eyes at the sight of such talent.
"Awesome..." Ussop exclaimed seeing Pinkie as another sharpshooter when it comes to projectiles just like him.
For the Mane Six and Spike, this was a new and unique experience to sail on the ocean because for the entire group, this was the first time that any of them had left Equestrian soil. Chaotically and by accident but still they did whatever they could to help out around the ship when they could. At least, most of the time. Rarity as well as Rainbow Dash hanged out with Nami. Both of them had taste for the more fabulous lifestyle with Nami currently fumbling the treasure she collected and all. They learned that Nami had an uncanny ability to sense weather patterns. While not the most useful in Equestria since the weather is controlled, but out in the open ocean the weather acted on its own. Nami’s skill was very handle in many situations.
Pinkie Pie and Applejack would do tasks in the kitchen like cleaning and cooking, might as well have the utilities started in the meanwhile. Luffy wants to have meat on a bone but for the meantime since they don't have an all around chef that could prepare every dish and recipe that each crewmember desired, they can sustain on baked apple goods and sweet desserts for a while. At least for now that Luffy is fresh on devouring anything sweet and made from dough.
Fluttershy often hung out and helped Gaimon as well as Peebee. Something that the scrub brush guy seem to greatly appreciate. Other times they would be joined by Luffy, Ussop, Spike and the Cutie Mark Crusaders to play their games or fish. Pinkie Pie for the fun and games while Twilight joined in on Luffy's antics to observe and study him for her research which the rubber kid found interesting at one point and then boring the next once the purple alicorn started to lecture him like she was a professor back at the School of Friendship. Meanwhile Zoro would be on the side and to be seen tending to his swords, cleaning them.
Later...
A puddle of sweat sunk into the floorboards of the Merry's weight room, a section of the storage hull that had been sectioned off with a new wall and furnished with a plethora of weights. Over that puddle was a bench pressing device currently being used by a certain swordsman. Sweat dripped from Zoro's skin as he pushed another rep out of his burning arms, a whole 130 pounds threatening to crush him should he fail. Luffy stood over him, ready to move should something go wrong, but Zoro could not see him through his closed eyes.
"Two Hundred T-Twenty… s-seven…" the man panted, his arms visibly shaking under the unfamiliar strain of training. " Two Hundred T-Twenty… eight… Two Hundred Twenty… N…nine…"
"Hey Zoro!! Wanna grab a bite to eat?" Luffy said to the swordsman which prompted Zoro to drop his weights and take a moment to get a breather. "Uhh... Yeah... Sure thing Luffy... Just let me hang in there for a second..."
The Straw Hat's feast was heavenly since Pinkie Pie made the usual stuff cakes, pies, cookies, doughnuts, tarts, macaroons and even bavarios. There's so much that everyone would be able to eat them even if Luffy goes crazy on the food. Applejack even made baked goods that reminded her of home like apple fritters, caramel apples, apple strudels, apple tarts, baked apples, apple brioches, apple cinnamon crisps, apple dumplings, etc.
"Man this is really good!" Luffy exclaimed as he tried out every snack treat he could get his hands on.
"Yeah. I would say that Pinkie and Applejack are the best bakers that we've ever had on this ship." Zoro complimented as he dig unto the feast.
"On the other hand, there's still one crucial position of a pirate crew we need to fill before entering the Grand Line." Luffy said as he bites on a chocolate chip cookie before proceeding to grab on a chocolate doughnut and munch on a strawberry cupcake.
"That's right. We do have this fantastic kitchen after all. Of course I could do it as long as I..." Nami was about to suggest getting paid for cooking when Spike cuts her off. "Greedy woman!" Spike exclaimed and the others going so far as to ignore her for that.
"Hey!!"
"Of course we have Applejack and Pinkie Pie who do so much better in the kitchen. And they would be happy to do it." The baby dragon exclaimed.
"Oh... Right... Figures..." Nami groaned upon realizing that she's not going to get paid with being a good cook in the kitchen when Luffy has Pinkie and Applejack for that who are excellent at baking.
"An indispensable crew member for long voyages. I see where your coming from. We'll need all the help we can get after all." Zoro said as he chows down on a slice of cake.
"You think so too right?" Luffy exclaimed with a grin. "Yup, What a pirate crew really needs is... A musician!"
"Are you retarded?! And here I thought you were going to say something smart for the first time in your life! Do you have any idea what sailing on the seas is like?!" Ussop ranted and raved causing the cotton candy mare to roughly tackle him to the floor even holding up his head against the table.
"B.. But a pirate's gotta sing!" An oblivious Luffy exclaimed.
"PINKIE!!" Twilight called out.
"YOU TAKE BACK WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT MY CAPTAIN!! BEING A MUSICIAN IS APROPRIATE FOR EVERY AGE AND SKILL LEVEL!!" Pinkie screamed in Ussop's face as she holds him down by the chest feeling insulted that Ussop thinks Luffy is retarded for wanted a musician on the ship when she herself has dedication to practicing instruments herself.
"I.. If you think that highly of his decisions Pinkie t... then maybe I should be captain and..." ~Ussop
"SAY IT YOU BUSTER!!!" Pinkie yelled in an eerie demonic like voice.
"Oh... Oh my God!! That was terrifying!!" Zoro exclaimed as he slowly starts to back off from the table.
"Y.. Yeah!! Remind me never to piss off one of the girls next time, That being Pinkie." Nami said as she cuddled beside Zoro with fear sketched all over her face.
"Y.. Yeah..!! Us too!!" Spike exclaimed as now he and the Cutie Mark Crusaders are shaking in their hooves beside Nami and Zoro as well.
"Get out here you damn pirates!" A man named Johnny yelled from outside startling the crew as he started to slice and destroy parts of the Merry.
"Hey... Hey... Maybe its just a misunderstanding at all right? I mean... I don't think its a good idea to provoke pirates especially that we're on their ship." Moondancer said trying to calm him down.
Moondancer
"Ooh! This is a pretty nice looking ship! No wonder people want to be pirates, And let me just say that figurehead is top notch." Minuette said as she walks around behind Johnny having quite a sight seeing tour of the Going Merry.
Minuette
Luffy got up and walked out of the kitchen to see who in their right mind thought it was a good idea to attack his ship. As he opened the door and looked down at the deck he saw a very angry man wielding a sword staring up at him accompanied by two unicorns.
"You better have a damn good reason for being on my ship," Luffy said in a menacing tone as he jumped down from the upper deck. The man stood in front of Luffy with his sword raised in the air and yelled out.
" Hey!! What in Celestia's name are you doing! Who are you?!" Asked the purple alicorn as faced down the sighted enemy in front of her.
" Shut it, brat! Who I am is none of your damn concern!" Yelled the man as he charged at Twilight and he struck his sword. Twilight yelped as she jumped and dodge the man's attack. The man landed on his feet and he gritted his teeth before proceeding to attack Luffy.
Back inside the kitchen...
"How many enemies are out there?" Zoro asked as he prepares his swords.
"Just one I think..." Ussop exclaimed as he watches through the window.
"Well that and two unicorns on his side..." Nami addend with a sweat drop near the long nosed sniper.
"Oh then just let Luffy and Twilight deal with them." Zoro sighs as he continues to bite down on his tea cakes and everyone just shrugged it off.
"And now you think you can kill my partner!" He yelled as he swung his sword to cut Luffy in half. Luffy easily saw the swing coming and stepped out of the way. However, the moment he stepped out of the way the man's sword collided with one of the railings of the ship effectively breaking it apart and that pissed Luffy off. Luffy jumped in front of the man scaring the crap out of him before he grabbed his head and flung him across the ship causing him to slam into the wall of the captain's quarters.
Luffy and Twilight looked up at the upper deck to see Zoro walking towards the edge of the railing to see who it is the two were fighting. Zoro saw the man and his eyes were immediately widen causing Luffy to raise an eyebrow at Zoro's reaction. Before Luffy could question him about it Zoro spoke.
"Johnny, is that you?" Zoro asked while looking at the man now named Johnny with a surprised look on his face. "Where is Yosaku?" Zoro asked again before the man Johnny could reply to the first question. Johnny looked up at Zoro from his position on the ground to see who was calling his name. The moment he saw Zoro he immediately sprang to his feet and spoke to Zoro.
Back inside the kitchen...
"They know each other..?" Gaimon asked out.
"Just what's going on...?" Nami exclaimed.
"We're going to meet our friends! That's what!" Pinkie happy said as she sprang out and bounce around as Spike and the other ponies followed her.
"Wait... Friends...? You girls know those two unicorns that are with them?" Ussop inquired.
"Yep!! Yep!! Yep!! Now come on!! Don't be shy!!" Pinkie said in a sing song voice.
"Big bro Zoro!?" he yelled/asked. "Why are you on a pirate ship?" he asked again. Zoro sighed before he spoke again.
"Ah, don't worry about that. Say, is Yosaku with you?" Asked the would-be-greatest-swordsman.
"Wait?! Twilight?!" Moondancer turned around to see the alicorn princess and her other companions as the mare with the glasses had a big smile that was slowly growing on her mouth. A sign of relief that they finally found a friend back from Equestria.
"Moondancer!!" Twilight quickly ran over and gave her a hug which her best friend gave back in a cushion of comfort. "I'm so glad to finally found you girls!! Your alright!! Hehehe. Coronation was kind of a bust..."
"Its okay Twilight. There's no better way to celebrate now than to realize the fact we're still alive." Moondancer answered with a reassuring smile.
"Pinkie Pie?! Your in this kind of place?!" Minuette squealed with delight as the two mares practically crash into each other like bowling balls on standing pins.
"Yepperoni!" Pinkie said, bouncing in place much to the surprise of Gaimon, Nami and Ussop as they saw the dragon and the ponies gather around for a group hug. "So, what do you girls wanna do first?! Icing Paint on baking pans, eat cake," Pinkie Pie then got really excited. "Icing Painting on cakes while eating pies?!"
"So you girls all know each other?" Ussop asked with a large anime question mark on his head.
"Yeah.. These are my friends from Canterlot back home in Equestria. They've been part of the castle staff and they've also taken part to have prepared.. Not just my coronation but my big brother's wedding... He's part of the royal guard after all." Twilight said with a proud smile.
"Yeah especially me and Minuette!" Pinkie piped up. "We go way back... Way... Way... Back..."
"Woah!! That's soo cool!!" Luffy exclaimed.
"Hahahaha!! It looks like we're all meeting alot of your old friends today!!" Gaimon laughed as everyone began to get acquainted with each other.
"Say. What about your friend? How is Yosaku?" Zoro asked.
"He's seriously hurt! Come look!" Said the man as he led Zoro and the others to the side of starboard of the ship and he looked over. Zoro did the same. A man was laid on his back on a small boat with the two unicorns Lemon Hearts and Twinkleshine who are just as worried about his condition to the bone. He had extremely short gray hair and he wasn't looking so good. He was bleeding from his mouth and stomach and he looked as pale as a ghost. The crew immediately pulled his up and they laid Yosaku on a mat.
Lemon Hearts
Twinkleshine
"How did this happen?" Asked Zoro, a hint of fear in his eyes as he watched Yosaku's breathing go into sharp intakes. Jonny had tears running down his eyes.
"I-I don't know! One day, he's all fine and go-happy! The-the next, his teeth are falling out and he started going all pale and he's bleeding! We stopped at an island to rest when a cannon ball came through the air!" Sobbed the man. Everyone gasped especially Luffy and Ussop while Pinkie Pie in who was in utter shock fainted, realizing that it was probably their cannon ball they shot.
"W...We're truly sorry." Luffy, Ussop, Pinkie, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Gaimon and Peebee all bowed down with tears in their eyes.
"Its fine... What's done is done... If all problems could be solved with a simple apology there wouldn't be any need for policemen." Johnny cried out causing Luffy and the others to burst more into tears except for Nami and Zoro.
"What did you just say Nami?!" Zoro dared Nami to repeat with she just said as the swordsman clenched his fists while Spike and the other ponies glared at her.
"Lady, I won't let you go free if you dare to make a mockery of my partner's suffering." Johnny exclaimed as he held out his sword with Moondancer, Minuette, Twinkleshine and Lemon Hearts at his side with narrowed eyes.
Nami sighs and shakes her head in frustration. "Luffy! Ussop! Pinkie! Twilight! There are limes in the kitchen! Go squeeze the juice out and bring it here ASAP!" Nami ordered as they quickly all ran to the kitchen to get the needed cure.
"R... Roger!!"