private The Northern Odyssey

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Neon hadn't been doing much with the cooking, just helping out a bit. She decided she would ask Sterling what else she could do but before she cold she almost fell cause the ship must have bumped into something. Neon walked out to where Sterling, Steel, Red and AppleJack were and looked around, Sterling seemed a little worried but nothing seemed to be wrong "Anypony know what that was we just bumped into?!" It could have just been a rock but weird things had been happening so Neon wasn't sure what to think

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After a little more talk of what he knew of the north - with quite a few breaks every now and then as he seemed to need some time to think every now and then - it felt like the ship had bumped into something, making North fall and roll a short distance on the deck.

 

"I hope... This not be like last time we were on a large ship..." he spoke as he stepped up and tried to regain his balance.

 

((And as soon as I return from London, the network at me school is failing/being upgraded... I only have internet in me classroom, and sometimes on me phone for a few seconds or so...))

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@Sterling Crimson

 

@Zhooves

 

@Steel Accord

 

 

@PinkieShyFlutterPie

 

@Pripyat Pony

 

Red Talon finished rigging the masts, tugging on the pulleys, and admired his work.

"Hi-ho, Sterling!" Red shouted out as he completed his work, "She's ready for action now!"

However, not even a few minutes after they departed, Red heard a loud and sudden noise.

THUMP

"What the... what was that?!" Red nearly shouted. "Applejack... You shouldn't... it's too dangerous down there! I'll go in myself!"

[Steel Accord 6,660]

@Everypony

 

Just as everypony was scrambling to see what was going on, the water surged forth in front of them and a tower of scaly flesh shot into the air.

 

Staring down at the ponies on deck was a massive sea serpent.

 

"Why hellooooooooo little pony travelers! How are you all doing this fffffABulous day!" He greeted flamboyantly.

[Commander Bubbles 1,343]

@Everypony

 

Just as everypony was scrambling to see what was going on, the water surged forth in front of them and a tower of scaly flesh shot into the air.

 

Staring down at the ponies on deck was a massive sea serpent.

 

"Why hellooooooooo little pony travelers! How are you all doing this fffffABulous day!" He greeted flamboyantly.

Right as Red was going off to investigate, a gigantic wall of water shot about a hundred feet into the air, and out of it, emerged a massive serpent! Red Talon shot into the air, doing what he does best, and prepared to fight the serpent to his death. Right as the waves descened, however, the serpent began to speak.

"Oh... well... hello?" Red responded, still in a fighting stance. Slowly lowering his front hooves, he began to back away slowly, blushing.

"Well.. this is awkward... my name is Red Talon," he said, slowly flying towards the serpent, "Professional NASCOLT racer and Neightona 500 winner... What... brings you up here?"

Edited November 3, 2013 by Ragin' Red Talon

[Budding Night 1,043]

(Dammit! I wrote a long post before and I didn't even post it! )

 

@Everypony

 

Just as everypony was scrambling to see what was going on, the water surged forth in front of them and a tower of scaly flesh shot into the air.

 

Staring down at the ponies on deck was a massive sea serpent.

 

"Why hellooooooooo little pony travelers! How are you all doing this fffffABulous day!" He greeted flamboyantly.

 

(Is this.. Is this Steven Magnet? :3)

 

Evening had felt empowered when she left the little cooking room to join the others. The (almost) night's darkness made the magic flowing through her veins spark with pride and excitement, she could almost feel the magic coming out through her horn - but seeing this sea serpent tower above them made her feel scared and weak. That is, until he spoke.

 

The friendly way he talked wasn't at all as scary as she imagined a sea serpent's voice (especially this large of one) would be. After his greeting she couldn't help but turn her worried expression into a shy grin. A quiet giggle came out of her mouth, but resulted in her trying to hide her eye with a curl which only ended up hiding the higher part of her eye.

 

The mare looked up and down the serpent, he wasn't exactly intimidating, luckily enough. He seemed more.. well, relaxed than anything else. Perhaps he was nothing to worry about, perhaps he was just looking for someone to chat to. There was a possibility of it, but they still had to be cautious, right? He might want to destroy their boat or steal their supplies or hurt them, or.. or..

 

Evening mentally slapped herself, now she was just being paranoid. Her gaze turned to the floorboards beneath her as she reassured herself, glancing upwards every now and then to look at the massive serpent.

[PinkieShyFlutterPie 408]

@@Steel Accord,

 

Neon saw some water splash up then something had come on to the ship, she saw it was a serpent... and she thought for sure the group would have to fight him. But, after he had spoken she was confused, he sure didn't seem like he would hurt any of the group but why was he here. "Who are you? And...why are you here?" She asked

Edited November 4, 2013 by PinkieShyFlutterPie

[Steel Accord 6,660]

(Dammit! I wrote a long post before and I didn't even post it! )

 

 

 

(Is this.. Is this Steven Magnet?)

 

 

((Not quite, you'll see.))

 

@Everypony

 

"Glad to meet you all! I'm Reggie, Reggie Magnet." Said the green sea serpent with with deep blue hair and a mustache. "Well I was just paying a visit to my cousin in the Everfree Forest when, I got SO VERY hungry, and I asked if he would excuse me for a moment. So . . . here I am!" He let that sink in for a moment. "Now I'm afraid I'll have to cut our conversation short and make this quick, but it's been nice speaking to you." He said with all the levity of someone needing to make a casual appointment.

 

After which any semblance of warmth disappeared and he took on a much more threatening visage. With a shrieking roar, he dove back into the sea, scraping the sod of the ship as he dove, causing it to shake and splinters to fly.

Edited January 14, 2014 by Steel Accord

[Pripyat Pony 2,608]

Clover looked around at the other ponies. "He didn't seem threatening at first but now... he means to eat us, I think. Well, not on my watch!" she said, crossly.

 

"If he tries anything that will hurt everypony here, he might find himself transported elsewhere, or changed into something else," Clover added. "I have a positive arsenal of spells I can use against a threat."

 

Privately, Clover wasn't entirely sure that she had enough power for an offensive spell, but knew that the power of friendship would drive her magic, just as Twilight had told her.

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@Steel Accord

 

Sterling and Applejack were stunned when they noticed a large serpent trying to talk to them. He tried to say something to the serpent, but he quickly vanished and changed appearances. He seemed friendly enough at first, but the thought of being eaten was no welcoming to Sterling. To make matters worse, he turned into a vicious and maleficent creature just as soon as he finished his conversation. 

 

Both ponies looked at each other with concern and fright. What were they to do against this monster. Applejack gave Sterling the serious look before he quickly moved into action. He wanted to assume calm, but the likelihood of the serpent thinking they were food was very high. He quickly rushed to Steel and Clover. It looked like they were trying to perform a spell of sorts. He rushed to them and asked as calmly as he could,

 

"Guys do you have anything we can do to attack the serpent should they attack us?"

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@@Sterling Crimson, "I have two spells that might come in handy. One will transform the serpent into another form, the other will transport him elsewhere," Clover replied. "The transforming spell would be better as he could quite easily come back here, given that he knows where we are. I would just change him into a pony, and not change him back unless he swears to leave us alone. I regret it has come to this, but there isn't another solution. We can't just transport food for him; we have no idea as to where to find enough food to feed him and it's impossible to create food out of nothing. It goes against one of the set in stone magic laws."

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@Pripyat Pony

 

Sterling nodded intently and replied to Clover with an important question,

 

"Clover... the transformation spell sounds like a great idea! But... can it work on such a large beast as him?"

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Meanwhile, Applejack trotted to the weapons room in search for a spear and shield. 

 

"Oh Gawsh... where's the weapons when you need em?!" Applejack spoke with frustration before finally founding a wooden shield and a metallic spear. She picked up both weapons with ease and trotted back to the upper deck as fast as she could.

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@@Sterling Crimson, Clover nodded with determination. "It most certainly can," she said, thinking back to the time when she and the other unicorns at Zecora's place had managed to power up the shield. "If every unicorn helps me with their magic, I'm sure I can pull it off. Twilight always said to me that with the magic of friendship, anypony can do anything!"

 

Clover turned to Sterling. "We need all the unicorns behind me," she said. "Then I can start the spell."

[Steel Accord 6,660]

@@Sterling Crimson,

 

I could hold him off, when he attacks, but I can't do anything once he submerges again.

 

CRASH

 

The Skidbladnir shook again as Reggie attacked, Steel drew his swords but only saw the passing frills on his back as he disappeared into the depths again.

 

"Dammit!" Steel cursed, unused to fighting in such aquatic conditions.

 

@ Everypony

 

There was a large surge in the water, gaining speed.

 

"He's coming back! . . . ." Steel warned.

Edited November 5, 2013 by Steel Accord

[Pripyat Pony 2,608]

Clover braced herself, bring all her magical strength to the fore. Then she performed the spell. Sweat ran down her face in boiling hot droplets as she strained with all her might to send all her magic straight at the sea serpent. The spell would change him from a dreaded sea serpent into a pony like themselves. At first, she feared that she wouldn't be able to do it, but then she felt a surge as her friends lent their support and Clover knew from that moment, that she'd be able to do it. The magic engulfed the serpent, and the spell began to work...

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@Pripyat Pony

@Steel Accord

 

Noticing that Steel was getting frustrated with all the fighting and Clover getting ready to muster her powers for her spell, Sterling decided to help along with Clover, realizing that it was the only other thing he could do at the moment. At that moment, he too used his horn to garner some magic in hopes of forming the transformation spell. It zapped onto the serpent as it gushed out from the calm seas and began to transform it into a pony.

 

"It's... It's working! Keep going all unicorns!" Sterling grunted as loud as he could to motion the ponies forward to transforming the vile creature.

[Pripyat Pony 2,608]

Clover was strained to the utmost as she garnered reserves for the spell that she never knew she had. She could see that the spell was working, thanks to these reserves and also due to the help she was getting from her friends. The spell was to change the sea serpent into an ordinary earth pony, so she hoped that somepony would pick him out of the water when the spell was done. She didn't want to hurt him, just stop him from hurting them.

 

The transformation was complete. Clover saw that an earth pony stallion now struggled in the waves. She saw this in an instant before blacking out. To the others, it would seem as tho Clover had vanished from the spot.

 

Clover awoke, in a strange place. There seemed to be no visible floor and the walls were covered with stars. She tried to stand, and to her surprise, found that she could. "Where am I?" she called, desperately, but not expecting an answer. Had she tried so hard with the spell, that she'd vapourised herself?

 

"Welcome, Clover," a voice said, making Clover startled, as she knew that voice. Princess Celestia walked up to Clover, with a smile on her face.

 

"You are one step closer to Princesshood," Celestia continued. "You are nearly ready for ascension."

 

"But, Princess, I'm... I'm not ready!" Clover protested.

 

"That in itself is proof that you are," Celestia replied, smiling kindly at Clover. "There is to be one final test, and I believe that you will pass it, as you passed this one."

 

"But I didn't do it all myself! I had the help of my friends!"

 

"Yes, just like Twilight, you used the magic of friendship to assist you in your task," Celestia went on. "And you performed the spell in the first place to save your friends from danger. You are most definitely worthy of the honour."

 

Clover woke up on the deck, feeling strange. Could what Celestia said really be true? Was there really just one more step to take before she became a Princess?

Edited November 6, 2013 by Pripyat Pony

[Commander Bubbles 1,343]

@Sterling Crimson

 

@Zhooves

 

@Steel Accord

 

 

@PinkieShyFlutterPie

 

@Pripyat Pony

 

"I'll kick your ass, you deceiving sack of shi-" Red Talon's jeering was cut off by the massive serpent surging back upward, rocking the Skidbladnir and knocking the pegasus onto his back, nearly tumbling over the side, only for him to grab onto a piece of siding that was sticking out, and hoisted himself back onto the deck. Upon standing back onto his hooves, he saw the unicorns uniting in creating a massive spell, which turned the serpent into... a pony?! Red's understanding of the incident came to fruition upon Celestia's arrival, who explained that this was Clover's final task. Upon seeing her wings, he slowly trotted to her, and bowed his head.

"Congratulations, Princess," he said to her.

 

(Edited because I felt bad for blowing off Clover)

Edited November 6, 2013 by Ragin' Red Talon

[Zhooves 843]

As the serpent emerged from the waters, North took a few steps back, not really seeming to trust its friendly tone. As it began attacking them, north fell in multiple directions as the ship rocked by the serpent's force.

Doing his best to stand up, he kept on falling over as the ship got hit again, and in the end, he could not do anything but cover his face with his wings.

When it seemed as if the unicorns had stopped the serpent, he took the time to look out from behind his feathers, noticing that the coast was clear.

Edited November 6, 2013 by Zhooves

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@EVERYONE

 

After Sterling had given all his might to helping Clover turn the serpent into the pony, he looked up with fatigue. He had used almost all of his magical power to help Clover. His eyes looked up, chuckling at the earth pony who was struggling to swim across the large body of water. He then noticed Clover who fainted. He looked on with fear as he rushed towards Clover. As soon as he arrived, Clover recovered. And when she propped herself to her hooves, Sterling gave a sigh of relief. She was alright.

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Applejack had just found all the weapons she needed. She quickly rushed back to the upper deck where all the action was occurring. When she got back though, All she could see were ponies gathering around Clover who had just recovered. Applejack dropped her weapons, realizing that she didn't need them anymore.

Edited November 6, 2013 by Sterling Crimson

[Steel Accord 6,660]

@ATTENTION ALL!

 

((OOC: Clover's Ascension is being retconed. Clover will become an Alicorn later in the story but that time is not now. Please make the appropriate edits and if their's any characterization you wish to bring in, please post it here or PM me. Thank you.))

 

Suddenly, another sea serpent rose from the water, holding the polymorphed Reggie in his hand.

 

"Ponies! SO sorry for my cousin's behavior." He looked at the earth pony. "You told me you were stepping out for a bite to eat, not to destroy property!" The FABULOUS sea serpent seemed quite crossed with his kin. "If there's anything I can do to make up for this, name it."

Edited November 6, 2013 by Steel Accord

[Commander Bubbles 1,343]

@ATTENTION ALL!

((OOC: Clover's Ascension is being retconed. Clover will become an Alicorn later in the story but that time is not now. Please make the appropriate edits and if their's any characterization you wish to bring in, please post it here or PM me. Thank you.))

Suddenly, another sea serpent rose from the water, holding the polymorphed Reggie in his hand.

"Ponies! SO sorry for my cousin's behavior." He looked at the earth pony. "You told me you were stepping out for a bite to eat, not to destroy property!" The FABULOUS sea serpent seemed quite crossed with his kin. "If there's anything I can do to make up for this, name it."

How about get me back together with my ex marefriend? Red Talon thought sadly to himself. A jocular thought he entertained in his head eventually sent horrible emotions flooding through his body.

"Nothing... that I can reasonably ask..." Red responded with a sigh. He trotted up to the bow of the boat where he sat and watched the sunset as he and Neon used to do so often.

Edited November 6, 2013 by Ragin' Red Talon

[Inactive01 5,299]

 

Applejack looked up at the upper deck as the sun began to set. She didn't notice another large serpent approach them friendly. Her eyes were set on Red's lonely stare into the horizon. She felt sorry for Red. She knew that Red recently broke up with Neon after a failed marriage proposal. She trotted up towards where Red was looking out into the horizon. She quietly and slowly stood beside Red and looked at the horizon with him. 

 

"It... it sure is a beautiful sunset isn't it... Red..." Applejack spoke shyly with a giggle. She still liked Red very much deep in her heart, and being with him always made her shy and happy, regardless of the situation.

[Commander Bubbles 1,343]

 

Applejack looked up at the upper deck as the sun began to set. She didn't notice another large serpent approach them friendly. Her eyes were set on Red's lonely stare into the horizon. She felt sorry for Red. She knew that Red recently broke up with Neon after a failed marriage proposal. She trotted up towards where Red was looking out into the horizon. She quietly and slowly stood beside Red and looked at the horizon with him. 

 

"It... it sure is a beautiful sunset isn't it... Red..." Applejack spoke shyly with a giggle. She still liked Red very much deep in her heart, and being with him always made her shy and happy, regardless of the situation.

"Yeah... Neon and I... loved to sit and watch the sunsets," Red responded with sadness and forlorn in his voice, "It was one thing we always did on our evenings that we had the opportunity. We'd just sit and watch the sun set. She was the first mare I ever did that with..."

[Inactive01 5,299]

 

Applejack was honestly becoming frustrated with Red's seemingly stubborn refusal to forget about Neon despite the fact they already broke up. Didn't he realize that there was another mare watching the sunset with him? Applejack could only give herself a sigh as he continued to count his losses... She then decided to stretch out her hoof to Red's back, hoping that he would notice... that there was another mare more than happy to watch the sunset with him...