STRANDED Ch.1-

Twilight awoke to the feel of mushy, wet sand under her body and opened her eyes only to be blinded by the blazing hot sun beating down on her face. She got on her hoofs and looked all around her. 'Where am I?' she thought to herself.

It did not take long for the memories of yesterday to start flooding back. She yelled out "Apple Jack! Rainbow Dash! Scootaloo! Anypony!" She received no answer. "Oh no oh no oh no, this is not good. I know! I will start a fire to signal my friends." She observed her surroundings and began building a woodpile with all the twigs she could find along the coast...

"Owwww... my head" said the rainbow colored pegasus, "What happened?"

"The boat sank you silly-filly, don t you remember?" asked the energetic pink earth pony struggling to push herself out of the sand.

"Oh yea..." Rainbow dash sat up rubbing her head, looking around to observe her surroundings. "Where are we anyway?"

"On an island, duh" Pinkie sarcastically stated, exhausted just trying to sit up.

Rainbow Dash quickly realized that it was only her and Pinkie and then panicked. "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, where are the others?" she said with eyes darting back and forth.

"Don't worry your pretty little head about them, I'm sure we will find them." stated the weary looking party pony who seemed to be beaming with a sense of happiness, yet showing signs of major exhaustion.

"Yea... I guess you're right. I just wish I was able to fly up and look around." said the flight restricted cyan pegasus as she slowly started to pace the beach. *Sniff* *Sniff* "Is that smoke?" asked Rainbow Dash as she looked east towards the bellowing black smoke rising through the air...

"Get up Sweetie Bell." urged the orange, purple maned pegasus. "Come on, get up." The white filly unicorn slowly opened her eyes to see the faces of two well known friends.

"Scootaloo... Apple Bloom... what s going on?" asked the young filly.

"The ship sank." stated a low, soft voice from behind. It was Fluttershy. The pink maned mare had a slight hint of fear in her voice. "Where are we?" she asked looking around the beach.

"If I had to guess, we are on an island and from what Pinkie told us before we crashed, somewhere in the mysterious Buckmuda Triangle." implied Scootaloo.

"Dose that explain why I can't fly?" inquired Fluttershy.

"If Pinkie Pie was telling us the truth in her stories yesterday, then yes. It's also why Twilight couldn t use her magic as soon as the ship sprung a leak." stated Sweetie Bell.

"And also why I can't hardly move." said the frustrated earth filly.

"Well... first things first, lets go find our friends before we do anything else. They could not have washed up to far."

"Must not of. Take a look see over there." pointed Apple Bloom towards a large cloud of black smoke...

Apple Jack arose with a smashing headache. She immediately fell back, unable to hold herslef up. "Wh-why dose mah whole body feel like a lead rock?" she asked.

"Oh my darling, are you alright?" asked Rarity, "Please tell me you're O.K."

*Couch* "Yea..." *Cough* *Cough* "Ah'm alright. Just tired is all. How 'bout you?"

"Oh I'm quite alright, thank you for asking."

"What in tha hay happened?" asked the work pony.

"Oh it was just awful. After the boat sank you were unable to hold yourself above the water. So I carried you all the way to this island. I just woke up a while ago myself."

Apple Jack stopped her. "Wait a sec, the boat sank?"

"You don't remember?"

"I remember my face planting into the boat deck, if that's what you're implying."

"Oh yea..." Rarity looked away, "sorry, I forgot."

"Its O.K. Right now, let's go and find our friends. I think I see smoke over there." said Apple Jack as she stood wobble-legged, looking at the pillar of black smoke arising from the east...

"Oh, I hope they all see my signal." said Twilight as she was blowing on the rather large fire. "Who would of thought there would be so much firewood on a beach."

"TWILIGHT!" yelled the party pony as she jumped on the purple magic pony. "Wow am I happy to see you."

"You and me both." stated the cyan pegasus following. "What s with the fire?"

"To signal the others, of course." stated Pinkie Pie "Don t you know anything silly head?"

"Well it certainly worked." said an orange little filly. "Guys, over here! I found them!"

"Good job Scootaloo." said Fluttershy.

"Yes, yes Scootaloo, Good job indeed. If it was not for your constant yelling, me and Apple Jack might not have found our way out of that wretched jungle." said the purple maned pony carrying the exhausted orange work mare through the edge of the jungle.

Twilight spoke, "Wow, that was fast. Anyway, now that we are all here, we have a few issues we need to discuss. First off, who here knows where we are?"

"Oooh, oooh," Pinkie was jumping up and down with her hand raised, "I know, I know! We are on... AN ISLAND!"

Twilight looked at Pinkie disheartedly. "I know that..."

"Then why did you ask, silly?"

"I know where we are." said Scootaloo. "We are in the Buckmuda Triangle, where pegasi lose their ability to fly, unicorns lose their magic, and earth ponies lose their strength."

"How do you know?"

"Pinkie told us yesterday in her story about this place, remember?"

"I'm sorry, it's all kind of a blur to me. Anyway, what are we going to do now?"

"I suggest we choose a leader." implied Rainbow Dash.

"Great idea!" said Twilight, "Who did you have in mind?"

"Why me of course." Everypony got real quiet, real fast.

"Uhhh... sugarcube, ah think Twilight should lead." said Apple Jack.

"Yea... me too." whispered Fluttershy.

"Then it's settled, I will be leader!" Twilight proclaimed.

"But-but... it was my idea..." Rainbow Dash looked down.

"It's alright sugarcube, we appreciate the idea, but ah think Twilight could handle the position a tad bit better." said A.J.

"Fine." grumped Rainbow Dash as she listened to Twilight give out jobs for the group to accomplish...