MLP The Little Merpony
Chapter 2-Dinglehoppers and Snarfblatts
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As Prince Flash's ship sailed into the horizon Princess Twilight popped up onto the surface, she grabbed the fork just in time, before it sank into oblivion. She held the strange object up and it caught the Sun's light creating prisms in the air. "Why it's beautiful!"the merprincess exclaimed,"It's very interesting how the sunlight hits this thingy and is reflected and scattered in different directions…" A splash beside her jerked Twilight from her train of thought. It was a small purple fish with green fins, eyes and markings. He also happened to be Twilight's best friend. "Hey, Twilight! There you are!" he exclaimed excitedly. She guiltily hid the fork behind her back because land objects were forbidden in Marelantica. "Spike!"Twilight smiled delightedly. She had known Spike ever since he was a tiny baby fish and the two had become inseparable. Spike surveyed the new terrain with wide eyes. "Whoa. Freaky,"was all he said. "Haven't you been to the surface before?"Twilight asked. "Yeah. Sure,"Spike answered, trying to sound cocky,"Me and the other fish in my school, we come up here all the time." "Is that so?"Twilight snorted disbelievingly. "Sure! We're not afraid of sharks,"the little fish cried indignantly,"Or boats! Or fishermen!" He gulped,"What's a 'chum bucket'? Are those for real?" Twilight laughed,"You are afraid, aren't you?" "No, I'm here now aren't I?"Spike chuckled nervously,"With you." "Spike, you're blushing,"the princess teased. "It's the sunburn,"Spike lied unconvincingly,"You get it up here." "Are you flirting with me?"Twilight asked. "Gross! Blech! No way!"Spike scoffed, turning an even deeper shade of red. Then he looked up hopefully,"But, if I was…" Twilight giggled and ruffled his fins, before giving him an affectionate peck on the head. Spike gazed adoringly up at her, completely smitten."Anyway,"she said, changing the subject rapidly,"Guess what I found today? It was floating in the wake of a giant ship." "Treasure?"Spike gasped. "I'll say!"Twilight exclaimed showing him the fork, "Look! Have you ever seen anything so amazing in your entire life?" "Cool!"Spike said,"What is it?" "I don't know…"Twilight replied.
High above the pair a gull had been circling the shore. Upon spying Twilight and Spike he squawked raucously and flapped his wings. He held up a feather to test the wind,"Airspeed, check!" The gull looked at the ground,"Altitude, check!" He wiggled his feet,"Landing gear, check!" "CLEAR THE RUNWAY! Hello, Twilight!"he cawed. Twilight looked up and saw the approaching bird. "...but I know just who to ask,"she finished and waved the fork in the air,"Discord, look what we found!" Discord the gull crashed landed upon the shore beside them. He was a rather strange looking gull with an oddly coloured blue wing, horns and one normal claw and one lion paw. Safe to say he was some sort of hybrid gull. "More land creature paraphenicular, eh?"he squawked examining the fork,"You've asked the right bird; I happen to be an expert on that very specie-ality!" "Can you tell us what it is?"Spike queried. "It's a dinglehopper!"Discord proclaimed proudly. "A dinglehopper?" Twilight asked, confused. "Commonly used in saloons, yes, of the beauty type,"Discord explained, he then mimed brushing his feathers so that they got an idea of how to us it, "Land ponies, they like to wear their manes in tails, pony or pig or duck, it's all the same to them. A primp here and a twirl there and-voila! A Pampadourable. And that's all thanks to…" "The dinglehopper!"Twilight marvelled. "Give ya two sand dollars for it," Discord offered. "Discord, no,"the merprincess protested. "I'm tellin' ya kid, on the open sea, ya won't get more than a few clams,"Discord pressed,"But I'm prepared to offer…" "I'm not selling it, Discord!"Twilight interrupted firmly,"I'm saving it for my collection!" "Howza 'bout a swap?"Discord persisted, brandishing an old fashioned tobacco pipe with an enormous bowl,"I got something stupelicious! Museum quality, really. A branded, bulbous…snarfblatt! Second cousing to the tuba." "It makes music?"Spike asked, awestruck. "Sure thing, kid," Discord honked enthusiastically handing the pipe to him. Spike blew on it causing some seaweed to pop out the other side. "I ain't just blowin' smoke,"Discord insisted,"Why it makes music so fantabulous-so marvica…" "Music! Oh no!"Twilight suddenly cried out frantically,"Oh my gosh, father's gonna kill me!" "The concert's today!"Spike squeaked also panicking. "I completely forgot! Come on, Spike. Thank you, Discord,"Twilight babbled hurriedly, before diving into the ocean. "Ya change your mind and wanna sell, call me first, ya hear?" Discord called after her.