My Little Pony: The Wind Waker

Chapter 4: Tower of the Gods

CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP!

In less than five seconds, Bundt was no more. Pinkie Pie licked her lips. "That cake tasted so good!"

Rainbow Dash was unfrozen. The ponies ran over to the King of Red Lions.

"We must quickly set sail for the third pearl," said King. "I have marked its location on your Sea Chart."

Rainbow Dash conducted the Wind's Requiem to set the wind to go northwest, and they set sail. Palpatine, Sauron, and Voldemort followed them. Sharks began circling their boat. One followed the ponies, but Fluttershy used the Stare on it, and it swam away. Palpatine zapped the water, electrifying the sharks circling the raft.

Eventually they reached Greatfish Island.

"What has happened to this place?" said King. "..."

The island was in ruins. It was suddenly nighttime, with dark storm clouds, and rain, thunder, and lightning.

"A water spirit named Jabun used to live here," said King, "but it looks like Ganon got here first."

Quill suddenly flew in. "My little ponies!" he said. "Fear not! Jabun escaped before Ganon got here, and is now at a safer abode. It is on Outset Island."

"WHAT?" said all six ponies at once.

"However, his cave is blocked by a stone slab that not even the pirates could get through. When they couldn't gain entry, they went to Windfall Island."

"We should go there and see what they're up to," said King.

"Now that I have told you of Jabun, my task is complete," said Quill. "What an eerie isle this is... Valoo called this island 'cursed'."

"There's no such thing as a curse," said Twilight.

"In this dimension there certainly is," said Quill, and he flew away.

The ponies set sail to Windfall Island, taking little notice of the dark lords as they sailed past them. Palpatine quickly turned the speed boat around after them.

For the entire trip it was dark clouds and rain. Eventually they reached Windfall Island. The pirate ship was docked at the edge of a cliff.

"Here's the ship, just like the postman said," said King. "But I doubt they would tell you anything if they are after the pearl. You must find out what they're up to without them knowing about it."

Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy flew over to a window and peeked into it to see the pirates carrying crates and barrels, and the greedy shop owner tied up.

"I bet you're thinking it was foolhardy to ask pirates to pay such an outrageous price for bombs," said Gonzo.

"Now, let's go to Outset immediately," said Tetra.

"WHAT?" said Gonzo. "But we just got here! We need some food!"

"You saw that demolished island!" said Tetra. "If we don't hurry to Outset, the same thing could happen there."

"You sound like you're more worried about the island than the treasure," said Mako.

Tetra looked up at the window to see Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy.

"Fine, we'll stay here overnight, but we set sail at first light."

"What's the password?" said Mako.

"You forgot the password?" said Gonzo. "It's Barnacle."

Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy returned to the other ponies. They walked over to the ship and over to the door."

"What is a ship's only tooth?" said Niko.

"Barnacle," said Rainbow Dash.

"Right, right. You may enter."

They entered the ship, where Niko gave them a similar challenge as before, except with no platforms. Rainbow Dash flew over to the other side.

"No wings!" said Niko.

Applejack swung back and forth on the lanterns and reached the door before the gate could close. Niko gave her a Bomb Bag.

"So, you're still alive," came Tetra's voice from the stone. "You always rush in, never thinking about how badly things could go for you. Like just now, you only got what you wanted because we left Niko behind to guard it. If you get there first, I guess you win. But we set sail as soon as the night ends, and you did not get ALL of our bombs."

The ponies returned to King and sailed to Outset Island.

"It's still nighttime," said King. "This must be the curse Valoo spoke of. Ganon wants to bring eternal darkness to the Great Sea. Whatever the reason, we need not worry about the pirates overtaking us."

The pirates sailed to the back of Outset Island. A whirlpool began sucking them in just as Palpatine, Sauron, and Voldemort arrived. Applejack set up a cannon and shot bombs at the stone wall, eventually destroying it, and the whirlpool disappeared. They entered the cave. The Dark Lords followed. Jabun, a giant anglar fish, appeared, and whipped his antenna at Palpatine, Sauron, and Voldemort, knocking them away. The king and Jabun talked for a while, Jabun speaking in Hylian, and Jabun gave Twilight the third pearl.

"Can I hold onto those pearls?" said Rarity.

They left the cave to see that the storm was over.

"Ganon's curse has been broken," said King. "We must find three islands that I have marked on the Sea Chart, and place them."

The ponies sailed to an island. The dark lords sailed after them. Halfway to the first island they came across a giant cyclone. Twilight looked at her book.

"This is Cyclos!" said Twilight. "We'd need something to pierce distant objects to defeat him."

"Why don't you just use Rictusempra?" said Rainbow Dash.

"The magic spells won't be able to penetrate the cyclone," said Twilight. "We'd need something like a bow and arrow."

"Set sail into the cyclone!" said Palpatine. "It'll give us some height and we can catch up, like in Star Wars Episode I!"

"Breaking the fourth wall much?" said Sauron. "That's the series you're from."

Cyclos appeared. "Foolish creature who does not fear the gods! To the end of the seas with you! Let the winds of Cyclos's wrath blow you away!"

Cyclos sucked the Dark Lords into his cyclone and sent them flying into the distance.

The ponies placed all three pearls on statues on the three islands, the Triangle Islands. The statues exploded to reveal glowing statues of the goddesses, sending the ponies flying, and formed a triangle. In the middle of the triangle, a giant white tower rose up out of the water. The ponies smashed into it and fell. King sailed over to them.

"There you go again!" said Rainbow Dash as she flew back into the air. "How did you get all the way over here without a sail? Rarity takes the sail with her every time we get off you."

They entered the Tower of the Gods. They completed many challenges, eventually moving statues. The Dark Lords followed them, but a Beamos shot an eye laser at them. Sauron shot his own eye laser that vaporized the Beamos.

After the ponies returned the first statue to its place, it taught them the Command Melody. Rainbow Dash used it to guide one of the statues.

"It looks like she's possessing him!" said Pinkie Pie.

On the second statue run, they entered a miniboss room. A knight appeared.

"A Darknut!" said Twilight. "These are like the Iron Knuckles of legend. They are the most powerful non-boss enemy. Reducto!"

Twilight's spell bounced harmlessly off the Darknut's armor. She used her magic to lift her sword and knock off his helmet. Pinkie Pie threw the Boomerang to stun him. Applejack kicked him in the back, knocking off his armor. He ran at her with his sword.

"Expelliarmus!" said Twilight, and his sword flew out of his hand. It hit a pillar and knocked it down on top of Palpatine, knocking him out cold.

Rainbow Dash picked up the Darknut and smashed him in the ground in a rainbow explosion. The Darknut went flying, and Twilight slashed him across the chest. He fell to the ground and exploded. A chest appeared, and Rarity opened it for the bow and arrows.

"Hey, we can use these on Cyclos!" she said.

They continued moving the statues, Rarity shooting switches with arrows.

Keese swarmed Voldemort he followed the ponies across a scale room.

Eventually all three statues were in place, and they stepped into a pillar of light to reach a room where they had to place three statues. Beamos were everywhere. Twilight used her magic to set the statues down. Palpatine, Sauron, and Voldemort sneaked around, but the Beamos saw them and shot them with eye lasers.

Once the statues were in place, they got the Big Key and walked along the outside of the tower. Blue Beamos attacked them but Rarity shot them with arrows. They avoided the red Beamos. As Palpatine, Sauron, and Voldemort sprinted after the ponies, the Beamos zapped them with lasers. Sauron fell over the edge of the tower.

"NO!" said Voldemort.

"Leave him," said Palpatine. "He'll find his way back."

The ponies entered the boss door. A giant mechanical head with two disembodied hands appeared.

"Accept this final challenge," said Gohdan. His hands moved around to attack them. Palpatine and Voldemort entered.

"I'm not testing you," said Gohdan. "You are evil." He picked them up and threw them out the wall. They landed next to Sauron with a SPLASH.

"Let the fight begin, my little ponies," said Gohdan. He moved his hands around again. Rarity shot them twice with arrows, and his eyes opened. Rariry began shooting them with arrows, Twilight using Reducto on one of them. Gohdan shot fireballs at them, but eventually both his eyes were defeated, and he fell. Applejack threw a bomb into his mouth, damaging him. The fight continued this way. Rarity ran out of arrows, and Gohdan shot some out of his nose.

"Do I even want those arrows?" said Rarity. "Well, he is a machine." She took the arrows and continued shooting him, and once Applejack threw a third bomb into his mouth, the fight was over.

"The path can now be opened," said Gohdan. "You are the chosen ones."

"Well, the first chosen one attempted suicide," said Rainbow Dash.

"It wasn't a suicide attempt," said Twilight.

A pillar of light appeared from the ceiling. Gohdan shot a Heart Container out his nostril as he moved back to the wall. The ponies took the Heart Container and entered the light to the top of the tower. Applejack used the Grappling Hook to ring the bell, and a pillar of light appeared just outside the entrance to the Tower of the Gods.