Okay guys! Its Spring! Worst season of the year! Sorry about another late update but my internet connection got screwed. Then my internet provider had issues. Fuck them! Oh well! Well we got three new OCs this chapter! Yay!
Eclipse Moon: He is a 28 year old pegasus with a dark blue coat. His mane and tail are light blue and he has a purple left eye and a yellow right eye. His cutie mark is a solar eclipse with a magnifying glass. Submitted by piplupm.
Whirlwind: He is a 24 year old pegasus with a green coat. His mane and tail are black with golden stripes and he has yellow eyes. His cutie mark is a golden hurricane. Submitted by piplupm.
Red Blur: He is a 25 year old earth pony with a red coat. His mane and tail are gold and he has blue eyes. His cutie mark is some red accel memory symbol thing. Submitted by (You guessed it) piplipm.
Well there ya have it! Let the story commence!
The group trotted down the narrow, winding path on the West side of the island. The surrounding jungle teemed with life which could be more easily heard than seen as the loud vacationers paraded through the ecosystem toward their goal. Louie and Frisk both ran through the branches hanging over the path. Monty, Sheena, Xero, and Starfall were conversing at the front of the group. "So you two are mathematicians?"
Monty was the first to answer. "We are archeologists. Whatever your friend Sophisticate told you about... well... anything is probably wrong."
Starfall became alert and started gagging. "He isn't our friend. The only reason I associate with him is because I know Boulder Buster." Xero and Starfall looked over to the couple as Sheena spoke up.
"Same. I've actually only just met him."
Ten paces behind the group, the pair and trio of brothers were having a conversation of their own. Sophisticate and Boulder seemed to have endless questions for each of the siblings. "So you're from Maneston?"
Caramel got excited about the mention of his hometown. "Yeah, we all are! You've heard about it?"
Sophisticate let out a small chuckle at the stallion's excitement at the mention of his hometown. "No, Jet told me."
Boulder Buster cut in. "I don't think anypony has ever heard about Maneston. Isn't it... y'know... smack dab in the middle of nowhere?"
Clay responded. "More or less."
Jet decided to start working his way into the conversation. "So are either of y'all Wonderbolts fans?"
Both simultaneously shook their heads. Boulder was the one to speak. "We've always been into more ground based sports."
Clay perked up. "Like what?"
"Y'know, hoofball, boxing, running, that sort of stuff."
"Well those are nice I guess."
In the back of the group, Drop Dee, Cinder, Ink Sketch, and Golden Plucker were talking. "So you guys are in a band?"
"Yeah! We started it when we were in high school!"
Plucker burst into laughter. "Which year was that for Sohpisticate? Third of what? How many is he on now?"
"I lost count!"
As the four chuckled, Ink Sketch's sketchbook fell out of his saddlebags. Cinder saw this out of the corner of her eye. "What's that?"
The rest of the group looked back as Sketch picked it up and trotted back up to the other three. "This is my sketchbook. Right now, its just got some of the landmarks on this side of the island." They all studied each of the pictures intensely. One had a full color drawing of a clearing deep in the jungle. In the center of the clearing there lay the entrance to a ruined, ancient temple. The many shades of grey and green caused the vibrant hues of the next page to stand out. It featured a large and beautiful bird of paradise, its wings spread in flight as it soared through the less dense parts of the jungle near the coast. On the reverse side of the page was the sea arch that Boulder Buster and the brothers had found earlier that morning. The arch was mostly devoid of plant life except for a few palm trees at the far end of the rock face. The entirety of the cliffs surrounding the area was covered in colorful birds like the one on the previous page. Less than fifty paces from the base of the arch lay a beach with sand as white as snow.
Each of their simultaneous wows were interrupted as Louie dropped in front of Drop Dee, startling him. The spider monkey began making incoherent noises, as if he was trying to talk. Golden Plucker grabbed Louie as he began trying to decipher what important message the creature was trying to give them. "What's that boy? Derpy's stuck in the well?!" Frisk jumped onto his head from the trees and kicked him. "Ow! What the fuck was that for?" The squirrel pointed down the path to a large, majestic arch in the distance lit well by the sun of high noon. It was every bit as beautiful as Sketch made it out to be. "Wow!"
Sophisticate noticed how near their destination was and jumped in excitement. "There we go! C'mon!" He then proceeded to sprint ahead and the rest of the ponies followed suit.
After a few minutes of running, most of the ponies, except for Sophisticate and Jet, were exhausted. Jet began showing off his areal skills and tricks as the rest of the group caught their breath. Sophisticate trotted to the edge of the cliff at the end of the arch. "Hey Jet?"
"Yeah?"
Sophisticate looked down to check his landing. "Think you can fly me back up or will I have to swim back?"
A small smile crept onto Jet's face. "Y'all can bet I can bring ya back up!"
As Sophisticate stepped back to get a running start, Bouolder caught on to his antics. "Woah! What the fuck are you doing?!"
"YOLO!" Did he seriously just say that? Sophisticate jumped off the large rock formation. He did a few flips in the air and plunged into the water. Jet began hovering at the top waiting for him to surface. The entire group watched as a cloud of red spread through the water from where he had landed.
"FUCK! Dad's gonna kill me!" Boulder began hitting his head against a nearby rock.
Xero's stomach growled as he looked down. "Shit, he had all our food in his saddlebags!"
As each of the ponies stood over the edge with disbelief, Sophisticate surfaced. "Hey bro! I think the lid came off the Kool-aid!"
The group let out a collective sigh of relief as Jet grabbed the soaked stallion and flew him back to the top of the arch. "Who else wants to try?"
As the entire group became excited for the adrenaline rush, three stallions jumped out of some nearby brush. "Stop right there!"
Sophisticate trotted over to the newcomers. "Hey there! I'm Sophisticate and none of the rest of these ponies' names matter! What's you guys's names?"
The earth pony answered first. "I'm Red Blur and I've had enough of your bullshit!" As he charged the group, Monty kicked him in the face and Sheena flipped him on his back.
"Hold on! We aren't here to fight everypony who commits a minor violation!" The stallion in the black trench coat and fedora stopped his friend.
Boulder stepped out of the group. "And who would you be?"
"I'm Eclip-"
He was interrupted by Sophisticate's adrenaline fueled rant. "You're dressed like Nightshade!"
"Nightshade? The Shadowbolt?" Everypony present became confused.
"No. Nightshade! From the video game, Nightshade: The Claws of HEUGH!"
After a pause from extreme confusion, the third of the new stallions spoke up. "Well, he's Eclipse Moon and I'm Whirlwind! Unfortunately, its illegal to go cliff diving here so I'm going to have to fine you 500 bits."
Sophisticate began laughing hysterically. "ONLY 500? Well, here's my card!"
Whirlwind grabbed the debit card and swiped it through an attachment on the tablet he was carrying. "Excuse me sir. There's no money in this account."
"WAIT, WHAT?!"
So there you have it! How was the chapter? How do I internet? Did you catch any references?
Last chapter's references were... well I don't remember. Yeah!
Have a great weekend!
