Canterlot City. A place filled with tons of people, but in recent memory, it became the place of some magical mishaps. Well, moreso, it only emerged at a certain place and usually involved a certain group of people. However, that's not where our story takes place. In fact, it all begins with a certain pink-haired girl.
The teenager was shown in front of a store as a raffle was happening. Two individuals in top hats and monocles were shown as they gave the girl a ticket. She then scratched it off as it revealed her numbers. The men then began to spin the wheel as numbered balls came out one by one. The girl looked at the selected numbers as she looked at her ticket and did a few takes. Soon her eyes widen as confetti shot out from out of nowhere.
"I WIN!" shouted Pinkie.
The next day, the girl was shown with a suitcase in her hand. She was heading toward the harbor and excited about the cruise she had won. She called her friends and invited the girls to join her. However, they each had other obligations that kept them from attending. So it seems the eccentric party teen would be all by herself.
"I'm so excited I won a cruise! Ashamed, everyone else was too busy to come with me," said the girl as she put her head down.
Her suitcase rolled along the deck as it was filled to the brim with sweets and party games. She was approaching the dock when at that moment, her attention was caught by someone.
"Pinkie Pie of the Rainbooms?" said a voice.
The pink-haired girl turned around as someone ran toward her in the distance. The girl had moderate raspberry eyes, light arctic blue hair with moderate persian blue stripes, and her skin was arctic bluish white. The girl was also someone who Pinkie had dealt with in the past as a familiar Battle of Bands memory came to Pinkie. Soon the girl managed to reach the party teen as Pinkie knew who the girl was.
"Sonata, what are you doing here?" asked the girl.
"You won't believe it. But I won a free cruise while I was at the store yesterday," stated the former siren.
Upon hearing that, Pinkie's face also lit up in excitement.
"NO WAY! I also won a free cruise!" said the party-loving teen as she and Sonata let out a gleeful squeal.
"Well, dear brother, it looks like our two winners are here."
"Wait a minute... I know that sleazy voice anywhere," said Pinkie as she looked ahead.
Suddenly two figures zipped into frame. Both were older males with moderate pistachio eyes, moderate red hair with white stripes, and pale, light grayish olive skin tone. The only difference one could tell between the two brothers was that one of them bore a mustache. While Sonata merely smiled at the two before her, Pinkie Pie had a different expression altogether.
"Are you two the cruise directors?" asked Sonata.
"Indeed, my dear. I'm Flim."
"And I'm Flam."
"And I'm leaving!" shouted Pinkie.
Pinkie then began storming off toward the cruise as she didn't want to deal with the two due to the many incidents involving Applejack and her farm with the Flim-Flam brothers. Sonata saw Pinkie leaving as she chased after her.
"Pinkie, what's the problem?" asked the former siren.
"Those two are con artists. They've swindled my friends and me every chance they get. We can't trust'em." stated Pinkie.
Sonata looked at the party girl and then at the Flim Flam brothers as they smiled at the taco-crazed girl.
"Aw, come on, they can't be that bad?"
Pinkie looked at the brothers as they kept that innocent-looking smile.
"Alright, but only because I want to get to know you better," stated the girl.
"You want to get to know me better?" muttered Sonata.
Before Sonata could press the question further with the party girl, the Flim Flam brothers began to direct the girls to a small but well-maintained yacht. The two teens walked up the ramp of the cruise. The Flim Flam brothers got on the P.A. system as they began to address their guests.
"Attention, passengers. We are now leaving the docks!" announced Flim.
The ship began to leave port within a few moments and was out on the water. As they were sailing out to sea, Sonata and Pinkie were shown to their rooms, which coincidentally were the same.
Pinkie and Sonata were brought to their room as it opened up to reveal a massive room for two. Inside there were two beds with tons of pillows on them. A TV hung above the dresser as a bathroom was inside the room. The curtains were pulled back as they allowed the sun's rays to enter the room and provide some light for the girls. Both teens squealed as they immediately jumped onto their beds and felt how soft they were.
"This is so awesome!" squealed Sonata as she felt the mattress.
"My friends are going to be so jealous they missed this!" stated Pinkie as she jumped up and down on her bed like a little kid.
"Why aren't they with you anyway?" asked the former siren as she lifted her head.
At that moment, Pinkie stopped mid-air as she slowly floated down and gently touched her bed. Her hair deflated a bit before going back to her puffy state. She took a deep breath as she looked into the eyes of one of her former enemies before explaining.
"Turns out they had other commitments," answered Pinkie.
"Such as?" asked Sonata.
"Fluttershy had to work a double shift at the animal shelter, Rarity had to help her sister and friends with their girl scouts, Applejack gets seasick easily, Twilight got grounded for blowing up her dad's car, Rainbow Dash had a soccer tournament, and Sunset had had some big art project. What about you?"
"I came for the free tacos," said Sonata before looking at the dresser as a plate of food was present. The girl rushed over and began to munch on one, "But also because my sisters were too busy dealing with stuff." said the girl with a mouthful of salsa.
"That stinks. I guess we'll just have to keep each other company," said Pinkie with a smile on her face.
"That works for me," said Sonata as she was too busy stuffing her face full of tacos.
They noticed the lack of crew and other passengers as their day went on. At the end of the day, the con artist brothers counted their money.
"Nice call on picking the most gullible of those girls, brother," said Flim.
"Undoubtedly, brother. Why this might be our finest scam yet?" stated Flam.
"Definitely easier than stealing cider from that Apple family," responded Flam, as this was much easier than all the hassle with Aj's farm.
The two brothers began to snicker as they let out a hearty laugh. At that moment, a small noise was heard as Flam looked at it. He then looked out the steering room window as a hurricane was rolling in the distance.
"We could warn the girls about the storm and escape in the lifeboat," suggested Flim with a smile.
The girls were in their room going through Pinkie's luggage. Somehow, the party girl could fit an actual pinata inside her case, complete with balloons, streamers, and other stuff. Pinkie had Sonata blindfolded as she spun the former siren in a circle. The taco-loving teen stepped forward as she listened to Pinkie's instructions on where to the object. Eventually, the girl swung her stick as it made a big smack sound. Pinkie was cheering as Sonata lifted the blindfold off her eyes and saw the floor littered with candy and other goodies.
The two began to pick up the treats before tossing them into the air as they fell onto their respective beds and giggled.
"I never knew how much fun you were!" said Sonata as she giggled.
"I never knew how much fun you were! You know, aside from the totally destructive and manipulative voice, you used to brainwash nearly everybody in CHS and try to get them to do your bidding. Only for me and the others to blast you and your sisters with our rainbow power." said Pinkie as she went off on a tangent
While Pinkie was rambling off, Sonata felt a bit embarrassed at how it came off as hearing from that perspective made her feel a bit of regret.
"But I'm willing to be friends if you are," said the party girl.
"You want to be friends?" asked Sonata.
"Duh."
"Why? After all that you just said? Why are you suddenly willing to be friends with me?" asked the former siren.
Before Pinkie could answer, a voice came over the P.A. system.
"Attention, guests, we seem to be encountering disturbing weather conditions!" announced Flim.
"Please remain in your cabins while we handle the situation!" announced Flam.
While the brothers were announcing they would take care of steering the ship away from the storm, they were really loading their ill-gain goods aboard a lifeboat and looking to escape.
"Do we have everything?!" asked Flim to his brother.
"All set, brother!" responded Flam.
The two released the line of their lifeboat as it dropped into the water. They began to motorboat away from the cruise as it got closer to the oncoming tempest. Pinkie and Sonata heard the announcement inside their room as they looked at each other.
"It does look pretty bad out there," said Sonata as she looked out the window.
"Maybe we should call our friends as a precaution," suggested Pinkie.
Pinkie pulled out her phone as she began to ring her friends. However, each time she tried to call the girls, she got no answer. She was trying to reach Twilight as the others didn't pick up.
"Hello."
The call was rather faint due to how far the signal was.
"Twilight's, it's me, Pinkie Pie."
"Pinkie... what... you calling... for?"
"Twilight, you sound bad."
"Breaking... up... you..."
Soon the sound of static was heard. Pinkie looked at her phone before gazing at Sonata.
"I can't get a hold of Adagio or Aria," said Sonata as she tried to call her sisters but didn't respond.
"Come on. Let's find the FlimFlam Brothers. Maybe they have a stronger phone or something we can use." stated Pinkie.
The girls exited their room as, from the outside, their ship was mere moments from entering the storm. The pair began exploring all over the ship as they were hoping to find either or both of the brothers. But they couldn't. They both decided to head to the front of the yacht as they hoped to find the pair in the control room.
"Excuse me, how's the-"
Pinkie and Sonata opened the door to the control room as they found the ship's controls, but to their surprise, there was nobody there.
"Those swindlers abandoned ship!" shouted Pinkie.
"I can't believe I trusted them!" said Sonata as she was also mad.
The ship began to rock as the girls looked out the window. They saw the storm clouds rolling in as lightning appeared in between the clouds, and the sound of thunder booming followed.
"Storm incoming!" yelled the party-loving girl.
"What do we do?!" said Sonata.
Both girls noticed the ship's controls as they looked at each other and then at the controls. They quickly rushed over and rapidly pressed buttons, and whatever shined.
"Do you know what they do?" asked Sonata as they were just pushing stuff.
"No," answered Pinkie nonchalantly.
"Me, neither," responded Sonata in the same tone.
They both turned back to pushing more buttons. The storm was now upon them as it began to bounce the boat against its raging waves. The ship rocked helplessly against the storm as the girls panicked at the event. One wave slammed into the yacht and threw girls against the wall, knocking them out. Soon everything went dark.
Author's Note: So I know this story is a bit different than what I normally put out. For some insight, this is a partnership story that I'm doing with user Garrus Skywalker or you may know him on Fimfiction as Darth Wrex. Anyways, we hope that you enjoy this little side project we're working on. As always, leave a review expressing your thoughts.