Not Yet Away
After successfully getting off of the island that had collapsed back into the ocean, both Maud Pie and Sedimentary are now planning on what to do next. "Well," Sedimentary said, "We've already decided that we are going to be more careful on where we're going to explore."
"Yes," Maud Pie replied, "We know that." "Uh, yes," Sedimentary agreed. "Well," Maud Pie said, "Boulder says we're getting close. "That's good to know," Sedimentary said with a sigh in his voice. But then, they had made a wrong turn.
And that is when they realized where they had wandered. "Oh no," Sedimentary groaned. "What?" Maud Pie asked. "I made the same mistake again," Sedimentary answered disappointingly. "What?" Maud Pie asked.
"We're surrounded by mud volcanoes," Sedimentary answered. He is right. The two had wandered in a smoky area surrounded by hot boiling mud. "Whoa," Sedimentary said. The two ponies surveyed the area.
They are now surrounded by smaller volcanoes, but these spew out hot mud. "They call them paint pots," Maud Pie explained. "Oh," Sedimentary said, "I don't get it. I thought we had wandered into more danger."
"We didn't," Maud Pie said, "But still, we had better be careful around here. The mud can be very hot." "I know," Sedimentary replied, "That means we do have to be very careful here." "Well, Boulder should let some pony know," Maud Pie added.
The two ponies continued to look around.
Nearby, a jerk of a pony named Smarty Nerd had wandered into the area. After getting away from one incident, he is still trying to get back home. Sedimentary was the first to notice him.
"Um, excuse me?" Sedimentary called out. "What?" Smarty Nerd replied rudely upon noticing the two. "Do you need help?" Sedimentary asked politely, "We were kind of lost, so may we ask?" "No, I don't need help from the likes of you!" Smarty Nerd answered in a rude tone of voice.
"But," Maud Pie said. Smarty Nerd then faced one of the mud volcanoes. "I wouldn't do that if-" Maud Pie tried to warn the jerk. But Smarty Nerd rudely interrupted her. "Oh, shut up, slow talker!" he shouted, "I know what I'm doing!" "Hey!" Sedimentary shouted back, "Don't you dare talk to my girlfriend like that, you idiot!"
"Well," Smarty Nerd went on in his rude attitude, "I know what I'm doing, so I don't need your help." "That's not a smart choice," Maud Pie said, trying to warn Smarty Nerd. "Who needs you?" Smarty Nerd said in his rude voice and he immediately faced one of the mud volcanoes. Big mistake for him.
That is when one of the mud volcanoes erupted and sprayed Smarty Nerd with boiling hot mud. "Argh!" Smarty Nerd screamed in pain.
Immediately, he'd ran away, still screaming in pain.
"I told you so!" Sedimentary shouted, "Serves you right, you big fat jerk! We've tried to help you!" "Oh well," Maud Pie said, "Boulder said that." "Well," Sedimentary said, "Let's get out of here!" "Right," Maud Pie agreed. And the two ponies left the mud volcano area.
Meanwhile, Smarty Nerd, still singed from the boiling mud, managed to dive right into a cool pool. This helped Smarty Nerd from this problem.
The water cooled down the hot mud and washed most of it off.
But immediately, Smarty Nerd got attacked by 60 vicious piranhas. "Not again!" Smarty Nerd cried, trying to escape the flesh-eating fishes.
