Cadance And The Ancient Fish
Today, Cadance has decided to go visit a large lake near Canterlot. "Today will be a fun day," she thought to herself. When she got there, she admired the view of the lake. "Wow," Cadance said out loud, "I'd never imagine this lake to be this wonderful!"
"Yeah!" a voice said, "That's a face! No doubt about it!" Cadance looked at where the voice came from. Cadance saw a teenage earth pony whom she never met before. "This lake is the pride of the valley near Canterlot," the pony said.
"Yep," Cadance said, "I agree with you." "My name is Victor," the pony said, introducing himself. "Nice to meet you, Victor," Cadance said. She then noticed Victor's cutie mark. "I see that you're into fishing business," Cadance said. "Eh, almost," Victor replied, "I'm still young, you know." "I understand," chuckled Cadance.
"Now, today," Victor said, "I have arrived to see something. I heard that it is a wonder of Equestria! "What is it?" Cadance asked, already getting excited. "It is an ancient fish," Victor explained. "What is it called?" Cadance asked.
"The fish is called the Ballingnose," Victor explained in a slow voice. "Ballingnose?" Cadance repeated, "Funny name." "Maybe," Victor said, "It's an ancient fish, said to have lived in these waters long before ponies came into existence. Maybe even longer than that!" "All right!" Cadance said out loud, "I want to see this Ballingnose!"
"Then we're in time!" Victor said out loud, "Today is its jumping day! We're going to see it leap out of the waters in 200 years!" "Wow!" Cadance said. "But we haven't a moment to loose!" Victor said, "Let's go now!" "Ok," Cadance said.
Victor got out a rowboat and both he and Cadance rowed out to the center of the lake. "They say this used to be a volcano," Victor explained. "A volcano?" Cadance repeated.
"More than ten thousand years ago," Victor continued on, "And dragons used to live here, too. Then the volcano exploded and destroyed itself. Afterwards, it became a large crater that had filled up with rainwater over the years and thus connected itself with other rivers." "I see," Cadance said.
"The Ballingnose then came to live in this lake after it had really became a large lake," Victor said, "And now it's time for it to come up out of the water." "I can't wait to see it!" Cadance said. "Right," Victor said.
Hours passed. Victor and Cadance has waited. "I don't feel like going over the patience moral this time," Victor mumbled to himself. Then the waters nearby began to bubble. "It is time!" Victor said. "Oh boy!" Cadance said excitedly.
Both ponies did not yell at the top of their voices for good reasons. The waters nearby bursts and a large fish jumped out of the lake. It looked like it is millions of years old. "There it is!" Victor called out, "The Ballingnose!" "Wow!" Cadance said in amazement.
But then, more fishes jumped out of the lake. "I take it that there's more of them now," Victor said. "I see," Cadance said.
For hours, the ancient fishes jumped out of the lake. After that, they stopped and returned to the depths of the lake. "They're done," Victor said. "Amazing," Cadance said. After that, both Victor and Cadance got back to the docks.
"That was an amazing show they've put on!" Cadance said excitedly. "I'm glad that you've like it," Victor said. "Are there any more mysterious creatures like it?" Cadance asked. "Who knows?" Victor replied, "We ponies may never know for sure." "I see," Cadance said.