MLP The Little Merpony

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Inspiration from DisneyFanatic2364 (thank you DF!)

Chapter 1

Not so long ago, in the underwater kingdom of Marelantica (which is beyond Equestria), King Starswirl the Bearded ruled over all the sea using his magical trident. Unlike the merponies of Seaquestria, who had been hippogriffs prior to the Storm King's invasion (although now they could choose whether they wanted to be a merpony or hippogriff), the citizens of Marelantica had always been merponies. Thus King Starswirl distrusted every land-dwelling creature and forbade any contact with the world above. However his youngest daughter, the beautiful Merprincess Twilight Sparkle was fascinated with the world above and swam up to the surface as often as she could. And it's on one of Princess Twilight's trips to the surface that our story really begins.

Princess Twilight broke through the waves onto the sea's surface, the sun making the water droplets on her mane sparkle and shimmer. She looked around at the evergreen trees, fluffy clouds and gorgeous sky and beamed brightly. Her heart was filled with amazement and wonder, she slapped her tail upon the ocean surface and burst out into joyful song;

"THIS IS WHERE I BELONG

BENEATH THE CLEAR BLUE WIDE HERE!

I FEEL COMPLETELY NEW HERE

IT'S LIKE WAS WRONG

AND SOMEHOW, NOW, IT'S LIKE I'M FINALLY IN MY OWN SKIN

UP HERE IN THE WORLD ABOVE!

THERE'S SO MUCH LIGHT HERE, LIGHT AND SPACE!

THE SUN'S SO BRIGHT HERE UPON MY FACE!

IT FEELS SO RIGHT HERE, WARM AS LOVE…

LIFE ALMOST SEEMS TO BE CALLING TO ME

FROM THIS STRANGE NEW WORLD ABOVE!

Suddenly, Twilight heard a voice shouting,"Steady as she goes! Windward, ho!" She watched as a huge ship came slowly into view, crashing through the waves. Quickly Twilight dived into deeper water for cover.

Onboard the ship, Iron Will, the helmsinotaur of the ship struck up an old song of the sea with the rest of the crewponies;

"I'LL TELL YOU THE TALE OF THE FATHOMS BELOW

AN' IT'S HAY TO THE STARBOARD, HEAVE HO!

BRAVE SAILOR BEWARE 'CASE A BIG 'UNS A BREWIN

MYSTERIOUS FATHOMS BELOW!

FATHOMS BELOW, BELOW!

FROM WHENCE WAYWARD WESTERLIES BLOW

WHERE STARSWIRL IS KING AND HIS MERPONIES SING

IN MYSTERIOUS FATHOMS BELOW!"

At this point Prince Flash Sentry bounded on deck. He was a handsome orange pegasus with an adventurous, carefree spirit. You wouldn't of guessed he was royalty as he wore only humble sailor's tags. Accompanying him was his slightly less adventurous and much better dressed griffin guardian Gilda. "Isn't this perfection Gilda," the prince declared,"On the open sea surrounded by nothing but water and imagination!" Gilda leaned over the ship's rail, thoroughly seasick. "Oh yes, it's simply blech, delightful!"she heaved sarcastically. Flash ignored her and continued the crewponies sea song;

"THE SALT ON YOUR SKIN AND THE WIND IN YOUR HAIR

AND THE WAVES AS THEY EBB AND THEY FLOW!

WE'RE MILES FROM THE SHORE AND GUESS WHAT I DON'T CARE!"

"AS FOR ME I'M ABOUT TO HEAVE HO!"Gilda retched.

"Toe the line!"Iron Will commanded at the crewponies. They all got to work while belting out the song;

"I'LL SING YOU THE SONG OF THE KING OF THE SEA

AN' IT'S HAY TO THE STARBOARD, HEAVE HO!

THE RULER OF ALL THE OCEAN IS HE

IN THE MYSTERIOUS FATHOMS BELOW!"

"King of the Sea!"Gilda scoffed,"Why that's nautical nonsense-nothing more than superstition."

"THE KING OF THE OCEAN GETS ANGRY!

AN' WHEN HE GETS ANGRY BEWARE!

I'M TELLIN' YA LAD WHEN KING STARSWIRL IS MAD

HOW THE WAVES 'LL BUCK AN' ROCK TO AND FRO

HOLD ON, GOOD LUCK, AS DOWN YOU GO!"Iron Will and his crewponies sang in response.

Then, out of the blue, a voice, incredible and enchanting started singing,"AHHHH…AHHH"

"Whatever is that?"Prince Flash marvelled,"Did you hear that?" "Milord, please" Gilda begged,"You've got to get back to court-to honour your father's dying wish and take up his crown."

"Suppose I don't want his crown?"Flash demanded. "You'd forsake his kingdom?"Gilda sputtered incredulously,"All his treasures?!" "Treasure? You mean like this?"the prince responded archly, holding a silver chalice aloft,"We drink straight outta a bottle, don't we boys?" The crewponies cheered as the prince chucked the cup at one of them. "Or this?"Flash asked, brandishing a candlebra,"Not while we've got Celestia's Sun and Luna's Moon to light our way!" He carelessly tossed the item to another sailor, who caught it amidst more cheers. "Or this?" the prince shouted above the racket, raising a gilded fork,"I'd rather eat with my bare hooves!" And with that he threw the fork overboard, it landed in the ocean, making a small splash. Gilda rolled her eyes and resisted the urge to face claw and give the prince a lecture about sea pollution. Instead she decided to remind the prince of his social status. "You're a prince, Sire!"she tried to reason with him,"Not a common sailor!" "These creatures are anything but common!"Flash retorted,"They're free, Gilda-truly free. They don't have to answer to anyone but the sea. I'd rather be a sailor any day!"

"THIS IS WHERE I BELONG!

EVERYTHING SEEMS MORE REAL HERE!

STRANGE HOW AT HOME I FEEL HERE

IN THE TIDE'S SWIFT FLOW!

AND WHEN THE PULL IS STRONG

I ALMOST THINK I HEAR THE SEA,

WILD AND FREE, CALLING ME FROM THE FATHOMS BELOW!"the prince sung, revelling in the salty sea spray, whipping wind and the pitching and rolling of the ship. Then, once again, the same voice could be heard singing,"AH-AH-AH, AH-AH-AH." "There it is again!"Flash shouted excitedly, he was captivated by the sweetness and clarity of the voice and determined to find its source. "We ought to head to shore Your Majesty,"Iron Will advised. "Indeed, we should!"Gilda quickly agreed. "Not while I'm Captain!"Prince Flash countered,"Now, follow that voice-to the ends of the earth if we have to!" "Aye-aye, Captain!"the helmsinotaur boomed.