Thug Tug

                                    

                                          

As dusk settled upon the ocean floor, SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, and all the ponies...
                          
Ahem!!!

                          
 
... AND Spike... Trudged along rather sluggishly down the road. They had been walking ever since crossing the county line, which by now was miles behind them. Needless to say, their stamina and resolve quickly dwindled. They tried to sing and cheer to keep up their spirits, but they were just too tired and very sweaty. By now, Patrick's blow horn stopped working and he tossed it behind him.
                          
"Going on..." Patrick coughed.
                          
"Yeah!... Huff..." SpongeBob wheezed. "Moving on... Puff.... Just keep going..."
                          
"We've... Ugh... Gotta keep... Huff... Going..." Apple Bloom groaned.
                          
"Gotta... Get that... Whoo... Crown!" Scootaloo moaned.
                          
"Yeah... Right... Sweet... Sweet victory..." Sweetie Belle added.
                          
"Are we there yet?" Patrick whined.
                          
"We must be close by now," SpongeBob hoped.
                          
Finally, the group stopped walking after an exhausting set of hours. Rainbow rubbed her tired front hooves, even her fins were sore from flapping about the ocean.
                          
"After all this walking, you better hope so," Rainbow moaned.
                          
"Don't you mean, after all this swimming?" Pinkie joked tiredly.
                          
"... Not now, Pinkie!"
                          
Just then, SpongeBob spotted a sign up ahead and his eyes instantly lit up.
                          
"Hey, guys! Look. We're doing great! Shell City's only five days away!"
                          
Sure enough, reading the billboard, which was partly hidden by seaweed, it clearly read, 'SHELL CITY, ONLY FIVE DAYS'.
                          
"Hate tah burst your bubble there, SpongeBob," Applejack points out. "But yah might wanna look again."
                          
Sure enough, a slight breeze blew the seaweed away – and the rest of the sign was uncovered.
                          
"-BY CAR?!" The group said tiredly.
                          
Patrick slapped his head, SpongeBob's shoulders sagged, and Rarity burst into tears.
                          
"That's it!" Rarity whined. "I... simply... cannot... even! I have nothing! Mr. Krabs is doomed! I'm so sorryyyyyyyy-y-y-y!"
                          
"And here we go with the whining," Rainbow groaned.
                          
"At this rate, we won't even make it back to Bikini Bottom in six days," Twilight said.
                          
"If only we still had our car," Fluttershy sighed.
                          
"I know what you mean," Spike nodded. "I just can't believe we gave that up so easily! I mean we clearly had the numbers advantage; sure he had a crowbar..."
                          
"Guys, look!" Patrick interrupts, grabbing SpongeBob's arm. "Our car!"
                          
Low and behold, it was indeed the Patty Wagon, parked in front of a beat-up, sunken tugboat. Music and voices seemed to come from inside the tugboat, which was called the 'Thug Tug'.
                          
"Wow, talk about convenient!" Sweetie Belle smiled.
                          
"Guess the narrators really wanted to move the plot along rather than have us trudge on all day," Pinkie said.
                          
Well, we could've... But then the movie would drag at this point...
                          
Yeah... Let's try to avoid that dilemma...
                          
"Nevertheless, we simply must hurry," Rarity cried. "That thug who stole our car may come back at any moment."
                          
But just as they reached the Patty Wagon, they noticed something important was missing.