A wide open field, filled with beautiful flowers and lush green grass. A gleeful giggle echoing through the entire area. The source was a jumbo sized saurian, prancing through the grass, his scaly flesh along with his gut, wobbled with each skip and hop. His laughter ceased as he halted all movement, locking his eyes on something would make anyone in Equestria look upon it with pure astonishment; A large tree, made of chocolate. The leaves were shaped like chocolate drops, the bark looking like a chocolate shell. Wiping a tear away from his eye with a chubby finger, the saurian let loose a greedy hiss as he charged straight for it.
The sky rung with a soft voice, "Armand? It's time to get up." It sounded feminine and gentle, but also as if it were commanding him, "Armand! Come on, wake up you fat lizard!"
The bubbly and wonderful world around the saurian began to tremble, breaking under the sheer force of whomever voice that belonged to. Armand stood still, watching his world shatter before his eyes. It was only the reptile and the tree of chocolatey goodness and before Armand could reach out to grab on to it, he found himself plummeting into the abyss underneath him. Landing on his stomach with a loud thud and groan, the saurian opened his eyes to find that he's fallen out of his bed and unknowingly in front of one of the many explorers that belonged to the League.
"...Ngh! Now who done woke the mighty pirate Armand?!" He snapped, showing his more predatory traits while lifting his head up to see a white mare staring down at him through her thick rimmed glasses. "...Oh. Sorry there, sweetheart." His voice was more relaxed, pushing himself off the ground. "So uh, why'd y'all wake me up again?" Armand asked, scratching at the rough scales on the back of his neck.
Blinking at the saurian, she merely shook her head. "Look, if you're going to be a part of the Explorer's League, you'll have to do more than just document the delicacies...and then sleeping after eating said food." She turned away from him and headed for the door that lead from the captain's quarter's. "Princess Twilight appreciates any type of information, but please... At least put in -some- type of effort, Captain. And by effort, I mean the folks and the terrain and the-" She squeaked, feeling Armand shove her out the room. On the other side of the door, her voice was muffled slightly while she continued to nag on about his duty. "The locations! The coordinates!" The unicorn scowled at the door, "Anyway, Armand... I'm heading back to Ponyville. Remember to do-
"I get it, I get it!" The rotund reptile sighed heavily, turning to his right and grabbing onto his semi-famous pirate hat. Waiting until he heard that familiar sound of teleportation. Letting his shoulders fall, relieved that finally left. "I ain't exactly tha' one to do that type 'o thing. Climbin', jumpin', riskin' my life! Aw-naw." Armand placed his hat on, "But, Armand ain't one to make a princess angry, either. 'Specially one that could send ol' Armand to the Swamp Witch." He shivered at the thought of an angry Twilight Sparkle. "Guess I'm 'onna go'n'get at it, then. But first, I'm 'onna have to fix me up a crew that'd help Armand out, and by help out, I mean do all the work while the captain sleeps in." He said with another sigh, pushing the door open and stepping out onto the deck, taking in a deep breath of the familiar and always welcomed sea air of Horseshoe Bay.