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    Alexstrazsa's Stories (10)

    • The Rise of Iron Mare
      Twilight Sparkle is Iron Mare.

      26,734 words · 6,649 views · 886 likes · 20 dislikes
    • Fluttershy's Tail
      Fluttershy's tail always drags along the ground. She finds some strange and interesting things caught in there...
      4,438 words · 3,144 views · 408 likes · 9 dislikes
    • The 63rd Rune
      Twilight and friends get turned into... stallions!?
      35,998 words · 16,148 views · 648 likes · 23 dislikes
    • The Princess and the Pupil
      Twilight receives an urgent message telling her to come to Canterlot, but it doesn't say what for...
      4,441 words · 12,103 views · 841 likes · 67 dislikes
    • Equestrian Hearts
      3,523 words · 4,678 views · 157 likes · 11 dislikes
    • A Sound in the Forest
      3,585 words · 1,064 views · 78 likes · 4 dislikes
    • Ponies and Cage
      1,413 words · 592 views · 54 likes · 2 dislikes
    • A New Spell
      1,488 words · 614 views · 60 likes · 4 dislikes
    • When Aliens Attacked
      2,338 words · 1,001 views · 43 likes · 10 dislikes
    • Legacy of the Sun
      18,833 words · 463 views · 12 likes · 2 dislikes

    Twilight begins to have strange dreams, filled with shadowy figures and a mysterious key. Fearing that they're connected somehow and trying to send her a message, she starts research on her troubled slumber. Her fears are only confirmed, however, when mysterious creatures begin to attack Ponyville.

    First Published
    20th Mar 2012
    Last Modified
    20th Mar 2012

    Comments ( 98 )

    #1 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    Interesting...

    Tracking.

    #2 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    Kingdom Hearts crossover? Let's track this :trixieshiftleft:

    #3 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    I have been waiting for a GOOD Kingdom Hearts Crossover,  while I have seen some good artwork especially depicting the keyblade concepts for each of the mane 6 and the Royal Alicorn Sisters.  I wonder Twilight will be world hopping or sticking to Equestria?  I am definitely tracking this!

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    Ivo
    #4 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    Uhhh, sounds interesting!

    I usually don´t like crossovers, but...hey, it´s Kindom Hearts!

    Tracking!

    #5 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    Im not that big of a fan when it comes to crossovers.... But ill read it only cause its kingdom hearts

    Ill read this when i can.

    #6 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    I wonder who will be the "Riku" Guess I'll have to wait!

    #7 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    abourt time this happens. tracking with all my might!:pinkiehappy:

    #8 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    Hmm...I'm interested to see where this will go.  The Kingdom Hearts games are like crossovers within themselves, so that would make this a crossover within a crossover...

    I need to go deeper...:rainbowhuh:

    #9 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    I've been having a strange interest in a MLP/Kingdom Hearts crossover :pinkiehappy: I think Rainbow and Pinkie could make a hilarious duo as Donald and Goofy! Of course you don't have to follow my suggestion :raritywink:

    #10 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    there's no way I'm not tracking this.  maybe I'll even dig up Kingdom Hearts again to play...it's been a while.

    " I wonder who will be the "Riku" Guess I'll have to wait! "

    yeah, silly question, there's already a match for that...attitude, hair and All...Trixie.

    think about it...the hair/Mane is the exact same color, too

    I'm more interested in who her kairi is gonna be, and who ends up in Donald and Goofy's shoes (so to speak with Donald)

    #11 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    A kingdom hearts Crossover?

    *Mental images of Mane 6 vs Sephiroth*

    #13 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    Tracking this. Although the opening scene is a little too reminiscent of the game intro. Not a good sign.

    I shall return with comments once I actually read through the thing.

    #14 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    Kingdom Hearts and Ponies

    I believe my life is complete now

    #15 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    I loved the gameplay of Kingdom Hearts, but the God awful Disney story line was sooooo boring. The game's story doesn't pick up until you get to the final world.

    As far as this goes, I feel it resembles the game a bit too closely so it doesn't quite strike my interest.

    #16 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    >>345332

    I'm the same way. Except I still haven't even played Kingdom Hearts yet (I've always been to cheap to buy it, then couldn't find it)

    But I picked it up this week :)

    #17 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    About time Twilight got a keyblade. Honestly, out of all the KH crossovers I've read, this is the only one the freakin' Element Of Magic got a keyblade! Can you believe that!?:facehoof:

    #18 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    The sad thing is...I was thinking about an MLP Kingdom Hearts crossover...with the same name.

    :raritydespair::rainbowhuh::pinkiegasp::applecry: Well shit.

    Meh, who cares, I can't write fighting scenes for shit, so let's just hope this story is damned amazing.

    #19 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    This sounds interesting. Keep up the good work.

    #20 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    Magic can harm Heartless on it's own, case in point near the end of KH 1 Sora lost the Keyblade and could no longer use it his magic however was able to kill Heartless.

    #21 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    I'm most certainly not the only one who had imagined Kingdom Hearts and MLP together. I am, however, afraid of butchering the story so badly that it would be moot.

    #22 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    This is very well written but the pacing consistently through me off. it felt like a much larger idea necessitating gradual introduction was kind of squished into a smaller amount of words. I understand the interest to get to the universe crossover being the driving force behind the story, but plunging into it this rapidly left me feeling a little disjointed. That said, now that you've established the premise, a more gradual approach in later chapters might be idea. Either way, interested to see where the story goes - very nice to be able to read something and not have to grit my teeth even once for grammatical or spelling errors! Good use of description as well, very easy to get immersed in the presented scenery.

    #23 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    Alot of potential here, tracking:pinkiehappy:

    #24 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    I had this weird thought for A Kingdom Hearts crossover fic, like Sora landing in Equestria as a blank flank Earth-pony after helping free Nightmare Moon from the Darkness he gets his cutie mark, a Heart with a Keyhole, which is the keyhole for Equestria.

    He would only be able to do magic in wisdom form, get aerial maneuverability in master form, while Final form gave him near Alicorn levels of both abilities.

    Too damn bad I can't write worth a damn.

    #25 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    Lol maybe one day ponies will be in the games!

    #26 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    >>345647

    This is the first one I've read where anypony except Rainbow gets a keyblade.

    Why do I think Rainbow's going to be the new Riku and Fluttershy's going to be the new Kairi?

    #27 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    >>345603

    it's not as hard as you think till you get higher up...at least 1 and 2.

    #28 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    Quite nice, although the pace is rather quick. Still, it has been liked and tracked. Keep up za work!

    #29 · 60w, 4d ago · · ·
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    Not one for most crossover but this was good. Not only because I am familiar with KH so it is easy to get an idea of how the action is happening but the writing was fantastic. If there are spelling errors, i didn't notice them. And because of that I could stay immersed and not have to waste time figuring out what you meant by a sentence or something to that effect.

    Interested to see where this leads. gonna track. :moustache:

    #30 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    Oho... THIS looks interesting, though she's already at an advantage since she didn't have to chose something to give up! xD

    Though, I DO have to question... Why can't she just levitate it? I'm sure you're thought about it, and have your reasons, but I'm hoping you'll be willing to share! ^^

    Tracked this SO hard! Wouldn't have found it if it wasn't for your blog! I don't get it. I'm watching you, but I never got an e-mail or a notification! So... Thanks for making the blog, because I may have never found out about this! XD

    #31 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>349383

    You make a good point. Why doesn't she just levitate it? Honestly, I think that would be too easy. She should have to physically touch the Keyblade in order to wield it properly and channel magic through it as a bonus. Heck, only in Final Form was Sora able to use it without actually touching it.

    >>346768

    I don't know if there's going to be equivalents like that, but maybe. I'm still planning things out.

    >>346506

    Yeah, I've noticed this chapter is typically shorter than what I usually write, so that's more than likely why it feels a little rushed. In the future I'll be sure to flesh out ideas and have them flow better.

    >>346379

    This is... 'Keyblade Enhanced' magic.

    >>345647

    It seemed like the logical choice to me!

    >>345332

    Eh... I wouldn't expect too many parallels. I'd like a more original story, so if I start throwing in characters to match Riku and Kairi it might start feeling too close to the game. With this crossover, I'm mainly going for 'elements' of the game, such as the Keyblade, Heartless, Keyholes, Forms, and the idea of 'friendship' being a very deciding factor. Some parts from the game will definitely not be present, but in the end that shouldn't affect the quality of the story.

    #32 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>349926

    Still magic on it's own can kill Heartless.

    Also little fact on Final Form: In Final From Sora utilizes the full Power of Light that he and Roxas wield within their bodies and hearts,Thus giving Sora the ability to wiled two Keyblade without touching them with his power over Light.

    #33 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>349926

    at least that's cleared up.  some of us like to speculate :P

    #34 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>350024

    Well... not in this fic. Sorry! Also, interesting fact about Final Form there. I'll have to play through the games again.

    #35 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>350046

    I replay the games when I'm bord of waiting for the next one. I need to get a PSP and a 3DS so I can play BBS and Dream Drop Distance(once it comes out of corse).

    #36 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    Also are you planning on including Nobodies? Unversed?

    Utilizing the Drive Form system with the mane 6 also seems like an interesting option.

    All in all, tracked, and looking forward to updates.

    #37 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>349926 Well... Yes, I will concede that, BUT! I would like to bring up the point (JUST for the sake of argument, because I LOVE to argue! XD) Sora never had any magic until he got the Keyblade! The Keyblade is what GAVE him magic to begin with, while Twilight has hers innately, and is BOOSTED through the Keyblade! So... inyourface! XD

    (Heck, you could even use that as a plot-device in the future! xD Levitating it would increase her Attack speed, while gripping it would increase her Magic, ect. Just something that you could POTENTIALLY mess with. Otherwise, I GUESS I'll except your reason, even if it seems a tad flimsy. xD *Trollface* )

    ~ Magical Trevor, Minstrel of Equestria

    p.s. I don't REALLY expect anything I say to actually change anything you've decided. I just love to argue, especially with something so flexible like that! XD Thanks for taking the time to argue back/explain why you made the choice you did. Appreciate understanding your logic! :moustache:

    #38 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>350091

    Just have to say something (insert proper emoticon here) as final form grants full power of the keyblade to wield them without actually touching them, and hover on the ground of course. Then master form must give only half of keyblades power, because sora can levitate only other keyblade in front of him:rainbowhuh:

    Just some weird logic of mine:twilightsheepish:

    #39 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    Tracking :) Anything combining Kingdom Hearts with MLP is worth looking at.

    #40 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    Twilight seems a bit too powerful... but then again something may happen to strip her of her natural unicorn magic, like the end of the world.

    Another thing catches my eye, Sora had help from a different world, so who is going to help Twilight?

    #41 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    I smell a story with potential...

    Tracking for further evaluation.

    #42 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    in the game sora most likely chous the sword so danald and goofy made up fore the fact that sora is not so good at magic and has not the best defance.So Twi need somepony to make up fore her weaknesses, just sayen...:eeyup:

    p.s. i know i have bad spelling so don't point it out:facehoof:

    #43 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    If this is a crossover with Kingdom Hearts, does that finally mean interactions with the infamous Disney Character ? :pinkiehappy:

    Oh please do keep up the good work upon such a great tale like tis one. :twilightsmile:

    #44 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    Is Twi going to be the only one to wield a keyblade?

    As in the later games, it turn out that... uh... Sora wasn't the only one able to wield keyblades.

    I really hope the others get to be able to wield a keyblade each in turn!

    Fury of the Tempest is tracking this story.

    #45 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    kingdoom heart's crossover.....traking this

    #46 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    At first I was like:ajbemused:

    Then I was like :derpyderp2:

    Now I'm like:scootangel:

    #47 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    I will point out that Master Form also had a levitating Keyblade.  Sora held one keyblade, and levitated the other.

    #48 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>350318

    Final Form allows Sora to utilize the full power of his keyblade witch is light.

    Also Hi again castform5 have you tried making sea salt Ice Cream yet?

    #49 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    Haven't seen a real good KH crossover yet.

    This one looks promising, but not positive yet.

    Consider me tracked

    #50 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    Ooooh! I haven't seen one of these yet on here! Those games are some of my favorites and I love them dearly. I liked the story. :3

    And I like YOUR story so far! As far as the pacing mentioned by others... I'm not sure I see that.Rushed insofar as the whole OMGihaveakeybladenow thing goes, yeah, that all sort of happens in a rush. But I'm not sure if that's all that bad, or how much good stretching that out would do. Hm... I dunno though.

    Besides that, I'm excited to see what you do with this, and what you borrow and don't borrow from the games. :)

    #51 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    Kingdom Heart Crossover!!!

    Following you inmediatly! XD

    KH and MLP:FIM are my Two Most Favorite Things ever in all the World!

    I was Thinking in a crossover by myself...but...Im not a  writter XD (I think my ideas gonna stay in my mind...or some images, at least I can draw a little XD)

    #52 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    I've been waiting so long for a good Kingdom Hearts Crossover. Thank you, so much.

    Tracking

    #53 · 60w, 3d ago · · ·
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    Oh god I love Kingdom Hearts. A third one needs to come out.

    But definitely tracking this.

    #54 · 60w, 2d ago · · ·
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    I simply must have more of this! :pinkiehappy:

    #55 · 60w, 2d ago · · ·
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    NIce... definitely tracking this. Please make more...:twilightsmile:

    #56 · 60w, 2d ago · · ·
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    >>351103

    Unfortunately no. Few reasons are: there's winter and it's cold so ice cream is not yet good for making, and i haven't found the food colors in my nearby store. Of course it can be made without the colors but this popped up short after you gave that link and then i saw what it would look like without them:applejackunsure:. So......yeah

    #57 · 60w, 2d ago · · ·
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    >>352999

    I did it without food coloring and it looked like normal vanila and plase I added to much sea salt as well.

    #58 · 60w, 2d ago · · ·
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    >>353136

    What it tasted like with too much salt? Was it only salty ice cream without anything special?

    #59 · 60w, 2d ago · · ·
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    >>353308

    Too much salt and it over powered the sweet.

    #60 · 60w, 2d ago · · ·
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    Really interesting so far. i LOVED kingdom hearts, so i might be somewhat skeptical, but this is actually kinda good.

    So much tracking this. :moustache:

    #61 · 60w, 2d ago · · ·
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    :moustache: mhm.......my interest is piqued will be very interested in where this is going...kinda hoping Disney is left out of it though

    #62 · 60w, 2d ago · · ·
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    Aww, you beat me to the punch. Ah well, I'm still planning on a Chain of Memories crossover using the show's episodes as the levels within the castle.  Already got the Equestrian version of the Organization down too.  :D

    Definitely tracking this and looking forward to seeing how the girls fit into KH1.

    #63 · 60w, 2d ago · · ·
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    >>353773

    You're hoping in the right direction, then.

    #64 · 60w, 2d ago · · ·
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    This is the greatest story i ever read in my life:pinkiehappy:

    #65 · 60w, 2d ago · · ·
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    While I can't say that I'm unduly impressed with this, I have a long, long list of amazing fanfics with weak beginnings, so I'll be tracking this.

    #66 · 60w, 2d ago · · ·
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    It's about time someone made one of these! >~< Geez. It was WAYYYYY overdue.

    Tracking the sh:yay:t out of this one.

    #67 · 60w, 1d ago · · ·
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    I love the kingdom hearts series, so I'm gonna follow this.

    I do have a few gripes with this though. One is the pacing (which has been mentioned already so I won't dwell on it). The other thing is Twilight seemed to get her keyblade without any sort of rhyme or reason. Sora was almost swallowed by the darkness when he got his, so a similar situation, like the heartless over powering Twilight and her friends, and her calling out for someone to help them, and THEN getting the keyblade, I feel would work a lot better.

    Good luck with the rest of this.

    #68 · 60w, 1d ago · · ·
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    Had to make an account here to comment on this since EqD stopped allowing us to use our Google Accounts.

    Perhaps I need to play Kingdom Hearts to understand what the hell is going on, but, well, I can’t help but find this story incredibly contrived, chock full of out of character actions, full of logical fallacies, wild assumptions, ultra-fast pacing, and huge leaps in logic and judgment, and a good thirty minute read of Twilight fondling the idiot ball. There's so much of it, in fact, and it's so irritating and maddening, the only way I can really stop and organize my thoughts properly is to go through the story point by point.

    She glanced to the shield, and while it was protective, it was also physically restrictive

    How so? She has telekinesis, after all. She could probably handle it pretty well, floating it around in the air and blocking off all enemy attacks with more agility than anybody trying to actually HOLD it.

    looking to Twilight with a sense of confusion

    Awkward wording much?

    “I’ve been having these strange dreams.” Twilight replied, looking through the nearest cupboard for something to snack on. “And I have no idea what they mean.”

    Who says they mean anything? I understand being distressed by troubling dreams night after night, but immediately jumping to the conclusion that dreams ‘mean’ something seems a bit out of character for Twilight, especially since there’s never been any scientific proof that dreams ever mean anything beyond the fevered hallucinations of a half-active mind. I had a dream last night that I was discussing the nature-nurture phenomenon with a friend of mine whilst watching an episode of Futurama in Spanish. Does this ‘mean’ something too?

    And no, the fact that it’ll surely turn out that the dreams DO in fact mean something does not make this conclusion jumping any less weird for Twilight.

    “I also dreamed about... something chasing me. All I can remember is yellow eyes, though...”

    “Yeesh. Sounds like something out of one of your horror books,”

    Bit extreme, isn’t it? Kinda a leap in logic? ‘Something with yellow eyes is chasing you’ does not quite a horror book make. A tentacled monstrosity from beyond the farplane with millions of glowing yellow eyes is a horror story. A yellow-eyed pony wearing a leather stitch mask with a chainsaw is a horror story. ‘Something with yellow eyes is chasing you’ could easily BE a horror story, but it’s so vague it’s nowhere near scary. I can understand fearing something in a dream, where logic has no meaning, but even Spike’s reaction seems to be taking it a bit far.

    “Good thing no monsters around here have yellow eyes, huh?”

    Wait, what?  *looks at Diamond Dogs, Discord, The Red Dragon, The Green Dragon, Gilda, the Quarry Eels, The Ursas, and Iron Will*

    I think Spike’s gone colorblind...

    It’s probably just your imagination getting to you

    Yes. This is the logical assumption. Listen to Spike. (This is especially weird since it’s usually Spike who makes wild conclusions and has an overactive imagination)

    ‘Maybe she can tell me something about my dreams’

    Okay... Why is Twilight so obsessed with these dreams? I get that they’re a little disturbing to her, but dreams are just... well dreams. We’ve seen outright that dreams don’t tend to really MEAN anything in Equestria before (Bridle Gossip, Best Pet), so there’s no contextual difference between Earthly dreams and Equestrian dreams, and as seen in Bridle Gossip, Twilight doesn’t tend to obsess over dreams, even if they may seem relevant. She didn’t bring up her fevered, nervous dreams even once that episode. Why, all of a sudden, would she be obsessing over her dreams when she’s never shown any predisposition to even pay attention to them, much less be into dream interpretation? Yes, it’s annoying when you continue to have dreams that keep you from getting a good night’s sleep, and if this had been happening for a month or something I could understand it driving Twilight to find out more so she could stop the dreams from happening or something... but she has three restless nights and all of a sudden she’s obsessive and pining to interpret her dreams? This seems like a rather big shift in character...

    I’m not against using meaningful dreams as a jumping off point in any context. Fantasy tends to do that. But when you start ignoring the way a character acts to make way for your meaningful dreams, it gets annoying. I would buy it if Twilight went about her day, ignoring what she dreamed, and then only starting to apply her dreams when things start to happen that appear eerily similar to them, but the obsessive thing is really bugging me...

    And no, of course I’m not saying that Twilight doesn’t get obsessive or doesn’t overreact or anything. She gets obsessive a lot, like in Feeling Pinkie Keen and Lesson Zero. And she really overreacted in Lesson Zero and it’s about time. But she’s never shown any predisposition to overreact about something as benign and completely unrelated to her activities or relationships as dreams. It’s like Twilight suddenly becoming obsessive with cloudwatching because you can sometimes see weird images in the clouds. It just doesn’t seem to fit.

    “I’m trying to figure out what they mean, and if there’s some connection between them.”

    WHY?! How does this benefit you in any way? They have had nothing to do with magic, your studies, your friends, your relationships, or anything, and from the way you’ve described them, they sound so vague and weird that they don’t sound all that different from normal dreams in the first place! What is your sudden obsession all about?!

    “Maybe there isn’t!”

    Great, Twilight, now you’ve got PINKIE being the logical one...

    “If something big is going to happen... it might be related to my dreams. I have to go research more.”

    Okay, stop. Just stop.

    Pinkie has a doozy. Cause for alarm, perhaps, but your first reaction is that ‘it might be related to your dreams, I must do research?’ What about, I dunno, getting everybody ready and preparing for anything like you did in ‘It’s About Time?’ What about thinking and preparing yourself rationally?

    I can see Twilight getting nervous at a doozy, given what happened last time, but her first thought is that it might have to do with her dreams? That’s a hell of an assumption isn’t it? Twilight really seems to be doing a lot of that... making wild and random assumptions, jumping to crazy conclusions, and being super obsessive. And as I said, Twilight CAN be obsessive, jump to conclusions, and make assumptions, but there’s always been a specific context to it. She obsesses about her studies! She obsesses about magic and pleasing her friends and Princess Celestia! She obsesses about danger ONLY when she has legitimate reason to worry about it (as seen in It’s About Time), and even then, she doesn’t go making wild conjecture and linking the potential issue to random things until she’s been driven near insane by fatigue. WHY are these dreams bothering her so much?

    We haven’t been given any reason, other than Twilight’s constant harping on them, to believe that these dreams are anything more than regular, weird dreams. Dreams being weird and occasionally disturbing, is the norm. And aside from the fact that she’s had three of them, in relatively close proximity to one another, which isn’t that many and isn’t that strange, there hasn’t been enough similarity between to immediately suggest some sort of prophecy or to believe that these dreams mean anything. Twilight, being the rational member of the group, would probably see this too.

    It’d actually make MORE sense if Spike and Pinkie were the ones to suggest that the dreams meant something and Twilight were the one to brush them off, only to grow to admit they had a point when the weird things start happening. Spike has been known to jump to conclusions and make wild conjecture (Zombie Ponies!), and who knows what goes on in Pinkie’s head? But as it is, it feels like everything has gone topsy turvy!

    “I’ll see you later, Pinkie,” the unicorn said, walking to the door with added urgency. “I hope.”

    Jeez, I know Twi’s upset, but that’s a little gloom-and-doomy, isn’t it?

    Book after book was tossed aside with a burst of magic, followed by an angry grunt of ‘useless’

    You know, if there was ever actually a reason for her to be obsessive about her dreams in the first place then I could understand her going into a ‘studying fit,’ but as there’s been no decent reason or context for it, it just feels contrived.

    Also, she’s finally getting her answers about what her dreams might mean (fake and fraudulent as dream interpretation may be), and she’s just tossing every answer and possibility aside? What’s with that? Suddenly Twilight is acting like a Creationist trying to play the science game...

    Her pupils were dilated in what looked to be terror, and she was even shaking a bit.

    Maybe she’s been hitting the smack? :rainbowlaugh:

    The image of the dark creatures, with their hauntingly yellow eyes, flashed through Twilight’s head. “It can’t be...”

    ...And it still very well might not be! Y U jump to random conclusions, Twilight?! You’re supposed to be the rational one!

    continued their progression

    MORE awkward wording! :pinkiehappy:

    But seriously, why not something more menacing, like “Continued to snarl and shamble towards the six terrified little ponies”? Saying something like ‘continued their progression’ sounds so blank and instruction-manual-like.

    a large key materialized in front of her and broke her concentration

    ...just... out of nowhere? Does that not seem, well... insultingly contrived to you?

    “Okay... Ets see ‘at oo ca’ do,” she managed to say, through the keys grip.

    ...Why doesn’t she just use magic to wield it? Telekinetic swordsmanship is awesome! And way more practical than trying to wield a sword with your MOUTH.

    It was like she always knew how to use the key, but that couldn’t be possible, as she had never touched it in her life.

    In a different story, this could be equated to ‘magical telepathic link’ or some other magical BS and I could just swallow it, but this story is already so contrived and OOC that it’s just one more unbelievable convenience that I can’t help but facepalm at.

    “What was that, Twi?” Dash asked, looking from Twilight to the thickness of the forest. “We couldn’t even touch them... then you come along with this big key thingie and take them out with one hit!”

    I too demand some goddamn explanation.

    There's just so much wrong...

    As I said, I’ve never played Kingdom Hearts, and maybe I need to to know why Twilight is suddenly acting so strangely and there are all of these weird logical leaps and unlikely conveniences, but as it is, the story really hasn’t sold me. A good story, like say, the Dresden Fillies, will make everything make sense and make the story an interesting read even if you HAVEN’T read/seen/played whatever ponies are crossing over with. A really good story, again, like the Dresden Fillies, will actually draw you INTO that new story. This though... it just doesn’t make sense and is so out of character and contrived, I certainly can’t understand what the hell is going on and I’m certainly not sold on Kingdom Hearts. I’m sorry, but this just isn’t very good.

    I wouldn't be so upset if it weren't so blatantly obvious what's going on over at EqD and the fact that this is an EqD prereader writing it here... The prereaders constantly harp on only accepting the 'best of the best' but when they make a story that is sub-par, they get a free pass. This has happened more than once but this one is just so blatant it's damn near insulting. If this WAS preread then it's obvious that simply who the author is was taken into account. If this had been written by average joe Brony this would have never made it to EqD. I guess they can dish it out but they just can't take it.

    #69 · 60w, 1d ago · · ·
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    >>356572

    1. With the energy it takes to hold that bulky shield, she could be wielding something else.

    2. Opinion.

    3. As far as we know, Twilight doesn't have cryptic dreams. If she suddenly starts having them, she's probably going to become concerned.

    4. Opinion.

    5. Handled. Handled. Handled. Got me there. Handled. Probably farther from Ponyville. Fair enough. Not really a monster.

    7, 8, 10. With the info from #3, we can determine that Twilight doesn't normally have strange dreams, or dreams at all. In fact, the only canon dream we've seen is in Bridle Gossip, and something bad had happened. Judging from past experience, Twilight is likely to look a little farther into her dreams when they start happening, especially if they're consistent. Now, I'm trying to say this concept was written completely correctly. It could probably do with some rewriting of a few parts. I am, however, saying that you need to suspend your disbelief a little bit and just roll with the idea that Twilight is paying more attention to these dreams than she might normally.

    11.  Yes

    12. They aren't entirely random.

    13. Opinion.

    14. Welcome to Kingdom Hearts.

    15. Levitation is boring, and a physical connection with the Keyblade is required 95% of the time.

    16. Welcome to Kingdom Hearts.

    17. Welcome. To. Kingdom. Hearts.

    This, everyone, is why you should probably be familiar with a crossover before reading a fic related to it. Yes, you did have some good points in there, but a lot of the problem stemmed from not having played the game. It also doesn't help that out of all of the people who have read this, you are the only person who pointed these issues. If I really wanted to, I could probably chalk it all up to 'nit-picking' and call it a day. I showed this fic to multiple people - who have written very good fics and know what they're doing - and none of them brought up any of the problems you did. Maybe you stick to canon more strictly than other people do. I'm not sure.

    What I do know is that while I value your input on this chapter, there is a very small chance I'm going to alter anything. If any of that was a common complaint (bringing my complaint counter to more than... 3 or so) I'd consider making changes, but as it stands, a lot of people have enjoyed it how it is, and are willingly to look past a trivial logic problem to just enjoy the story.

    Edit: Just noticed your kind little comment about us at EQD. As I said before, of the numerous people I showed this to, none of them brought up any of the issues you did.

    #70 · 60w, 1d ago · · ·
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    >>356623

    Well then. At least I've got a good reason to never play Kingdom Hearts then. If this is really remaining that faithful to it then its story is obviously beyond forced. Guess that's to be expected when it's such an obvious and shameless cash cow, though...

    Forgive me however, if I don't think that a major shift in character to an obsessive and paranoid dream interpreting wreck is merely a 'trivial issue.' Yeah, the dream we SAW was a little bit odd, but no more so than a normal dream. Dreams by nature tend to be really weird. We have no idea what happened in the first two dreams, either, and from what Twilight said there's really nothing to separate them from any other, naturally strange dream. Again, I'd understand if Twilight started getting nervous and jumpy and paranoid if this had been going on for roundabout a month or something, but after three days? It's like Twilight is LOOKING for an excuse to go off the deep end. Twilight is the rational member of the group, save for when she's been driven to panic, and there just doesn't seem the grounds for that in this story.

    Edit: As for EqD, I wouldn't care about the problems with this story at all if it weren't for the fact that you are an EqD prereader. I would just shrug it off and it wouldn't bother me at all. But recently, EqD has only been accepting stories that are absolutely perfect and has been telling authors that aren't completely perfect to go and take a hike. So yeah, when a prereader gets his fanfic up and it's obviously only half polished and contains a ton of incredibly awkward language, out of character moments, and no logic to it, I tend to get a little suspicious.

    #71 · 60w, 1d ago · · ·
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    >>356651

    I'm sorry you feel that way. I wish you the best of luck reading other fanfiction.

    Edit: Fortunately all those points are your opinion, and they weren't shared by anyone else.

    #72 · 60w, 1d ago · · ·
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    Hmmm, A Kingdom Hearts crossover that doesn't look like absolute poo... I'll be tracking this.

    #73 · 59w, 6d ago · · ·
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    Though he does seem peeved, Rainbow Smash has a few valid points.  The pacing on this whole thing seemed out of whack to me.  Maybe it's because I typically read longer fics, maybe it's because I have played through KH, but everything seemed rushed.  Bam, dream obsession.  Bam, over to Pinkie's.  Tiny dialog exchange.  Inexplicable research break (I'm with smash on this, this seems ooc.  Yes, Twi likes books, but she doesn't tend to break at the sign of imminent danger to read unless she's double checking a specific solution.) We immediately break from the library to battling heartless, a materializing keyblade, and victory.  

    My big point is that you need to slow down.  You need to establish relationships and personalities before jumping into the action.  We know the source material but we don't know your universe.  Every writer molds their relationships differently, and right now I know nothing about your characters.  I wuld have preferred to see the rest of the mane 6 introduced in some less jarring way than immediate combat as well.  Even something as small as a few lines with Applejack at her stand earlier in the day or running into Dash and Rarity arguing about something random would eliminate that "HERE HAVE SOME MORE CHARACTERS!" feeling.  So yeah.  Slow down, elaborate, expound upon.  The framework isn't terrible, it just needs to be built up and polished substantially.

    Points that don't add up to me...  Biting the keyblade instead of telekinesis.  Huh?  Twilight doesn't typically hold books, quills, cooking implements, tools, food, or anything else with her mouth.  Add to this that the KH universe has already made allowance for non-physical contact attacks involving a hurled keyblade and it doesn't make a lot of sense.  Once you factor in the Master and Final drive forms from KH2 that feature ACTUAL telekinetic dual wielding of keyblades and it becomes downright silly.  You don't even have to play the unicorn card, it's established Keyblade canon.

    The obsession with the dreams.  You need to allude to worry, show quiet concern over these types of things.  It's the difference between making sure not to talk to your friend during an important scene at a movie and yammering "Hey, hey, hey, hey check this out!  Did you hear that?  Did you get that part?" Twi probably would be concerned, but she wouldn't bring it up in every conversation, and she'd probably try to tell herself she was being ridiculous rather than become convinced she was dreaming of omens.

    Third, she left Pinkie.  This bugged me, alot.  She has a living, breathing, fourth wall smashing future-barometer right there telling her shit's about to get real and she just rolls out.  One would think keeping Pinkie around for updates on the cataclysm would be prudent.  

    Lastly, as far as the EQD bias goes, it doesn't particularly concern me.  I've seen a few shoddier works slip through on occasion, but I've never payed attention to any writers relation to eqd prereaders or staff.  There's no such things as having earned or deserved a nod from EQD in my opinion.  You should feel blessed if you get it, if you don't then no one owes you squat.  It's fanfic, not war.  Hopefully though, you'll be less inclined to blow off some of Crash's points with someone a bit less blatantly antagonistic agreeing with them.  

    Good luck, I'll probably check back in next chapter and see how things progress.  

    #74 · 59w, 6d ago · · ·
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    >>364207

    Now, that was a much better wording for criticism. I'm aware of the pacing issue, as a lot of people have pointed out, so there's a good chance I'll go back and make it longer to spread it out better. In the process, I'll rework some parts and change some dialogue so Twilight doesn't seem as obsessive over it. Then I'll make her levitate it instead. A little boring, but as you've said, it makes more sense. I'm way too used to seeing images of ponies holding the keyblade in their mouth, and I tried applying that to a character it doesn't quite work with.

    Thanks for commenting.

    Edit: I consulted a few people on it and I've decided against the floating. The argument I've heard is that it frees up Twilight's magic for other uses, so she doesn't have to focus on levitating the Keyblade in addition to the rest of a fight.

    #75 · 59w, 6d ago · · ·
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    A crossover? With two of my favorite things ever? AND your profile picture is Kamina? This is the best thing ever!

    #76 · 59w, 2d ago · · ·
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    Aha, I go scrolling through Equestria Daily and what do I find? Competition! :pinkiegasp: been planning my own Kingdom Hearts/Pony crossover for over a month now and finally putting words to processor.

    I don't really have anything to say for criticism because I usually reserve that for special occasions. Kingdom Hearts is my most beloved game series, and the simple fact that someone else is crossing over with FiM tickles me pink. So long as you're willing to research and double check reference material for continuity's sake, I applaud any direction you go with this.

    Besides, who the hay cares what people are gonna say about the story? Pacing and any other real issue they have comes with practice. If you don't write you can't practice so why are they whining to begin with?

    Any way, best of luck to your story, my new rival :raritywink:

    #77 · 59w, 2d ago · · ·
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    >>381446

    Best of luck to you as well! However, we both have another player in this little game. Are you familiar with Shire Folk? He just started a Kingdom Hearts/MLP crossover fic... and he's in the process of a another KH fic that's in the 1,500,000 word ballpark right now.

    #78 · 59w, 2d ago · · ·
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    >>381460

    I will have to look into that some time. I dunno if I have the patience (or time) to read 1.5 million words, but I'll try and keep up with his crossover, though perhaps I shouldn't? Reading or watching anything similar to your own forays can cause unintentional 'borrowing.' Ack, listen to me. I'm being too critical of myself :derpytongue2: Never mind that, I should just stick to my guns. After all, the story is my own interpretation of elements from both franchises. No other person is going to write my story :p

    #79 · 59w, 2d ago · · ·
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    OOh! I'm def tracking this as my first story. :pinkiehappy:  Is Sora going to make an appearance?

    Can't wait! Keep it up!:heart:

    #80 · 57w, 6d ago · · ·
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    Heh. Tracking. As a die-hard KH fan, I have the Kingdom Herats OST on MP3 files. I listened to the appropriate symphony for each scene as I read.

    Symphonies I used

    Dive Into The Heart- Station of Awakening

    Welcome to Wondeland- talking and 'curious' or odd scenes

    Lazy Afternoons- Casual and talking scenes

    Vim and Vigor- combat scene

    Hoped this helped. You can find these on YouTube. Find the ones done by a user called DanieldaBandGeek95 for the best quality.

    -Craterfist

    #81 · 54w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>425449 Mother of god, we meet again on the battle field of fan fiction...

    #82 · 54w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>532051

    Where have we met before?

    #83 · 54w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>532911 we have never directly confronted each other but we first met on the battle of konseiga mainly it has been a battle with brony ranger, but I will prevail

    #84 · 54w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>533092

    Where was this battle, specifically?

    #85 · 54w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>533319 here, my pants, konseiga blawg post, if I remember correctly you believed that I could parody his stories because my picture was silly, then he said that I was a silly making machine

    #86 · 54w, 3d ago · · ·
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    >>533559

    Hmmm..... I'll take your word for it.

    #87 · 53w, 1d ago · · ·
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    thank you! alex :pinkiehappy: for enlightning us with this crossover im very pleased by it since everypony mention that one little slip up i wont even mention it in my post :heart: anywho as i read crossovers of anykind i hardly ever expect things to be the same as canon(sp?) heck i even expect some personalities to be switched! :rainbowlaugh: But anyway more to the point ranbowsmash there are some things i agree with abit, same as gandhi but i think you went abit overboard with your critical thinking on this its FANfiction :facehoof: dont expect fics (especially crossovers) to be the same as what you see on the show and dont expect from what its crossed with to be the same either, keep up the great work alex! Hope to see more soon im definitly tracking :D oh and nice decition for not adding in the levitation bit if you did that, twilights final form (if you even adding that little element into the story) wouldnt hold much of special meaning if she could already do it :3  

    Ps: thank you for letting us know you like to torture yourself by reading fanfics you obviously dont like starting from before the middle of this chapter you could have read a little bit and say to yourself "ehh whatever" and switch to a new one but no you just endured and had to say something about it all at the end didnt you? xP

    #88 · 53w, 22h ago · · ·
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    Good work on this, and I cant wait until you are done reworking this. I have a suggestion for the keyblade-mouth issue thingy: Next chapter, Twilight decides that it is awfully inconvenient to hold the keyblade in her mouth, and comes up with a spell to get it to stick on her hoof.

    #89 · 34w, 6d ago · · ·
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    I hope you have not given up on this story. No offence meant to others, but this is the first good Kingdom Hearts/MLP story i've found on FIM. As for the Keyblade i wonder, who passed it on to Twilight?

    The Keyblade can only be acquired 2 ways: 1, another bearer passes it onto a person, or in this case pony, through an "Inheritance Ceremony". 2, a person or pony touches a Keyblade. In both cases, the person/pony can only get a Keyblade of their own if the Keyblade itself deems them worthy.

    So... more soon please! :twilightsheepish:

    #90 · 34w, 6d ago · · ·
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    >>1284895

    Not given up; merely put on hold.

    I also wasn't familiar with that bit of info, as I'm only going off what I know from KH 1 and 2.

    #91 · 34w, 6d ago · · ·
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    >>1286089 i know a lot about the Keyblade. if you ever want to know something, ask me if you want.

    #92 · 21w, 3h ago · · ·
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    heh the only kingdom hearts crossover worth a damn and its on hiatus just my luck

    #93 · 17w, 3d ago · · ·
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    IS THERE NO LIMIT ON HOW MANY IDEAS YOU HAVE

    #94 · 15w, 2d ago · · ·
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    >>356572 yes you need to play it to know what the buck is going on. this story is pretty close to the intro cut-scene and the major events in the first part of actual game-play. so go play the first Kingdom Hearts, and learn the original KH storyline. then reread this fic

    #95 · 7w, 5d ago · · ·
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    Wow, it's been nearly a year since you released this!

    #96 · 5w, 3d ago · · ·
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    One shifted its large, round head so it’s glowing yellow eyes

    Huh. I never realized that "it's" in place of "its" would look so much more annoyingly wrong when there's a correct version in the same sentence.

    #97 · 5w, 1d ago · · ·
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    Will Organization XIII be appearing in this fanfic?

    #98 · 3w, 2d ago · · ·
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    it's so sad that there are not more chapters of this fic

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