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Stainless Steel Fox


A writer of various scribbles, I've recently become enamoured of Ponydom, and have done my limited best to write a few stories. I hope people enjoy them.

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What would you do, and where would you go to find your Cutie Mark? An ancient book and a botched ritual takes three fillies further than they ever imagined... and into a land where adventure rules. But this isn't Humans and Horses, there's no rerolls allowed.

Now they must undertake their greatest ever crusade, to find someone who can send them back home. But as with every truly important quest, it's the journey as much as the goal that matters.

Chapters (12)
Comments ( 81 )

YES! You finally posted it here! Does that mean you'll start working on it again, please please please?

This seems interesting. I can't wait to see where the Crusaders ended up. I can just see them in a DnD type world getting all kinds of loot and gear.

So Sweetie Bell is a Bard par Excellence!!! Very nice chapter, good team work from the crusaders. I can't wait to see their reactions to the horses not being what they were expecting.

Nice running battle and cutie marks. I can't wait to see the Crusaders get involved with more adventures.

Nice chapter. I'm glad Scootaloo is able to fly on her own now, but keep the training cloud to use like a hover board ALS Back To The Future. I hope the Crusaders can make some new friends who will stick with them. Also, it would be awesome to see the reach Greyhawk.

I will laugh non stop for a solid minute if the ritual to follow the crusaders is about to be cast when they finally return. Especially if Twilight is disappointed since they won't know if it would have worked.

And are you a good human, or a bad human?"

A shout-out to The Wizard of Oz?:rainbowderp:

Excited to see this here! It will be nice to see what happens!

Does Durnick have a crush on a woman named Polgara with a Nephew named Garion???? Nice chapter, I liked the songs and the Crusaders getting to showcase some skills.

Comment posted by Kenshinryuu deleted May 11th, 2014

:rainbowderp::rainbowdetermined2:AWESOME CHAPTER FOR THE WHOLE TEAM, BUT I'VE GOT TO GIVE IT MOSTLY TO SCOOTS SINCE SHE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM KICKING CLOUD FLANK!!!! :scootangel: As for Mr. Dander Arroway... I hope the Crusaders end up saving him from something nasty so he is personally in debt to them. And it would be cool to have Duke Wilberis invite the fillies to his residence for a formal thanks for protecting his people.

Like the songs! :)

Oh I am so glad to see this on here.

Out of curiosity why is this Side Quest Part 2 when it's Third Encounter on FF?

4374594 Because I have been going through the chapters as i brought them across, fixing any mistakes and tweaking them to make them read better. While i was at it, I changed the chapter title.

Of course, the reason I'm going through them so carefully is that I am going to continue this as soon as I reach the end of the existing chapters. I have about half a chapter sitting on my hard drive, and plenty of ideas. I may not be able to put them out as fast as this, but I will make an honest effort to get this story done.

Awesome chapter, good songs from Sweetie, and awesome new trick with lightning for Scootaloo. But so far Scootaloo has been seriously inured the most, can she not nearly die in the next fight???

Nice take down by Scootaloo, I guess the elf had a SHOCKING revelation on Pegasus abilities. :rainbowlaugh:
I wouldn't mind seeing Gaspard and Clovis show up to help clean up some bandits, they got a bit of a raw deal and need a chance to redeem themselves.

Finally Applejack gave another sigh.

Em... wow?:applejackconfused:

Nice chapter!:twilightsmile:

4414117 Um... Oops! Thanks for catching that.

Hey this is pretty cool! I could swear you snuck into my room and stole some of my notes for my CMC game. Well, some of them. Lots of neat ideas in this that intrigue me.

And I could have sworn I saw that CMC going off to save the duke's daughter plotline someplace before.

Do bad guys have a big barrel of gunpowder burred someplace for an ambush?

Faved either way and looking froward to more.

Nice magic items, I can't wait to see Scoots try out her new bracers. But what if she gets a set of real bracers eventually? I would suggest changing them from bracers to greaves so if Scoots get a traditional hand slot item she can use it as well.:scootangel:

Good fight, I wouldn't mind seeing the Duke's daughter cuddling with the crusaders after everything is said and done. She'll have been scared, and three cuddly little ponies hugging her will make her feel better.:twilightsmile:

4426302 I did publish this on fanfiction.net already, so you may have seen it there. As for sneaking into people's rooms... that's utterly ridiculous! (Hides set of Masterwork Thieves Tools)

4427217 Thanks for the suggestion. As you can see, I took it. As to the comforting properties of ponies, I agree. However, they have to rescue her first.

Nice to see this transported here. Now, onto the much more pressing question - Do you, think you'll be updating this side of Christmas?

anyways, have a fav and a follow :pinkiehappy:

Nice Princess Bride reference, especially Sweetie Bell using Inigo's line to Vizzini against Mancetti. I wouldn't mind seeing him becoming a reoccurring villain and the girls constantly foil his plans until he gets caught. Then throw in the classic, "I would have gotten away with it... if it wasn't for those meddling ponies!" line to completely destroy his reputation. :trollestia:
Annette is awesome, she dove behind the idiot to make him trip over her and fall and stayed out of the way while the girls fought... though I wouldn't have minded seeing her brain someone with a rock or something. Now she needs to have a water fight with the Crusaders to help her get rid of the stress of the last few days. Oh, and when the tax collector idiot shows up, have Annette and the Crusaders come running through the door laughing together before she tells him how they saved her life and innocently shows him he has no support.:scootangel:
Awesome fighting by Apple Bloom and Sweetie Bell, can't wait to see how it goes when Scootaloo is with them in the next fight.
When I realized Apple Bloom's distraction involved lighting a barrel of gunpowder on fire, I crossed my fingers and hoped for the typical crusader destruction luck to come through... and boy did it ever! :rainbowlaugh:

I really like this story. You are very skilled at conveying action!

I have a request for SweetieBard.
I would like to see her version of 'I won't back down, by Jonny Cash', and/or 'O' Death, by Ralph Stanley'.
PLEASE???

If Annette is coming with the Crusaders I suggest she goes for archer support unless she's been sneaking around learning how to fight from her father's men. If the duke and his wife are currently separated I would love to see the Crusaders and Annette inadvertently get them back together.

Awesome chapter.:twilightsmile:

Cumulo-Nimbus 2000

Harry Potter broomstick reference :derpytongue2:

4478590 So would you say it's a triumph?

You despicable, deplorable, darned developer of dastardly deeds! You thought you could sneak an update at a time it would normaly take me hours upon hours to learn of it, but HAH! I'm in insomniac mode, so there! :pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy:

All kidding aside, I didn't even know how much I needed this chapter until I had it before me. I devoured it two times in a row, then went back, and read all 'back in equestria' bits to give myself a better context.

In laymans terms - darned fine doin' mine vulpine friend. Jolly good! :yay:

I think Pierre Fermat might be more than a little mortified to be called "Matted Coat". :twilightblush: :rainbowwild:

Star Trek has Technobabble, MLP has Magicbabble. And the scary thing is I got about a quarter of it. I do want to see the scientists witness a Sonic Rainboom though.

4520116 I've always called it Thaumo-babble myself.

Someone that actually casts blueblood in a positive light?
Good on you. Most stories I've read take the easy way out, and just make him this ineffectual douchy fop.
So the mane six will be following the crusaders?
I can't wait till they find them all decked out in thier new gear, I imagine AJ is gonna flip her cool at Appleblooms new ear scar ( I am assuming of course, that you have a plan of some sort to explain why Sweetie belle cant heal it or something. Like, "Oh no, the wounds already closed, theres nothing left to heal!" or something like that.) I cant imagine Rarity will be as shocked at her sisters new horn, but Scoots full size wings should cause some jubilation.)

4521255 Add in the fact they'll have been hearing of the Crusaders' exploits over the course of their journey and the big sisters will recieve praise for raising such wonderful young fillies. But just imagine all the humans going, "Oh, you're *Insert Crusader's name here*'s sister *Insert mare's name here*???" and admiring the younger sisters more.

Ouch. Apple Bloom got screwed on hers. +1 effective AC and average damage is NOT worth it for the price. Monks' belts are for non-monks with high Wisdom scores, who get the full benefits, not monks, who barely get anything from them.

The others have some nice gifts, however.

Very much enjoying this story so far as I reread. I've missed it.

Could use an editor, however.

4480317 I'm making a note here: "Huge success!"

This is good!

Really great fanfic!

I love this!

this story is good the only thing I wonder is if/how their abilities work back in Equestria?:rainbowhuh:

I'm assuming Applebloom will be a Paladin, or a fighter.
Sweetie is a bard
And Scoots is a fighter

"Inconceivable!" And now I imagine Mancetti sounding like Vizzini from "The Princess Bride." :rainbowlaugh:

Love the image of Sweetie and AB acting out "Thriller."

I'm finally caught up with the latest chapter! And I'm not too sure about Blueblood's inclusion, since I haven't read any of your other stories, and I've never particularly cared about Blueblood. But I'll give your other story a chance if it's part of the same continuity.

I do like how it takes a team of Equestria's most brilliant magi-scientists and mathematicians to figure out a spell that three little fillies cast. Of course, the tricky part is getting back to Equestria.

5052416 Yup, but there are forces at work as yet only hinted at that made it work for the filly trio.

Also, it's one thing to launch yourself into the ether and end up somewhere, it's another thing to 1) Track the original trajectory. 2) Devise a stable, dirigible portal that can be used to send a properly equipped rescue team after them. 3) Figure out a way to get home afterwards.

They're sending the Elements of Harmony and their bearers to another dimension. Maybe the show hasn't done a very good job of it (sending the group to face a dragon, really?) but in such a case, I would make sure they had a full expedition with elite guards, a supply train and experienced pathfinders/explorers backing their play. They don't know about the time dialation, but even so, it's been long enough that they know they're going to have to search on the other side to find the CMC. Hence the peparation.

But the Elder Gods like my cookies... :applecry:

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