Listened to this as I wrote, obviously. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RisL9l8HzmM

Okay, this actually sounds funny! Will follow.

Will the six Elements of Harmony gather the seven pieces of eight? Nein! But ten, at least they try.

amazing man cant wait for an update

god dammit you beat me to it! i wanted to write something like this!

I don't usually favorite an adventure story, but you got me hooked Is it interrogation time for Twilight?

Anyways, looking forward to more of this!

Okay...this has promise.

Even though it's only one chapter so far, I think the story is

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Can't wait for more!

This certainly seems relevant to my interests!

Edit: And it is! Please keep writing.

"Derp Pirate Roberts"

You are mad you know, mad mad MAD!

Then again, we're all mad here.

*Fave'd, and thumb-uped*

Will read later but for now....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t38DPnkDjTM

Oh, definitely watching this. intriguing to say the least. Do continue this.

Nicely done. Favoriting this. One question though, are the airships because steampunk or because of the airship in "I'm the Type of Pony"?

>>15290591529059

Steampunk and magic. Sails and wooden hulls rather than giant balloons.

>>15293331529333

The mental image.....

I'm going to quote a semi applicable elf.

"I should avoid casting any spells tonight, if only to give the laws of physics time to cry alone in the corner."

The coolness factor of literal flying wooden ships is well worth it.

>>15293621529362

These ships run on rule of cool, so they don't put nearly as much strain on physics as an overweight dragon.

Song is win? song is win. Excellent.

>>15296501529650

Glad to see you caught the reference. And cool is an ecologically friendly alternative fuel.

Man, all it's missing is the frame of someone telling the story. I really look forward to more; is this going to be a long-running fic?

Here we go... Shining Armor, you're in for an adventure!

whats this, like Pirates of the Caribbean, only in the sky and not the sea? cool. keep up the good work. hope to see more.

Shining Armor as Shining Armor,

Rainbow Dash, as a Pirate Captain.

I eagerly await whatever wonderfully despicable fate you have waiting for Fluttershy. My guess is barmaid.

Yes! Another chapter! Can't wait for more!

I'm enjoying this so far,  and it looks like there's alot to look forward to. Hope the chapters grow in length as we progress.

How can a pony hold cards with hooves? Pirate superpowers !

This chapter:

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How in hell would Rainbow be able to hold a hand of cards? Some people have issues with that and we have 10 digits.

And Dash is now favourite character.

So, the captain of the guard couldn't take on the whole inn all by himself!? It's a pirate story!

Seriously though, I like where this is going.

>>15505441550544

Not until after he's disgraced, thrown out the Guard, and takes a level in badass.

Are you gonna put this up on EqD? Cause you should totally put this on EqD. Do it do it do it do it.

This is shaping up wonderfully. I had completely forgotten someone other than Trixie talks in the third person.

>>15517221551722

Probably, once I stop being lazy and get it edited. My goal for now is getting it in the featured box on fimfiction. First time I've had trouble with it.

I find myself wanting to know what Flutters is doing with these type of ponies. My mind is already drawing up all kinds of solutions, Dash and Shy orphans from filly years?

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>>15518761551876

I thought it was just because the rest of the gang had already been assigned different roles in this story, and Fluttershy was just what was left.

Seriously though, I've been enjoying this story thus far, looking forward to more.

Moar!

Short one today, just want to show the big groups out there.

I might be interested in reading this, but I'm not gonna start unless someone can assure me that Spike has as much "screentime" as the Elements. Anyone?

>>16367711636771

He doesn't have any *yet*, and I don't know if he'll be as major a character as the rest, so no promises.

I require only promises of swashbuckling. Can you guarantee that buckles will be swashed?

>>16368581636858

Do you doubt the daring Dash's ability to buckle swashes?

>>16368581636858

Im with this guy. there is a distinct lack of swashed buckles on this site.

fuck

you beat me to the idea

Discord the pirate king...that is all.

Where this is going.

I think I like it.

Wait, wait. Don't tell me. The last group came from the west?

>>15267251526725 Shiver *Me Timbers

Fun story so far, but why are the chapters so short?  I am sort of amazed actually, stories with chapters thus short usually aren't written so well. Still would like some longer chapters though.

"I don't think we should be here," the cowpony said, leaning on the fourth wall.  

..... Is Braeburn related to Pinkie?

>>16368841636884

I'm not saying that she's incapable of buckling swashes. I'm just saying that compared to what we've seen so far, I've seen more buckled swashes on a coat rack.

It's the kind of thing that might make a feller doubt his captain. Might put mutinious thoughts in his head. You know, might.

>>16373021637302 Well, a "cowboy" in a pirate story really kind on doesn't fit. And it technically was the fourth wall... which just makes it more brilliant

and they would likely hang for piracy.

Rarity drained the glass and poured herself another.

Rarity's a boss.

Well, I certainly can't foresee this turning into a hilarious mess in the coming future.

>>16384941638494

Actually, you'd want the buckles to be be swashed.

Word Origin & History

swashbuckler

1560, "blustering, swaggering fighting man" (earlier simply swash, 1549), from swash "fall of a blow" (see swash) + buckler "shield." The original sense seems to have been "one who makes menacing noises by striking his or an opponent's shield." Swashbuckling (adj.) is attested from 1693.

i love it....pikie is best pirate

why is this so short and so good TT

>>16369451636945

I SECOND THAT MOTION!!!!

In other news, hmmmm.... airship, magical core, pirates... is it just me or do other people see the Edge Chronicals in this too? Not that I'm complaining! This fic is great so far! Just wondering is all.

>>15320121532012

You know what, it's been like a month, but screw it, I'm adding that. Thank you for that wonderful idea.

Last line left me giggling like mad.

Dash is definitely best Captain

Dat last line.

go captain dash!

Now that is what I am speaking of, good sir!

I thought of that song mere minutes before I discovered this. It cannot be a coincidence. Let's have a look, shall we?

You... you actually wrote Zecora well! NOPONY writes Zecora well! The opening gave me shivers, well done!

AHaha! You get 'em Dash!

...of course Twi might get rescued from Rarity's ship... but there are what... two other ships that are also probably closing in?

Sooo... if the thing that keeps Twi from using her magic stays on her horn she basically can get tossed about like a sack of corn as each ship steals her from one another, one group trying to be the one to save her with Rarity and Pinkie trying to... well... they'd want a ransom but... well I guess the gold Shining has could be used to pay Rarity... except Celestia doesn't want to pay them anything because such an action could very likely encourage more piracy and more kidnapping... looking forward to the next updates.

I like this story! and I've got the Pirates of the Caribbean Soundtrack to enjoy while reading it!

Pirates of the Caribbean, anyone? Still, this is actually really good. I enjoy that there's more than one plot line going on, and that it leaves questions that will  (hopefully) answered soon! Publish moar!

Great update. Chapters could be a little longer, but I'll take what I can get.

Keep up the good work.

IGAF-kun

That last line? Beautiful.

The song is what caught have of my attention. I WILL READ THE REST OF THIS BRILLIANCE!!!

that last line yo.  mad good.  also, noticed you put Flying feather instead of Falling feather a ways through.  "The Flying Feather pulled into port just before dinner."

"Dropped anchor with extreme prejudice." That is a fantastic turn of phrase and had me giggling like a lunatic.

Cap'n Dash's bout to kill some bitches.

facehoofed when i tried to find the next chapter

Buckles have been swashed!

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Ugh, can one of those people who are good at critique come here please? No? Blearugh.

I like the idea and stuff, but there's a huge problem with this story: Everything's way too fast. There's  a huge lack of description, with single-line paragraphs composing practically half the story. It feels like your story's a big string of "X happened then Y happened then Z happened." There's probably something to say about how exactly that harms your writing, and what you can do to improve, but I'm not good at critique, so sorry.

"Dropping anchor with extreme prejudice" and "we're going to moor" will be quotes from now onn.

I remain convinced that this is the prologue to a longer tale; the kindapping of lady Sparkle and the pursuit is just what establishes a wider story. Hence, I have no problem with the speed at which just about everything happens.

“Pinkie Pie, for the love of Celestia, stop singing,” Rarity snapped.

“Righty-o, captain my captain,” Pinkie Pie said, snapping a hoof up in a quick salute.

I roflmao'd.  At this point is, I think, when I decided I was going to love the hell out of this story.  And by the end of the first chapter I have no regrets save that the end came way too early.

As a minor nitpick, it's always bugged me a bit when people try to give Equestrians guns--not out of some sort of conflicting the sugarbowl-y innocence or whatever, I have no problems with making it a more plausible fantasy world...but because they don't have fingers, and the occasional light "grasping" things with hooves is one thing...but a complex maneuver like holding something and then pulling a trigger or even pushing a button on it with the same appendage stretches my suspension of disbelief even in "hoof magic".

Still...it is Pinkie Pie.  And to be honest, it would not surprise me much if those things shot confetti instead of bullets.

As someone said earlier, I feel the need to confirm: Pinkie Pie is best pirate.  Seriously, she's having way too much fun with this, and that is so awesomely appropriate.

Now, on to the next chapter!

>>17385291738529

Actually I was fully aware of the pulling the trigger problem when I added them. It should be... amusing

...so apparently draw poker isn't the only kind of card game Dash is familiar with.

"If you find yourself and a friend being chased by a king cheetah, you have but one chance: Trip your friend." --flavor text from 9th edition Magic: the Gathering card.

Pragmatic advice for the pragmatic bounty hunter.

Well, that's one way to strike back.

>>17385811738581 Oho!  I should have known.  Now i HAVE to follow this story.

...y'know, as if I hadn't already been planning to anyway.

Seriously, I love everything about this story except one thing, which I'm sure you're sick of hearing by now: short chapters (if it was me, I'd consider maybe trying to see if the individual chapters could instead be melded together into larger chapters, but honestly that's just my style and it's your story!).  The pacing is great--brisk enough to make a good action story, without giving me jump-cut whiplash--and the characters are priceless, perfectly in character within their piratey new trappings.  The plot is no more and no less than we've been promised: a fun sky pirate jaunt with all the trappings we want to see in such a story.  And of course, just a hint of a world-threatening problem.  Just try to be careful when you've got so many converging plot threads aiming to entangle--it's all too easy to completely forget about one angle.  Or even worse, forget about it until it's almost too late and then try to shoehorn it awkwardly back into the narrative.

Love it.  Thumbs-up'd, fav'd, off to find an eyepatch and some imitation artificial rum-flavored beverage as I await for more.

Whoops, made a mistake on the chapter title pattern

“So, instead of outsmarting the enemy, we’re outstupiding them?”

Shine on, Shining!

my ponies will clear the whole

Hole.

lifting Fluttershy in her hooves and dropping her unceremoniously overboard

Quick! Someone make a gif of this! We need to have the humour!

I'm half expecting Fluttershy to be a Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass  Or, at the very least, to have some sort of skill besides obvious distraction.

I could be wrong, of course.  It comes more from how Rarity got a coolness makeover into a cunning pirate, Iron Will into an admittedly not-all-that-effective Mercenary, and so on...seems like a good deal of characters that would not 'fit' an adventure setting are slightly shifted so that they do.

Eh, that's all guesses though.

is it just me, or did i noticed the meme theme here? if you know what i mean Swan? Turner? really? PotC reference!

I only read the description. You had me at "She and her good friend Pinkie Pie turn to piracy"

Also I almost died at the Derp Pirate Roberts.

Best.

Reference.

EVER.

I'll have to read this. SOON.

So we have:

Swan and Turner

Derp Pirate Roberts.

Pinkie D. Pie ?

So Daring Do is Jack Sparrow?

this is awesome so far. not enough steampunk ponies. now excuse me while i hit the next chapter

I'm sensing a possible exchange of 'hostages' if they manage to detain Fluttershy.

“Uh, Captain? I think somepony just dropped anchor.” He turned his head skyward. “With extreme prejudice.”

and just like that Rainbow Dash is best Steampunk pony.  although, i have to say, when your ship FLIES this becomes a very fun and viable tactic. love the way this is going so far. keep it up.

Well...at least Twilight's plan seems to be working out still, for the moment.

>>> Twilight reached up with a hoof and gingerly felt her horn. A thick ring of metal held firmly about midway up her horn.>>>

  Ugh, the old standard magical inhibition ring.  Good lord this is so overused.  It's in practically every single adventure/dark story I've read.  And it's always the same; no way to overpower it, not even for the most powerful unicorn in Equestria.  It's a cliche, one-size-fits-all device.  Can't someone come up with at least one other method?

>>17446111744611

I've also considered an empowered circle (would be awkward to fit in the room, difficult to keep Twilight from breaking in physically), tranquilizers or drugs (requires more attention, can't participate in the plot), and some kind of dust that inhibits magic, like a magical allergic reaction (could work, but seems less likely than the ring). The reason it's used is because it works. Efficient, doesn't get in the way, and allows the person wearing it to contribute to the story. You wouldn't call handcuffs overused just because they're handy and efficient, would you?

“Miss Swan, check the severity of the damage. Mister Turner, see if anypony below is injured. The rest of you, get ready to get this ship underway!”

The crew went to work, White Swan and two others examining the structural damage done by the anchor as Page Turner went belowdecks.

We hath observed what thou hast performed here.

“Oh, right, that. Uh, after she melted, she exploded.”

“Exploded?” Pinkie asked, dropping to her haunches and reeling back in horror.

“Yeah exploded. Twice even.”

Pinkie, you are so awesome

Fluttershy is the best cover ever. Who would ever suspect this face .

this is a rather funny story, keep up the good work