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Strayan Phoenix


Do I really look like a guy with a plan?

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When a team of Explorers go on a bold quest to discover lands and treasure beyond the confines of their island home, they encounter a land of marvels, wonders and challenges like they've never even dreamed of.

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Before MLP, I was quite the Pokemon nerd. As a Brony now, I appreciate any good Poke/Pony crossover fics. Well done so far!
Also, I can't believe how long it took for me to realize you were following plots of the episodes. DERP.

I guess a friend o’ Twilight’s is a friend o’ mine!

Someone needs to make a fic where Twilight asks if one of her friends can stay with Applejack, and the "friend" turns out to be Adolf Hitler... :pinkiecrazy:
Applejack would be forced to be friend with him, all to Trollestia, luna and Twilight's amusement... :trollestia:

Anyways, great crossover from a great game. :yay:

lets hope Connor don't have any more alcohol tonight.:pinkiehappy:

They'd try to sneak into someone's base, and then randomly shout 'TITS!'

That sounds like: images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091114030427/left4dead/images/7/77/NickWeaponsRender.jpg

'Professionals have standards', he always said. 'Be polite, be efficient, and have a plan to kill everyone you meet'.

Glorious words spoken by the one true genious.
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I have this evil and sadistic idea! Darkrai, Nightmare Moon and Nocturne as one evil gang of nightmares terrorizing Twilight in her sleep! :pinkiecrazy:
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Most of the information we have on this new secret weapon is based on speculation and hear-say, but what we do know is that this... thing is capable of incredible power and destruction, on a scale beyond anything we've seen before.

It sounds like they got a Free Man to help them. :twistnerd:

F*cking cliffhanger!

Why is it that even though you posted a new chapter recently, it says April 11th?

2413015 Stuffed if I know. It says April 12th on mine. :rainbowhuh:

2413113Wait a minute.....................today IS April 11.:facehoof: God I feel like such an idiot. But for some reason it's not showing up on my unread favorites.

2413253 Nothing like a bit of derp to brighten up the day. :rainbowlaugh:
Maybe you clicked on the link before it could show up on the feed? I know I've done that before. :rainbowderp:

2413292No. It still shows that I have one unread chapter. And I only checked my favorites after it showed up in the feed. Never had this problem before.

2413298 Dodgy favourites lists aside, what are your thoughts on the story so far? :applejackunsure:

2413369It's... interesting to say the least. I'm intrigued by it, and I don't really have any complaints.

Your not going down the road where connor the zoura goeas to the dungeon, are you?:rainbowhuh:

:moustache: :moustache: :moustache: :moustache: :moustache: :moustache: good vey good

This is a really cool fanfic so far. I look forward to reading more, though if Zappo had chosen a rock type, the team would've been totally equalled out. Although they're in Equestria so screw the Pokemon logic. :derpytongue2:

i was looking forwrd to this

you my friend are awesome

Aaw I had hoped the Team would get beat and before the dragon could do any real harm, Fluttershy could impress everyone by getting rid of the dragon like in the show and they would respect her more...:applejackunsure:

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Deal with it.

Will read....eventually.

Well. I've read up until this point and though I am enjoying the story, there seems to be a lot of action and dialogue, but not enough description. That may be all fine and dandy, but it tends to make things a tad bit vague when reading. Not to mention the fact that the timeline skipped all-the-hell over and broke my concentration in the story.

If you're a band/orchestra player, think of your story in terms of the following analogy:

Brass = Dialogue
Woodwinds = Description
Percussion = Action

Your story is a bit too much like a marching brass unit. I can't hear your clarinets and flutes. What little I do hear needs a bit of work. Try balancing out the descriptions by adding more, and lessening the action a little by slowing down a hair. It's okay to slow down the story to add more details. Example: The crates that fell. You could easily have had a beautiful shpeel about what they looked like, or how heavy they were as someone carried it to the beach where the Lapras were.
Example: You could easily have had a beautiful shnell about what Treasure Town looks like for all of your readers (not including me for this one) that haven't played Explorers of Time/Darkness.

Also, push the return/enter bar twice to separate your paragraphs a little better. It'll prevent readers like me from being intimidated by the Wall-of-Text.

I hope to see your writing improve as I continue reading.

<3 DarqFox

Great author's note!

Anyways...Mystery Dungeon?

...If you screw this up, I swear....:pinkiecrazy:

2281461 Keldio is best pony.

2454766 Thanks for taking the time to read and review my story! Much appreciated. :ajsmug::yay:

Regarding description, I've tried to develope a writing style with most of the necessary expository description, such as backgrounds and histories, in the characters' dialogue and thoughts, and this will show up particularly in some of the later chapters, thus explaining why my work will have a tendency to be dialogue-heavy.

The Treasure Town scene was intended to be short and sharp, introducing Team Valkyrie and telling the reader what their role in the story will be, and why. In this case, an Exploration Team heading for Equestria to... well... explore. I admit that it probably is a little bit rushed, but at the time, I was simply impatient to get into the good stuff. :twilightsheepish:

I've cleaned up the spacing for the first five chapters, so it should't be as much of an eyesore now. :pinkiecrazy:

Again, thanks for your time and effort. :scootangel:

Pokemon logic didn't kick in like the battle with Gilda. Me and my love of Pokemon.:derpyderp2:

Why does it have to be a cliff hanger:flutterrage:

This is a really good fic in my opinion, just have one slight problem. At the beginning of the fic it said 3 star master rank. Now I wasn't even able to face darkrai until I was guild master rank, so m(._.)m

2458365 I wasn't even 2 stars when I faced him, so I don't know what's going on there. :rainbowhuh:

First I'm thinking: Darkai. Bring on the crap.
Then I'm thinking: Why does he still have memory unlike Zappo?
And then I'm all: NIGHTMARE MOON AND DARKAI?! OH SH*T!!

2458613 haah, well I guess it's random so(T_T) btw I'm guessing that zappos other moves are iron tail and volt tackle

2461691 :rainbowhuh: Pokemon only learn four moves, not five. He only has one move slot which hasn't been revealed to date, with his moveset so far being Thunderbolt, Quick Attack and Focus Punch, if you were reading carefully. :unsuresweetie:

2462534 well "herpa derp" I am quoting that burmy from earlier

Yo Barkeep, keep the SRSes away from Trixie would ya?

Man, This Story is underrated, I'm not sure why nobody else is reading it :pinkiegasp:
But even still, I would kindly Ask If I could make like a one chapter appearance (Maybe more) :pinkiehappy: My Pokemon of choice to appear as is a Swampert, With the Moves: Surf, Ice Beam, Earthquake and Hidden Power (Fire)

2471385 Erm, maybe when I can find an appropriate spot to put such a character in... :twilightsheepish:
To be honest, I'm happy to oblige to any shout-outs and third-party characters, so long as you can think of a valid reason to be in the story, rather than just saying "Look at me! I'm on camera!", but at this stage, I can work around Pony-FCs much better than I can Pokemon-ones, so unfortunately, don't expect a shout-out anytime soon.
The last time I accepted a Pokemon FC, I had to make up an entire sub-plot in order to make him fit, and I can't really be bothered juggling another one. :applejackconfused:

2472608 I could more or less be a sparring partner for the main team maybe?

2472632 That could work, but again, you won't be making an appearance in the near future just yet. :twilightsheepish:
Is there a particular name you want to be identified as for when I do get around to such a scene? :rainbowderp:

By the way, if you do put me into the story, just a bit of my personality
Easily agitated, but I can Party non stop, I am never tired...EVER, I make ALL THE PUNS, I am really smart, addicted to anything electrical and I am random as all hell

“That’s gonna smart in the morning...” remarked Zappo, noticing a trail of bright red blood emitting from a bite pattern on Marco’s damaged flipper.

“That’s gonna start in the morning...” remarked Zappo, noticing a trail of bright red blood emitting from a bite pattern on Marco’s damaged flipper.

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That's not a typo. :ajbemused:
A 'smarting' sensation is a phrase which is rather out of use in this day and age, but it's basically another fancy term for 'he's in pain'.

I was wondering, how long until the next update? This is one of my top 5 favorites so I'm hoping for more. :twilightsmile:

Hm, I like the little twist you've tossed in. Nice job tying the universes together; I never saw this one coming but it is nice seeing Darkrai again after so long. Keep up the good work. :twilightsmile:
Nightmare Moon I swear you're just too much trouble for your own good.

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