Prologue
Prologue
The pitter-patter of rain splattered the bark of the Ponyville Library where 3 depressed fillies were staring out the window as the thunder flashed from a freak storm from the Everfree. They sighed in unison; Sweetie Bell’s voice calling out “Twilight, How long until the rain is going to stop?”
The Purple Librarian of Equestria replied without looking out from her book, “No Idea, Why don’t you girls go read a book?”
“But we only do that at school and it’s BORING!” Scootaloo replied dully
“You girls can always find a good story, maybe one that...” Twilight said, suddenly interrupted by a Pink head popping out of the Vase. “OOHHH! I KNOW A SUPERIFIC AMAZINGTASTIC STORY!” Pinkie cried out happily, grinning ear to ear.
“Pinkie? How did you get in here....?” Twilight questioned, before suddenly ducking as pottery flew everywhere as the rest of Pinkies body came out. Just as Pinkie said “On the Great Space Coa...” Twilight interrupted Pinkie this time with “Nevermind....”
“Wha’ kind of story is it Pinkie? Does it have Adventure?” Applebloom asked, walking up to Pinkie
“Romance?” Sweetie Bell added
“Robots!?!” Scootaloo asked
“Yep! Let me tell you a story about 4 player online Role Playing Shooter with Lots and Lots of Guns, Tons of Meanies and Treasure! It also had 4 expansions!” Pinkie said with glee.
Twilight hesitated but let Pinkie continue. “First off, The Characters in this have in no way resemble ponies in real life or made by Hasbro. Second, This is game is owned by Gearbox and I am just a fan” Pinkie rambled on, The Cutie Mark Crusaders giving each other weird looks from not understanding what Pinkie was saying
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“So... You want to hear a story... Huh... How about Treasure Hunters? Ahaha... Have I a story for you... Pandora... This is our home, but make no mistake... This is not a planet of Peace and Love... We say it’s a wasteland, that it’s dangerous, that only a fool would search for something of value here... Then Perhaps I am a fool... But do not be fooled by what Pandora appears to be... There was a legend, many ponies tell it, The Legend of the Vault! My father would always go on about the vault, even with his dying breath... Advanced Alien Technology, Infinite Wealth, Fame, Power, Mares... So you can understand why some little fillies would hear the stories and grow up to be Vault Hunters. Well, I have a story you might not believe, but it is true, The Legend of the Vault is real and on Pandora... and well... Let’s call it a Guardian Angel, Appeared to guide the Vault Hunters to their Prize. The tale begins here, on Pandora, with the brave Vault Hunters, The Guardian Angel and most importantly... Pinkie...”
-Cue Intro Music-
A dusty covered road is shown after a brief screen of white, a broken down sign that said “Welcome to Pandora” lies to the left side of the road. One of the panels on the top row fell off changing the sign to Pando_a as a Dog like creature crawled from under another gap in the sign.
“I’ve been walking down the street, when out the corner of my eye, I saw a pretty looking thing come up to me. She said I never seen a man who looked so alone, could you use some company?”
The Mutated dog critter ran on to the road and looked around, suddenly looking around when a metal plated bus came zooming by and hit the poor thing. The dead creature is dragged along the front of the bus as white words form saying:
A Blinky Writer presents
“If you pay the right price, your evening will be nice, and you can go and send me on my way. I said your such a sweet young thing, Why’d you do this to yourself? She looked at me and this is what she said. There ain’t no rest for the wicked, Money don’t grow on trees... I got bills to pay, I got mouths to feed. There ain’t nothing in the world for free...”
The inside of the Bus had a Pudgy pink pony wearing a Orange suit “Okee Dokee Everypony back there... Time to shake those flanks and wake up! It’s another BEAUTIFUL day, Full of Opportunity!” She yelled to those in the back
“Not even 15 minutes later, after walking down the street, when I saw the shadow of a man creep out of sight”
The first out of the four in the bus was a Pegasus pony, light blue in colour with Rainbow mane and tail. Her head was covered in a leather helmet/mask that let her mane flow out the back in tight knots; goggles covered her eyes as she wore a leather vest with leather pants on. She carelessly tossed around a knife the length of her front hooves and caught it showing off her skills
Rainbowcai as “The Hunter”
“Then he swept up from behind, he put a gun up to my head. He made it clear he wasn’t looking for a fight. He said give me all you got, I want your money not your life. If you try to make a move I won’t think twice”
The second was a white Unicorn, Her mane was short and curled being that of a neon purple, her tail was longer with the same colour and curl. She wore a simple sleeveless khaki shirt and small khaki vest along with a normal pair of red jeans. She quickly phased out of existence before reappearing and giving an innocent look.
Rarith as “The Siren”
“I told him you can have my cash, but first you know I’ve got to ask what made you live this kind of life. He said there ain’t no rest for the wicked, Money don’t grow on trees... I got bills to pay, I got mouths to feed. There ain’t nothing in the world for free...”
The third pony was a Purple unicorn had a long purple mane with a pink stripe that also carried over for her tail. She wore heavy clothing that was dark grey and covered most of her body except head, below her knees and tail. On her head she wore a grenadier cap with goggles relaxing near her horn and she also had a small bit of armour that covered her shoulder. She turned away and raised a hoof to protect her face from the other ponies there.
Rolight as “The Soldier”
Finally, hogging the back of the bus was a large orange pony. Her golden mane and tail were both tied into a pony tail and she wore a simple leather vest and pants with her hooves having small band of leather with bolts attached to the then. On top of her head was a cowboy hat. She slammed her front hooves together
And AppleBrick as Herself
The bus continues to roar down its path as up above, showing metal plates stamped onto it and a large cargo of crates up on top. The dog creature’s body tumbles to the side of the road as large white words are seen above.
PONYLANDS
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Me Gusta.
Me VERY GUSTA.
Excellent descriptions and Pinkie coming in like that was pure genius. Tracking.
Interesting intro, but not too bad. Gives a good description of the characters and sticks too game intro.
I'll keep an eye on this and see where it goes.
I am excited to see where this goes, although I probably would've made Twilight the Sniper and Rainbow the Soldier. Just personal preference though. TRACKED
Track/Thumbs up
Giving it a read. Stoked about Borderlands 2, and this is just adding fuel to the awesome fire.
Do want.
"I saw the shadow of a mna" -
I knew this was gonna be a borderlands crossover, I just knew it!
Plus with the release date for Borderlands 2 announced I have a craving for the game, this will do until I can find my copy.
This looks good. Also, WE KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT DR. FLOOTERSHY!!!
...or at least I do...just doesn't work quite as well as Zed/Ned, y'know?
borderlands + pinkie pie telling story = HOLY AWESOME SAUCE
Nice. Can't wait to see where you go with this. Tracking indeed.
An interesting idea for a crossover, but I feel that it copies the game too much thus far...
.....Yeeeeeeessssss........ This is GREAT!!!
We shall hold a funeral for dear Fourth Wall.......
I love that song so much, borderlands introduced me to it.
Heh. I guess I'm not the only one who had this idea...*snivel*
250993 I KNOW!!
Love the concept, lost it at AppleBrick, looking forward to more.
It would probably help, tho, if you looked over things a bit more before posting- There's a lot of random capitalization in weird places, and it's really distracting. It also feels a little squashed and off-format, but hey, that's what looking over it ahead of time is for.
Oh, im so reading this later
"Infinite Wealth, Fame, Power, Mares... So you can understand why some little fillies would hear the stories and grow up to be Vault Hunters."
dunno if this was intentionally but it made ma lol very hard
good story anyway track and watch
anybody wonder what hasbro would think of this, they'd probably say no, but whos gonna find out anyway?
OH DAMN.
RAINBOW DASH IS THE HUNTER.
THIS SHIT GON' BE GOOD.
TRACKED.
SPLENDID!
Very good, if a little short. I could see this loosely following the storyline with all four of them working together. The dialogue will make or break this story, as the action is already mostly mapped out. I'll be tracking, and I give you a thumbs up for now. Can't wait to see where you take this.
The cover art is amazing. I love it.
250828ME GUSTA MUCHO
Anyone else start reading this in Marcus' voice?
Now this I like. Can't wait for the next part. xD
I actually thought about making a MLP/Borderlands fusion like this. The characters would be:
Mordecai - Rarity (RD is too impatient to be a sniper)
Lilith - Twilight
Roland - AJ
Brick - RD (she's a blackbelt in the show)
Marcus - Spike
Dr. Zed - Fluttershy
Claptrap - Pinkie
Commandant Steele - Trixie (since Steele might be a siren like Lilith, I thought a rivalry would be good)
Scooter - CMC
The Destroyer - Discord
I was basing it around potential for humor, not personalities (since the Vault Hunters are more or less generic badasses rather than deep characters in BL1). Anyways, I'm tracking this one.
AppleBrick!
251362 I started reading it in Pinkie's voice with Marcus' accent. >.> Or at least I tried.
Anyway, amazing. Hopefully this will keep me held over until Borderlands 2 comes out. Also hopefully it will cheer me up that just after Eternal finally came back to FIMFiction, it got taken away again before I could finish reading it. Any of you know another site with it, the story is freaking amazing!
never played borderlands, but the picture makes me want to read.
It's well written and kinda interesting, but could be better.
You sir have caught my interest. Do proceed.
Okay, while I think this could turn out great. Don't take this the wrong way but this is rough.
Not to worry, I'm here to help.
First Off:
While Pinkie breaking the fourth wall is always great, when she calls a 4-player Cooperative shooter an MMOFPS there's something wrong there. Borderlands is referred to as a Cooperative RPS or Role Playing Shooter.
2nd:
Musical Lyrics are broken up by Stanzas or else they flow terribly to a reader who might not have heard the song before (okay yeah, it's a Borderlands crossover and it's not like we all haven't heard the song who are reading it, but that's not the point) Also a lot of the lyrics are actually wrong, a simple youtube search would fix this.
ex.
I was walking down the street
When out the corner of my eye
I saw a pretty little thing - approaching me
She said I've never seen a man
Who looks so all alone
Could you use a little company?
3rd:
Pinkie's telling the story to three fillies and the story is about 4 of the main characters - also girls. And when she's talking about the riches of the vault she mentions mares as if there was a stallion around or apart of the 4 main characters. Is this just a mistake or is everypony a lesbian?
But I'm done. Take of that what you will.
Oh and in future chapters, please use detail and describe things more. You're not going to run out of words. And you're going to help out us - the readers - a lot.
Might want to add your own creative flair when opening a story with an obvious allusion
The exact same opening with ponified versions of the 4 mercenaries is just plain lazy. I didn't bother reading it. I knew what was going on. Why bother?
2/5 so far.
Waiting on the meat and potatoes of the actually story.... JUST DON'T BORROW EVERYTHING THEN PONIFY IT!!! ANYONE CAN DO THAT!!!! ANYONE!
That and you can make a link with some subtle text to prevent disconnection with the immersion your tryting to achieve
I watch for more
Cheers
immediate track and watch
.......... How the hell did you manage to do the into so convincingly?
roland and twighlight makes rolight? lol
For anyone that wants it, here's the Borderlands theme song for your reading/viewing pleasure. You're welcome in advance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t99bpilCKw
Man, I'm loving this already...can't wait for the next chapter!
*Sees title*
Oh jeez oh man this is gonna be good.
252435 I was noticing how the official video of the song
looks kinda like the intro of the game in a certain way
To think I'd passed over this a few times before giving it a shot...
ya got me hook line and sinker on this one. definitely looking forward to future chapters.
personal opinion but i would have made big mac brick and AJ someone else cant think of who though...
any who again cant wait for future chapters keep it up its a rather brilliant idea
I cant wait for Dr. Flootershy
This is going to be AWESOME!
252765 what about the robolusion
251764 thats...thats.... i can't even start to belive how much your life sucks now
badass.
Oh Celestia, my brain automatically tried to merge Marcus with Pinkie in voice, and almost shattered. I cannot wait for the next piece. All my Bits for a mod to BL that lets me play as ponies.
250896
hey, speaking of Stoking the Fire
care to read my abandoned fanfic?