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An American naval vessel enters a whirlpool and is transported to Equestria, it's crew having been turned into ponies. With no way to get back, the new ponies ally themselves with Twilight Sparkle and her friends to find a powerful magic artifact for Princess Celestia. However, something may have followed them through the whirlpool...


Takes place after "Sisterhooves Social" but before "Cutie Pox"

Chapters (15)
Comments ( 36 )

With a username like that, I would have hoped you'd do this with battleships.

It's an interesting story. I think it has the potential to go far.

506981 Thanks for the comment. I honestly didn't think about moden warships when I started writing this fic... maybe a later one.
Thanks again for the comment

Sweet, one of my hobbies got incorperated into MLP.

509759 Yay!:pinkiehappy: it's always good to find others who share the same interests

As a student of Naval history and a brony, I really love your fic! Keep up the good work!:pinkiehappy:

First!......:applejackunsure: huh, not very sastifued saying that.

Good story so far

551934 It gets better. I'm still trying to flesh out the Pirates 'verse, so expect to see more backstory in the next chapter

I like it so far, but Pinkie's comment about them being from another world really threw me for a loop. If you decide to edit the chapter, I would recommend rewording the sentence.

572550 The sailors had explained how they got there and got turned into ponies. besides, it's Pinkie; she seems to be the one who would jump to that kind of conclusion. I will go back and try to expand on it

For some reason I read this with British Isles accents.

I spend too much time on FyreUK

Note to self: DONT give Twilight wine or basically any alcoholic beverages

720967 I'm glad you enjoy it. have a yay :yay:

Concordia v Chum Maker:
476 to 1 saying the Chum Maker wins the fight, steals the Cresent, and unleashes Hell on the waters.
100 to 1 saying the Concordia blows Sammy out of the water.
50 to 1 saying Nolan dies from the first salvo
1 to 1 saying there's a very small spelling errors in the last paragraph, third line down, second word in the row.

755210 Thanks for pointing that out
I will say that at least one of your guesses is right, more or less, not counting the spelling error

Great Chapter! As a student of naval history, I think the battle description was quite satisfactory. Besides, you can always have various characters telling stories of their heroism later on.

799808 Thanks for the comment. I'm glad I wrote something you enjoyed :twilightsmile:
I may explore some of what when on behind the scenes during the fight in a later story; Twilight and friends (especially Fluttershy) aren't going to be forgetting this anytime soon

804960 No kidding: The Mane6 were damn lucky not to get killed. Naval battles during the Age of Sail were nasty, brutal affairs.:pinkiesick: I read accounts of various battles during that period and let me tell you, they are not for the faint of heart. :fluttershyouch:

Well done! I really enjoyed this story and am looking forward to more! :pinkiehappy:

A few ideas for future stories:
1) Captain Mays helps Equestria establish naval infrastructure for the Fledgling Equestrian Navy: training sailors, cannon foundries etc.
2) Maybe look into redesigning cannon carriages for ponies to use more easily (small detail but still....)
3)If El Fantasma is looking to open a gateway maybe other nations might try to do the same? Certainly the United States would be looking for the Concordia...
4)Speaking of the Concordia, I suggest a new prefix: R.E.S. (Royal Equestrian Ship).

Be gentle?
HELL NO!



nah, jk. great job :pinkiehappy:

:rainbowlaugh: Trust Rarity to be concerned about accomodations...! :trixieshiftleft:

*whistles in astonishment and apprehension* Nolan better watch his darned mouth, or he's liable to find himself at the wrong end of a sword or rope someday soon... :flutterrage::twilightoops::facehoof:

Twilight finished drying off and faced Rarity. “Where are the others?”
“Fluttershy and Pinkie went for a massage, but I don’t know what Applejack and Rainbow Dash have been up to.”
“Tryin’ to keep her for flyin’ through the roof.” Applejack said, coming down one hall followed by Rainbow Dash.
“Hey, the attendants were getting a little too close for comfort.” Rainbow Dash sneezed “Great, I’m going to be smelling like flowers for the rest of the trip.”
“What’s wrong with that?” Rarity asked.
“The only other reason I avoid your boutique besides the fact that it’s too... frilly is because that perfume you drench the place in gives me the munchies. I smell exactly like that perfume.”

This perfume of hers wouldn't happen to be a Cannabis sativa derivative, would it? :raritywink: By the way, you're missing a period after "sneezed."

Twilight either really needs to lay off the alcohol, or start with something a bit less potent and work her way up...! :rainbowlaugh:

Predictions? Elements of Harmony vs. Sammy and his "master"? After all, the Rainbow of Light defeated Tirek in a similar manner back in the day...! :pinkiesmile:

2815118 she only had one glass :trollestia:

2815211 One glass? :facehoof: Great... so, she's almost like Doc Brown, then?

Okay, this story so far is okay.
Though, how did Smith learned to fly without training when he had a bit of trouble just walking.

5579363 You've got me. it's been so long since I've read this that I've kind of forgotten about most of the things that happen in it... which is bad

Okay, love this story.
Just two little things though,
first try to get an editor trust me it helps, second what crossover is this from?
A movie, a game, what?:applejackconfused:

5581032 thanks for the clear up

treegrowth....instincts or hes just that dam smart, possibly easy for him anyway.

One thing that bugs me is that you said rainbow dash is going mach 5 (which is 3,863 mph) when she broke the sound barrier, which is impossible because mach 1 is 767 mph and to break the sound barrier you have to go 770 mph, but other than that this story is awesome

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