As usual, I don't own the Uncharted game series or any of it's characters. I also do not own MLP. Kinda wish I did though. I apologize if anyone is offended by Victor's use of language. I would prefer not to use it, but it's apart of his character.
"Here's the thing, kid, we don't get to choose how we start in this life, real greatness is what you do with the hand you're delt." -Victor Sullivan
Uncharted: Equestria
Another Desert?
Nathan Drake, Elena Fisher, and Victor Sullivan walked towards the dirty old plane that rested on the tarmac, bathed in an orange sunset. They were finally done with what they thought to be their final adventure of any great magnitude. They had found the lost city Iram of the Pillars, and only briefly got to behold it's beauty before it sank into the sands of time, taking it's secrets with it.
"It's not as good as the one you two wrecked four years ago, but...it'll do." Sully joked, recalling their first adventure that brought the unlikely trio together, when they ended up finding the remains of the famed explorer Sir Francis Drake, along with a horde of Nazi zombie things. Pleasant, right? "Now let's see if I can remember how to fly the goddamn thing..." he finished, hefting his luggage.
"Hey, this has parachutes, right?" Elena asked, recalling the very same event with their previous plane.
"Oh...yeah." Victor responded, blowing off the question.
"Three...right?" added Nathan, his arm draped around his wife.
"More or less." Victor teased, as they climbed in and got situated.
They taxied the ancient plane to the runway, revved the engines, and took off into the fading sunset.
Nathan awoke with a start. He thought he heard a noise coming from the plane, and not a good one. He was drifting back off to sleep when he heard Sully's irritated muttering. Deciding he probably find out what was wrong, before they all exploded and were sent to their deaths, Nate pulled himself out of the chair he had slept in, making sure to not wake the still snoozing Elena. Nathan made his way up to the cockpit, rubbing his eyes.
"Sully, what's wrong?" Nathan whispered, sitting in the co-pilot's seat.
"I dunno, kid! The plane's just going haywire, and we're losing altitude, fast!" Victor answered, panic started to creep into his voice. "We're gunna have to bail, unless you wanna end up pancaked in the middle of the desert!"
"Get the parachutes out, I'll wake Elena!" Nate commanded, before heading back to wake his slumbering wife. "Elena, wake up, we gotta go." he gently prodded her, causing her to stir from her dream.
"Wai...whah?" she asked, confused. Victor tossed them each a parachute, and handed them each a bottle of water.
"If ya get lost, find the highest point ya can see, and we'll all find a way to meet up, okay?" he more of commanded then asked, but nobody questioned him. After making sure all their parachutes were secure, Victor threw open the hatch and jumped, followed by Elena, and lastly, Nate.
"Whoohoo!" Nate shouted into the night sky. Last time he jumped out of a plane, well, got sucked out of a plane, he didn't have a parachute, and it was a stroke of luck that he was still alive. He counted the seconds after he had bailed from the plane, and when he reached ten, he yanked the parachute's deployment cord. Nothing happened, and the string tangled uselessly in his hand. Nathan heard a wumph as Victor and Elena deployed their chutes, and his own screams as he plummeted down to the cold, sandy Earth that was quickly rushing to greet him. Victor's and Elena's calls drew quieter as he slowly lost consciousnesses. His world faded to black as he impacted the ground, but his body was absorbed in a great flash of light. When Victor and Elena made it to where he landed, not a trace of his body was to be found, and all that remained was the parachute's ripcord, torn from the rest of the pack.. Elena quietly wept into Victor's shoulder at the loss of her husband. A man who fought and won over violent zombies, ancient curses and power-hungry madmen, had just been defeated by a faulty piece of string. Had they been watching, they would have noticed that they too were being consumed in a flash of light, leaving the lone piece of string to fall to the ground.
Nathan awoke covered in sand. He was really, really starting to hate sand. He looked about in all directions. Just more sand. But wait. Very faintly, way off in the distance, he could see what appeared to be a structure.
"Might as well get to walking." He thought, a rush of memories from his deplorable stay in the Rub' al Khali desert. He began his trudge to the structure, unable to make it out. He started to walk...and walk...and walk.
The sun didn't ever set, but his internal clock told him it had been roughly three days, based on his lack of sleep. The structure, he figured out, was a grand castle. Or at least, it used to be a castle. He couldn't make out the design or markings that decorated it's deteriorated exterior from the distance he was at. It actually wasn't that far, not distance wise at least. The only problem was the castle was located atop a colossal sand dune, and there seemed to be a mountain that broke the dune's peak and towered over the castle on one side. And he would have to climb the scorching sand dune to reach what he hoped would be a refuge from the sun and heat.
The top. Summit of the tallest damn mount of sand in wherever the hell he was. The castle was surrounded by a deserted, sandy city. Canals of sand crisscrossed the grounds, he could only assume they used to flow with water. The castle itself stood above the sand covered city, towering into the cloudless sky. A pair of great wooden doors blocked the entrance to it's hopefully shaded interior. One door had the carved out symbol of the sun, and the other the moon. With a great effort, he pushed one of the doors open far enough for him to squeeze in. Shade. Shade, shade, and more shade. It was at least thirty degrees cooler in the shade of the stone castle, albeit a bit musky. Drake heaved the great door shut again, and turned to wander the castle, searching for a source of water. It wasn't until he felt something sharp and long jab his back, and a deep, gruff voice spoke out to him.
"Halt, intruder, put your arms up and turn around slowly." the mystery voice commanded. Nate followed the instructions, and couldn't help himself but gape and stutter in shock. He pointed a finger back and fourth between his two captors, and they promptly knocked him out with a long, metal pole. His captors were ponies. Two dark grey ponies, clad in a deep purplish armor, with menacing bat wings and sharp, vampire like teeth. And they did not look happy.
Could use a little work, but impressive none the less.
I think this is the first Uncharted-Pony crossover I've ever seen.
Good job!
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Glad you liked it! And this part -was- a bit rushed, I'll try to go back later and correct it.
Really? Wow, don't I feel special, then.
And thanks! I'll try to keep updates as regular as I can. (School)
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An Uncharted Crossover. Sorry Bass, I have absolutely no idea-- anything about the Uncharted series. I've not played them, watched reviews, or anything. So, I have no context to call it good or bad, sorry.
Just for the sheer concept of this... I'm doing every positive thing I can towards this story. Like read and like all your stories, and watch you and other stuff.
first time ever, i want to see where this is going, tracking
Love uncharted and mlp....tra
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There is one thing that is keeping me from reading this. And that is gamefly taking forever to give me uncharted 3
Well brass, this is one good story I'm gonna look forward to. Tracked
and from the looks of it, this is the first of it's kind, so you have officially, dear Luna I say it, entered Uncharted territory
oh ho god, that's a bad pun! hopefully this will prevent others from making one
I'd like to make a comment, but there's not much for me to comment on other than I hope you know what that bright flash was. I myself tried writing a story without knowing what the mysterious stuff was, and that was the death of the story.
Anyways, as a very big fan of the Uncharted series, I'll go ahead and let you know a few aspects of the series that I'll be looking for in this. This isn't a list of requirements, by any means. This is YOUR story, and as such, yours to do what you want with it, as you should. No one would want the quality of your work to suffer simplly for our pleasure. I forget what episode Rarity learned that lesson the hard way. I just figured that you might want to know what some fans might be anticipating. A little spice to the meal if you wish for an anology.
1: Nathan's dialouge. I got a big kick out of the random comments Nate would shout in-game. "Can't you see the helicopter!? I've got enough trouble already!" "How the heck am I supposed to take down a he-ello!" Just a few jybes from him at occational places or in the many times of bad luck and sucky perdicaments he finds himself in for us readers to smile at would be very much appreciate.
2: History lesson. This is a very tall and daunting order, seeing as for this to work, you really need to know your world history, and, especially in the case of this crossover, the lore of MLP (though with just 2 seasons, insight and logical speculation could make up any lack of Equestrian history). Though being able to use our own history and possibly even combine it with that of MLP in this story, we as readers will be able to feel a personal connection to this story that will really hook us in, just like that done in the Uncharted series. Like I said, a tall order, but one that if done successfully will lead to a VERY big payout.
On that note, if you don't think you can pull it off, don't rist it. Do research on it first if you really want to try it, but if this conflicts with YOUR plot, or simply don't know that much world history (I myself am guilty of that particular charge. Was lucky to get a B in World History I and II), don't bother. Like I said, don't sacrifice the quality of your work for anything. Your story should be know for you, not for what we readers want. On that note, I'll go aheadd and let you know the third thing we readers might be anticipating in your story.
3: Par'Kor/Free Running, and puzzles. As any Uncharted veteran knows, Drake is known for using his brains just as much, if not more so, than his brawn and gun-slinging skills. Being able to solve some puzzles alongside Nate would be an experience, especially seeing him figuring out how to monkey about for a banana . If you don't know very many mind-bending puzzles, or simply can't come up any good puzzles (I'm guilty of that too) don't be afraid to ask for help. Remember, we are your fellow bronies. We would be more than happy to help you out anyway we can. Just send us a heads up when you need it. We might even be able to send you to a few links so you can develope a puzzle yourself.
Ok, that's my comment, (more like a critique looking back on it now) but I really hope you appreciate it. I really look forward to seeing what you're going to do with this.
I can't say that I've ever seen an Uncharted & MLP crossover, but it looks interesting. I can't wait to see where you take this story. It has a lot of potential. I would offer some tips, but Grano Onis covered the major stuff. Don't be afraid to take extra time to polish up the story; this chapter felt a bit rushed.
Anyways, I can't wait to see where you'll take this. Hope to see more from you!
This seems legit you should continue
601904 - Thank you, but I think this one had, so far, received the most (And best) reception by the community.
602244 - Oh my. That was horrible.
602249 - Uh. Wow, long comment. 1) Yes, I too loved his random witty comments, and I'll do my best to get a few in. I haven't played the series in awhile, so my memory of it is a bit foggy. (I used Wiki and YouTube...hah) But along with Nathan's random remarks, I do plan to try and get several things that occurred in each (Or at least most) of the Uncharted games.
2) The history lesson? As much as I would love to do that, I'm in high school, and to make that even worse, I'm a freshman. As much as I love history (Best subject) my knowledge is pretty limited. I will try to include real facts in the story, but I doubt any Human has actually ever been too, or tried to go to Equestria. I'll keep real facts in there as much as possible, though. As for MLP history, it shouldn't be too drastically altered, but I'm not going to reveal anything more than that just yet.
3) Brains? I mostly used dumb luck. But yeah, I do see what you mean. (Sorta) But, at the moment, it's kinda hard to see how I'd put a puzzle into the story, unless there's something that I can't think of at the moment. But I'll see what I can do with what I got!
"Hey, this has parachutes, right?" Elena asked, recalling the very same event with their previous plane.
"Oh...yeah." Victor responded,blowing off the question.
"Three...right?" added Nathan,his arm draped around his wife.
"More or less." Victor teased,as they climbed in and got situated.
*Achievement. Get: Charted : Easy*
"... What! I played this game for the story! and since there is no money-acheivement-cheat system i will just have to jump to multyplayer and epic Mlp crossovers like this one.
(Inar reads to find out what the heck happened to equestria)