7: Scoop of the Day
As Mega Man raced down the road, he was startled to see it change, taking on a rainbow hue as it shot upwards into the sky, taking crazy loops as he clung tight to Rush. Much to his surprise, Rush's wheels flipped on their sides and glowed, anchoring himself to the road as it proceeded to do movements that no understanding of physics could ever accept. He'd noticed the music change, even if his perception of his appearance and Rush's hadn't. Obviously, his cassette wasn't the only one that could alter reality around him, and the others apparently had priority over his.
Hearing an unusual whirring sound, he glanced upwards, expecting to see Wily's saucer incoming. Instead, he saw the ground far above him and the bottom of a cloud. Riding the cloud upside down was an orange and purple figure with several sparking orbs floating in a circle behind him, his armored form having taken on the appearance of a turtle shell. In one hand, he held a sphere in which various icons swirled. In his other, he held a fishing rod. "You started the race early!" he proclaimed tauntingly. "I'm going to have to penalize you for that. What a scoop, 'Blue Bomber Caught Cheating in Grand Prix'! Time to take you back to start!"
With that, Cloud Man swooped down - Mega Man told himself fervently that it was down relative to himself and that was all that mattered - with fishing rod outstretched, attempting to snag him with the empty hook. Mega Man swerved Rush to the left to avoid it, only to bank right as he nearly went off the track. "Going to have to try harder than that!" Mega Man called out.
"Oh, but I can!" Cloud Man shouted back, the sphere in his hand spinning with a sound like a video game's roulette wheel. When it dinged loudly, he hurled out...a large green shell.
Reacting quickly, Mega Man steered Rush off the track and onto another loop, everything finally becoming familiar. "You'll have to do better than that!" he called back. "Vinyl never could beat me at these games!"
"She had to rely on luck!" Cloud Man called out, his sphere now providing a Red Shell which homed in on Mega Man.
"And I'm not bound by the rules!" With that shout, Mega Man leapt off of Rush. Rush, for his part, spun on the track and caught the incoming red shell in his teeth, crushing it in his jaws as he spun back around for Mega Man to land on him, once more shooting down the track.
"You think you can beat me at my own game?" Cloud Man roared out, hurling several black bombs with faces straight at Mega Man.
Smirking, Mega Man spun around in a wheelie, firing off the Danger Wrap to catch the bombs in them. The speed they were travelling in caused Cloud Man to slam into the bombs before he could course correct. Since Mega Man maintained his speed, he was able to gain a major lead to plan out his next move.
"You will not make a mockery of me!" Cloud Man roared out, lifting his hands on calling down bolts of lightning from the sky. "I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget!"
Staring up at the sky, Mega Man did the only thing he could think of. Shooting ahead, he found an area where the track was upside down, drove up into the loop, and stopped, trusting to Rush to keep him there. The bolts of lightning rained down, but they only hit the track. Mega Man took a few deep breaths to calm himself down. "You missed!" he shouted out, grinning ear to ear.
Cloud Man laughed maniacally. "You really think that's all it takes to beat me? Arrogant fool!" Pulling back the sphere hand, he clutched a spiky blue shell. "You've just activated my Trap Card!" Aiming straight up, he hurled it right at Mega Man.
Eyes wide, Mega Man did the first thing that came to mind. Holding the charge for the Danger Wrap, he let the bomb drop out of the bubble...and let go of Rush.
Cloud Man cheered with joy as he witnessed the massive blue explosion, certain now of his victory. "You should know better than to try and win a race against the referee!" he squealed out, bouncing back and forth in a crazed dance of glee.
"And you shouldn't gloat before the fight is over!" Mega Man called out as he dropped out of the explosion and smoke, somewhat singed but otherwise in good health. "You just activated my Alucard!" As he said that, he landed foot first on Cloud Man's head, kicking him right off his cloud and to the track below, where Rush - once more in dog form, but looking much wilder - lunged in and clamped his jaws down on Cloud Man's head, shaking him back and forth like he was worrying a bone.
As Mega Man flipped, he remembered how close it had come. Had the blue shell hit him dead on, the point-focus of the explosion would have obliterated him. However, since he dropped the bomb above him, it hit the shell first, protecting him much from most of the blast. The cover had been all he needed to get the drop on Cloud Man...literally. Coming down, he signaled Rush, who released Cloud Man just in time for Mega Man to land on Cloud Man's back with both feet.
Much to Mega Man's surprise, a much smaller Cloud Man shot out of the head hole of the turtle shell he appeared to be wearing. Landing behind the shell, Mega Man grinned as he gave it a hard kick. The shell slammed into Cloud Man, causing both to explode violently.
As Mega Man climbed onto Rush Cycle once more, the road turned back towards the ground as an ethereal image of Cloud Man fused with him, adding gold to his blue armor as a lightning bolt appeared on his chest, signaling he'd acquired the Thunder Bolt. Powering up Rush's engine, he shot back down to ground level to hunt his next opponent.
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Whoo! Yu-gi-oh reference!
Hey dandy d*ck...
You missed! WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP.
Mate for combining 2 of my favorite things (mlp and mega man) you deserve my praise, my likes, and my following.
Wow, that was ... Shocking.
Another enjoyable chapter. Great job.
I get the feeling that 7 is going to be a game of spot the reference....
7199043 I would even go so far as to say it was... Electrifying.
...You brought in Rainbow Road?
...Props to you my good sir.
I'm dying, dude!
Alucard? Really?
I don't see that vampire anywhere. Nor a really obvious reference to him, either.
7199300
The "You just activated my trap card"/"You just activated my Alucard" reference line from Hellsing Ultimate Abridged was requested by a reader to be used at some point in this sequence after I used the "card games on motor cycles" joke.
I have been waiting for you to drop a Hellsing Abridged reference for a LONG time.
It did not disappoint.
7199335 Oh. Ohhhhhhh, right. Haven't seen an episode in a while.
7199183
7199043 No! Bad puns are the other sans job!
All you were missing was a red colored plumber on a go cart.
also I know demand a crossover with Alucard.
7199421
Not PWNY-verse, but...
7199429 interesting but why not a Luna Alucard.
7199490
...could you explain what you mean by that?
7199687 Alucard taking care of a filly Luna. that would be fun.
Well, Megaman is having fun but at this rate Rush will need repairs soon.
7199711
Ah.
Any manifestation of Hellsing doesn't give me enough of a timeline to work with for writing a "raised from infancy" story.
PWNY-verse Luna is incorporated in "There's Nopony I'd Rather Be Than Me".
For non-PWNY-Verse, I have "The Moon in the Dark".
7199839 i thought that was Moonie not Lulu?
7199861
Moonie is Luna + Nightmare Moon as a single entity.
7200054 What if a pony was raised by a Castlevania character? Trevor perhaps?
7200090
The individual Castlevania games don't have enough of a timeline to work with, and the overall timeline of the games stretches too far and has few games where the same character is involved in multiple games.
7200095 Yeah aint that the truth... The timeline is still not as complicated as Legend of Zelda though lol.
Full Metal Alchemist then?
7200118
Everything you're throwing at me has already been suggested and refused for one reason or another.
In the future, please post any ideas like this on my user page, not on a story page.
Man, unicorn magic really is OP to be driving all this.
Unless this turns out to somehow be a video game, or some sort of similar twist.
7200328
Alternatively, pay attention to every mention of 'perception'.
7200095
Says the guy who made certain pony age slowly so it could reach the games were even X is dead.
Dracula is in a lot of the games ya know?
So yes is perfectly possible to have a my little Dashie in Castlevania.
That was... shocking.
That was... a Rush-
Wait. I already made made that joke. Sans help!
7200365 Um, I was just wondering, could you possibly maybe do a Kamen Rider reference next? I mean, come on, motorcycle combat.
7200649 Quite the ride.
Looks like Cloud Man was taken down from a bolt out of the blue. ... yeah, all the others I could think of were more one liners, rather than puns. Ah well.
7199839
In fact, it does, though it's more in flash back than anything; recall they show Integra's first meeting with Alucard was as, iirc, barely a teen.
You wouldn't be able to have as many escapades with the pony as a child, but there would be a -lot- more action once they're grown.
7199009
I think it was a Hellsing Abridged reference.
Mostly due to the Alucard thing.
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7200539
In that case, the time gap between games is too large.
Not to mention Dracula dies at the end of every game.
7201133
I don't actually know anything about Kamen Rider.
7201285
The problem there is I have no clue what happens between those events. Take too many liberties, and I can screw up canon so bad it's not even Hellsing anymore.
7201353 Haven't watched that.
Looks like 8 made quite the impression on Tat.
Like, seriously. All of the 8 physics.
ALL OF THEM.
7201707
7201579
Well for Dracula dead is never permanent. And there is no reason whatsoever why you should need to cover every single game of the franchise. There are two games that happen close to each other in the Nes era for example.
Next you are gonna say you aren't doing Mario or Zelda to not cover every game. When Mario games have barely any continuity whatsoever unless stuff is specifically referenced and Zelda is a mess so big I would not touch it with a ten mile pole.
Oh and there is Sonic... that's another mess I honestly don't want to talk about.
7202427
I'm not doing Castlevania because none of the games have enough of a timeline to work with as far as one pony being raised by a specific character...except when there's too much time. And whether or not death is permanent, using Dracula as the parent character? Meaning the pony witnesses their father being killed over...and over...and over again? (Admittedly, the castle vanishing each time, only to reappear with each resurrection, would solve the timeline problem...)
With Mario, the absence of continuity makes it impossible to create a steady timeline to work with. With Zelda, with the exception of Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, every Link and Zelda are different characters, and Ganon doesn't work as a father figure.
And Sonic is the same issue because, despite how long the series is, Sonic hasn't gotten any older from day one, canonically speaking.
real suggested listening
7201579 Wouldn't be too hard to avoid catastrophic failure. The events that influence the plot happened so far in the past as to be unchangeable without a major overhaul. The Manga mostly takes place around the year 2000-ish. The major events that influenced it were: The thousand years or so Alucard lived, WW 1, WW 2, and Alucard's revival by Integra. After that, the next major event is the start of the manga, wherein the Police girl is turned.
As long as nothing happens to the Major or the Police Girl between 'Integra meets Vampire Lord' and the events of the first chapter, you should be fine. But I can't tell you what to write. Either way, I just enjoy the stories you put out.
7199419 bad puns are everyone job
7203084 shockingly enough....
7202483 Well, if Generations is any indication, Sonic actually has aged as his games have gone on. I think in Sonic 1 he was, like, anywhere between 8-12, while in the 3 D games he's at least around his 20's.
Also there are feasible timelines for Zelda, as Nintendo has actually put out an official one. Not to mention, OoT and Wind Waker are directly connected. Ganondorf could actually work as a father figure, since he is Demise's chosen vessel for his reincarnation, and is always the same.
He often has the best of intentions, when you hear a backstory, often trying to find a home for his people, some manner of refuge from the unforgiving desert. He just ends up corrupted both by his beliefs and Demise into becoming Ganon.
That said, it would be interesting to see a pony raised by Ganondorf, as one could argue that through friendship and love and suchlike, he could perhaps keep things from spiraling as they had in Ocarina of Time. Perhaps to deal with his eventual downfall and the struggle of it, and if he does fall, perhaps he forces his child to vow to help put him down, no matter what. It could potentially be a considerably darker story, or it could just also be silly and just be about averting the bad times.
But that's just me. So far I'm liking your stories a great deal. It will be fascinating to see what happens when they all meet.
7201579 You don't know KAmen Rider? I am very sorry to hear that. Here's a primer, and PM me if you need any info.
http://kamenrider.wikia.com/wiki/Kamen_Rider_Wiki
PS. By the way, in this chapter, one could call when Mega Man took out Cloud Man via kick a Kamen Rider reference, a flying kick is the typical Kamen Rider finisher.
Ah, the references. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the good work. Deus tecum.
7202483
According to one possible timeline Sonic is 13 years old in Sonic 1 and 15 in Sonic Adventure. That's taken from some official Sega of America stuff.
Is easy to adapt Sonic 1, 2, 3 and Knuckles. Is with Sonic Adventure that things start to get messed up.
Sonic 2, 3 and Knuckles happen next to each other. Heck Sonic 3 starts from the end of Sonic 2.
Technically you could have Sonic be thirteen in the first game. Then fourteen in the second and have 3 and Knuckles happen in less than a year.
I have seen it done and done good, the problem with Sonic 2 is that Tails is also very young.
And the lack of humans in the first four games could be because humans didn't live in those islands. Heck it wouldn't surprise me if they were natural preserves and Doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik invaded them anyway.
The absence of Chao can be explained as Chao basically being human pets and that they don't survive wild animals attacks without protection. Hence with Chaos sealed away they ones in the floating island moved away and or died off.
The difference of wild animals and beings like Sonic is tricky but can be compared to the difference between simians and humans.
Giving the nature vs contamination and pollution theme of the first games, Sonic could actually be a zoobiologist.
Sure that crashes with the one free roaming theme Sonic has, only not really. If he is the explorer type of zoobiologist maybe gone to South island to explore it and write his thesis, it can work.
Is a type of job were Sonic can wander everywhere and explain why he always starts in places full of animals in the early games.
7203868 ah, the classic Rider Kick, first preformed by Kamen Rider Ichigou way back when...the Showa Era Riders certainly had their characters, but i personally prefer the Heisei and 'Neo-Heisei' Riders...except for Ryuki, Drive and Ghost...
7202483 No Mario? Well then screw Mario, have Rosalina raise a pony. Twilight could work. Or Trixie. Myabr Glimmer or Sunset? (shivers) Also,
All of my yes.
... Is that Zootopia I hear?!