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* ConfusionFu: How Pinkie Pie fights. It's highly effective.
* ConvenientEclipse: Villainous version. Lampshaded.

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* %%* ConfusionFu: How Pinkie Pie fights. It's highly effective.
* %%* ConvenientEclipse: Villainous version. Lampshaded.



* GambitRoulette: [[spoiler:Celestia is implied to have orchestrated events to cause the current situation just to bring the mane Six together, and some of them are quite difficult to predict. Among other things, she planted Big Macintosh on Rarity's ship, predicted where Daring and Braeburn were going to be, and Spike stowing away, possibly.]]

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* GambitRoulette: [[spoiler:Celestia is implied to have orchestrated events to cause the current situation just to bring the mane Mane Six together, and some of them are quite difficult to predict. Among other things, she planted Big Macintosh on Rarity's ship, predicted where Daring and Braeburn were going to be, and Spike stowing away, possibly.]]



* InformationBroker: The gryphons, since they run the postal service.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Pinkie, of course. For example, when the story finally updated after a long hiatus, she suggests a recap to get everyone up to speed.

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* %%* InformationBroker: The gryphons, since they run the postal service.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Pinkie, of course. For example, when When the story finally updated after a long hiatus, she Pinkie Pie suggests a recap to get everyone up to speed.



* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Rainbow Dash again, although only for her own crew.

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* %%* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Rainbow Dash again, although only for her own crew.



* ThirdPersonPerson: Trixie and Iron Will retain this trait.

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* %%* ThirdPersonPerson: Trixie and Iron Will retain this trait.



* TrueCompanions: Rarity and Pinkie, Dash and Fluttershy, Twilight and Applejack

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* *%% TrueCompanions: Rarity and Pinkie, Dash and Fluttershy, Twilight and Applejack
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%%* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: How non-unicorn swords work.
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* AdventurerArchaeologist: Daring Do, as always.
* AnchorsAway: [[spoiler:How Dash distracts the ''Falling Feather''.]]
* CastingAShadow: The Shadowbolts, naturally.
* TheChessmaster: Rarity. [[spoiler:And Princess Celestia.]]

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* %%* AdventurerArchaeologist: Daring Do, as always.
* %%* AnchorsAway: [[spoiler:How Dash distracts the ''Falling Feather''.]]
* %%* CastingAShadow: The Shadowbolts, naturally.
* %%* TheChessmaster: Rarity. [[spoiler:And Princess Celestia.]]



* DisproportionateRetribution: The Dread Pirate Derpy is on a hunt for the stallion who stole her muffin. Not, contrary to what some readers thought, an euphemism for her daughter. An actual regular muffin.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: The Dread Pirate Derpy is on a hunt for the stallion who stole her muffin. Not, contrary to what some readers thought, The muffin isn't an euphemism for her daughter. An daughter, but an actual regular muffin.



* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: How non-unicorn swords work.

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* %%* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: How non-unicorn swords work.



* AFatherToHisMen: Rarity and, to a lesser extent, Rainbow Dash.

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* %%* AFatherToHisMen: Rarity and, to a lesser extent, Rainbow Dash.



* HumanoidAbomination: The Shadowbolts.

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* %%* HumanoidAbomination: The Shadowbolts.



* IndyPloy: Rainbow Dash's specialty.

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* %%* IndyPloy: Rainbow Dash's specialty.



* MasterOfIllusion: Trixie.

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* %%* MasterOfIllusion: Trixie.



* MrFixit: Flim and Flam.

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* %%* MrFixit: Flim and Flam.



* ReadingTheEnemysMail: A recurring plot point.

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* %%* ReadingTheEnemysMail: A recurring plot point.
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Capitalization was fixed from FanFic.Upon A Falling Feather to Fanfic.Upon A Falling Feather. Null edit to update page. Page may need a mojibake cleanup after the fact

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* TheMole: [[spoiler: Big Macintosh was planted in Rarity's crew by Celestia as part of her plan to defeat Nightmare Moon.]]



* ReverseMole: [[spoiler: Big Macintosh was planted in Rarity's crew by Celestia as part of her plan to defeat Nightmare Moon.]]

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!!This Fan Fic !!''Upon a Falling Feather'' provides examples of:of:

* AdventurerArchaeologist: Daring Do, as always.



* AdventurerArchaeologist: Daring Do, as always.
* AFatherToHisMen: Rarity and, to a lesser extent, Rainbow Dash.

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* AdventurerArchaeologist: Daring Do, as always.
* AFatherToHisMen: Rarity and, to a lesser extent, Rainbow Dash.
CastingAShadow: The Shadowbolts, naturally.



* CastingAShadow: The Shadowbolts, naturally.



%%* CoolAirship



%%* CoolAirship



* AFatherToHisMen: Rarity and, to a lesser extent, Rainbow Dash.



* PirateGirl: ''Upon A Falling Feather'' has a cast populated entirely by MLP's main and secondary characters, most of whom are female, so several pirates are female -- primarily Rarity (a noblemare forced into the position), Pinkie Pie (who embraces the role completely) and Trixie (who has a minor role and mostly acts like herself).

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* PirateGirl: ''Upon A a Falling Feather'' has a cast populated entirely by MLP's main and secondary characters, most of whom are female, so several pirates are female -- primarily Rarity (a noblemare forced into the position), Pinkie Pie (who embraces the role completely) and Trixie (who has a minor role and mostly acts like herself).



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* AnchorsAway / CarFu: [[spoiler:How Dash distracts the ''Falling Feather''.]]

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* AnchorsAway / CarFu: AnchorsAway: [[spoiler:How Dash distracts the ''Falling Feather''.]]



* [[AFatherToHisMen A Mother To Her Men]]: Rarity and, to a lesser extent, Rainbow Dash.

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* [[AFatherToHisMen A Mother To Her Men]]: AFatherToHisMen: Rarity and, to a lesser extent, Rainbow Dash.



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* CoolAirship

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* DeadFic

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* [[HumanoidAbomination Equineoid Abomination]]: The Shadowbolts.



* HumanoidAbomination: The Shadowbolts.



* OhCrap: Rainbow Dash and Iron Will when they realize the only way they'll get paid for their services is to help fight Nightmare Moon.

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* OhCrap: OhCrap:
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Rainbow Dash and Iron Will when they realize the only way they'll get paid for their services is to help fight Nightmare Moon.



* PirateGirl: ''Upon A Falling Feather'' has a cast populated entirely by MLP's main and secondary characters, most of whom are female, so several pirates are female - primarily Rarity (a noblemare forced into the position), Pinkie Pie (who embraces the role completely) and Trixie (who has a minor role and mostly acts like herself).

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* PirateGirl: ''Upon A Falling Feather'' has a cast populated entirely by MLP's main and secondary characters, most of whom are female, so several pirates are female - -- primarily Rarity (a noblemare forced into the position), Pinkie Pie (who embraces the role completely) and Trixie (who has a minor role and mostly acts like herself).



* ReadingTheEnemysMail: Recurring plot point

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* ReadingTheEnemysMail: Recurring A recurring plot pointpoint.



* SkyPirate

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* TotalEclipseOfThePlot

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* %%* TotalEclipseOfThePlot



* WretchedHive

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* %%* WretchedHive
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* DeadFic
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* WholePlotReference: To ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', along with some elements of ''ThePrincessBride'' and ''SkiesOfArcadia''.

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* WholePlotReference: To ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', along with some elements of ''ThePrincessBride'' ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' and ''SkiesOfArcadia''.''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia''.
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* ShoutOut: Several to ''ThePrincessBride''

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* ShoutOut: Several to ''ThePrincessBride''''Film/ThePrincessBride''
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* PirateGirl: ''Upon A Falling Feather'' has a cast populated entirely by MLP's main and secondary characters, most of whom are female, so several pirates are female - primarily Rarity (a noblemare forced into the position), Pinkie Pie (who embraces the role completely) and Trixie (who has a minor role and mostly acts like herself).
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* EldritchLocation: The Amaranthine Tempest, a massive storm that's been ongoing for over 1200 years.



* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Pinkie, of course. For example, when the story finally updated after a long hiatus, she suggests a recap to get everyone up to speed.



** There's one both ways when Rainbow Dash and the others realize that the prisoners they've been tricked into helping free are Rarity and Pinkie, who they helped lock up in the first place.



* SealedEvilInASixPack: Not only is Nightmare Moon's essence sealed in the moon, but her physical body is sealed aboard the Midnight Moon.

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* SealedEvilInASixPack: Not only is Nightmare Moon's essence sealed in the moon, but her physical body is sealed aboard the Midnight Moon.''Midnight Moon''.
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A ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan fiction. It is an AlternateUniverseFic that takes place in an Equestria where Air Ships were invented, and SkyPirates are everywhere.

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A ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan fiction.fiction by ezra09. It is an AlternateUniverseFic that takes place in an Equestria where Air Ships were invented, and SkyPirates are everywhere.

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* GambitRoulette: [[spoiler:Celestia is implied to have orchestrated events to cause the current situation just to bring the mane Six together, and some of them are quite difficult to predict. Among other things, she planted Big Macintosh on Rarity's ship, predicted where Daring and Braeburn were going to be, and Spike stowing away, possibly.]]



* TheMole: [[spoiler:Big Macintosh is secretly working for Celestia.]]



* XanatosRoulette: [[spoiler:Celestia is implied to have orchestrated events to cause the current situation just to bring the mane Six together, and some of them are quite difficult to predict. Among other things, she planted Big Macintosh on Rarity's ship, predicted where Daring and Braeburn were going to be, and Spike stowing away, possibly.]]

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* XanatosRoulette: [[spoiler:Celestia is implied to have orchestrated events to cause the current situation just to bring the mane Six together, and some of them are quite difficult to predict. Among other things, she planted Big Macintosh on Rarity's ship, predicted where Daring and Braeburn were going to be, and Spike stowing away, possibly.]]
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Flying Dutchmare is Derpy\'s ship.


* SealedEvilInASixPack: Not only is Nightmare Moon's essence sealed in the moon, but her physical body is sealed aboard the Flying Dutchmare.

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* SealedEvilInASixPack: Not only is Nightmare Moon's essence sealed in the moon, but her physical body is sealed aboard the Flying Dutchmare.Midnight Moon.
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* XanathosRoulette: [[spoiler:Celestia is implied to have orchestrated events to cause the current situation just to bring the mane Six together. Among other things, she planted Big macintosh on Rarity's ship.]]

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* XanathosRoulette: XanatosRoulette: [[spoiler:Celestia is implied to have orchestrated events to cause the current situation just to bring the mane Six together. together, and some of them are quite difficult to predict. Among other things, she planted Big macintosh Macintosh on Rarity's ship.ship, predicted where Daring and Braeburn were going to be, and Spike stowing away, possibly.]]

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* CastingAShadow: The Shadowbolts, naturally

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* CastingAShadow: The Shadowbolts, naturallynaturally.


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* DisproportionateRetribution: The Dread Pirate Derpy is on a hunt for the stallion who stole her muffin. Not, contrary to what some readers thought, an euphemism for her daughter. An actual regular muffin.


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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: In the beginning of the first chapter, readers may assume the interspersed song lines in italics are just there to set the mood. Until Rarity asks Pinkie to stop singing sea shanties.

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* TheMole: [[spoiler:Big Macintosh is secretly working for Celestia.]]




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* XanathosRoulette: [[spoiler:Celestia is implied to have orchestrated events to cause the current situation just to bring the mane Six together. Among other things, she planted Big macintosh on Rarity's ship.]]
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* ClearMyName: Shining Armor has to do this after [[spoiler: the Shadowbolts impersonate him and attack Cadence]].
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* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler:The Shadowbolts disguise themselves as Shining Armor and then attack Princess Cadance.]]
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* AnchorsAway / CarFu: [[spoiler:how Dash distracts the ''Falling Feather''.]]

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* AnchorsAway / CarFu: [[spoiler:how [[spoiler:How Dash distracts the ''Falling Feather''.]]


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* [[AFatherToHisMen A Mother To Her Men]]: Rarity and, to a lesser extent, Rainbow Dash.


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* [[HumanoidAbomination Equineoid Abomination]]: The Shadowbolts.


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* OhCrap: Rainbow Dash and Iron Will when they realize the only way they'll get paid for their services is to help fight Nightmare Moon.

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* AnchorsAway / CarFu: [[spoiler:how Dash distracts the ''Falling Feather''.]]



* RunningGag: Don't call Daring "Miss Do"

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* RunningGag: Don't call Daring "Miss Do"Do."


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* TrueCompanions: Rarity and Pinkie, Dash and Fluttershy, Twilight and Applejack
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All the chapter titles form rhyming couplets, InTheStyleOf a Pirate Song[=/=]DrunkenSong
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* TragicVillain: As indicated in the summary, Rarity, who only became a pirate to try and restore her family name and fortune. It's hard not to feel sorry for her [[spoiler: when she's caught and facing the gallows.]]
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* PlotCoupons: The seven pieces of eight Daring and Caramel are tasked to find.

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* PlotCoupons: The seven pieces of eight Daring and Caramel Braeburn are tasked to find.
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* ConvenientEclipse: villainous version. lampshaded.

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* ConvenientEclipse: villainous Villainous version. lampshaded.Lampshaded.



* NooneGetsLeftBehind: Rainbow Dash again, although only for her own crew.

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* NooneGetsLeftBehind: NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Rainbow Dash again, although only for her own crew.crew.
* PlotCoupons: The seven pieces of eight Daring and Caramel are tasked to find.


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* ReverseMole: [[spoiler: Big Macintosh was planted in Rarity's crew by Celestia as part of her plan to defeat Nightmare Moon.]]


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* SealedEvilInASixPack: Not only is Nightmare Moon's essence sealed in the moon, but her physical body is sealed aboard the Flying Dutchmare.

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When Princess Celestia learns of Twilight and Applejack's abduction, she doesn't agree to pay the ransom. No, she hires the sky's greatest tactical mind, the Daring Swordspony Rainbow Dash, and her sidekick, Fluttershy. As the two groups engage in a game of cat and mouse, more dangerous threats hang on the horizon. Aztec Curses, angry gods, and a mysterious figure known only as the Derp Pirate Roberts.

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When Princess Celestia learns of Twilight and Applejack's abduction, she doesn't agree to pay the ransom. No, Instead, she hires the sky's greatest tactical mind, the Daring Swordspony Rainbow Dash, and her sidekick, Fluttershy. Together with Shining Armor, they track down Rarity's ship in order to save Twilight. As the two groups engage in a game of cat and mouse, more dangerous threats hang on slowly bubble to the horizon.surface. Aztec Curses, angry gods, and a mysterious figure known only as the Derp Pirate Roberts.



* TheChessmaster: Rarity.

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* TheChessmaster: Rarity. [[spoiler:And Princess Celestia.]]


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* ConvenientEclipse: villainous version. lampshaded.


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* ReadingTheEnemysMail: Recurring plot point


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* TotalEclipseOfThePlot

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* EverythingsBetterWihSpinning: How pony swords work.

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* EverythingsBetterWihSpinning: EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: How pony non-unicorn swords work.



* RunningGag: Don't call Daring "Miss Do"




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* WretchedHive

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Can be read [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/60052/upon-a-falling-feather here]]

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Can be read [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/60052/upon-a-falling-feather here]]
over here]].



* AdventurerArcheologist: Daring Do, as always.

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* AdventurerArcheologist: AdventurerArchaeologist: Daring Do, as always.



* CastingAShadow: The Shadowbolts, naturally



* ConfusionFu: How Pinkie Pie fights.

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* ConfusionFu: How Pinkie Pie fights. It's highly effective.
* EverythingsBetterWihSpinning: How pony swords work.


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* MasterOfIllusion: Trixie.
* MrFixit: Flim and Flam.


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* ThirdPersonPerson: Trixie and Iron Will retain this trait.
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A ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan fiction. It is an AlternateUniverseFic that takes place in an Equestria where Air Ships were invented, and SkyPirates are everywhere.

After losing her family fortune, Rarity, along with her best friend Pinkie Pie, turns to piracy to make ends meet. The two of them commandeer a magical airship and kidnap the princess's personal student.

When Princess Celestia learns of Twilight and Applejack's abduction, she doesn't agree to pay the ransom. No, she hires the sky's greatest tactical mind, the Daring Swordspony Rainbow Dash, and her sidekick, Fluttershy. As the two groups engage in a game of cat and mouse, more dangerous threats hang on the horizon. Aztec Curses, angry gods, and a mysterious figure known only as the Derp Pirate Roberts.

Can be read [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/60052/upon-a-falling-feather here]]

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!!This Fan Fic provides examples of:
* AdventurerArcheologist: Daring Do, as always.
* TheChessmaster: Rarity.
* CoolAirship
* ConfusionFu: How Pinkie Pie fights.
* IndyPloy: Rainbow Dash's specialty.
* InformationBroker: The gryphons, since they run the postal service.
* NooneGetsLeftBehind: Rainbow Dash again, although only for her own crew.
* ShoutOut: Several to ''ThePrincessBride''
* SkyPirate
* WholePlotReference: To ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', along with some elements of ''ThePrincessBride'' and ''SkiesOfArcadia''.

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