History FanFic / ThePiratePegasus

''The Pirate Pegasus'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony'' adventure fanfic novel written by Mario Hyrulia.

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** ''Daring Do and the Lost Kingdom of Trihearth'' is a reference to ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/254843/the-tragedy-of-queen-chrysalis The Tragedy of Queen Crysalis.]]''
** Fluttershy's line: "It's just as likely as us being trapped inside an alternate universe." can be seen as a reference to ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/227157/rise-of-empress-midnight Rise of Empress Midnight.]]''
** Craig's line: "She (Celestia) won't be if she's still dating that mutant guard." is a call back to Celestia's relationship with Relv from ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/254833/the-pony-weapon The Pony Weapon.]]''

* RaceFetish: Korsan's only interested in unicorns with his beleifs that they are superior.

* TalkLikeAPirate: Though steriotypical pirate language is used at some occasions, there are several uses of actual nautical terms.

* CoolPet: Juliana, Korsan's ice phoenix.

* WeaponOfChoice: Korsan commonly wields two serrated cutlasses that are usually stored in the back section of his suit.

* SplittingTheArrow: Taken UpToEleven when Korsan fires his prototype crossbow that shoots metal bolts at Thieves' Hold. The first bolt hits the bullseyes and the second ''splits'' the first bolt.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: In the Breach, a giant sandworm snags his mouth onto Korsan's anchor and drags the ship around. Korsan's response? ''Jumping onto said sandworm and literally punching the anchor out of it.''
** Later on, Korsan uses the sandworm to "double club haul" his ship across a gap. So while the ship is vertically plummeting down into the abyss, ''Korsan runs up the sideways top of the boat and delivers a massive punch onto the sandworm right behind his ship.''
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Korsan's crew thinks their captain drives like crazy, given that he enjoys going on crazy joyrides.
** Rarity gets a front seat to a joyride when Korsan speedily drives the enormous The Perfection through a tight underground cave system, destroying a fair portion of the vessel upon escaping.

* EldritchAbomination: The sandworm, a massive worm that inhabits the Breach.

* EnthrallingSiren: When the Mane 6 reach Siren Gulch, they are immediately mesmerized by sirens, with only Spike being immune. Later it is revealed that the sirens are luring their boat towards a giant squid with the intention of the squid destroying the boat and both parties eating the ponies.

* GadgeteerGenius: Korsan in ''spades'', being able to construct a flying pirate ship, that can sustain itself and support a crew of over 100, single-handedly in only three years.
** Some of other inventions include a mechanical suit that supports his broken back, muscle controlled-claws, anti-magic, a crossbow/gun, and several others.

* GoryDiscretionShot: It is strongly implied that the bounty hunter's death by Korsan was fairly gory by the sound of the clunk coming from outside the bar.
** The bonus chapter showing Korsan's encounter with the bounty hunter at Thieves' Hold from the bounty hunter's perspective reveals that the hunter was in fact ''decapitated''.

* NinjaMaid: November Gale, at first looking to be a simple bar maiden, turns out to be an ex-member of Korsan's crew alongside her father in the kitchen.
** She's even still packing a knife and ready to fight.

* OminousOperaCape: Korsan wears one of these.

--> '''Yu Shou''': So wait, who was tricking who into tricking who?

* Pirate: Check.
* PirateGirl: There are quite a number of female pirates, both in Korsan's crew and in the tavern at Thieve's Hold.
** Later it's revealed that November Gale also qualifies as one.
* PirateParrot: Korsan's ice phoenix, Juliana, qualifies as this.

-->'''Twilight''': If you’re (CMC) going to be with us, we have to establish some ground rules.

* CrazyAwesome: More or less of half the things Korsan does is this. Fighting several alicorns at once? Check. Taking a massive airship on a joyride through a cavern? Check. Club hauling on sand? Check. Punching a monstrous sandworm? Check. ''Double'' club hauling? Check.
-->'''Isyan''': You're mad!
-->'''Korsan''': I know!
** Craig also falls under this.

* GratuitousFrench: Korsan speaks singular French words in particular situations. These range from "Adieu" to the fencing starting commands, "En garde, prêts, allez".

->''“I am the terror of earth, sea, and air. I am the ultimate pirate captain. I am Korsan…”''

-->'''Rainbow Dash''': ...did she (Twilight) finish ''’Daring Do and the Lost Kingdoms of Trihearth’''?

-->'''Rainbow Dash''': What?! She doesn’t know that Daring Do’s mother is-(cut off)

-->'''Pirate''': It’s that blue wench (Rainbow Dash) from Equestria!
-->'''Korsan''': What?! Why didn’t the lookouts see her?

-->'''Twilight''': If you’re (CMC) going to be with us, we have to establish some ground rules.
-->'''Applejack and Rarity''': What?! We’re letting them stay?

** Fluttershy's line: “It’s just as likely as us being trapped inside an alternate universe.” can be seen as a reference to ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/227157/rise-of-empress-midnight Rise of Empress Midnight.]]''
** Craig's line: "She (Celestia) won’t be if she’s still dating that mutant guard." is a call back to Celestia's relationship with Relv from ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/254833/the-pony-weapon The Pony Weapon.]]''

-->'''Isyan''': You’re mad!

-->'''Celestia''': Pirates… even the landlocked ones?

* GratuitousFrench: Korsan speaks singular French words in particular situations. These range from "Adieu" to the fencing starting commands, "En garde, prêts, allez".

--> '''Korsan:''' My friends, it has often been said between you crew members that I like war. Rumours that sneak under my nose, yes? Thought that I wouldn’t catch on? Well I did, and I wish to dash these rumours. My friends, I like war. No, friends, I love war! I love it all. I love blitzes, I love defensive lines, I love sieges, charges, I love mop-up operations, and retreats. Wars across prairies, in streets, in trenches, in grasslands, in frozen tundras, through deserts, on the sea, in the air, I love every act of war that can occur upon this world. I love the thrill, the power, the scale, the rewards, the action, the peril, the risk, the risk of ''death''! Every time I am one sword swing away from demise, I enter euphoria. I love blasting the enemy to smithereens with artillery salvos that thunder across the lines of battle in every direction. My heart leaps with joy whenever a pony is tossed high into the air and blown to pieces by well-placed explosive rounds. And there is nothing like my grand galleon using its one hundred guns to destroy enemy ships, and the feeling that comes when an entire crew runs screaming from their blazing brig, only to be swallowed by the ocean below, is such an exquisite feeling. Like when ranks of infantry brandish their blades and rushing into the enemy’s territory. It moves me deep within my heart to watch a fresh recruit stabbing over and over into the bloated chest of a long-dead unit of resistance, filling the blood-lust that had been empty for all of his previous years of a life of contained anger and rage. The sight of deserters being captured and held for ransom is an irresistible pleasure, especially when a little torture is involved. And there is nothing more arousing, than the sounds made by soldiers of defense dropping like flies, screaming in agony as they're mowed down by ear piercing cannons! When a band of pitiful resistance fighters makes their final stand with nothing but their own hooves, only to have their city smashed to mites of dust block by block by solid lead balls, I'm in ecstasy.
--> Now, don’t call me crazy, but this next part, the part that I love most, is a bit of a doozy for the easily sickened. But, what I love even more, is my crew, all of you, under attack. I love it when my forces are ravaged by an entire armada of warships. It intrigues me, like a good book, to see the character I have been rooting for my entire life, throwing their safety out the door and facing up to the massive enemy, and perhaps even be killed. I love to be squashed under the hooves of the nation’s strongest soldiers. The humiliation, as my crew crawl around like vermin, ducking from arrows and balls of metal flying overhead. But be rest assured this is not merely for some sort of masochist’s enjoyment inside of my soul, ''merely''. When the time is right, those who squashed us get squashed back, a reward that’s completely worth the cost and risk. In its entirety of rewards, costs, risks, and power, I love war with all of my heart and soul. Gentlecolts and mares... All I ask for is war, a war so grand as to make Tartarus itself tremble. Sea artists, I ask you as fellow brothers and sisters under my infinite wisdom, what is it that you really want? Do you wish for further war as I do? Do you wish for a merciless, bloody war? A war whose fury is built with iron, and lightning, and fire? Do you ask for war to sweep in like a tempest, leaving not even ravens to scavenge our target’s remains, from this Earth? ...Very well. Then battle is what you shall have. We are a clenched hoof, ready to strike down all who oppose us, with our might. But... After having our ancestors’ legacy enduring over many centuries wallowing in the darkness by these inferiors, for us, a simple "ordinary" war will no longer be sufficient. We need a ''massive'' war! A war beyond any other that pony's history has ever known! One that shall alter the course of history and restore all of our future descendants to the glory we as an entire species deserve!
--> Yet, I can sense doubt still among you gazing upon me, for good reason. We are but a single battalion. We are the remnants of a long defeated cause now numbering merely a hundred strong. However, I believe that each of you warriors is equal to a thousand of their inferior might! We represent a force that could easily defeat an army of a million and one ponies, one hundred thousand fully rigged brigantines, ten thousand factions, and a thousand countries combined! It is time for them to awake the ones who sent us screaming into madness, to obscurity, and who now lie sleeping. Let's drag them out of bed by the mane, and remind them of what we are! We will remind them of what it feels like to live in fear, in inferiority, in pain. We will remind them of the sound of our ancestors’ greatest powers grinding against their throats. We will remind them, that there are more things between birth and death than are dreamt of in their philosophy. Our legion of one hundred mighty unicorns is going to burn this wretched world down to ash. Yes, my friends! We shall begin a assembly of new eras, starting with the war against all of the known world! [[spoiler: But first, we shall strike Equestria, the leading country of this old world, and turn it into a beacon of our new world. Soon, Equestria's charred remains will illuminate the night sky!]] I have brought you all glory, riches, and power, just as I promised I would. All that now remains is your cooperation in this final campaign, our greatest campaign! Back to our favorite battlefield. Back to our beloved war! At last, the sea lion has crossed the ocean and is heading up the hill. Attention, all soldiers of The Perfection! This is a message from your captain, Korsan Arasinda Maden. …Friends, let’s bring them Tartarus.

-->'''Korsan''': Scratch that. We’re gonna need a bigger boat.

* WellSeeAboutThat: At the end of Chapter 17, Rarity claims that Korsan will never convince her to join his side. Korsan replies with "Oh, we’ll see in fair time.".

-->'''Isyan''': You’re mad!

** In Chapter 1, Fluttershy claims that Discord's gone off to a [[Disney/WreckItRalph Bad-Anon]].