The Official Searching for a Fic thread

[mistysakura]

Looking for an old fic? Post here and see if you can help or be helped.

[Darien Shields]

Anyone remember that old fic that was hosted on the TPM main site, about a Pidgeot who was maltreated by his trainer, but at the end the trainer confessed he was sorry, and they died in each others' arms/wings (being that they were very old at that point.)? What was it called, and does anyone know where I can find it?

[Max Blaze aka AT#2]

I'm looking for the fic called Laparas Valley High [or i think thats the title], pardon my memory i forgot who wrote it thanks i.a.

[mr_pikachu]

Well, in the past you could find part of Lapras Valley High in the Fanfiction Archives. PancaKe (who was known as Mist when she completed it, and MistyDeeDee back when she first began the piece) wrote it, and she had started reposting it there. However, it would appear that the entire Fanfiction Archives forum has been wiped out by the server move, unless I'm missing something. So, at the moment, it's probably gone. Unless the original copy's floating amongst the ancient threads in the main Fanfic forum (and I believe I checked and couldn't find it long before the server move), it's disappeared for the moment.

However, if you talk to PancaKe, she might be willing to give you a copy of it. Or she might not; I really don't know. Heck, for all I know, she'll ban me for telling you to contact her. But I doubt that, considering her usual jovial personality. I hope I'm right...

Anyway, the only person I know of who has a copy of it is the author, PancaKe. Some of the other members from back then may have it copied from the boards to their computers, but I really don't know. Good luck trying to get a hold of it. :smilie:


Your fic, Darien, I don't recall. I can't think of anything I've read that quite applies to that description. Sorry I can't be of more help there.

[dratinihaunter13]

LVH?

am i the only one who can see this? the fanfic archive is at the bottom of the forum summary page for me, under Archive forums. Maybe there's something wrong with the redirect link.

edit: na it seems to work. please tell me i'm not the only one who can see the archive, i'm not ready for the twilight zone.

[mr_pikachu]

Huh, that's odd. The Archive you listed at the bottom shows the threads, but the link from the Fanfic page brings up "No messages..." Is that link broken?

Note that the LVH thread does unfortunately suffer from the same problems mentioned in the following topic: http://www.pokemasters.net/forums/in...?topic=42540.0. (There is also a related discussion in Forum Help within The Binary District forum.)


EDIT: AH-HA!

Here's the problem with the Archive links: They point to different pages! The one at the bottom of the main TPM Forums page has the following location:
The PokeMasters Forums -> Archives -> The Completed FanFiction Archive

The link within the regular Fanfic forum has gives this location, however:
The PokeMasters Forums -> FanWork -> FanFiction -> The Completed Fiction Archive

Also note the difference in the addresses for the two archives:

http://www.pokemasters.net/forums/index.php?board=88.0 --- Good Link
http://www.pokemasters.net/forums/index.php?board=105.0 --- Bad Link

So you see, the Archive that is given from within the Fanfic forum shows no threads simply because it is an empty forum. The link from the overall TPM page, however, points to the real Fanfic Archive.

[mistysakura]

Cool, I think I'll have to ask about doing something to the useless empty forum. In any case, the problem with that LVH link is that it only goes up to Chapter 16. If you want the rest of the chapters, contacting Pancake's probably the best idea.

[Vermillion]

Ok...heres an Old one..or two actully...1. A Story by Captain Pringle about a Golden Dragonite that belonged to the main charaters dad. He on an island competing in I think its called..the Elemental League? Also Pringle has made up pokemon in it.

and 2. A story by PlatinumHawke called Glory's Long Road, it was about a blue haired Canadian kid and is amazing Sandslash. Also has made up pokemon.

Thank if you can find these two ^_^

[mr_pikachu]

Okay, I can't find the Captain's fic anywhere, but it was called "Marty's Pokemon Conquer the Elemental League", for anyone who wants to scavenge for it. (And I already looked all through TPM for that one with no luck, just to rule out the most obvious possibility.)

As for Glory's Long Road, I just found a copy of it! As much as I hate to link you to anything remotely related to fanfiction.net (as 99% of the stuff on there isn't worth scraping off your shoe), Glory's Long Road, amazingly, is there! So here's the link: Glory's Long Road!

Wow... can't believe I actually managed to find that classic on a hunch. Enjoy, and good luck finding MPCEL!

[mistysakura]

I gather you're looking for The Emerald League (I thought MPCEL was written by dh... wasn't it?) Anyway, TEL's here.

[Vermillion]

Thanks alot ^_^

[dratinihaunter13]

Okay, I can't find the Captain's fic anywhere, but it was called "Marty's Pokemon Conquer the Elemental League", for anyone who wants to scavenge for it. (And I already looked all through TPM for that one with no luck, just to rule out the most obvious possibility.)

yeah MPCEL was mine for the record >=( !!

[mr_pikachu]

Sorry! ...This is what I get for trying to be helpful when I'm semi-conscious...

[darktyranitar]

Alright, I want to find 3 fic...

The first one is a fic from Iveechan, which was about Bruno (Pokemon Elite 4 member) being bitten by a Mightyena.

The second one, also from Iveechan is a story about a Hitmonchan who was kept by a trainer name Rick and his daughter.

And the last one was the fic, "Is It Destiny" by Macnectric Trainer.

I hope someone here could find them. Thanks in advance! :biggrin:

[mr_pikachu]

Your wish is my command!

1. The Wild Side of Bruno
2. Guilty by Design, Guilty by Design (older version)
3. Is it destiny?

*vanishes in puff of smoke*

[berserkedaegis]

Erm...Can one of you guys help me? i'm looking for captain pringles fic..the one abt the shiny dragonite....The emerald league or sumthing...But the link above dosen't work.. Thanks

[Phoenixsong]

Hey, Darien, it so happens I know which fic you're talking about. I loved it so much that I printed it out WAAAY long ago, back when TPM was still up *sniff... I miss that place*. To my knowledge Gyro (I believe that was the author's name) never posted it on the forums, and if he/she did then they'd be on the way, waaaay old ones, which I don't believe exist any longer. I don't know of any place online you'd be able to find it, although if you really want to read it again I can find the printout and re-type it verbatim for you, then maybe email it to you or something... wasn't very long, after all. No idea where Gyro is now, though, otherwise I'd say ask him/her. Shame, really, Gyro was a good author.

On another note, I really meant to read Ivee's fics... should go check 'em out now that someone's found them again.

[Blademaster]

I dunno if the fic I'm looking for is even here, but I wanna check: is Yu-Gi-Oh! Junior: City of Souls here anywhere? It was the second of Dark Sage's YGO Jr. trilogy; the other 2 stories are in the Archive, but City of Souls isn't... how odd...

[Phoenixsong]

You and DS seem to be on good terms, Blade... why not just ask him for a copy? Even though it should be in the archive, you're right...

I have a request of my own: Whatever happened to The Power Within? It was written by Kid Micky... I'm pretty sure it was before any damage was done. I don't know if he ever finished writing it, which might be the problem, but I started it and it's bothering me that I'm not up to date on it. Would there be some way to find that for me?

[mr_pikachu]

The Power Within

It's written by a user named Whisper in the Wind, but considering the beginning of the first post in the thread, I would assume that this is the "Kid Micky" to whom you referred, Phoenixsong.


City of Souls, unfortunately, has gone missing. Like most of the other lost fics, it's probably due to the server move. I'll if I can recover it in the deep oceans of the internet. And I'll do the same for TEL, since - as berserkedaegis adeptly noted - the old link is dead.

[mistysakura]

Found TEL on another forum, although it only goes up to Chapter 38, which isn't great. Anyway, here.

[mr_pikachu]

Yeah, I know the one you mean. I saw that one, too. If I can, I'm going to try to piece the original together from cached data, although it's going to take it awhile.

And by the way, that link doesn't work. This one, however, does.

[darktyranitar]

You know mr_pikachu, I am interested to read the fic "Protective place of the Damned Style of Pokemon!" by Evil_Mewf0ur. So if it can still be found, that would be great.

[mr_pikachu]

Your wish is my command!

Protective place of the Damned Style of Pokemon!

[Bulbasaur4]

[color=royalblue]
This is a tremendous long shot... and I know that this won't happen. X.x However, if anyone rememberes a looooooooooooooooooooong time back ago, I think this was even on the other board (which is why the chances of finding it are so slim), I wrote a story called, "The Gift". I am trying to find a copy of it or obtain some memory as to the deeper plot... because I'm thinking of revamping it or at least retyping the story idea. ^^;

[mistysakura]

Bulbasaur4, can you give an idea of exactly how old your fic was (i.e. what year it was posted)?

[Bulbasaur4]

[color=royalblue]
Well, it isn't on my old computer anymore... so I'm guessing that it is about 4 years old. It was back during the time when The Pokemasters website was in usage and they had fan fics stored and rated upon the site. The story surrounded a girl with a blue-eyed growlithe that just magically was at her doorstep one day.

[mr_pikachu]

Gosh, it would really help if you could narrow things down a tad more... did you happen to go by a different username around that time? (If you had several and don't remember which one it was, could you just list them?) Anything like that could really be of use.

[mistysakura]

Found it on Wayback Machine... part of it, anyway.
Chapters 1-2: http://web.archive.org/web/200111061...568687878.html
Chapter 3: http://web.archive.org/web/200111061...249107563.html
Chapter 4:
http://web.archive.org/web/200108212...794765805.html
Chapter 5: http://web.archive.org/web/200111061...626232611.html

That's all I could find (possibly all there is?) See, not so impossible after all I wish you luck with revamping it.

[Bulbasaur4]

[color=royalblue]
Thank you so much! I had a very good laugh reading the fic... man... to think I wrote like that years ago...
*shivers*
In any case, thank you!

[darktyranitar]

Okay, I've come to look for these two fic:

~The Russian Strategy by CaptainSpud

~Super Mario Generations vol 1 by EggTroopa

Thanks in advance to anyone who can find them!

[mistysakura]

Here's some of the Mario fic: http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:...u&ct=clnk&cd=4 The first fic I couldn't find though, about when was it posted? And what fandom (or none)?

[darktyranitar]

It was posted in 2001, I think. And it's in the Pokemon fandom.

A bit of description: Pokemon in real world, planning an attack on Russia.

(Yes, I read about this in the fanfic trivia game. It was EvilMewf0ur who asked question about the fic)

[Jacay]

I was at TPM a little over five years ago, when I was eleven, and I'm on a search now for fic that I read at that time. One I remember vividly was a Mercedes Lackey/Pokemon crossover by Eevulveepix. I can't find anything anywhere. It's like she just vanished.

Help please?

[Blademaster]

Welcome back, Jacay (No, I don't know you and you don't know me, but I figured I'd say it anyway.).

Though I think you're out of luck - according to the Members List, Eevulveepix was last active here in October of 2002; the very oldest fics here at TPM -completed or otherwise) - are dated December of 2002. I think Eeevulveepix may have just missed the mark...

[mistysakura]

Do not despair, for the Wayback Machine does wonders... unfortunately, it's down at the moment, so I can't check for you. Do you remmber if she would have posted this at any other forums? Or whether she posted it on the main site as well as the TPM forums? (Most importantly, the name of the fic would do wonders, but that's asking a bit much.)

EDIT: The Russian Strategy: http://web.archive.org/web/200108210...439317195.html A one-shot, apparently.

[Jacay]

Ah, sweet victory. It's called "In the Hand of Fate," and its sequel is "On the Path of Fate." Unfortunately, I can find only pages 2 - 6 of 8 from the sequel. I hope to find it posted in its full form somewhere. Surreally, a few of my own replies are on the Path of Fate thread.

http://web.archive.org/web/200107110...c&f=7&t=000242

By the way, thanks for your help! The Wayback Machine is amazing.

[darktyranitar]

Sweet! Thank you very much, mistysakura!

[mr_pikachu]

Yeah, sometimes the Wayback Machine is incomplete. But it's always worth a try - you can usually get part of what you want, and you can often piece together everything with enough work. I may as well link it... feel free to try the Internet Archive yourself if you like. There are a number of ways to use it to get better results, so you can experiment if you like. Either way, maybe that'll be helpful to some of you in the future. I hope so. ^_^

[Whisper in the Wind]

This thread has been dead for awhile, sorry to necro it but it's stickied so I assume it's okay.


Around about the time I pretty much 'left' these forums a guy was turning his fic into an animated series type deal. Lord help me but my memory is a mess, I can't remember the fic's name or the writer's name, nor do I really remember any details about the story aside from the fact that it was a "Parody" of the Game-storyline, iirc based on GSC. I'm really relying on the fact that this was turned into a crudely self-made animated series, and hoping it sparks someone's memory who knows what it was called.

When I left, iirc it was only an episode or two into production, I'm quite curious to see how far it went.