Small Story Poll February 2021 (Patreon)

Now that Stallion is up over on fanfic, it is time to post the February small story poll. I want to remind everyone that there will be no large story poll this month. You all’ve already seen two of the Episode-style updates, and will be seeing the Patron only story, then the small story, and finally another episode style update for Semblance.

I have removed the choice for ATP here. I have instead decided to add that into the large story poll next month and add a bit more of what is going on back on Earth when I do. Instead, I have added in Fate Touched, because that will be a major combat chapter, and since both the other stories this month won’t be combat-intensive, I would like to let out my inner Khornate Cultist with something.

Fate Touched in Middle Earth – Tolkien/HP crossover: With Thorin leading the way, for once the party has a pleasant journey up the mountain, although looking for a door that is invisible from the outside isn’t so pleasant. Nor is the waiting, or what awaits inside, as Harry and Bilbo, once the last light etc shines, have to venture inside. Following a map given to them by memory and vague impressions, the two of them head deeper into the mountain, discovering not only that dragons have no sense of interior design, but that yes, Smaug is very much alive, if thankfully sleeping. Scouting around, takes quite some time, but Thorin and Balin are able to come up with a plan to slay the dragon. Through knowledge, making Smaug extremely angry, and the adroit use of the fact that even a dragon needs leverage at times, they take the fight to the dragon, who proves that his conquest of an entire kingdom of dwarves and the destruction of a kingdom of men was not a fluke. Gryffindor courage comes into play as the dragon demands its due in blood, before the final confrontation, one which only one side will survive.

FILFy Teacher – HP/Highschool DxD Crossover: Stopping by on his way to Egypt proves to be a good choice, as Hermione and Harry have a long, and very in depth conversation, starting with revelations and ending with revelations and Harry and company gaining some more information on what is going on in Egypt. Arriving there, Harry meets with several blondes and redheads, while elsewhere in Alexandria, a certain black cat runs into trouble. That trouble soon rises all along the Nile, as the powers that be in Egypt act up, some making bids for freedom, while others act out a masterplan. Harry and his allies get involved as the dead rise, hippos attack and alligators walk with the legs of men, while back in Kuoh, Rias and Akeno experiment and make some interesting discoveries. With blood in their eye and blood on their various implements of destruction, Harry leads his friends first in an investigation, then to a city which time has forgotten, hoping to put a stop to plans which may well have been thousands of years in the making.

Gods and Devils and Horses, Oh My– Ranma/Highschool DxD crossover: While a very big man uses his very large voice in the Vatican, Ranma is subjected to a few more last moments of eye-dropping goodness. Afterward, Ranma and the others head back to Kuoh, where they discover a human cockroach by the name of Happosai has moved in. Eventually however, Ranma deciding to bite the bullet after getting some good advice, has a conversation with his friends, then Rias and Saeko, while Koneko has her own long-overdue conversation, which does not go anywhere near where either she or the other participant could ever have foreseen. Meanwhile, Gabriel, after having been thoroughly humiliated, receives a call to come home, makes some promises, and passes on some information. The next day, Ranma receives some news that he sees as excellent, Rias passes on some news and takes some tests, and plans begin to form both in Kuoh and elsewhere.

Stallion of the Line – Ranma/One Piece crossover:  Eating a Logia fruit during a time when the Grand Line weather has decided to crap all over the crew turns out to be a much bigger deal than Luffy expected, resulting in a few near catastrophes and two shocking surprises, one literal, the other figurative. As Water 7 finally comes into view Luffy is able to at least keep his own shape,. After a bit of looking around, the crew reconvene on the Resolve, with Luffy ordering the crew to split up, while he and Robin have some *ahem* time. While four other individuals arrive on the island, Luffy’s fury is roused by the Franky Family’s attempt to dismantle the ship. Luffy and Robin go to ‘talk’ with the group as a whole, while Sanji, Laki, Nami and Makino have their own issues with a robbery attempt before meeting with Mayor Iceberg, who doesn’t seem to be all that interested in them until the name Nico Robin is mentioned. Meanwhile, Zoro and Chopper get lost, and then, to the swordsman’s annoyance, separated. In a bookstore while lamenting about lost swordsmen Chopper becomes the first to realize there are enemies in this lovely city...

This poll will end on the 17th. By then I will have hopefully sent off the Making Waves chapter for editing.