Baron's Airship, Fan Art Features, Fanfiction

Ack! The Baron Goes Missing ๐Ÿ™ˆ

Brace yourselves for a Baron airship landing, Poptropicans! But…

Right away, you may notice something’s not right โ€” the Baron is nowhere to be seen! Not at the entrance calling you off the dusty rock, nor swinging at their usual spot on the flight deck. What’s up?

Head inside the Cabin of Curiosities and you’ll find treasures to pick up, including two free costumes: The Hair by Prickly Tooth, which is the latest design contest winner, and the Banana over on the right! ๐ŸŒ

UPDATE: The submissions reel from July can now be viewed below, and August’s costume contest has kicked off! Enter by Friday, August 26 at 8pm PST for your chance to have your design in the game. More details on the Creators’ Blog!

Back in the cabin, you can also bring home some familiar wares: the Baron and Ack Paintingย (300 credits),ย Ack Plushieย (200),ย Ackโ€™s Litter Boxย (5),ย Wooden Mugย (10),ย Chest of Scrollsย (100) โ€” lifted from the Baron’s headquarters, now curiously locked. Is the legendary sky pirate quarantining inside?

Baron backers may remember their last visit when the Baron was twitching suspiciously and offering Rumpelstiltskin icons for sale. This time, their first mate Ack has taken over the throne! Talking to the monkey doesn’t offer any helpful hints, as all he can say is “Ack,” but the doodles he’s waving of his boss and the magic man may be a clue. Was the Baron kidnapped by Rumpel, or are they in cahoots? Hmmm…


In other news, guest writer Dizzy Feather is back on the Pop Creators’ Blog with part two of her fanfic story, Poptropican Heroes. (You can read part one here!) There’s also a call to participate at the end for a chance to have your character featured in her future writing, as previously seen here on the PHB with another fanfic of hers, The Pink Knight!

Speaking of Dizzy Feather’s work, you’re invited for a bit of guessing fun in her latest PHB post, Pop Puzzles: What’s Missing? โ€” and for more from this budding creative, check out Dizzy Feather’s Poptropica Blog!


Finally, take some time to enjoy the latest fan art features from Pop’s Instagram stories, including the conclusion of one fan artist’s island-based comics! You can catch up on this amazing series featuring scenes from classic islands @krazytalez on IG, including last week’s segment on the showdown with Mademoiselle Moreau from Mystery Train. Plus, enjoy the rest in full by clicking on the artists’ names below! โœจ

Theories on the Baron’s disappearance? Enjoying all the Pop fanfiction lately? Share your thoughts in the comments! ๐Ÿ™‰

~๐Ÿ 

Fanfiction, The Villain Saga

The Villain Saga โ€“ Episode 4, Part 1

(Table of contents) (See previous)

FADE IN.

INT. MOREAU AND Dโ€™S OFFICE

We open on the middle of a conversation between a GUARD and DIRECTOR D. and MOREAU, both of whom are at their desks.

GUARD

Iโ€™m going to be honest, itโ€™s a really tricky situationโ€ฆ

(conโ€™t)

I do think some of them can be helped, itโ€™s just a matter of who.

Continue reading “The Villain Saga โ€“ Episode 4, Part 1”
Fanfiction, Guest Posts

Fanfic: The Witch’s Heart, Part 2/6 ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ

Hey Poptropicans, this is a guest post by HeartOfEnder. Enjoy!

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening everyone! Whatever time it may be, I hope you had a wonderful day, and if you just woke up, I hope that youโ€™ll have a wonderful day! And it will be, because I, HeartofEnder, is back with the second part of The Witchโ€™s Heart!ย 

We left off from part one with the white egg minutes, if not seconds, away from hatching. Without further ado, letโ€™s catch up with our heroes!

Eggscellent: You’re a shell of your former self.

SNOW WHITE, CINDER, and RED are staring at the egg, now in a homemade nest, watching the cracks appear one by one. It is quite early in the morning, when most early birds are starting to wake up and catch worms.ย 

ALOUETTE arrives looking very tired, and her hair looks like a bird just used it as a nest.

SNOW WHITE:

Um, Alouette? Your hair isโ€”

ALOUETTE: 

Oh yea, one second.

With a swish of her wand, ALOUETTEโ€™S hair magically brushes itself, returning to the usual long braid she always has her hair in.

ALOUETTE:

I was going to ask why you decided to wake me up so early in the morning, but I guess my answer is (points to the egg) right here.ย 

For the next 30 minutes or so, our heroes watch the egg carefully. Finally, the last crack appears and out emerges a small white baby dragon.

ALOUETTE:

(excited) Oh my gosh youโ€™re the cutest thing to ever walk on this island! Except Gwenโ€™s pet owl Merlin, I guess. Actually, he doesnโ€™t count because he flies, therefore has never walked on this island. Still, youโ€™re cuter than Merlin! Look at those big eyes! Awww whoโ€™s a good dragon?

CINDER:

(sighs) It hasnโ€™t even been a minute and Alouette has already fallen in love with it.ย 

ALOUETTE picks up the white dragon and watches it chew the ends of her braid. 

SNOW WHITE: 

At least it likes you back. 

RED:

Itโ€™s like a living, four legged, cute little Pearl!

The white dragon stares at Red, responding to the word โ€˜Pearlโ€™. 

BABY DRAGON: 

Rawr?

RED:

I think I accidentally gave them a name. There goes all the other name ideas I had. 

ALOUETTE: 

Well, Pearl is a cute name, so I guess it works. I canโ€™t wait to show this to my mother! I know she really likes her black cats, and I have suddenly become the owner of a white dragon, so who knows how this will work out.

As if on cue, a black cat suddenly appears from the bushes, holding a small note in her mouth. ALOUETTE picks the note up and reads it out loud.

ALOUETTE: 

Breakfast is ready, donโ€™t know why you left, hurry home before the toast becomes cold as ice, Sabrina. 

RED: 

How does toast become that cold? Magic?

ALOUETTE: 

Thereโ€™s no questioning a witchโ€™s metaphors, I guess. Wish me luck!

ALOUETTE waves goodbye to her friends before following the black cat back to her house. PEARL the dragon curiously looks around as they enter the dark forest and arrive back at the tower. Her mother is waiting in the living room.

SABRINA: 

Oh hey, I was about to freeze your toast just to show you I wasnโ€™t kidding aboutโ€”

SABRINA notices the little white creature in her daughterโ€™s hands and stares at it, very concerned.ย 

ALOUETTE:

Youโ€™re gonna tell me we canโ€™t keep him as a pet? 

SABRINA: 

No, you can keep the baby dragon, but itโ€™s something else Iโ€™m concerned about.

SABRINA walks towards the window and glances as if she was looking out for something.

SABRINA:

Dragons are very, very protective of their young. They donโ€™t care how you obtained the baby, or if you helped keep them safe, they will show no mercy to claim it back. I fear with that little dragon in your handsโ€”

In the distance, we hear a roar. Over the dark forest, a large shadow flies overhead. Through the massive trees, we see a flash of white scales.

SABRINA:

As I was saying, we better return the baby dragon to its mother before that giant dragon burns down this entire island. We have no time to waste.

TO BE CONTINUEDโ€ฆ

What exactly does the giant dragon want from the citizens of Fairytale Island? Youโ€™ll have to wait until the next part. Iโ€™ll see you guys later!ย 

The Witch’s Heart is a short story from the universe ofย Stormโ€™s Calamity, which is available to read onย Tumblrย andย Quotev.


Hope you enjoyed this guest post by HeartofEnder. If you did, you might also enjoy her Pop Worlds house tour and intro of her Popsonas.

The Poptropica Help Blog welcomes interesting Poptropica insights from anyone in the Poptropica community with thoughts to share. Interested in writing for the PHB? Weโ€™d love to hear from you!

Fanfiction, Guest Posts

Fanfic: The Witch’s Heart, Part 1/6 ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ๏ฟผ

Hey Poptropicans, this is aย guest postย by HeartOfEnder.ย Enjoy!

Hello everyone! Iโ€™m HeartOfEnder, and I have been playing Poptropica for about three years now. Previously I made two guest posts on the PHB under the alias Spotted Thunder: a Pop Worlds house tour and intro of my Popsonas. If I had to say what my favorite old island is, itโ€™s probably Vampireโ€™s Curse.ย 

For the past few weeks or so, Iโ€™ve been writing a Poptropica fanfiction called Stormโ€™s Calamity, about a Poptropican named Gwendolyn (Spotted Thunder) and her friends who suddenly have to save Poptropica from an ancient calamity. While writing, I had the idea to make a short story for a guest post here.

This story features Alouette Rees, or Fearless Dragon, one of the main characters in Stormโ€™s Calamity. Alouette is Gwenโ€™s cousin and a talented witch from Fairytale Island. But what exactly is her backstory? That is what this six-part story aims to answer. Without further adoโ€ฆ

The scene is the dark forest from Fairytale Island, focusing on a lone tower in the woods with a sign pointing to it saying โ€˜Witchโ€™s tower, approach at your own caution.โ€™ There is a small garden outside, but for the most part, not a lot of people visit this tower.

We focus on a newspaper titled โ€˜Fairytale Newspaper.โ€™ It reads:ย 

HAPPY ENDINGS STOLEN BY MYSTERIOUS SHADOW, SAVED BY WITCHโ€™S APPRENTICE

Residents of Fairytale Island reported their happy endings were missing on the morning of April 22. While the how is unknown, it was discovered 10 minutes after the incidents were reported that the culprit was a mysterious man disguised as the king, who is now missing. Exact details are unknown at this time. The mysterious man later transformed into a shadow after a Poptropican who seems to be the apprentice of a witch said his name, RumpelStiltSkin, three times.ย 

All residents affected have received new happy endings, and Fairytale Island is safe again. Forces have been sent to investigate the real kingโ€™s whereabouts.ย 

In other news, Cinderโ€™s debut song, โ€œTake back your flippโ€™n glass slippers whatever-stilts-manโ€ has reached number one on Poptify. We interviewed her about this extraordinary debutโ€ฆ

The scene zooms away to show SABRINA, a witch with pointed ears, black dress, and a black cat by her side. There is a cup of tea in her hands as she looks up from the newspaper.ย 

SABRINA:ย 
New happy endings, huh. How many did you even create under what? 20 minutes?

The scene focuses on ALOUETTE, a younger figure sitting on the other side of her with a bowl of cereal in front of her. 

ALOUETTE:
Three. Some of them are really weird. Did you hear what happened to Cinder? Oh, and that Snow Whiteโ€™s true love was a goat? Out of all things, a goat?

SABRINA nods, aware of all these new endings her daughter managed to create.

SABRINA:ย 
All these new happy endings are amazing, Witchlet. We women can do our own things, we donโ€™t need knights and princes saving us! Thatโ€™s right! We are our own saviors!ย 

ALOUETTE stares at her mom with an odd look, before checking the time and suddenly standing up. 

ALOUETTE:
Shoot! I promised that Iโ€™ll help Red with delivering pizzas today! Iโ€™ll get breakfast on the way, don’t worry mother!ย 

With that, she rushes over to a small table where a crystal wand, plus several other mysterious objects, are sitting. Grabbing them in one big swoop and putting them in a satchel, she slides down the stairs and out into the dark forest.

The dark forest hasnโ€™t changed since RUMPEL escaped. As ALOUETTE walks through the forest, she spots something white in the bushes.ย 

ALOUETTE:ย 
Thatโ€™s weird. Maybe itโ€™s a broken piece of wood from someoneโ€™s house? Or that one white owl?

ALOUETTE investigates the white object and finds out that itโ€™s not an owl, or a broken piece of wood, but an egg. Itโ€™s too big to be a chicken egg though, so what could it be? Where did it come from? ALOUETTE takes the egg and puts it in her bag. Maybe she could find out later.

The scene changes to Redโ€™s Pizza Basket, where RED is preparing to open the shop for the day. ALOUETTE exits the dark forest and immediately heads towards RED.

RED:
Alouette! Itโ€™s nice to see you again! What took you so long? Not that Iโ€™m angry at you or anything, Iโ€™m wondering if something happened that delayed you or something.ย 

ALOUETTE:ย 
Not necessarily. Motherโ€™s gloating about my recent mishap with that Rumpel guy. Anyway, found this in the dark forest.ย 

ALOUETTE shows RED the white egg. RED stares at it in awe.ย 

RED:
An egg! But what was it doing in the forest?

ALOUETTE:ย 
(shrugs) Exactly, I donโ€™t know myself.ย 

RED:
Maybe we can hatch it? Then weโ€™ll find out.ย 

Just then, CINDER and SNOW WHITE arrive at Redโ€™s Pizza Basket.ย 

SNOW WHITE:
Hey we thought we might pop in and maybe order a pizza or two-

CINDER notices the white egg on the table.

CINDER:
What is that?!ย 

SNOW WHITE:ย 
Aww, itโ€™s an egg! Itโ€™s so shiny and cute!

ALOUETTE:
Yea it was just chilling in the dark forest so I decided to bring it with me. Maybe itโ€™ll hatch into something cool?ย 

SNOW WHITE:
I bet! Weโ€™ll help out too. Donโ€™t you two have pizzas to deliver?

ALOUETTE and RED both nod, before waving goodbye to SNOW WHITE and CINDER and getting to work. 

SNOW WHITE and CINDER take the egg to the castle gardens. SNOW WHITE starts making a nest for it, while CINDER plays calming and quiet rock music for the egg. After ALOUETTE finishes helping RED, she sits by the egg and observes it carefully.ย 

Days pass since the egg was discovered. One fine morning, before most citizens are awake, the egg started to crackโ€ฆ

TO BE CONTINUEDโ€ฆ

What animal is going to hatch from the egg? And what kind of adventures will this animal and Alouette go on together? Find out in part two, coming soon to a Poptropica Help Blog near you!

For more from this universe, Stormโ€™s Calamity is available to read on Tumblr and Quotev. Enjoy, thanks for reading, and have a great day!


Hope you enjoyed thisย guest postย by HeartofEnder. If you did, you might also enjoy her Pop Worlds house tour and intro of her Popsonas.

The Poptropica Help Blog welcomes interesting Poptropica insights from anyone in the Poptropica community with thoughts to share. Interested in writing for the PHB? Weโ€™d love to hear from you!