Welcome to Pichu Star's Domain, a realm in existance since August 31, 2002.

Well, how shall I introduce myself? My name is Samantha McPhoenix, or at least that's the name I'm willing to give you. =3 Though my penname is Pichu Star, you may also know me better as minty-fivestar, from a variety of other websites I happen to be affiliated with.

I'm a 20-year old female college student who dreams of working in zoo animal care or animal rehab. I'm also minoring in Japanese "for fun." ;

When I'm not slaving at schoolwork or wasting my hours on video games, my favorite hobbies include art, writing various bits of prose, RPing, and doing research into animal classification/Pokémon battle strategies/vampire mythology (whichever one trips my fancy at the moment).

My writing style isn't perfect by any means, but expect great attention to spelling and grammar detail, frequent detours into following the characters' various trains of thought, and generous amounts of the artistic use of run-ons and/or fragments. Genres I tend to excel at are extensive dialogue scenes, emotional imagery, and the tasteful-yet-terrifying horror or dark scene. In other words: I'll paint you an image in blood without detailing where all the organs went. =P

Oh, and on my writing--I use all American translated names by default in my stories. Just so you know~

I'm not the most social person in the world, even on the internet, but I'm certainly open to meeting new people. I like to consider myself nice, after all. =) And I'm one of the few people you'll find that actually spells out all her words when she types. (Gasp!) Say hello sometime--I don't bite. Some of my characters might, but I won't. Hehehe...

I spend a great deal more time at DeviantArt than I do here, so check me out at the link listed further down. =)

Anyway, please enjoy your time here~ Maybe you'll make some interesting new discoveries as well...

Favorites:

Fandoms:
Pokémon (fave: Pokémon Colosseum)
The Legend of Zelda (fave: Twilight Princess)
Starfox
Castlevania
Dragon Warrior/Quest (fave: Dragon Warrior IV for the NES)

Characters:
Wes, Rui, Nascour, Ein, Cail, Willie (Pokémon Colosseum)
Link, Zelda, Sheik (as a separate character, if done right), Vaati (The Legend of Zelda series)
Lucy Hare, Peppy Hare (Starfox series)
Trevor Belmont, Alucard, Cornell (Castlevania series)
Male Hero, Saro, Rosa (Dragon Warrior IV)

Pairings (there are plenty more, but these are the ones I heart most~):
Wes/Rui from Pokémon Colosseum (Colosseumshipping)
Ein/Venus from Pokémon Colosseum (Ciphershipping)
Cail/Rui from Pokémon Colosseum (mostly a crack pairing. Wes/Rui always wins out over this one, but I find it cute.)
Ash/Latias from the Pokémon anime (Altoshipping)
Link/Zelda from The Legend of Zelda series
Sheik/Zelda from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (obviously, this has to be an AU story...)
Fox/Krystal from the Starfox series
Saro/Rosa from Dragon Warrior IV

Current fanfiction, their status, and the order in which to read them):
Note: stories with ~~ next to them are the ones I am currently working on.

Pokémon (chronological order within each arc):

~Alternate Reality arc
- Alternate Reality: To What The Future Holds (complete at 21 chapters)
- Pokémon Neo (discontinued, chapter 31)

~Pokémon Colosseum arc
- Encounter At Olivine City (complete, makes slight reference to AR arc)
- Another Encounter at Olivine City (complete)
- Bound To The Dragon’s Heart (in progress, chapter 12) ~~
- Pokémon Colosseum (in progress, chapter 17) ~~
- Facade (complete; takes place during Pokémon Colosseum)

~Miscellaneous
- The Minty Five-Star Adventure (in progress, chapter 12)
- The Pain We Call Love (complete)

The Legend of Zelda (chronological order):
~The Mist of Evil series
- The Mist of Evil: Howler Moon (complete at 8 chapters and epilogue)
- Tears of Ice (complete with 2 parts)
- Requiem of the Soul (complete)
- The Mist of Evil: The Heart of a Hero (incomplete, chapter 7)

StarFox (chronological order):
- Forgotten Instincts (complete at 6 chapters)
- Thinking of You (complete)
- Too Late For Regrets (incomplete, chapter 6)
- Cloud Dancer (complete)

Other Stories:
- Yu-Gi-Oh- My Reason For Being Is You (complete)
- Yu-Gi-Oh- Hear Me Out (complete)

URLs:

Fanfiction.net page: http://www.fanfiction.net/~pichustar
Here. Duh.

Fictionpress.com page: http://www.fictionpress.com/~midnightphoenix
My original works. I rarely post stuff there, though. Mostly because I don't want someone stealing them.

Realgam Tower: Team Cipher's HQ: http://minty-fivestar.tripod.com
Official website to my fanfic, Pokemon Colosseum. Updated about as often as the fic itself, which should tell you something...

DeviantArt page: http://minty-fivestar.deviantart.com
The website I'm most active at, with plenty of fanart that goes along with some of my fanfiction. If you're a member, I'd love to get to know you there!

Neopets referral link: http://www.neopets.com/refer.phtml?username=minty_fivestar
If you have a fancy to try Neopets--an extremely addictive and entertaining virtual pet website--why not click the above link to sign up? I would really appreciate it! If you already have an account, then maybe we can be friends! My username to look up is minty_fivestar. Send a Neomail my way sometime!

C2 Info (Treasures of Orre: The Pokémon Colosseum C2):
This C2 is a place for all the fanfiction out there having to do with Pokémon Colosseum or Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. The only criteria required, aside from having to do with those two games, is that the story be decently written. If the storyline is poor (makes absolutely no sense, the characters are painfully OOC, etc.) or the spelling and grammar so atrocious that it's too painful to even read, it will not be included in the archive. But otherwise, it's pretty free reign. Romantic one-shots, creative sequels, yaoi, humor... it's all here! Hopefully that gives you a fairly good selection to choose from!

If you know of some more well-written fics out there that are not in the archive and should be, then please let me know! I can't find them all myself!

If you would like to be staff, please PM me and be prepared to reply.

Currently working on:
- Pokémon Colosseum: The Longest Night (an AU fanfic, exclusively posted to my DA account. It's Pokémon Colosseum... but with vampires and killer Shadow Pokémon. Interested? Go to my DeviantArt page and check it out~ Note that it's got a mature tag, so you'll need an account to view it.)
- Pokémon Colosseum (chapter 18)
- Bound to the Dragon's Heart (chapter 13)
- an AU Zelda fanfic. It's my personal little pet project that I only work on when I feel super-emotional. >>;

For anyone who asks: No, my stories are not dead. No, I'm not dead. No, I can't update soon. With college, work, and personal challenges in my life, my free time for writing is about zero. I will continue my stories eventually, but it won't be soon. I apologize, but that's the way it goes.

Thanks for visiting, I hope you enjoyed your stay. Until we meet again...

~Pichu Star