New story, "The Mailmare", to be released soon · 3:28am Feb 24th, 2012
For those of you that follow my (admittedly scarce) blog, I present to you now a sneak peek of my upcoming story, a comedy starring Derpy Hooves called "The Mailmare", which should be finalized and released on Fimfiction sometime this weekend. I have for you both the cover picture that I have been working on for a few days now, which contains a few hints about the direction the story is going to take, and a few paragraphs from the very beginning of the story to (hopefully) get you interested.
“Alright Miss Hooves,” asked the detective, leaning forward in his chair and peering over the table at me, “as you may already know, we have nearly a hundred eye witnesses claiming that you are solely responsible for bringing the terrible Nightmare Moon back into our peaceful country. Do you deny this claim or do you indeed accept responsibility for this disastrous event?”
Smiling only slightly, I carefully nodded my head, “No, I guess that’s true sir. I am responsible for that, but you can’t ignore that Trixie did help me.”
The detective sifted through several papers lying on the table directly in front of him, slowly moving them from a small pile on his right to the much larger pile on his left.
“While the department agrees that Trixie did play some part in this mishap, we have enough evidence to suggest that she was not the primary influence.” the detective said, not bothering to look up as he continued to work through the pile of papers.
In the brief silence that followed, I looked into the large mirror on the wall beside us, but my reflection was one that I hardly even recognized. I was wearing that fantastic purple hat on my head, its surface beautifully decorated with blue and yellow stars of various sizes. And my coat, partially hidden beneath the stained black suit I wore, was still a faint violet colour instead of the dull grey I grown accustomed to. I wonder how hard it’s going to be to get that colour out.
“Now since you’ve already admitted to your crimes, the department doesn’t actually need any more information from you,” the detective continued, raising his head, and his gaze, back towards me, “but I must admit that you’ve piqued my curiosity, Miss Hooves. Just how exactly did you manage to rouse one of the most villainous ponies in history… at the Annual Magic Users Convention?”
I grinned, “Well, I guess it all started yesterday, at a meeting with my boss not entirely unlike this one…”
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Unlike Shadows of the Sun, this is going to be a very light-hearted, funny story that no one should take too seriously. It's going to be about four or five chapters long with each chapter lasting about ten pages.
That's all for now, thanks for reading and I hope you'll take a look at the complete chapter one of the story when it's released a few days from now.
This one looks entertaining. Can't wait to see what kind of mess Derpy is going to get herself into. Count me as a reader for sure.