A little something · 6:32pm Feb 10th, 2015
It's been a loooong time.
And I always hate having to make you guys wait for the next chapter... So here's a little sneak peek. keep in mind this is completely unedited and everything is subject to change.
Dear Princess Celestia,
I am writing in regards to a new creature in our midst, a brand new sapient being was encountered in the Everfree forest. Communicating with him is rather difficult as he doesn't appear to speak our language, but we've been able to communicate some crude concepts.
I am currently referring to this new individual as "the Subject" as his name isn't easily replicable for casual conversation. (I don't even know where to begin spelling wise.) His appearance is difficult to describe, but I will do so to the best of my ability, please note this is from casual observation and not in depth study. Assumptions made off of first appearances may prove to be incorrect with further investigation:
He is approximately twelve Hooves tall, bipedal, with a similar stance and posture to that of a minotaur. He has no readily observable tail or other appendage that would aid balance, despite this it appears to be fairly agile. Also, what I hypothesize is to be the equivalent to the hoof area is covered with a garment similar in appearance to work boots or some other covering, but has some design on the bottom that I can't place a function for outside of radical speculation. The shape of the boot flattens out horizontally in the front along the laces and appears on first inspection to be masterfully crafted.
The Subject, although when first encountered was only partially clothed, appears to prefer being clothed completely. The reason most likely stems from a near complete lack of fur, whether due to disease or poor health is beyond my observation, he seemed to be in at least fair health when we first encountered him. He also is in the possession of hands very much like minotaurs do, the only observable distinction is that minotaurs have a total of eight fingers, whereas the subject has ten. The creature also keeps on its person an small wood axe and a large knife. The knife in particular seems to have an ornate handle, possibly an heirloom or something else of significance? The knife and the axe have oddly shaped handles, possibly to offer a better grip?
The Subject himself is difficult to read in terms of terms of emotion or temperament, though while it seems we share common expressions like smiling or frowning, due to his small eye size some of the more subtle gestures are easily lost. From what I've witnessed he seems cautious regarding ponies he has just met and the possibility of him being territorial is difficult to judge due to various circumstances. However, it seems amicable at the moment.
Tomorrow I will be leaving with Zecora and Mayor Mare to meet with our new addition in two days at noon. If you have any material you think would be useful or any advice on diplomatic matters, it would be most appreciated. I promise I will do my best to learn as much as I can about our new friend and facilitate peaceful relations between our two species.
Your student,
Twilight Sparkle
Celestia cast her eye once more over the letter on the breakfast table. Her expression hidden behind her cup of tea. She had already finished her morning meal and was planning on how to deal with this news. The implications behind such a discovery were weighty indeed. To start the Scientific community would go absolutely bananas when they got wind of this. She had already drafted multiple letters to the various learning institutions and research labs to increase their janitorial staff, with a new species and the possibility of making history she could already see the proverbial hurricane of various theses, scientific journals and research papers flung about in the rush to find anything that might be of the slightest relevance to such groundbreaking event.
The doors to the small dining area opened, drawing the princesses eye and attention away from her letters. Luna yawned as she entered, the younger princess had an odd sleeping schedule. She had to be awake to raise and lower the moon and to deal with the various piles of paperwork that were thrown her way as well as see to her night court. On the other hoof, she oversaw the dreams of her ponies, which required her to be asleep. So Luna had taken to cat napping at any opportunity, resulting in her being awake both later in the day and early in the night without tiring herself out.
Simply put, Celestia's breakfast was Luna's Lunch.
Behind Luna shuffled in Prince Blueblood, His unkempt mane had yet to be styled and sprung out in all directions in a massive afro. The prince didn’t seem to care about his massive coiffure just like he hadn’t cared yesterday or the day before that. At this hour he was more or less dead to the world. No one had ever accused Blueblood of being a morning pony, the only reason he was awake now was because outdated decorum demanded it. The bags under his eyes and the fact he was practically dragging himself across the room did nothing to indicate that the prince would ever be a early riser. Several servants were desperately trying to tame the young royal’s mane with various straighteners, combs and hair sprays.
"Good morning sister," Luna called out in greeting. "and good morning to you nephew."
The irritable grumble she got in response was fairly standard for this time of day. The prince shuffled to his seat with unseeing eyes as he plopped himself down on his usual seat and pawed blindly around the table until a servant placed a bagel underneath his reaching hoof. He then proceeded to pull the baked good to his mouth and idly gnawed on it as his brain tried to remember how to properly function.
All the while his hair maids labored in the background as they finally managed to wrestle the massive mane into his usual manestyle. They bowed before the prince upon completing their given task, and excused themselves when Blueblood finally blinked. Which the stylists had long ago decided would be the closest they would get to a dismissal with the prince in this state.
"Cmmphy" Blueblood mumbled through his bagel, still staring dead ahead. Soon a servant brought forth a strong cup of coffee and set it next to the waiting prince. A few seconds later he set down his bagel and sipped from the steaming cup. Soon some intelligence creeped back into his tired eyes and he let out lengthy yawn.
The royal sisters shared a private giggle at their nephew's zombified antics before Luna turned to the sizable pile of scrolls seated in front of her sibling. "And what pray tell has you doing paperwork at this hour?" as she lifted a scroll at random and scanned the contents. "Summons for the griffin ambassador Laud? For discussions of a paramount nature?" She raised an eyebrow at her alabaster sister. "Has something happened?"
Yay! Sneak peak ^^
Awesome! It's still being worked on!
I honestly thought this was dead. I'm glad I was wrong!
IT LIVES!
I suppose those last minute sacrifices really did do something....
I mean what. 
When I read that first sentence, i heard GLaDOS in my head and was like NO WAIT HOLD ON. And
, It's ALLIIIIIIIIIIVEE!
I don't mind waiting. It's just nice to be kept in the loop.
Like what I saw in the sneak peak.
2785415 made a small edit to the post. I hope you like it.
2785421 At first I thought it was a film projector.
I have been left waiting for too long
And there was much rejoicing.
yay.
Cool glad to know it's not dead. That said your story inspired another good story so I got my fix of your particular type of writing a while ago. Helped me deal with the long absence ;)
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Oh? Which fic would that be? Just curious; I'm always on the hunt for Goodfics.
2785497 Wabbit Season
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Misunderstandings by The Rogue Wolf, the author who said he got inspiration from doing it from JarOfHearts. Of all the 'similar' styles I've seen only JarOfHearts and The Rogue Wolf pull it off.
2785415 "I think we can put what happened behind us. For science... you monster."
2785787 Really!? That's actually really touching, that's one of my favorite stories on the site.
2786286 *jumps*
2786428 Admit it, that was the best line ever from something recently resurrected, followed closely by, "Excuse me. I am a fuck-mothering vampire. I killed a lot of people to get that title and expect to be addressed as such," by Alucard in Hellsing Ultimate Abridged.
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yoouuuuuu little-
godfucking christ i hate you but i love you so so much for this
That GIF fits so perfectly!
A 'dead story' that is 'coming back to life'
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Check his early blogs. He names you and this fic as his source of inspiration. Pretty cool huh?
Its back i almost thought for sure that this was going to be another dead story check in my hopes that just maybe there's a chance for an update
The GIF of what looks like a light appearing in a crashed aircraft is a mystery to me, but the merest hope of this story continuing would have the very stones of the Earth dancing in giddy glee! Well... Sorta. I mean, they're like ...stones. Y'know.
Yeah...
Anyway...
You've made a reader happy. I guess that much is true.
I have been hoping to see something occur for this one for some time now. Now to see how the rest of the chapter would go.
Woohoo. Great sneak peek and even better to hear a healthy heartbeat on the story. Can't wait for the full chapter.
2787103 This should explain everything.
I'm dead sure that they use the Metric system. Not hoofs.
But otherwise I've been looking forward to an update for a really long time! So much suspense now!
2789250 how do know they use metric?
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I remember in one episode Rainbow Dash talking about something being x kilometres distance. I'm not sure which episode but I'm dead sure it happened.Edit: I found evidence of Pinkie Pie using centimetres http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Transcripts/Griffon_the_Brush_Off
Edit 2: Looked through everything from season 1 to season 3, didn't find anything metric on Rainbow Dash. I assume I confused Pinkie Pie's situation with Rainbow Dash. Been a long time since I saw that episode it seems. It seems weird though, my mind is telling me this happened more than once.
2789420 I'm not sure how I'd rule it in my story. pinkie referenced both inches and meters, so not solely metric. The problem I have with this in this particular story is trying to explain how a race without FEET came up with that as a measurement. The way I'm rolling it is that a hoof kinda equals half a foot.
Historically, a the measurement of a foot was the length of a kings foot. so a hoof in terms of measurement is the same thing. Just a little shorter.
Wouldn't Twilight have made some mention of his apparent 'null magic' property in the letter? That's kind of a big deal.
2801704 and hence why we have "everything is subject to change."
2802780 Ah, should have guessed.
It's been awhile since I've been on fimfiction, so long infact all of my bookmarks got cleared. I was looking up a large portion of the lost bookmarks and I noticed a trend of unfinished stories, I thought to myself , its been a long time and none of these have been updated chances are they are dead. One of the hardest things for me in literature is moving on after a story ends , but thats the thing the story has to end or It will always be hanging off on a note of anticipation and I will be waiting for its continuation.
blah blah blah
Anyway , glad to see this story is not dead. I looked back at the dates and I cant believe i've been following it for more than 2 years.
I like this sneak peak I do want to voice one thing. You forgot the most important even Twilight's discovery that the creature seem's to render Magic...nonexistant. Wether this ability is only for this individual creature of his species would likely be unknown but as of now it would likely be prudent to make that assumption in case their are other encounters and you don't want anything bad to happen.
You know a creature that has the ability to render magic useless would not only be surprising but also worrying. However it could be useful to have a creature like that after some magics are fairly dangerous...not to mention maybe a useful magic detector.
Although I will even say that the fact that contact with magic causes it to have pain would likely also worry the Princesses and may think that it could be why they don't have contact with this race.
Sorry I just still love this story.
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I know, and this has been fixed, like I said, everything is subject to change
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Ok thanks sorry it's just I love your story so much.
I keep rechecking this place every now and then.
You're not dead, are you?
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A good attempt was made, but no not yet
3319053 Alright, good!
Remember me? I remember you! You're not dead? Neither am I! In fact, I'm still here and this is still one of THE best stories I've ever read on this site; and I've been here since early season 2. Just wanted to say again that your writing really is great.
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Thanks, I in fact do remember you, nice to know people still care.
and ten months later still no chapter
3603362 Yep, not exactly proud of that one.
Just needed a year to age properly
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yep... not thrilled it took this long, still, progress.
Why is GLaDOS there? is there going to be portal references?