Mad Seeress of the North Chapter 3 Preview "Two Armies" · 5:47pm Jan 21st, 2016
War comes to the Marazon's doorstep at last.
Thursday has become new story/chapter day in King Sombra's PR Department, so here's a taste of what is to come tonight:
There was something else, though...something nagging, that felt wrong. Off. Ainippe called Sure Hoof to her again.
“Have we heard from the fliers?” the Queen asked.
The amber-colored mare shook her head. “All but three have returned, My Queen. Early reports are there has been no sign of enemy pursuit.” She shook her head, clearly plagued by the same thing that bothered her Commander. “It feels - “
“ - too quiet?” Ainippe filled in.
“Yes!” Sure agreed eagerly.
“Stop the advance. I am calling a tactical meeting. Sure!” She set a hoof on Sure's leg. “but first, we need to contact our advance scouts to the north, ahead of Neverwake Field. There is a portal to do so at - ”
The scout nodded, her brown eyes lighting up. “- Mirror lake? It is very close.”
“Yes. I desire to know what happened to Nyx. Is she still - “ the Marazon leader was interrupted by a hawk call from behind her, in the ranks, signaling their returning pegasai. Everypony looked up, to the northern skies. Ainippe's heart sank. Only one of the three fliers was returning.
The pegasus flew erratically. Finally, to their horror, a wing crumpled in as she was closer to the ground, causing her to make a hard, painful landing. The closest mares to the crash zone increased their gallop to get to her aid.
The flier was a Marazon named Fly Away. She was wheezing heavily, an arrow stuck in her back left flank, blood thick down the injured leg.
The Queen looked quickly to their physician who was already assessing the pegasus for how to treat the grievous injury. “Sister, what happened? Where are the others?”
