Super Secret Preview · 7:00am Dec 2nd, 2012
Psst. Hey you.
Yes, you. The one with the eyeballs that are looking at these words right here.
I got something for you. This is super special, because I literally just wrote it. Not even my pre-reader has taken a glance at this yet, and I'm sharing it with you.
Why? Because I love you, isn't it obvious?
Here's a sneaky peaky preview of Predictions and Prophecies, taken completely out of context and edited slightly to preserve details:
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It was still relieving to know that she was the only one who knew of their monstrous (possible, not certain, she reminded herself) future. It gave her a little breathing space, a reason to relax.
Later, when she looked back on this train ride, this was what she would blame for what happened next. That second of relief, that opportunity for calm… It was like tempering a metal, she would think. Heating it, applying intense pressure to it, steadily increasing the temperature and moulding it into a strong structure… then, suddenly, giving it a moment of calm, a moment to cool.
And then slamming all that heat—all that pressure—right back onto it, a precise blow that shattered it completely.
Right now, she needed a reprieve. She needed that moment of calm. She clung to it desperately, a drowning sailor in a sea of despair.
It brought her all the closer to shattering.
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If that isn't dramatic, I'll eat my car's battery.
So does Twilight Sparkle smith metal often?
Yes, it's dramatic. Please put the car battery down.
564343 But it looks so tasty...