Sorry, everypony... I lied... But here's a sneak peek... · 3:31am Apr 18th, 2012

Henry Anthony Courtler, the co-author of 1.5, was no where to be found tonight on Skype or otherwise, so we could not finish Ch. 1 of "A New Dawn on The Horizon." :( I'm really sorry. I thought of doing it without him, but this is a collab, so that would be unfair.

I feel bad for deceiving you all, so here's a sneak peek of Ch. 1. That's the best I can do for now. You'll see Ch. 1 up within the next couple days, I promise.

Peace out.

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“BLAZE!” Rainbow Dash shouted. “Blazing Dawn! Come up here!”

Down below, a dark blue alicorn with a short, spiky blonde mane and long tail zipped through the air and landed down below the tree. He was tall for his age. He looked almost full-grown. He was laughing and holding a red cowpony hat in his mouth.

"Gosh dern it, Blaze!” A sweet southern accent resounded over the hill as three more ponies came galloping into view. “Give me back mah hat!”

“Gotta catch me first, Applebloom! Haha!” The young alicorn yelled through his clenched teeth.

Blazing Dawn launched himself up into the tree, laughing all the while. At this point the Cutie Mark Crusaders galloped into view beneath the tree. The Cutie Mark Crusaders were older now, looking a few inches away from being full-grown mares. Scootaloo reached the tree first. Her short purple mane was a little longer, but still retained its style from when she was younger. Her wings were bigger and she could fly now, and she had even obtained her Cutie Mark. It was a cloud and a lightning bolt just like Rainbow Dash’s, only the cloud was a darker orange than her coat and her lightning bolt was purple.

“Get down here, Blaze! You’re gonna give Applebloom a heart attack!” Scootaloo leaned against the tree, still laughing, and turned her head to look as Sweetie Belle was next to skid to a halt underneath the tree.

Sweetie Belle had also grown taller, her horn longer, and her mane and tail were the same style, only longer. Her Cutie Mark was a bell with a musical eighth note behind it. A bow was tied to the bell. She panted heavily a looked up at the branch where Blazing Dawn sat, removing the hat from his mouth and grinning down at Sweetie Belle.

“All tuckered out, Sweetie Belle?” The young alicorn chuckled.

“Blaze, come on now!” Sweetie’s tender voice rang up to him. “Give Applebloom her hat back!”

“Thanks, Sweetie Belle...” Applebloom ran up behind her and walked to the base of the tree. “But ah can fend fer myself...”

Applebloom had grown taller as well. Her mane and tail had, like the others, retained its form from ten years ago, except they were longer. Her Cutie Mark was a red apple, unsurprisingly. However, there were two wrenches that crossed behind the apples, signifying her special talent with repairs and renovation. Her last new defining feature was dangling from a smirking Blazing Dawn’s hooves; the red cowpony hat.

“Blazing Dawn...” The cowpony smiled as she looked up at him. “It’s clear ya’ll are mad about earlier when I called ya’ a shrimp...”

“You got that right!” Blazing Dawn leaned back casually, still dangling the hat in his hoof. “I most certainly am NOT seafood...that’s just insulting...”

“Um, Blaze...” Scootaloo looked up. “I think that you’ve got it all-”

“SH!” Sweetie Belle shoved a hoof onto Scootaloo’s mouth. “Don’t tell him what she really meant! Then he’ll never give it back!” Sweetie hissed into Scootaloo’s ear.

“Look, Blaze...” Applebloom smiled up at the young alicorn. “Just c’mon down, will ya’? Ah promise I won’t never call ya’ anything seafood related again...”

When Applebloom smiled up at him, Blazing Dawn’s smile disappeared and he sighed. “Okay...” He jumped off his branch and flew slowly down through the air towards the Cutie Mark Crusaders. He floated above Applebloom and dropped the red, white-laced hat onto her head before dropping down to the ground in front of her.

Applebloom chuckled before adjusting her hat and smiling down at Blazing Dawn, who was pawing the ground. “I’m sorry, Applebloom. I just got carried away.”

“Aw...” She raised a hoof and ruffled Blazing Dawn’s mane. “Ah can’t stay mad at ya’! It’s okay!”

Blazing Dawn’s tail wagged and he smiled as he looked up at Applebloom. “Thanks Applebloom!”

“Well, now that that’s over with...” Scootalooo walked up and looked at Blazing Dawn’s haunches. She sighed. “No cutie mark, little guy...”

“Aw...” Blazing Dawn turned to look at his haunches as well, spinning around in the process. “Dang it... So all the thousands of things we did today was for nothing?” He threw his hooves up for emphasis on “thousands.”

“Nope...” Sweetie Belle smiled. “Because now you know thousands of ways to not get your cutie mark!”

“Trial and error, Blaze...” Applebloom smiled. “That’s how we finally got ours!”

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I hope the antics of Blazing Dawn and the now cutie-marked CMC in this little part got you excited for the real thing.

Again, I'm sorry about deceiving you all. Henry could not be found tonight.

Peace out.

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