This Quiet Earth is out of stealth mode

Dear Friends,

A few weeks ago Sharp Logic posted an idea that became the seed of a new Starswirl story: This Quiet Earth. I had intended to do something else entirely, but the premise was so engaging that I couldn't resist, and so with the ample assistance of Sharp Logic as editor and TotallyNotaBrony for awesome artwork, today I posted the first chapter. As always I would much appreciate comments, critiques and suggestions.

PS - This is a story about Starswirl and Princess Twilight, but there is another major character in this fic that will be introduced shortly. And before tongues start wagging that Dafaddah is doing a ship-fic, well let me assure you, Dafaddah doesn't do ship fics - but I have no objections to fan-gasms.