A New Excerpt from the Scoots Book! · 1:28am Oct 11th, 2016
Wanna see a new scene, well... several from the snowball fight that I'm actually writing out right now? 
The old version:
“Got it!” Twilight fired snowball after snowball at her new target, making everypony on the opposite side scramble for cover. As soon as she fired her last one, the enemy pegasi took to the air and started raining hell down upon them. Pinkie started firing cannonball-sized snowballs at the fort, mostly to no effect except for when they landed right on one of the holes that they used to look out of.
The battle lasted for many hours. The two smaller forts had collapsed under enemy fire and repeated barrages from Pinkie’s cannons after the first couple of hours, but the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Spike had been able to make it back to the main fort before they got trapped. When everyone had gotten back in the main fort, Twilight had spread everyone out within the inner wall so that the library was defended from all sides. One by one, everypony on the other side left for their homes. Whether they were tired or were cold, it mattered not, for soon the battlefield was empty.
The new version (I'm not going to share the full version; that's for those who get the book!:
“Got it!” Twilight fired snowball after snowball at her new target, making everypony on the opposite side of their fort scramble for cover. As soon as she fired her last one, the enemy pegasi took to the air and started raining hell down upon them. She lit her horn, forming a shield over the top of the fort, preventing all but two snowballs from penetrating their defenses. A small bit of pain grew in the front of her head, so she dropped the shield, panting heavily. Her vision grew blurry as her forelegs lost their strength. She stumbled, her eyes going wide as she began to fall. She reached out with a hoof to stop herself from falling, and when she felt something warm, she wrapped her hoof around it as hard as she could, but it was not enough to stop her. A warm, heavy weight fell on top of her back, keeping her pinned down on the snow. “Is that you, Dash?” she asked, her words muted by the large amounts of snow that surrounded her muzzle.
“Yeah, it’s me, Twilight,” Rainbow said with a giggle. “You okay?” she asked as she pushed herself off of her friend. She pushed her muzzle into the snow and used it to lift Twilight’s head up. “Yeesh, you’re pretty cold, but I guess that’s what happens when you want to snuggle snow, right?” She stood up all the way and used a hoof to help Twilight stand back up.
Twilight wiped the sweat from her brow and glanced up at Rainbow. “Yeah, but that’s where you come in. I think I’m gonna need you to snuggle with me tonight to make sure that all of this coldness is purged from my coat,” she said with a sly wink.
Phew! At least I know that she still wants to snuggle with me… Rainbow chuckled as she wiped some snow from Twilight’s breast. “Ya know, that sounds like a good idea. Too bad it’s the middle of the day, though… If Pinkie didn’t show up with half the townsponies, I probably could have shown you the best way to take a mid-morning nap!”
“Yeah…” Twilight’s ears flicked down. She smiled back at Rainbow. “Looks like we’re just going to have to wait for night, then.”
“I guess so… I’m starting to wish that I didn’t show up at your place so late last night; we could have snuggled longer if I had just mared up and asked if you wanted to sleep together.” Twilight smirked at her, making her roll her eyes. “Oh, you know what I meant.” The sound of snowballs hitting their fort broke Twilight’s concentration. “We might need some backup of our own, Rainbow!” She trotted to the ice tunnel that led to the igloo that Spike was in. “Spike! I need you to come with me right away!” she yelled at the top of her lungs, hoping it was loud enough for him to hear her.
“Okay!” Spike yelled back. He threw one more snowball, then his eyes widened as he saw Pinkie’s cannons slowly shift to aim right at his igloo. “Sweetie Belle, we gotta go!” he yelled as he pushed her into the ice tunnel. She scampered ahead of him, the ceiling just brushing the tip of her head as he followed her out. As soon as they reached the main wall, he heard Pinkie’s cannons fire with a tremendous bang. Not even a second later, he heard another sound almost as loud as her shots struck his igloo. He glanced over his shoulder, watching as the igloo collapsed in on itself, the ice shattering into lots of tiny shards that flew through the air. Spike raised his arm to protect himself, but a purple shield popped out of nowhere in front of the entrance, stopping every single last bit of the flying ice. He looked up at Twilight and said, “Woah… thanks Twi. Sweetie Belle, you okay?”
“Yeah, I think I’m okay.” Sweetie Belle said as she brushed some snow from her legs.
“Spike, I need you to do something for me.” Twilight lowered her head and whispered something into Spike’s ear. “Can you do that for me right now?”
Spike smirked at Twilight. “Totally! Haha, this is gonna be great!” he said as he scampered back into the library.
Perfect… Now for the second part… Twilight’s eyebrows furrowed in anger. She lit her horn and made a hole in the wall just big enough for her, then stomped out of the fort, her gaze locked on Pinkie Pie. Her upper lip curled up as she fought back the urge to snarl. Nopony dared to throw a snowball at her as she marched up to Pinkie, for fear of being the subject of Twilight’s anger.
“Ah, Twilight! Here to surrender to me?” Pinkie asked as she hopped off of her cart. “Keep loading the cannons, everypony! Their fort shall fall to our pow… uh, Twilight?”
Twilight lifted her head high as she stared down into Pinkie’s eyes. “Do you have any idea what you just did?” she asked, letting her voice show just how angry she was. “Do you?!” She pushed Pinkie’s chest with a hoof, making her take a step back.
“Uh… I demolished that igloo with just two shots? I think that counts as a minor victory in our war, wouldn’t you agree?” Pinkie asked, glancing around nervously.
Twilight frowned at that, and this time, she let a snarl escape her throat as she stared at Pinkie. After a few moments, she said, “Sweetie Belle and Spike were just in that igloo. When you shot it, tons of shards of ice came flying down the tunnel that they escaped from. I made my fort with ice so it could stand up on its own, but for you to shoot ice balls at it? That’s reckless, and you could have easily hurt somepony!” Twilight stomped up to Pinkie again, making her wilt like a flower on fire. “Since you want to make this an actual war, I decided to call in a little backup of my own…” She heard two distinct pops come from just behind her. “So now not only do you have to deal with one alicorn, you have to deal with three!” She lit her horn and formed the biggest snowball she could manage. As her head began to ache again, she dropped it on top of Pinkie Pie and her cart, making the old wooden frame collapse from the weight of the snow. With the cannons rendered inoperable, Twilight turned around and trotted up to her old mentor. “I’m so glad you came, Celestia!” Twilight said, wrapping her forelegs around Celestia’s neck. She nuzzled the side of her neck, smelling faint hints of peppermint before she pulled back. “We need to get back to the fort on the double!”
Celestia chuckled once at that. “It is great to see you too, Twilight. Now, about that letter… you said you needed backup?” She nodded over towards her sister, who was spinning at least a hundred snowballs around in the air above them, shooting a few at anypony that dared approach them.
“Move your flanks, you two!” Luna yelled as she started backing towards the fort. “I don’t know how much longer I can hold them off for!”
Twilight let a smirk slide on her face as she watched everypony on Pinkie’s side scramble for what little cover there was. Instead of running back to the fort, she and Celestia took their sweet time, knowing that nopony would dare attack royalty.
That's not fair! That's not even remotely fair!
4250625 In what regard?
4250681 Inviting two extremely powerful Alicorn Princesses onto the battlefield.
Savagery is what I say.
HAHAHA!
Oh, this is getting so good! I'm so hyped to reread the revised edition.