The Night's Stars Chapter 28 Preview/Teaser · 10:48pm Jan 30th, 2020
The tentative release date for The Night's Stars Chapter 28, "Field Experience and Book Smarts" is in one week, on 2/6/20, at 5 P.M. E.S.T.
This blog post is a little late because I was rereading the chapter. I found a couple of typos in it that I've since fixed.
As a heads up, expect an important blog post about The Night's Stars in the next few days. I'm not sure when I'll be writing this blog post because it depends on how long it takes me to finish drafting the next few scenes, and I've not been writing nearly as fast as I had been back before I started on edits. I've just not managed to get back into the swing of writing.
Finding an excerpt for this chapter was a struggle. There were a few sections I considered, but I felt like using them would have been misleading. Anyway, without further ado, presented below is an excerpt from The Night's Stars chapter 28 without context.
Nightmare turned to face Cadance. "I am fine." With nothing else to say, she turned back to watching the storm.
"Are you still mad about-"
"I have had time to think," Nightmare cut in. "While it angers me that you have mocked me as Sister does-"
"Celestia doesn't mock you," Cadance spoke softly.
Perhaps she was growing more accustomed to hearing that damned name, because she didn't feel like screaming. She turned to face Cadance but held back her glare. Glaring at her niece wouldn't benefit her any, as much as she wanted to. "The banishment spell. The scarring on the moon. Did she not tell you?"
Cadance frowned and turned away, nodding slowly. "She did."
"Then you know how she mocks me even now," Nightmare summarized.
Cadance faced her again. "I have never heard her speak badly of you," And again, Cadance said, "I'm telling you, your sister loves you."
"Do not repeat this conversation, Niece," Nightmare groaned. "I will not have it."
Because Cadance had been lied to, and Cadance believed those lies.
"Sometimes, the truth hurts."
Nightmare blinked once, then turned to scrutinize her niece's expression. Innocent, yet tainted by her sister's lies for so long. Cadance had been lied to by Celestia just like Luna had been. She knew better. Cadance did not. Holding that against her niece was folly; it wasn't something Cadance had a choice in. She had been brainwashed by Sister. And yet her niece was correct. The truth did hurt. She knew that well, but it wasn't what Cadance thought. "You are correct," she said as she turned back to the storm. "I... will apologize for getting carried away when we last spoke."
