Sneak Peek of Next Chapter · 2:20am May 8th, 2020
I think 48 hours is long enough for those to see the previous blog post to make their voice heard. Since the two that replied are willing to wait and everyone else abstained, I will be doing that.
I first made the small vote post because I personally dislike stories that pull you in with the story along with clop scenes and just drop the clop later on to focus on slice of life. I felt my story was starting to push that boundary and would probably lose some like-minded readers if the next chapter was ended on a tease.
So, with that out of the way, here's a sneak peek of the next chapter. I've given it as much proofreading as I usually do with a chapter so hopefully it won't be changed in the final version.
Celestia turned to face him and sat on the ground. She slipped her right hoof out of her horseshoe and raised it in the air with her frog facing Cinnamon.
“With sound body and mind, extend unto me, the power and control, of your memory.” Her hoof began to glow white before she made a circle motion with it in the air.
“With this bind, a promise you make, to never reveal the knowledge you take.” She slams her hoof to the ground. Two white circles extended from the edges of her hoof until they were both within the smaller circle.
She closed her eyes, “Only to those that already know, may hear the words that I bestow. To the rest, your lips are sealed, to prevent my words from being revealed.”
As she spoke, symbols and runes appeared between the outer and inner circles, appearing clockwise from each other until it met back to the first symbol. Once finished, they rose a hoof off the ground and began to slowly spin in a clockwise manner.
She opened her eyes and lifted her glowing hoof, upturning it to allow Cinnamon to rest his hand on top if he chose to.
Meanwhile, Cinnamon processed what was happening. He looked at the large white shape on the ground around them. He recognized one of the symbols floating around them as the runic symbol for memory.
That was the only one he could place. A few others looked familiar but he couldn’t quite place them.
“So… what exactly will this do?” he said with hesitation while eyeing the solid white glow emanating from her upturned hoof.
“It will allow me to seal the information I am willing to give you with a powerful spell so what I say has no chance to be found out by others; weather by your choice or by force.”
She stood up, still holding her hoof out in front of her. “If you try to tell somecreature, you will temporarily forget everything I say for a few hours. If, for any reason, somecreature were to apply magic to your mind, this knowledge would temporarily disappear to the magic users touch. Otherwise, it will do nothing.”
He looked back at her extended hoof, “And this is necessary?”
She nodded, “It is crucial this does not reach public ears.”
I've been off-line for a few days. I look forward to reading the next updates when they're ready.