//------------------------------// // Weather the Storm // Story: Book 1 - The Behemoth came to Canterlot // by Equimorto //------------------------------// "Do you think it'll come this way?" asked Starlight. Tempest looked at the storm raging on the horizon. "Doesn't look like it to me. But I'd still say you should avoid using magic for the time being, it looks close enough to still be problematic." Starlight bit her lower lip. She wasn't happy about it, but she knew Tempest was probably right. "That'll slow work down for today. Twilight could have picked a better spot for this." "There aren't many good spots left," said Tempest. "Not far enough from towns to do what you want to do here. I think you'd prefer the occasional day of reduced work to avoid magic interferences to constantly dealing with seismic movements, geysers, or out of control vegetation." Starlight did think about it for a moment. "I guess you're right. Are things that bad around Equestria?" "I wouldn't say they're bad," Tempest replied. "They're still better off than what the outside world used to be back when I saw it, and most towns didn't get hit too hard. But they're different, that's for sure." She was silent for a bit, just looking at the darkened sky in the distance. "Sometimes adjusting to change is a bigger problem in itself than what the change even brought." Starlight also silently looked at the storm for a while. She could feel it prickling on her horn. "I think you're right about that."