The train groaned beneath her. It was slow at first, making more grinding noises than movement. Dust rained down on her head as the entire vehicle shuddered. Another groan rose from underneath, a little higher-pitched this time. One final jolt set it into motion.

"Look outside! We're moving!"

Slowly, they began to pull away from the station, inching ever so slightly further forward with every second.

And then they stopped.

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From what'll eventually become the next chapter:

I'm planning on writing out a few chapters first to build up my chapter stockpile before publishing any. For now though, I'll keep on postin' random out-of-context snippets of what's been written!

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It's a surprise tool that will help us later. :)

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That... actually sounded like a pretty decent idea. To be honest, she was expecting something more along the lines of 'GARRR, ME WANT POWER AND LAND, I AM BAD FLUFFY ROYAL PONY'... or something like that.

"You are an absolute child, Emi."

Yes.

AKA Emily Anderson. The story plans for Splintershard have her written as "Emily Anderson", but Splintershard, after the first few chapters, uses "Emily Ashton", thanks to me doing some early planning for Pony-Me's reboot at the time. The name just sorta stuck, I guess.

But anyway, let's do this! It's been a little over a month short of a full year since the last OC Spotlight from last December, and with Splintershard on hiatus, I suppose it's high time I talk a bit 'bout Emi.

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Slight spoilers below the break.

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Splintershard

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Long ago, a mare named Twilight Sparkle ascended the throne. Her rule was noble and just, bringing about a new golden age of Equestrian society.

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Today, we put the 1984 film Flashpoint, the first theatrical film produced by Home Box Office (in association with Silver Screen Partners), into our VCR. The film was one of at least five American films to present a dramatization portraying the Kennedy assassination as a conspiracy (the others being the 1973 David Miller film Executive Action, starring Robert Ryan and Burt Lancaster, Oliver Stone's 1991 movie JFK, Warren Beatty's

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