Letters to Cozy Glow

by Fluttercheer

To my Master, Commander Tempest

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Dear Commander Tempest Shadow

Hello, Commander Tempest!

Commander Tempest Shadow!

“No, that made it worse.” Cozy Glow stuck the quill into her mouth and looked at the ceiling of her cage. Her tongue played with the branches of the feather while she was thinking. A smile appeared on her mouth as a solution entered her mind.

“Greetings, Commander Tempest!” Her smile grew wider. “Better! But not perfect yet. Just needs a little something.....” She pondered some more. “Greetings, Commander Tempest Shadow, Spearhead of the Supreme Army of Your Highness, the allmighty and fearsome Storm King!” Now Cozy grinned. “This has a very nice ring to it, Commander Tempest will love it!” A squeal emphasized her decision. She brought the quill down again.

Greetings, Commander Tempest Shadow, Spearhead of the Supreme Army of Your Highness, the allmighty and fearsome Storm King!

I just wanted to say thank you for your letter and, well, gush over your powerful greatness!

Cozy Glow blushed, looking at the part she had just crossed out.

maybe ask you a few questions, if you don't mind.
My old teacher told me a lot about your exploits as a hero and adventurer in the Storm King's army! By the way, how is the King doing? I bet you still rack up victories against his enemies wherever they stand in your way, because really, how else could it be, my wonderful, heroic and always victorious master!.

Cozy Glow's wings flared out from the excitement and passion she felt and stood erected. The filly gave a little cough, blushing more brightly.

I wish I could have heard more about you. Those lessons were the only ones that I really enjoyed..... But these pesky creatures ruined my plan and made me getting kicked from the school.....

A small tear appeared in her right eye. She reached up and wiped it away.

But it's all okay now!

Cozy set up a smile.

Because now I can talk to you and find out about everything that I missed! I hope that this letter will reach you soon, I can't wait to talk more with you and to learn from you, Commander Tempest! I think you will be a very good teacher for me! Please tell me everything you know!

Your loyal student,

Cozy Glow

Cozy Glow put the quill down and let her eyes fly over the letter. She gave everything she wrote a thorough check. At the end, she nodded.

“Okay, this sounds good!” she determined. “Now I just need to write it all up on another sheet, this letter should be only the best for Commander Tempest!” Cozy reached for a second sheet of paper and laid down on her belly. As she began to write, she kicked her hindlegs into the air and hummed happily.

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Far up north, in the Crystal Empire, Tempest Shadow put down the letter she just read. “Excellent,” she spoke with satisfaction and leaned back. “Everything works as planned.”

From behind, Glitter Drops looked over her shoulder. “I really hope you know what you're doing, Fizzlepop,” the turquoise mare said, scrunching her mouth.
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Author's Note:

And now, Cozy Glow is Tempest Shadow's student..... An interesting development.

Also, a little fun fact, this chapter has been written entirely on a smartphone. See, once a week, I am donating blood plasma, which gives me a little extra money to get by, but is also exhausting for the body. I usually make these donations on Wednesday, but since writing Chapter 4 of "Dreamwalker Dash" took until yesterday, I had to make it today. And I knew that the risk is high that I give in to the temptation and lay down or that I will fall asleep in my chair while writing, because of being tired after donating, if I did it at home on my computer.
So I decided to write the chapter outside and was sitting down in the subway station where it's relatively warm, typing the chapter in Skype and sending it to my computer from there, where I copied it into a document and formatted it, before I uploaded it here.
It came to the point that I had lights flashing in front of my eyes and headache kicking in, as I didn't eat after the donation and immediately started to write. With the help of a little food break in a diner to prevent things from getting worse, I managed to push through and finish writing the chapter.
This was definitely the craziest thing I ever did to get out a chapter in time, so far. But it helped greatly to ensure that I won't fall asleep before I have the chapter ready, as this doesn't happen to me if I sit somewhere in public.

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Comments

[Fluttercheer]

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And you won't have to wait any longer to get more of this connection. I can see Cozy and Tempest exchanging a lot of letters over time.

[Bronycommander]

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Indeed, keep up the Good Work!

[Bronycommander]

Great Work and a Good cause by you

[Yosh-E-O]

So you, too, are a struggling author working to find their way to a stable life? Ugh, I know the feeling all-too-well as my 100% blindness now risks me losing yet another job due to how a lot of corporate software is not accessible with the screen-reading technology I use. *Sighs* Though, if you were to send me your PayPal in a message, I'll give you a little tip for helping to provide an interesting take on cozy Glow. :)

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I was most amused at seeing how Cozy and Tempest appear to be having a little 'game' going on between each other. I'm guessing Tirek used something similar to get to cozy. However, with Fizzlepop now being the manipulator, I can only wonder what is to come next.

Points for adding Glitter Drops into the tale. The only real place we heard of her friends from childhood was in the prequel book. I did wish to see Tempet meet back up with them. It would've been right up there with Starlight reconnecting with sunburst. :)

[Fluttercheer]

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I was most amused at seeing how Cozy and Tempest appear to be having a little 'game' going on between each other.

Do they play with each other or does Tempest Shadow play with Cozy? Tempest definitely makes an effort to get Cozy on her good side, because trust is the key to a long-lasting and effective student-teacher relationship. And Cozy Glow is completely down for this, Tempest becoming her teacher is like a dream come true.
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Points for adding Glitter Drops into the tale. The only real place we heard of her friends from childhood was in the prequel book.

This part of the chapter actually came to be because the short two-issue arc that was released in June and July 2018. In it, we see Tempest Shadow, after travelling Equestria for a long time to help ponies and make up for the damage she caused while serving the Storm King, travelling to the Crystal Empire because Twilight sent her a message and told her that Cadance could need her help with something. There, she meets Glitter Drops again, who now works as something akin to a border patrol guard of the Crystal Empire. After some talking, a confrontation and a (quite half-hearted and thin) attempt by Glitter Drops to excuse what she did, Tempest Shadow (surprisingly) decides to forgive Glitter Drops and to rekindle with her.
Since then, Tempest Shadow works and lives at the side of Glitter Drops in the Crystal Empire, assisting her with her duties there.
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So you, too, are a struggling author working to find their way to a stable life?

It was always my goal to, eventually, earn money with pony writing and pony art, yes. The Patreon account is still pretty recent, I made it last Summer, and depressions kept me from writing consistently and reliably enough to be an author worthwhile of supporting financially. But it was important to me to finally having created a Patreon account in the first place, something that I can build up and work on until I will reap benefits from it one day.
And now, things have started to look up and I finally feel the drive to get somewhere again with my writing and art. I want 2020 to be a very productive year and, so far, it likes more than good for that.
I will send you a message later today. I might also make the Paypal account public eventually but, for now, I want to see where I can go to with Patreon or Ko-fi. Thank you for your support!

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Thank you!