Flurry walked through the endless expanse of fog, her head on a slow swivel, looking for any movement as she slowly trotted through the leg-high haze.
"I know you're there..." she said quietly, sensing the presence watching her.
"Are you ready to accept my offer?" a commanding feminine voice asked her in return. "Ready to accept your birthright?"
Flurry concentrated, but not too hard; not wanting to reveal her intentions too early, before she knew for sure that this would work, as she used her horn to light up the fog around her.
"It depends on what that is," Flurry answered.
"Isn't it obvious?" The voice replied. "To rule. It is what we have always done, for eons. To be feared and loved."
Sensing she was close enough, Flurry quickly turned, reaching behind her as she did so, and her hoof had already come in contact with the barrel of the magenta-coated alicorn.
"Semita," Flurry said, her horn lighting up, a mote of energy bolting down from her horn, traveling almost instantly to the tip of her hoof.
The magenta alicorn stepped back, but it was too late. The spell touched her, and she reared back, her own horn lighting up, shooting a beam off into the foggy expanse, and the black sky above began to crack, a split second before it shattered.
Flurry bolted up, awake instantly, staring at the ceiling of the Scouticus.
"Flurry? You alright?" Sunny asked.
The alicorn looked down at the glowing book she had been holding against her chest in her sleep. She opened the atlas to the page that was glowing the brightest, and saw a mote of light snake from their current position over to the west coast.
"Not far from Maretime Bay at all..." she said to herself, running the tip of her hoof down the page.
"Flurry?" Sunny repeated.
"Keep heading for Maretime Bay, Sunny. I'll meet you there," Flurry said as she got to her hooves, heading for the back of the passenger cabin, putting the glowing book into her saddlebags.
"Wait what? I don't understand, where are you going?" Sunny asked, again looking back at her from the driver's seat.
"I think I just found what Princess Twilight locked away all those years ago. Don't worry about me. I'll meet you back at the lighthouse."
With that, the alicorn reached up, opened the hatch to the roof, and climbed out, shutting it immediately after.
Sunny barely had time to roll down her side window, lean out, look up into the sky, to see Flurry Heart go airborne for just a moment, before she vanished into the night.
"Flurry!"
she going alone
She put a quest marker on her, GENUIS!
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Again, this was some really good work on the exchanges, characterizations and future chapter set-up. REALLY appreciated Flurry's mental chat with Opaline before the former took off after the latter, but also before Flurry's chat with Sunny. Hopefully, Opaline is still weak enough for Flurry to mop the floor with her (or Sunny and her friends can track Flurry down before she ends up doing something that both she AND Opaline are going to regret). Of course, we're also hoping that the gang gets to find AND reason with Misty much sooner and help HER out before she ends up doing something she is going to DEEPLY regret.
Definitely looking forward to more of this.
This is the exact situation when you should start to worry
Opaline!
Something tells me she's going to find Opaline.
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yepper's i am thinking the same thing.
i am hopping for a good beat down and a lesson in friendship.
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Yeah. A good beatdown (preferably in Flurry's favor against Opaline - especially after Flurry sees how Opaline treats Misty) with a lesson in friendship (when Sunny and her friends catch up, calm Flurry down before she actually finishes Opaline off and also have a nice, calm, civilized chat with Misty).
Yikes so it looks like flurry heart just saw Opaline in her dream and when she woke up she looks like she was about to do something very Reckless but she thinks he has some answer that Twilight hidden all these centuries ago I wonder what could it be guess we'll find out next time
never should go it alone Flurry, that's asking for trouble
Flurry's a mare on a mission-
Can she really take on opaline by herself? Looking forward to your next update.
Flurry would wipe the floor with Opaline .
look at her Training team.
Flurry has one hell of a prep team, she has the knowledge and or training from ponies all super experienced and or extremely powerful in magic.
Her mother Cadance: Alicorn, Princess of Love.
Her Father, Shining Armor: Youngest to make Captain of the Royal Guard and Crown Prince.
Aunt, Princess Twilight Sparkle: Element of Magic, Princess of ALL Equestria, Arguably most powerful pony to have ever lived.
Great Aunt, Celestia: Ruler for 1000 years, Scion of the sun and princess of the day.
Great Aunt, Luna: Former Nightmare Moon, Warrior Princess, Scion of the moon, Princess of the Night.
Discord: Because someone's gotta teach the prissy crystal princess how to lighten up ever now and then. Also Spirit of Chaos most powerful being in all equus (aside from possibly dead Grogar and Full power Tirek.)
So my verdict is... Flurry is gonna win this one. She's got this.
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Don't forget who else she knew/met Sunburst who's knowledge of magic is vast, Starlight Glimmer who as the power and brains to go toe to toe with alicorns, and Starswril the bearded who is basically Unicorn Merlin.
Questions: Why are the chapters in your stories so short??
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I generally don't ask more time of my readers than my time of writing.
I'd rather put out shorter chapters more often than longer chapters less often.