The journal of one Princess Flurry Heart of the Crystal Empire gave Sunset hope that it would fill in some of the gaps between her last correspondence with Twilight and her arrival through the mirror into the current generation.
But as it turned out, Princess Flurry Heart didn't get out all that much.
"This doesn't tell us a whole lot more than we already know; she goes weeks... Months... Years, in-between entries," Sunset commented as she flipped through the pages, making mental notes of the dates of the entries. "Guess ruling up here must have been pretty mundane."
"Even back in Twilight's days with the rail network getting all the way up here, yeah, the Empire was pretty isolated from the rest of Equestria," Sunny replied as she was going down another row of books as Sunset sat and flipped through the Princess' journal.
"But ponies like Opaline are exactly what we need to be on the lookout for, Sunny. Megalomaniacs who think they're better than everypony else, be it by birthright, or whatever higher power they believe in."
Sunset was hoping that Sprout was keeping an eye on Misty. She still didn't know nearly enough to make any sort of accusations, and getting the young mare to open up to her would likely take time; time that they possibly didn't have.
"Alright, this one is almost ready to go," she heard Zipp call.
"I'll go let Onyx know," Jasper called, after helping the pegasus put the lid on the large container and latch it. Sunset closed the journal and dropped it into her saddlebags, coming back out into the main concourse to see Zipp push the full container down the floor.
"Need any help, Zipp?" Sunset asked.
"Nope," the pegasus replied after briefly turning to the unicorn. "CanterLogic designed these to be easy to move fully loaded, with low-friction casters."
Regardless, Sunset followed the crate out and helped move it down the stairs to the Scouticus, and assisted in getting it loaded into the back.
"Miss Shimmer!" Sunset heard, turning to see Misty coming down out of the front door of the residence she and Sprout had been going through.
"Misty?" Sunset asked, going halfway across the street to meet the unicorn, seeing she had a book in her hooves.
"I-I remember what you said about specific spellbooks, and I found this one on a bookshelf in there," Misty said, holding out the book to Sunset. The headmare looked down at it, and accepted it, immediately turning it sideways and looking at the bottom of the binding.
V
Sunset took a breath.
"You've got a good eye, Misty. Great job, and thank you. Let me know if you find anything else," Sunset told her. Misty nodded with a smile before turning to head back inside the residence, as the headmare silently watched, before looking down at the spell tome once more.
Sigils, Seals, and Shields
Incantations for Masters of Combative and Defensive Magic
She flipped through the first few pages, quickly determining that these were high-level spells where the timing was much more important, and the consequences much heavier.
And thus the plot and puzzle thickened, the pieces shifting. If Misty was here at the behest of somepony else, they weren't interested in high-level spells if she was bringing them right to her. Artifacts, perhaps? Those were equally dangerous, especially if you didn't know what you had. But they were also considerably more rare. If Flurry Heart's final letter was accurate, the entire city evacuated; did they take the artifacts with them, or were they still here, buried in the snow?
If they were, they would be just as hard to get to as Misty's motivations.
Sunset might not know about Sombra’s secret chambers maybe that’s what Opaline is after because what could be down there?
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We know what Opaline's after; Sunset doesn't.
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Yea, we know Opaline needs something to help her become fire alicorn… I meant there has to be something there she wants more then Sparky and the Dragon Stone
Well at least they sort of know who Opaline is especially a little early on
…I really appreciate your efforts here after the latest MYM release just throws a giant brick at everyone’s G5 stories. Keep rolling dude!
It looks like they finally finished the book of the journal of flurry heart and it looks like everybody is preparing to leave and getting some of the stuff but Sunset is still getting a little suspicious about Misty which she should well let's see how this will go next time
Guess they'll have to keep on searching to find out.
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That's the risk of writing fan content for an in-progress show.
Since when does Misty have hands?
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Thanks, fixed.
EqG on the brain tonight.
I’m gonna be totally honest here. I get way more enjoyment out of reading your G5 fanfics than I do watching MYM or TYT. Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks very much for getting the next chapter up. REALLY appreciate the effort going into the exchanges, characterizations and future chapter set-up. Well, I definitely liked Sunset's observations about how far between Flurry Heart's journal entries were as well as Sunset wondering now about the artifacts after Misty brought her that Class V magic book on combat and defensive magic. And, indeed, artifacts are rarer, but no less dangerous, so that was a good observation too.
REALLY looking forward to more of this.
Commenting on the actual plot, I imagine Misty conferred with Opaline before giving that book to Sunset. I suspect Opaline might have copied that book somehow. On the other hand, she probably isn’t really interested in defensive spells, so maybe not.
Love the new update. So is this story going to be the same length as your sunset story?
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Probably not.
There's something so wholesome, and yet so sad, about Misty calling Sunset "Miss Shimmer."
I really want to see what else they find! Misty's also being good, so what is she being ordered to look for...
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Reminds me of RWBY, where a lot of fics released before Salem's reveal had Cinder as the big antagonist.
Or it could be a red herring, giving one book but keeping another. 😈
But since Misty has no reason to be suspicious (that they know of) it's easy to make assumptions...
Well it's a text on Defensive magic, Misty knows Opaline would be more interested in destructive magic.
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Or, given her preference to know all of her enemies' strengths and weaknesses BEFORE engaging them, she could see the value in SOME defensive magic, but only as far as tanking her more powerful enemies' attacks before launching an even more brutal attack.
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Or it could just as easily be a combination of BOTH (i.e. keeping one book and hiding another while ALSO looking for potentially valuable artifacts).
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To be fair, high level defensive spells can be JUST AS useful and dangerous as high-level destructive spells (i.e. cutting off an enemy's air supply with an airtight shield around their heads or trapping certain enemies and rolling them like that huge boulder from the first Indiana Jones movie at other enemies)
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If one did roll a bubbled enemy at their foes, would we get the bowling strike sfx?
Enquiring minds want to know!