One more chapter before we get to the reason I started writing this story in the first place.

In this particular chapter, on the other hand, I try to show how the magic pencil resembles your typical up-to-no-good genie. I only hope that I did this in a way that is understandable, because I suspect I might have to explain myself in the comments a few times before I make myself clear.

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Chapter 12 turned out to be so incredibly-long that I decided to split it into three new chapters.

Sadly, I have nothing interesting to say this time, almost like I was worn out writing a super-long chapter or something.

However, the Olympics ends tonight, and that means that the anonymous author should start sending feedback again soon.

Well, here’s another chapter, and below are some more in-character ramblings.

Hi, this is the translator of this story again. I just got the following message from the anonymous author of this story:

For those of you unfamiliar with Equine, here is my translation:

Dear Human McPoodle,

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First of all, welcome to all of this story’s new followers. It seems a little ironic that a story I didn’t take at all seriously when I started writing has become the second-most popular thing I’ve ever done. I might even be surprised, if I wasn’t already aware that this sort of thing happens to writers and artists quite often (see Gustav Holst and The Planets, Bob Saget and Full House, Gelett Burgess and “The Purple Cow”...).

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We are gathered here today to mourn the death of poor innocent Genevieve the donkey. Born July, 2012, died early August, 2012. She was the sad, sad victim of a careless author who failed to look both ways before posting her chapters.

However, just like Bewitched, the course of this story will not be diverted by something as minor as the death of a main character.

No!

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First of all, a warm welcome to the large herd of followers that have materialized at my door in the past few days. Come on in, feel free to crash on the couch, and why don’t you have a slice of cake? (No, not that cake! I was saving it for--never mind, have fun eating two cakes...).

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Alright, I wanted to get this out before I even started posting Chapters 7 and 8, so I have one last chance at damage control. (With any luck, Chapter 7 at least will be posted by the time you finish reading this.)

You’re likely to have two questions about these two chapters: “Why are you posting two chapters at once?” and “What the hell were you thinking when you wrote Chapter 8?”

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More hot Celestia-on-Voltaire action! (If by “action” you mean “battle of the driest wit”.)

Dear Human McPoodle,

I don’t really have anything to say about Chapter 3. I trust you to write humans accurately.

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(Contains spoilers)

I wrote “Javelin” back in September of 2011. The story stands alone, but it immediately inspired a whole series, Betwixt Silver and Gold, so I held off on posting it until that series was done, and now it is, so here it is.

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I like to provide notes with my stories to explain what I was trying to do when I wrote them. Then I give myself a negative point for every interesting thing somebody tells me they didn’t get until they read the notes. Meaning someday I’ll be good enough not to need to post notes.

Sometimes these notes are written in such a way that there are no spoilers. This isn’t one of those times. If you don’t want the best part of this tale ruined, go read the story.

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