Earth Ponies Can Cast Spells Too - Chapter 3 posted

And it only took me three months this time!

Chapter's finally up. Hopefully you all enjoy it. I departed from the "find the monster and fight it" structure of the last two chapters. I actually found this slice-of-life/world-building type of writing more difficult than the relatively straightforward action/adventure scenes. I enjoyed them both immensely, though.

And don't worry about the story going forward. There will be plenty of action in future chapters. The next one might have a lot of exposition, but I'll do my best to keep it minimal. There should be some fun scenes after that, as well.

This chapter went through a few changes before it's final form. Aside from deciding which order to put the different scenes in, I also added the first two "rescue" scenes after-the-fact. I had originally planned to open directly with AJ in her study, but quickly realized that was too much of a jump.

And a note on future development (SPOILERS if you haven't read it yet): No, Zecora's remedy won't be a lame cure-all for AJ's rage. She'll still struggle with it, she just has a new tool.

And of course, a big thanks to my pre-readers AlicornPriest and MindAssassin. And thanks to everyone reading my story. I'm so glad that my little experiment took off and you all convinced me to write more for it. It's a lot of fun. You guys are great!