Princess Celestia has recently felt the presence of a new flow of powerful magic in the air over the past week. She has tracked this new magic's source to an unknown location somewhere in the Frozen North far beyond the Crystal Empire where nopony has ever trotted before. Curious to this new magic's origin, Princess Celestia summons Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends to embark on an expedition to find the new source of magic. They will have to endure the biting cold and blistering wind to make one of the greatest discoveries in Equestria's history, and possibly one of the worst as well.
(Cover Art by the extremely talented ME!)
Chapters (11)
I had to change the cover at so I could work on this at school too (apparently they think the previous one was Norwegian porn). I will put up a better picture soon. As a side note I did not make this picture nor tell the man who made it to make it for this purpose. I just got it off the internet to add visuality.
As for right now please excuse the spelling and grammar errors I'm going to look over what I have already written and fix it in this upcoming hiatus in which I will draw a cover photo and now I have to check the story too I guess. It might be a couple of weeks before I start working on the next chapter again. Sorry guys but since nobody else I asked wants to help me with doing this I have to do it myself. I am always looking for help though so if you want to help drop me a line.
Warning: Critique
If you don't want to read about what's going on in my life right now scroll right on down to the bottom. For everyone else...
Hey guys. So I'm going to dedicate this comment to just vent a couple of things to you. Don't worry though, you won't be reading this for no reason (those of you who are actually reading this) because everything I am about to say is going to pertain to why, for the most part, I'm taking so long to get out the next chapter of The Northern Winds.
To start things off I will say with the utmost confidence that this story will be complete one day. That is for sure. I have the determination in my mind that it will happen I mean I still have the plot all written out in detail and this is one of my most prized prices to me. I even took time to stop and draw up some cover art for it because I was excited for how epic it would turn out. The only problem is that I feel like I lost my drive to do it. I think this has a reason though, and I think that reason is overral homesickness.
Let's face it, the transition from childhood to adulthood is one of the harder ones. It's even harder when you feel like you were ripped from your previous life and thrown into another at the blink of an eye. It is what I asked for when I signed up though. Once I was in and I started learning how everything worked around here I started realizing that I won't be seeing my childhood friends and family for a really long time. Who knows if I'll ever see them again. It makes me sad and regretful because at the same time I miss them I regret not doing certain things with them (put in a more simple way, I wish I spent more time with them). Only once I started realizing that I won't be able to see them at all anymore made me want to spend more time with them and when I did I felt happy. Shortly after I discovered that I should be spending more time with friends and family and less time by myself I was taken out of my childhood and dropped in the Marine Corps where, although I have people I consider friends, it just isn't the same anymore. I live life with constant regret at how much of my childhood I wasted staying locked up in my house away from my family.
For the most part thanks to those of you who actually read what's going on in my life but now that that's over I would like to happily announce that the next chapter is coming along slowly but surely. Some of you might be saying "What happened to the rush you told us you would be doing" or "You always say that but I still don't see any results. Your story is dead." To that I have to say yes I'm sorry for misleading you however I did not take into account how hard it has been to give it a spot in my schedule like I did in the civilian world and how hard it would for me to get back into the zone. I am finally finding time to sit down and try to focus on writing. It is hard with so much happening around here at certain times. I have been able to get out a max of 100 words per session hopefully to increase as I ease myself back into it so I don't disrupt the writing style. Bootcamp does a lot to you.
Long story short the story progress is starting to slowly pick up speed. No estimated times of completion will be given just know that I am doing my absolute best to see this story completed.
Thank you for your time.
Update: Chapter 6: A Rainbow In The Dark is probably over halfway complete. I say "probably" because I'm coming up on my target word count and I don't know if the content is going to go over that target or not.
5904805 huh this looks intresting.....(looks at title and tags) wait tragedy tag...... ohhhhhh no.. nononononononono i don't take tragedy stories well if you wish for me to read this Which i really want to) plz tell me the main 6 will live through this story ....or at least twilight plz pm me the answers if you dont want to reveal spoilers to your fans
6850699 if the definition of tragedy is someone has to die or suffer a painful death then I should probably consider removing that tag. No main characters will be dieing. The tragedy I had in mind was more along the lines of mass destruction because of a feirce end game battle. Please tell me if you think I should remove that or not and thanks for helping me make this story the best it can be.
6851247 No no thats fine its counts as tragedy but a lot of people treet that tag as warning that one of the main charecters is going to die thanks for replying by the way
6851484 No problem.
I hope you enjoy the story as much as I enjoy writing it. 
If it seems like I'm dead or mia its just cause the Corps got me working hard. If you see any other errors don't be afraid to pm me. Just remember none of the chapters have gone through peer editing yet. Just haven't had the time and the people who say they are going to help don't end up helping in the end. 
Any and all help is appreciated though. 
well ominous voice is ominous
yeeeeeah creppy magic stalker is creepy
6851247 hey when you said mass destruction did you meen as in all of equestria or just around what im going to assume is an old kingdom
also its windigos isnt it
On the cover art, what is that weird thing around Twilight's eye?
7224924 Protective goggles to keep the snow from obstructing her eyes. I know it's not the best of drawings but I'm not the best of artists.
7240887 Thank you very much. I plan on making an illustration for each of the chapters when I don't have much on my agenda. If you want me to make you one I can try. But the keyword is try. If anything I'll just get some concept art going. I can't really take requests because for some reason my art just happens, I don't control it. This was the best guided picture I could come by. I hope you enjoy the story just as much as I enjoy writing it.
I used the app "Sketchbook" with a stylus.
That was amazing!
Sequel?
7507781 Yes sir. It's going to be called The Flames of War. I'll try to get it started sometime soon. For the most part I've been working on writing while I'm on duty.
7507917 Knowing your stories, I think I am gonna love it already.
7508324 Thanks man. You don't know how much that comment means to me as an author.
Hmm, interesting. While I do feel that some sentences could have been worded better, the intriguing plot more than makes up for it.
7512274 Like I've stated in the author's notes, my focus has been more on getting the story done than going back through and finding my mistakes. I am still trying to find the story an editor but nobody's picking it up. If you want to correct some stuff I'll give you credit in the special thanks. It would be greatly appreciated.
and shield her face due to the brightness. How did she shield her face?
and shield her face with one of her enormous wings due to the brightness.
The princess summoned them her last night.
The princess summoned them to come here last night.