Letters From a Little Princess Monster Progress · 4:58am Jun 13th, 2023
Next to last chapter in Letters is done to the editing stage. I know some people may be a little behind on the story, so I thought I'd give you a peek at the peace and harmony that little Monster has brought to her new friends.
“Thank you, Green Grass, was it?” Shining Armor’s eyes flickered sideways to catch Trixie just staggering to her hooves. “I understand congratulations are in order for you, also.”
“They are?” The skinny green stallion looked around the room with his gaze briefly resting on the newest Equestrian princess and her mother curled up around her, then back at a very tired-looking prince.
“Doofus means me,” grumbled Trixie, who managed to stagger closer and get a better grip on the thankfully flat floor under her. “Still didn’t get that wedding night, but it will have to wait.”
“Oh. Right. Wedding.” Green Grass gave a guilty glance out into the sparkling city where the airship sat smoking in the street. It was alliterative, but not much help in describing his ‘wife’ to his wife.
“Nopony found the Crystal Heart yet,” said Trixie. “I bumped into Spike on the way up here and I sent him to find the children. Nothing’s blown up yet, so they must be having the same luck we are.”
“Um… Crystal Heart?” asked Green Grass.
“It’s the only thing we can find that will stop King Sombra,” said Trixie. “I hope.”
“Uh…”
“Big gloomy unicorn,” said Trixie at his obvious bafflement. “Dragged the entire Crystal Empire into shadow for the last thousand years. He’s still around somewhere, but all we’ve seen is shadows and this spooky voice at the worst times.”
“Chrrrryyyysstaaaaalllsssss…” moaned the wind.
“Yeah, like that,” muttered Trixie as Green Grass backed up against the wall and trembled. “Poser. No sense of drama. A real king would make their entry with a splash.”
“CITIZENS OF STORMSPIRE!” bellowed the immense dragon swooping down on the city. “NO MORE WILL YOU SUFFER UNDER THE YOKE OF THE STORM KING. BEHOLD, YOUR NEW LEADER, TEMPEST SHADOW!”
Lightning stabbed down from the clouded sky, smashing into the golden dome of the Storm King and blasting chunks of granite in all directions, over and over with each stroke becoming stronger until one last blast scattered the pulverized wreckage all over the city. Riding on the neck of the battered dragon, Tempest Shadow threw one last bolt of lightning into the Storm King’s private airship, burning the banner bearing his mark into ashes and sending the huge craft plummeting into the fortress.
Behind her, ranks of airships and flying creatures of all types descended at her command, some that Tempest had brought with her, and others who had turned against the Storm King the moment they came into view. Burning defense towers cast a low haze across the city, concealing the darting dives of griffons and pegasi who struck at isolated groups of Storm King guards. They were led by the son of the Emperor himself, taking groups of Royal Guards into close combat with the yeti Stormguards, or screeching into the dark smoke with Gilda at his side to tear and rip fierce wyverns from the sky.
The dragon only hesitated a moment at the top of the wrecked building to let Tempest leap off his neck before he swooped back out into the fight, headed to one of the Storm King zeppelins which had been providing their invasion such trouble. The griffon emperor landed right beside Tempest, scattering a few pieces of smoldering wreckage as he glared around the empty area, then straightened back up with a sideways glance at his co-rebel.
“Nice entrance.”
“Need to work on the dialogue, but the dragon helps the presentation,” said Tempest. “Now that we’re through the outer defenses, let’s go find Stormy and kick his ass.”
“I could think of no better way to die,” growled the huge griffon. “Onward!”
(Obligatory meme reference)
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Dang! You beat me to it!
I'm so looking forward to this. I miss Monster!!!
Oh, this will be glorious on multiple fronts. Very much looking forward to it.
I've been waiting for so long. But it's almost here.
I am saddened by the lack of Doom reference where you could so easily have made one, there.
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I should really elaborate; I am also sitting here with a huge grin on my face in anticipation of more Monster shenanigans
PS: and in case you missed it, I gave Equestria: 1940 a readthrough, with the occasional corrections at the end of my chapter comments
I T ' S A L I V E ! ! !