Finally... · 6:52pm May 8th, 2014
I'm going to post it as soon as there'll be enough people on fimfiction, but the long wait is over...
I also have the first AKD sidestory in works (about 6k words so far). The Nest is a prequel that takes place 9 years before the events of AKD, featuring some characters that either appear in the main story, or somehow influenced the characters from it. A few short previews:
“Exactly,” Spitfire agreed. “And Dash was an annoying whippersnapper and now she is even more annoying whippersnapper. She’s, like, sixteen or seventeen and thinks she can become a Wonderbolt? She’ll be a Wonderbolt when I’ll be a captain…”
“Yeah, and I’ll be your second-in-command…” Fleetfoot laughed. She drank from the cup and gave it to Spitfire, who approached the booze more carefully this time.
“You, Anführerin der Wonderbolts?” Albtraum snickered. “Nightmare Moon will come back before it happens…”
“Hmm, it seems that this place is populated by antlions,” Whirlwind observed. “For those of you who lived in Cloudsdale for the whole life, an antlion larva is usually a half of an inch long. Those here are, judging by the size of the pit, approximately–”
“Do me a favour,” Albtraum said, “and shut up. Somefing is wrong… Drones, even wounded, usually don’t walk alone… Zey are quite sociable.”
Suddenly, they heard buzzing of at least a hundred of insect-like wings above them.
“Scheisse,” Albtraum deadpanned.
