Hello everypony Silvermoon here and in honor of the eclipse I bring to you a small bit from the next book of The Everfree Files

WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD

Book 2: Forever Eclipse

(This is a work in progress and is a small edited portion of the rough draft)

I felt glass slash my skin as I flew through a window, my rifle hitting the hard concrete floor below. I felt excruciating pain flow through me as I hit my head on an old wooden table and my body bounced on the concrete,

'lets never do that again,' I thought to myself, a groan escaping my lips as I forced myself back on to my hooves.

I levitated my rifle in front of me, the shoulder sling swaying left and right as I ran and jumped through the window I just flew into,

"Alright bastard lets see how you handle hollow points," I said as I ripped open a velcro pocket and levitated a magazine towards my gun, pushing a button that released the original mag that fell to the dirt, I thrust the new magazine into the slot and cocked my rifle. I took a breath and pushed the butt of the rifle against my left shoulder and tilted my head to look through the ACOG sight,

"OI LONGBOLT, YOU JUST GONNA SIT THERE LIKE A BLOODY STATUE OR ARE YA GONNA SHOOT THE THING!" Pip yelled as he shot his modified blunderbuss into the creature.

I stared through the sight and pulled the trigger, three bullets leaving the barrel and flying towards the bear, each one a little higher than the one before. I watched each bullet pierce the bear's armored shoulder closest to me making it roar and stand on its hind legs. I smiled and aimed down the sights once more, the dot now trained on the neck, I fired and let the recoil lead my shots towards its head, the roar cutting off as it fell to the ground with a loud thud. I sighed and clicked the safety on my gun before letting the barrel aim towards the ground,

"Maybe next time don't give it a chance to call for reinforcements ya bloody idiot," the stallion said as he pulled his red bandana off his neck and rubbed his forehead.

"Bears don't travel in groups often especially not now," I said stepping closer to the mutated creature, a pool of blood already surrounding it.

The bear was twice the size of an average bear, its six paws twice the size of my head. I checked its vitals to make sure it was dead before stepping away and sitting down next to the brown and white pony. We rested against a fountain, moss covered the whole thing and only puddles remained inside it. I looked around at what used to be Las Pegasus, skyscrapers and smaller buildings were rotting, covered in moss and trees, holes in some of the others, it looked like a war zone, but there hadn't been one, just the battle between ponymade material and the Everfree Forest. Pip looked at me,

"Anything from HQ or Scootaloo," I shook my head and looked at my radio,

"Not yet, but Scootaloo knows where the rendezvous is at...plus she has Applebloom with her and nothing stops those two," I told him with fake confidence.

Truth was, I was worried, you never knew what could go wrong out here, anything could happen and those worries were doubled after the Forever Eclipse showed up seven months ago and made the Forest stir. New creatures formed from it and everything became much more dangerous, new storms, new flora and fauna, and finally the darkness. We were lucky to be in Las Pegasus where back up generators still powered up some of the city, but most of it was dark or just pitch black,

"Yeah you're probably right, anyways-" he stood up and clicked his Blunderbuss back to his side, the trigger in front of his muzzle,

"-we should get moving before anymore unwanted guests arrive," he held out a hoof to help me up.

I smirked and took it using his weight to help me up as he pulled,

"Agreed," I said as we started our way to our rendezvous, F and F casino.

End Preview

Alright so there is your preview of the next book in the series, that won't be out for awhile but maybe sometime next year...I may be stretching it, anyways feel free to check out what I have out of Book 1 on my FIMfiction, its on my profile. Otherwise I hope you enjoyed this little peek and I will see you in my next blog...This is Silvermoon signing off...PEACE OUT!