mylittlejamjar | We Went To the Land Of the Ice and Snow

[The scroll flickers on to show nothing but white. Distantly, beneath a blowing wind, the sounds of whirling propellers and hard work press faintly through. Then crunching -- the unmistakable sound of hooves compressing snow.]

Aww, crap.

[The viewpoint jerks up to reveal the Overlord, snow spotting his coat but not his fiery mane, as he stands in the midst of a swirling blizzard. In the distance, barely visible, his minion horde marches off the airship he'd long ago stolen for Talk Like A Pirate Day and... neglected to return.]

Who the hell designs a magic scroll that's so easy to accidentally turn on?

Hmph. Looks like the cat's out of the bag. [Smirking, the Overlord sweeps a hoof out as he turns the scroll to reveal great mounds of snow lumping up across an otherwise featureless plain. Closer inspection shows that these lumps are in fact ruins, crumbled buildings in various states of decay.]

Stalliongrad. The site of an ancient battle between ponies and windigos, and if Princess Celestia's dreams are anything to go on, the Frozen Fire of Friendship just might be here somewhere. Once I find it, I'll have all the power of ice and snow that the windigos have... and then Equestria will either be mine, or a frozen hell of ponies in ice blocks, trapped and wishing their Princesses had surrendered instead of condemning them! Hyaaa ha ha ha ha!

[Zetta flicks his tail at the scroll as he turns to match towards the ruins, shutting it off.]

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How would we know where you were apart from 'somewhere with snow'?

[Why is she trying to coach him on villainy? There's something wrong here.]

Princess Celestia can put two and two together, duh.

Probably would have taken her a bit if she didn't see it right away. And in the meanwhile, we'd be none the wiser. Just wondering what the hell was going on.

Far be it from me to speak praise of an enemy, but this time I think you're the one underestimating Celestia. This world isn't exactly so full of ancient all-powerful magical artifacts that she's gonna have a long, hard day of thinking about which snow-buried one I'm after.

[Donna rolls her eyes. They're getting nowhere here and she shouldn't even be trying to help him plot better.]

You're still missing the possibility that she might not have been looking at her scroll just now. Or you could've just left your scroll where it had fallen and we'd just have a view of the snow. Anyway, I've got things to do. So. Ta!

[She rolls up her scroll and goes to start preparing.]

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