((Incoming wall-o-text. Most of it is just review, Khenal catching up with his journal entries. The beginning and the end are new stuff, if a bit quick))
"I hate paperwork"
I sit at my desk in my office, the floor still covered in what I've decided is mud until somepony tells me otherwise.
'I really hope it's just mud.'
I'm going over the reports from the day and the attempt on Charity's life, amazed at how much can happen in just a few hours. I'm writing in a new book, freshly bought from a caravan.Khenal's Sequel, Prologue
Hello, my new book. I was going to call you just that, but if I get a third book eventually, it'll get confusing. So I'm going to call you my Sequel. I've had several other ponies read my Book, as it has important details about my past. I'd write them in you as well, but the only ones who might read you already know, my Sequel. And if they somehow manage to sneak you form my room, they likely have the skill to get my Book, though they should know that I don't take kindly to having my privacy invaded.
Anyway, I suppose I should get you up to speed, or at least tell you what has happened since I finished my Book. Schmoe, the memory eater, is very complicated. He has a convoluted plan to be reincarnated as a pony, I think, and he is in love with Friesden. Yes, a daemon is in love. Perhaps more astonishingly, she loves him back.
Ovbiously, one has to die to be reincarnated. I don't know if he manipulated the situation, or just took advantage of the work of another, but he got his chance when the export ban was violated. Charity had evidence of several ponies trading away amulets which she had expressly forbidden. I signed off their arrest, thinking the so-called smuglers would get a short jail sentence, or maybe a fine. Most got jail time, but then the jail filled. This is where I think either Schmoe or Carrot's daemon came into play, as the three remaining "smugglers" were given beatings. Two died on the scene, and Thunder Splinter certainly would have died if she wasn't rushed to the hospital.
The one to administer the beatings was Istlig, one of my guards. Naturally, Commander Starkey wasn't pleased with the guard murdering ponies in broad daylight under the guise of justice. He has since told me the details of why he was so livid, but I won't retell his past here. We set out to round up the guard, fearing the worst. We never expected Istlig himself to simply walk up to me to voice his objection of using real weapons to administer the beatings, saying that somepony might have been hurt. When I corrected him, he tried to kill himself.
With the help of Starkey, we were able to stop him, but he was possessed by Schmoe. Apparently, Schmoe knew how to possess several ponies, and I suspect that Carrot's daemon may have as well. I dared Schmoe to try to posses me, dangling my memories and power in front of him in an effort to have him in my head where I could deal with him. I was able to bind him, though I now suspect he simply let me.
A few weeks later, he escaped me. Carrot's daemon had regained control of him and was ready to wreak havoc in Glitterglen, and that apparently conflicted with Schmoe's plan. He still had some connection to Friesden, and slipped to her and unleashed his power to fight Carrot's daemon. Carrot was able to cast it out, and Schmoe dealt with it, and then demanded he be killed. I didn't understand him at the time, thinking he wanted Friesden dead. He finally said plain that he wanted himself dead, not Friesden, and I had no idea what to do. Commander Starkey, however, did. He asked me to link his and Friesden's minds, so he could handle Schmoe.
I did so, and thought he had killed Schmoe. At the time, I missed two important clues that said he was likely still alive. Firstly, the fires he had conjured didn't immediately die out. And secondly, he had left a small portion of himself behind in me. I named this new entity The Keeper, or just Keeper. It seemed to be a repository of Schmoe's memories, though it apparently can't access all of them whenever it pleases. I think that should get us to your first chapter, my Sequel.
Chapter 1
How can so many things happen in one day, my Sequel? I startled Carrot into jumping out a window and seriously injuring himself, so the Commander and I rushed him to the hospital. I ran ahead to make sure they would be ready to recieve him, but Friesden had gotten loose and attacked me. I fended her off until Starkey could get there and help subdue her. While he held her, I cast my sleep spell and we then tied her back to her bed.
In all the commotion, we didn't notice Carrot start to bleed. He shouldn't be able to bleed, my Sequel. He was basically a zombie, though a fully aware one. His heart didn't beat, but now it apparently was, and it was looking to kill him by bleeding out. Commander Starkey knows at least some basic treatment, and Keeper has medical knowledge as well. Together, we were able to stabilize Carrot.
Not long after, Dr. Bubbles came rushing in with Charity on his back. Somepony had trapped her room with a crossbow and it almost killed her. The good doctor had her well in hoof, and she's on her way to a recovery. I ordered guards in the hospital, then went to bed.
*Sigh* "There we go, it's been too long since I was able to write down my thoughts. Though now I have nothing to distract me from these papers..."
I grimace before starting to work my way through the pile. About half way though it, I bolt back to attention at what I just read.Friesden escaped restraints again, timed during changing of guard. Cryptson and Granite subdued her. She is now being held in the old well room. I am already out the door before the report has a chance to drift down to the top of the pile of paperwork.**************
Another wall of text, loving hurled at the face of everypony, courtesy of me
Speaking of walls of text, I'll be transcribing the story of Glitterglen soon for everypony to read without our various coments and out of character stuff. With all we've done, it will take a while, but I'll be doing it in chapters. I'll be uploading on over on fimfiction.net, if anypony want to see it. I'll be making small changes, mostly acting as editor to smooth out formatting and such.
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