Sands of Time

by ThiefOfLight

Rating: everyone
Tags: Random, Sad
Length: 129

The ancient life and trials of Shimmering Scarab and her band of exiles.

Shimmering Scarab, who has long ago been exiled by Their Majesties for treason, now rules her group of former disciples and other misfits. While they have managed to scrape together a rather average existence, fate has some other plans for them…..

(This is connected to a story being written by Corona Silverflame, but not so much that you wouldn't understand anything without reading that story. It also exists before Celestia. All of the stories written by us in conjuction like this are MagicalMaladies.)

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2013-12-24 18:52:52 UTC

Chapter One: The First Misfortune

        Shimmering Scarab lay on the dirt floor of her small cottage. Her fate had been planned out, and she had gotten what was coming to her. Even now, she could feel it trying to come back and use her again. It took most of her strength

She had found IT while exploring out it the deserts she was so familiar with. In one of the ordinary looking caves, she had found a scroll written entirely in hieroglyphs.

Now that you have found this tome,

Forever in madness you shall roam.

We have our deepest hold on you,

Unless what you are told you do.

There are more of my kind that you must find,

If you don't want them to grip your mind.