Surprise Post! - Rewritten Scene (Patreon)

Surprise!

Happy Friday!

I thought I would share with you guys a rewritten/altered scene from Chapter 18 of When Heroes Fall. This takes place when, in the final version, Midna lights the guards butts on fire when she and Ren are trying to gain access to the dungeon. I had a hard time landing on what I would have her actually do with her powers in this scene. I went back and forth between way too much and simply too little. Here is the little snippet of what came the closest to actually happening:

"Slowly, she rose to her feet, and before his very eyes the Queen of Twilight took on the appearance of a gigantic monster. A massive black head that was flat like a shield with no facial features. Strong, gangly arms. More appendages than he could count. Had Ren not known this was his friend, he would have run screaming. 

Monster-Midna growled ferociously. The guards looked over their shoulders before screaming in unison and hightailing it as far away as they could. Ren watched them go, and Midna reverted back to normal. He approached his friend cautiously as she dusted herself off, a look of shock on his young face."

I ended up deciding that fell into the category of 'way too much.' I thought it was fun, but would ultimately be too difficult to try and balance later on in the story. I imagined nearly every scenario they could find themselves in would be negated by Midna being able to take the form of a Shadow Beast. Still, I thought it would make a fun post for you guys to get a glimpse of what could have happened! I hope you found it interesting! 

Have an amazing weekend! <3