The Life of Autumn Frost

Twilight knocked on the door of Rarity’s boutique very frantic. Rarity opened the door and asked, “Oh hello Twilight, is there something I can help you with?”

Twilight hesitated then said, “It’s Frost, he needs help. You go get Fluttershy and I will get Applejack and Rainbow. Leave Pinkie alone because she is watching Spike for the night.”

“Okay Twilight. I will meet you back at your house with Fluttershy,” replied Rarity prepared to gallop instead of relax.

Twilight was already on her way to where she thought Rainbow Dash was around this time. The park taking a nap.

In less than a few minutes she was at Rainbow Dash’s side waking her from a tree branch. “Rainbow Dash get up. We need to help Frost.”

“Alright where is he?” she asked drearily.

“At my house but you need to go get Applejack and meet me there.”

“Got it,” said the multi-colored Pegasus Pony as she blasted off towards Sweet Apple Acres with a small rainbow following her tail.

Twilight flapped her wings a couple of times, rose into the air, and headed back to her house. I really hope he is okay. Is he psychopathic? Will I be able to help him out of this phase or is he permanently stuck like this if there is something wrong in the first place? I want answers. I made a promise to always be his friend and never let him go. By this time Twilight was at the doorstep of her house and nopony was waiting for her yet.

She unlocked the door and opened it slowly. “Hello? Frost are you okay?”

Frost was sitting across the room with his mane hanging over his head. He looked up slowly with a butcher’s knife held in his mouth, smiling ear to ear, and eyes rolled back in his head. “Oh Twilight, I could never be better since my friend is here.” He said happily under the knife.

“Well t-t-that’s good Frost, but what are you doing with a kn-knife?” Twilight said trying to match the tone of Frost.

“Oh this? I was waiting for you to get home so we could bake a cake together,” replied Frost. His eyes started to twitch and he began to trudge towards Twilight limping with his left front leg being in a cast.

Twilight panicked and started backing up towards the door not wanting to hurt her friend. The door opened and Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Rarity where behind it. Rainbow Dash yelled, “FROST STAY AWAY FROM TWILIGHT! YOU NEED TO SNAP OUT OF THIS!”

“Snap out of what Rainbow Dash? I just wanted to bake a cake with my friend. Would you like to help us?” he replied maniacally, still holding the knife and the creepy smile.

At this Rainbow Dash charged Frost at full speed. Frost spun around just as Dash was about to ram him, and slightly cut into her flank in the process. Frost licked some of the blood from the knife and said, “Dash I didn’t know that your blood could taste this good. May I have some more please?”

Rainbow Dash growing tears in her eyes shouted across the room, “WE HAVE TO GET THIS UNDER CONTROL!”

“YOU THINK RAINBOW!” Rarity shouted back frightened.

Rainbow Dash flew over Frost and he called out to her, “Now that isn’t very fair Dash. You know I can’t fly.” Some of the blood trickled down her leg and onto the floor and Frost caught it on his tongue as if it were a snowflake.

Rainbow Dash landed next to the Princess and asked, “Has he been like this since you got here?”

“Yeah. I have to find a book to help us understand what is going on with him. Do you think you can distract him while I try to find one?” Twilight replied.

“It might be difficult, but ah think we can do that for ya,” said Applejack.

“Okay so how do you suggest we distract him?” asked Rarity.

“Maybe we can pin im’ to the ground,” suggested Applejack.

“That sounds like the plan we need. If Twilight can find a spell then it will be a lot easier to cast it,” said Rainbow Dash.

“Alright so we’re gonna pin Frost to the ground b’fore he can hurt anypony else,” confirmed Applejack.

“Hey girls, I have an idea. Why don’t we play tag? I’ll be the tagger,” said Frost. He dropped the knife from his mouth, charged Applejack, hit her hard in the ribs with his right hoof making her fall over in pain and shouted, “Tag your it AJ!” then ran upstairs to his room.

“Okay,” the farm pony grunted, “Now we have a way to charge him without getting angry with us.” The ponies went upstairs to where Frost was and saw him waiting for them patiently in the pool of his vomit from earlier. Applejack charged Frost but he jumped over her and ran for the door. Applejack skid to a halt and ran back for the white eyed pony. Frost was about to get out of the room when Rainbow Dash rammed him into the wall making him fall down. Then the both of them jumped on top of Frost and pinned him to the ground.

“Oh dear, Twilight hurry up with that book!” Rarity called downstairs.

“I am doing the best I can Rarity!” Twilight called back.

“Yeah well you better hurry it up cuz he’s a lot stronger than he looks,” added Dash.

“I don’t think this is how we are supposed to play the game,” suggested Frost.

“Don’t worry Frost. Twilight will find a way to get you out of this. Won’t you Twilight?” asked Rarity standing over the smiling pony.”

“I found the book. It’s called Unusual Behavior and How to Fix it,” replied Twilight rushing into the room. She levitated the book in front of her and looked for the page that told her how to sedate psychopathic behaviors with a spell. “Here it is. Okay this spell will tell me how long we have until we lose him in his psychopathic state.” She closed her eyes, her horn lit up, and so did Frosts head. When she opened her eyes she saw the words insanity filled from Frosts hooves to his neck and the words sanity from his neck to the top of his head. She looked back in the book. “In Frost’s mind it shows that the reason he has become insane is because he know has friends and something triggered in his brain but it won’t tell me what. The book says that once the insanity in a pony reaches its maximum it is impossible to reverse and they will stay insane. We don’t have much time because the bar is climbing fast.”

“Well um does it have a cure?” asked Fluttershy.

Twilight skimmed and scanned the page desperately but could find nothing. “No,” she replied blankly. “I can’t find anything.”

“SO WHAT ARE WE JUST GOING TO HOLD HIM DOWN UNTIL HE GO’S COMPLETELY INSANE, BREAKS FREE, AND KILLS US ALL?!” Rainbow Dash shouted already knowing the answer.

“I am afraid so girls.”

The room was silent except for Frost trying to break free of Applejack and Rainbow Dash’s grip. Everypony started to sniffle and sob excluding Frost still smiling.

Finally Fluttershy spoke up and said, “I promised I would never ever let you go as a friend Autumn Frost. I never had to break a promise until today. I am so sorry Autumn Frost.” She trotted over to her lost friend tears soaking in with his coat, leaned in to his face, and kissed him on the cheek. Then she turned away and began crying intensely.

Frost’s eyes closed and his smile went away. He then seemed to jerk awake from a nightmare and looked around at the current situation. Then he asked, “Is this a bad time to speak up?”

The six ponies all looked back at him shocked with tears on their faces.

“You know that this kinda hurts with your hooves pressing me down against the floor,” Frost added.

“But… I don’t understand. You were on the brink of insanity,” said Twilight Sparkle confused just as everypony else in the room was.

“I am glad I told you that I was in trouble Twilight. You saved my life.”

“We are just glad that you’re okay,” said Rarity stealing the words out of Twilight’s mouth. Then they all helped Frost to his feet and wept together.

“I have a feeling that this isn’t going to be the only time this happens. And I am not so sure that there will be a cure next time,” said Frost behind bloody tears.

“I refuse to lose a single one of my friends this way,” stated Fluttershy. “We need to find Zecora.”