Frozen Soul

  Frostbite woke up refreshed, having to have actually slept in a bed instead of on the ground. He attempted to get up, only to end up rolling on to the floor with a thud. Picking himself up, he groggily walked over to the stairs where he took a moment to get his bearings, then trotted down the stairs and headed over to where Twilight and Spike were having breakfast. Twilight took notice of him and waved Frostbite over to the table.

  “Hey Frostbite, have a good sleep?” Twilight asked before taking a bite out of her pancakes.

  “Best sleep I’ve had in a long time,” Frostbite replied, yawning.

  “Glad to hear. Have a seat,” Twilight said before getting a stack of pancakes for Frostbite.

  “Well, I don’t think I’ve had a proper breakfast for a while,” Frostbite said as he sat down at the table with Spike.

  “Well, here you go,” Twilight said as she put down a plate with a small stack of pancakes in front of Frostbite along with a fork. Frostbite picked up the fork and began eating slowly. They sat in silence for a moment before Twilight asked a question she forgot to ask the day before. “Hey, Frostbite, what was your life like if you can remember?”

  “I actually remember fine. But to be honest, it was pretty simple, just survive.”

  “Survive? Did you live in the wilderness or something?”

  “You could say that.”

  Twilight looked at him curiously, pondering about what he meant. After a moment, she brushed off the thought then went back to eating. After breakfast, Frostbite went over to where his belongings had been placed to check if anything was misplaced. Nothing seemed to be out of place. He checked all the magazines to make sure that the bullets weren’t missing. All ammunition accounted for. He then checked for his knife, after being unable to locate it, he remembered that Twilight was holding onto the knife.

  Frostbite went to sit down on the couch to mess with the mechanism on his USP .45. Twilight took notice after a few minutes. “Hey, you aren’t going to go outside?”

  “Not in the mood,” Frostbite replied while continuing to fool with the parts.

  “You don’t seem to be in the mood for anything,” Twilight said, taking note of the day before.

  “Well, I just don’t feel like doing anything.”

  “You need to do other things than sitting around.”

  “Like what?”

  “Well, you could go meet other ponies in Ponyville.”

  “And if they don’t like me?”

  “Oh, don’t worry about that. I’m pretty sure that somepony would like you.”

  “Sure,” Frostbite said drearily. Soon, the two were outside heading for Sugar Cube Corner. After they reached their destination, Twilight let Frostbite enter first. “Why am I going in first?”

  “Just go,” Twilight replied, ready to push Frostbite in if she needed.

  “Fine,” Frostbite said as he trudged through the doorway. As soon as he entered, the lights clicked on and soon he was standing in front of what looked like half the town.

  “SURPRISE!” Pinkie Pie screamed at the top of her lungs.

  Frostbite stood there, dumbfounded. Soon he regained his senses and looked at Twilight with unamused eyes. Twilight responded with a sheepish smile. “Really?” Frostbite asked sternly.

  “Well, I didn’t say she couldn’t throw you a party,” Twilight replied hesitantly.

  Frostbite looked back to the crowd when Pinkie decided to start the party. “LET”S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!” Pinkie yelled, as Frostbite wondered if she could scream any louder as he rubbed his ears. Later during the party, Frostbite saw a group of Pegasus ponies talking. He then saw that the mare from yesterday was among them.

Small world, eh?

  Then, a stallion with a Mohawk took notice of Frostbite, who nudged the mare before directing her attention towards Frostbite. The mare caught eye of Frostbite and nervously looked back at the other stallion, who seemed to want her to go over to Frostbite. He caught on what was happening quickly and turned to leave the group alone.

  “Hey,” Frostbite turned around and saw that the mare was walking up towards him.

  “Hey,” Frostbite replied emotionlessly.

  “Err, I never really got your name,” she said sheepishly, attempting to start a conversation.

  “Name’s Frostbite,” Frostbite answered.

  “Nice name, mines Cloudchaser. Welcome to Ponyville,” Cloudchaser said, holding out her hoof, which Frostbite shook.

  Rainbow Dash looked at the two from a distance, snickering. Rarity looked at her friend, wondering why she was attempting to hide her laughter. “Rainbow Dash, darling, whatever are you laughing at?”

  “Look over there,” Rainbow dash replied, pointing to where Frostbite and Cloudchaser were standing.

  “Oh,” was all Rarity could say, “He really should have seen me before attending the party.”

  Cloudchaser attempted to keep the conversation going, only to have Frostbite try to leave several times. “Look Cloudchaser, it was nice meeting you, but can I just go?” He was answered with silence. He attempts to walk away, only for Cloudchaser to follow.

  “Not much of a talker, huh?” Cloudchaser said as she walked beside him.

  Silence

  “Well, I’ll just be heading back to my friends, I’ll be happy to introduce you to them,” Cloudchaser said smiling.

  “Alright,” Frostbite said boringly.

  The two walked over to where two other pegasi were talking when they took notice of the pair walking over towards them. “Hey guys, this is Frostbite,” Cloudchaser said to her friends.

  “Nice to meet you Frostbite, I’m Flitter,” the mare with the large head bow said as she shook hooves with Frostbite.

  “I’m Thunderlane,” the other stallion said to Frostbite. “I see that you’ve met Cloudchaser.”

  “I can see that,” Frostbite said under his breath. He swore he could hear Flitter giggling.

  “Hey, why are you wearing that heavy vest?” Flitter asked curiously.

  “Why is everypony asking about my vest!?” Frostbite asked loudly.

  “Well, it’s not exactly a kind of vest ponies would be wearing around,” Flitter explained.

  “Alright, it was nice meeting you three but I really should be going. Besides, I’m not exactly in the mood to talk,” Frostbite said as he left quickly.

  “Hey, wait up!” Cloudchaser said as she tried to follow, only for Frostbite to accidently slam the door in her face.

  Rainbow Dash and Rarity looked at the door, dumbfounded. “Well that escalated quickly,” Rainbow Dash said to Rarity, as they walked over to their friends.