Frozen Soul

  It was several days before Frostbite was released from the hospital. He followed Cloudchaser down towards the boutique to retrieve his clothes. The two continued down the path until they were stopped by a teal unicorn who had a cutie mark of a lyre.

  “Hey there, my names Lyra,” she said as she held out a hoof.

  “Name’s Frostbite,” Frostbite replied, shaking Lyra’s hoof.

  “I heard you had this new kind of technology,” Lyra told Frostbite.

  “Yeah.”

  “Where did you get it? I need to see it.”

  “Alright,” Frostbite answered, wondering if any new greetings would be easier. The three walked until they reached the boutique. When Frostbite entered, he looked around for Rarity. He found her arranging her dresses for display in the window. “Hey, Rarity, where are my clothes?”

  Rarity looked at where Frostbite was standing and replied, “They’re on the sewing table, I was fixing the torn areas on them.”

  “Thanks,” Frostbite said as he went over to table where his clothes laid.

  “One question, what’s with the vest? It’s nearly solid.”

  “It’s meant for protection,” Frostbite replied as he struggled to get his pants on.

  “Protection?”

  “Yeah, from things flying at me that I don’t want piercing me.”

  “What is with the place you’re from? It’s sounds horrid.”

  “What do you think?” Frostbite answered, equipping the ballistic vest.

  “Well, it does sound like that,” Rarity said, trying to adjust the manikin in a perfect angle.

  As Frostbite exited, he found Cloudchaser talking with Lyra.

  “I tell you, humans are just a myth!” Cloudchaser stated.

  “No they’re not,” Lyra shot back.

  “Lyra, I’m pretty sure that if they were real, they would have shown themselves to us.”

  “They wouldn’t because they’re shy creatures.”

  Frostbite looked at the two before speaking up, “Humans? HUMANS!?” He began to laugh uncontrollably. “Humans!? Now that is ridiculous! There is no such thing as humans!” He said, still laughing.

  “Yeah there is!”

  “Prove it,” Frostbite said, finally calming down.

  “Well, umm,” Lyra stammered.

  “Can we just move along now?” Cloudchaser said impatiently.

  “Alright,” Frostbite replied, beginning to walk towards the library.

  The three trotted down the path. When they entered the library, Frostbite walked over to where his belongings were set. He pulled out the rifle, removed the magazine, than handed it off to Lyra. She examined the weapon carefully, taking note of the trigger. Finally putting down the sniper, she said “Well, it is weird.”

  “And?”

  “This handle here, a part of it looks like it’s meant for a human!”

  “You’re kidding right?”

  “Nope. And besides, how do you use it anyways? You don’t have fingers.”

  Frostbite looked straight into Lyra’s eyes and said one word, “Logic.”

  The two locked into a staring contest for several seconds. The three turned their heads towards the doo when they heard the hinges turn. They saw that Twilight had returned, and was carrying several books with her in boxes, having picked them up at the post office due to certain difficulties there. “Hey, you ponies could help me you know,” Twilight said frustrated.

  “Uh, Twilight, you’re a unicorn, I’m pretty sure you can handle a few boxes full of books,” Frostbite said casually.

  “Yeah, about that,” Twilight said, pointing towards a pile that was sitting near the path leading towards the library.

  “Great,” Frostbite said with a sigh.

  “It’s not that much,” Lyra told Frostbite.

  “I’m not even going to argue.”

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  “Is that all?” Frostbite said, popping his spine.

  “I believe so,” Twilight told him. She checked all the boxes, making sure all the books hadn’t been damaged.

  As she did so, Frostbite asked her, “Again, why did you even need our help?”

  “I wanted to see if you are willing to help some ponies out, those two are,” Twilight replied, pointing at Lyra and Cloudchaser.

  Frostbite stood still for several seconds before saying, “I’m just gonna go to Fluttershy’s house.” He walked out the library when Twilight opened her mouth to speak. He walked down to Fluttershy’s quickly. When he arrived, he knocked and waited, only for a small bunny to answer the door. “Hey, is Fluttershy home?”

  The bunny crossed his arms and shook his head. “Angel, who is it?” Fluttershy asked from inside the cottage. Angel tried to slam the door when Frostbite put his hoof out to prevent the door from closing. Fluttershy came over to door and saw Frostbite. “Oh, hi Frostbite, did you need anything?”

  “No, I just came here to see if you needed any help.”

  “Oh, sure you can lend a hand. It’s the animal’s feeding time.”

  The time they took with the chore was uneventful save for Frostbite “accidentally” falling into the river. As Frostbite went to dry off, Fluttershy went over to ask him if he could help tomorrow. “Yeah, I’m free, as long as Twilight doesn’t keep me at the library to help her sort books.”

  “Great, just be sure to be here on time or the animals might get grumpy.”

  “Alright.” Frostbite continued down the path until he got to the edge of Ponyville. He looked around town until he crashed into a cross eyed mare.

  “Sorry, I’m just in a hurry, Are you okay?” she asked, getting back on her hooves.

  “I’m fine,” Frostbite said as he got up.

  “Alright. Gotta go,” she said as she ran off to town square.

  Frostbite raised an eye brow before walking back to the library.