Cold, all I felt. Ice all I tasted. Tumbling, all I heard.

In a few moments, vision came back to me and I saw myself in some cold block that was ice tumbling down a hill covered in snow as I suddenly hit grass at the bottom of my tumble and the ice prison block that was my home shattered into big blocks.

I was left shivering as I drew to my feet, I was always strong and full of endurance.

I examined my surroundings and saw I was in some warm area with crystal buildings and a palace of some sort far from me. I quickly ran toward it.

I'm Lightning Shot, a unicorn advanced in the magic of combat. People said I was always the strongest in will and in physical condition. That's all I remember about me now. I want to find all I can about this weird world and I intend to do so.

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Upon my arrival, all the ponies had crystal bodies and I soon felt more lonely then I had all those hundreds of years I spent frozen.

'I want to remember...who I was, what my role was, what I need to do, and what happened to me.'

I walked to a random crystal pony and I immediately caught their attention.

"Pardon me, but what is this place and what can you tell me about it?" I questioned and their expression grew to a smile.

"Why this is the Crystal Empire, ruled by Princess Mi Amore Cadenza or Princess Cadence as she wants to be called and she is married to the captain of the royal guard in Canterlot, Shining Armor, Twilight Sparkle's brother." She said with enthusiasm and pointed to the huge four legged palace standing in the center of the empire," That is the Crystal Palace where Princess Cadence and Shining Armor reside. You should head over there if you need to know more information. Good day!" They finished their small speech.

"Thank you, Ma'am." I said before I ran with great speed and some of the crystal ponies looked at me with astonishment at my speed.

I quickly reached the palace, out of breath and approached a guard in golden armor with a gray coat of fur.

"How may I help you?"

"I require a chat with Princess Cadence, please." I replied.

"She is not to be bothered right now." He said with a stern voice.

'No, don't give up.' I reassured myself and let my determination flow.

"You don't understand, I need a lot of help, I can't remember where I'm from or who I am. I NEED to see them. I need to remember." I said with determination and unneeded anger that seemed to put a tiny amount of fear in him.

"Still, you are not allowed to see her, nopony is." He said with a force filled tone.

"Then maybe I can change your mind." I acted before thinking and charged my horn. Static gathered around it and sparks flew, making some crystal ponies around us observe the scene and the guard's face changed to astonishment before changing back to his dead emotion.

"Now, we ought to take you to her and find out about you and deal with this outbreak." He said and put some cuffed instrument on my horn and chained my leg to his. He started to move into the palace.

I realized my magic was useless from the cone shaped object on my horn that was locked securely. I then smiled, I was going to find out about myself and what happened if Cadence knew.

A long walk later, I was in a lounge room with some fireplace lit and saw a pink alicorn on a couch with a purple, yellow, and pink mane that was brushed neatly.

"Your Highness, a strange unicorn has caused a ruckus in the streets and we find him to be off from anything we have seen. I have brought him to you for examination and identification." The guard said and who I assumed to be Princess Cadence turned around and looked at me with a smile.

"Take the magic absorber off his horn and unchain him, then leave." She said and kept smiling.

"As you wish, your Highness." The guard said and removed the chain then the thing on my horn before leaving. I faced the Princess with a puzzling look.

"Now, what did he mean by 'strange'?" She asked in some sort of soothing voice.

"I think he meant my horn..." I said and charged my horn making the small lightning bolts race along it.

"That is odd. Where are you from?" She asked and I stopped charging my horn.

"I don't know, all I know is my magic and that I was frozen and my name is Lightning Shot." I said with some depression.

"I might know some people who can help, but I'm not able to come with you at the moment," she said and handed me a map and compass,"head to Ponyville, south of here and Canterlot. Look for a library and see Twilight, she might be able to help you." Cadence said.

"Thank you and farewell." I said and opened a window to which she was puzzled. I studied the detil of Ponyville and checked the compass for south before setting the objects on the floor.

"Bye..." she said in wonderment as to what I was doing.

I charged my horn and quickly used my Voltage Velocity spell. I turned into a high speeding bolt that went through the air charges. I started to use the charges that led me south and I was traveling quite fast. I passed over the Crystal Empire and ponies were staring up at me with amazement and fear, some even ran.

In a few minutes, I was out of the Crystal Empire and built my speed up to go faster than the wind around me. I quickly passed over another city that was built into the side of a mountain and I saw guards look up and rapidly head toward the castle, most likely thinking I was a bad omen or something like that.

A short moment later, I arrived above Ponyville and took air charge routes that drove me out into the outskirts. I hit the ground and became my normal self again.

I quickly ran into Ponyville, eager to discover who I am and what happened that caused me to be frozen.

'I must know...I must!'

I ran into the town and everypony stared at me wondering why I had such a ruffled mane and tail as well as a more stern and angular face than other stallions. I ignored them and kept running until I found a sign that gave hint of a library. I stopped running right in front of it and knocked on it with haste.

"Can I help you?" A small purple dragon with green fins and a green belly answered the door. I quickly got ready to fight without showing it.

"I am requesting the assistance of Twilight, is she here?" I asked being cautious.

"Twilight it's for you!" The small dragon called and left the door as a lavender unicorn with a matching mane and tail that held a pink stripe in it. I assumed this is Twilight.

"How may I help you?" She asked.

"Princess Cadence sent me down here to see if you could help me remember who I am." I answered and she beamed.

"Princess Cadence!? Then please come in and have a seat." Twilight said and I came in and sat on the couch to which she followed after and did the same, I didn't see the dragon anywhere, so I relaxed.

"So...what did you mean by you don't remember who you are?" She asked.

"All I remember is that my name is Lightning Shot, my magic, and that I was frozen in ice for hundreds of years." I said and her face changed to that of sympathy.

"I'm so sorry to hear that. I might have a book that helps..." she said and started floating books with her magic. The books and her horn glowed lavender.

"Your magic....its not...like mine." I said and stopped once she got a book on ancient history that was thicker than the table surface in front of us.

"Here we are. Now what were you saying?" She asked. She was obviously too focused on finding a book. She put all the other books back using her magic.

"Your magic is different than mine." I repeated.

"What do you mean? All unicorns have the same magic." She stated with intelligence.

I charged my horn and electric waves of static rippled over it. Her mouth hung open.

"Wha..." She couldn't believe what she saw.

I started to look through the book myself and saw chapter names. The book was titled Villages in the Time of the Two sisters.

"Elementis..." I said one of the village names with wonderment and I got a headache. I clutched my hoof to my forehead.

"What's wrong?!" Twilight asked worried.

"My village...there were more like me....but they had leaves, rocks, ice, water, fire, wind, and other nature elements around their horns that symbolized their magic. Elementis is my village." I said and my head stopped hurting. I quickly used my magic on the book and static rippled over the pages, but didn't harm the book as it flipped to the page that had information about my village.

Author's Note

And so it begins, this epic tale. Enjoy the ride!

Sorry if there are some messups, but I was half asleep when I proofread.