Chapter 1

Chapter 1 –The Send off

"Violet has something planned?" A hint of confusion comes to Bell's face as he swings his gaze between the mare that now hoovers the light purple satchel from the ground and up to her hoof.

Before Sparky or Violet can answer the unicorn his confusion has turned to an amusing laugh as he speaks up, "Oh great, the filly has something planned... Well that's it guys were going to be dragged to dress shop or to get our mane done." Bell gives an overzealous sigh as he waits for one of his friends to agree with him.

However Sparky rolls his eyes and Violet pays no attention to the stallion's pointless comment. Futty does speak up though, as a playful chuckle runs to the unicorn, "Sorry Bell, Violet is the one with something planned...We'll have to do your things later." The heavier stallion leans to his friend as he jokingly pats to his ruffed sand brown mane with his boot covered hoof, "...Although the part you talked about getting are mane done did sound nice..." He holds a sly smile to his friend as he continues, "Maybe you can take me next time we can do tha-..."

The stallion's sentence is cut short as Bell pushes him from his side, "I wasn't the one suggesting that, it was a joke."

Another slightly louder laugh comes to the tan stallion as he stumbles to get his balance, "Sure Bella."

Bell's eyes widen as his voice spikes up, "Don't call me Bella! Fatty!"

The comment has no affect to the earth stallion as he just blows to the comment, "Pff, I can diet. You, well you can't change the fact your parents expected a filly."

Violet's horn holds a light blue color as a small vile of a blueish substance floats next to her from the satchel that now rest against the rock again. Despite the fact Violet has what she wanted she just trots next to Sparky as the two ponies continue to watch their friends go back and forth.

"...They didn't expect a filly, they thought they were having twins." Bell's tone holds his annoyance as he impatiently waits for the tan stallion to respond.

However, Bell's tone doesn't change the laughing stallion's response though as he continues to speak up, "Ya ya, but it's still-..."

Futty's voice is cut off as a light blue hold comes around his mouth, to the sign of the magic Bell rings out with a laugh, "HA! See even the filly thinks y-...MMmff."

The same magic binding comes to Bell's mouth as the two stallions turn to the light purple mare whose horn now glows a little brighter.

The silence brought on from Violet's magic only last for a moment or two as her horn sparks up and the magical binding pops from the two stallion's snouts. As it does Bell speaks up, "Ugh.." He points his hoof to Violet as he continues, "...How come you did that spell on us but not Sparky?"

Sparky gets a little smile to the comment as he rings a little chuckle out, "Because I wasn't tal-.pff-.." His sentence falls flat of any real meaning as a light purple glow comes to his snout, to the glow the light orange pegasus turns his gaze to Violet. But she only gives a little smile to his confusion followed by a quick tap to her mouth with her right hoof.

"Alright Violet, what do you have to show us?" Futty's voice turns the young mare's head and the binding to the light orange pegasus's mouth comes undone as Violet straightened her posture and floats the vile to get everypony's attention.

Sparky stares to the blueish vile for a moment as he squints to it, "Isn't that the spell you've been working on?"

Violet nods her head as she hooves out a response.

A smile comes to the stallion's face as he speaks u, "Oh, cool you were able to duplicate it."

Violet again nods her head, but she doesn't bring her hooves up again instead she uncaps the vile and tilts it into her mouth as she quickly downs the spell.

The three stallions around her both just stare to the action in silence as Bell voices what they're all thinking, "Isn't Celestia's mane in that?!"

The taste of the liquid makes Violet cringe but she shrugs the comment off as she gives a simple nod. "Ew.." Bell squints too the vile as it floats over to sit atop her satchel.

As the vile comes to rest Violet turns her attention to focusing on the spell she supposedly just drank. Sparky trots to where his two friends stand, all the while with Bell's voice hammering to him, "So what spell was this again? Because if it doesn't work Violet's officially eaten something more disgusting then Futty."

"It's a Windigo spell..." Sparky cuts his sentence short as he just watches the light purple mare now closing her eyes as. Her horn has taken on a brighter blue glow and it's magical chime has completely take over any other sound that runs through the grassy and snowy field outside of Ponyville that they stand in.

The glow of her horn continues to get louder as a strange light blue lines of light start to shoot from the mare's horn.

To the louder sounding and more visible magic the three stallions take an extra step back, however their withdrawal is cut short as a loud popping chime of magic shoots from the mare's horn. The immediate area around the four ponies becomes encased in a light blue aura, Violet struggles to push through the spell as she jerks her head up as high as she can.

Her motion sends a bolt of cracking magic up and into the sky, however following the crack of magic is a loud pony like whiny.

Above the rim of blue swirling magic that has formed around the four ponies a bright light blue and white looking tall and long pony like creature, however unlike a pony it's back legs look to be nothing more than a ghostly cloud wisp.

The loud whinny again runs from the Windigo, this time louder as it calls into the circle of blue and light white magic.

Violet's horn has stopped glowing and she's now mixed with emotions of success and realization to the fact her magic no longer is attached to the ghost like pony. Without a second thought she sparks her horn up towards the ghostly figure, but just as Violet's light blue magic begins to glow around the Windigo's sides it quickly dashes away. The two front long horse like legs of the creature go through a galloping motion like a normal pony; but it's the now growing ghostly trail the stems from it's bottom half that brings up any noise as the Windigo starts to circle around the top of the low ring of magic.

The light blue aura that surrounded the four ponies now turns to a bright snow like white that cuts the rest of the world from their sight, the sound of gusting wind begins to fill the four young pony's ears as Bell rings his voice out to the light purple mare that just stares ear down to what's around her, "Well do something, it's your spell!"

Violet snaps from her frozen stare as she again sparks her horn up, although instead of her magic being directed to herself and the three other ponies around her.

With a quick pop of magic the four ponies find themselves teleported just outside of the ball of swirling snow and ice. Bell and Futty both lose their balance from the abrupt change in position and eventually fall face forward into the snow below them. Sparky, doesn't lose his balance from the mare's magic he's grown use too the feeling, he still stumbles a little though.

Violet now takes on a better stance as she watches the swirling ball of snow starting to die down. And within a few moments the light blue and white looking pony begins to appear where the swirling magic once stood, Violet looks over the thing standing a little ways in front of her for a moment. It's a little smaller than what she saw in the book, but the slight bit of pride she actually summoned it holds to her as she sparks her horn up and lowers her head a little to the Windigo.

The light purple mare's stance doesn't change the Windigo's thoughts as it begins to gallop towards the four ponies.

A quick bolt of magic is sent towards the glowing pony like being, but it misses it's target as the Windigo jumps back into the sky again above the four ponies.

"You missed it!" Bell quickly brings himself to his hooves as the darker blue unicorn sparks his horn up with his own pink magic. The stallion's glowing horn quickly springs the tan stallion's hooves up as he moves himself next to were Violet and Sparky stand.

A bolt of pink magic is sent towards where the Windigo now circles above them. The bolt just barely misses the ghostly pony that slightly blends in with the cloudy sky, however the bolt of magic prompts the Windigo to send back it's own bolt of what looks like white magic.

Bell's eyes widen to the bright light that quickly approaches him, and only by luck does he get a small pink shield like magic to form above him.

The Windigo's magic slams into the wall of pink magic and explodes into a wall of fresh pure white snow that forms around were Bell stands, "COLD! Oh that cold!" Bell quickly jumps from his spot as he starts up in a crazed gallop to try and warm himself up.

Violet now turns her eyes back to ghostly looking pony as she sparks her horn up with a green glow.

The young mare follows the Windigo's circling path above her for a moment before she sends a bolt of magic towards it.

Despite the obviously more experienced and fast bolt it misses just misses the fast moving Windigo. To the missed bolt Sparky quickly takes himself from the ground as he tries his own luck in hitting the fast moving creature, the young pegasus quickly rushes through his motions as a small zap of orange magic runs from where he hoovers.

The small bolt of light hits the ghostly pony but only stuns it, however the fact that it's no longer moving is quickly used to Violet's advantage as she sends another bolt of green magic to the stunned spirit above where she stands.

A loud chime of magic emulated from where it hoovers as its figure is hit with the bolt of magic. Instead of falling back to the ground like everypony halfhearted expected the light blue and white creature explodes into a pool of icy cold water that now rains down to the two ponies that stood under it.

"WhoA!" The usually deeper voiced tan stallion beside Violet sparks his voice up in a girlish yelp as the cool water crashes over him. Even Violet who never has a problem with cold weather now shakes with her long wet mane laying in front of her face.

Sparky slowly brings himself down to the now wet grassy snow less ground as he rubs his hoof to his neck, "M-maybe I should have waited for it to not be over you two...You alright Violet?"

Violet blows her mane from her face as she gives a shifty smile and nods her head.

"Is she alright?" Futty takes a hoof forward as he shells out a teeth chattering laugh, "She likes the cold...I-I'm the one whos got Icy-Coat over here."

Bell finally starts to slow his random gallop as he trots closer to the group of ponies, "H-ha! Sssee, it is cold outside!"

A brief smile comes to Violet's face as she nods her head to the comment.

However Bell continues to talk as he points his hoof to her, "W-we should, totally d-do this to Pearl when you get back."

Futty pats his hoof to Violet's side as he speaks up, "Hey, good luck and all...But i'm going home before I freeze to death."

A weak wheezing laugh comes up from the light purple mare as she nods and starts her trot up towards her bag.

Bell copies the goodbye as he shifts his eyes between Sparky and Violet, "Y-ya, and this time d-don't get yourself almost killed."

As his comment comes to an end he gives a simple wave goodbye as he starts up a quick trot to follow after Futty.

Violet' horn sparks up in light blue glow as her and Sparky's bags float from the ground. Sparky takes his bag to his hooves as he pulls out his boots and quickly puts them on followed by a light reddish orange scarf. However as he does this he looks over the light purple mare that never usually brings along her winter stuff, "Hold a second." Sparky drops his satchel back to the ground as he quickly flaps his wings and takes himself into the sky.

The cold air his flapping wings stirred up annoys the light purple mare but she impatiently waits for a moment as she watches her friend disappear through the lay of white snow clouds above her.

For a moment the chilly winter breezes that loft through the open Ponyville field shiver the young wet mare. However the light orange pegasus quickly comes back from the clouds with a white what looks like cloud in his hold.

Sparky hoovers just a little above Violet as he holds out the fluffy white cloud towards her. For a moment she blankly stares to the cloud as she realizes it's shape, the cloud is a cloud but it's been shaped to look like some kind of cloak.

"Here, it's from the top layer of clouds so it's warm..." Sparky doesn't wait for the mare to respond to his words as he starts to ease the warm cloud creation around her, "...Sorry it doesn't really look like something, I may be able to cloud shape but no that fast....How's it feel?" Sparky holds a simple smile as he waits for the mare's hooves to come up.

The warm cloud that now sits around Violet's sides and back does little to get rid of the water that has soaked into her, but the fact that it's warm does feel nice. Violet flops her right ear down as she gives a happy smile.

"You're welcome." Sparky nods his head to the mare's motions as he turns his attention to the bag that still lays on the ground, "See you tomorrow Violet, I can't walk you home-.." Sparky's ear flicks to his own comment and his previous confidence now falters as he stutters a little, "N-not that I didn't want to walk you home, I just have to go and drop something off..Of course i'm not saying I would just have invited myself along I would have asked if you wanted me to walk you ho-..."

Violet's horn sparks up with a light blue magic as she wraps the stuttering stallion's lengthy comment up, that way she can get home and out of the cold. A friendly smile comes from Violet as she nods her head and releases the stallion's snout.

"Ya, uh bye Violet." A little laugh comes up from Sparky as he starts to bring himself further into the air.

Violet doesn't wait to watch her friend leave as she turns to walk back home.

End of chapter 1