Chapters Arrival is hard ( Revised )
Arrival is hard
Life at the homing building was hard. There were always chores to be done and the small amount of free time that you would get was spent trying to catch up on chores that you hadn't finished. That is unless the "parents" didn't ever pay any attention to you. It was a rare occasion that some pony was injured or ill and the parents were actually worried. Luckily for Scootaloo, the parents never paid any attention to her no matter the cause. She never had anyone pay any attention to her because every pony felt that she was useless since she couldn't even use her wings. However, she was also ver unfortunate. While all the colts and fillies were adopted at some point, the parents had never even introduced her to the adults that came in. The couples and singles adults looking to adopt had never been introduced to Scootaloo since the parents didn't feel that she was worthy to be adopted.
There were days when Scootaloo wasn't able to get to her friends, when she was left alone, when she had no one to talk to. Scootaloo had no roommate unlike all the other fillies and colts at the home. She would sleep alone, eat alone, and do everything alone. She had no one to talk to but herself in the mirror. Everything in her life seemed pointless.
Scootaloo was laying on her bed, crying to herself about the new kinds of teasing that Silver spoon and Diamond Tiara had came up with, when the door to her room opened. Her heart started to flutter at the thought of being adopted, but was instantly put down when a teary eyed colt was brought in along with one of the parents. He had a ice blue coat with a teal mane with a whit stripe running through it. He was also a pegasus" Now listen here, were sorry that we had to put you in a room with her ," The female parent pointed a hoof at Scootaloo who was just watching on the bed," unfortunately, there is no more room anywhere else. It may be a little awkward at first, but you will get used to it." The parent seemed very assuring but gave away that she really didn't care with the tone of her voice. "I'll just leave you two to get to know each other."
After the parent had left left, the colt had found his way to one of the two beds in the room and simply laid down on it. He had brought no possessions except a heavy coat that matched his fur. After about an hour Scootaloo broke the silence,
" Whats your name?" He looked over at her for a second but soon turned back over to the wall.
" My name is Ice Drop."
" My name is Scootaloo."
Ice Drop got up from his bed and moved to the window. The cold had fogged the glass and snow flakes could be seen falling from the sky.
" Hey! you don't have a cutie mark!"
" You make that sound like a good thing."
" I wouldn't say it's a good thing but I don't have one either." Scootaloo adjusted herself so the Ice Drop could see her flank.
" So you don't. Then why do you say such things so enthusiastically."
"'cause me and my friends are in a group call the cutie mark crusaders. None of us have our cutie marks either."
" Sounds interesting. Now, if you would excuse me I am going to get out of here."
" What do you mean! You can't leave."
"Why not?"
"B-b-because i've never had anyone to talk to here."
Ice Drop pulled up on the window while looking at Scootaloo with a dull expression only to find that the window was locked from the out side." Um... d-don't worry, i'm not going to leave you here."
" Great, I want to meet all my friends. We wont be able to get out of here till tomorrow morning so we may as well get to know each other."
"That depends on what you want to know."
"Well, what do you like to do?"
" I don't know, i've lived alone since I was like, three."
" WOW, how did you do it?"
" Scavenging."
"What did you eat?"
Ice Drops words sped up "Thats not important. What time is it?"
" Its like ten o' clock, why."
" It's a good time to call it a night. Don't you think?"
"No."
"Well I do. Goodnight." With that, Ice Drop flew over to his bed and faked sleeping.
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The next morning around eight o' clock the parents walked in to wake up Ice and Scootaloo. " Wake up you two, long list of extra special chores to do." Scootaloo was already awake, being unable to sleep for ten hours straight, while Ice Drop was still fast asleep at his bed. The male parent started ringing a bell that was in his mouth and Ice Drop started to mumble and shift around in his bed.
After Ice Drop had woken up the parents left the room. He took the opportunity to plop down in his bed and get a few more hours of sleep. Scootaloo ran up to him and started to shake him with her forhooves. She found herself shivering as she made contact. " Don't touch me." Ice drop moved closer to the wall that his bed sat against.
" Hey you got to get up, I want you to meet my friends." Scootaloo inched closer and jumped up on his bed. " Get up!" Ice Drops body shot upward into Scootaloo, making direct contact with her nose.
" Don't. Do that." Scootaloo started making faces as the chill from Ice Drops body caught up with her. " Your snout will probably hurt really bad later but now that you have fully awakened me, let go meet you friends."
" One second, what ever you did to my nose is making it really cold."
" Oh ha, yeah. Like I said, don't touch me."
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Once Scootaloo had gotten all the things that she wanted to take to the clubhouse, they were ready to leave the homing building. Right out the door and snow was in piles all down the roads. Ice could be seen at the bottom and bright lights seemed to be dancing in the area around them." This is weird. Well, lets be on our way." Scootaloo was watching all the lights dance around her.
" Oh man, good thing we can fly or we would be walking through all of this." Ice drop spread his wings an started to flap when he heard Scootaloo speak up.
" Oh no, were walking."
"Why?"
"B-because I just like to walk through the snow."
"Ok. Whatever. Im not going to wade through all of this." Ice Drop took to the air above Scootaloo.
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An hour later, the duo had arrived at the club house where Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom were already waiting. Apple Bloom was the first to speak up. " Well howdy y'all. I hope you didn't tire your selves out on the way here 'cause we've got crusadin' to do." Scootaloo was panting in the corner of the room.
" She didn't want to fly here for some reason." As th
The two looked over at each other and giggled. " I'm obviously being left out of something."
Scootaloo panicked and started to make faces at the other two fillies from behind Ice Drops clearly telling them not to tell him.
Sweetie Belle took her first turn to speak," Anyway, I think it's time to get to crusading."
" I'm not going Crusading. I will get some breakfast, than i'm going back to the orphanage to go back to sleep. Ten hours of sleep, gosh, how can you ponies live like that." Ice drop took off through the window before anypony could intervene.
" So, ya haven't told him yet have ya?"
Ice scape( To be revised)
Ice scape
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Ice Drop was walking through a small confined area that seemed to be made out of star matter. The flow let off it's own radiance that seemed to make the area glow. A deep blue seemed to turn the whole area into a warm darkness that even Ice Drop could find enjoyable. The warmth was like a bonding agent that held him in place so that he could not escape.
The nearby universes could be seen in the small room. The many colors of there stars could be seen and the swirls of dust and other miscellaneous items could be seen floating around, creating clouds that devoured half of the universes that they were found in. Different colors of stars being blue, red, and yellow could be used to tell stories through the shapes that they made. All through out the plains, even when there was only darkness to be seen, stars could separate and form different shapes in the black space. Different universes would be seen any where else.
Maybe another universe that was able to have things that were different for him. Maybe, if he could find the right one, he would be able to float down to it and join his family that didn't have similar things happen to him. A universe that he didn't have to leave his home from. A home that he would have time to feel the love his family offered.
His first memory slid past him. It was the only one there at the moment. It was when his mom told him about his name. Why she named him Ice Drop. What his name was supposed to represent. A voice started playing into the field around him. It was the sound of his mom talking to him.
" You remember why I named you Ice Drop right?" Her voice was gruff, she was sick and didn't wan't to fall victim to it's only permanent outcome yet.
" Yes mama." His voice was much higher pitched at the time.
" Can you tell me?"
" Ice is supposed to represent the hardness in a persons heart, some ponies have had a really hard past and are only mean to others to cover up the darkness in their own lives. Ice is like the evil in you heart that leads you to do bad things. Ice is fragile. If you can fight it, you can break it.
" Drop is supposed to represent losing that hardness, dealing with you past is the best way to go. Not hiding from it because it always catches up to you. When someone says drop, they should think of losing that hardness that they grew up with. You should never carry such a heavy burden with you so you should not have to carry it. Just have to drop it."
His mom kissed him on his forehead. " Good job, now go tell you dad what you know so mama can get some rest, ok?"
" Ok mama."
He left the room and the memory faded from view, and Ice Drop started talking to himself. " I failed to even live up to my name. How can I call my self something so great, when I can't even live to my own. name."
Other memories started to show up near him. Some of them were from his father. One was when he returned to the room his mom was in to find that she was sleeping, very peacefully. One of the other memories of when his dad was killed just days later after his mom passed away. The day he left his home. The first time he had talked to some one after losing his parents. He started to watch the one of his father being killed.
His dad was was doing paper work from his job in his room. Ice Drop was still relatively small to what he is now. His dad was moving across the floor. He wasn't wearing his shoes like he should have been. He should have been wearing his shoes. Half-way across the room and he slipped. His head hit the box in front of his bed. Being made of ice, it just shattered into several different pieces. Ice Drop pulled out of the memory before anymore could go on.
" Thats not what happened. I created that to tell myself that it wasn't any ponies fault. I told myself a lie so many times I actually believed it. That couldn't be real anyway. I wasn't in the room, I wouldn't have a memory of this if I wasn't there."
He was immediately and violently pulled into another memory that showed his first encounter with a wild animal. It was a brown bear that wasn't to friendly. It could probably smell him, thinking he was water, only to find that he was just a pony. Ice drop tried to run away from it but couldn't. In his memory he was stuck doing whatever he did when it actually happened. He tried flying off but was halted by one of the paws of the bear striking his head and he blacked out.
There was only darkness in the star gazing room that he was originally in and Ice Drop started crying to himself. The room started changing colors from the pitch black to brighter colors. They started at a solid red, than started changing to orange to blue to orange and then purple. The colors started dimming and he could see his mom resting on what looked like a cloud made of purple cotton candy. The background started to revolve around shades of orange before it stopped at a bright orange that gave him a special kind of warmth he never felt before. His mom floated down to him on her purple cloud. She was almost in reaching distance when she vanished from him and the room went black.
He was entering the final memory. The area was his former home before he came to the homing building. Here, he had everything that he needed. Those things being ice. He was living in the mountains were he could hope that no one would find him. He could live peacefully without ponies bothering him. His heart was cold and all he wanted was to hate any pony that would bother him. His privacy was rarely invaded until a few of the earth ponies that were out hiking and found the cave he was living in. They didn't take long to leave. He had chased them off. After a few days more ponies started to come. The room faded out and left Ice Drop in the star room again.
"I was forced to leave my home. Those ponies took everything I wanted. They took me and my stuff, they took my home and my life. I still can't find myself to do more than hate them. When the ponies that take you away come, the don't care about you. They just care about getting paid to do their job. The room turned black again.
The warmth still carried with him. The room expanded in front of his eyes and the stars returned. They started creating their own swirls that led to a bright blue and white. The room again changed to someplace else. In this room their was a giant heart in the middle that had several large cracks. Anymore and it may just break. Around the room were several pillars that had pictures. They all held very unique paintings made from light hues of blue and pure whites. The one in the back of the room had colors of it's own. The picture was made of purple and orange with white and blue added in. Such different colors should never go together but the four seemed to complement each other with unique kinds of blurs that made them work.
He then noticed a pattern in the paintings. The ones at the front and back of the room were the brightest. As they went to the middle, the blue nearly turned to black and the white darkened into a more gray color. Then the pictures started to get lighter. The only picture that used color was the one that stood in the middle area. Though at the back, it still meant the most.
The heart in the middle of the room started to melt and was replaced by a portrait of his mom holding a filly to her. It was a filly that he had just met named Scootaloo. The warmth started to envelope his body further. He had never felt such a strong warmth before. It felt like a warmth from someone who actually cared for him. It was more of a warmth that you would get when you feel your truly cared for. It was the strongest were his heart would be. The room started to grow darker until it was pitch black and he awoke from his dream.
When he woke, he first opened his left eye. through this eye he could see his room. He could see his mom and a stocking that was set up with his name on it. Their was a small tree with a few ornaments on it showing some of the pictures from when he was younger. This was that wish he had made. He closed his eye and opened the right. He could see Scootaloo laying next to him looking right into his eye. She was huddled close to him. The source of warmth in the dream. She was probably why he saw purple and orange colors there.
He got what he asked. It was his choice on which reality was real and which was a dream.
When you are faced with a decision to choose between such big things what would you choose. Would you be able to keep your promise, or would a family be to big to leave behind. Which would be for the better. Who needs you more, your family, or your friend. If you are forced with decisions that are to big to decide alone, ask for help, and you will get help.
Exeptional Part 1( To be revised)
Exeptional Part 1
Ice Drop was resting on one of the buildings near the towns center. From the roof he could smell the goods that were being made from within. He could tell that this was a bakery just from all the assortments of sugary items inside. The swirls of smoke from the chimney told him that the ponies in side had a good sized fire inside and were probably spending there time inside having fun together when they were on their off time. There was probably a little filly or colt inside spending time with his parents. They were a happy family in a world that seemed all to grateful for its inhabitants and the world was so nice and pleasant. The whole world seemed to be so nice to most of the ponies that they ignore the ponies that don't live the good life and leave them to live in places that they barely manage to find or stick them in homes with parents that don't even care about them. Such as him. Even Scootaloo has had a bad life yet she seems to just push it off and have fun anyway.
Ice Drop found himself staring at the tree in the middle of town, all lifeless and bare of any decorations. " This must have been the tree that we were going to decorate." Ice Drop flew down to the base of the tree where all the decorations were. Most were in boxes that were protected from the snow while a few were scattered about and could be seen in the area. He went to collect the ordainments that had been thrown about.
He had one is his mouth and was starting to return it to the box when an adult stallion came out of the door from the house." HEY! Are you the one who did all that!"
Ice Drop dropped the ordainment in his mouth into the box. He shook his head and went back to the rest that were on the ground and picked up another one.
The stallion called back after him." Come here then." Ice Drop looked over in the stallions direction but continued on with picking up the ordainments. " Come on over here." Ice Drop still just went on to collect the ordainments and the stallion trotted over to him. " Come on in son, i'm sure you'll like it on the inside.
Ice Drop hesitated when the stallion called him son but went on with his doings." Im good."
" Are you sure, you don't look so good." Ice Drop said nothing but looked up at the stallion." Just come on in." The stallion started moving in the direction of his house and Ice Drop followed.
Once inside the house, the stallion led Ice Drop to the living room where he told Ice Drop to stay. He could see the fire that the smoke from the chimney had come from. Once the stallion had left the room, Ice Drop moved as far as he could from the fire. Here in the corner were the window was, probably the one that The stallion had seen him through. Here he couldn't feel the heat the the fire had dropped onto him.
Ice Drop was sitting on the floor when the stallion came back into the room. He looked worried for a second but saw Ice Drop in the corner and relaxed." Follow me." Ice Drop was more than happy to get out of the room and into someplace that may be cooler.
He was led into a room where three other ponies were waiting. One was probably his wife and the other two his children. Music started playing and he instantly herd a chorus of welcomes as he walked in and his two kids ran up to him trying to give him a hug. " DON"T TOUCH ME!" Ice Drops voice was herd over the the music and the parents talking. The two stopped from their escapade and the two adult looked over at him. Ice Drop shrunk back in fear. " I don't like to be touched for good reasons."
The two kids looked over at each other and started giggling. They went back at trying to hug Ice Drop and he shrunk back further from them. The boy managed to get a leg around him and instantly drew back. His leg was mostly blue from the cold that emanated from Ice Drops body. The blue leaked from his foreleg and the boy gave Ice Drop a hard look. " What did you do."
" Like I said, I don't like to be touched."
" That doesn't tell me what you did."
" It's not what I did, it's what I did."
" What does that mean!"
The male stallion stepped in on the conversation. " What happened here?"
"When I tried to hug him, he turned me to blue! TO BLUE!"
" That's what I do." Ice Drops voice dropped into a moping like sound.
" You change the color of his fur?"
Ice Drop was really slow to his answer," Yes, in a way. I really changed everything about him in that general area that he touched me with."
" You changed everything about him?"
" Pretty much."
" How did you do that?"
" Thats just what happens when you touch me. That is-."
" That is?" The stallion lifted an eye.
" It's nothing important."
" Everything that you can tell me is important."
"I-I- I need to go home. It's getting late."
" And where do you live? I would like to have a talk with you parents about your... ability."
" Where I live isn't important." Ice Drop started making his way for the door when the stallion stopped him.
" Everything, is important." Ice Drop backed up from the stallion and started looking for another escape route. The Window! He started running for the window. Once he got there he tried to open it but failed. " Ugh, another bared window. Can't believe I didn't see that." Ice Drop face hoofed.
The stallion spoke up." Did you forget to have a V- hay."
With his only way blocked, Ice Drop conceded. "I currently live at the orphanage."
The stallion looked confused." Orphanage? You mean the homing building?"
" Ya, the homing building." Ice Drop rolled his eyes.
" Are you connected to your roommate?"
Ice Drop let of a sigh." Not anymore."
" Great! I mean, what is you name?"
" My name is Ice Drop."
" Cool, Im Cotten Candy. My colts name is Sugar Candy." He pointed over to the two other ponies that had watched everything from the past few minutes. " She is Ditzy Do and her daughter Dinky Do." They waved at Ice Drop." She's been a good friend for a long time."
" Your not a family?"
"Nope."
Ditzy spoke up," He made fun of me because of my eyes when I was young."
" That's in the past."
" You still did."
"Okayyy, moving on. Ice, your free to stay here if you want or go to the homing building. I won't tell the parents about you and you turn ponies to blue problem. That will only stir trouble."
Ice Drop turned to leave but stopped at the door. " How do you know about the parents?"
" Me? I used to live there. Worst place I have ever been. Im sure you'll survive the next few days though. So, since your still here, what did you get for Hearth warming?"
" I got nothing. Neither did Scootaloo"
" YOU DIDN'T GET ANYTHING!"
"Nope. The parents ignore me and Scootaloo. We are the one's that they don't really care about."
"Bda bda. Stay there for just a second." Cotten Candy left the room in a hurry and Ditzy Do walked up to Ice Drop and poked her wing against his side before he could say anything. Ice Drop gave her a strong glare and she removed her wing from his side. It too had turned a a blue color just like Sugar Candy's foreleg.
Cotten Candy walked back into the room with a thick rope in his mouth. " I think you should take this. I know it looks intimidating but it's a lot of fun." Laying beside him was a boogie board with a dragon painted burned into the wood. The burns had been painted over to give it a higher definition and a more realistic look. The board had even been freshly waxed.
Ice Drops expression dropped into a new stunned yet sad look. " You giving that to me?"
Exceptional part 2( To be revised)
Exceptional part 2
"Your giving this to me"
Cotten Candy let off a smile that seemed to illuminate the whole room. " Yep!" Cottens smile grew even bigger.
" Thanks," Ice Drop looked down at the floor and a tear fell from his eye. Cotten Candy approached him and laid down in-front of him. He poked at him with his muzzle.
" Hey kid, everything ok?" Ice Drop sniffled and looked away from him.
" Yeah, i'm fine. I'm just going to go back to the homing building." Cotten Candy got back up and moved out of the way of Ice Drop.
" You sure you want to go?" Cotten looked slightly confused and disappointed
" Ya, i'm sure." Ice Drop moved for the door and Cotten joined him at his side. Once they had reached the front door, Cotten waved goodbye to Ice Drop and saw him take to the homing building.
....Later that day
Ice Drop and Scootaloo were talking about there past relations in their room. They had been talking it through from last of the day and decided that it be best that they don't get back together. They had stopped when they had heard the parents talking to two other adults outside the room.
" There is no reason to see inside that room. There is nothing there." The male parent was trying to sound as persuasive as possible.
" If there isn't anything there, than why don't you want us to see whats in it." The voice sounded familiar to Ice Drop but he was unable to figure it out.
" Im sorry sir, there is just nothing that you could ever possible want behind here." The bickering went on for another few minutes and the two were starting to get mad at each other.
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" Hey Scootaloo, whats going on."
" Heck if I know. Check it out." The two were giving each other weird looks before Ice thought of something better to do.
" I have a better idea." Ice Drop grabbed one of the sheets off the bed." Wrap this around you.
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The parent was almost yelling at the stallion that was trying to see behind the door when it opened. "Hey! Whats going on out here. Were busy." Scootaloo was hardly suppressing the laughs already but when she saw there faces she burst." Im sorry Ice, but I can't keep it in." Ice poked his head out of the doorway and started laughing himself. The male parent had had a blankest expression ever but started blush as he realized how he had been fooled. The female parent was still covering her eyes. The other two were just staring when Ice Drop found out who they were.
Cotten was wearing a suite over his perfect white coat and had brushed back his Pink and green hair which made his green eyes sparkle with more life that ever before. Derpy still looked like Derpy and had not bothered to Dress up at all. She actually looked disappointed that she hadn't.
" Hey Cotten. Hey Derpy." They just waved back at him as Scootaloo dropped the sheet and threw it back on the bed. "Whatcha doing?" Cotten Candy snapped out of his trance as he realized that what just happened was a prank.
" Im here to pick you up!" Cotten had one of his genuine grins going as he moved towards them.
" What about Scootaloo?" He looked over at Derpy.
"That's why she's here." Scootaloo hoped on ever to Derpy who took her up in a warm hug." Come on kid. You have a new home to go to."
" A new home? I don't know." Ice Drop looked depressed at the idea of going to another home.
" Why not? Isn't this what you wanted?"
Ice Drop hesitated before answering the question. All of his previous caretakers. What did all of them have in common? Will Cotten do the something that they all did? Will this just lead to another home that he wants to escape from? The questions flowed slower than honey in his brain and he couldn't find an answer to the questions.
"I'll take that as a yes! Were ready to go. These are the two we wanted." The parent led them to the front desk of the homing building. There were two chairs on either side of the desk and their were only a few ponies lined up to see the pictures of the ponies living there from a book on a short stand. Two couples was pointing at Scootaloo as they were clearly disappointed that she was being taken. A third and single parent was looking at Ice Drop. They both looked similar but the stallion seemed to be looking for somepony specific.
Ice Drop went to get Scootaloo attention and when they looked back there were two ponies that looked like Ice Drop. The second that had appeared looked like Ice Drop just as well. They were both standing together, seeming to admire Ice like no one else ever had.
Ice Drop walked up to them. Time felt like it stopped once he was close enough to them to physically touch them. They both lowered their heads to be level with his. The male who he could see was his father kissed the top of his head and Ice closed his eyes. The male started to talk," I am sorry for what I put you through Ice. And, I understand if you never want to see me again. Lucky you since you probably never will." Ice Drop seared.
" I see. Your leaving me again already and you've only been here for a single minute. I guess I never needed you that much anyway."
"You'll understand in the future." He opened his eyes and his father was gone. His mom started to slowly vanish from in front of him.
" He still loves you and so do I," with that she dissipated from his sight. Everything started to resume and Cotten Called him over.
The parents slid two clipboards to Cotten and said, " You'll ned to sign these to get full possession, that is, if they agree to go with you. Ice Drop will also need to sign. The same was happening next to them with Dinky and Scootaloo. Cotten signed the paper and gave it to Ice. He just lingered over it for the moment and had a lifeless look to him. He clearly wasn't getting along with the idea of having another dad very well. He reluctantly signed the papers and looked defeated.
Cotten looked thrilled. " Yay, I have a, I mean another son!" Cotten was bouncing off the floor." Hurry up. We have to pick Dinky and Sugar, who may I remind you is your new brother, up from Sugar Cube Corner!"
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They were right outside Sugar Cube Corner. It was around five O' clock and christmas was nearing it's end. Cotten opened up the door and the room was chaos. A bright pink pony was running around the room, chasing after four foals. Two were just babies while the other two were Dinky and sugar. They were all over the place and making a mess of everything. Cotten Candy went to grab sugar while Ditzy went to do the same with Dinky. They were giving them stern looks( Or as stern as Ditzy can get) and the pink pony had grabbed the two younger foals. Cotten Let sugar go and he went to go stand by Ice Drop.
" Hi Pinkie, you having a good hearths warming?"
"Yep, it's been a blast," Pinkie was slightly sweating and looked famished," I just love taking care of the cakes children. Same with yours. Their so much fun." Ice Drop went up to the winged foal. He appeared to be male. Ice tipped him with his muzzle. " Careful Ice Drop, he is a very worthy opponent." She was giving the small colt a 'fight me' look and he gave out a growling sound. Ice went back to his original spot next to Sugar.
Cotten joined back into the conversation." We must be going Pinkie, but before so, can you get me some muffins?"
"Any thing for you Cotten."
"Thanks."
"Here you go." Pinkie had seemed to have had a whole box of muffins ready. Cotten Dropped a few bits on the counter. Pinkie kept wearing a warm smile and took the bits. She also winked at him. Cotten said his goodbyes and the six of us left the story leaving Pinkie and the foal to go on with their daily lives.
Once we had arrived at Cotten house, Cotten had leaned down to whisper something to sugar who in return nodded and went in. Along with him went Dinky leaving Cotten, Derpy and Ice Drop and Scootaloo outside. " Wait just one second, they are preparing something." There was a loud thumping on the door and Cotten gave the two a sign telling them that they could go in.
The inside of the house was decorated with several different items ranging from balloons to streamers. Pinkie was siting behind a table that had cake and punch on it. In the left corner of the room was a tree that touched the roof of the room. Cotten walked in behind Ice Drop and Ditzy flew over to the tree to see to that Dinky didn't open any of the several presents that were under it. " Here in a minute were going to open presents!" He let off a smile that would be a good competitor for Pinkies. " There are some for you. Sugar and Dinky have been waiting for this all day so lets not keep them waiting."
Cotten led Ice Drop over to the tree where Dinky and Sugar were waiting. Soon came Scootaloo who looked as exited as ever. " Lets let Ice Drop and Scootaloo grab their presents first. Do you find that a good idea Ditzy?" She nodded and Cotten prodded Scootaloo and Ice Drop closer to the tree. Scootaloo immediately went and found the first one with her name on it. Ice took things slowly. The first box he saw had his name on it so he slowly grabbed it with his mouth and looked over at Cotten, looking for approval. He nodded speedily and waited for him to open the gift.
Scootaloo had already opened the one she had found and inside was a saddle bag. Her face lit up ( even though she didn't have any particular want for this item) at her first present from Ditzy and Cotten. Ice Drop had started to peel the paper away from his and found that underneath it all was a game of RISK: THE GAME OF GLOBAL DOMINATION. The game looked very interesting to him and Ice tried to open it but found that the box was sealed shut. " You can't open it yet ice Drop. We have to open all the presents first." Cotten had found himself to be funny and was laughing at his comment ( But this is a third person story so we will not know).
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Later that night, Ice Drop was laying on his new bed. He left a little early to come to his room and see what surprises that were hidden within. He found it strange that for a family of two, they would have so much space to live in. It felt like Cotten had be planning on adopting another child or having one himself. Soon, he found himself pondering on who Sugars mom had been. Sugar had a pasty white coat. Hence the name sugar. It did seem to have a small amount of color to it. It was to hard to tell what it leaned on but it wasn't a pure white likes Cottens. Ice left the room to find Cotten and ask him.
Wondering the hallways was incredibly confusing. Yet again, big house, small family. Ice was right outside Cotten Candy's room and could hear the breathing of two ponies. He figured the second was from Sugar being in the room with his dad. When he went in, he found that Cotten and Ditzy were in the corner together sleeping together on a thin sheet. The floor was carpeted so it probably wasn't to uncomfortable. Ditzy was resting her head on Cottens shoulder and Cotten had a wing around her.
Ice Drop suddenly added a confused face to his list. Since when did Cotten have wings? After a good moments thought, he realized that Cotten had always been wearing some sort of clothing and none of them had places for wings. Maybe he didn't like people to see them. Ice Drop went up closer to get a better view. His wings seemed to be a bit larger than most and had several random blue dots that were oh so slowly expanding as he fell further into his sleep. The spots were almost the size of his hoof when they instantly shrank by a large sum. Cotten started to mutter and his eyes started to flutter. Ice raced back to his room and hoped that he hadn't seen him.
That blue seemed like such a familiar color.
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A second Ice
Ice found himself back in the dream room. The stars were brighter than ever and shone with new hazes. The darkness was lighter and had a more vibrant blue to it. The starts only one color, a new pitch black. Behind him you would see the sun lowering, giving way to a moon that shown brighter then ever before. On it could be seen the shape of a pony. The stars stared to grow and then moon dimmed. The room gave way to a new kind of black the seemed to have only one purpose. To conceal.
A silent flutter could be heard across the small room and a dark figure stood in-front of Ice Drop. Her hair shown small stars of it's own. She wore a breast plate made of a black metal. It on it's own would be enough to light the room if their were any light to reflect from it. She took her first step toward Ice and bent down. " Hello there little one." Her horn started to glow and her full features were shown by the light emanating from it." I see that you have made it here for the second time." She started to look around, as if trying to find somepony and whispered." Do you know where you are?"
Ice Drop looked straight up at her." Im in my dream. Am I not?"
"Well yes, you are dreaming but no. You are in my personal domain. Here, in this... room, is where I can view all the dreams of the ponies sleeping." She took a few steps to get closer to Ice Drop and a wall formed in-front of Ice Drop. It glowed a white color but just faded to black." I have never seen one of you dreams. Have you ever dreamt before Ice Drop?" Ice stepped back.
"How do you know my name?"
" I know every ponies name."
" How?"
" I am the princess. I need to know all the names of mine and my sisters subjects."
" Your, a princess?" She giggled.
" Yes, I am Princess Luna. I am Celestias sister. We rule over Equestria together and work together to create day and night. Celestia raises the son sun while I raise the moon. Now, have you ever had a dream before?" She gave him a questioning look.
" Of course I have. I had a dream two weeks ago and I was in this room."
" I know of that but that was not a dream. That was your mind guiding you on a direction that led you to where you are now. I know you have never had a real dream that you are capable of remembering. You were never much of a dreamer to begin with. When you last came to this place, you saw a fake memory of you dad. Do you know where your dad actually is, because he certainly isn't dead.
Ice looked down below the stars that were at his feet. So far away, yet so easily covered up by something you can control. " I don't know where he is. He left me on my own so I have no care for where he is."
Luna again looked puzzled. " He left you? And you don't care about him?
" After my mom died, he left me on my own. I waited for days but he never came back. I don't care about him because he didn't care enough about me to stay with me when I needed him the most. I don't ever want to see him again."
Luna looked abashed " Come with me Ice Drop. I will show you what happened that day." Luna started flying and went straight through the ceiling. Ice followed shortly after her. When he meet the top, he too went through it but felt a sickening feeling go through him. A large white space formed in front of Luna and she flew into it. Ice Drop had finally found the place that she was just in. He stuck his hoof into the white space and it rippled just like a puddle of water would. The white area seemed to absorb him and he felt that his body was shrinking as he went through.
When he came to, he was next to Luna who was blankly staring at the Ice Drop in Ice's memory. The room was made of ice and so were the furnishings. There was a bed made of what they called soft ice and a chest at the end that looked like it might have taken a large amount of time to create. On the bed there was a small lump that was to dark to be any of the coverings.
There he was, sitting in the bed that his mom died. He didn't exactly understand what death was at the time but he was lost to the fact that he would never be able to see his mom again. His dad wan't there and Ice Drop looked worried. This was the fifth day that he had been secluded from everypony else. He hadn't seen his dad and there was no longer any food for the colt to eat. He was forced from his own home by his dads lack of responsibility.
The young colt removed himself from the bed. Under him was a large imprint of where he had been laying. He clearly hadn't moved in a while. Tears were coming from Ice Drops eyes and he grabbed a piece of paper and a pencil from the stand beside his bed. He moved to the front of the room near the door and started writing on the sheet. As he wrote tears streamed from his eyes.
The rooms started to fade from the actual Ice Drops view. He remembered the night that this event had occurred. Three years wasn't long enough to forget. He could remember how tired he was since he hadn't been able to sleep. He could remember how hurt he been when his mom died and his dad just vanished.
The room started glowing with stars and galaxies as the memory faded. Luna turned to him with a sad look on her." I can only imagine how you felt when this occurred. This must have been... tragic." Ice Drop just looked away from her. "He did not leave you as you so believe he did." Ice Drops eyes flew wide.
" If he didn't leave me then what was it that he did?" Ice Drops voice quivered as he spoke.
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When he woke, he first opened his left eye. through this eye he could see his room. He could see his mom and a stocking that was set up with his name on it. Their was a small tree with a few ornaments on it showing some of the pictures from when he was younger. This was that wish he had made. He closed his eye and opened the right. He could see Scootaloo laying next to him looking right into his eye. She was huddled close to him. The source of warmth in the dream. She was probably why he saw purple and orange colors there.
He got what he asked. It was his choice on which reality was real and which was a dream.
Ice Drop closed his eyes and waited for the right time to come out of his sleep. When the decision was made, and all had thought of, the positives and the cons, the choice he made was definitely the correct one.
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Christmas day was when he woke. His mom had been filling the stocking while he sleep. She wasn't worried about how long he had slept since she knew how long Ice ponies could sleep. She was coming over to wake his when she realized he had been sleeping for two whole weeks now. That was just a little long so she moved over to wake him. When Ice Drop woke up without a problem, relief flooded her. " Mom, i'm so happy to see you. I had the strangest dream." Ice Drop started crying into his moms chest.
" You can tell me about it later. Today is christmas." Her voice was very soothing and cheered the small pegasus.
He sniffled " Ok mama."
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Ice Drop woke two weeks later. Scootaloo was still pressed into him as if he was dying. She was softly crying into his shoulder since she was unable to wake him. She hadn't left his side but once to go get food and a supply of water. Her eyes were stained with pink from the tears and she had her head pressed to his neck. " You promised me you w-w-would never leave me."Scootaloo broke out into more sobs. She hadn't noticed he was awake, but instead was just talking to his body.
Ice Drop moved his arm to her neck to comfort her and pushed her close. " So are you crying because you miss me or because you think I left you?" Ice Drop had a small amount of sympathy in his voice.
" Oh my gosh, your back." Scootaloo wrapped him in a giant hug.
" Ya,um your on my bed and your touching me."
"And you want me off," Scootaloo's sounded very disappointed but she started to move anyway. She was about to hop off when Ice Drop grabbed her.
" You know, it really doesn't bother me anymore." Ice Drop and pulled her to him in a large embrace. In the two weeks that i've been in there, I've had a lot of time to think. And I spent most of that time thinking about you. Scootaloo started to blush wildly.
" One more thing, Scootaloo, I think i'm ready to tell you about my parents
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Scootaloo and Ice Drop were sitting in the CMC clubhouse with Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle. Scootaloo had rested her head on Ice Drops shoulder.
Apple Bloom spoke up."So let me get this strait, you two are a thang now."
" Yes, but when it starts to warm up around here, I will have to leave. I can't live in the heat so I will be going to the Crystal empire and heading back up to my home from there." Ice Drops head hung low but popped back up." Do you have any really strong flyers in this town.?"
Sweetie took her turn to speak. " Their is one, he is new here and seems really nice. I can't remember his name but he is a stronger flyer than Rainbow Dash. Oh, and theres Rainbow Dash. Why?"
" I was really hoping that someone can fly you and Apple Bloom over to where I live. Do you think that Rainbow or the other guy could fly with you two on his back or something?"
" What about Scootaloo?"
Ice Drop looked over at Scootaloo, " What do you mean, she can fly. Can't you?" Scootaloo shot a glare at Sweetie Belle and a silence fell over the room. They sat in silence as Ice Drop looked around confused. " I again feel left out of something."
Apple Bloom interrupted the conversation," Ok gals... and Ice Drop. We got crusadin' t' do and it ain't goin' to get done if we sit here and yap at each other."
" We got ordi-mints to hang up on the tree in town and there not going to hang themselves." Sweetie Bells had a large smile slide across her face as the thought of bright balls and decorative lights floated in her mind. " Ice Drop, we'll need you to hang the higher up lights.
" I can do that."
" Scootaloo, you get to do the star on top."
" YAYyyy, wait I can't."
Sweetie looked challenged," Why no-, oh yeah. Thats right."
Ice Drop sat and looked around for an answer." Why can't you do it."
" I can't do it because, um...ah..."
" You can't fly can you."
" What, ha-ha, of course I can fly."
" No you can't, look at your wings."
"What's wrong with my wings?" Scootaloo was giving off a look that deceived her own words.
" Just look at them, there so..."
" So what!"
" There so loose."
" What do you mean by loose?" Scootaloo had almost choked back on her tears.
" You clearly haven't preened them before. I can't believe I didn't notice it before, but you can't fly with wings that would shed all there feathers if you took off."
" Haha, ya, there just a little loose. Thats something we can take care of back home."
" You mean at the orphanage?"
"It's not an orphanage!" Scootaloo was searing at his remark.
" Ok, whatever."
" Just because your an orphan doesn't mean everypony there is."
The last attack stuck Ice Drop. Hard." I-I-I, oh forget it." Ice Drop took off out the door back to the Homing center.
" Scootaloo, what did you just do." Apple Bloom was the one mad now. " We needed him to hang the lights at the top of the tree!"
"W-we can do it without him."
" HOW!" Apple Bloom had moved close to Scootaloo and was yelling right into her face.She sounded like a normal pony at the time and didn't carry her accent.
" We'll find out how."
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