The Final Snowflake

Twilight rolled her eyes as she tugged Fluttershy out of the cupboards. The yellow Pegasus remained in a fetus position, quaking as everypony looked at her.

"Uh...sugarcube? Y'all okay?"

The yellow Pegasus jumped up, grabbing and shaking the orange earth pony with her front hooves.

"Okay? Okay!? We ran out of snowflake designs! We're doomed!"

She turned, smacking Applejack with her tail as she bolted back into the cupboards, gently closing the mahogany panel behind her.

Dazed, Twilight opened the cabinet, and magically extricated the Pegasus from her Tupperware. She draped a blanket around her and lay her in front of the fireplace, which was burning gently with a magical fire. Placing a hoof on Fluttershy's foreleg, she asked the question in a rather gentle way.

"Fluttershy, what do you mean we're...'doomed'?"

The Pegasus shook her head in hysteria. "I mean we're doomed. The snow keeps back an ancient evil that rises in the winter, and only us Pegasi know of it. Thing is, every snowflake design can be used only once, as every snowflake needs to be different. While Pegasi make them by hoof occasionally, the most efficient way is to go to the Snow Temple, once every hundred years. We bring a small selection of unicorns to help make snowflake designs. And while, most of the time, hoof-made designs are enough to get us through the winter, we can still run out if we don't go to the Snow Temple each hundred years. Well, we obviously forgot to, so, the horrible..." She shuddered, unable to truly describe the evil, "mean evil under Equestria will be let loose!"

Twilight shuddered as well. "What....What kind of evil?"

Fluttershy forced the words out as a whisper, unwilling to release the secret. "Well, not only Pegasi know of the evil...there's one earth pony, in an ancient Prophecy. A...pink Pony..."

Twilight looked up at Pinkie Pie in surprise. The pink pony was currently leafing through a book, laughing as she continued on.

"Wow! I can't believe this! In 'A Chronicle of Choices', I can store infinite things in my mane!"

She shut the book, and returned it to its spot on the shelf.

"Twilight, is Fluttershy okay?"

Twilight twisted to face the orange work pony. "Apparently, Pinkie Pie knows about this 'ancient evil'."

Applejack pulled her head back in surprise. "What?"

Twilight nodded. "There's some 'pink pony' in an ancient prophecy."

Fluttershy nodded. "It's written on the ancient evil..."

Applejack looked between the two of them, and brought everypony (excluding Pinkie Pie) into a huddle.

"Everypony, Pinkie Pie's apparently some pony in a prophecy, and-"

Pinkie Pie bounced over. "Hey, this story is just a bit too quickly paced, dontch'ya think? I mean, at least have some characterization before jumping right into plot!"

Fluttershy shuddered. "Oh no! It's already begun!"

Twilight raised an eyebrow. "What's begun?"

Fluttershy sighed, and announced what the 'ancient evil' in the bowels of Equestria was. "It's an ancient wall. A wall that separates realities. It was frozen, to keep its infrastructure strong. However, as the winter has no snowflakes to keep it frozen and solid...when it thaws out...it will crumble. And, according to the Prophecy written on the wall itself, Pinkie Pie is the 'key' to it, and she can access its power."

Pinkie Pie burst out laughing. "First off, this is still horrendously paced! Second off, don't you mean the fourth wall, Fluttershy?"

Fluttershy reeled back in fear. "Keep her away from me! She's going to tear the world apart!" She shouted, her small voice rather reducing its urgency.

Twilight stood, and cleared her throat.

"Everypony, I think that we need to go see this...'fourth wall'."

Just then, they heard a groan, and they looked up at Rainbow Dash, who was queasily leaning on the railings of the second landing. Pinkie Pie exploded in an exclamation.

"Sorry, Twilight, but that will have to wait!"

Twilight shrank back, scared. "Pinkie Pie, are you okay!?"

The pink pony smiled. "Yes. Was I injured in the story? Wait, hold on...nope. I wasn't. I'm fine."

She shook her head, and grabbed the lavender unicorn. "Anyway, it's flashback time, Twilight! We have no time to go see the Fourth Wall!"

Twilight pushed Pinkie Pie off of herself, and trotted up the stairs. As she reached the cyan Pegasus, she lent her a hoof for support.

As she helped the Pegasus over to her bed, Rainbow Dash began to recount the events of the past five days.

"See what I mean!?" Pinkie Pie shouted. "Flashback time!!"

Note from the Author

Not my best work, but, meh.

So, what do you think?

If I get ten tracks, I'll continue it.

Chronicle of Choices is too pressing for me. It's already eighty chapters long, and I'm aiming for over a hundred and fifty, so...yeah...