Chapters While Rarity was trying to find something for Twilight to wear. Rarity would later surprise Twilight with an After Coronation Party thrown by Pinkie Pie. It would be thrown at Mr. And Mrs. Cakes Bakery.
Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie were getting the decorations up. "This can't be just a regular After Coronation Party this After Coronation Party has to be THE BEST AFTER CORONATION PARTY EVER!" exclaimed Pinkie,
Pinkie Pie didn't just throw parties she threw crazy fun parties that nopony ever forgets. She always invites everyone from ponyville and they always have a great time.
Pinkie Pie is always known for her parties. That's why she has balloons as her cutie mark and she's the element of laughter after all. Pinkie pie had blue eyes and bouncy pink hair that curled to the end. Pinkie was indeed pink. Her body color was pink.
Rainbow Dash hung streamers from the walls above while Pinkie Pie was setting up the decorations on the pink and purple table cloths.
Applejack was in the kitchen making deserts because you can't have a party without a cake or cupcakes or some kind of dessert. It wouldn't be a party now would it? The tables were all covered in purple table cloths to match Twilight's mane. It was like that on every table except one which was reserved for Twilight and her friends. That table was covered in a pink and purple table cloth. Pink and purple party hats were placed right by the pink and purple plates on the table. And in the middle on the table was the party favors which looked like the elements of harmony. It was definitely a cute idea.
Rainbow Dash and Applejack were lectured to death when they were late to help Pinkie out. When you make a promise with Pinkie you better keep that promise.
They were working their tail off afterwards. The reason why they were late was because of Twilight. Applejack and Rainbow Dash didn't want to look suspicious. So they waited until Twilight took her eyes off the bakery. And thats how they got into that terrible mess earlier.
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Rarity found a beautiful dress just for Twilight. It was a long-sleeved dress the beautiful color of her Diamond necklace: a light blue that looked like a beautiful clear sky along with a beautiful cape that was see-through that covered her back and wings it also covered up her chest. It was a beautiful work of art. And it did go perfectly along with her necklace her shoes also matched.
"Rarity this is so kind of you, but..." Rarity interrupted, "Think nothing of it was my pleasure. Maybe I should die your mane crystal blue or white to match your dress."
Twilight knew she didn't want her mane to be dyed any color. It wasn't good for her mane it could damage it permanently.
Rarity would only dye her mane on special occasion. This was just a normal day for Twilight. Unless something was up. That drove Twilight to the suspicion that something was going on.
"Rarity is there something your not telling me?" Twilight asked,
"No! I just want you to look amazing....for your after coronation party. " Rarity's voice turned into a whisper. Twilight didn't hear Rarity's last few words. Rarity was hiding something. Then there was the absolute clue: Rarity was smiling. She was giving the smile that said Oh nothing is wrong I'm just hoping you didn't hear anything. The smile seemed forced. Like a fake smile.
That was the absolute clue. She probably Pinkie swore with Pinkie. Twilight knew what that felt like. Pinkie is the master of keeping secrets. And pinkie could be anywhere watching you in case you slipped up or told the secret. It was all too familiar.
Twilight said. " Please don't dye my mane I like it too much, but thanks for the advice. I know you want me to look good, but I like my mane just the way it is."
"Do you want anything else dear? I have some nice clip-on earings you could borrow for the dress." Rarity asked scavenging through her jewelry box.
Her jewelry box with filled with miscellaneous necklaces, rings and more. She pulled out a pair of snowflake clip-on earings. She really did have everything.
Rarity helped Twilight put on the earings and moved Twilight to the closest mirror she could find.
Twilight looked at herself in the mirror. The dress and everything went perfectly along with her necklace. Twilight smiled happily in satisfaction of Rarity's work. She truly was the best at her job.
Hours later the party decorations were set up and ready. All of Twilight's friends (except Rarity) were there.
It was around seven when the time had come for the Party to start.
The sun was just now starting to set and it was time for Twilight to have a party.
Rarity came in and whispered "Everypony! Twilight's coming! " Everypony went to hide. Some went to hide behind or under furniture while others were hidden in plain sight.
They were all wearing their pink and purple party hats along with their party favors. They tried to hide as good as they could and that's when Twilight came in "Why is it so dark and what does Pinkie need me to do again?" asked Twilight.
"She need you to test some birthday cake that is going to be delivered tonight. Its going to be delivered late because its one of those late night parties and we don't want to wake Mr. and Mrs. Cake to worry about it and Pinkie Pie wants it to be perfect!"
Rarity and Twilight head to the kitchen where sitting on a table to Twilight's right is a pink and purple birthday cake and it looks like its made of whipped icing, (Twilight loves whipped icing.), Twilight goes toward the cake and see's that on top of the cake is written in frosting and said: Happy After Coronation Party Twilight! And that's when Rarity turned the lights on and everypony yelled "Surprise! "
Twilight looked out of the kitchen to see everone from ponyville wearing pink and purple party hats. They were all smiling. Twilight was happy. That's why she wanted me to look beautiful. thought Twilight she knew her friends would never do something terrible behind her back. This was a time to celebrate! Twilight was going to have fun with her friends. This was a chance to spend some time with her friends. Twilight sat at a big table that was reserved for the six of them. Pinkie Pie made sure Twilight noticed it by making it the most decorated table in the room.
"When did you come up with all this?" asked Twilight,
"Your Coronation gave me a super duper great idea to do an After Coronation Party. We haven't had a party in a while so this was the perfect chance!" Pinkie Pie said really fast like she usually does. Pinkie Pie smiled.
" Yeah we all deserve a party!" Rainbow Dash said and the crowd gave a Yeah! in agreement.
All her friends were here: Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy. Fluttershy was busy today she was tending to the animals. This was going to be a great night and nothing was going to ruin it.
Twilight went over to a punch bowl to get herself a drink. She was parched. She filled her drink and she gulped it down.
There was Vinyl Scratch being the DJ for the party. She was throwing down some major tunes! Most of the songs she played was ubstep though. Twilight didn't mind some of them were very catchy and had a good beat while others were just okay. Pinkie Pie was actually helping Vinyl out Vinyl took a break and went off somewhere and thats when Pinkie took over.
She had put on a DJ outfit and was turning out some great songs! Twilight didn't even know that Pinkie could be a DJ.
Lots of other ponies were dancing on the dance floor with moves that seemed like they would be hard to do. Twilight watched a pony break dance and he was spinning on his head! Does he have a thick skull or something?
Twilight didn't dance to any of the songs. She knew her dancing was horrible.
The party soon calmed down after nine. Vinyl had left the building and so did most of the other ponies. Twilight had fun with her friends that night. After the party died down Twilight talked with her friends and something strange happened.
"Twilight, did you get contacts or something?" Rainbow Dash asked.
Rarity answered for Twilight," No she didn't she was with me all afternoon," Rarity looked at Twilight's eyes noticing something about Twilight didn't look right.
"What's wrong?" asked Twilight. Twilight was genuinely confused.
Her friends were looking at her weirdly. They were all glancing at her eyes.
Rarity moved Twilight over to a mirror and showed her, "Twilight look at you eyes," Rarity pointed at her eyes. Twilight looked closely in the mirror noticing her eye color was now a icy blue. Twilight looked scared.
"What's happening to me?" Twilight asked, but no answer came. There was something wrong and she didn't know the cause of it. Twilight usually knew the answer to everything. There would usually be something about this in her books, but there was nothing in her books that talked about ponies eyes turning a different color.
Soon ponies were looking at here wondering why her eye color changed. She heard whispers and rumors go around the room like hot cakes. They were listening in on the conversation. Twilight saw the looks they were giving her. They were filled fright. Some stepped back a few inches when they saw her. Twilight didn't like this. Some were making smug looks and some where smiling evilly. Oh the rumors that would spread. She didn't want to be looked at as a freak. This was the first time in a while that Twilight felt like she wanted to be alone.
Twilight quickly runs out the door and heads towards her house. The ground below her turned to ice as she left her hoof-prints on the ground. Twilight gasped in shock at what she saw on the ground beneath her. I have to run faster! she thought. That gave her the motivation to pick up her speed.
Ponies looked around the room in wonder. Wondering where Twilight was running off to. They weren't curious enough to follow her though.
Her friends ran after her.
Twilight had ran back to her home and hid in her room. She locked her door so no pony could get in not even Spike. She quietly cried in her room. Her dragon, Spike knocked on the door and said, "Would you please let me in?"
"No!" She screamed. Twilight didn't want anyone near her. Twilight heard Spike banging on the door, but she ignored it. Frost started to cover the bed below her feet. It formed into a snowflake soon covering more ground as she cried.
A few minutes later Twilight's friends were at her door. Spike let them in hoping they could help Twilight. Rainbow Dash wasn't with them. The first thing they did was go up to her room.
The door was locked, but they already had that covered.
Rainbow Dash went up to Twilight's window in her room and knocked on it. "Twilight please open the door! We can help you just give us a chance!"
"Sugarcube? Can we come in?" Applejack asked with her southern accent, knocking on the door with her hoof. Applejack used her legs and thrusted the door open using the strength from her Apple bucking legs. Twilight looked at the damage applejack had made to the door. She broke the door from its hinges! Applejack went and unlocked the window and let Rainbow Dash in.
Twilight was sobbing in her bed and her bed was covered in snow. "What's happening to me?" she asked her friends,
but her friends didn't know the answer. Twilight sobbed harder and tears were running down her cheeks.
"Don't worry sugarcube, we'll find an answer. We just need to see if there's any kind of way to fix this. May we look through your books?" Applejack asked trying to comfort Twilight. She sat beside Twilight and wiped the tears off her face.
Twilight's home was a library where she usually read books. When you'd come to her home the first thing you'd see was a wall of book alphabetized A through Z and it was alphabetized by subject. Th
"Go ahead," Twilight's voice cracked. She stopped crying, but you could tell she still felt like crying.
"I want you to get some rest tonight. We'll tell you in the morning if we've found something. We'll look through every book if we have to." Applejack reassured Twilight. Applejack hugged Twilight to make her feel better.
Fluttershy went and hugged Twilight good night and her friends left the room to go downstairs to look for answers.
Twilight turned out her lights and looked at her necklace in the darkness of the night. It shimmered gloriously. It shimmered like stars in the sky. Oh how she wished Princess Celestia could help her figure this out! But she was doing something in San Fransicolt. An important mission that had to be done. So she couldn't help her. She was on her own.
"Okay everypony we need to find out whats happening to Twilight. So to start out-," Applejack said
"I think it has something to do with that necklace! That was the only thing different about Twilight that day." interrupted Rainbow Dash,
"Why don't we look in the spells. Anything that has to do with spells or curses. Because the worst possibility is that Twilight is cursed and we don't want that to be true!" Rarity looked through her big book shelf of books. "Let's see... should we look in curses, spells, dark magic, magical jewelry or anything else?" asked Rarity, flipping through one of Twilight's book and tossing it aside.
Rarity was right. They all nodded in approval and they started looking.
Rarity used her magic and started putting the books into piles. She stacked the books that had to do with a specific magic subject and put them all into groups. She sorted them by magical curses, dark magic, and other spells.
Pinkie flipped through one of the books and found something useful. "Hey guys I think I found something!" She said waving her hooves up in the air to get their attention. They came over and looked at what Pinkie found.
"This is it!" Applejack exclaimed.
It showed a picture of a crystal snowflake. It looked like the one that Rarity and Twilight found.
"That is most certainly the necklace!" Rarity exclaimed pointing at the picture with her hoof.
The description said that it was called the Crystal light darkness because of its tendency to lead a person towards darkness even though the necklace seems very beautiful.
There was a story behind the necklace as well.
Rarity read it aloud, "There once lived two beautiful Princess sisters named Eris and Anita. They were great sisters who got along great with each other till one day her sister Eris found an Amulet of unknown origin. It was as beautiful as the snow and soon Eris started developing ice powers."
"One day Eris and Anita were playing together: Eris caused an accident. Her sister Anita wanted to have fun and build a snow mare. Eris used her ice powers and made the room an indoor winter. They played in the snow until Anita did something dangerous. She jumped on hill that was being made by her sister and the hills got larger. Anita moved faster across hills until Eris couldn't keep up with her. She hit her sister in the head with her ice magic. Eris tried to help her sister and that's when her parents stormed into the room."
"Her parents took her sister to a wizard who could help her sister, but the consequence was that Anita could not remember her sisters ice powers. Eris would have to learn to control her powers. Her parents locked her up keeping her from the outside world. She barely had any contact with her sister let alone her parents."
"Her parents left for a trip and never came back. They died in a ship crash and Eris lost her necklace that day. The only way to stop the curse from continuing was to use the necklace with a certain spell. Eris had her emotions tied in with her magic and that's when they started going haywire. The necklace corrupted her memories and made her forget about her sister and family. She disappeared into the night. Her sister luckily was a light sleeper and followed her out into the wilderness."
"Anita was close friends with Princess Celestia and notified her behavior. Her sister's heart became ice and she froze her sister. Turning her into an icy statue. Eris then decided she wanted to takover Equestria, but Celestia stopped it from happening. Celestia came and defeated Eris. Celestia put Eris in the San Franciscolt prison where she has stayed since then."
"Well that was a little...." Rarity said.
"Dark." Rainbow Dash answered for Rarity and gulped.
The time had gone by too fast and it was already morning. The sun was starting to peak through Twilight's window. Everyone yawned after the long nights read.
Everyone went silent for the moment. They listened carefully and heard the sound of Twilight clopping downstairs.
Spike had made breakfast to help Twilight wake up like he usually does. He made some of his famous pancakes for Twilight.
Twilight walked slowly to the kitchen. Her eyes slowly adjusting to the morning brightness. She blinked a few times to get them awake and aware of what was happening in the kitchen. There was the chatter of her friends talking with each other.
"Twilight we've found an answer to your problem." Her friends said together in unison. They all smiled at her.
Twilight was however in a different mood. She felt grumpy and tired and wanted some more rest. "I'm sick of this necklace I don't even deserve it."
"Don't say that Twilight you deserve special jewelry. This one in particular is not good for you to wear." Rarity said.
"I'm glad to hear you agree with me Rarity." Twilight heard her wrong. Twilight tore the necklace off from her neck and threw it to the floor. Those few seconds felt like minutes when Rarity saw Twilight throw the necklace. It fell to the floor and shattered into a million tiny crystal bits.
Her friends gasped, "Twilight! You shouldn't have done that! It could become permanent!" Applejack yelled.
"What?" Twilight was confused.
"I SAID IT COULD BECOME PERMANENT!!" Applejack yelled, furious at Twilight. Applejack growled at Twilight and She stepped back a few inches. "Let me at her!!" Applejack yelled, but Twilight's friends were holding her back. Applejack tried to stretch her hands out and get Twilight, but it was useless.
"We were going to tell you that you had a cursed necklace and that if you kept wearing it you would become corrupted like Trixie did with the alicorn amulet!" Applejack yelled.
Twilight looked at Applejack in fear. She did this to herself. She was the only one to blame. She caused the spell to become permanent. Twilight sat in a corner in a fetile position. Rocking back and forth scaredly. Twilight hid her face by covering herself with her hair. The tips of Twilight's hair had started turning a crystal white color.
This was a start off to a bad day.
Spike didn't know that there was an After Coronation Party for Twilight. He knew that if he protested he knew would sadly lose the argument, but how could they not invite him? He was after all Twilight's number one assistant. Or only assistant.
The day had started out bad enough already with Twilight being in a bad mood and slowly being corrupted by the amulet that was now shattered on the ground. Spike went to get a broom and pan and clean it up. Scooped the broken necklace hearing that an argument was going on and threw it in the trash. He thought the necklace was useless and wasn't the cause of the problem.
He couldn't be more wrong.
Twilight secluded herself to her room. She didn't want to hurt anyone, but she wanted to leave. She wanted to stay a good distance away from her friends.
They told her about why her mane was turning the color of her amulet. The reason was it was corrupting everything, her thoughts and her heart meaning eventually she wouldn't care about her friends and that brought Twilight to tears. Along with that if Twilight hurt anyone she could turn them to ice if she hit their heart.
I'm turning into a monster! All my friends matter me, but I wish I hadn't shattered that necklace. I could have easily solved the problem, but the corruption already started and I did things I didn't mean to do. I feel so awful! Twilight thought, she hung her head in shame. Tear drops fell from her face to the floor. The room felt sad and lonely.
Rarity knocked on the door. "Twilight please come out. We know you don't want us to get hurt by you, but we can't live without you! Your important to us! We need you! Please come out!"
Twilight wanted to have fun, but her powers were acting crazy! She didn't know how to control them. How could she control her powers and not get anyone hurt? Maybe she could cover up her hands with gloves and make her look normal. But it was the beginning of spring! Twilight fumbled through her cabinets looking for gloves. She found some satin light blue gloves and put them on.
"I'm coming out!" Twilight said, going towards the door and slowly opened it. She slowly stepped out and her friends were waiting for her at the door. Twilight kept her distance from her friends. "Don't come near me." Twilight warned putting her hooves in front of her body.
"C'mon Twilight we need you to go outside its not good to stay cooped in your house all day! We don't want you looking pale now do we?" Applejack asked,
"Yeah I guess your right." Twilight agreed nodding her head.
Twilight looked mysterious and regal still wearing the dress that Rarity made for Twilight. She looked like a Princess, but Twilight wanted to look like a regular pony. She didn't want to be noticed like Rarity. When she wore her new fashions that yelled "You better notice me stylists! Look in awe and gaze at my regal manner! You better notice me! I'm the most bedazzled pony there is!"
Twilight laughed at the thought in her head. It brought a smile to her face.
They headed downstairs and were going to go out somewhere, but Twilight didn't know where.
Spike waved good-bye to them as they headed out. "Have a good time!" He said happily.
Rarity noticed the tips of Twilight's hair had started to spread upwards. Rarity didn't say anything though. Although Rarity did gesture her eyes to Twilight's hair. Only Fluttershy noticed her weird head bobbing and eyes wanting her to look at Twilight's hair.
Fluttershy nudged Applejack's shoulder. Applejack looked at Twilight's hair as well and bit her lip in fright. The curse. Was starting to affect the way Twilight looked.
They carried on their walk to the nearest diner. They also ignored the snow that was sarting to form beneath Twilight's hooves. Twilight grunted in frustration. "Stupid gloves!" Twilight bursted. They were not working. They only were able to hide Twilights powers for a little bit. Twilight was upset by this. Her day was off to a terrible start.
Rarity told Twilight where they were going.
They were going to the new Ponyville Diner that opened up just a few weeks ago. Twilight's friends treaded across the snow covered road made by Twilight.
Twilight ignored it and walked ahead. They entered the restaurant. They heard a little bell ring as they opened the door.
The diner itself was retro with chrome seating and walls to give it a retro look. It had the retro checkered walls and old cars sitting on shelves above the walls and seating. It was overall trying to make it look like an old diner. Give it a retro theme. That was trying to be stylish. The tables were wooden in structure and had a metal finish on top. The seating was red.
They sat together at a booth near the corner of the diner. It was lunch time already. Twilight didn't even realize how much time had gone by. It seemed as if the days were getting faster and shorter in length of time. Twilight scrunched in at the end of the corner of the table. Getting situated she moved around the seat for a few seconds. Snow covered the seat below her. She crossed her arms in frustration. "Ugh!!! Why is there always snow below me!" Twilight yelled blatantly, ignoring the weird looks she was getting.
There were menus sitting down on the table and Twilight immediately picked it up and hid her face.
A waiter came to take their order. She had a name tag that said "Hello my name is Lyra." Her hair and mane color was a light green. "Hello sweetie, can I get you anything to drink?" She asked, holding a notepad waiting to take their drink order. They ordered their drink and they came within minutes. Lyra set the drinks in front of everypony and then she asked, "What would you like to order?" They ordered four plates of hay fries and hay burgers plus two salads.
Lyra delivered them as fast as she could. Twilight wondered why Lyra was in such a hurry to serve them. Lyra didn't show any fear in her facial expressions. So maybe it was because Twilight was a Princess now. But that didn't mean that she should be treated as royalty. She wanted to be treated like a regular pony, but she knew that wouldn't happen. But Twilight thought she should let Lyra know that she wanted to be treated as normally as possible.
"Lyra you don't need to give me any special treatment. Just treat me as a regular pony, please?" Twilight asked sweetly.
Lyra nodded and went back to get other ponies meals and deliver them to the other tables.
Twilight took off her gloves and picked up the burger with her hooves and raised it to her mouth. Her burger became encased in frost. "Ugh! I can't even eat a simple burger!" Twilight angrily exclaimed.
"Twilight don't worry about it. I'll share my burger with you," Applejack sliced the burger in half with a knife and set it on Twilight's plate. Twilight eyeballed the food for a moment. Then she picked up the food using her magic. The burger was surrounded by a light blue aura instead of a pink aura and levitated in the air. "My magic is even starting to change," Twilight said solemnly.
Twilight started continually coughing. "There's...something.. in....my. throat," Twilight managed to say coughing between every word. Applejack patted Twilight on the back to help her throat.
"You okay Twilight?" Applejack asked sincerely.
Twilight kept coughing until Twilight coughed out a white puff of snow. It looked like a snow breeze coming out from Twilight's mouth. Her friends looked around the room to see if anyone had noticed the strange occurrence. Twilight heard the gasps from everypony around them.
"That's never happened before.." Twilight said. Looking at the snowy puff that came from her mouth. Applejack quickly got rid of the evidence by moving her hooves quickly in the air. Getting rid of the puff. Applejack smiled falsely at everyone else.
Twilight put her hands on the table forgetting that she had gloves on. The table and food became encased in snow. "Sorry," Twilight apologized.
No matter how hard she tried to keep her powers a secret it was useless. Her attempts to be normal for today had utterly failed. Seeing that she could no longer be normal she left the diner table and headed towards the door. Twilight hung her head in shame and left the building. "Twilight don't go.." Applejack tried to say, but Twilight closed the door on her and she didn't hear Applejack's words.
Chapter 7: It's Time I Leave
Twilight walked slowly towards the only place left that felt secure to her: the woods. Twilight wanted to avoid everypony. I won't hurt my friends. She repeated silently to herself. Twilight walked past the town square and out of Ponyville limits.
She walked past many buildings before coming to the woods. She sat down in the middle of the woods and observed her surroundings. All there really was was nature and trees. Trees that were starting to bloom, but slowly wilted loosing their leaves. The grass below her started to turn brown and it felt more like autumn than spring.
She was starting to change the weather and she didn't know how to stop it. Twilight felt a cold breeze brush her by. Twilight walked onwards until she found a river. A river that was long and wide. After the river ended you could see a snowy mountain in the distance. Surely Twilight could stay there for the night instead of staying at a place where she was not accepted and if you were weird people would watch with eyes that say "Payback!" deviously.
Twilight heard some rustling of the trees in the distance. Her friends probably found her already. Twilight awaited the moment fro her friends to find her. She would not come back with them.
Twilight thought of herself as a danger to her friends. A ticking ice time bombing waiting to explode in ice. Twilight's cutie mark slowly changed. Her cutie mark started to dissipate like water colors on a canvas. A new cutie mark started to form on her flank. It started to form into a crystal heart. One that looked close to Cadence's cutie mark, but it embedded a snowflake within the crystal heart.
Teardrops started to form in Twilight's eyes. As they came down to her face they turned into frozen tears and dropped to the ground like glass.
"Twilight? Are you okay?" Applejack asked, walking towards Twilight.
"You shouldn't be here," Twilight said coldly. Applejack was surprised by the tone of her voice, but she couldn't stay upset over Twilight. Applejack wanted to put a hoof on Twilight's shoulder to comfort her, but Twilight brushed off Applejack's arm. "I don't want you anywhere near me!" Twilight yelled.
"Twilight.." Fluttershy said quietly. "There's no need to be angry. We only want to help you."
"Help me?! Help me?! The only thing you can do is get away from me! Get away from me as far as possible!" Twilight raised her voice. Fluttershy shrunk back in fear.
"Where did this attitude come from?!" Rainbow Dash asked meanfully. Rainbow Dash was just waiting to get kicked in the face with that attitude.
"I think I know the problem to this." Rarity said pointing at Twilight's cutie mark.
"Stop worrying about me! Leave me alone! I don't want your company!" Twilight yelled angrily.
The cutie mark changed Twilight's true self. Making her have more hatred than kindness in her heart. Rarity broke out in tears. Her mascara running down her face.
"Do you even care about friendship anymore Twilight?" Applejack asked sternly. "Look around you! Your friends are scared of you, another mad at you, and you managed to break Rarity to tears!"
"I'm a monster..." Twilight realized this and couldn't believe what she just did and she did it to her friends! Of all the people why did she go towards her friends like that?!
"Twilight don't say that..." Fluttershy said wiping her tears and came over to hug Twilight.
Twilight put a hoof in front of her "Stay away from me!" Twilight screamed. Suddenly ice shot from Twilight's hoof and went straight towards Fluttershy. Twilight's magic hit Fluttershy in the face knocking her to the ground. A white streak started to form in Fluttershy's hair.
Applejack went to Fluttershy "She unconscious," Applejack said aloud to make sure Twilight heard it. Applejack put a hoof on Fluttershy's head to take her temperature. Applejack shivered. "Her head is ice cold."
Twilight gasped at what she had done. "Don't you see what I've done?! I've hurt Fluttershy! I am a monster and that's why I can't stay here in Ponyville. I WON'T hurt anyone else!" Twilight made a Pinkie Promise and stormed off farther into the woods.
She headed straight towards the river. She couldn't fly very well and decided to try another tactic. Twilight wanted to test something out. Twilight put a hoof on the water and the water crystallized into ice. Making a snowflake pattern embedded into the ice. Twilight was going to run across the river.
Twilight took a step and another step across the water turning it into ice. She felt safe enough and started running to the snowy mountainside.
Rainbow Dash followed Twilight. Leaving the others to take care of Fluttershy. Applejack told Rainbow Dash to head back to Twilight's house after she spotted Twilight. Rainbow Dash nodded and headed towards Twilight's direction.
She came to river that was slowly turning into the hugest ice skating rink she had ever seen. Rainbow Dash took a closer look at the ice noticing that there were big snowflakes that looked like they were chiseled into the snow.
Rainbow Dash noticed snow clouds start to form in the air above her. This can't be right. It's supposed to be spring not winter! Rainbow Dash thought. The temperature started to drop and Rainbow Dash shivered. Snow started falling down from above it was a glorious mess that Twilight caused.
The trees around her started to lose their leaves and the grass lost its spring green color. The weather ponies must not like this one bit. Rainbow Dash memorized where the location was and headed back to Twilight's house.
Chapter 8: Fluttershy Anna And Elsa Sparkle
Applejack carried Fluttershy on her back. Fluttershy's body was laying limply on top of her back. They headed back to Twilight's.
Rainbow Dash offered to let Applejack take a break and let Rainbow Dash carry her, but Applejack stubbornly refused. "I can take it!" She grunted.
Rainbow Dash nodded in disapproval. They opened the door to Twilight's house and went inside. The house was warming up. Spike had turned on the heater. "Thanks Spike," They all said in unison. Applejack dragged Fluttershy upstairs to Twilight's room and covered her up.
Rarity brought back a warm wash cloth and pressed it against her head. "Could you keep an eye on Fluttershy for me please?" Applejack asked. "I'm going to go make her some homemade chicken soup."
Rarity nodded and Applejack left the room. She kept the wash cloth on Fluttershy's head.
Rarity found a brush that was sitting right beside her on a table. She reached towards it and thoughtFluttershy's mane needs a good brushing and while I'm here I might as well give her a new hairstyle. Rarity sat Fluttershy upwards and started to work her magic on her hair.
Rarity brushed her hair back so she could see her face. I should do something simple or else Applejack will yell at me. I always wanted to see what Fluttershy looks like with braids. She thought.
Rarity parted her hair from the sides to the middle and started braiding Fluttershy's hair.
Rarity got the inspiration from the picture of the crystal necklace. There was a picture of the two sisters and Anita had the same hairstyle.
Rarity smelled the aroma of the soup from upstairs. "Soups ready!" Applejack yelled. Rarity breathed in breathtaking aroma. It reminded her of a good homecooked meal.
Rainbow Dash helped get the ingredients for the soup and that's all she really did. She wasn't great at cooking. Spike and Applejack did the rest and Pinkie Pie just watched them and then jumped around everywhere not helping at all.
Rainbow Dash brought up a bowl of soup. And set it beside Rarity. "What did you do to Fluttershy?" Rainbow Dash asked.
Rarity chuckled "You know I had to do something to make Fluttershy more noticeable sometime." Rarity admitted.
"You know the first thing she is going to ask about is about Fluttershy right?" Rainbow Dash said nudging her on the shoulder.
Rarity nodded and Rainbow Dash left the room. She spoon fed the soup to Fluttershy hoping that she would wake up soon. Rarity checked her temperature again. She seemed to be getting warmer.
She was covered up in tons of blankets. Rarity sat beside Fluttershy the whole entire time she was unconscious.
Fluttershy warmed up and eventually opened her eyes. Slowly, but surely she blinked and rubbed her eyes. She had a headache, but other than that Fluttershy was alright.
It was late in the night when Fluttershy woke up. The lights were turned off and Rarity was sleeping right beside her. Fluttershy smiled at her and noticed her hair felt weird. Her eye wasn't covered. It was put back into a braid. She nuzzled up to Rarity and fell back asleep.
-- What Happened After Twilight's Storm --
Twilight had just crossed the river and headed towards the mountains. Plenty of cold breeze brushed past her. Making her feel cool. She noticed the cold didn't bother her at all. It felt like a normal breeze, but she could see a winter storm where she was at. She couldn't see anything past the mountain.
Twilight saw a cave in the distance. And went towards it.
Twilight walked into the cave. It was dark and warmer on the inside.Twilight used her magic to light up the place revealing that someone used to live there.
There were carvings scattered across the walls. It looked like tally marks. They were counting how many days they've stayed there probably, but why? There was something else engraved in the walls. It looked like a quote from something, but Twilight didn't know what.
Twilight said it aloud "One who's heart is cold reveal the path you haven't been shown. A castle you once treasured be revealed to you." Applejack had mentioned there was a princess before her who wore the necklace. Could she have stayed here? Twilight thought.
it has to be her. Applejack said her name was Eris. Her sister, Anita, tried to stop her from taking over Equestria, but she turned her sister to ice. That's when Princess Celestia had to step in. Eris was the first villain Celestia defeated. I hope Celestia doesn't turn on me. I'd never want to take over Equestria..., but I could, It turned Eris, one of the most kindest princesses into a villain. The necklace did that to her. And it could do the same thing to me. Celestia probably can't even recognize me anymore. The curse is turning me into a whole different kind of pony now.
She was glad she was away from her friends. Its better not get anypony else hurt than to hurt everypony. Twilight thought.
Twilight felt like she wanted to sing.
Let it go instrumental was playing in the background
"No longer will I stand,
To be inside my home,
I push it all away,
And embrace my destiny,
Ones heart may be cold,
Or is that just me?,
I don't know what's right,
I don't know what's wrong,
Its time to show the world,
I can take what comes,
I can take on this new Destiny,
This is the new me!,
Here I am standing tall!,
Nothing to fear here!,
I will show the world that I can't fear!,
Tonight's the night,
I take control!,
No longer will I live in fear!,
No longer will this curse take me away."
Twilight moved around in the snow throwing it up in the air. She built a snowfilly and it came to life.
It danced around her as the music continued.
"Its funny how different,
A spell can change it all,
A feeling once controlled me,
Can't get to me at all!,
Its time to take control,
Its time to show them all,
That I can do this all,
I won't let fear control me again!
I wont!
Here I am standing tall!,
Nothing to fear here!,
The world I once knew,
I will never fear and hide!,
Here I stand!
And here I stand!
Let my destiny rage on."
Twilight heard a sound. It sounded low at first, but started to get louder. The ground was starting to shake beneath her. Is it an avalanche? Twilight wondered, she went outside of the cave and looked up to the tip of the mountain. There was no avalanche. It was an ice castle coming up from the ground.
"My destiny has finally shown at last!,
It looks so wonderous and detailedly made!,
I'm never going back!,
The past is in the past!,
Here I am standing tall!, Nothing to fear here!,
I will show the world that I can't fear!,
Tonight's the night,
I take control!,
No longer will I live in fear!,
No longer will this curse take me away."
The Ice palace was two stories high with very high detail on the outside of the castle. On top of the front door was a snowflake. The same snowflake as her necklace. Twilight opened the ice doors and went inside. Twilight closed the door as she went inside.
Twilight went inside the castle confidently.But before she shut the door a snowfilly followed her inside.
Twilight looked at the snowfilly. It blinked its eyes and moved around. "I made you!" Twilight exclaimed and gave it a hug. It smiled happily at her. It was a cute snowfilly.
The snowfilly would keep her company for a while. She wondered what she would name it. She pet the snowfilly and it obediently sat right beside her. "What would you like to be named?" Twilight asked the snowfilly.
"Snowdrop please?" It answered, with acute and adorable voice. Twilight smiled and sat down on the frozen floor of the ice palace.
Eris must have made this. How was she able to do that? Twilight wondered.
Twilight moved her hooves across the floor and noticed her ice powers weren't covering the ground where she walked. Her powers were more stable here. The floor below her was completely made of ice along with a crystal snowflake marking embedded in the middle of the floor. Above her was a crystal snowflake chandelier. Eris sure had an eye for detail. thought Twilight,
She looked around the entire room to see if there as an upstairs. Hidden behind a wall was staircase made of ice leading upstairs. Twilight started up the staircase. The next floor had three bedrooms and two bathrooms and a balcony that let you see the view from on the second floor.
Twilight checked out the bedrooms. Twilight decided she'd stay in one of the rooms considering these rooms had comfy beds and you couldn't go wrong with a comfy bed. The bed was had a mattress that was made from a huge slab of ice. For the covers Eris used her magic and made the covers look like frost. She'd stay there for the night and get some rest.
She covered herself up and made some room for snowdrop to sleep beside her. They snuggled together and sleep in for the night.
Chapter 9: The Adventure Begins
Rarity woke up sleeping next to Fluttershy. She was snuggled up against her. Rarity smiled. Rarity took her temperature and her body temperature was normal. Rarity looked through Twilight's closet for any winter clothes. She found a perfect outfit that might actually fit Fluttershy and laid it on the bed next to Fluttershy.
Rarity went downstairs and everone else was wide awake and waiting for her except Fluttershy. "Is she better?" Applejack asked. Rarity could tell they were all wondering the same thing. The room was filled with questions like a mind that wouldn't stop thinking.
"Yes, her temperature is normal for now, but we got to leave soon or the storm is going to get worse." Rarity said pointing to the outside window.
The window showed a baren snow landscape. The wind was blowing harshly against the house making it creak. It looked like a blizzard! There was nopony within sight. They were all in their houses nice warm and comfortable, sitting by the fireplace.
"Its gotten worse...." Applejack said. Rarity nodded. Rarity went and found some winter gear in Twilight's closet.
Raity threw the clothes to her friends. "Here take these. They'll help you stay warmer. This was all I could find."
They all thanked her and put the winter gear on.
Fluttershy clopped down the stairs in her winter gear. "Why did you lay this out for me?" She asked. In her calm, sweet voice. They went over and group hugged Fluttershy. "Did I miss something?"
"We'll tell you about it later," Applejack said. "Right now were glad your awake and we need to leave! Spike could you look after the place while were gone?"
"Sure," He said calmly and opened the door fro them. Snow flew into the room. They ran outside
Applejack could barely see anything in front of her with Twilight's snow storm. The wind was blowing hard and strong. They could berely see any buildings.
Even Rainbow Dash had a hard time flying. The wind was strong, but Twilight's friends were stronger. They had to find Twilight and fix this mess. They mustered up their strength and ran back into the woods where they last saw Twilight. Rainbow Dash then took over by gesturing her hoof saying to follow her.
They ran past snow covered trees and grass and followed Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash led them to where Twilight had turned the river to ice.
"Twilight did this?!" Applejack asked pointing at the frozen river and the sky.
"Yep! I saw it with my own two eyes! Twilight sure has some power to be able to change the season to winter." Rainbow Dash replied and tried to see through the snow storm.
"Is the ice safe to withstand our weight?" Applejack asked, gesturing her hand to the ice. She tried stand on the ice. It seemed stable enough to withstand their weight. The rest slowly walked on the ice.
The ice was slippery, their hooves moved everywhere around the place. Making them look ridiculous. This was going to take them a while.
"I brought ice skates!" yelled pinkie with excitement. And magically pulled out four ice skates from her bouncy pink hair.
"Where did you.... nevermind," Applejack mumbled, pointing at the ice skates. Never underestimate Pinkie Pie.
That was going to make it a lot easier to get to Twilight. They all knew how to ice skate really well. Fluttershy wasn't very good, but at least Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash could fly their way there. They strapped on their ice skates and skated off to the other side of the frozen river.
"Wee! This is fun I wish we could do this more often!" Pinkie Pie yelled, having fun on her ice skates. "Although I wish it wasn't this cold. Brrr!"
The wind started to get stronger and nearly pushed them back a few inches. "We can't give up everypony. Try your best to fight the wind." And fight the wind they did. They finally made it out of the frozen river. "We have to stay somewhere tonight. We all need to get some rest. We can't just try to stay awake. We've been up for hours worrying about Twilight. I'm tired too. And we can't stay in the cold outside we'll become ponysicles if we don't find someplace warm." said Applejack.
The mountains were a few miles away. It would take them a while to get up to one.
Below the mountains was a log cabin. It was only a few yards away so it seemed like that was the only option. They walked closer to the log cabin revealing it was a store and as they got closer.
Trees covered in snow hid a little shack that was a sleep-in suite. They went inside the store, but before the ponies went in the store name sign was covered in snow. Applejack knocked off the snow on the sign revealing that the store had items that would be perfect for their trip. The name of the quaint little store was edged into a big piece of wood: 'The Wandering Ponies Winter Supplies and Hotel.' Then they went inside.
Inside there were a lot winter supplies sitting on shelves there were some knick-knack little toys for the young ones. They looked just like little miniature versions of them. How cute!
"Are you looking for anything in particular?" asked a colt sitting next to the cash register. He had an accent, but they didn't know where it originated from. "You hoo! Were having a big spring blowout!" Waving his hooves up to get their attention. "My name is Oakie Spruce. Were you looking for a place to stay?" Oakie asked.
Suddenly the door opened and there stood a tall stallion. He was wearing winter clothes, but his whole entire body was covered in snow. What was he doing out here in the woods? There was carrots sitting on the counter of the cashiers check-out. He stiffly pointed out them and asked hw much were they plus the grappling hook that was used for climbing.
He asked how much it was and it must have been too high for him because he started bargaining the price. Oakie mad a compromise and just made him pay for the carrots and the colt still bargained and bickered with the owner.
The colt went too far and said something rude to the owner "Your prices are too high. You need to get with the present and lower your prices." The customer yelled.
"What did you just say?!" Oakie said raising his voice. He stood up. He was tall enough already, but he wad the tallest stalluon we had ever seen. He was as tall as the log cabin in height. He took the customer by the body and threw him out in the snow.
"Yes, I would like to have a room," Applejack answered uncomfortably.
"Good. If you came here last night there would have been no room for you to stay. A mare and colt were staying there yesterday."
Applejack paid for the room and Oakie gave Applejack the room key to unlock the door.
She also payed for the supplies that the customer wanted to get and they left the building.
"Have a nice day!" He said returning to his happy tone of voice. As they closed the door behind them. The storm had calmed down and the sky was clear for now.
"Finally the snows cleared up. Or at least for now." Rainbow Dash said. They could see the stallion walk slowly towards nowhere. Applejack went and ran to the stallion. She threw the bag of food and climbing supplies at the customer.
"Now what was with that attitude back there?" Applejack asked.
"Nothing you should worry about," He said turning his back on her. "You didn't have to give me this stuff."
"Oh yes I did! You should know better than to yell at the owner of the place,"
"Well sorry, but I don't know how to be nice to anyone. I barely know anyone."
"Tell me why your upset." Applejack said.
"I don't like to complain about my life, but I grew up as an orphan. I chop blocks as a living."
"I have a right to give you some fun. That's it your coming with us. You need to experience something that'll change your life." Applejack grabbed him by the ear and tugged him along to their cabin.
"I have a friend, jeez I'm not that lonely!" He complained. Hepointed over behind the trees in the woods and they walked there. There was a colt sitting in a wooden sled. "This is Sven, " He introduced her. "I'm Kristoph." He waved at Applejack. "He doesn't talk that much so he shouldn't be an annoyance to you."
Applejack openly accepted them into their group.
She gestured for them to come along. They followed her to their hotel.
Her friends were already inside getting comfortable. "Brought along some friends. They need somethin' exciting in their lives. Spruce it up a bit. Wait til they see Twilight," Applejack said entering the door.
Applejack made an extra bed for Sven and Kristoph to sleep on. Fluttershy waved shyly at them.
"Hiya!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed. Being the loud Pinkie Pie she was. We called it a night and went to bed.
Chapter 10: A Secret Past
There once was a beautiful Princess who had a sister. Her name was Anita. They were great sisters who got along perfectly together. Their mother and father were king and queen of a place called Arendelle.
Their daughter Eris was unique in ways that her sister could not understand. The kindom started to collapse the day when things started to go wrong.
-- Eris's past --
"Eris! Eris! Come over here!" My sister exclaimed in her cute voice, waving her arms at me. It was a cold and wintery day. Just the way I like it. I trudged my way over there. She picked up something that sparkled and looked at it. "Look what I found Eris!" She raised a crystal diamond necklace up to my face. "Its for you!" She put the necklace onto my neck and I heard a click from the chain.
"Thank you I love it!" I exclaimed. It felt heavy on my neck. "Are you hungry Anita?" I asked.
"Yeah! Lets go home and get us some yummy soup!" She dragged me along with her playfully and we went back to our house.
I slurped from the soup bowl unladylike. "Is it good Eris?" She asked me.
"Of course I love chicken soup on a cold day!" Anita slurped from her soup. We were at the big dining table fit for a thousand men. Waiters were moving around the room. "Mom and dad should be here soon," Anita continued. "The cooks made soup for a lot of people so we could have like a dozen of helpings if we wanted to."
I smiled at her. When she was little she used to exaggerate a lot. It was adorable. I was only a two years older than her back then. She was six while I was eight. We got along together great.
After that the maids came and made us take our usual nap. Anita and I slept in the same room together. Our beds sat side-by-side. Our room had pink wallpaper and a wooden floor that had a rug leading from the entrance of our room to the beds.
Anita jumped on the bed beside me. "I'm not tired! I want to go play outside some more!" She complained, and threw a fit. Kicking the bed angrily was her tantrum. "Its not fair I want to go do something!"
I rolled my eyes at her. I was tired and wanted to go to sleep, but when Anita is awake she bothers me. She either wants to go outside or play with her dolls.
I tried to get some sleep, but then Anita sits on top of me and pokes me till I open my eyes. She was rambunctious back then. She was filled with energy that could fill an entire room. I pulled the covers over my eyes and tried to go back to sleep again.
Anita jumps off the bed. She went and got herself a pillow and threw it hard at my face knocking me off the bed. "Anita!" I yelled rubbing my head. It hurt, but it didn't cut any skin.
"Eris! I see snow!" She said pointing at the ground below me. There was ice underneath me. Where did it come from? I don't know where it came from, but I wanted to go outside to at least satisfy my sisters needs. We put back on our winter clothes and snuck outside the castle.
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"Do you want to build a snowmare?" My sister asked. I nodded, and we started rolling our three balls. We made the bottom, the body and then the head.
"What do we call it Anita?" I asked my sister. It was a cute snowmare.
"Let's call it snowy!" Anita said, we started putting the added details to the snowmare. we put three black buttons on to the body. Put two twigs on the side of the body for the arms. Put two coals on the head for the eyes. Anita put on the last touch by putting a carrot for the nose.
I went behind the snow and put the arms in. I then pretended to be the snowmare and said in a silly voice "Hi I'm snowy and I like warm hugs!"
Anita giggled and hugged the snowmare. "I love you snowy!" She exclaimed.
I satisfied my sister for one day. We walked back home. We silently entered the castle and went straight to our rooms. It was late and mom and dad never came home. We were in the clear for now. I slept that night knowing something felt different beneath me.
There was frost covering the entire bed. I ignored it and went into a deep sleep knowing in my heart something was wrong, but what should I know I was a little kid back then. The impossible things that eventually led me to my doom showed the first signs after I got the necklace and thats when things started to take a turn for the worse.
-- Eris's Present --
My prison cell is dark and depression has taken me over. I turn on the cold hard bed knowing that no one is going to save me. For ten years I've stayed here in the darkness waiting for someone to let me go. Whether it be Celestia or someone else I would be grateful; but when ten years go by without a notification on anything about outside of here, you learn to keep secrets to yourself.
The cold hard bed hurts my back, but the guards do not care. They could care less about a queen who wanted to takeover Equestria. I'm the only alicorn that has been locked up. I sit here in the darkness and sleep. I cannot use my powers here. They are useless. This cell was specifically made by the Princess herself: Princess Celestia. I have a very distinct hate for her.
That rotten Kingdom loving Princess! Where has the time gone? Have you forgotten about me or do you simply not care for my sister? I have not heard anything whatsoever of my sister. Ever since I turned her to ice they said they would try to bring her back. Ten years go by and no solution was found or heard of. I'm sick of waiting here in the cold dark cell of mine.
I wish I could escape, but my ice powers are hard to even start in here. I can only use a second of my time everyday to muster enough power to turn these shackles to ice. I know I'm getting close to breaking them and when I do Princess Celestia will be next on my list of things to conquer.
I hear guards gossiping outside. They whisper things like "Princess Celestia might be coming," or, they talk about a cure for my "predicament" that I'm in. The predicament being that of my ice powers.
I hear someone clopping outside. My cell is the most secure in the whole entire prison. Rarely anyone goes by my cell. Today must be a special day for me. I smile evily and start to sit up in my bed just listening to the sound of clopping get closer, and closer until I hear a click of the door. I hear the chatter of the guards welcoming no one other than: Princess Celestia.
The door slowly creaks open revealing an Alicorn with long colorful flowing hair and is even taller than me. She walks inside and they shut the door. Only the light from outside the room is showing. Princess Celestia lights the room with her magic. Making the room brighter in comparison than it was a few seconds ago. She daintily down on the floor in front of the door. "It has been along time Princess Eris." She wants only to small talk with me and that's a shame. I deserve more than just small talk. I deserve Equestria.
I play along with her little game of barely catching up with the ten years I've been imprisoned in here. "It has been awhile." I say calmly. Pretending to act normal. Celestia's voice is as feminine as a queen. Mine has evolved to sound just like her only a little bit higher in tone.
"I understand you want out of here, but you haven't been able to control your powers ever since-"
"I turned my sister into an ice statue." I interrupted. Things haven't been the same since. My powers started getting crazier and turning against me. I nearly turned everyone into ponysicles and even their houses couldn't protect them from my harsh winter.
Celestia looked at me with a face-less expression. I just wanted to smack her. She should care about me and Anita. Anita was her best friend ever since Luna was banished to the moon. I could sense she wanted to tell me something, but didn't want to say it now.
"I have something to tell you-" Princess Celestia was interrupted by a guard. "Princess Celestia a villain has escaped from prison!" He exclaimed, Celestia quickly got up and went to the door. I mustered my powers and broke the chains and went past Celestia out the door.
I turned the ground below me to ice so that Celestia would slip and fall and not have enough time to get up. I ran left through a long hallway past doors and doors filled with no one they were all empty. I came up at a dead end and turned right and there was the prison entrance. I ran out and spread my wings and flew off into the air. Celestia was too late to catch me. I'm going back to Arendelle.
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Celestia's top priority was Eris. She would have to deal with the other prison break out later. Celestia didn't get a chance to tell her the good news. Her sister was unfrozen. A pony with orange hair stepped out. Her hair was braided and she was sad. Looking down at the floor she didn't get to see her sister, but she knew her sister had powers that were unimaginable.
"I'm sorry Princess Anita, your sister has broken out of prison." She apologized. "We need to find her soon. Equestria has changed since you have last been here Anita. Your kingdom is non-existent. Eris has managed to take an entire kingdom down with her powers. Will you accompany me on this journey?" She asked Anita. Anita nodded. "We will leave immediately."
Chapter 11: Don't Let It Control You
-- The Dream --
The dream Twilight had was unlike any other dreams she has had before. Twilight was alone in the woods. There was no pony in sight. It was dark and she was alone. With only the wilderness and animals to be seen. Luna flew out of the moon and appeared before her. "Hello Twilight," She greeted her. "I see something has been troubling you. Is there something I should know?" she asked.
Twilight could finally get some baggage off her shoulders. "I do Princess Luna and I would love to admit my problems to you." Twilight admitted.
"Sit down beside me and tell me." She gestured her hand to a log that was conveniently placed right where she was about to sit. Twilight sat beside Princess Luna. "Somethings been happening to me and I don't know how to deal with it," Luna looked sincerely at Twilight and a small smile showed through. "I have been given a power I don't want and its been corrupting me lately."
"How had it corrupted you?" She asked. Twilight noticed in the dream she looked like her old self. Before her hair and eye color started changing. Twilight repeated a show your true self spell and Luna was blinded by the light. The light darkened revealing what twilight looked like as of now. "I have seen this power before. Would you like me to let Celestia know of this?"
"Of course I would like to let Celestia know of this, but I don't know how much longer I can try to handle these powers. I've started forgetting memories lately. Is that a part of the spell?"
"The Crystal Darkness is one of the hardest curses to overcome. It may be too difficult for you to handle, but you are the element of magic and I believe you can overcome anything."
"I'm not the element of magic anymore." Twilight pointed to her new cutie mark.
"The spell has affected you more than I thought. I shall let Celestia know of this immediately, but until then don't use your powers Twilight. The more you use them the colder your heart will be. Only the love of your friends can help you. "
Twilight nodded and the world became dark.
-- Eris's Past --
"Eris! Eris! I'm bored lets go play in the snow!" Anita yelled jumping on my stomach in the middle of the night. For the past few weeks we've had a lot more fun than usual. I've gained the most incredible thing ever! The power to use Ice! I learned how to make snowmares come to life and how to turn the ground to ice by just standing on it! This has been an amazing thing to experience and Anita is enjoying it too.
I sleepily get off my bed and go to the empty room we always go into. My hair has changed colors since then it is a platinum blonde color with a white streak. I like the hair color change it matches my eyes.
I lost the beautiful necklace though I think I lost it when I was walking by some trees and I think one of those tree branches snagged my necklace, but that doesn't matter I have my sister and that's all I want.
"Eris do the magic!" Anita exclaimed. Anita dragged me into the room. I made a huge ball of snow and blasted it into the air making the room inside start to snow. I turned the ground into ice by stepping my foot on the ground. I turned the room into a temporary ice skating rink.
"Hold on to me!" I exclaimed and she held on to my back and i pushed her around the room with my ice wind. We glided around the room with ease. We laughed and had fun. Anita smiled happily at me. We made snowmares and played in the snow.
Then Anita wanted to try something. Something that I wish hadn't happened in the first place. She climbed to the top of a snow hill that I made from the snow and jumped to another snow hill. "Catch me Eris!" Anita exclaimed and jumped onto another snow hill. I used my magic and made more hills. Anita started jumping faster and faster and faster until I couldn't keep up with her anymore.
I slipped on the ice and used my magic to save Anita from hitting the hard ground, but my magic hit Anita's head instead. I quickly ran to her. "Anita! Anita stay with me!" I yelled in her face, but she was unconscious and her head was as cold as ice. I saw a white streak start to appear in her hair. "This is all my fault!" The ground got colder beneath me. I knew I could do only one thing: call for my parents. "Mom, Dad I need you!" I yelled as loud as I could. They came there within moments. "What's wrong?" They yelled from the outside the door. The door was frozen shut by my magic.
They got some guards to come and burst open the door. They quickly ran to me and Anita. "What did you do?!" My dad questioned me. I shrunk back in fear. Dad looked at me angrily, but Mom shielded me "Don't hurt her! She didn't mean to do this!" She backed me up.
Dad mumbled to himself and left the room. Mom comforted me as best as she could. She gave me a hug. "I know a place where we can help your sister." She smiled at me. She stood up carrying Anita and left the room and I followed her. She walked down a narrow hallway towards the library. She fumbled through some books and pulled a book out that was rimmed with gold. "Starswirl the Bearded will help us," She assured me.
Inside the book was a detailed map telling us where to find Starswirl.
That night we left and traveled into the woods. We were being pulled by ponies and they clomped hard on the ground. Snow covered the ground below me making an easy trail for someone to follow. A little foal was walking around in the woods. All alone. I waved at him, but he didn't notice me. He looked solemnly at the ground beneath him. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. His body color was the shade of grey. I just guessed he was an orphan. We continued on our journey to Starswirl passing the scenery of the woods.
We arrived at the location a while later. Starswirl was waiting for us. Mom slowly carried Anita out. Dad ignored me. I know he is angry at me. He is usually very compassionate, but now I am afraid. Afraid of my father for the first time in my life.
What makes this day even worse is what Starswirl is about to tell us. "I see what she had done. Your lucky she didn't hit her heart or else your daughter would have turned to ice. I have seen this before. Your daughter has been cursed with an elemental power that can persuade your daughter to evil. The more of her magic she uses the worse her condition will become. I'm surprised by how long she hasn't changed. I can heal your daughter, but the consequence is that your daughters powers must be kept a secret and your daughter Anita can't remember this. We must not repeat time all over again is that understood?" He asked.
This was big agreement. They nodded in agreement. He caressed Anita and put his hoof over her head. His hoof glowed in a blur aura and disappeared. "It is done," We went home and the worst of has just begun. Dad scolded me.
He limited my contact with my sister and put me in a new room. I was separated from my sister and we lost the bond that kept my powers from corrupting me any further. Friendship was what kept my powers under control. I stayed inside my room ninety-nine percent of the time. Food was brought to me by waiters and most of the staff was fired to keep me safe. I don't want to be put up like this! I don't want to be stuck in here forever! Will I ever have a happy ending?!
Applejack and the others woke up in the hotel room ready for a new day.
"Are you guys ready to leave?" Applejack asked slowly starting to get out of the hotel room bed. Rainbow Dash nodded and went to wake up the other ponies. Applejack and Rarity were sleeping next to each other. Rarity hogged most of the bed, but that didn't matter to Applejack. At least they all got a good nights sleep. Rainbow Dash slept with Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy.
Applejack tried to wake up Rarity. Shaking her body all Rarity mumbled was "Let me sleep a few more hours. A lady needs her beauty sleep." Pinkie Pie was already awake with energy as usual. Fluttershy slept like a baby, smiling in her sleep. Then Fluttershy mumbled something that Rainbow Dash didn't understand. She was talking in her sleep. Rainbow Dash nudged Fluttershy awake.
"You know you smile in your sleep right?" Rainbow Dash asked knowing that some kind of reaction would come out of Fluttershy, Fluttershy blushed and used her hair to hide her face. Rainbow Dash couldn't help but grin.
Applejack tried to wake up Rarity again this time taking a different approach. She whispered something into Pinkie Pie's ear. Pinkie Pie went over to Rarity's side of the bed. Took in a big breath of air and yelled, "WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP!"
"Wah!" yelled Rarity, falling out of her bed. "You scared the heck out of me!"
Kristoph and Sven were laughing their butts off. Applejack stifled a laugh, but couldn't keep it in.
"You should have seen the look on your face!" Rainbow Dash said, Rarity laughed with them. She did think it was pretty funny.
Everyone got ready to leave, Applejack gave back the keys to Oakie, but before they left Applejack purchased five pairs of snowboots for their journey into the mountains. Sven and Kristoph already had a pair of snowboots with them luckily and went to get their sled.
"We'll meet you guys up over there. We'll just slow you down," said Kristoph with solemnly tone to his voice.
"No you won't! Stop being so negative. We can take our time. I'll pull the sled." Applejack offered and there was no disagreements. Kristoph had a look of surprise. Never had he seen a girl pull a sleigh and make it look like she was pulling nothing. He was more on the lines of astonished.
She pulled the sled upwards towards the mountain and she moved with ease.
Applejack pointed to the mountain with a cave located inside it. "That's where we'll stay for the night."
They nodded their heads in agreement and continued forwards.
They walked upwards for hours and occasionally taking breaks every few hours or so. Rarity complained the whole way even though there really was no mud that could get on her feet. The ground was covered in snow by six inches. Applejack rolled her eyes and sighed. This was going to be a long day.
-- The Cave --
Rarity sighed with relief, "Were finally here!" she exclaimed as she entered the cave, her voice echoing. They were all sweating from the long journey up to their destination for now. They hoped to find Twilight soon.
The sun was just now setting down into darkness. Applejack took in some big breaths and wiped the sweat from her forehead. Rarity got a small battery powered fan from her knapsack she was carrying and turned it against her letting a cold refreshing air hit her face. Even though there was snow on the ground it doesn't mean you could work up a sweat.
They all eventually settled down and made a huge sleeping palette in the middle of the cave. they used their sleeping bags and covered everyone nicely. "I have a feeling we'll be at Twilight's in no time! I can sense shes here somewhere close by." Rarity assured Applejack and gave her a dainty pat on the back.
"So anyway why are you looking for this Twilight friend of yours?" Kristoph asked nicely. He looked at everyone awaiting some kind of response to his question, but there was a long silent pause.
Applejack cleared her throat and answered, "We need to find her because she is an important pony and friend to us. It feels awkward without her." Twilight's friends nodded in agreement.
"Ah I see. So your like a group without your captain." Kristoph said, wondering more about the team of six ponies. "How important is she and what could be so bad that she would run off into Arendelle Territory?"
Applejack had a look of confusion for a moment. "What do you mean by Arendelle Territory?"
Kristoph pointed outside to the mountains and all around it. "This is what used to be of Arendelle. It was taken over by a Princess named Eris. She wiped off Arendelle entirely by a terrible ice storm. The houses were wiped off by the storm and all of its inhabitants except me, Sven and Oakie. We were lucky enough to hide underground where it was safe. My parents died during the storm."
"Well that's terrible!" Cried Rarity. They all rolled their eyes at her. "What?" Rarity asked looking all innocent.
Pinkie Pie snuck up behind Rarity and whispered her her ear softly, "You know what you did!" ,and slowly moved back to her spot next to Rainbow Dash. Rarity shuttered at the sound of Pinkie Pies voice. Pinkie Pie could make her voice sound threatening and creepy at the same time. It was almost eerily creepy and with them being in a cave it made the atmosphere seem darker.
They all covered up in their blankets slowly closed their eyes and drifted off to sleep. You could hear the rustle of the blankets and it soon died down.
Fluttershy tossed and turned in the covers trying to close her eyes. She was not tired. She slowly got up from her covers and looked outside of the cave. She needed something to do. Something that will satisfy her need for rest. Maybe I could look for twilight. she thought to herself. She looked at the night sky. Noticing all the constellations in the sky. She remembered that Twilight loved looking at constellations. She smiled at the night sky.
Snow cloud were starting to form in the distance, followed by the wind picking up. The breeze brushed against her face. Her body shivered against it. She was not used to this cold weather. She covered herself with a blanket and walked outside of the cave.
The botom of the blanket was son covered in snow as Fluttershy moved across the mountain. Slowly, but surely she loked around the mountain looking for any sign of Twilight. She noticed something shiny behind the mountain. Fluttershy turned her head towards the shiny object noticing that the shiny object was a ice castle made entirely from ice. Anypony could have missed it. It was hidden right behind the mountain, so it looked like nothing was there at all.
Fluttershy was satisfied with herself and would tell her friends in the morning. She trudged her way back into the cave and quietly made her way back into her covers sleeping besides Rarity.
-- Eris's Past --
I've been stuck cooped up in my room for some time now. My father is still angry at me. I hate having to stay in here every day and every night of the year. Theres nothing to do besides sitting inside here and playing with my toys, but I want to be with Anita. My sister who loves me. A memory reminds me that I can't hurt Anita again. I won't hurt my sister EVER AGAIN.
She always comes knocking at my door asking me 'Do you want to build a snowmare?' But it brings me back to that terrible day when I froze her head.
I want to have fun with her, but I don't want to be the cause of the trouble. My father is mad enough at me as it is. I don't want anything bad to happen.
The wooden door slowly creaks open and I see my mother walk in. She is a beautiful mare with long straight brown hair and tail. Her eyes are the color of a beautiful blue sky and her skin is a nice cream color. She looks at me worriedly. Noticing snow covering the hole entire ground of my room. "Are you all right Eris?" She asks sweetly, making her voice calm and considerate. She breathes calmly and puffs of cold air escape from her mouth. The room is supposed to be a moderate temperature, but due to my powers it made the room cold and rigid.
Mother wants to have one of our daily talks together. We do this everyday to make sure I'm not feeling depressed. Its nice to talk with her. She makes the day seem brighter. I make some room for her by scooting to the edge of my bed. Scooting the frost off the sheet of my covers. Making sure mom didn't sit in snow.
She closes the door and sits right beside me. She gives me a warm comforting smile to cheer me up. I smile back at her. "You can tell me anything," she assures me, "Has anything been troubling you lately, besides being cooped up in here?"
I avoid her face letting her know that something is wrong. I look downwards at the snow covered floor. It used to be a nice sturdy wood flooring. "I'm guessing you probably know my powers are getting stronger. Its becoming uncontrollable. Just look at what my powers are doing to my room! I've turned it into an ice prison that I'll be spending the rest of my life in!" I yelled and pointed to my room which was turning into a disaster.
Snow covered the entire side of my room and stretched across the walls like frost covered wallpaper. Mom gave me a look of concern. She had every right to be concerned about this. "You can control this," she said, and got off the bed and headed towards the door. "You just need to practice your power. Learn more about it and learn to control it. I have faith in you Eris. Tomorrow I'll take you somewhere in the castle and let you practice and learn about your powers. I'll be with you every step of the way." She promised me and headed out the door.
"Twilight what's in that tree over there?" asked Rarity,
Rarity was a pony with purple perfectly curled mane. Her body color was white. Her eyes were the color of a clear blue sky. She was one of the elements of Harmony along with Twilight. Rarity was the element of generosity.
And Twilight was the Element of Magic. Twilight had a regular medium length haircut with bangs. The one thing that stood out about her hair was she had a pink and dark purple streak going down the middle of her hair and back. Twilight's body color was the same as her mane color.
Twilight and Rarity were on a morning stroll to help themselves be more awake Rarity and Twilight decided to go to the park and walk a few miles. They walked and admired the beautiful scenery of blooming trees. It was the beginning of spring. As they were walking Rarity noticed something shimmering in the trees. Rarity and Twilight decided to go check it out. They went to a tree that had just started to bloom and hanging above them was a necklace. "It looks like a diamond necklace!" gleamed Rarity, Rarity had a fond for beautiful things. Especially diamonds which is what the necklace Rarity found was made of.
It was a beautiful Crystal Diamond Snowflake. And it was dangling from a tree. Twilight reached up with her hooves to get it. Twilight almost caught it, but it fell to the ground with a PLOP!
Rarity shrieked, "Twilight you don't just knock it down like its plastic! Its fragile and could easily break! Oh that necklace would've looked great on one of my dresses!"
As usual Rarity worried more about detail to her dresses than a human being. Twilight was unamused by the way Rarity treated a necklace, she looked on the ground to see if the necklace wasn't broken. Low and behold the necklace was fine. It was still in perfect condition and there was not a scratch from the fall. "Oh thanks Celestia! I didn't want a beautiful necklace such as that to be ruined by a fall! Twilight you need to be more careful!" said Rarity, Picking it up she examined it closely looking at all the detail that was put into making the necklace.
Twilight was mad at Rarity even though from time to time Twilight was a klutz that didn't mean she couldn't handle priceless jewelry! Twilight could handle anything. She was after all the element of magic. She handled all those villains along with her friends and they turned out fine.
She just had to get used to the idea that she was a princess now. And that made her feel weird. She was different now. She had wings and a horn, not like Rarity who only had a horn. She was trying to get used to flying, but so far she always got hurt. Right now she felt like a klutz and it was going to be like that for a while. Or until she got better at flying.
Rarity picked up the necklace with her magic and examined it she thought Ooh! This would look great on one of my dresses for my next fashion show!
But then she looked at Twilight. Twilight was admiring the necklace that she was holding. This was the first time Rarity has seen Twilight admire a piece of jewelry. "Twilight why don't you keep the necklace?" Twilight was surprised. Rarity would have loved to use it in her next fashion show. Twilight smiled "Rarity I don't know what to say...."
"Think nothing of it Twilight! You keep it. It looks like you really like it and I could always find something else to use on my dresses for my next fashion show."
"Thanks Rarity! I know you probably wanted to use this for a dress, but that was very generous of you."
"You don't need to thank me! It was my pleasure! Now I need to show you how beautiful you look in that necklace! Let's go to my place so I can find you a perfect dress to accompany your new necklace!" Rarity made sure that Twilight was not suspicious of her behavior. She wanted to stall Twilight so that she wouldn't pay attention to the party that was secretly planned for her and with that Rarity and Twilight were of to Rarity's as they trotted along the grass Twilight's footprints started to leave snow in its place covering the ground.
Twilight did not notice this. She was paying more attention to the scenery around her than beneath her feet. She was noticing all the colorful buildings as she passed them by. She looked at Mr. and Mrs. Cakes Bakery and that made her hungry. She was in the mood for something sweet. To satisfy her sweet craving. Rarity noticed Twilight looking at the building. "Are you hungry? Would you like me to get you something Twilight?" She asked Twilight.
"Yeah I'm in the mood for a Pinkie Pie cupcake. Would you get me a batch please?" Twilight asked handing her some coins to pay for the cupcakes. She looked worried and shoved the money back into her bag.
"I'll pay for them you don't have to a pay a thing dear! I'll be right back with the cupcakes!" She said it rather quickly. I glanced at her and she smiled. Her smile looked more forced than kind. She clopped quickly into the store and Twilight sat at an outside table waiting for her to return.
Rarity quickly clopped at a pace that didn't make her look like it was obvious she was hiding something. She opened the door with her magic and went in. Pinkie Pie was starting to get the decorations set up. Applejack and Rainbow Dash were late to get to Mr. and Mrs. Cakes bakery.
Rainbow Dash quickly ran in along with Applejack. "Sorry I'm late!" They both said in unison. They took a moment to catch their breaths they were both sweating from running the whole way there.
"Have you forgotten how serious I take my parties?" Pinkie asked. Rainbow Dash and Applejack gulped at the same time knowing they were going to get a huge speech from Pinkie.
Rarity ignored them and went to see Mrs. Cake. She was at the front register checking to make sure she had her daily quota of money. "Hello Rarity! What can I do ya?" She asked.
"I need a quick batch of cupcakes. Twilight is waiting outside." Rarity averted her eyes to Twilight sitting outside at a table in the window.
Mrs. Cake Quickly went and brought out a batch of cupcakes. "Here you go sweetie its free of charge," She handed Rarity the six cupcakes. They were covered in pink whipped frosting with Pinkie Pies cutie mark made of fondant on top of them. "Make sure you stall Twilight for a while because were going to need it." She smiled and waved as Rarity left the building.
Rarity went to Twilight and set the cupcakes on the table. "Here you go," Rarity said Twilight used her magic to pick up the cupcake. It was covered in a pink aura. The cupcake was hovering in the air and Twilight moved the cupcake towards her mouth.
"Now that hits the spot!" Twilight said happily.
"Glad you enjoyed it." Rarity had herself a cupcake as well and they finished off the rest of the cupcakes. They headed towards Rarity's place.