Cold
Born of hate
Previous ChapterNext ChapterOkay, I was having a great day, became a prince, got a dragon egg, started getting paid more than I used to make a year, and made some friends. Then I come home to my burning house?
Needless to say, I may need a couple body bags soon. Very soon.
As the pegasi worked on putting out our house, I take out my gun, scanning the crowd of ponies who weren't running around like a bunch of headless chickens. A couple looked back at me and froze, their eyes widening in horror at my expression, accented by my new eyes and teeth.
I spot Lyra in the crowd, and wave her over. She runs over, a worried expression on her face, which quickly turns to nervousness when she sees my look too.
"Frosty, you guys gonna be okay?" She asks, approaching carefully. Flossy turns to her and gives a weak smile, which quickly disappears when I speak up.
"Who...did...this...?" I ask, taking deep breaths and trying to calm myself down to little avail.
"I don't know, the mayor and guards are still looking." she looks up at me "Please, try to calm down Frosty."
That was the final straw.
"Calm down? CALM DOWN?!?! I PROMISED TO PROTECT THESE PONIES WITH MY LIFE, AND THIS IS HOW THEY REACT?!?!" my powerful voice kicks in and my wings flare, making everypony stop what they were doing to look at me nervously. I take a deep breath
"I don't know who did this, but they better hope I don't find them." I state, turning on my heel and walking toward the town hall. It didn't sound like Flossy was following me.
Suddenly, I feel the egg under me give a kick, and nearly drop it out of surprise. Small cracks slowly spread out from the point where the kick was from. Was it hatching already?
My question was answered by the eggshell finally splitting, making a small gash in my side as I tried not to drop it. Sure enough, it hatched.
I set down the discarded eggshell and managed to get a peek at the little dragon. It's scales were pink, with white spines going down it's back, and crystal blue eyes gazing at me. It was about the size of a dog, with a slim frame, and tiny claws. It looked up at me, seeming to take in every detail of my face. Then it raises it's hand...
And promptly tries to eat it. Even as mad I was, I still found the sight to be rather humorous.
And a little adorable, but don't tell anyone.
"Hey, little..." was it a boy or girl? "...dragon."
It pulls it's hand out of it's mouth and reaches up at me with both hands. Oh, I know what to do!
I pick the giggling dragon up with both hands and place it on my shoulders before continuing on to the town hall.
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Well, that did absolutely fuck-all for my mood! The mayor already has ponies looking around and asking questions, but so far they've come up with nothing!
Well, maybe because the fire was about an hour ago now....
I was outside what was left of our house, seething with rage. The building was mostly stone, how the hell did they BURN A STONE BUILDING DOWN?!?!
*inhale* *exhale*
"Well, at least Flossy's staying with Applejack. Who will we stay with, Slushy?" I ask my new dragon, giving her a pat on the head and earning me a happy squeak. Found out it was a girl because it needed to pee after we got to town hall. And it was on my shoulders.
Disgusting.
But after I got cleaned up, she sneezed and froze the puddle she made on the floor. That's how I found out she was an ice dragon.
Anyway, our home was burned down and I had an idea. If I have wings, can't I manipulate clouds like a pegasus? if that is the case, I could just make a cloud home until ours was rebuilt, or we bought a new one. And if that failed, maybe Lyra would let me crash at her place.
With this in mind, I lift Slushy from my shoulders and hold her to my chest, spreading my wings in preparation for flight.
Aaaand takeo-!
"Mister Frosty!" I barely have time to look surprised before I'm tackled and knocked off balance by a now very familiar filly. A very familiar...crying filly.
"Whoa there, Dinky! You alright?" I quickly put Slushy back on my shoulders, hugging the crying filly close.
"I-I t-t-thought you were s-still in the house!" she manages in between sobs, cuddling further into my chest. Which reminds me, all my shirts were in that fire... "I t-t-thought y-you-"
I put a comforting hand on her head and start to rock gently, "Shh, I'm okay Dinky... Frosty's okay...I'm not going anywhere..." I say, doing my best to comfort the little filly.
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"So, that pegasus planted the first seed. Excellent." I mutter to myself with a smile as I beheld the human prince comforting the crying filly. There was no danger of the simple mortals seeing me, let alone hearing me.
"To think that such a lowly creature has so much potential, truly baffling. Brothers will be pleased with this." I gather my energy for a teleport, taking one last look at the truly unaware human, and can't help but let a wicked smile grow.
Soon, mortal...
Soon
Author's Note
Sorry for the delay once again guys. But being a teenager who actually cares about his friends, family, and his slightly deteriorating health means I don't have the privilege of updating daily, but I'll try.
Anyway, hope you enjoy!
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