Chapters I thought it was a normal winter blizzard. Like any pegasi-caused snow.
But, I was wrong. Dead wrong.
The blizzard had been going on for three weeks, non-stop. All of my friends were having problems because of it. It was all over Equestria. Snowflake after Snowflake, everything was practically covered in snow. And I hated it.
Melody was trapped in Las Pegasus because of a meeting she had, and she can’t get home, Vinyl was stuck in Canterlot because she was hanging with Sapphire Shores, and Octavia was stuck here in Ponyville, meaning that she couldn’t get to Manehattan to play cello for the Bridleway opening of The Wicked Pony of the West. As for me, I had nowhere to go, but I wanted to be home. And it was a good thing. Twilight needed me desperately.
Twilight had me helping the ponies in town to make sure things were alright. My usual first stop was Rainbow Dash and the weather ponies. I asked Rainbow if she got any more of an idea of who was responsible for the blizzard.
“Sorry, Lala, but we just don’t know how this could be happening,” she said, looking disappointed.
“Do you think it could be caused by a pegasus?” I asked, hoping to narrow down the culprit.
“Not one that doesn’t have a horn. I think a blizzard like this could only be caused by either an alicorn or a VERY powerful unicorn.” Rainbow seemed very serious for once.
“Thanks, Rainbow. I’ll let you get back to work.” I said, and I walked off. Rainbow continued giving the weather ponies orders in the distance. I walked over to Sweet Apple Acres, hoping to find more food to take to the town hall. I walk to the barn to find Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo using the plant-growth potion that Zecora gave us. The only thing was, it looked like the threesome wasn’t using the right potion, because whenever they would try to make a plant grow, there would be fur in the pot.
“Uh, girls, can I see the potion bottle for a second?” I asked. Scootaloo held out the vial, and I levitated it over to me. I saw what the label said: Zecora’s Fur-Growth Potion. “I think I see your problem. This grows fur, not plants.”
“See? I told you there wasn’t a fur plant!” Apple Bloom said. I could tell, by the look on her face, that she was aiming that comment to Scootaloo.
“How was I supposed to know?” Scootaloo said. “I’m not a plant expert!”
“Well, we know something that won’t be your cutie mark.” Sweetie Belle said.
“Apple Bloom, where’s your sister?” I asked, remembering why I was there in the first place.
“Over there, using the correct potion to grow plants,” Apple Bloom said, answering my question.
“Thanks,” I said. I levitated my extra bottle of plant-growth potion out of my bag. “Here. This is the right potion for sure.” Sweetie Belle levitated it from me.
“Thank you.” Sweetie Belle said. I walked over to Applejack, lending her a hoof with the baskets of plants that she was carrying.
“Thank ya kindly, Lala,” Applejack said, both of us taking baskets of food to Big Mac’s near-full cart of other food baskets. I figured that he was taking them to town hall, not me. I had seen him do it a couple of times before, when I was heading to Octavia’s to visit.
“It isn’t a problem, AJ. How’s the food situation?” I asked.
“I’m glad to say that we have enough for all of Ponyville and then some, despite three little fillies using the wrong potion!” Applejack said. She looked over at Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo, with them using the fresh vial of plant potion I had just given them.
“I said I was sorry!” Apple Bloom said, looking frustrated.
“But anyway, did ya find anything from Rainbow that could get ya one step closer to findin’ whoever’s behind this?” Applejack asked.
“Rainbow’s come to the conclusion that it can only be caused by an alicorn or a very powerful unicorn, but I think this has signs of alicorn magic all over it,” I said.
“Well, I just hope this is over soon. I don’t know how much more Equestria can take,” she said with a concerned look in her eyes.
“Don’t worry, AJ. Twilight and I are doing everything we can to help,” I said, assuring Applejack and calming her down.
“Alright, Lala. I’m trusting you here,” Applejack said. “I’ll leave ya to do what you need here.” I then left, and worked my way to Fluttershy's cottage to see how the animals were holding up. As usual, they were frightened, but they were happy to see me. I had been coming every day for three weeks. I think they could get used to me.
"Flutters, how are they?" I asked. I had been keeping my songbird, Harmony, with her, so she would be safer.
"Oh, Lala, they're great! Harmony is just a little sweetheart." Fluttershy said. "And she's getting along so well with Owlowiscious! Oh, things are great! I mean, besides the giant snowstorm outside."
"That's great, that things are going well." I said. "I'll let Twilight know that Owlowiscious is doing great. We are getting closer to stopping this."
"Great, because the bear over there wants some land without snow on it," Fluttershy said, pointing to a bear.
"I'll see you later, Flutters." I said. I walked over to the place where Harmony was. I gave her a little hug. "I'll see you tomorrow, Harmony." I left the cottage, and went back to Twilight's castle.Twilight was going insane, because she hadn’t slept in days.
“Geez, Twilight! You alright?” I asked. The room was covered in equipment, papers, used quills, and a pile of ice cream tubs that Spike had been eating.
“I’m not! I still can’t find the cause of this winter, and I promised Ponyville that I would!” Twilight said looking frustrated as she checked her chalkboard of traits. She created it to piece together the clues of the storm. She had tried, but she couldn’t find who was causing it.
“Well, Rainbow has come to the conclusion that this is most likely caused by a very powerful unicorn or an alicorn.” I said.
A spark of realization ignited in Twilight’s eyes. She gasped. “Of course!” she began. “Why didn’t I think of her before?!”
“Think of who, Twilight?” I said.
“Someone that I need to go through the mirror to talk to.” Twilight said.
“Who is it?” I asked, but I was almost certain who she was talking about.
“Sunset Shimmer.”
I was lying in my bed, trying to sleep. Once I did, I was woken up by a whisper.
“Elsa!” the voice was. It was none other than my younger sister, Anna. “Elsa, wake up, wake up, wake up!”
Because I wanted to go back to sleep, I replied, trying to get it over with. “Anna, go back to sleep,”
However, she was persistent. “I can’t!” she exclaimed. “The sky’s awake, so I’m awake, so we have to play!”
I gently pushed her off the bed with my wing. “Go play by yourself,” I said.
She popped back up on the bed, with her light orange hoof opening my eye. “Do you want to build a snowpony?” she asked.
I opened my eyes. She knew that I couldn’t resist a snowpony. Since I was born with my cutie mark, I had even more powerful magic than any other alicorn. I was born with a snowflake on my flank, instead of it being blank. Since Anna had understood it, she always asked me to use it. Since my alicorn magic is very powerful, I needed to be more responsible with it. But, I couldn’t resist Anna’s offer. So, I took her up on it.
Anna was giggling as we went down the stairs. I was trying to keep her quiet, so we wouldn’t wake up our parents. Once we reached the ballroom, Anna was galloping with joy.
“Do the magic! Do the magic!” she screamed.
I started to beam up my horn. “Ready?” I asked.
Anna nodded. With my horn, I created a snowball out of thin air. Anna giggled.
“Check this out!” I exclaimed. I stomped my hoof on the ground, creating a floor of ice. Anna was happy. Later, I had created mountains of snow and snowflakes in the ballroom, and even created a snowpony.
Anna smiled at the snowpony, and I made it a little fun. I went behind the snowpony, and said in a weird voice, “Hi, I’m Olaf, and I like warm hugs!”
Anna came running up to the snowpony. “I love you, Olaf!” she said.
It was just the two of us. Nothing could be better. As we sat in front of the snowpony, nothing mattered; nothing seemed like it was bad. We were together, and that was what was important.
But, that was thirteen years ago, when Anna was five, and I was eight. But, now, there I was, alone. I thought about that, and almost considered going back to Arendelle, but I knew that I couldn’t. I can’t go back, I thought. Not after what I’ve done. I was afraid of what they would do to me. I was called a monster. I just couldn’t go back. I felt much safer in the ice palace that I had created, isolated from everybody else. Nobody could hurt me, I couldn’t hurt them, and that was that. I felt like this was the way I was supposed to live the rest of my life. No harm, no danger, no right, no wrong, no rules. I was, for the first time in my life, free.
But, I had also thought about Anna. How she had reacted when she had seen this. I had thought about the rest of that night in the ballroom.
I had made snow hills, which Anna had decided to jump on. As she kept jumping, I made more hills to catch her fall. Her wings were very weak and fragile, thus, she couldn’t fly very well.
“Catch me!” she yelled as she galloped across the hills.
“Wait! Slow down!” I yelled. But, she didn’t hear me. I tried to save her. I slipped on the ice, and Anna began to fall.
“Anna!” I yelled. I shot a blast to create something to catch her, but it hit her head instead. Creating a white streak in her braided strawberry-blonde mane, she was as cold as ice. “Mama! Papa!”
My parents came rushing in, bursting through the ice-covered door. “Elsa, this is getting out of hand,” my father said.
“It was an accident. I’m sorry, Anna.” I said, hoping my sister was alright.
“Relax, I know where to take her,” he said to my mother. She had this look in her eyes, as if to say, I can’t believe this is happening, which I could agree with. My dad levitated Anna onto his back, and we went out the palace walls. We galloped all the way to the forest, and went to a place surrounded by rocks. “Help!” my father exclaimed. “My daughter-“
No sooner than the second he said that, the rocks started moving towards us. The opened up, revealing themselves into being trolls.
“It’s the king!” one exclaimed. Another came rolling through, ending up right in front of us. “Your majesty, is she born with the powers or cursed?” the one in front of us said.
“Born, and they’re getting stronger,” my father said.
The main troll examined Anna. He sighed with relief. “You’re lucky it was not the heart. The heart cannot be so easily persuaded. The head, however, can be tempted easily.”
“What are you saying?” my mother asked.
“I’m recommending that we remove all memory of magic from her mind,” the troll said. “But not to worry, I leave the fun that the two of you had together.”
“So, she won’t remember that I have powers?” I asked.
“It is for the best.” Father said.
“Listen, Elsa,” the troll said. He began projecting a picture of an older me, demonstrating my power from my horn. “There is great beauty in your power,” the image quickly changed to red, consuming me, “but also great danger. You need to learn to control your power, or fear will be your enemy.”
“We’ll protect her, I promise.” Father said. “In the meantime, lock the gates. We’ll reduce the staff, and we’ll keep her powers hidden from everypony, including Anna.”
That was the moment that completely changed my life. That was how I spent 13 years of my life. Locked away, nothing to do, and concealing my growing abilities. When I became Queen, I thought that it would be the same, but when my powers were unleashed, it changed everything. I finally felt, for the first time in forever, that I was free. Nothing could take that from me.
“Twilight, are you nuts? What the heck would Sunset Shimmer know about this? Unless it took effect on the mirror world, too, I’m almost certain that Sunset is completely clueless about this.” I said.
It was true. Twilight was out of her mind. What the heck would Sunset Shimmer know about this storm? Sunset was in the mirror world, and I was questioning why she even had the idea of Sunset Shimmer of the possible cause.
“I hate to say it, Twi,” Spike began, “but I think Lala has a point.” He stood up from the ice cream tub mountain he was creating. “What would Sunset know?”
“I really don’t know.” Twilight said. “But, I’ve read thousands of detective novels, and it always says that a good detective goes with their gut.”
“Are you sure that gut feeling isn’t hunger?” Spike said sarcastically.
“Funny.” Twilight said.
I couldn’t help but laugh with Spike, because it was pretty true. Because Twilight had been so focused on her work, she had been commonly missing meals. I’m not saying that she hadn’t eaten in three weeks, I’m just saying that she wasn’t eating as much. Anyway, I still had a question that I needed to ask.
“Twi, I have one more question.” I said. “HOW IN EQUESTRIA ARE WE GOING TO GET TO THE PORTAL, AND THEN, HOW ARE WE EVEN SUPPOSED TO GET THROUGH?”
There, I said it.
“I know a variety of teleportation spells. It shouldn’t be a problem, Lala.” Twilight said.
I rolled my eyes. “If you say so,” I said. “We’re headed to the Crystal Empire, I guess?”
Twilight’s horn started to beam up. Spike bolted out of the room faster than Rainbow can clear the clouds. “Yes! Hang on!” Twilight yelled.
The room began to be engulfed in Twilight’s magenta magic aura. I felt a weird, tingly feeling. The next thing I knew, I wasn’t in Twilight’s castle, but I was at the entrance of the Crystal Empire.
“Come on, we have no time to lose!” Twilight exclaimed, trudging through the snow, headed towards the castle.
I followed, but also thought for a minute. This is going nowhere. I want to help her, but I don’t see where this will get us. I had also thought back to the day this had all began.
It was supposed to be a sunny summer day, at least what Rainbow Dash planned for the weather. I expected to look out the window of the cottage seeing birds chirping and the summer sun, expecting Melody’s return from Los Pegasus, but, instead, I wake up to about a foot of snow piled up on my door. I see a brief flame come through the kitchen window, and see a scroll come from the flame. It was none other than a note from Melody, saying that because of the storm, she was stuck in Los Pegasus due to all of the trains being unable to go anywhere. My first instinct of this was to go to Rainbow Dash, to see if this was just a surprise storm the weather team had sprung on us. I went to Rainbow’s station on the weather route, and by the looks of things, she was in a panic.
“Keep it on the outside, Thunderlane! No, Cloud Chaser, your other left! Derpy, what are you doing eating a muffin at a time like this? Get to work!” Rainbow Dash yelled to the weather team. By the looks of things, she was just as clueless as I was.
“Dash, what’s going on?” I asked.
“What’s going on is that Cloudsdale is falling to the ground, and if we don’t do something soon, it’ll crash on Ponyville!” Rainbow said. She flew up with a whole bunch of other pegasi to a cloud filled with ice. I assumed that if this storm hit Cloudsdale, Los Pegasus, and Ponyville, that meant only one thing- this storm had hit all of Equestria.
I had realized that we were at the Crystal Castle, so I followed Twilight inside. From there, we went straight to the room with the mirror portal, and, with mine and Twilight’s combined magic, we opened the portal. We both ran through, getting a weird tingly feeling as we passed through. The next thing I knew, we were in the mirror world, a world that Twilight had visited again recently, but I couldn’t remember the details. Something about a musical counter-spell.
Anyway, I quickly got on two legs, a skill Twilight told me about this world, and tried walking. I got the hang of it quite easily, almost as if I had done this my whole life. Twilight had a good idea of where Sunset Shimmer was, so we went there. We found her in the hallway, by her locker.
“Sunset!” Twilight yelled. “We need to talk!”
“Twilight? Why are you here? And, who is she?” Sunset said. I figured she was asking about me.
“I’m Lala Song, a friend of hers from Ponyville.” I said. “We need your help, Sunset. Equestria is well, frozen…”
“What?” Sunset said.
“I have reason to think that with your magical knowledge, you could cause something like this. Right?” Twilight began getting in Sunset Shimmer’s face.
“Twilight, you know that I can’t do magic here,” Sunset said. And I knew that was true.
“Oh, right. Do you know about any other alicorns besides me, Celestia, Luna, and Cadence?” Twilight asked.
“There are two that I can think of off the top of my head…” Sunset said with a moment of realization. “Their names are Elsa and Anna.”
“How come nopony- I mean nobody- knows who they are?” I asked.
“They are mostly secretive. Especially the kingdom the come from, Arendelle.” Sunset continued.
“What?” I commented.
“Arendelle is a small kingdom off the west coast of Equestria. One day, 13 years ago, the king and queen just closed the castle gates for no apparent reason. Then, three years ago, the king and queen died in a shipwreck. The older princess, Elsa, should be coming of age, but I don’t think the coronation went well, because she hasn’t been seen since.” Sunset said, completing the story.
“Thanks for the information, Sunset. It really helps.” Twilight said. We left, and Twilight teleported us to Ponyville. Then, as soon as we got there, a pony fell out of the sky.
Rainbow Dash quickly flew up and grabbed a cloud for her to land on, and she did. Her pale orange coat made a thud onto the cloud. Her strawberry-blonde hair was in a bun, and had a white streak. She was wearing a light green gown, and she seemed to have been flying for a long time.
“Are you okay?” I asked.
“Yeah, I’m fine,” she said. “Is there by chance another alicorn here?”
“There’s Twilight,” I said, pointing at the purple pony behind me.
“Not her. One who can create the power of snow in her own horn and hooves,” the mare said.
“You’re saying that there is somepony that can do that?” I asked.
“Yes. I need to find her,” she said.
“Why?” I asked.
She seemed reluctant to answer. “Because, she’s my sister.”
We all paused, seeming gazed at the shock.
I finally spoke. “What’s your name?”
She got up from the cloud finally, and replied what I should have expected.
“Anna.” And that was the last thing she said, before she fell unconscious.
Author's Note
Sorry for the delay. I meant to post this sooner, but of course, my computer cord quit on me. So, there's been an unexpected delay. But, there's a lot of Frozen fun coming next chapter, with ANNA!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
