-Canterlot Castle-

Princess Celestia, one of the two royal sisters and goddess of the sun, was having another long and annoying day. Those who'd just started to work in the castle and saw her 'performing' her duties, by listening to everyday ponies during day court wouldn't notice. She looked and acted the same as ever: that ever-kind smile, followed by small sounds of sympathy and understanding towards the plight of the pony she was addressing. The ponies who'd been there for longer, knew for a fact that she was only keeping up appearances and couldn't care less about what was being said.

The ponies she was tuning out at the moment, were none other than Jet Set and Upper Crust; one of the most disliked pair out of all the nobles in Canterlot. As Rarity once bluntly put: "Prince Blueblood is the embodiment of perfection compared to those two." It was widely known that Rarity DESPISED Blueblood, so for her to make a statement like that was a shock to the Canterlot elite. Of course, nothing was said to them about this comment...at least not directly. Which brought the two of them to Celestia in the first place, among other trivial things.

"And that is why, your majesty, we need you to do this as soon as possible," whined Jet Set. "We cannot live in such a small home."

Celestia gave a small smile and glanced out the window from the corner of her eye. Thank Faust, I can put them off until tomorrow, she thought to herself. Clearing her throat, she stood up and spoke in a slow and clear manner. "I understand your concerns, and I will have my advisors look over the land as soon as possible. After all, we must make sure that the land you want is safe and able to be used, correct?"

The two ponies smiled for a brief moment before realizing what exactly she had said. Before either of them could start to complain, they were interrupted by a loud set of thumps. The pair of guards that stood by the throne room doors hit the tiles with their spears once more before speaking out. "This brings the day court to an end. Any other complaints will be heard tomorrow morning."

With that, the two ponies were ushered out 'politely' by the pair of guards leaving the princess alone in the hall. Only when she was sure that they were out of hearing range did she let out an exhausted sigh. Looking out the window once more, her thoughts drifted to her sister Luna. Even though it seemed like she had been doing well on her own, Celestia couldn't help but worry for her younger sister. With all the duties that each had, there hadn't been a moment for the two of them to spend time with one another.

"I should have a day where it can be just the two of us," she mused. With that thought in mind, she left the throne room to lower the sun and hopefully, mention the idea to her sister.

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-Ponyville-

As the trio continued to walk, Frost tried to put his thoughts in order. He knew for a fact that he would have to be careful about what he said, especially if he wanted to keep up the pretense of losing his memories. Not only that, but he'd have to find some kind of job. The question was, what could he do? No way was he going to ask if he could work with any of the elements...except Fluttershy. Then again, he hadn't tried any manual labor in this body, so perhaps he could be a repair pony? Shaking his head, he glanced up to find both Discord and Fluttershy looking at him expectantly. "What? Something wrong?"

Looking around, he realized that they were outside Twilight's castle and his ears folded back. "Ah. So we're here."

Fluttershy frowned and made her way over to Frost. "U-um, I know you're still mad at everypony else....but could you maybe give them a chance? Please?"

He stood there and stared at her for a long moment before turning his sights towards the now-setting sun. Fluttershy began to quietly whimper from his lack of response, when a sigh filled the air. "Fine. I'll give them a CHANCE. Nothing more, nothing less."

"That's all I could ask for," she replied with a small smile. With her thoughts spoken, she made her way towards the doors and opened them without hesitation. As soon as she slipped inside, Frost faced Discord and cleared his throat.

"Listen, about that dream-magic thing...does that apply only when I'm asleep? I don't need anypony diggin' in my mind and start blabbing."

Discord merely raised one eyebrow, picked the pony up and began to head inside. "Who do you take me for, hmm? When I'm serious, I can be VERY thorough with my magic. Trust me, nopony but me will know. Now, off to face your doom!" Whistling a merry tune, he made his way inside before dropping Frost on the floor.

Frost himself, grumbled before getting up and looking around. Unfortunately, he'd been dropped right in the middle of what was probably a conversation between the rest of the Mane 6, Spike and Princess Luna.

"Ah, so thou has arrived. Good. Now we can start this meeting," Luna said. After getting nods and sounds of agreement, she continued. "We have called all of you here to discuss the fate....rather, what would happen with the pony known as Frost. As it stands, I cannot care for him, due to my own duties. Which of you would be willing to shelter him until he can stand upon his own hooves?"

Before any of the others could speak up, the Pegasus in question cleared his throat and raised a hoof in protest. "Sorry, but I want a say too. I appreciate the concern, but I AM my own pony."

Luna raised an eyebrow in surprise before giving him a curt nod and waving her own hoof for him to continue.

"If there was a pony that I would stay with, it'd have to be Ms. Fluttershy." The mare in question blushed and hid behind her mane when the attention was diverted towards her.

"Now, wait a darn minute," Applejack grumbled. "Are ya sayin mah home ain't good enough for ya?"

Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Twilight began to clamor as well with their own complaints before he stomped hoof on the ground.

"Really," Frost hissed, "you want to know exactly why I chose her out of all of you? I'll be more than happy to explain, and in DETAIL."

When Applejack heard how cold his voice was, she couldn't help but take a step back. Mabye ah stepped on a sore spot just then... Before she could apologize, he continued speaking, making sure to stop in front each pony as he made his points.

"Let's start with you, Applejack. You hunted me down like a wild animal and tried tying me up like one too. That was beyond humiliating; it was downright degrading. Rainbow Dash, you could've seriously injured me. I'm sure that at the speed and angle you were flying, I could've broken bones, not including, my wings. Pinkie Pie....well she wasn't all that bad. I just don't think I could handle that much energy. No offense."

Pinkie simply giggled and shook her head. "No problem-o Frosty!"

Twilight snorted and stepped up to Frost with a glare. "Alright, we get it, there were horrible things done to you. Why can't we just say sorry and move on?" At that, it felt like the room's temperature dropped and everypony looked at the pegasus warily. He looked like he had lost all emotion and stared into the air before slowly turning towards Twilight.

"Of course. We can't forget the ringleader herself, can we?" As he spoke, he sat there with a disturbing amount of calm. "I wouldn't be as upset with them if they hadn't followed your orders so blindly. The only exceptions to that would be Fluttershy and Pinkie. I can't say Rarity for sure, but I have an idea that whatever it was she was gonna do, wouldn't be pleasant."

At that, he glanced over to the fashionista, as if he were daring her to object; she simply coughed and looked away, as if she were hoping not to be in the spotlight.

Satisfied with her lack of response, he turned his attention back to Twilight, who began to look slightly nervous. "Now, the pony who I have the biggest issue with here, is you Twilight Sparkle. Not only did you go overboard because of a simple note, but you were exceedingly violent in catching me. As a point of reference for all of you mares, it's the equivalent of either having your wings violently broken, your entire body in so much pain that you can't move, or having a magical backlash. Multiplied by one hundred at the least. If you don't believe me, ask any stallion how much it hurts, and I promise they'll react badly."

Once he was done ranting, all of the mares were either wincing from imagining the sheer agony he had gone through, or looking ashamed. Twilight, on the other hand, looked completely crushed by the revelation and Spike was completely silent: at that point there was nothing he could say to fix the situation. Luna frowned and made her way over to Frost with the intent of scolding him. Before she could say anything, he sighed, loosened himself up and spoke. "Look, you wanted the truth, I told you it. I won't sugarcoat it: I don't trust her. It'll be some time before I even consider it; the only exceptions are Pinkie and Fluttershy. If you'll excuse me, I'm going to get some air."

As he walked out, the room was completely silent. When he was out of earshot, both Fluttershy and Luna let out a sigh. "It seems I have made a grave error in my judgement," Luna said. "I apologize for putting you in such a situation, especially you Twilight." At that, the young alicorn shook herself out of her mood and gave a wry smile.

"No, it's fine. Better he get it all out now than later, where things would be worse. I need...some time to think though. I'll see everypony later on." With that, she slowly stepped out of the room and Spike followed behind not a moment or two after.

After a long period of silence, Fluttershy cleared her throat and spoke up. "W-well, I guess I'll take him in for now. I'll see you later girls." Each of them muttered in agreement and made their way out, leaving Discord and Luna alone.

"Well, that didn't turn out like I thought it would," he muttered. Discord then sighed and stretched, letting random sounds echo in place of the sound of bones popping. "So then Luna, I'm off. I just needed to make sure that he had someplace to stay."

Luna instantly turned her attention to Discord; the few times he actually said her name, was when he was being serious. "Off? Where to? I know for a fact that thou never use my name, except in the most dire of circumstance."

"True," he replied. "I need to go visit....Her." His entire body shivered when he said 'Her', as if even mentioning the being was dangerous in itself. Luna on the other hoof, stiffened in shock before nodding.

"Understood. Best of luck to you then."

Author's Note

I'm BAACKKKKK! Been some time since I wrote. Hopefully, I'll be updating once a week. As always, comments, suggestions and idea for upcoming chapters are welcome!