Gems, Ice, and Dice

(One day after chapter 3)

BGM 1 Blizzard got up this morning and had already finished his daily routine, but when he looked out the window he saw the weather Pegasi moving in the clouds to make it rain today. Blizzard sighed, "What a beautiful day....or what it would've  been if Rainbow and her weather friends didn't have to make it rain today!" Blizzard said angrily, "I'm gonna be stuck inside because the rain is gonna make the ground all soggy and I doubt anypony else will be out there except the Pegasi when it rains. Oh well, it is their job I guess."

Blizzard looked over to his notepad of ideas he had gotten from Rarity's friends that was on his table, "Hmm, maybe I should look these over and try and hatch some ideas on how to impress Rarity." He got up from his windowsill and sat at his table with his note pad and looked it over, on it was:

Be friendly - Pinkie

Show off - Rainbow Dash

Books - Twilight

Common Interests - The Crusaders

"Now how am I gonna apply all this to impressing Rarity?" Blizzard thought to himself as he tapped his pencil on his head, "As far as being friendly, I got that part down fine, I was friendly to Rarity when I first met her, and when I helped her out with finding gems and fighting the Diamond dogs, I'll just have to continue to be friendly and I know I'll get somewhere with it." Blizzard then wrote 'Continue to be Friendly' down next to that note.

Blizzard looked at the next idea on his list, "Show off a little, well that's no problem! I can do that just fine!" Blizzard said as he made a wall of ice and punched his hoof through it to break it apart, "Showing off is what I do, but like Rainbow said, bragging isn't good. Maybe just a little, but not too much to turn other ponies off. But I kinda already showed off to Rarity that I could fight, what else could I show her?" Blizzard had to think for a bit, "Maybe some of my work as a sculptor? Yeah! I could probably show her an ice version of herself! And maybe some of my other ice art too." Blizzard then wrote 'Ice Art' next to that note.

Blizzard looked at the next note, "Books...." he said as he put a hoof to his chin, "I've learned before, that books are useful sources of information. That's why I went to the princess' library, but I didn't want her or anypony else to figure out why I needed a book like that. Grrr....! This is frustrating!"

As Blizzard said that, it began to rain outside. "Oh great," Blizzard said, "yep, there goes my day." Blizzard then breathes out with frustration, "I'll probably just have to find a book that can help me, but for now, books is an unresolved solution." And with that, Blizzard put 'needs more thought' next to the note on books.

"And last but not least," Blizzard said as he looked at the note, "Having common interests. Hmmm..." Blizzard thought for a bit, "What things do Rarity and I have in common?" "UGH! I can't think of anything!" he said aloud, "Why does this have to be so difficult?! Why can't figuring out how to impress somepony be easy! If only Caliber were here, he'd know what to do." he said as he made an ice sculpture of Caliber in his hoof.

He looked at the sculpture of his friend and it hit him, "Wait a minute," Blizzard then made the sculpture of Caliber in his hoof disappear, "Rarity is elegant and she makes elegant clothing art. I can make elegant ice art! That's it! That's what we have in common! We both have artist-- artistic-- artsy, whatever it's called." Blizzard then wrote down 'art talent' next to the note on common interests.

Blizzard takes an overall look at his notepad, "Well that just about covers everything. Now I just need to apply all this info to future times I see Rarity and I'll have her impressed in no time!"

During Blizzard's note taking, it began to rain harder outside, turning into a storm complete with thunder and lightning. When he heard the sound of thunder, then a lightning bolt strike, Blizzard was surprised, "Aah! woah! oof!" he had fallen out of his chair backwards, "Ow, damn thunder always scares me." He then walks over to his window again and sighs, "This storm outside reminds me of Electron. It's too bad he hates me now, but I can't remember what his problem was with me. I do remember when we used to be friends..."

FLASHBACK

BGM 2 Ice Blizzard and Electron Wave Storm both grew up together in the Crystal Empire. They were both good friends as foals and liked to play around with each other roughly. (This is them as foals)

Ice Blizzard was chasing Electron, "I'm gonna get you this time Electron!"

"No you're not Blizz!" Electron said, "I'm gonna beat you again!"

Blizzard then jumped onto Electron, "I gotcha!" The two then begin to roll down a hill and landed in mud. "Haha! That was fun wasn't it Electron?"

"Yuck, yeah I guess it was." Electron said, "Looks like you got something in your hair."

Blizzard looked at his head and said, "Huh? i don't see any--"

Electron had thrown mud into Blizzard's face, "Gotcha!"

"Very funny." Blizzard said as he gathered up mud in his hooves and threw it at Electron, "Now I got you!"

Blizzard and Electron both laughed as they played together for the rest of the day.

FLASHBACK END

BGM 3 As Blizzard was reminiscing about his past with Electron, another lightning bolt had struck and scared him, "Woah holy crap!" Blizzard fell over onto his back, "Ouch! Damn lightning strikes!" Blizzard then sat back at his table, ad sighed, "Darn Electron. Ever since he's started hating me, I've been more surprised by lightning than I was when I was a colt. I wish he wasn't so hostile, but what can I do besides try and get him to be friends with me again."

Blizzard looked outside and noticed the rain had let up a little, "Hmm, I'm not gonna let my fun day get ruined over a little rain! I'm going out today regardless of the weather! I'm not gonna be held back by some rain!" Blizzard then put on his rain coat and boots and made an ice umbrella, "Time to have some rain fun!"

THE END