My Icy Rescuer

"Ooh, let's go to that store!" Rarity exclaimed as she runs to the said store.

Arctic groaned. Rarity came out of the store and ran into another. In and out and repeat!.

"Ow, for goodness sake!" Arctic was getting sick of it being dragged from this store to the other store. Rarity then approached him with several bags in hands.

"Would you be a dear and hold these for me?" Asked Rarity.

"This is not my stuff," Arctic said. Rarity then tried using her puppy eyes on him, like Twilight. "Ow fine!" Arctic said and reluctantly carried the bags Rarity gave him. Suddenly Spike barked and shows off his back, implying that he would carry the bags.

"Oh, how generous of you, Spikey-wikey." Rarity said as she dropped some bags instantly to his bag, making him drop due to the weight of the bags. Arctic looked at the dog, who managed to stand back and looked at the girls.

"Does he always do this?" He asked the girls.

"Only to Rarity." Said Twilight.

"Spike has a crush on her." She whispers in Arctic’s ear

"Are you serious?" Arctic asked surprised, earning a nod from each of the girls. ".....That's crazy."

"Spike doesn't think so. Poor guy always gets bossed around by her and he never barks back." Said Rainbow Dash.

"And you girls don't stop him?" Arctic said.

"Well, I suppose it's his lesson to learn that it just can't be." Pinkie Pie, surprisingly, said. Everyone except Rarity and Spike looked at her in surprise.

"What?" Pinkie asked, shrugging all the while. "It's true!"

"That's... Actually the smartest thing I've ever heard from you." Arctic said.

"I'm not smart, I'm just saying things that pop into my head." Pinkie explained while she looked like she was in some sort of a trance.

The girls and Arctic looked at her strangely.

"Uhm... Okay." Arctic said, finally ignoring Pinkie, who shattered the fourth wall and focusing on the present.

Eventually, Arctic carried all of Rarity's bags, due to pity for the poor dog. He let Spike carrying one bag, but the bags Arctic was carrying were ridiculous.

Arctic sighed. "Twilight, how long has Rarity been shopping?"

Twilight pulled out her phone and looked at its clock.

"Thirty minutes," Twilight said.

"What?! You're joking, right?" He said. Twilight shook her head.

"Trust us, you're getting off easy, pal." Rainbow Dash said. "The rest of us had to carry here bags when she goes shopping. And it usually lasts for half a day."

Arctic smirked. "Well I guess, it’s better you than me, right?"

Rainbow Dash got red in the face and was about to give him a knuckle sandwich when the unexpected happen.

Arctic laughed. “I’m just teasing you Dash.” Arctic continued laughing.

The girls were surprised by this, especially Twilight. For her, it was music to her ears. His deep laugh caused shivers running up and down her spines, in a good way.

Arctic then stopped laughing and wiped a tear from his face and sighed. "It's been a while since I had such a good laugh. It was nice..." He said as his face returned to his usual frown.

"Hey, why did you stop smiling?" Pinkie asked.

"Simply because I wanted to," Arctic said as he continued to watch Rarity jump from place to place.

"I'm gonna go to the bookstore. This is getting boring." Twilight said.

"The egghead's right. I'm getting bored. Hey Applejack, how about we go to that Wonderbolt store I've been telling you about?" Rainbow suggested.

"Sure." She said and walks away.

Pinkie skipped away to a toy section, declaring that she has to talk to someone, whoever he/she is and Fluttershy disappeared to a pet store.

Arctic internally sighed. He also wanted to go to the bookstore, due to his project and want to hang out with a certain someone. He then felt something brushing his trousers. He looked down and saw Spike looking at him and pointing his head to the bookstore.

"You sure about that Spike? You can't possibly carry all this stuff." Arctic said. Spike held his head high and waving his paw up and down, imply that he can do it.

"Ok..." Arctic said hesitantly as he placed down the bags in his hands and walked away.

Arctic went to the bookstore. It was small, but it had many selections to choose from, ranging from English to History, Mathematics to Science. He went to the History section and looked for something about Phillippine history. He found a suitable book and took hold of the book's spine, only to have someone else hold it and hold his hand as a result. He looked to the source of the arm and saw Twilight.

"Arctic!" She exclaimed, which caused her to shrink a bit and whisper. "What are you doing here?"

"I went to buy a burger. What do you think?" He said sarcastically.

"Sorry," Twilight said.

"Can you let go of my hand now?" He asked. Twilight then realized the situation and blushed and quickly let go of Arctic's hand.

"Oh, sorry. My bad." She said. Arctic said nothing and took the book and continued his way to the counter.

After Twilight bought a book on Quantum Physics and a comic book for Spike, she and Arctic walked for a bit and met up with the girls and the final thirty minutes of torture began. Luckily, they went to a music shop, which caught Arctic's interest. He bought a few disks and paid it to the store owner, which caught his interest.

"Excuse me, but can you take off those glasses?" Arctic asked. The Store owner obeyed and showed her purple-red eyes.

"Well, I'll be....Vinyl Scratch? Is that you?" Arctic asked surprised.

"Yeah, and who are you?" Vinyl asked.

"It's me. Arctic Ice. We were classmates in grade school together?" He said.

"Hmm. I think I remember and Arctic back then." She said, placing her thumb and index finger under her chin.

"You and the rest of the class often prank me with glue." Arctic deadpanned.

"Oh yeah. Silver Glue. I remember now. How are you?" She asked.

"Heh, been better," Arctic said while shaking hands with Vinyl.

The two caught up with each other Twilight then approached the counter and saw Arctic talking with Vinyl.

"Hey Arctic, hey Vinyl." She said.

"You two know each other?" Asked Arctic and Vinyl with perfect synchronization.

"Yeah. Vinyl here often helps Pinkie with her parties and Arctic here was the one who saved me from being raped and almost getting killed.

"Woah woah, you saved her twice? Hardcore, dude." Vinyl said, offering a fist bump that Arctic gladly took.

"Yeah, I saved her. It was no big deal." Arctic said.

"Yeah, it is/Yes it was." Said Vinyl and Twilight respectively at the same time.

"For you girls maybe. But for me, I just did what most people would do." Arctic said modestly.

"Most people wouldn't place their lives in front of others if it means the possibility of being killed," Twilight said.

"What?" Vinyl said.

"Arctic got wounded protecting me from getting raped." Twilight explained.

"Wow, dude, nice!" Vinyl said when a small, but evil idea formed in her head and then grinned slyly.

"So, Twilight... You gave him a reward?" She asked. Arctic already knew what she meant by that and frowned. Twilight, however, was clueless.

"What do you mean by that?" She asked.

"Twilight, do-" Arctic said when Vinyl cut him off.

"Oh you know, when a man rescues a lady, she would often give her body to him." Vinyl said.

Arctic facepalmed himself while Twilight's eyes widened and her face was as red as an apple. Arctic was the same. However, it was a result of his facepalm. Vinyl was laughing so much that she fell from her seat and stood up with the support of the counter.

"Y-you should've seen your faces." She said as she laughed once again.

"C'mon, Twilight. Let's go." Arctic said as he paid for the disks he bought and left.

"Tell me if he was any good!" Vinyl called out, making Twilight blush harder.

"Seriously, why does everyone joke around with me and Twilight? I… don’t… a crush on her. But if so, I’ll never admit to anyone. EVER!!!" He thought angrily.

Finally, the girls and Arctic arrive at the restaurant and meet up with Velvet and Night Light. According to Twilight, they had a variety of dishes and also the best Hamburgers around. Arctic, curious about the hamburger, ordered one and a bowl of Caesar Salad.

After that, they looked around and found a table. Unfortunately, the table wasn't enough for all of them and Fluttershy had nowhere to sit down. Arctic stood up from his seat and gave it to Fluttershy instead.

"But what about you?" She asked.

"Don’t worry about me Fluttershy. I'll find a table close here. Besides, I'm more comfortable eating alone." He said.

The food came and everyone ate happily, some were chuckling at Twilight's appetite for hamburgers, but Arctic stayed quiet and watched them.

Arctic was curious, if not, envious for Twilight. She had someone to call a father, mother, even a brother if you included Spike. Him? He only had a caretaker that didn't care for him.... maybe a little and he has the other orphans. They all had to support one another. Well, in a way, Arctic guessed that he was grateful that he learned life the hard way.

Twilight then saw Arctic staring at them and called him.

"Hey, are you alright?" She asked, snapping him out of his stupor.

"Yeah, I-I'm alright." He said.

"Then why are you crying?" She asked.

"Huh?" Arctic said, touching his cheek. Indeed, there was a tear falling on his cheek. "Oh, it's nothing." He said.

The Sparkle family and Twilight's friends looked at him in concern but returned to eating. Arctic then noticed that he was done eating and stood up.

"Thank you for the meal, Mr. Sparkle. I really appreciated it." Arctic said.

"Would you like me to give you a lift?" Night Light offered.

"No thank you. I prefer to walk home." Arctic said as he bowed a little at Night Light and Twilight Velvet before he left.

"Hmm. Such a strange boy." Night Light thought.

Arctic closed the door as he entered the mansion. When he turned around, he was greeted by Anthony.

"Where the heck did you go?" Asked Anthony.

"After the trial, Twilight's father invited me for dinner. Enough about that, what happened to you guys while I was gone?" Arctic asked.

"Same old, same old. Sonata and Aria got into a fight with each other again. Something about Sonata being the worst and that Aria knows nothing about good fruit punch….” Anthony chuckled at that. “But besides that, it was all peaceful."

"That's great. Well, I'm going to bed. See you tomorrow." Said Arctic.

"Wait, what about that cute girl you were with the other day?" Asked Anthony.

"Twilight? What about her?"

"Were you with her all day?"

"Yeah, So?"

"Can it be that our wittle old Arctic has a wittle cwush on Twilight?" Anthony teased.

Arctic growled a bit as a bit of blush barely appeared on his cheeks ‘not this again’ he thought.

"No." He quickly responds as he walked passed Anthony.

"It's true! Arctic has a crush!" Anthony lightly exclaimed as he clasped his hands together.

"Say that one more time and I'll make sure one of your limbs will bend the wrong way."

"Anthony, stop saying stuff that makes no sense. You know Arctic here isn't capable of such emotion." Said Iron as he went out of a door, leaving it slightly open so light could get in.

"Don't you see him blushing?" Asked Anthony at this brother.

"Remember what we said, whenever Arctic displays positive emotion, it's either a fluffy pony dies or someone got stuffed into an animatronic."

"So does that mean I can fly without using magic?" Anthony suddenly getting excited.

"What made you think that?" Iron was suddenly confused by his brother’s question.

"Now that ‘Ice cube’ here got a crush, maybe now everything is possible."

"I DON'T HAVE A CRUSH ON HER!" Arctic screamed.

"Oh look, he's blushing and getting all worked up. He really does have a crush on her." Arctic then got a pair of thin, red circles in his blue eyes.

-one minute later-

"THAT ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BEND THAT WAY!" Anthony screamed out as his right arm got dislocated out of its socket.

"I warned you once, Fishlegs, and I don't repeat my warnings," Arctic said as he went to his room.

"You just have to poke fun at him." Iron said as he reset Anthony's arm.

Arctic lied down on his bed, thinking about what they said and what happened during the court. "I don't really have a crush on Twilight... Do I?" He asked himself. "and what about Flash how can he be innocent when I saw him doing all those terrible things to Twilight? This doesn’t make any sense!" Arctic was getting a headache of it.

His attention went to his drawer. He got up and took out the "Shadowielder's Magical guide book." He started to read it for the umpteenth time in his entire life until he fell asleep.