The Story of Winter

As you may have guessed, Winter is now an orphan. Although he had no parents, he did have a blue dragon by his side. For many a few years, Glow has taken care of Winter. As long as he had Glow, he would be safe. Through these few years, Winter could not forget his traumatizing experience. With him being such a young colt, it was hard for him. Every day was hard. Luckily, he had Glow by his side. Glow was always off to find food and other things he may need. She protected Winter from any threat that came. Now he is ten years old.

Glow would never leave Winter. She cared about him too much. She knew something about Winter... something Winter didn't know about himself. She was always over protective for Winter. Winter cared about Glow. She was like the sister he never had. Winter would sleep by the train tracks but, it soon became time to find a safer place... like an ally.

"Are you sure about this?" Winter asked.

"It's safer than the train tracks." Glow replied in a soft gentle tone. Winter believes what Glow says... after all, she knows best. It's always been the same for Winter. Glow would find food and he would stay safe. Sometimes Winter would go and play with the other kids. It made him feel normal. He never let go of making snowflakes like his ancestor did. Although he could never get it right, it calmed him down. One night, things would change for Winter. Little did he know, what fate held for Winter.

"NO! LEAVE ME ALONE!" Winter screamed as he slept in the ally.

"Winter, wake up." Glow murmured as she went to comfort Winter.

"Get it away from me..." Winter gasped as he woke up.

"Winter, it's just a dream." Glow reassured him.

"...It was him." Winter sighed heavily. "I always have that dream about the pony I saw when it happened." It was obvious Winter was afraid. After five years, he was still traumatized from what happened. The horrifying images of his parents burning always appeared in his mind. Sometimes, he would even have hallucinations of the experience.

What did I do to deserve this?

"I just can't forget." He said. Glow was about to say something when a pony appeared. Masked by the darkness of the alley, the mysterious pony could not be identified. Suddenly a ball of fire came towards Winter from the mysterious pony's direction. Alarmed, Glow pushed Winter out of the way and took the hit from the fire. The flames bounced harmlessly off of her scales.

"Winter, you need to run!" Glowed yelled. The mysterious pony reached for something. Faster than seemed possible, a dagger shot out of the dark, impaling Glow in the chest. Glow shrieked, the hit taking her by surprise. Startled, Winter raised his hoof, and he felt a surge of immense power. Suddenly, an ice shard shot out from the tip of his hoof, missing the strange pony by a few inches. In a blink of an eye, the strange pony turned and disappeared abruptly. Winter ran to Glow, who laid there, writhing on the hard ground.

"Glow, a-are you ok?" Winter eyes darted in a panic, unsure how to help.

"Winter, I won't last long. You must know this." Glow rasped, fighting for breath.

"N-no, I can get help." Winter insisted.

"I can't be saved... Listen, Winter... that shard of ice that came from you is a special power... you are the one, Winter..."

"The one for what!?" Winter cried.

"You are the one to carry the stone... the Stone of Seasons..." Glow uncurled her claws, reaching to give Winter the stone. As Winter grabbed the stone, Glow went silent. Any life she had left was gone. Glow was dead.

Winter sat silently, mourning the lifeless dragon. Winter wished he could cry, but all his tears had run out long ago. He raised his head, his eyes burning into the dagger lodged inside of Glow. What magical impurities it took to possibly kill a dragon.

"I will find this pony... I will kill him..." Winter whispered to himself. Suddenly there was a voice from the stone.

Find the others... join them.

Winter knew what that meant. He knew that there must be more ponies who carry a stone. Winter turned to leave. Somepony would find Glow eventually. He couldn't afford to wait any longer. With a stoney look on his face, Winter put on his stone and set off on his journey.