The next place over was a crossroad. The first things her friends had approached was a box and a sign. They still couldn't read runes but they recognised a few words from before.

"Should we leave something here?" Apple Bloom asked looking at her, the one carrying everything.

"How about this donut, I have a feeling we'll need it later." she replied.

"But how we get it back?"

"I have an idea" Sweetie faced the box and activated her horn, before being shot back.

"Sweetie!" Her friends ran after her.

"B-bad idea, I forgot all about this. I can't stay to long in the cold so my, my, my." Sweetie sneezed."horn doesn't freeze." Sweetie barely managed before she blacked out.

"What now?! We have to get her somewhere warm!"She shouted. This could end really badly, Sweetie's horn could snap or worse... freeze Sweets over.

"But by the time we get there she would have gotten frostbite! How come you and I ain't so cold?"

"Well, these saddlebags are keeping my wings warm and you did say that you had been warmer earlier."

"Yeah but what I don't understand is how and why!"

"I know Bloom but we need to focus, how can we keep Sweets warm?"

"Yah got anything in that saddlebag that could warm her up?"

"There pie's still warm, the bag must be thermal or something." Apple Bloom looked at her and rolled her eyes.

"You do realise that she can't eat cause I don't know because she's UNCONSCIOUS?!"

"Yeah, yeah... Hmm... What about this Green Ribbon?"

"What about it?"

"It's been in the bag and it's pretty warm." She took out the Ribbon in question.

"Pass it here, it'll have to do." Apple Bloom carefully wrapped it around Sweetie's horn. "Rarity would kill us if she knew about this."

"But the question still stands, how are we gonna move her?" She pointed at Sweetie's still shivering form.

"Help me put her on my back, I should be able to carry her."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, it's the best we got" She quickly heaved Sweetie on Apple Bloom's back. Staggering under the weight, she grasped her for support. Sweetie wasn't that heavy, she didn't eat much and that made her the lightest out of the 3.

They didn't waste anytime and walked as quickly as they could. They ignored everything and everyone. She had to agree it was pretty rude but what could she do? Her friend was near to death. Every so often Apple Bloom would say something along the lines off...

"That's weird, I'm not cold anymore" or " Huh, the wind has stopped." Each time Scoots would inform her travelling companion that the wind and temperature had not changed a bit and it confused them both to no end why it was so. Each time however she could feel the fur on her neck stand on end, each time it happened she knew they were being watched.

Finally they reached the tall skeleton which she hoped would assist them, even if it was by capturing them.

"SANS, WHEN WILL THE PONIES AR- SANS? WHERE DID YOU GO? HMM, NEVER MIND, IT SEEMS THEY HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED. WELCOME PONIE-. ARE YOU ALRIGHT, PONY."

"Our friend is getting frostbite Papyrus, we need to get her somewhere warm." Scoots told the only skeleton in the clearing. She however could swear she saw something flash blue before Apple Bloom spoke.

"Huh, that's weird, Sweetie isn't as heavy anymore."

"WELL, I CAN'Y REALLY LET YOU PASS BEFORE YOU FINISH ALL MY PUZZLES BUT I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, IS NOT HEARTLESS AND WILL LEND YOU MY SCARF." He took of his red scarf and gave it to them and they quickly wrapped Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom in it. It was long enough for it to cover her completely as well as secure her to Apple Bloom.

"Thanks, but what about you?" Scoots looked at Papyrus with curiosity.

"NO, NO.I DON'T HAVE SKIN."

"Sans did tell you earlier you know, dumb dumb."

"Hey! That's not fair Apple Bloom."

"I,THE GREAT PAPYRUS, WILL MEET YOU ON THE FIRST PUZZLE! NYEH HEH HEH!"And with that he left them by themselves once again... or were they alone? She still couldn't shake the uneasy feeling.

The next place had Papyrus and, surprisingly, Sans on the other side of a patch of ground with no snow on it.

"WELCOME AND BEHOLD THIS SHOCKING PUZZLE. THE ELECTRICITY MAZE. I HOPE YOU ARE PREPARED AS THE AMOUNT OF FUN YOU WILL HAVE, IS ACTUALLY RATHER SMALL."

"c'mon papyrus, you can do better than that. you just need to put some backbone into it."

Scoots laughed but had expected Apple Bloom to groan like earlier. She was surprised therefore when her friend laughed as well. When she noticed, Apple Bloom merely shrugged.

"What can I say, I'm warming up."

"UHH... YOU HAVE POISONED THE YOUNG PONIES SANS. PONIES, CROSS THIS PUZZLE ONLY IF YOU DARE ."

When Apple Bloom made a move, Scoots shook her head. "I'll figure it out, you stay there." As she took her first step, Papyrus jumped as if he had been shocked.

"SANS! WHAT DID YOU DO?!"

"i think the pony has to hold the orb." After these words were said by his brother, Papyrus walked onto the puzzle, fixed on giving them the orb but failing to notice the footsteps he was leaving. As he reached her, he threw the orb up in the air before quickly running away.

She looked at Apple Bloom who was holding back laughter and rolled her eyes before following the steps in the snow, her friend right behind.

"YOU 2 ARE EXTREMELY GOOD AT PUZZLES, YET THIS IS NOT THE HARDEST YOU WILL FACE. NYEH HEH HEH!" Papyrus ran off. She saw Apple Bloom open her mouth to talk to Sans but he too was gone even though they hadn't seen him leave. Her friend seemed disappointed as she walked off, shivering once again. A question pressed at her mind... Why???

Author's Note

Scootaloo

I know it hasn't been a Sweetie chapter lately but I have my reasons.

I'm also noticed that no one picked up on the reference with the saddlebags, I mean runes inscribed on the inside, it's thermal and it has crescents on them? Cookies and Spoilers for the first person to guess who, what and where they're from.