The Return of the Ice Queen

               The mane six stared at the statues. Twilight tried to touch Shining Armor, but Fleetwind stopped her. He said

"I'm sorry Princess, but if you touch them they will begin to melt. Take my word." Rainbow growled at him and tried to punch him, but she screamed in pained when she touched his helmet. She cried

"It burns! Oh sweet Celestia, that's cold!" Twilight put a healing spell on her hoof and turned to Discord. She asked

"How much magic did you loose?" Discord answered

"Only some. Enough so that I can't release Tia, Lulu, and the rest." Twilight nodded, then turned to Fluttershy.

"How did you get caught by Chrysalis, and for how long," she asked. Fluttershy said

"I went to the mares room to make sure I didn't have anything on my face and she grabbed me. It was scary." Discord growled. Twilight said

"We have a week before the deadline. Let's make the most of it."

Rainbow Dash walked up to Fleetwind the next day. She asked

"How long as this Snowfrost been Princess?" Fleetwind sneered and said

"She isn't a pitiful princess, she is an Empress. To answer your question, for as long as The Fire Massacre that killed many of our windigoes." Rainbow looked at him in surprise.

"What was this Fire Massacre," she asked. Fleetwind had shut down, unfortunately. She told this to Twilight, who was in the library, and Twilight said

"I don't remember the books telling about a Fire Massacre. That must be a windigoe thing." Rainbow sarcastically said

"Gee, you think?" Twilight was already pulling out books from shelves. Rainbow rolled her eyes and trotted off, worry nawing her heart. If they didn't figure out something, Equestria would become a frozen wasteland. She then realized that they could just use their Rainbow Powers to free the princesses. She was about to go tell Twilight this when she stopped. What if it didn't work? They didn't know the spell they would have to combat. She started to doubt it could work and resume her trot back to her room. She bumped into Fluttershy. She asked

"Hey Fluttershy, what do you think? Do you think one of us should accept Snowfrost's demand?"

Fluttershy said

"Um, well, not particularly. If we can't find a solution then, well, yes. Better one of us then the princesses, right?" Rainbow nodded.

"Yeah."

The final night before the last day came and Rainbow went to Fleetwind. He was awake.

'do these guys ever sleep?' she thought. She cleared her voice and said

"Hey, Fleet, got a minute?" Fleetwind looked at her almost expectingly. She tried speaking, but her voice kept cracking. He gave an inpatient snort and that made Rainbow angry. She said

"I accept Snowfrost's demand. What do I do?" Fleetwind gave a nasty grin and said

"You do know that you'll never see your friends again, right?" Rainbow swallowed the invisible lump in her throut. She said

"Yeah, I do. Let's just get this over with." She heard

"No Dashie!" She turned around and saw Pinkie, her mane and tail flat. She raced over and hugged her, saying

"Don't worry. It'll be ok. Tell Flutters I need her to take care of Tank. You'll explain everything to Scoots, won't ya?" She felt Pinkie nod and they parted. Fleetwind said

"Finally, the sappiness is over. Let's go." He turned into his natural flight form and whirled around the statues and Rainbow Dash. Celestia shook her wings and cried

"Where is she!? Where's Snowfrost!?" She saw Pinkie crying and Luna asked

"What happened?" The rest of the mane six ran and Twilight yelled

"Shining, you're back!" They embraced, then noticed that some pony was missing. Twilight's pupils shanked.

"Oh no," she whispered.

Rainbow Dash blinked her eyes when she realized she was in an impressive throne room. The fur on her neck stood up when she heard a chilling voice.

"Welcome, Loyalty," said Empress Snowfrost.