Twilight was moving left and right in her office, she herself was unsure as to why Canterlot failed to respond. However she considered that of little concern, what was of concern is her reaction to Rainbow dash's plea. Rainbow wasn't one to ask of assistance so easily, in fact Twilight considered her quite tough skinned. However this plea made her fear for the worst.

Still somewhat unsure, Twilight called forth her most trusted guards to her office. Meanwhile she got in contact with Cloudsdale weather factory in an attempt to get a proper understanding of the situation.

"Your highness." One of Twilight's most trusted guards said as he and three others entered her office.

"It is good to see you four." Twilight said with a small smile.

"You called for us." The leader of the four trusted guards said.

"Yes. We have a rather difficult situation on our hooves. I need one of you to go to Canterlot and figure out the reason for the lack of communication between Cloudsdale and Canterlot." Twilight ordered swiftly.

"I shall go, I am the fastest." The scout of the trusted guards replied.

"Please hurry." Twilight said as she saw the scout leave her office.

"Next I need someone to check up on weather stations across Equestria to investigate the situation at those locations. Please leave Cloudsdale to someone else." Twilight ordered.

"Leave that to me." The communicator of the four replied before leaving the office.

"Godspeed." Twilight said as she saw him leave.

"Next up. I need two individuals to go to Cloudsdale to do the following tasks. I need someone to investigate the damage to the snow machine and report that to the blacksmith in Ponyville. I want it repaired as soon as possible. And secondly I need someone to make sure that the protests in Cloudsdale remain calm." Twilight order the remaining two trusted guards.

"I am a skilled engineer. Leave the machine to me." The engineer of the four said before leaving.

"I am a skilled leader. I will rally some of my troops to go and ensure a safe and calm protest." The leader replied.

"Good. Leader please also keep an eye on the others. I want a report as soon as a change of information is available." Twilight commanded.

"Understood it will be done." The leader said before leaving.

"Good luck." Twilight said before turning her eyes onto the communications orb.

After some waiting, the orb finally made connection with the weather factory. It was clear that there were a lot of ponies missing from the office as she saw in the background.

"This is weather factory of Cloudsdale. How may I help you?" A annoyed sounding mare said on the other side.

"This is Princess Twilight Sparkle. I wish to contact your boss." Twilight requested.

"Your Highness! Of course. One moment, I will connect you with my boss's communication orb." The mare said surprised.

"This is Weather Boss speaking. Who is this?" Weather said in a very dominant voice.

"You are speaking with Princess Twilight Sparkle." Twilight said.

"Your highness! My apologies. How may I help you?" Weather said as his voice turned meek.

"I recently got a letter from my best friend Rainbow Dash that stated that you have some issues. Is this true?" Twilight asked.

"I am afraid so. In fact we have had this issue for a good long time now. Canterlot has failed to pay for the last twelve months of weather protection and its causing some internal problems. Something that finally extended into us being unable to pay our staff." Weather said in a sigh.

"And thus unable to repair your snow machine." Twilight concluded.

"Among many other things. Yes." Weather said worried.

"May I ask a potential reason for the lack of payments? Perhaps some kind of internal strive between cities?" Twilight asked.

"Actually, we don't know. You see, we haven't been able to contact Canterlot for the past twelve months. Nor is the train from Canterlot arriving at our station anymore. So besides the lack of communication, we haven't had any visitors from Canterlot either. Which is causing some major problems for the tourism industry in Cloudsdale." Weather explained.

"I see. How big is the scale of the debt that is being produced?" Twilight asked.

"Well the debt with us and Canterlot is growing into the billions. But the debt with Cloudsdale and Canterlot is already into the trillions." Weather replied.

"That is terrible news. For now, I have enacted my scout to investigate the communications problem, my communicator to check on the other weather stations, my engineer into checking the damages to your snow machine and my leader of the guard to attempt to keep the masses calm as they protest." Twilight explained.

"I thank you dearly. We hope that there are no further issues at the other stations, but this is good to hear." Weather said as his mood increased.

"So how many billions are you lacking?" Twilight asked.

"Hm. Roughly twenty billion." Weather said. "It's increasing by five hundred million a month."

"I see. I will see if I can get some kind of emergency fund pack together to assist your issues. In the meantime, try to minimize the costs by closing parts of the factory. Besides the critical parts, for now try to lower the cost by laying off some employees." Twilight instructed.

"Understood. I am thankful for the quick responds." Weather said.

"Oh and one more thing. Tell my engineer to check on all the structural problems, not just the snow machine." Twilight said.

"I will. I thank you for your support." Weather said before cutting the connection.

Twilight sighed, that will help the situation for now. But there is a lot to do. However this is all she can do for now. As Twilight looked at the picture she made all those years ago when she visited the weather factory with dash, she sighed in worry.

In the meantime, Spike entered the office. He held a small stack of papers.

"Twilight. I found the perfect vacation for the group. But will you join them?" Spike asked.

"I am afraid not, Spike. The situation is far worse than we initially expected." Twilight said worried.

"How bad?" Spike asked worried.

"Canterlot hasn't paid any money to Cloudsdale for the past twelve months. They also lost total communication with Canterlot. And they also haven't received the train either from Canterlot. It is almost as if Canterlot has gone totally quiet." Twilight explained worried.

"Hm. What if the communication array in Canterlot is broken?" Spike offered.

"As much as I hope that to be the case, I fear we have a much worse scene on our hooves. In fact I fear that we won't have much luck contacting them either." Twilight said uncertain.

"Anyways, here is the location. I was going to send them on winter sport. North of the Crystal Empire sits a ski resort. With a hot spring. The price is recently reduced for groups larger than five." Spike said as he gives Twilight the report.

"It's perfect. Invite Starlight Glimmer, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Applejack." Twilight requested.

"Alright. Which means we are going to be stuck here in Ponyville aren't we?" Spike said somewhat disappointed.

"I am afraid so. I sadly don't have anytime for a vacation and I also need my best assistant to help get past this scenario." Twilight said smiling.

"In that case I can't leave now can I?" Spike said proudly as his ego got bolstered.

Twilight giggle as she hugged Spike in a motherly tone. Twilight did look slightly worried as she hugged him, but it quickly passed.

Meanwhile in Canterlot, the leader of Twilight's guard arrived at the scene, along side the engineer. He looked at protest and saw that most ponies had already dispersed.

"I suppose I can take a look on the inside of the weather factory with you." The leader said serious.

"Yeah. Leave your troops outside. It might grant ponies the feeling of protection." The engineer suggested.

"Will do. Besides, I doubt that the factory enjoy seeing so many guards roam the factory." The leader said.

"Yeah. I don't like seeing so many guards enter my house by force either." The engineer agreed.

"Halt! Who goes there?" One of the guards of the factory shouted.

"We are princess Twilight's personal guards. I am their leader and this is the engineer." The leader said as he points at his engineer and himself.

"Ah. I heard from the boss of your arrival. You made it in time. The boss was told by princess Twilight to tell the engineer to check the infrastructure of the entire factory instead of just the snow machine." The guard said.

"Understood. Well I will be busy. Good luck leader." The engineer said as he ran towards the factory.

"What about you? Weren't you supposed to concentrate your actions on the protests?" The guard asked.

"I would love to, but most of the protesters have already dispersed." The leader said.

"Ah. Yes that did happen, however there is another rather rowdy protest ongoing in the city center. Perhaps you can assist them." The guard suggested.

"I will after I report to my princess." The leader said as he brings out a mini communications orb. And after a few beeping it got through.

"What is the matter?" Twilight asked on the other side.

"The protests in front of the factory already dispersed when I arrived. However there seems to be another protest near city center that is getting a bit rowdy. Should I intervene?" The leader asked.

"If you could. Please. And get me in contact with the mayor of Cloudsdale." Twilight requested.

"Will do." The leader said as he cuts the connection.

"You heard the princess. Good luck." The guard said.

"Yeah. Thanks." The leader said as he headed off into the city center direction with his troops.

As the leader flew towards the city center, he saw as the protest had already reached dangerous levels. Ponies were preparing to attack buildings and innocent bystanders out of rage. Realizing that he has to act fast, he decided to do a large shout.

"Anyone that attempts to harm another for any reason will be arrested on the spot without warning. Princess Twilight Sparkle will have thee right to call down a smite on anyone willing to attempt anything unlawful. You have been warned!" He shouted as loud as he possibly could.

This caused everyone to look up. They saw guards fly down in the royal armor of Princess Twilight Sparkle. They were also armed to the teeth. It was clear to anyone that they weren't kidding around. This caused many to stop what they were doing and behave themself. As they land, many landed with their spears drawn. They patrolled around and warned anyone that was carrying a weapon of sorts.

The leader approached the center of the protests. Right in front of the mayor office.

"Why are you protesting?!" The leader shouted into the crowd.

He got a mixed responds, but one of the many stood out. "We are suffering due to extreme cold." some said.

This was surprising as Pegasi were immune to cold. Yet these Pegasi complained regardless.

"What do you mean, you are cold? You are immune to cold." The leader asked surprised.

"And yet many are suffering it regardless." Another one in the crowd responded.

"I understand. I report this to Princess Twilight Sparkle. She is currently attempting to repair the damages to the Cloudsdale Weather Factory. But she is willing to assist Cloudsdale in general. I am going to attempt to talk with the mayor about it." The leader said as soon as he turns around. Many ponies seemed to calm down at this new knowledge.

The leader entered the mayor office. He looks around and sees the mayor attempting to flee Cloudsdale.

The leader than proceeds to literally grab her by the neck and stop her from doing so. He moves her to her office and places a communications orb in front of her.

"Princess Twilight Sparkle wishes to talk to you." The leader said.

"I understand. My apologies for trying to leave, but this office is oh so cold." The mayor commented.

"Apology accepted. Please call her now." The leader said.

The mayor taps the communications orb and it activates immediately.

"Ah. Mayor. It is so good to see you. Is everything alright?" Twilight asked pleased.

"No. It's so cold. Also it seems many Pegasi are suffering from the cold despite their immunity." The mayor said.

"Shit." Twilight swore on the other side.

"What?" Mayor asked slightly shocked, but mostly confused.

"I know the cause. However it is not simply solved. For now, I recommend enacting the emergency heating system." Twilight ordered.

"I understand. It will be done. But you said the cause..." The mayor asked.

"Leader please leave the room. The following things must not spread." Twilight ordered.

"Understood." The leader leaves and ensures that nobody enters.

"As you know. The snow and ice are connected to the workshop due north of the Crystal Empire." Twilight said.

"Yes. From that old grumpy man. What is the matter?" She asked.

"Well I got a letter stating that the crystal has gone dormant." Twilight said.

"Oh no." Mayor said as her face went wide in fear.

"It is as I feared it. Soon Equestria will receive snow, but not the kind anyone wants." Twilight said worried.

"I see. But what can we do?" The mayor asked.

"For now, lower the height of the placement of Cloudsdale. To increase the temperature. And enact that emergency protocol. I will deal with that crystal." Twilight said.

"Alright. I will be in your hooves. We Cloudsdale will follow you, until the end of the disaster." The mayor said confidently.

"Very well. I am sure we will meet soon. Until then." Twilight said.

"Yes. I will go to your castle to talk about counter measures." The mayor said.

"Good luck and fair winds." Twilight said as she cuts the connection.

Author's Note

For those confused. This is the current problems Twilight is facing:
-The Weather factory has run out of money.
-The Weather factory is severely damaged due to lack of maintenance.
-The Pegasi has currently lost their immunity to the cold.
-With the winter crystal out of magic, the winter season is currently out of control.
-Without the winter crystal, Santa is currently unable to deliver Christmas.
-The main five is currently overworked. (Including Starlight Glimmer)
-Cloudsdale is currently enacting the emergency heating protocol to stay warm.
-Canterlot has lost communication with Cloudsdale all together.