Chapter 2View OnlineA Day in Glacial's LifeChapter 2 Glacial was starting to regret her decision. As she stepped over a fallen tree branch, she looked up at the dark clouds. She should have remembered what Rainbow Dash had said. Now the other pegasi had whipped up a fierce thunderstorm, to windy to fly in, and Glacial was totally lost. On top of that, she had hit her wing in an attempt to escape the forest in the gale force winds. Her wing throbbing, she slid into a hallow tree. Glacial had never feared the Everfree forest until today. It was always a source of adventure when other ponies found it dark and depressing. But as she lay in the tree, shivering and wincing in pain, the darkness of the forest consumed her. When she played back the events of the day in her mind, she found all the flaws she had performed. First, she went to the forest alone. Second, she tried to fly in the storm. Third, she decided to go off the trail. And fourth, she didn't tell her friends where she was going. "they probably won't care!" she thought bitterly. They had so thoughtlessly ignored her earlier, that they would probably never come looking for her. Then she flinched. That as not something you say about friends that help you everyday, that care about you no matter what. As her eyes blurred with the tears about to spill, a cloaked figure hurried past. The figure stopped and peered at the shivering pegasi. "what do we have here? a little pegasis, frozen with fear?" Glacial Break looked up to see Zecora, the zebra. "come young one, to my my home. The forest you won't have to roam." Glacial nodded with gratitude and rushed back to Zecora's hut with the zebra. "now small one, what is wrong? why were you out with winds so strong?" Glacial stared at the floor. "well my friends didn't seem to want to be near me..I wanted to show them i can go on adventures without them!" Zecora smiled gently "lets have an adventure of our own, so you wont have to go alone!" Glacial thought it was a grand idea, so she asked "what adventure can we go on?" Zecora thought for a moment. "in early spring this time of year, ingredients are everywhere!" glacial smiled. It didn't seem like that bad a job. "what shall we find?" "After thunderstorms, you see, lightning flowers bloom, get them for me!" Glacial was very grateful to the kind zebra, and she felt a sense of purpose she had when she was writing for the newspaper, or doing her winter wrap up job. The kind of feeling that put her at ease. And as Zecora finished bandaging her wing, the rain stopped. The two of them laughed and ran into the forest. She felt like this only when she was with her friends, and she realized that somehow, Zecora had managed to make her way into the small list of people she called her friends in no time at all. It was something hard to do. She knew a lot of the ponies in Ponyville since they were foals, but so far only six, no seven, were her friends. it showed how straight forward and simple minded she really was, in fact she had no friends before Pinkie had thrown her that party. That one day had changed everything in her life. how she dressed, what her house looked like, even her personality.
Chapter 3View OnlineA Day in Glacial's LifeChapter 3Glacials home, one year earlier Glacial lay sighing on her couch. Winter wrap up was done and a year of solitude lay before her. She Wasn't upset though. it had been like this ever since she was a foal, she just wasn't good at making friends. In her mind, the other fillies had just been trying to embarrass her with their small gestures of kindness, so she shut herself away. The only time she acted like a member of the community was during the winter wrap up. Now that it was over, nopony would talk to her. it wasn't like Glacial was unfriendly.. In fact, she was one of the nicest ponies around! she just wasn't a... ponies pony. Other ponies tried to talk to her, but they were greeted with unemotional mmhm's and uhhuh's so they gave up. But today would be different. As she got up from her cloud couch there was a quick knocking at the door... or what could be considered a door. "nopony knocks at my door..." Glacial walked over and opened it. There was a flash of blue and yellow, and suddenly she was suspended in the air by.. was that Rainbowdash and Fluttershy? She almost smiled. These ponies were her pegasus idols! Rainbow's speed and coolness! Fluttershy's caring compassion! Why were they pulling her through the sky? "Hey what are you guys doing?" She said defiantly. "i can fly on my own!" Rainbow looked at her and smirked. "but would you come with us if we let you go?" "probably not." she admitted. They flew her from her cloud home in the outskirts of Ponyville to the very heart of it; Sugar cube corner. Her mouth started watering , for she could smell the sweets baking in the ovens. Rainbow forced her through the door, where Pinkie, Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, and Spike were waiting. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Glacial stood there, shocked. She had never ever told anypony when her birthday was! Gaping she managed "H.. How?" Twilight smiled widely. "i have my connections." RainbowDash hit Glacial on her shoulder playfully. "an athletic pony like must need someone to race with!" The grins were shared with everypony in the room. Except for Glacial. Her eyes were moistening with the tears about to spill over. Sure, she was quiet and abandoned, she knew that. But what she never had ever described herself as was... Lonely. And yet, it was the perfect word to describe her. The other ponies were moving in to comfort her. "do you not like the party?" Pinkie asked, sounding a little deflated. "no.. its just.." Glacial sobbed. "I never knew i could love something like this.... That i could have friends." She looked up hopefully. they were all smiling softly. Rarity patted her on the head "you do now sweetie. you do now." As the year went on the friendship steadily grew. Glacial re-decorated her house, so it wasn't a miserable grey shamble. She started going to the spa with Rarity and Fluttershy (grudgingly) and spent an hour racing with rainbow. She helped Big Mac and Applejack apples to the farm, and checked out a new book from twilight everyday. She helped Pinkie bake and Derpy deliver the baked goods. the people of ponyville were starting to warm her frozen heart.
Chapter 1View OnlineA Day in Glacial's LifeChapter 1Glacial Break couldn't help it. She was obsessed with anypony and everypony, but she guessed it was because of her part time at the Ponyville Times Her favorite job, though, was breaking ice off the rooftops. She was born for it, as her name suggested. The fast and furious pony loved the cold more than anypony else especially when soaring in the clouds above the town. Most ponies loved the other seasons better, in fact Glacial and her friend, Apple Jack disagreed about the seasons more vigorously than the others. Apple Jack thought that fall was obviously better, but Glacial has to point out that winter was the time to break the ice. But this story takes place in neither of these seasons, for today was a fresh, spring day, and everything n Ponyville was relaxed. which in turn, made Glaciers coat stand on edge. Every nerve in her body was itching for something to do. The pegasus pony could fly in loops for hours with her pent up energy.. wait.. Fly in loops.. Rainbow Dash! She was always willing to go on a cruise through the clouds! She pulled her wings from her body and with a mighty stroke she was soaring to Rainbows home in the clouds. "Sorry Glacie, no can do!" Rainbow shrugged apologetically. "im scheduled to help someponies start a thunderstorm this afternoon!" she rushed past Glacier and zoomed into the sky. "Can't! Pinkie pie yelled over the noise of the twins she was foal itting. "Mr. and Mrs. Cake need me to watch them!" it was the same with everyone. Apple Jack was tending the farm, Twilight had a report to finish, Rarity had an order to fill, and Fluttershy was taking care of her animals. Even Derpy Hooves was busy with her mail job. Glacier Break sat down defeated. "well," she though to herself. "since everyones so busy, why don't i go on a adventure myself?" She wrestled with it for a moment then nodded to herself. "Lets go to the Everfree forest!" Thick headed, as always, she packed her saddle bag with only a few apples and headed to the edge of the town. The everfree forest, as ominous as ever loomed above her. but never the one to actually think things through, she took a deep breath and charged into the darkness.
