Lost Words

Starlight walked through the frozen wasteland, knowing she wasn't going to survive by staying there with no purpose whatsoever. She honestly had no idea where she was going, or for that matter, where she even was! She currently only had a nagging feeling that she wouldn't be going back home anytime soon. For some reason, that sounded really good to her.

She was currently ravenous, but that wasn't too big a problem. She could survive for long enough without any food. And luckily, she was in a snowy area, so she could easily just use the snow for water. Cold as it was, it was enough to energize and hydrate her.

She decided that it would be smart to abandon this already abandoned area and find the nearest civilization, even a small village. She was only hoping that the ponies of the village would be kind and welcoming. Well, if there even was a village to arrive at.

She kept walking in one direction for a while. Except, she had staggered along her path. The winds were so harsh and the snow so blinding, there was a chance that she had completely turned around and was currently heading back to the place she had teleported to. She just decided to keep going to wherever she ways anyways. She kept walking for minutes, hours, but however long she did, she felt that it was never far enough away from the cold heart she was trying to avoid.

Soon, her hooves grew cold and numb from walking on the snow without any protection, and so she conjured up a simple teleportation spell and got ready to cast it. Unfortunately, she'd already worn herself out, so even a spell so simple as teleportation became near impossible. She groaned and used her remaining energy to keep stumbling through the storm.

It didn't last long, though, because she needed quickly to eat something. Snow would work for a drink. It was no doubt dirty, but getting sick was better than straight-up passing away. She gathered some snow in a pile and grabbed some with her hooves. She "ate" the snow and winced at how cold it surprisingly was. But, in a way, the feeling helped soothe her hunger. She shook her head and decided to move on.

The sky was turning a beautiful shade of purple and orange, red and blue, making Starlight stop in awe and beam, but she was nowhere near as bright as the sun was. The best thing she had seen so far since running away was this amazing sunset. The colors were so brilliant, mixing themselves all to surround the glaring sun in the middle. Even the clouds looked colorful.

Her smile faded as she realized that sunsets meant nighttime. She wouldn't mind being in the dark, but along with that, she needed a place to rest. Something she most likely couldn't do in the snow for longer than one minute. Not without anything but her body heat and a saddlebag. Incredibly pensive, she knew she would have to live without sleep for a few days or so, until she was so fatigued that she wouldn't mind sleeping on the snow. And so, her journey continued, as she trekked through the big storm. In just a few minutes, the sky turned pitch black. The moon was just a small flashlight millions of miles away. So faint she could barely see it. But it only took a few minutes for the moon to reveal its true light, until it was bright enough to light a path for her along the snow. It soon looked so brilliant the stars that faded in were nothing at all to her. Except that the stars seemed to add glitter to her path. It almost seemed too much of a miracle, but then again, she could be hallucinating.

Such a figment couldn't be assumed as real, but she decided to walk along the path either way. Every now and then, she looked behind her to see that the path disappeared. It just moved forward with her to show her the way. Twists and turns appeared every now and then, but eventually, she was led to a small area of trees. It was near a cliff, so she would need to be careful, but she could sleep in the trees or something similar. They would provide sort of a shelter for her.

The blizzard, though, only got worse. It became harder and harder for her to see until she had to move around with her eyes closed. Even then, she could barely move. She soon tripped over something in the snow and twisted her left leg a little. She winced in pain but decided it was best to lay there in the snow and let it act as an ice pack.

Her eyelids fell down, slowly, slowly, and if she tried to fight it, she was just tiring herself more. In the end, she fell asleep quickly and of exhaustion and fatigue from the long journey through the strange environment around her. She was on the verge of just giving up and teleporting home, but that wouldn't work because her teleportation spell would only take her so far when she was weak. If she'd had more strength, she would've probably been at the castle right now, laughing with friends and learning more about friendship.

But she wasn't that strong, both metally and physically, because she stayed put and looked at the frosty world that surrounded her. But looking closely, she noticed it wasn't just plain ice and snow. There were creatures everywhere, huddling together for warmth and safety. She kind of wished she had that warmth, too, one with many friends surrounding her. Just that would bring her enough warmth for her to be in a much more comfortable atmosphere. In slightly more than a few minutes, she started becoming stiff, most likely from being in the cold for far too long. She decided to keep moving on. With one last glance at the animal families, she sprinted to help warm her body up.

Soon, her hoof sank too deep in the snow or something, because she slipped and slid down a hill. She couldn't slow herself down with magic, so it was all she could do to dig her hooves into the snow and create some friction, no matter how small an action it was. At the end of the hill, where slowly but surely it became less of a downhill slope, she felt a tingle run through her body. Was she really that cold? Finally, she slowed down until she stopped completely. She rested against the snow for a little, catching her breath, and decided soon after that it was too cold. She stood up to see a small village there. There weren't many buildings, so it was smaller than Ponyville, although it was still slightly bigger than her Village of Equality.

Either way, a town was a town, whether it be cold or not. It was nothing compared to the biting winds around it. She just hoped that the ponies would show benevolence towards her after she became more familiar with the (possible) dystopia she would soon enter.

As she got closer, she could slightly make out the words on the first building she saw. It said, Comfort Café. She decided it sounded nice enough. Hopefully, the place matched its name. Starlight exhaled deeply, a smoky breath coming out, and opened the door to the café, a little jingle playing as she stepped in.