A Villain Gets A Second Chance

Shrill then cocks her head and asks her sister, "Wait...what's a human?"

As you hear another voice speak up behind you, you spin around and lash out with your gauntleted left fist and punch nothing but empty air, saying, "Who are you and just what in the light do you want from me!"

Chilly giggles and then says, "Calm down already will you? We are just after some answers."

Feeling a little calmer, you settle down a bit and continue looking around for whoever is speaking and then close your eyes to enhance your sight to enable you to see ghost-like beings. Seeing nothing around you at all, you then ask, "Why do you hide from me, show yourselves!"

The younger windigo says, "We aren't hiding from you, we are just possessing your mind for a little while."

Panicking a little, you try to force them out of your mind saying, "Get out and let me see you!"

The two sisters are then forced up against a barrier as the human tries to force them out of his mind when the older sister speaks up, "We can't, we're stuck inside while the host, you, is awake. So will you just hold your horses for a moment and stop treating us like bugs? We mean you no harm, really!"

You sigh and stop fighting for a moment, saying, "Great...more voices in my head. Fine, so what answers do you want from me?"

Chilly then smiles and says, "Why do you hate yourself so much?"

Thinking back on everything you did in the past, you snarkily say, "With how much I've hurt and betrayed everyone I ever knew, how can I not?"

Shrill looks around at the landscape around them for a bit and says, "You don't seem so evil to me now, because you seem to be more remorseful for whatever it was you did."

The young windigo then asks, "OH, what were you doing with your sword earlier? It looked so neat!"

You then smile slightly and say, "Well, I was trying to draw mana into my sword until a certain creature interrupted me. What are you two anyways, some new elemental or just really crafty ghosts?"

Chilly then smiles sheepishly, saying, "Sorry, I was so curious to learn more about why you were so angry." and giggles saying, "No, we aren't ghosts, we are a hybrid between Air and water elementals, we are called windigos."

Moving your left hand up to your chin curiously, you stroke it with the forefinger saying, "I've never heard of that kind of creature before, the ones I know of aren't anything like you two because they have been cursed to have an animalistic body after eating human flesh as humans."

The older sister then shivers with disgust saying, "Eww...that's disgusting."

With your finger still on your chin, you ask, "So you aren't ghosts, but how did you two possess me?"

Shrill then says, "We Windigos can manipulate the elements with our inherent magic to create snowstorms as a way to try to warn ponies that letting anger control them is a very bad idea. We can possess the minds of other beings through a second ability we were given during our creation by Grogar."

The younger sister then says, "Yeah, sometimes, we even freeze them solid so they learn the lesson!"

She rolls her eyes at her and says, "That hasn't happened since our grandparent's days, which was over a thousand years ago."

A dark chuckle escapes your mouth as you remark, "Yeah, so did I...but only a few survived being frozen by me."

Chilly then cocks her head and asks, "Why would you do such a thing to others?"

Making a fist as your hatred flares up again, you say, "Because I was the monster that all others feared or hated because of how evil I was. I still see myself as that same monster, even though I have a desire to redeem myself."

As the two go quiet, you then sigh and relax your fist and try to calm yourself down saying, "If you two don't mind, I'm going to go back to my exercise."

Time Passage...

A few days pass as the windigos Chilly Gale and Shrill Gust return home to their parents, who ground them both for a few weeks for their careless behavior. However, the two were warned not to do it again, but ignored their warning and kept visiting their new friend, whose name they learned was Arthas. Weeks turned into months as the two aided him in finding a lasting shelter in a town that was once known as Univille.

With nothing to do really, you made yourself at home in the roomy library where there are shelves upon shelves of books while other books lay on chairs and small stands, all of which are encased in ice. It took you a few days of searching for a tool to aid in clearing the majority of the ice from the fireplace just so you could remember what warmth was. After spending several more days carefully freeing the books from their places on the shelves and drying them off so that they remain legible, you managed to save several of the books in the library.

Spending your time foraging for crystal berries and mostly reading the books containing spells in them (which isn't that many, to be honest) while taking some breaks to charge your sword and helm with magic, you explore more of the Frozen North and discover two other towns. Although you were only able to visit one due to it being in the air and made of clouds, you still didn't find much in the frozen ruins.

Left with no other options, you head back to Univille and fill your days by practicing with your sword or further charging your sword and helm. Without realizing it, two years pass by when you suddenly hear a new voice speak up in your head, saying, "It is time to head south, Blistering Blizzard. Continue on your path to the redemption you seek."

Time Passage Ends

With a sigh, you look around at the library you called home for a time and walk out the door, saying, "Well girls, I will be heading south now. Will you be going with me, or will you stay behind?"

Shrill looks at him with a sad smile on her face and says, "I would love to see a new place for a while, but the atmosphere is not exactly good for us windigos."

You shake your head and say, "Right...you said something about how friendship harms you."

She nods her head and says, "Yeah it's actually the fire of friendship that appears over a group of friends that harms us, friendship itself is a repellant for us."

With an understanding nod, you say, "That explains why you don't come around during the winter holiday." Curious, you then ask, "So how do you two tolerate being around me if we're friends?"

Chilly then giggles and brushes against him saying, "Don't know, even our parents can't understand it. Just think of it as us being misfits of the next generation of windigos. Mark it up as being how opposites attract, and leave it at that."

The older sister then looks to her sister and nods to her saying, "We can accompany you until we reach the border of the banished Crystal Empire's Lands though, but after that...we shall have to remain here."

With a brief smile, you continue heading south and say, "I appreciate that, could you show me the best way to get through the mountains?"

The younger sister hears her sister mention a narrow valley to the west near Yakyakistan as her heart feels a bit heavy at having to part ways with Arthas and recalls something she heard the teacher mention briefly in class. Thinking on it for a moment, she then waits for her sister to finish and says, "I am going to go figure something out back home, I will catch up to you two when I finish."

Shrill watches her sister take off and says, "Don't take too long or you won't be able to say goodbye in a week!"

A few days pass as you trudge your way through the waist-deep snow under a clear, blue sky when you wonder when Chilly will come back and hear a particularly high-pitched howl. The sound brings a smile to your face for a few moments before you see the image of slaying your own father with Frostmourne in the throne room, causing it to fade away in an instant as the blizzard of self-loathing and hatred rages on inside your heart and mind.

Happy at having figured out how she was going to travel south with Arthas, she lets out another cheerful wail when she spots the two standing in the distance.

The older sister chuckles at how her sister made it back with one day to spare and says, "Good timing, sis, we just reached the valley. Which means that we will reach the border a little past noon tomorrow."

Chilly smiles and says, "Sorry, had a few errands to run before going on this journey."

Making camp with a light canvas tent, you settle down in it as the two windigos float above the ground beside you. Although their company doesn't keep you warm at all, they keep you from losing your sanity. In a brief moment of loneliness, you wrap your arms around Chilly Gale and pull her against your armor.

Feeling herself pulled against Arthas's armor draws a snicker from her lips as she says through another snicker, "And you say you don't cuddle."

Letting out a snicker of amusement, you then say, "I'm as surprised as you are, it seems that even evil bastards like me can get lonely at times." and let yourself drift off into another night of nightmares.

When Shrill Wind wakes, she finds the tent already taken down and the fire snuffed out as she watches her sister wrap her tail idly around Arthas' arm and chuckles saying, "Sorry to break up an intimate moment, you two, but if she isn't careful...she will incinerate herself unintentionally with the fire of love, for it burns far hotter than the fire of friendship. Which would be an ironic way for a windigo to go if you ask me."

Chilly huffs at her sister as her coat takes on a greenish hue and says, "Oh don't be so jealous, you don't look good with that greenish hue." earning a blush of embarrassment from her as she regains control over herself. Seeing an opportunity to make her speechless, she then says, "If I were to fall, at least I would leave this world feeling warm"

Rolling her eyes at her light pink sister, she then says, "Don't come crying to me when you can't stop yourself from melting away to nothing." and then starts heading into the valley.

You follow after her, not paying any attention to their previous conversation due to you being preoccupied with figuring out how exactly you are going to change yourself into an earth pony. Becoming so lost in your thoughts, you don't notice that Shrill has stopped moving until you bump into something and hear, "OW! Hey, I'm not that kind of windigo Arthas. So get off my tail please."

Looking down, you notice that you are stepping on her tail and then lift your armored boot saying, "Sorry, was thinking about something."

Shrill huffs and floats off to the side saying, "Well, here we are, at the southern border to Equestria." then looks to her sister and says in a sad tone, "It's time to say goodbye, sis."

The younger sister looks back at her and smiles sadly, saying, "For you..."

Confused, she looks at her and says, "What do you mean? We both have to say goodbye here because of the friendship fire."

Chilly looks at her sister with the same sad smile and says, "I don't. I'm not going to say goodbye because I found a way to go to Equestria with him."

Concerned and worried for her little sister, she looks at her with a worried expression and rushes toward her sister saying, "What does that mean!? What do you plan to do?!"

Going up to her sister and holding her with her hooves, a couple of tears slip down her cheeks as she says, "It means that I will be going to Equestria...with Arthas and leave the Frozen North behind for a while." Pulling her sister closer, she lowers her voice and says, "I found a way to bind myself to Arthas, which will connect my soul to his."

Shrill grips her sister back as tears slip down her face and says, "Please don't do this to our friends and family, Chill! Everyone will be so miserable at your loss!"

Chilly then giggles and says, "I'm not dying you silly windigo, I will still be alive. Don't worry, I have already told Mother and Father everything and said my goodbyes, you and Arthas are the only ones that don't know." and looks over at him and chuckles saying, "However, he has been lost in his thoughts for a while now so he has likely not heard any of this. Besides, I feel like he is going to need someone to help him out once in a while."

Seeing the determined look in her sister's eyes, she realizes with a sad sigh that she won't change her mind and then says, "Alright...I don't like this one bit, but I know that look in your eyes."

With a happy shriek at her sister letting her do this, she kisses her sister on the cheek saying, "Oh thank you so much sis, I will miss you!" then hugs her adding, "I'm not too sure about what will happen after I bind myself to him, but I do know that I will feel lots of pain during the binding. Don't be alarmed when you hear me start to wail in pain, it's just part of the binding."

Raising your finger to your chin, you close your eyes and search yourself for answers. Finding a weak trace of an ability you have not yet used, you follow the trail which leads further and further into your body's core. Eventually, you start to close in on it when you finally grasp onto the feeling and begin to channel it through your body. As you slowly begin to understand how the ability works, you think of a form you can adapt to and choose it as your new form.

Chilly then notices a shimmering from the corner of her eye and turns to see Arthas's body shimmering with ripples of light emanating from all over his body, and watches with astonishment as his armor erodes while his body starts to hunch over. As the change continues, Arthas is now on all fours as the last of his armor and sword disappear.

Shrill is speechless at how Arthas is changing his body from being human into that of a very tall adult pony, when the changes proceed further, she watches as he gains a golden blonde mane and tail, a horn with a coat as white as fresh fallen snow, black hooves and a pair of beautiful Sea Green eyes wearing a pair of leather saddlebags on his flanks. Shaking her head to keep herself from drooling at his new appearance, she looks at her sister whose coat is slowly becoming hot pink. Seeing steam rising from her body, she quickly jabs her in the side with her elbow and says, "Get yourself under control, you're steaming."

In a slightly dazed state, she giggles lightly and says, "Thanks sissy, you have just saved me from becoming a puddle due to Arthas turning out to be one serious hunk of a stallion..." then shakes her own head to regain control and says, "Well, I'm going to do the simple act to bind myself to him before I lose control again, wish me luck!" then starts floating towards him and bites her tongue hard enough to draw blood, then places her lips onto his and forces her tongue into his mouth and entangles them together until she gets him to swallow some of her blood.

Feeling very dizzy due to your body changing forms, you feel someone kissing you and kiss back in confusion. Something tangy gathers into your mouth, making you swallow it down curiously and ask, "W-What whas that...?"

Chilly pulls back after hearing him swallow and then says, "Through blood, I bind myself unto you. I shall maintain my sense of self but will become an extension to you, willingly choosing to let my form be altered by your acceptance of this pact. By your side or within you, I call home and assist you when you need it most." as she feels herself turning into a mist, she breathes out as pain starts to make itself known all over her body and says, "Now...I am yours."

Still feeling quite dizzy, you take a breath of air. Not realizing you inhaled the mist, you cough lightly before taking another deep breath and closing your eyes. Opening them a couple of moments later, you breathe out saying, "You are mine...we are now...one." as you continue to let your deep breath out slowly, the mist seeps out of your mouth and starts to float into the air. When a shrill scream of pain breaks you out of your daze, you look around and see Shrill looking at something with concern on her face and look around for Chilly Gale, asking, "What's wrong?! Where's your sister at?"

Shrill looks at her sister's misty form, hearing her continue to scream out in pain and says, "My sister connected her entire being to you, so her form is changing as we speak."

You look at her like she grew a second head and ask, "Why in the light would she do such a thing like that? Both of you know that I am an evil monster, though I refused to share my memories with you."

She looks at him and smiles sadly, saying, "Well...my sister delved into your past, but refused to tell me anything because of how awful it was. She kept saying that I wouldn't be able to sleep peacefully if I knew what you did."

Shaking your head, you let out a sad sigh at having another being bound to you and say, "That foolish little troublemaker always was too curious for her own good...I will do my best to keep her safe." then add a few moments later, "I just hope that she maintains her free will and can't be controlled by me..."

Shrill looks at him sternly and says warningly, "You better, for if you die...so does she. If you ever let that happen, I will search all over the world for a way to make your soul get stuck here just so my family, my friends, and I can torment you so you never find peace."

For the first time in a while, you gulp nervously and then nod your head, wordlessly acknowledging her threat when you notice a flash of light blue light nearby. Turning to see what it was, you spot the mist cloud starting to fluctuate and start to take form.

Watching her sister's cloud float towards the ground with bated breath, she wonders what her sister's new form will be. Moments pass as it begins to take shape as a four-legged creature with wings, further refining her sister's new look to turn out to be a transparent ice-blue pegasus with a snow-white, floating mane and tail, having faintly glowing pale light blue eyes. Shocked to see her sister take on the form of a pony, she floats around her and touches her with her hoof asking, "Um...how do you feel, sis?"

Trying to blink her blurry vision away, she succeeds after a few moments and says, "Like I am waking up with a bad hangover." then starts to look herself over and sees that she now has four hooves and a pair of wings instead of two legs and a tail, saying, "Wow, I have four legs and wings now! How neat, I wonder if I can still float and move around like I used to..." and then tries to use her innate magic to float, succeeding after a few tries saying, "Nice! Now let's try flying like I used to."

Shrill watches her sister float around like she normally would and says, "I...can't believe it. Can you still do other things like you could?"

You watch with curiosity as Chilly and Shrill experiment with her new form, proving to be a bit stronger than she was before, and then shake your head saying, "Oh what a strange day this is turning out to be, but I should get on my way girls."

Chilly and her sister giggle and apologize as she trots up to Arthas's side and bumps her flank against his saying, "Correction...we should get on our way." then approaches her sister to give her a tight hug saying, "I love you sis, I will keep you informed of what I discover about my new form."

You watch the two hug each other tenderly and ask, "Uh...we?"

Giving her sister a firm hug with her forelegs, she nuzzles her as tears fall from her cheeks saying, "I look forward to hearing about your discoveries, when and where shall we meet?"

With a smile, she says, "Same time next month, and right here sounds good, doesn't it?" then looks at Arthas and says cheerfully, "Yep, we will both be going to Equestria. I will possibly be inhabiting your body for a while until I get an understanding of this new form I am in." and then floats up to him and kisses his cheek saying, "I look forward to our future adventure ahead."

Shrill watches Arthas struggle with the news and then hugs him affectionately saying, "Take good care of my sister, baby brother or you'll regret it."

You hug her back with a sigh saying, "Even through death, I must suffer..." and then turn around and head south after Shrill kisses me on the cheek.

Chilly trots behind him happily and says, "To get to Equestria, we need to go south to the coastline and follow it to Van Hoover. That is the only city I know how to get to, so you are on your own after that." A yawn escapes her mouth as she says, "I'm rather tired after the binding, so I'm just going to rest in that mind of horrors you have." then transforms into a mist and re-enters his body, then moves up and into the first place in his mind she came to when she first possessed Arthas.

After feeling her re-enter your mind, you sigh at knowing that you have a new responsibility. With no choice but to keep on living your life, you head south and find the coast a couple of hours later.

The sun is reaching for the horizon when you finally arrive at the outskirts of the bustling city of Van Hoover, able to hear the low sound of hooves clopping on paved streets and the din of civilians speaking to each other. Stopping a little ways from view by a tall bush, you hesitate for a minute to approach any further from your deep fear of hearing the terrified screams of the civilians all around who recognize you for the monster you are.

Gathering your courage, you step out from behind the bush and slowly make your way towards a road. A few passing ponies give you curious looks, some with strange optics on their faces even click their tongues saying, "Ever hear of bathing, backwater hick?"

Letting out a relieved breath you didn't know you were holding, you continue on and ignore the comments. Feeling relieved at not hearing any terrified screams so far, you keep walking further into town until you hear a scream and freeze in place while a nervous bead of sweat appears on your forehead.

A fashion-conscious pony with a black skirt and large lavender glasses trots up to the snow-white unicorn with green eyes and a golden blonde mane and tail saying, "Who be you to have such garish attire!? SPEAK!"

Cocking your head in confusion, you say, "I'm Blistering Blizzard, and what is wrong with my attire?"

She looks at the stallion in momentary shock at his reply and then shakes her head shouting, "So bold...WE GO!"

As a few other ponies come up behind you and escort you towards a new destination, you wonder what is going on as you arrive at an empty room with a few stage decorations and a podium to stand on, finally asking, "What is going on? What is this place and why am I here?"

The mare looks at him, seeing the state of his coat and mane, and says, "CLEAN!" and watches as her assistants swarm over him with brushes and other cleaning tools.

A few minutes pass as you feel a little violated as well as a little frisky after being handled like that and hear her call out, "Stage!" Quickly brought towards the platform and ushered onto it, you ask, "Okay, now what?"

She looks at the stallion and says, "TAKE POSE, I SHOOT!"

You let out a resigned sigh, expecting her to execute you, and then stand tall and look at her with a gaze showing what's left of your pride.

Seeing such a magnificent pose from an attractive stallion lights a fire inside her as her assistant finishes setting up the camera, taking charge herself, and snaps the picture when he opens his eyes.

You wince, expecting to feel pain, but am shocked when you feel nothing and get a better look at her. Moments later, you see the camera on a stand and chuckle saying, "So it's that kind of a shoot...interesting."

She then moves the camera again, saying, "BRILLIANT! LESS TALK, BRAVE POSE!"

Shifting your body to the right slightly and look at the camera with a slight frown and an uncaring look, showing you couldn't care less about their thoughts.

Snapping another picture, she shouts, "YES! NOW FIERCE!" and fights her desire to back away from the intense gaze shot at her from his new pose and snaps the picture.

After spending a couple of hours getting photos taken, you stand on the street outside in the dark a hundred bits richer and a whole lot better looking. Continuing to wander through the town looking for an inn, you find one named, 'Slumbering Goat Inn' and head inside to see a dark grey earth-pony and say, "How much for a room?"

The dark grey earth-pony looks at the white stallion and answers, 5 bits a night. With breakfast, it's 10."

Thinking it over, you nod and say, "Sounds good, I'll take a room." then dig the bag of bits out to pay and add, "Uhm...I have trouble sleeping at night and wake up several times, are there any other guests here that I will disturb?"

The pony shakes his head and says, "Nope, you've arrived a few days before the Summer Sun Festival, which every town hosts their own celebration, and hopes that Princess Celestia will attend. Luckily, Ponyville was picked this year by the princess for her attendance, but we got picked last year and it was really something I assure you. If you can afford a train ticket, you should visit it in three days. It is a chance in a lifetime to get to see the princess raise the sun for yourself on the longest day of the year."

Hearing that piques your curiosity as you ask, "Interesting, how much is a ticket to this event, good sir?"

They look at him with a smile and say, "Why a ticket to Ponyville is just 5 bits for an adult and 2 for a foal under 11."

Counting out ten bits, you set them on the counter clumsily with your hoof saying, "Thank you for your kindness, and the room."

He pulls down a key with room number 1 on it and sets it on the counter saying, "You are welcome, and thank you for choosing my inn. Your room is just down the hall to your right, the first door on the left. My wife will be serving breakfast shortly after sunrise, so I will have her knock on your door to ask you what you would like. Oh and if you need anything, just ring the bell on the counter here and I will come out."

You take the key with your horn and then make your way down the hall to the room he mentioned to you. Once arriving at the room, you use the key into the door handle and push the door inward to find a nice room painted blue with a large bed covered with white and grey satin sheets. Seeing a comfortable bed brings a brief smile to your face, which quickly fades away as you know that you won't be getting a good night's rest due to your memories terrorizing you at night.

When morning comes, you are already awake by the time a knock is heard at the door and say, "You may enter, ma'am."

The mare opens the door with her master key and says, "Good morning sir, are you feeling okay this morning? My husband and I couldn't help but hear your struggle in the night."

Sighing, you look at her with a sad smile and say, "I do feel a little bit better rested than I have been lately, thank you for your concern. This isn't the first time I've had nightmares and it won't be the last, but I am used to not sleeping well. So there is no need to concern yourself with my troubles."

Looking at him with concern still on her face, she nods and says, "If you say so, sir. What can I get you for your breakfast?"

You think for a moment and then say, "How about whatever the house special is?"

She brightens up at hearing that and smiles saying, "Yes sir!" and then hustles out of the room to begin cooking a large breakfast.

By the time she returns to the room pushing a cart loaded with a few plates of food, you chuckle and say, "Wow, is that delicious-looking food all for me?"

The mare giggles and nods saying, "It is indeed as my husband and I have already had breakfast. The house special is Sunrise Eggs Benedict with haybacon, freshly baked biscuits, vegetable gravy, and French toast.

After eating the delicious meal, your stomach gurgles happily as you say to the returning mare, "That was a scrumptious breakfast, ma'am. My stomach thanks you."

Her tail hikes up a bit at the praise, causing her to smile and stand a bit prouder saying, "I am so grateful that my food is to your liking, sir, I hope that you come to stay here again."

You then look at her and say, "If your food is always this delicious here, you can certainly count on seeing me back here one day."

Feeling giddy at having an overly satisfied customer, she prances out of the room in a good mood with the cart ahead of her while her tail bobs from side to side.

Getting up off the bed, you make your way out of the room and set the key on the counter, preparing to head out the door saying, "I bid you a good day, sir."

The owner looks at the stallion and then asks, "OH, can I get your name for the registry?"

You shrug your shoulders and say, "Of course, my name is Blistering Blizzard."

Writing the name down in his book, he marks down the rest of the information before looking back up to thank him once again for staying here, only to see him gone already.

Making your way back to the main thoroughfare of Van Hoover, you look at a passing pony and ask, "Excuse me, where might I find the library?"

The mare looks at the tall stallion, seeing that he is rather handsome, and smiles saying, "Um...the public library is a white, brick building with tall columns of marble underneath the roof, it is on the left side at the end of this street. It is a large building, so you can't miss it."

Nodding your head to the mare, you say, "Thank you for your assistance miss." then turn and continue on your way.

Three Days Later, in Ponyville

A light gray unicorn mare with a moderate indigo mane and tail is sitting at the table in her boutique with her spectacles on, sipping her tea as she flips the page in the Equestrian Gazette to see a photo of a stallion with a snow-white coat, a long, golden blonde mane and tail with beautiful, sea green eyes that she could almost drown in. When she sees the brown saddlebag on his flanks, she doesn't look a second time until she reads the article's title reading 'Is leather becoming a daring new fashion trend for ponykind?" and screams in fright before intently reading the article saying, "I MOST CERTAINLY HOPE LEATHER ISN'T MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE FASHION INDUSTRY!! OH THE GALL OF THIS STALLION! I MUST LEARN HIS NAME AND GIVE HIM SOME FASHION TIPS, WHETHER HE LIKES IT OR NOT!" then proceeds to study the article for any mention of the pony's name.

Back in Van Hoover...

After spending a few days in the Library studying the few spells you could find, you make your way to the train station to purchase a ticket to Ponyville. A little frustrated at not finding as many spells as you were hoping to find, you hand your ticket to a pony asking for tickets and tears the stub off. After the stub is returned, you head to the rear and settle in the rearmost train car to make yourself comfortable on one of the small mattresses spread out on either side of the cars. Reaching inside the left bag of your saddlebags which has the books you didn't bother to read due to them not being related to magic, you pull out one of the books and look at the title, cocking your head at the odd title reading 'Who done it?" and flip to the first page of the old book.

By the time you finish the book, you roll your eyes at how the mare forgot she moved the kettle she assumed was stolen by one of the pony tribes and put it back into your bag saying, "Such a foolish mare..." then wonder, 'I should consider selling these books that I've studied already, if they aren't worth anything, I could just give them to someone."

You hear the screeching of the wheels as your body is pushed forward from the sudden decrease in speed and quickly discern that the train is stopping, making you stand up and steady yourself to wait for the train to fully stop and open its doors. When the train finally stops and opens its doors, you make your way out of the car and onto a wooden platform. Taking a first look around, you see that it is much smaller and on the more, rustic side compared to Van Hoover.

Taking your first steps into town, you spot a golden chariot head toward the center of town, and make your way there out of curiosity to see who just arrived. After walking for a bit, you see a pony with a pale, light grayish mulberry coat, a dark sapphire blue mane and tail with purple and raspberry streaks in them. Getting a bit closer, you notice that they have violet eyes and spot another pony approach having a pale, light grayish raspberry coat with an extremely curly, raspberry mane and tail with cerulean eyes. Moments later after the one with the mulberry coat says something which causes the other one to gasp, jump up briefly, and zips off in the direction she was heading.

You approach the pony as you spot a small creature with green spines, green-slitted eyes, and light purple scales beside them as you hear them speak with a voice that sounds feminine and walk by saying, "Don't let it bother you, because I am used to far worse reactions from less-peaceful places far unlike this town."

Twilight then looks back at the strange stallion and cocks her head saying, "Now that, was far more interesting..." before looking back to Spike saying, "Alright Spike, let's go."

You wander around the town for a little while until the sun starts to sink towards the horizon and hear something similar to paper crinkle and then look down while lifting your hoof to see that you stepped on a letter. Curious, you look around to see if anyone dropped it, you see no one around and pick the letter up to see who it belongs to and read the lettering reading 'To the mysterious snow-white stallion with the golden blonde mane and sea green eyes wearing a dark brown pair of saddlebags'

Cocking your head in confusion, you open the letter and are startled when confetti shoots out of the letter and then ignore the strangeness of it and begin to read it. Finding out in short order that the raspberry pony from earlier saw you and had to take off to make preparations, and says that the town library is a large oak tree with a sign by the door reading 'Golden Oak Library'. Finding it strange how they heard you were looking for the library, you choose to question her later about it and walk back through the town to find the tree library.

When you find the library, you are shocked to find out that the tree is actually serving as a building, taking a few moments to decide to knock on the door. a half-second later the door opens suddenly and you get yanked inside a dark room by a raspberry-colored leg and hear a hyper, clearly feminine voice say, "I'm so super-happy that you could make it, now please hide and be quiet as we wait for two final guest." then are led towards a corner of the room while thinking, 'Okay...did I just become part of a surprise attack?'

Your thoughts are answered when you hear the same voice speak up, saying, "SHHH! They're coming!" and all quiet conversation dies. Seconds later you see the door suddenly open followed by a brief conversation before quickly being shut.

The new guest then sighs and hears her assistant complain about her rude behavior and says, "Sorry, Spike, but I have to convince the princess that Nightmare Moon is coming, and we're running out of time. I just need to be alone for a little bit so I can study without a bunch of crazy ponies trying to make friends all the time." and looks around adding, "Now, where's the light at?"

The lights are suddenly turned back on a second later as you hear small pops going off and see confetti flying into the air while everyone else around you shouts surprise. Quickly looking around for any weapons, you see none and notice the decorations around the room which makes you realize that this is just a party. With a sigh, you shake your head as you find yourself in a new kind of battlefield.

You manage to avoid talking to many of the ponies, saying only a small handful of things to the ones that speak to you while noticing that the guest looks a bit uncomfortable around a crowd. When you spot the new guest pouring something into her drink, you see a flame on the red bottle and grin when she jumps into the air with steam blowing out of her ears and her mane and tail turning into fire briefly. The sight of her hurrying up the stairs toward a separate room draws a chuckle from you as you think, 'Nice escape, but I could have done better...' Seeing several books on shelves built into the walls around you, you approach one and pull a book off the shelf and notice that it is a guide about magic. Situating yourself against the wall, you settle on the floor and open up the book to read it.

Surprisingly, none of the partying ponies bothers you as lively music begins to play. Tapping your hooves subconsciously to the beat as you lose yourself into the book, you manage to reach the end of it for a third time when you feel a pony tapping you on the shoulder and look up to see a light orange pony nearby with a slight frown on her face and ask, "May I help you miss?"

Applejack then looks down at the stallion who kept to himself the entire time and just read a book over and over, saying, "Pardon the interruption mister, but the party is movin' to City Hall in the center of town so everyone can watch Princess Celestia raise the sun. Ya comin'?"

You look around to see that everyone is heading outside the music has stopped playing and chuckle saying, "Of course, I heard that this was the experience of a lifetime to get to watch the princess raise the sun." Getting up off the floor, you stretch out your limbs a bit, earning a few pops in protest at the movement. Putting the book back onto the shelf from where you took it from, you then start to head towards the door.

The farm pony then looks the snow-white stallion over, having a golden blonde mane and tail with sea-green eyes and cocks her head asking, "Yer new in town aint'cha?" and follows after him, closing the library door behind her.

Making your way to City Hall, you nod your head and say, "I am miss, though I am merely passing through. I decided to not pass up the chance to see something unique."

Nodding her head, she smiles and says, "Gettin' to watch this myself is indeed special, where ya from?"

Seeing City Hall ahead, you then say, "Oh, I came here from a place pretty far away."

Not wanting to be rude, she leaves her next question alone and asks instead, "What's yer name mister?"

Pausing for a moment, you look into the mare's eyes and debate whether to tell her or not, then make up your mind, saying, "It's Blistering Blizzard miss, and what might yours be?"

She reaches up with her hoof at making a new friend and says, "Mah name's Applejack, and it's mighty fine meetin' ya. Let's get goin', it'll be startin' soon."

Touching your hoof to hers, she quickly grasps it with her other hoof and rapidly shakes it for a couple of moments before letting go. You then follow after her as she makes her way toward the doors leading into City Hall.