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The cold was unbearable, the frost cut at the skin like razor blades and the wind was like a viscous beast attempting to devour him. The ice blue stallion who for his entire life had suffered under the cruel hand of fate waded through the snowstorm of his own unintentional devise. He rarely had control over his magic these days making him effectively an isolationist, alone and cold he wandered the Everfree his current home. Black spots swam before his eyes, he looked back at the red stained snow where his blood was leaking from the gash in his side. His encounter with a herd of mantacore was less than plesant and one had managed to land a fatal blow on his left side.

He didn't even bother freezing the wound knowing ti would only prolong the inevitable, he was dying and he couldn't care less. What was there in life for him maybe in death he could find his long sought peace, maybe. He collapsed to one knee and fell to the side. A blue mound in a red puddle surrounded by pure white. As the final moments drew close he let out a breath he didn't realize he had been holding. Darkness pressed around him overtaking his vision, A shadow formed in front of him and he heard before he lost all feeling "No, not today." The darkness consumed him.

Warmth spread through every limb in his body, a pleasant warmth one of peace and..... wool? His eyes shot open to a face of white and red. Sitting up he looked down at his chest to find a small foal nestled up on his chest. Disturbed by the movement the foal opened his eyes and stared at Cerulean with curious eyes. "Gabba?" the foal asked tilting his head to the side. Cerulean panicked as he felt his magic start to grow in the all to familiar way, he was about to loose control and this foal would be caught in the blast of ice. Closing his eyes he waited for the burst of cold but instead he found a strange feeling coming from his horn.

As he reached up a hoof the dark shape from before materialized at the side of the couch he noticed now he was positioned on. He retreated back grabbing the foal and holding him close to protect him from the odd thing forming but he found that the foal actually wanted to go toward the shape. Releasing the foal it spread its wings, wait it had a horn and wings? An alicorn foal? The shape formed into a black coated alicorn with a white and blue mane. The foal fell just short of the stallion but was caught by a swift wing and brought to his face. The alicorn nuzzled the foal and set him on the floor where he proceeded to suck on his hoof determinedly. "Oh your awake, how do you feel?" the alicorn asked in a voice that he recognized from before. "Who are you!?!" Cerulean demanded leaping to his hooves suspicious of the new face.

The alicorn reacted calmly saying "My name is Naga and please don't move to much you nearly died last night." Cerulean took in the information and calmed himself then said, "Sorry for the outburst my name is Cerulean Snowgleam, how pray tell did you find me? and how is it that I haven't involuntarily turned this house into an ice sculpture exhibit?" Naga looked at him with a smile, "To answer the second question my wife Twilight Sparkle designed the spell currently inhibiting your magical arability's for Silver Sky here." he said motioning to the foal on the floor who proceeded to turn the coffee into a gummy bear and clapped happily . Naga returned the table to its original for and proceeded to place the spell in question on the small foals horn. Turning back to Cerulean he said "You can see why. But any way when we found you, you had nearly frozen yourself to death and I cast the spell to keep you from harming yourself any further. And it was kind of unpleasant." He said rubbing the back of his head and averting his red eyes awkwardly.

Cerulean reassured Naga by placing a hoof on his shoulder, "No reason to be ashamed I'm actually glad you did it I haven't had control over my power since... since....." he looked down sadly recalling the events that led him to his current situation. Naga looked at him and said "No worries you don't have to tell me or anypony anything just put the past in the past and look forward." Cerulean tried to smile but it came out as more of a grimace. just then they were interrupted by a blinding flash of red light and standing before them was a mare light blue but a shade darker than Cerulean and with an straight yellow and red mane, she was only a unicorn but it was a welcome normality in to him. "I take it that you are Twilight?" Cerulean asked. "Eup," the mare said happily. "Then allow me to introduce myself my name is Cerulean, I was having a conversation with your husband here when..." he was interrupted by a the mare bursting into a fit of laughter and falling to the ground followed closely by Naga and eventually Silver, who, just laughed because everypony was being funny.

Cerulian stood still a confused look on his face until the mare picked herself up and said, "Oh no no no no no. You must be thinking of my twin sister Twilight Sparkle I'm Twilight Flare." Just as the realization hit A less theatrical flash of purple announced the arrival of a new alicorn who, by process of elimination, had to be Twilight Sparkle. "What is with all the noise!" the lavender mare asked annoyed. "Sorry sweetheart," Naga said "Just a funny misunderstanding is all." She looked at him skeptically but shrugged and kissed him on the cheek and went to Silver and picked him up. "Well you are certainly looking better than last night." Twilight Sparkle said. "I feel much better," Cerulean said "I don't want to be a nuisance so I'll be on my way." Flare looked at him and rolled her eyes "Oh no you don't you nearly died and if i hadn't had found you you would have died, you are going nowhere. By the way is there anypony we should contact to let them know?" Cerulian looked downcast, "No nopony." Looking sympathetic she said "Any pets or house you need seen to?" "No, I'm.... not housed currently." he replied.

A determined look came across her face, "Well that settles it. Twi can Cerulean live here for a bit?" She asked. "Sure, but he'll have to bunk with the Doctor." Flare smiled like she had just won the lottery. "Thanks sis, that ok with you dude?" she said turning to him a stunned look on his face. "T-thank you." he said. "Now come on lets go shopping, cant have a room without stuff." Flare said dragging him out the door as Naga waved goodbye. And Cerulean could have sworn he saw him wink.

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