Frozen Wings
Chapter 8
Previous Chapter Next ChapterShe was right. All her fears came rushing towards her scared mind. She tried so hard to not hurt anypony. Tears fell out of her eyes as she galloped down the corridor, reaching the large cloud doors.
She pushed them open, making crash to the sides. She gasped as she saw the courtyard filled with ponies. They all cheered as the new Queen appeared.
"There she is."
"Your majesty!"
"Long live the Queen!"
"Queen Rainbow Dash..."
"Come drink with us!"
Rainbow heard all the ponies call out as she ducked through the crowd. Holding her hoof close.
The excited crowd surrounded her, unable to see the panic in the mare's face.
"Queen Rainbow." A stallion bowed in front of the pegasus as she tried moving through.
"Your Majesty? Are you all right?" A sweet mare asked as she held her filly's hoof. She looked concerned as the cyan mare breathed heavily.
Rainbow Dash glanced at the smiling filly and backed away, knowing that she was a danger to the filly. To everyone. She bumped into a cloud fountain spraying out a violet coloured water. As she walked into it, she grabbed it's edge. The water freezing at her touch. Everypony watched as the spraying water froze. The courtyard filled with gasps of fear and shock. The mother backed away, holding her filly close.
A white stallion with slick blue hair appeared at the stairs of the door, along with two guards.
"There she is! Stop her!" He commanded, pointing at the mare.
"Please, just stay away from me. Stay away!" Rainbow begged, putting her hoof up. However, as she did, a blast of ice shot from her hooves. Hitting the staircase, and turning it into ice. Making the guards and Fancypants slip over.
"Monster....Monster!!" Fancypants shouted as he struggled to stand up. The crowd began to panic, backing away from the new Queen. Ignoring the starting snow storm. Rainbow glanced at everyone before fleeing, galloping through the crowd.
"Dashie!!" Pinkie shouted as she and her friends ran up to the open door, followed by Prince Blueblood. They watched as she galloped out of the gates.
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"No. nono." Rainbow quietly cried to herself as she ran, her cloaked swaying behind her, choking slightly as she galloped. She stopped as she reached a lake of liquid rainbow. She couldn't fly far with the cloak on. It would cause drag, and make her fall. She breathed heavily, unable to think.
"Rainbow! Wait, please!!" Her friends called for her from the gates. The pegasus stepped back, the liquid rainbow freezing beneath her hooves. She gasped as she looked down at the ice.
Her friends reached the gate, and saw the pegasus further on. They called for her, but she ignored them.
Rainbow glanced at her friends before stepping further onto the lake. With one finally sigh, she began trotting onto the lake. The liquid freezing beneath her hooves. Quickly, she broke off into a gallop. As she saw the edge of the lake, that lead to a waterfall, she fluttered her wings.
Swiftly, she began to fly. Not as fast as she usually goes, but fast enough. Her cloak was blowing in the breeze, pulling her back slightly. She attempted to take it off, but the buckle was on too tight. She fumbled with it before giving up, and just continued flying.
"Rainbow stop!!" Applejack shouted. Stopping at the frozen lake. But Pinkie continued, slipping on it and falling.
"Pinkie!" Blueblood called, as she slept. Rarity watched with disgust as he galloped to her friend's side.
"No..." Pinkie cried, watching her best friend flying off into the distance. Flying towards the mountains of the Frozen North.
"Look...Cloudsdale..." Fluttershy squeaked, staring as frost and ice coated the cloud city. Twilight trotted to the edge of the clouds, gasping as she saw ice and snow beginning to cover the whole of Equestria.
"Equestria...no..." She whispered, starting to feel cold as snow fell.
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Snow began falling from the ice white clouds. Ponies stared in confusion, catching the snowflakes that fell.
"Snow? It's...snow...in summer." A mare pointed out from the crowd. The remaining Bearers of Harmony moved through the panicking crowd.
"Are you alright?" Prince Blueblood asked the pink earth mare.
Still in shock, she shook her head.
"No..." She muttered, glancing at the falling snow. The two ponies walked behind the group of mares, lead by the last ruler of Equestria.
"Princess!! Princess Twilight!!" A pegasus in white armour fluttered to alicorn, bowing. "News from the Crystal Empire."
Twilight gasped, hoping her brother and sister were not harmed.
"What is it?"
"It's frozen. We've just received a magical scroll from Princess Cadence. The whole of the Empire is frozen." He explained passing the scroll to the Princess, who gasped again as she read it.
Another pegasus flew over.
"Your highness, the snow. The ice. We're unable to change it or manipulate it." The mare frantically pointed at the pegasi in the sky, trying to move the clouds. Yet the clouds stayed put, as stiff as trees.
"They must be resistant to pegasi magic. This is bad." Twilight muttered.
"That means the whole of Equestria will be stuck. Frozen as well." Rarity informed.
Near by, Fancypants fluttered about in fright. Panicking as he trotted around.
"Look! It’s snowing! It’s snowing! And we're unable to change it! The Queen has cursed this land! She must be stopped!" He yelled at the crowd. "She killed the Princesses!! She's a traitor!!" He turned to his thugs behind him. "You have to go after her."
The girls rushed up to frantic unicorn.
"Wait, no!!" Fluttershy shouted. "She's harmless."
"She's a murderer. A traitor. She killed the Princesses." He yelled.
"They're frozen in ice. They're not dead. Asleep in fact." Twilight notified.
"If so, if the Princesses are in a frozen slumber, how are they going to raise the sun and moon? How are we going to have night and day?" He spat.
Twilight Sparkle's eyes widened. She forgot about that. She forgot that now the sun and moon could not rise. Everypony stared at her, waiting for advice. Waiting for the princess to save them. The violet alicorn stood up straight, hardening her expression.
"I shall raise the sun and moon. As ruler of Equestria, I shall try my best to protect you all." She stated. Her friends gasping.
"Twilight! Are you sure? Are you sure you can raise the sun and the moon? You're still new to alicorn magic." Rarity pointed out.
"It's my duty." Twilight sighed. "Even if my magic will grow weaker, I shall continue with my duty as princess."
"And what of the Queen? She's a monster." The Duke hissed.
"Our friend is no monster." Pinkie yelled back at him.
"She's doomed us all. She nearly killed me!" He shouted, being over dramatic.
"You slipped on ice." Blue defended.
"Her ice!!"
"It was an accident. She was scared. She didn't mean it. She didn't mean any of this.... Tonight was my fault. I pushed her. So I'm the one that needs to go after her." Pinkie stepped forward.
"We will all go after her." Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy said proudly, standing beside Pinkie Pie. They took off their dresses and passed them to a near by guard, who reluctantly took them away. Two pegasi fluttered over to the four brave mares, over hearing their conversation. They were holding scarves, coats, boots and hats to everypony, and decided to give some to the four mares.
"Yes. Fine. Do." Fancypants snorted, as the mares placed on the hats and scarves.
"What?" Blueblood blurted, trotting to Pinkie. "Pinkie Pie, it's too dangerous."
Rarity scoffed as she overheard them.
"I have to. She's my friend."
"Then let me come with you."
"No, Blue. You're needed here. Help Twilight and look after everypony. That's what a Prince is supposed to do." Pinkie explained. The unicorn stared at her, holding her hoof, before nodding.
"Don't worry. We'll get Dashie, and bring her back. Then she'll unfreeze everything."
She was about to leave, but Blueblood kept hold of her hoof.
"Are you sure that you can trust her? I don't want you getting hurt."
"She's my bestest friend. She'll never hurt us." Pinkie reassured, hugging the stallion before waving to him as he walked back inside. The four mares began trotting away towards a hot air balloon. With Princess Twilight following.
"Are you sure you can do this?" She asked, worried for her friends.
"Of course, darling." Rarity smiled, the other three mares climbing into the basket of the balloon. "Rainbow needs us. We'll take the balloon to the Frozen North. We will search for her around there. She can't have gone far. She must be freezing."
"Okay, but be carefully. This snow is dangerous. It's completely resistant to magic. But Rarity, are you girls okay to do this? This is all so new. And to come from Rainbow Dash, this is all strange. Please try and get some answers from her."
"Don't worry, we will. However for you, can you keep an eye on Blueblood? Something is off about him. And I'll have a talk to Pinkie Pie."
"Please do. I know she's crazy, but this is over the top." Twilight watched as her friends sat in the only hot air balloon that wasn't frozen. "Good luck, and be careful."
"We'll see ya later, Twi. With Rainbow along. An this will be all sorted in no time!" Applejack grinned confidently as the basket steadily lifted off the ground. Twilight waved as the balloon floated away.
"Do come back safe, girls." She muttered as she trotted into the castle, fearing for Equestria's safety. And her friends'. The nip of the cold air beginning to cut through her skin. She glanced at ponies trotting around. Scared. She was scared too. Scared that her friends would be in danger. That her friends would die in the cold, or get lost. She was scared that ponies all over Equestria will die because of the sudden winter. Nopony had the chance to prepare. It just happened. Twilight knew that Cloudsdale and pegasi were going to get battered about this, they are the ones who will get the blame. She just hoped on Luna's moon, and Celestia's sun that her friends will sort this out. Before any serious casualties, and any fatalities.
Before Equestria will succumb to the cold.
Next Chapter: Chapter 9 Estimated time remaining: 10 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
Rainbow is somewhere in the Frozen North but she's not anywhere near the Crystal Empire. She will not see the Crystal Empire, but obviously create her own castle on a mountain somewhere.
Also, I forgot about Discord. Oh well. But if you have any idea how I can use him in the story, that'll be great. I do have an idea, but I might not use it.Next chapter, Rainbow is going to Let It Go....I hope it goes well.
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