Chapter Five: Cold Heart
It was winter time when it happened, how very ironic of time and fate.
And it was also on her birthday, which made it even worse.
But what happened exactly, well, let me tell you now.
Despite her parents’ concerns that she was too young to marry she decided to ignore them declaring that no pony else would ever make her happy (as you can see she was very clearly set to being crazy even if she wasn’t that way already). And so the wedding was set for two weeks after her birthday which was on the winter solstice, but even on her birthday preparations were being made, and there were lots since it was a royal wedding of great size.
King Cosmos would be the one to marry them, Celestia and Luna would get to be flower girls, and the whole entire kingdom heard about it and would be coming, even a few nobles and royal members of the elusive and legendary mythical ice ponies would be coming. And they were considered that way since so few ponies had actually ever seen them or even visited their kingdom as their King Cosmos had once claimed to do with his wife, but these rumors of the ice ponies coming and of their kingdom were never proven true and the only proof that nay pony did have were King Frosty and Queen Crystal.
But of course it was on the winter solstice that the first ice ponies arrived and every pony gasped at them, they had the same white fur and coats that the king and queen had, and they also seemed to have only blue or white or silver eyes, and their hair was also that way too, in fact there was little to identify them other than the subtle little hints and clues in color that only they could see. But while they were impressive to see no pony dared to look into their eyes out of fear since they heard many rumors about them like that they would take your soul if you did, or that you would turn into an ice or stone statue instead.
There were many rumors about them, but all were false however.
And so it was that the ice ponies waited in the castle for the wedding day.
“Oh, isn’t this just wonderful?” Winter Frost said going around the castle to greet every pony and smiling with great joy and delight and making sure that everything would be just right and perfect for their wedding day.
“Today is my birthday and soon I will be getting married to the love of my life,” she said, “And not even my parents or any pony else will stand in my way.”
“You know, this is a very ‘cool’ day since it’s my birthday,” Winter said.
Celestia and Luna groaned at the very old joke and pun.
“What?” she said, “It’s a classic joke and you know it is as well too.”
“That joke is so not ‘cool’ anymore,” Luna said.
And with that said they all smiled and laughed.
But eventually they stopped and returned to more ‘serious’ matters instead.
“Honey, do you think that she’s crazy?” Crystal asked Frosty very quietly.
“Of course, how else could she fall in love and act like this? I’m just worried because I sense that today she has the greatest potential for, well… you know.”
“Oh,” she said, “Surely today is not the day that she can become a monster or nightmare? That would just be the worst, especially on her birthday.”
“Yes, it would be, I just hope that I am really wrong about my bad feeling that I have about this, but my vibe, it just won’t go away no matter what I try.”
“Don’t worry, I’m sure that it’s nothing,” Crystal said smiling very lightly.
“I really hope so,” he said, “Otherwise this day will be very sad and forever known as one of the worst tragedies to strike both of our lands now.”
And with that said they watched and waited for anything to happen.
Winter Frost then took a very big slice of cake for herself after she blew out the candles and then said, “Want a piece of cake mom and dad? There’s a lot.”
“No thanks, I’m not hungry,” he said as he glared at her very angrily.
“Well suit yourself then, I’m going to go check on Silver, I heard that he might be around here somewhere but I don’t know where exactly,” she said.
Once she said this Frosty sensed that whatever bad thing would happen it had something to do with Silver, oh no, he thought at the implications of this feeling he had, because whatever it was, it was not going to be very good at all.
“I’m not so sure that he is in this castle, I think he went home because he was sick or something like that,”
Frosty said lying about the sickness part.
“Oh, that’s so sad, maybe I should go over and cheer him up,” she said.
But she was quickly blocked by her father, “I don’t think that you should, what if you get sick? That would be very bad luck for the wedding you know.”
“I’m an alicorn dad, we don’t ever get sick, I’ll be just fine,” she said trying to move past him now, but it was no use, he continued to block her off.
“I also heard that he might be trying out suits for the wedding, and you know that it’s very bad luck for a groom to see her husband in his wedding suit.”
“Oh come on? Do you really believe that silly nonsense? Because I don’t,” she said, “Now then, if you will please move out of the way I must go now.”
Her father took a very deep heavy sigh and moved out of the way knowing that he could not stop her forever and that the choice was hers alone.
“Thank you,” she said as she left, and then he finally responded to her question about luck, “I don’t believe in that,” he said, “But I do believe in your safety and protection, both physical and emotional, so make sure to be safe.”
He only could hope that somehow she heard him as he sat down then.
But even though she was far away and long gone the message of her safety got through to her in her emotions and feelings, but sadly enough not her mind.
And so she ignored this feeling and instead went to Silver’s house and entered it very quietly just in case he was sick so that she didn’t disturb him.
And then she decided to enter his room and was shocked and surprised to see something that she never thought that she would see, him kissing a mare.
Now before I go on with the story I actually am going to challenge you to do something, you don’t have to do it but it will help you understand the story, I promise. Imagine the worst pain that you have ever felt, was it betrayal, the loss of a loved one, family, friend, or otherwise instead? It doesn’t matter what, just take that feeling and multiply it and you would get something to that which Winter Frost was feeling when she saw Silver there kissing another mare. Now then if you haven’t experienced a tragedy as great as death or loss or betrayal then there are no words to express the pain, hate, anger, sorrow, despair, wrath, and fury that one experiences when they go through a very traumatic experience like death, loss, or betrayal. But if you have, then I feel very sorry for you since I too have gone through much of it too as well.
Now then, back to the story.
Winter Frost didn’t react for a very long moment, she just stood there and suddenly Silver saw her there and tried to explain the situation to her now.
“This isn’t what it looks like,” he said, “She’s nothing to me, and you, well you mean everything to me, so don’t be mad, don’t be upset and try to be calm and reasonable here, because trust me, this is nothing, I would never let her come between us, and I promise never to betray you again like this, okay?”
She just stood there very silent and looked at him very angrily.
“You… you betrayed me. And husbands… they’re never supposed to betray their wives or any pony else that they love like family and friends, but you… you did… you betrayed me for her, for some pony you claim is nothing.
We were supposed to be getting married, but how can we do that if I don’t trust you fully and if we don’t share secrets? Explain to me how I can do that exactly, because I’m honestly having a very hard time trying to do that.”
“Look, I can’t, and yes, I made a mistake, but it won’t ever happen again, and can’t you forgive me since that’s what husbands and wives and family and friends are supposed to do, right?” he said pleading for her
reason now.
“To love and cherish her forever, and honor her too, that’s what the vows say, and while you loved me, you have not fully cherished me as you should do.”
“Please, be reasonable, I made a mistake, and that’s just what ponies do.”
“Yes,” she said, “It’s what ponies do, but not ponies who are getting married, you never make a mistake before a wedding, that’s why they’re perfect, but now you have made a terrible mistake, and now it won’t
be perfect, and that’s why we can’t marry, and I’m sorry, but you’re going to pay very much for this.”
And with that said she ran at him and he dodged out of the way, but instead of turning towards him she crashed through the window causing the glass to break and spread across the ground. Outside the weather had been gray and cloudy before she entered the house, but now it had started to rain which ironically enough expressed the tears she wanted to shed, but ones that she couldn’t since they would be
of no use or meaning to him anymore.
“YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS!” she screamed clearly now insane at this.
“AND IF I CANNOT HAVE YOU THEN NO PONY EVER WILL!”
And with that said she dived towards him and then she quickly used her magic to tear out his heart from his chest and she held it up to him as he slowly started to die in her arms, “Be quiet now,” she said gently stroking his head, “You won’t die alone, and not yet either, I can promise you that.”
And with that said she turned to the other pony and tore out her heart and now she held the beating hearts of both ponies, and amazingly they did not die because the magic she used sustained their blood flow event though their hearts were gone, but if she decided to crush the hearts, well then they would die, and once crushed the hearts would turn into dust and then they would be no more. “Beg for your life and say that you love me if you want to live.”
“I do love you, and please, don’t kill me, we can fix this, I promise you.”
She looked at him with a cold cruel glare as her body turned gray with no hints of silver or blue or white, for now her heart had become ice cold, and therefore the rest of her now represented her heart, or at least partially somehow.
“For some reason I don’t believe you anymore,” she said as she crushed their hearts into dust, and as he took his last dying breath she whispered into his hear, “May you rot in hell you son of a bitch,” and with
that said he died.
And then she turned to the window and flew out and saw the rain and frowned, this was too much like her mood right now, and she needed it to be different.
And so she used her powers to turn the rain into hail instead.
Simply perfect and splendid, she thought to herself smiling, now all I need to do is go back to the castle, announce my husband’s betrayal, and kill every pony there because they all deserve to die if I can’t have my Silver anymore.
So this should be very easy, quick, and short, she thought to herself.
And with that thought in mind she flew off to the castle and entered composing herself to look calm so that way she would not be revealed too soon.
She went over to her father and put on a fake smile.
“Well hello there, nice to see that you’re enjoying yourselves,” she said.
“Hey there, did you find him?” her father said to her very curiously now.
“Yes, I did, he was kissing another mare when I found him, and so I killed him for his betrayal, and now I’m
going to make every pony here pay.”
“YOU DID WHAT?” Frosty said shouting out loud alerting the whole entire castle now. “Oh please, don’t be so chocked, I’m honestly surprised that you’re not saying what a great good job I did, but then again, you
never were really the supportive type,” she said walking up to the front of the room then.
“NOW THEN,” she shouted, “WHO WANTS TO DIE FIRST?”
No pony responded and she shrugged, “It was worth a shot.”
And then she flew over to the nearest stallion to her.
“Tell me, do you have a wife? Say something if you want a chance to live.”
“Yes,” he said very nervously with fear as her hoof got closer to his heart.
“And tell me, are you loyal and faithful to her? Do you love her? Is she here now? And if not then can you tell me where she is exactly?” she said.
“She’s here with me right now, and I do love and cherish her, and I have been faithful to her my whole entire life, even when we were just young little kids.”
“For some reason I find myself not to believe your words, it could be my experience talking now, but who really cares, you’re going to pay and suffer for his mistake no matter what,” she said as she tore out his heart and crushed it, and then she turned to the crowd with an evil smile on her face.
“NOW THEN, WHO’S NEXT?” she shouted very loudly.
And then suddenly the crowd ran in a panic trying to escape, but all the exits were closed due to her magic. “NO PONY LEAVES WITHOUT MY PERMISSION FIRST!” she shouted very loudly and then smiled
deviously, “AND TO GET MY PERMISSION YOU WILL ALL NEED TO DIE FIRST! THAT IS THE ONLY WAY AND THE PRICE FOR THE TREACHERY OF SILVER SHINING!”
And with that said she went into the crowd using her magic to tear out ponies’ hearts and crush them, and sometimes she even ate the heart too as well.
“What the fuck?” King Cosmos said looking at the chaos all around him.
“I can explain in full detail later,” Frosty said, “But for now all you need to know is that my daughter has gone crazy and insane because her husband to be betrayed her, and she is also killing ponies now as you can clearly see.”
“Well can’t you do anything to stop it? Like getting angry, because this would be a really very good time to get angry,” he said pointing at the chaos.
“That’s my secret,” he said smiling, “I’m always angry.”
And with that said he turned to his daughter as both their eyes turned red.
And then suddenly he was on fire, literally. “Who knew that the ice king could do that?” Luna said. “This is totally amazing and awesome!” Celestia said.
Frosty rose in the air until he met his daughter in the eyes.
“WINTER! YOU NEED TO STOP THIS MADNESS! BE CALM, BE REASONABLE! YOU DON’T HAVE TO KILL EVERY PONY HERE BECAUSE OF ONE MISTAKE!”
“You’re right, I ONLY NEED TO KILL HIS FRIENDS!” she said going over to his family and friends and then ripping their hearts out and crushing them.
“THERE! NOW JUSTICE HAS FINALLY BEEN SATISFIED!” she said.
“ARE YOU CRAZY? THERE IS NO NEED TO CONTINUE THIS VIOLENCE!”
“OH BUT TEHRE IS FATHER! I won’t stop until all have suffered for this!”
Frosty cursed himself for asking the stupid question of if she was crazy (because clearly she was, and also totally insane too) and then continued.
“YOU CAN STOP THIS NOW! END YOUR MADNESS AND COME BACK TO ME!”
“NEVER! I AM NOT WINTER FROST ANYMORE! SHE WAS WEAK AND WAS FOOLED BY A STALLION AND HIS LOVE! BUT NOW, NOW I AM STRONG, MY HEART IS AS COLD AS ICE AND NO PONY WILL EVER ENTER IT AGAIN SO THAT WAY MY HEART WILL NEVER BE BROKED AGAIN! AND NOW MY NAME IS NO LONGER WINTER FROST, BUT INSTEAD BLIZZARD STORM!”
And with that said she attacked her father with a hailstorm and he tried to defend with fire.
“Can’t you open your heart to any pony ever again?” he pleaded.
“My heart is as cold as ice and I was willing to sacrifice my love, my only one!” Winter Frost screamed at her father, “I will never open it to any pony else ever again! I made that mistake once and I’m never going to make it again!”
“You never took my advice about love and I warned you that someday you would pay the price,” her father shouted back at her.
“Well I guess that you were right then! Are you happy now?” she said.
“Not unless you come back to me as the Winter I know.”
“NEVER! SHE IS GONE NOW BECAUSE SHE WAS WEAK!”
And with that said their battle and fight went on.
But eventually the power of his daughter was too much and she gained the advantage over him and presses him against a wall.
“You’re not going to kill me, are you?” he said nervously with fear now.
“Oh no, ponies would never accept any ruler, even me, as a queen no matter what if they heard that she killed their king, especially if it was her father, oh no, I have something much different and much better planned for you now.
I’m just going to send you to a place that shadow and light never touch, to a place where you’ll be safe and sound and still alive, a place of nightmares and one of both darkness, shadow, and light as well too,” she said smiling very deviously as she opened up a portal behind her father using her magic.
“No, not that place, surely you would not,” he said, “Please, no.”
“Don’t worry father, I might drag you back out of Tartarus someday.”
And with that said she pushed him into the portal and then went over to her mother. “You’re not going to send me there, are you?” she said very nervously with fear in her voice. “It would be rude to leave father all
alone in there.”
And with that said she also threw her mother in and then closed the portal.
“Holy shit, I can’t believe what I just saw,” Cosmos said, “Yet it did really happen, but now I think that it is time for me to act since Frosty failed.”
And with that said he flapped up to Winter Frost.
“What can you ever do to me old stallion?” she said very angrily.
“Many things, I can sing, talk, dance, erase your memory, send you back to your old home and kingdom, or send you to Tartarus, but what I am going to do will be a surprise,” he said touching her forehead and then suddenly she fell down to the floor unconscious. And then leaning over Cosmos extracted a white silvery substance from her mind using his magic, “It is far better that I remove this memory so that you may never terrorize these lands again, but sadly enough you will still be affected, your insanity has left you in a permanent state of being in this form and shape and body, and you will never be truly really happy ever again, and you will always feel like something is missing.
And I know that you can hear me now since I have been unconscious many times, but this is just a spell, when you wake up you will have no memory of something very bad that happened to you, and no matter what I can never let you have it no matter how much you beg or ask or plead in any manner.
Now then Winter Frost, wake up and be your normal regular self again.”
And with that said she did and she groaned as she got up.
“What happened exactly?” she said, “And why is every pony here looking at me with fear? And why am I in a wedding dress?” she said very curiously.
“Your parents can explain it to you, or I can if you want to,” Cosmos said secretly casting a spell to free her parents from their prison now.
“How about all of you explain it to me right now?” she said very stoically as her parents came up from behind her and looked at her with great fear.
“Yes, I think that would be best,” Cosmos said, and with that he explained her story to her, but this time she didn’t go crazy since she didn’t experience it, she just heard it, which was way different. “I did all of that?” she said in shock and surprise, “But there’s no way, ‘m such a nice kind pony, I would never do that.”
“But you did, why else would every pony in here be afraid of you?”
“You do have a fair point, but still, this Blizzard form of me, she sounds like my worst nightmare, and I just hope that I am never her ever again.”
“So do we all, but we can’t always get what we want in life just like you did.”
And with that piece of wisdom Winter Frost bowed her head down in shame and then said, “I am sorry every pony, if I killed a friend or family member of yours it was not me, that was the crazy insane form and version of me, but I am calm now, and I’m am very sorry for your loss and I know that there is no possible way for me to ever make it up to you, but should you ever need anything do not hesitate to ask me and I will do my best to try to do it for you.
I know that my actions today are unforgivable, and I do not expect forgiveness to ever come at all ever, or any time soon, but I hope that in time you may come to feel that the pain is less and maybe one day is even gone too.
I am not worthy to be a ruler or a queen, but I hope that with time and patience I may become a great leader and queen just like my parents, and I also hope that you will hold no grudge against me someday, that is all.”
And with that said she left the room and the castle and there was an uneasy silence that filled the air and then Cosmos spoke up.
“Well, there was your apology, now the only question that remains is this, do you accept it, or shall you reject it and treat her like a criminal instead?
The ponies eventually agreed to accept it and that was final.
And then Cosmos went over to her parents to talk.
“So then, what happens now exactly?” he said very curiously.
“We look and search for her, find her, bring her home, train her, and then one day she will become a great queen and ruler, that is what will happen.”
And so they did do that eventually after they left the castle.
And from that day on relationships with the northern kingdom was never the same again. Occasionally
there would sometimes even be whispers and rumors about an ice witch who killed many ponies, but by the time those rumors started it had been centuries after the event, but still, the tale and legend of Winter Frost would always live on forever within the minds of ponies.