Chapter 2
The Eyes of Ice
Sharp woke up in his room in the early morning of his teacher's sun. He rose from his marshmallow like bed as he let out a relaxing yawn and trotted towards the bathroom. He trotted inside his shower and tapped the cloud above him, hot rain water began to shower over him as he washed himself over his hot shower. He finished his shower as he took his towel and was about to dry himself off, but he was interrupted as he heard a ring from his door. He slacked the towel over his neck as he trotted towards the door. "Coming." He said as he opened the door to reveal Snowdrop.
Snowdrop was standing in front of Sharp as she gazed upon his wet coat. She could feel her wings starting to raise up as she quickly tried to think of something else in her mine. Her cheeks turned red as Celestia's sunset as she tried to hide her face from Sharp. "Oh I'm sorry Sharp, I didn't know you were taking a shower." Snowdrop apologized as she continued to mask her face with her wings.
"No it's okay, so why are you here?"
"I was uh... wondering if you wanted to grab some breakfast?" She asked in a timid tone as Sharp started to rub the towel on his mane.
"Yea sure, just lemme dry off and grab a few things." Sharp informed as he walked inside his room. "Come in Come in, I don't bite." Snowdrop compiled as she walked inside Sharp's hotel room. Sharp continued to dry off as his coat was completely dry and his mane was partially dry. He walked inside his room as he levitated his backpack on his back as he strapped it tight as walked into the living room. He picked up a few books, papers, ink, and quills as Snowdrop awaiting patiently on the couch. "Alright ready to go!" He pronounced as Snowdrop flew up from the couch.
"So where do you want to go?" Asked Snowdrop.
"I don't know, you're the native..." Sharp stated in an obvious tone as Snowdrop blushed in embarrassment.
"Oh right sorry, well there is The Sweet Puff, it's a cafe that serves breakfast and lunch."
"Cool, let's head on down there." Sharp pronounced as the two ponies walked out of his room. "Hold on." Sharp paused as he pulled out a some paper and wrote a note, he stuck it to the wall as he signed the last section of his note. "Okay, now let's go." Sharp finished as the two ponies walked out of the hotel and down the fluffy roads of Cloudsdale.
"So what was that note for?" asked a curios Snowdrop.
"I just wanted to tell Celestia where I went." Sharp answered as the two arrived at a cloud building that had the shape of a marshmallow with a liquid rainbow trails swirling around the entire cloud building. "So this is The Sweet Puff? Looks like a marshmallow." Sharp stated as Snowdrop started to giggle.
"Yea, this place is great. And the owner is really funny, she's one of my best friends too." Snowdrop said as Sharp trotted to the door and left it open for Snowdrop.
"After you." Sharp said in a smooth tone. That was sooo bad.
Shud up!
"A gentlecold, thank you!" Snowdrop complimented in a sweet tone as she entered with Sharp behind her. As they entered the building Sharp could see a wall of sweets, there were lollipops, cake, pie, brownies, donuts, cookies, cupcakes, muffins, pastries, and even candy. "Surprise, are you here?" Snowdrop asked as a white pegasus mare with a puffy yellow mane popped out from under the counter.
"Hiya Snowy! What can I get cha?" The cloud white pegasus ask as she glanced over to the unicorn. "Hey Kewl, who's this Snowdrop?" Asked the white pegasus mare.
"This is my new friend Sharp Spell. He is visiting here with Celestia for a few days to partake in snowflake making." Snowdrop answered as Sharp bowed his head in great.
"Nice to meet you." greeted Sharp.
"Nice ta meet cha too, I'm Surprise and I run this place and throw PARTIES!" The pegasus mare yelled as she flew around in circles in the cafe. She paused as she flew behind her counter smiling at the two costumers. "But to smiles, what can I getcha to eat?" The two sat down at the counter as they skimmed through the menu.
"I'll have some eggs and iced tie please." Sharp ordered.
"And I'll have some pancakes and an orange juice please." Snowdrop ordered as the white pegasus wrote down their orders.
"Alright, I'll be back in a moment. And Snowdrop I've been meaning to ask?" Snowdrop raised her eyebrow in confusion. "Is Sharp your coltfriend?" Asked Surprise as the two ponies turned red like a rose with jaws snapped open as they looked at each other blushing even more.
"N-NO! We're just friends!" Snowdrop pleaded as she covered her face with her wings.
"Y-YEA! W-What she said!" Sharp followed as the white pegasus started to snicker with mischief.
"Heheheheh sorry, I just got curios. Well just wait here, I'll work on your orders right away." The party mare announced as she flew to the back of the cafe creating sounds of sizzling and crackling leaving the two ponies alone, little did they know, she finished their order in just seconds. "Heh heh heh, I wonder what they will do."
"Hey Snowdrop-" Snowdrop lifted her ear in compile. "I was wondering, your eyes are...well, can I ask you a question?" Asked Sharp in a timid tone
"Yea sure, anything."
"Are you blind? It's been plaguing my mind since I saw your eyes." Sharp asked as Snowdrop gave a soft sigh but smiled at the question.
"Yes I am."
"But I noticed that you could navigate your way through the city, even through the front door. My second question is how?"
"Oh well that's easy. Princess Luna herself loved my snowflakes idea that she offered me a gift. She cast a spell on me that could make me see, but the problem is, I'm colorblind now." She said in a small sad tone but she still smiled. "But on the bright side, I can still see."
"So your colorblind, but can you still see colors? like red and green?"
"No, she may have cured my blindness but I have a rare colorblind that some ponies have, and since this was magically made, it can't be cured. This type is monochomacy, I can only see grey, black, and white colors. So I don't know what colors look like, other than their shape."
"I-I'm so sorry, I wish they had a cure for you."
"It's okay, at least I can see and that's what matters." Snowdrop said gleefully as Surprise came back with their orders on top of her tail and mane.
"How can she do that?" Asked a timid Sharp.
"Nopony knows, but we just go with it." Answered Snowdrop as Surprise placed their orders on the counter.
"Okay, well since you two are my first costumers today, your orders a free." Surprise said in a cheerful tone.
Sharp looked at the meal and the white pegasus in a surprised expression across his face. "Are you sure? I mean I can pay." Sharp offered as Surprised placed a hoof in front of his face.
"NO! Please I insist, I just love making ponies smile!" Surprise said in a cheerful tone as she cracked open a massive smile across her face.
"Alright, if you insist." Sharp gave in a defeated tone as he took some pepper and shook the flaky crushed herbs onto his eggs, he took a bite and look at the white pegasus with a smile. "These are delicious, thanks Surprise."
"You're welcome, now you want any sweets?" Asked the party pegasus.
"No thanks, I'll stick to brain food." Answered Sharp as he continued to eat his eggs.
"What about you Snowy?"
"A slice of cheesecake?" Asked the ice mare as Surprise nodded and pulled out a slice of cheesecake from under the counter. "Thanks."
After chatting, fun, and eating, the two ponies left the cafe as they said their goodbyes to the yellow maned pegasus. The two walked down the puffy streets of Cloudsdale as Snowdrop took her wing and grabbed Sharp's hoof as she dragged him around town. "C'mon, I want you to see somepony very special to me." Said the ice colored mare as Sharp gave in and became the fish on a hook. Snowdrop pulled the green unicorn as they reached a lone cloud house away from the city in the sky. Snowdrop flew up as she picked up Sharp by his armpits as she carried him towards the cloud house. "This is my home, it's not much but it's my favorite place in the city. Now I wan't you to meet somepony special to me." Snowdrop said as she opened the door. "Mother, are you home?"
"Snowdrop? Are you there?"
"Yes mother, and I have a new friend here." Snowdrop answered as a cream colored pegasus with a pink and white stripped mane walked into the living room. "Mother this is my new friend Sharp Spell. Sharp, this is my mother Primrose."
Sharp walked over to the mother as he took her hoof and kissed it. "It's nice to meet you Primrose."
"Nice to meet you too Sharp, my my what a gentlecolt."
"Funny that's what your daughter said when I opened the door for her." Sharp joked as Snowdrop turned pink in within her cheeks.
"M-Mother, Sharp is from Canterlot. He's Celestia's personal student." Snowdrop informed as Primrose's eyes widen with a warming smile across her face.
"My my a royal pony, it's been a long time since we've had any company from Canterlot to join us." said Primrose
"Well I bet you don't get much visitors, not with this house. But it's a nice house, away from the public, I like that."
"Thank you, that's very sweet of you. Snowdrop, is this your new coltfriend?" Asked a curios mother as Snowdrop and Sharp Spell both blushed red and broke open their jaws.
"M-MOTHER!" Snowdrop pleaded in embarrassment as her mother started to giggle.
"How many times will ponies assume this?" Sharp asked in a loud tone as Snowdrop's mother continued to giggle.
"I'm sorry, but it's nice to have company. Would like to sit down for some tea?" Asked Primrose
"Sure, I love tea." The three sat down as Primrose had three cups and a teapot full of hot tea as they drank and chatted throughout the day.
"So Sharp, what do you do in Canterlot?"
"Well read, study, and draw at time to time. I mostly spend my time in the castle studying magic and practicing spells, which is how I'm standing on this very city right now."
"My goodness that is impressive, what about your parents? What to they do in Canterlot?" Asked Primrose as Sharp's smile slowly started the descend into a sad frown. He gave a heavy sigh as he took a large sip from his tea.
"I...I don't know, I never met my parents. I was born during the Feather Striped war, the war when Equestria was in a triangular war with Zebrica and Griffania. When Canterlot was invaded, my parents were killed when I was only a few months old. Nopony remembers how, but I know deep down inside they loved me and protected with their whole bodies, literally."
Both Primrose and Snowdrop's ears slowly descended at the sad story from. "I'm so sorry, I didn't know."
"It's okay, I know that they loved me and would give anything, unfortunately it was their lives."
"Then how did Celestia take you in as a student?"
"When I was about a colt, Celestia found me in the trash scrapping for food. She didn't want me to starve so she took me in the castle. She was kind enough to have a DNA test to find out who I matched with, but when they did, they found my dead parents. Celestia felt bad for me that she took me in as her son and has been raising me ever since, teaching me the works of magic and I loved it." Sharp finished as he took a sip from his tea. "But it's past me and I learned to look at the present and future of my life.."
"I'm really sorry for your loss, I wish there was something we could do." said Primrose
"No nopony can help this crack in my heart. Death is the only answer, it's not rewritten but concluded. It can be scrapped, finished, or rushed just like a story. Not even the princesses could help my parents."
"Well I wish you the best of luck." Primrose complimented as she looked over to the clock. "Snowdrop, isn't it about time you should get to work on the snowflakes?" Asked the mother.
"Oh right, c'mon Sharp, we need to make more snowflakes for tomorrow's winter fall."
"You go on ahead, I need to ask your mother a question." Snowdrop nodded as she soared out of her house and flew off into the distant. "Primrose, I've noticed something about your daughter. She looks about your age as if she could be your sister. Care to explain?"
The cream colored pegasus mother gave a deep sigh as she set her drink down and looked at the unicorn with eyes of care and joy. "Well, when I was younger about a teenage mare-"