Several weeks had passed since Celestia's visit and nothing had really changed, Blade was bored out of his mind. He tried all sorts of things to keep himself occupied but nothing would satisfy him apart from daily training. Even when he was in his element, distractions would come up. Spike, along with the Cutie Mark Crusaders, constantly pestered Blade to teach them to fight, to which he would advise them all to go pester someone who didn't save their lives.
"Nope," AppleBloom said, "You saved us so your responsible for us!"
Spike rolled his eyes, "You know Blade, if you would just show us some cool moves we would probably be quiet."
Blade groaned, "Fine!" He thought of something, "Here's a special move that only masters can execute, I'll only do it oce so watch closely."
The kids each had a stick in their hands.
Blade showed them the proper way to use the Shattering Blade Technique. At first the four kids had the look of confidence, but after a few attempts they were sitting on the ground discouraged.
"Don't worry it took me a long time to get that right." Blade said with a smile, which was ended when he felt a cold blast of wind.
Spike shivered, "No one said anything about a cold front today."
"That's because its the middle of summer," AppleBloom reminded Spike.
"You guys go to Fluttershy's cottage," Blade said, "Don't come out until someone says it safe."
The kids saw the look in his eyes, his cool viridian eyes were starting to glow with a fire.
"Okay." Spike said as he pushed the other three towards the cottage.
Blade ran to the town, snow was on the ground. Everyone was surprised by this, even Twilight.
"Blade," She smiled, "Whats going on."
"Twilight tell everyone to get inside," Blade drew his sword, "This isn't normal snow."
Twilight knew what he meant, "Windigoes? But why now?"
"A lot of old things are waking up," He reminded her with a flare in his voice.
"Right!" She climbed on a post, "Everyone listen up! We have to get inside!"
Everybody was watching her for an explanation.
"Blade said so," Twilight groaned.
Everyone instantly went to there homes, save Twilight.
"Get inside!" Blade told her.
"No, I'm not as helpless as you might think, and you'll need some help." Twilight reminded him of how he defeated the Titan.
"Alright," He went over to her.
"Wait I'm not-" She received a headbutt from Blade. "OW!"
Blade turned, the storm had moved directly overhead. "I'll be back." He summoned all of his strength and released it with a powerful jump into the air.
Fluttershy ran up to Twilight, "What's going on?"
"Your boyfriend is fighting Windigoes." Twilight said while rubbing her head.
Fluttershy looked at Twilight and took a step closer.
"No please- OW!" Fluttershy headbutt Twilight.
"I'm sorry," Said Fluttershy. "Can he hear me?"
'I can hear you!' Came a thought that wasn't her's.
"What about me?" Twilight asked."
'Two voices, That's a bit odd.' Blade said.
Blade was floating in the clouds, "Okay, I see them!" He blasted himself toward the monsters. "Give me the info Twi,"
'I'm guessing fire.' Blade heard her.
"I can do that!" He summoned his inner fire, it surrounded him as he released it.
The windigoes howled but they didn't die, Instead they turned their attention at Blade and surrounded him. They began to swirl around him, freezing him.
Blade tried to burn the ice away but the windigoes were using their combined power against him. Blade was soon frozen solid and began to fall back to the earth below.
Twilight saw him falling, "Get out of the way!" She pushed Fluttershy to one side and jumped to the other.
The ice shattered as Blade hit the ground, he blinked a few times to make sure he was still alive.
"Y-you just fell 5,000 feet." Twilight noted.
"Really, it felt a lot less than that." Blade said smiling.
"You should be dead." Twilight remarked, which made Fluttershy release a nervous squeak.
"For the record so should they." Blade said as he got an idea. "Hang on I know what to do." He jumped up onto his feet, then looked around for a nearby roof. He climbed onto it and shouted to the girls, "This is going to be a little messy." He wasn't sure if it was going to work, but he was out of options. He stuck his hand toward the flying beasts and focused his anger towards them.
Twilight and Fluttershy were shocked when a blot of lighting sprung from Blade's hand, and even more shocked when the storm clouds began to clear, revealing the horrid beasts.
Blade lifted his hands to the sky and pulled them down, as he did, the windigoes mimicked him. They fell toward the ground and lay there, he then created a fire around them, and they began to melt. Once his job was done, he jumped down from the roof and went to the girls.
"Your amazing," Fluttershy commented.
"No, I'm just a soldier." He said stubbornly, then began to laugh.
"How do you do it?" Twilight asked, "How do you cope with all that power inside your body?"
"I have to be strong," Blade replied, "And I can always be strong." He looked down at Fluttershy.
Twilight was still pondering how his powers worked, to anyone else they would seem like magic, but magic couldn't shatter the earth and boil the ocean. Magic can't be obtained by anger, it takes control and focus. With Blade it was like his powers came from raw emotion, they were like a fire that was fueled by anger. She wondered what would happen if Blade wasn't as strong as he was, would his emotions overtake him?
Blade watched as the snow melted, it started slowly but he helped it along. Soon the skies were clear and all was safe. He watched as the townsfolk continued on their days work, everyone seemed busy. He sat to the side, to make sure everyone was unharmed. Fluttershy had gone to retrieve the kids, so he was left alone with his thoughts.
'Everything is changing,' Blade thought. 'Who knows when the next attack will be.'