In Jack's 'room' him, Suzy, and Snowflake (the snowbaby), were all trying to find ways to entertain themselves.
One of the down sides of being entrusted with the power of chaos, is you get bored very easily. Especially if there was nothing to do.
After they had called the others back in Canterlot and Scarab, who had been coming down the corridor trying to figure out where Suzy was and heard more than one voice from a supposedly hypnotized - and therefor unable to talk to anyone but him since he was the master - boy was, was gone, the two decided to begin a game of twenty questions.
At the moment it was Jack's go and Suzy was trying to get him to understand the she was pregnant...
"Ok so it's not an animal... it's not from Equestria... it makes a mess where ever it goes... it's awake at night... and it likes having fun," Jack listed thinking. "Ha! I've got it..."
Suzy bit her lip thinking 'He's taking this really well...' when...
"It's me isn't it?"
"Meh... not exactly..." Suzy said avoiding his confused eyes her hands on her stomach and a blush on her face. "In fact never mind! This was a stupid thing for me to pick. How about I choose something else. Um... Ok I'm thinking of something orange, and it's small..."
"Suz..." Jack said stopping her rambling and making her look at him. "What do you mean by 'Not exactly' when I said the answer was me?"
"Um... You... You remember that injury you had a few weeks ago at the skate park..." Suzy asked still not too keen on saying this, getting a nod and a worried/confused look from Jack. "And the... 'Award' I gave you that night for going to get help because you were hurt..."
It took him some time but bit by bit Jack pieced together the puzzle Suzy was laying out for him.
"Oh my Celestia!" Jack said, when the last part was placed, looking at her then to her stomach. "Suz are... Are you?"
All Suzy did was look at him, a small smile on her lips, and nod.
'I don't get it...' Snowflake said making both of them jump forgetting the snowbaby was there.
"It doesn't matter Snow," Jack said looking to Suzy who was looking away slight worry on her face now "We'll explain later. Once we're out of here and either back in Canterlot. And everything will be fine."
"How do you know?" Suzy asked sniffing slightly.
"Er... is this for now or later?" Jack asked not sure how to answer.
"Well 'Now' at the moment," Suzy asked picking up Snowflake to cuddle for comfort since Jack was preoccupied. "And then 'Later' once we get home. How... How do you know something bad wont happen? Or... Or... What if it doesn't come right? Like what if it takes after me more than you?"
"Suzy... You were full human when the seeds were planted right?" Jack asked using his grandparents 'Babies Come From The Cabbage Field' talk because technically there was a child there, getting a nod.
"Right so unless what we did that night enhanced you're Changeling side, I doubt there will be anything to worry about."
"But... But what if being here is... is 'infecting' it?" Suzy asked looking scared. "Now we're back here I'm a full fledged Changeling again, I'm just staying in this form. What if it's getting more and more Changeling magic or... or what if it's also getting your magic now what... What if..."
"What if it comes back from the field looking like Grandpa Discord with a goat horn, a deer antler and everything else Discord has because of me?" Jack said stopping her again.
"Suz... We were human when we made it. And I doubt very highly that being here for however long this is going to take will affect it in anyway. But if it does..." Jack said getting more serious by the word "You have to remember that it's still our kid. And we will both love it no matter what it looks like or what powers you're suggesting it might inherit. And if it does have any of that, if you want we can come and live here in Equestria if you think people back home will try and hurt it."
"But then you wont see you're friends and family..." Suzy said after a bit loosening her hold on Snowflake who was about to have her head chopped off.
"I... Doubt mum and dad will be pleased that I'm becoming a dad myself at this age, and before I'm married," Jack began scooting back until he was against the wall staring up to the ceiling. "And to be honest... aside from Eric and Sarah, Suzy, how many friends back home do you know I have?" Jack asked not needing an answer.
"The others know... you know..." Suzy said after a bit of silence speaking of everyone else.
"Well we better be getting out of here so Pinkie can throw us a party for it then..." Jack said smiling getting his fun back now Suzy's stopped worrying.
"Why does Pinkie like to throw so many parties anyway?" Suzy asked lying down looking up at Jack, her head on his lap, Snowflake in her arms falling asleep.
"In her family I guess," Jack whispered shrugging "Though I'm not sure how since she came from a rock farm..."
Suzy was about to ask another question when she began to feel Jack shiver underneath her and got up to see what was wrong feeling all tingly herself.
"Er... What was that?" Suzy asked scared.
"It means that the help we called for..." Jack said after banging his head against the wall a bit "Wasn't all that helpful." When that didn't help Jack went into a bit more detail. "You've learnt about Pinkie's Pinkie Sense by now right?"
"Yeah..."
"Well that was our version of it... Chaos Sense if you will, and that's told us that the help we asked for just got caught by Winter's Windegos." Jack said.
"So..." Suzy said going over this in her head "So I'm the only one left who can do anything?"
"Well I'm sure we can all still do something," Jack said shrugging "You're just the one who's the most free."
"Really helpful at lifting my spirits Jackie..." Suzy said rolling her eyes. "So... what now?"
"Now my dear..." a cold voice rang around the room making all who were in there stiffen. "You and Jackson, now that we have all your little friends to play games with, shall come to the throne room and join in."
Before either Jack, Suzy, or a now awakened and scared Snowflake could say anything, they were coated in a purple aura and transported to the throne room and manacled to the wall, their friends on the left all calling out to them asking if they were ok.
'Er... how long do you think the old dolt was listening for Jack?' Suzy asked her boyfriend through their minds looking slightly worried.
'Hopefully not as long as that,' Jack replied looking fierce towards the winter spirit of Equestria who was in front of them while panicking in his mind 'But by the way he answered your question... I'm guessing he must of caught the last thing.'
"So that was where you were hiding little Changeling..." Winter began cutting the two's conversation off. "Ingenious plan. Hiding with someone who has the same powers as you so you cannot be found," he said standing tall.
"I am NOT a Changeling you good for absolutely nothing molluscs!" Suzy cried eyes growing green with anger towards this guy.
"Not a Changeling?" Winter asked looking shocked and only slightly offended by the cursing she gave him. "Well that's not what Scarab tells me..." he said turning towards the other Changeling in the room over by the others with a desk of knives and a cruel, yet slightly confused look on his face.
"In fact he tells me, my dear, that before this boy came along..." he said nodding to Jack, the three of them deafening their ears to the others cries. "That you were one of the ten leaders of those teams that were set to take the place of your victims."
"Yeah I was," Suzy said agreeing with him "But after the whole Sombra fiasco, I realized I don't want to be one anymore. So there."
"Oh but you'll always be a Changeling my dear," Winter began giving her his wicked smile that was sending shivers down her spine. "No matter what form you are in, or how often you say it to yourself, you are and will always be a Changeling."
"Hey back off Winter!" Rainbow Dash's voice called out along with grunts as she tried to get free from the manacles holding her.
"Yeah leave them alone!" Sarah and Eric cried together to defend their friends.
"Now this is a sight to see..." Winter said turning towards Rainbow who stopped struggling but still held a daggered look in her eye. "Since when may I ask does a descendant of the great Commander Hurricane care for anyone other than her own tribe or kind?"
Those who did not know what Winter were talking about just gave confused faces while those who did, wished they could melt him for that but stayed silent.
"I care about others since from when they become my friends," Rainbow said venom in her voice "I never leave any of my friends or anyone hanging no matter who they are..." she added.
"If you say so..." Winter said pulling back a bit a 'I so do not care' look on his face as he looked to the others. "Now lets see... Who else do we have here?" he said scanning the line of prisoners spotting the Draconequus on the end. "Discord..?" he asked confused walking over. "You're... free?" he asked.
"As a bird old friend," Discord said smirking "Well as free as a bird who's chained to walls and having to listen to you blab about how great you are and how incredible your plans to destroy Equestria are."
"I commend you on your escape," Winter said bowing towards his old friend "But might I question my friend... What are you doing with these ponies?"
"Well the plan was to rescue my Student of Chaos over there," Discord said nodding to Jack who was whispering with Suzy plans on trying to get down. "But then we were welcomed here very poorly by some of your Windegos, who escorted us here and here we are."
As Winter was listening to Discords explanation he was looking down the line of ponies trying to find the real reason why Discord came here knowing that he had sworn 'Never to come back here for as long as he lived!' finding the answer in a very shy looking Pegasus who was blushing slightly all through Discords speech.
"Is that the only reason you came here Discord?" Winter asked a cruel look in his eye making all who saw it go stiff.
"Hey as much as I would love the Master of Chaos get shunned..." Eric's voice from the other end of the line called to distract Winter "Can we get to the point of 'Why are you doing this?' and the 'We're so going to kick your big fat ass moment?'"
"Well I thought that why I am doing this was obvious boy..." Winter said coming over to him now "I am doing this, to regain the freedom that should of been mine long ago when I first came here. When everyone was frightened, miserable. Oh such happy times for me. Oh the power my Windegos and I wielded. But then those useless ponies..." he said looking down the line again before returning to Eric "Replaced my cold with their Friendship and Light. Lifting their hearts and giving themselves hope. While, as I said to Twilight Sparkle earlier, I was just pushed aside. Like I never existed. Well once I get my powers back..." Winter said as be left Eric and began to walk towards Jack "Everyone will know my name and will know I exist."
"They will also fear you," Sarah said strongly next to Eric. "All this loss you will create and for what?" she asked gaining Winter attention "To become unstoppable? To rule Equestria? Friends are a good thing to have that can bring people and ponies together.
With them you know you will never be alone, people you can go for them for advice, people who can come for you for advice, people who will help you without questioning you, who will do anything to keep you safe. And will never stab you in the back or get rid of you once you are not needed anymore." she aimed this one to Scarab who was next to her guarding them.
"Well if you're so sure about that child," Winter said standing tall. "Lets see how much of a friend Jackson Jones is to you."
Then turning to Scarab told him to prepare the device and take Sarah to it, setting out a few protests from everyone.
Scarab nodded and with Sarah along with him flashed out of the room, to do what Winter requested.
"BRING HER BACK!" Eric and Jack cried fighting their chains trying to get to the Alicorn.
"Oh don't worry boys," Winter said using his snow to make a screen in front of everyone showing the torture room Scarab and Sarah walking through it towards the Dunking-Tank filled with freezing cold water "Once I get what I want I'll tell Scarab to bring her back. That is of course if she's still alive to come back."
As the Alicorn of Winter laughed his head off everyone looked to a scared looking Jack and Suzy their eyes wide as they looked to the screen and saw Sarah being forced to sit and strapped to the stool above the water.