As the hero's walked into this mysterious room they were surprised at what they saw.
A giant white, tusked, one eye missing, dragon was lying next to Suzy who was petting it and looked like she was, or had been crying muttering to it.
And off to the side was Jack who was playing with a cats-cradle to entertain himself none of them noticing they were there.
All around them were bones of long gone ponies.
'PAPA!' Blizzard and Snowflake screamed and rushed over to Jack who stopped what he was doing and looked up, being knocked over by the snowbabies.
"Wow you two are getting big. Good for you," Jack said laughing as he sat up and welcomed the others.
"Hey guy's before you ask this is what Winter wanted to 'Show' us. We haven't gotten a lot out of her yet except that her name's Brenda and thanks to Winter not only lost her eye, but something else too, hence why Suzy's over there comforting her.
But I don't know what it is yet.
'Winter said that if we can make friends with Brenda, he'll let us try and show him how good friendship is," Jack continued before anyone could butt in "But I think he just want's us dead seeing as I think that's the only way his powers will detach themselves from us."
Fluttershy was making her way over to the Suzy and Brenda wanting to see if they were alright surprised and yet not surprised that Winter could do something like that when she spotted the dragon's eyes.
Sensing a new presence nearby, Brenda looked up and spotted one of the winged toys was coming over to them seeing and feeling no danger around it she let it approach 'Suzy'.
"Hey Fluttershy," Suzy said sniffing and wiping away her tears. "Nice to know you found us. So lets get out of here and find and squish that slug for what he did to Brenda here."
""Um... What exactly might that be?" Fluttershy asked though somehow had a very good idea when she heard the dragon was a girl, getting the attention of the others.
Looking around Suzy took a deep breath and said "Back when they first met, Brenda was an expecting two eyed mother with a nest of twelve eggs," she began resting her hand to the dragoness.
"Then after a fight with him where she lost one eye, she was knocked out by Winter playing dirty. The next thing she knew she was here. But she didn't have her eggs.
'Winter came to see here saying that He had the eggs and promised that they would be perfectly safe... If she chose to follow him and do his bidding and follow his orders and never retaliate etc... etc... And that... was over 800 years ago!" she hissed cursing in Changelingese towards Winter looking up to the stunned audience and turned her back on them so she could pet Brenda some more.
"They weren't destroyed if that what you're thinking," a voice said by the door as Scarab came into the light.
Right away all the fighters, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Jack, Eric and even Sarah charged at the traitorous Changeling and made to attack it when a white shield bubble appeared over him and they all bounced off.
Looking around to see who was causing it they saw Suzy was the one conducting it.
"What do you mean they weren't destroyed?" she asked stepping up to the Changeling a look of daring on her face.
"Those eggs," Scarab said slowly "Are Winters only hold the dragon. If he destroyed them, then she'll have nothing left to fight for or be blackmailed into following orders from him. No. They're not destroyed, there here somewhere, in a freezing chamber keeping them in a sort of comma as fresh as the day they were placed in there."
"And why are you telling us all this?" Eric asked shooting daggers to the bug who almost killed Sarah.
"As a way to apologize and what not for everything I've done Knight," he said bowing slightly "Once Sarah was gone I went over what she and the other ponies had said about Winter turning on me and found out that they were right," he said standing up again but closing his eyes and looking away in shame "Winter was only using me. He was no friend." suddenly the Changeling felt someone wrap their arms around him but it was not in a threatening way.
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Scarab's POV
Sniffing not wanting to look into anyone's eyes to shame myself even more because they would see my crying, I caught the sent of small animals, forest, and fresh air. Looking up, I saw it was the quiet Pegasus who was holding me. As she pulled back she had a small smile on her face and she hugged me again.
"We forgive you Scarab," she whispered into my ear "It might take a bit longer for the others to fully forgive you, but they're just stubborn."
"I don't deserve your kindness or your forgiveness Quiet One," Scarab said gently pulling away and turning slightly. "All I deserve to do is to be left alone and die."
"You take that back Scarab Beetle," Suzy hissed in Changelingese keeping this as private as she could since hopefully only Jack would be able to understand.
"If there's one thing these ponies have taught me since I came over to them," she said shifting back to her old form, stepping forward, and standing tall "Is that everyone deserves kindness, and forgiveness, and even second, or third basing it on you, chances."
"But my Que... I mean Suzy*," I say correcting myself turning to her. "I have done nothing to be given any of those things. Sometimes I think Insectiva only lets me live so I can carry on living this pain."
"Then shun her!" Suzy said stomping her hoof "No one deserves to be left alone and die, if they still have goodness in their hearts. And let me tell you... By the way you just told us about Brenda's eggs I can tell you still have some good inside yours."
"That's sweet and all Suzy," I say rolling my eyes a bit like a big brother would "But we're Changelings remember? We don't have hearts, hence why we need love off of others."
"If that's true," the Student of Chaos said smirking looking pleased that he was the only one who was understanding all the hissing and clicks the native language of the Changelings "Then how were you planning on getting it when you and Winter took over the place? I mean no offense I'm sure you had a wonderful plan. But if I were a pony, who was being forced to love one evil overlord, while his partner was freezing my flank off. I doubt I'd give out that much love."
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Normal POV
"Jack this was meant to be a private conversation," Suzy said snapping at him rubbing her nose.
"Well then next time speak in a language I don't understand." he said shrugging.
"To be fair Suz," Eric said seeing she was about to attack Jack "When you have three beings of Chaos who can poof up Changeling to Pony translator headphones, It's not all that much good going back to your own language just to keep things private."
"I guess..." Suzy said turning back into a human but still punching Jack on the arm. "Wait three?"
"Yeah Discord, Pinkie and me," Jack said rubbing his arm "How else do you think she's able to pull all the stuff she does off?"
"So her Pinkie Sense is really Chaos Sense?" Suzy asked forgetting everyone else was here looking only to Jack.
"I sensed you were going to ask that," Jack said smirking having to jump into the air to avoid getting hit by her as the others groaned, aside from Pinkie and Discord who was rolling around on the ground clutching their stomachs.
"Turning the arrow to 'What can we do to stop Winter once and for all...' " Eric said getting everyone's attention "Anyone got any ideas?"
"We can try and send him to ta Earth like you did with Sombra and Chrysalis," Applejack said first to speak up.
"No that wont work," Discord said "No matter where, meaning the dimension, Winter goes. He will always have control over the winter elements. Something to do with the magic he and I both have from our old home."
"So that's how you're so good at snowball fights?" Eric said shooting this to Jack.
"Is this the moment for a snowball fight Eric?" Sarah asked partway through introducing herself to Brenda.
"Actually yes," Jack said getting an idea "It is the perfect time for a snowball fight."
"And he's lost it," Rainbow said rolling her eyes before getting hit with a snowball, which made her begin to laugh so much she couldn't keep flying and she was on the floor.
"Snowball fights are my specialty remember Cloud-Butt?" Jack asked tossing another one in his hand. "Plus I think I sussed the timing problems for my paralyzing ones now, so if we can keep Winter distracted long enough for me to hit him with one of them..."
"... Then he will hopefully be paralyzed just long enough for us to do something with him meaning he won't be able to harm anypony ever again." Suzy finished getting to where Jack was going.
"But we need to keep hitting him with snowballs, so when I send in my paralyzing one, he doesn't get suspicious on why a snowball is coming out of no where towards him, and ducks out of the way," Jack explained nodding.
'Can we help Papa?' the snowbabies asked 'Pleeeeeease...?'
"Actually I have a special job for you two," he said getting 'Oh boy's' and bouncing clumps of snow. "One of you is going to... Stay here and keep Brenda company. And the other... is going to go with Scarab and hunt down those eggs."
'But that's no fun,' the two whined.
"Oh come on you two..." Suzy said trying not to laugh "You're both creations of the Student of Chaos... I think you'll be able to find someway of entertaining yourselves."
This just made the two snowbabies pout a bit more getting an 'Aww...' from Fluttershy.
"So who's ready for a little fun in the snow?" Jack asked grinning, snapping his fingers getting everyone, minus Scarab, Blizzard, Snowflake and Brenda to be zapped out of there and to where he sensed Winter was.