Magic Paint Brushes 3: This Ice Life...

by Ugly-Duckling123


Chapter 18

"Ok... So that's Winter taken care of," Jack began poofing up a list and acting like he did this every year "The Windego's free, and Brenda back with her babies and back home... What next?"

"Home I think," Applejack said getting nods from everyone but the snowbabies, Suzy and Scarab "Like I told Ombric upstairs ponies don't do good in cold places..."

"Ok..." Jack said taking Suzy's hand to boost the power, before snapping their fingers and saying goodbye to the Ice Palace and returning back to Canterlot Castle Library.

"Now what?" he said smiling.

"How about a bit of a rest, Jack?" Sarah asked going over to one of the beanbag chairs and collapsing onto it.

"Here, here," Eric said taking his sword off and falling onto the one next to her.

'But I wanna play some games...' Snowflake said hopping onto Sarah's chest knocking the wind out of her as Bizzard did the same to Eric, eye wide and pleading.

'Me too...'

"Ugh... Jack can you let your kids give their Second Cousin and her boyfriend have some peace?" Sarah asked putting Snowflake on the ground only to have her jump back up straight after.

"You weren't like this when it was Emma who did it cuz..." Jack said recording the events with the camera from before.

"Emma was different," Sarah said giving up and just decided to have the snowbaby on her chest. "When it was her it was to annoy you most. And you know how I used to love that."

'Who's Emma Sarah?' Snowflake asked coming to a stop on bouncing and looking curious.

"She was my sister Snowflake, but she's gone now..." Jack said sighing getting the whole group to understand what the baby asked and fears on what might come after seeing how curious the babies seemed to be.

'Well when will she be back papa?' Blizzard asked from Eric's chest, only the ponies, Discord, Eric, Sarah, Suzy and Scarab noticing the snow that was falling inside the library.

"Um... I don't think you kids should be asking whatever it is you're asking," Applejack said trying to get their attention but they were more focused on Jack.

"She won't be back because she's gone! Can't you just understand that?" Jack asked looking furiously at the snowbabies.

"Jack..." Suzy said stepping forward a bit hearing both ways of the conversation heart breaking the longer it went on.

'But she has to come back at some point doesn't she?' Snowflake asked hopping off of Sarah and waddling up to Jack who had turned away from her.

"Just forget it..."

"Jack..."

'But...' Blizzard said hopping off of Eric, who now with Sarah rushed over to the others.

"I said FORGET IT!" Jack screamed slashing his hand through the air and shooting ice towards the babies and where Eric and Sarah would of been if they hadn't moved, his eyes blue, scaring the babies to run and hide behind Pinkie and Discord.

"JACKSON!" Suzy cried snapping Jack out of it and to look at her.

After a few seconds, of silence, Jack just snapped his fingers and zapped out of there, Suzy lifting her fingers before she thought...

"If I find out you were watching this private conversation as well Discord, or anyone... I'm not going to let you see our kid understand?" she said looking around making sure all loopholes were tied up.

After getting nods, Suzy brought her fingers up and snapped, having a good idea where Jack was.


In Whitetail Woods, Jack was pacing upside down along the tree's branches mumbling to himself and making a storm with his emotions.

"Jack?" Suzy's voice came to him after a bit, making him stop and look down. "You mind coming down so we can talk? I made sure the others won't listen in on this one."

Sighing, Jack came to the ground and righted himself waiting for Suzy to start in the accusing.

"Give me your hand Jack..." Suzy said calmly a small smile on her face.

"What?" Jack asked looking confused.

"Give me your hand," Suzy repeated.

Following instructions, Jack gave his hand to Suzy and allowed her to place it on her tummy.

"You feel that?" she asked looking at it "After I found out about it, and a bit of remembering, I cast a spell on myself to work out what gender it will be..." she said looking up to him. "It's going to be a girl Jack..." she said quietly.

"So what?" Jack said looking away but keeping his hand under hers, sighing.

"So... if you want to let you sister live on in more than just spirit," Suzy began a small smile coming to her trying to look into his eyes again. "We can give Little Miss her name. That is, if you want to."

After this information got into Jack's head and he gave her a look of shock, Jack looked to Suzy's tummy again and smiled a small tear coming from his eye.

"Yeah..." Jack said quietly nodding. "Yeah I'll like that."

With that they dropped their hands and took to rest up one of the trees.

"Look I'm sorry for the whole... Whatever back at Canterlot thing..." Jack said sighing. "Been years and I still get upset and loose my temper when Emma comes up in conversations."

"Too be fair you set off the first spark by joking about her to Sarah..." Suzy said snacking on a cookie. "The snowbabies were just curious on who she was."

"I know..." Jack said bringing a knees up sighing, looking over the landscape. "But I still shouldn't of acted like that. Thanks for snapping me out of it before someone got hurt... And for coming to check on me..."

"Your welcome..." Suzy said giving Jack a medium long kiss - not too short so it's like it wasn't there, not too long so it started sucking powers. "But I think there are a few other people, ponies, and snowballs, you also need to say sorry too..." Suzy said slipping off and walking towards the cabin. "I'll be in there when you're finished."

Rolling his eyes, Jack sighed and snapped himself back to Canterlot.


Back in Canterlot, Discord had the pictures up again showing the other ponies the similarities of the two sixes.

The screens had been put up as soon as the ice was taken care of and the snowbabies were calmed down.

"Ah... Yeah..." Rainbow said zooming around the room excited "I can't believe I'm actually related to the one, the only, the great Commander Hurricane! YES! YES! YES!"

"Man... I thought's Rarity's reaction would be bad..." Eric said rubbing his ears checking they were still working.

"It was remember?" Sarah said rocking the snowbabies to sleep, motherly instincts kicking in when they came running up to her because they got yelled at by their papa and then he left them.

"I think I've still got ringing in my ears..." she said.

"What's so great about her that you're this after you found out?" Eric said looking up to Rainbow who froze in mid-air as she heard the question.

"What's so great about her?" Rainbow asked blinking "WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT HER!?" she asked zooming right up to the boy.

"Commander Hurricane was the leader of the Pegasus Ponies back before Equestria even existed!" she began shocking everyone that she was giving the lesson, Discord poofing up Jack's camera to record the evidence.

"It was her great knowledge of war and battlement that made her the leader. Her loyalty to her tribe, along with the blizzard, is what made her decide she and Private Pansy should set off to find a new land."

"Yeah... not really helping in getting to know what's so great about her though..." Eric said stepping back a bit to keep her in focus.

"Then you're stupid," Rainbow said giving up trying to get him to see reason and getting back to celebrating.

"Well that's not very loyal is it Rainbow?" Jack's voice asked getting everyone's attention to turn to the tea table upside down on the ceiling and Jack sitting there, his feet up on the table sipping at a tall glass of chocolate milk.

"Oh and yelling at the snowbabies, shooting ice at them and then running away is?" Applejack asked in her just learnt running in the family sarcasm.

"Which is why I've come back..." Jack said giving a slight shrug but still staying put, Pinkie now somehow up with him sipping on her own chocolate milk.

"To... Er..." Jack said pulling out a back of cards making Twilight turn red in fury of mocking her. "Ah... To... Say sorry to everyone, for what I did... And asked for their forgiveness..." he said slowly as he was reading the words from the card.

"Wait..." Sarah said looking around then up to Jack "Where's Suzy?"

"In my cabin in Whitetail," Jack answered returning to his drink "So you going to accept it or are you a stubborn an those ponies up there?" Jack asked pointing to the old photo.

"I accept Jack," Pinkie said her mouth nearly stuffed with cupcakes and marshmallows.

"Thank you Pinkie... Anyone else?" Jack asked looking to the others.

"Come down from the ceiling and making me sick and you might have mine," Eric said getting the others (minus Discord and surprisingly Fluttershy) to nod.

A snap of his fingers later, and Jack, the table, and Pinkie were down on the ground.

"Aww..." Pinkie whined her mane going flat a bit.

"Ok down here, please let the acceptances come this way," Jack said his arms out wide a smile on his face.

First to step forward was Sarah, Snowflake and Blizzard in her arms and a kind smile before it turned into a grim one and she kick him... yeah... making him crunch over and Eric, Discord, and Scarab to cinch, and the girls to feel sorry for him (slightly).

"What... What was that for..." He asked looking up at her winded tears in his eyes.

"If these were real babies then I would be doing a lot worse..." Sarah said looking at him standing tall. "But to answer your question... For making them cry, shooting ice at them and if we were still there me and Eric, and running off before explaining to them why you were so upset about something YOU brought up."

"Which is why I'm here to say sorry..." Jack said zapping up his staff and using it to crawl back up.

"Yeah well you know me," Sarah said smirking a bit "Hit first ask questions later..." she said passing the sleeping snowbabies back to their papa. "With that... I think I'll go to bed. Night night."

With that she left the library a smirk on her face sure she saw a flash of light from a camera when her foot hit it's mark.