Snowfall. A unicorn that does not like his life. He has but one thing that keeps him going. But one night, his father brings harm to that thing, and Snowfall snaps.
Cold.
That one word describes how I feel every day. But not because of the temperature or anything, I've just always felt like that. I live a life as the proud son of a noble. I dress fancy, eat fancy, talk fancy, heck I even have to sit down like all those snobs.
Thats right, I said it. I hated my life. It was always ‘Do this… Do that… Oh no, you’re doing it wrong!’ Worst of all, nopony knows what happens within the bounds of my home. Nopony know how much pain I am forced into at times, nopony but one.
My little brother. He knows what I have to endure because he must as well.
I try to cover for him as best I can. Take the blame and the blows when he gets into trouble, but sometimes its not enough. The pain I take for him is nothing compared to when I see him on the ground, bruised and crying. That pain is indescribable.
But I would do it again and again. Its what family is supposed to be.
Just a story I will be doing while I am not working on my project story. Based after season 3. Please comment and rate, if you downvote, tell me why.
I fumbled the book I was reading before hastily setting it down on my desk and running to my bedroom door. I quickly stopped and made sure my snow white coat and ice blue mane and tail were in check before galloping the rest of the way to the front door.
I saw my father standing in the front door, an unimpressed look upon his face. Father had a white coat like mine, but he had a black mane and tail. He was also wearing a black suit. I ran up to his side and faced him with my head held high.
"You useless excuse for a stallion. I have been standing here for two minutes." father said through gritted teeth without looking to me.
"S-sorry father, i-it wont happen again." I said with a hint of worry in my voice.
Father walked inside of the house while I followed.
"Father, are you ok? You seem..." I began to ask, but was cut off when a hoof of his flew straight into my face.
"You will not speak unless spoken to!!! Do I make myself clear!?!" he shouted at me.
"Y-yes father." I said with a shaky voice. Father turned around and continued to walk towards the stairs. I felt the muscle under my left eye twitch in pain.
"What did I do to get such rejects for children?" father muttered to himself. "Snowfall! Where is that waste of fur you call a brother?" father asked.
"H-he's in his room, sir. Doing his homework." I said. I cringed when father called him a waste of fur, but that was one of the nicer things he called him.
"I want you to go back to your room and continue to study now." father said in a normal tone, which was rare for him.
I scurried up the stairs and back into my room before I closed the door. I let out a large sigh before making my way over to my mirror again.
I had a black bruise on my left cheek where father had hit me. I made my way back to my desk and was about to pick up the book I was reading again, but stopped when I heard a shout.
"Pyre Blitz!!! You think you can sneak outside and not have me find out about it!?!" father shouted from down the hall, causing my heart to drop.
'Oh no, not again.' I said worriedly as I jumped up from my desk and galloped out of my room and to the door of Blitz's room.
"No, Daddy Please!" *SMACK* "AAAHHHHH!!!" I felt my body cringe harder than ever as I heard the sound of fathers hoof coming down onto Blitz.
I heard more smacks and even some crunches mixed with screams of pain before I snapped.
'No, this has to stop!' I shouted in my head before I spun around and kicked the door open. I then rushed in and pushed father off of Blitz's body and stood over him defensively.
"Snowfall!?! How dare you come in here and disrespect your father like this!" father shouted at me as he pushed himself back up.
"No more. Leave Blitz alone and take your anger out on me." I said as I glared at him.
"Fine!" he shouted one more time before charging up his magic and levitating me up into the air. "You brought this on yourself."
He then levitated me over before he began beating me over and over. The first hit he delivered to me was in my stomach, followed by another and another. He began to beat me all over my body. My head, my back, my legs, neck and every other possible location anypony could think of.
But no matter how much he hit me, I refused to scream out in pain. I knew it would only encourage him.
As discreetly as I could, I activated my magic and used a chill spell inside of me to numb me entire body to reduce the pain.
After about 20 minutes of father just beating on me over and over, he finally stopped and dropped me to the ground before spitting on me and making for the door with his head held high.
I looked out of my right eye and saw him stop in the doorway and look back to me.
"Snowfall, I want you to fix yourself up and go to bed immediately. You may be useless, but at least you know how to take a beating." he said before he left.
I closed my eyes and curled up into a ball as the pain began to seep through my spell that I had cast over myself.
"Snowfall? Are you ok?" I opened my eye and saw Blitz trying to crawl over to me. He had a red coat and a black mane and tail. He now had multiple purple bruise over his body, and his azure eyes were filled with tears.
Ignoring my pain, I pushed myself up and limped over to him before collapsing next to him and wrapping my hooves around him.
"Don't worry little bro. I got you." I whispered in his ear before I activated my magic and tried to numb his injuries. "I'm sorry Blitz. I'm so sorry." I apologized.
"Don't be Snow. I should have known that father would know if I broke out. But I had too to get a glimpse at the unicorn that was turned to an alicorn a few months ago." Blitz said as he began to stop shaking from pain as my spell kicked in.
I smiled weakly. "Hehe, did you get to see her?" I asked. He was never allowed outside, father's rules, but I knew that he was fascinated by alicorns.
"I did, I got to see Princess Celestia raise the sun with her magic while Princess Luna lowered the moon." he said joyfully, but his smile soon fell. "And to think that there was a possibility that you could have been Princess Celestia's student."
My smile fell too. "Blitz, you know why I'm not in that school." I said, but before I could continue, he finished my speech.
"Yeah, I know. You said to me that you purposefully failed your entrance exam so father couldn't use you to get closer to the princess." he said dejectedly before looking up to me. "But just think at where you might be now if Princess Celestia saw your power. I may not get out much, but even I think that your magic is more than most ponies could ever dream for."
"I know Blitz, but again, father. He would use me to his advantage to gain more political power for himself, so I keep my talents away from him." I said as I hugged him tighter.
What Blitz said next made me think to myself.
"I wish we could just leave. Just run away and never look back." he said quietly.
"What if we did?" I whispered back, causing him to look at me in shock. "What if we ran away tonight?"
"But we cant. The tracer spell father put on you makes getting away impossible." Blitz said in protest.
"There is a fortunate side. Not only can I feel when he is trying to use the spell, but the trace of his only works when I use magic. If I don't use magic, he will never find us." I explained. Father did not know that I could feel when he was trying to track me, and I wanted to keep it that way.
"But Snow, magic is one of the things you do best." Blitz continued.
"Don't worry about me. Father hasn't put the spell on you yet, so I can teach you everything I know about magic and you can use it freely." I explained.
He seemed to consider this option for a moment before speaking again. "A-are you sure that you're fine with never using magic?" he asked.
"As long as you're safe, I have all I need." I said, causing him to smile. "Alright Blitz, I want you to get your saddlebags and put what you want to take with you in them. I am going to do the same." I told him.
"But, what about father? How are we going to get past him?" Blitz asked.
"Tonight is the night of the Grand Galloping Gala. We will make our leave while he is attending that." I explained.
"But, isn't there a protection spell that he casts over the house while he is out?" I rolled my eyes, Blitz was so full of questions tonight.
"Trust me Blitz, I have our way out." I said as I let go of him and pushed myself back up. My injuries were screaming at me to just stay still, but I had other things to do.
Blitz jumped up and hugged my leg. I flinched in pain, but I managed to suppress a groan. I wasn't going to spoil his happiness.
When he let go, I got up and limped out of Blitz's room and made my way for my own room. When I got inside, I began to think.
'Ok, if we're leaving, what will we need. Bits would be a good start, but I'll have to get that later tonight. So now I'm just going to get a few other things.' I thought to myself as I walked over to my closet and pulled out my set of saddlebags before filling it with two blankets, a small medical kit I stole from father, a detailed map of Equestria, a few magic practice books and a photo of mine and Blitz's mother.
I froze on the photo for a moment and looked at it. Life was so much better for us when she was still alive, but she died giving birth to Blitz and father has become as violent as ever since then.
I placed the photo in my saddle bags and placed them back into the closet. I then went back to my desk and continued to read the book I was reading before father came home. It was the first Daring Do book where she was looking for the sapphire stone.
I read for about an hour before I heard my door open. I turned around and saw father standing in my doorway.
"Snowfall, I am leaving for the Gala. I want you to do the dishes, take out the garbage, and clean up the kitchen. I also expect better manners from you when I return." he said as he looked down his nose at me.
I got up from my seat at my desk and placing my hand over my chest. "Yes father." I said as I did.
I hate how he treated me and Blitz like slaves.
Father turned around and left my doorway. I stood there for a moment, not moving. When I heard the sound of the front door close, I trotted down stairs and into fathers office. I used my magic to open fathers safe and lots of bags of bits fell out.
My eyes widened in shock as I saw how much was in the safe. I would have had to estimate about 4 million bits.
I took a few of the small bags and shoved the rest back into the safe and closed it. I picked up the the few I left out in my teeth and carried them up into my room and put them into my saddlebags before throwing them over my back.
I walked back out of my room and to Blitz's. I looked inside and saw the small form of my brother was asleep on his bead. I picked up his saddlebags and placed them into mine. I then levitated Blitz onto my back without waking him.
When I was convinced that he was not going to fall off my back, I made my way down stairs and to the wall beside the front door. I closed my eyes and made sure father was not currently tracking me.
When I knew that he wasn't, I kept my eyes closed as I concentrated my magic and focused it onto the wall. When I opened my eyes again, a smile formed on my lips as I saw that I had turned the wall into Ice.
And with the lightest tap of my hoof, the wall shattered. I caught the pieces in my magic so they would not wake up Blitz by smashing on the ground.
I walked out and began to make my way towards where I presumed the train station was. Our house was in the northern part of Canterlot, close to the castle. I knew that the train station was between the castle and the city of Canterlot, I just needed to find it.
As I was walking, I was seen by more than a few ponies. They all looked mortified by what they saw. I presumed that they were all looking at my bruises that showed quiet easily through my snow white coat, but I ignored them and kept walking.
I don't know how long it took, but I eventually made it to the train station and purchased two tickets to the next train out of Canterlot. To some place called... Ponyville.
I climbed aboard the train and found an empty bunk before placing Blitz on top bunk and tucked him in. I climbed into the bottom bunk and got comfortable.
The train was supposed to leave in about 15 minutes, so I pulled out the map and began to look it over. As I looked it over, I heard what sounded like ponies saying goodbye to each other.
"Are you girls sure you cant stay here for the night?" asked one of the voices.
"Sorry Twah'light, but we have things that need ta be done back in Ponyville." said another voice in a southern drawl.
'Twilight?' I asked myself. 'Isn't that the unicorn turned alicorn?' I looked out my window and, sure enough, there was a group of six ponies. One of which was a lavender coloured alicorn.
"And besides darling, you said yourself that you will be returning to Ponyville tomorrow anyway. We will see you then." said a white unicorn with a styled indigo mane and tail.
"Alright girls, I guess I'll see you tomorrow." Twilight said dejectedly.
They all parted ways, Twilight took off and flew back to Canterlot castle while the other 5 ponies she was with climbed aboard the train. I quickly heard the girls heading to the bunk car that Blitz and I were on, so I closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep.
"Well, I have to admit that this gala went better that the last time's." I heard a quiet voice say.
"I just can't believe that Sorin proposed to Fleetfoot publicly. I don't know if I would..." another brash voice began to say, but was cut off by another.
"Hey! This white pony is all spotty. *Giggle* It makes him look funny." a bubbly voice said hyperactivity.
I heard what sounded like multiple sets of hooves make their way closer to me. I just continued to pretend to be asleep.
"Uh... Pinkie, those aren't spots. Their bruises." said the southern voice. "If anypony knows about bruises, its me or Dash here."
"What do you think happened to him?" asked the high class voice that belonged to the styled unicorn.
"I would guess he's been in a fight... and recently by the colour of and size of them." said the brash voice.
"Rainbow dash, how do you know all of that? Have you been fighting?" asked the high class voice.
"Oh no. This little guy is also hurt... Oh my, he's cold." the shy voice said with concern.
"Hu? what?" I heard Blitz mumble as he was woken up. "Hey... where am I? Where's my brother?"
"I'm down here little bro. Your ok now, just get some sleep." I said without opening my eyes, causing all of the other ponies to jump and back away from me.
I felt a slight pressure on my chest. I opened my eyes and saw Blitz had climbed down and snuggled himself into my chest.
"Excuse me?" I looked to where I heard the voice and saw a butter yellow pegasus with a pink mane. she was looking to me shyly behind her mane. "I was just wondering. why is your brother... cold? That is... if you want to tell me."
"I have used a spell to numb his injuries." I said.
"But what about you? You look like your in a bit of pain." she continued.
"*SIGH* Thats because I am concentrating on keeping my brothers pain to a minimum. I can still feel the full force of mine." I explained.
"An just how did both ya'll get like this?" demanded an orange earth pony as she butted her way past the quiet pegasus.
I shushed her, but she would not stop asking.
I rolled my eyes at her before charging my magic and creating a solid wall of ice between us, cutting off the sound of the mares voices.
I pulled out both blankets from my saddlebags and wrapped Blitz in them without using magic. I also did the same with the blanket of my bunk.
I had to start now. From that moment on, I was to never use magic.
I knew that the ice would melt by morning, and we could just leave. I could see the ponies on the other side of the ice trying to get through, but it would be useless for them.
The train jerked forward and I closed my eyes again as I slowly began to drift off to sleep.
'I beg you Celestia, just let us live in peace from our father.'
"Snowfall! Could you pleas come down stairs!?" I jumped up from my bed and galloped as fast as my little legs could take me. I galloped down the hallway and down the stair before spotting her.
"MOMMY!!!" I shouted as I jumped for her and latched my tiny forehoves around her neck. "You're home. Daddy said that you would be gone for another day." I said as Mommy hugged me back.
"No my son, I am back now for a small while." she said and I tilted my head. "I have some great news for you. You're going to be a big brother." she said, causing me to grin foolishly.
"Really?" I asked, getting a nod from mommy. "That is so cool!!! Just think of all the fun we could have together." I exclaimed happily as I began to ho around her.
"I thought that you would be happy." mommy said as she just sat here I had tackled her before.
I stopped hopping around as a thought came to me. "Where is daddy?" I asked.
"Daddy is out. Working on trying to get something else for you. And no, I will not tell you because it is a surprise" mommy said.
"Aw, Please?" I begged, but she wouldn't bend.
"Sorry Snowfall, You will just have to wait and see. Now, it's time for bed. Come on."
"Alright mommy." I said as I gave her one last hug of the night.
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"*SNORT* Hu? What?" I mumbled as I slowly awoke to the sun's rays, beaming into my eyes.
"Snow. About time you woke up." I looked and saw Pyre Blitz, still sitting on my chest. He shifted a bit, causing a shot of sharp pain to shoot through my chest as the memories of last night events came back to me.
I lifted Blitz off of me with my hooves and set him down beside me before I began to inspect the spot where he was sitting not a moment ago. I still had a big black bruise in the center of my chest, just underneath my rib cage.
I carefully put a hoof to the spot and hissed in agony as my stomach muscles twisted and moved to try and compensate for the pain.
"Snow! Are you ok?" Blitz asked as he grabbed my forehoof whit both his own.
"Yeah bro, just a little sore is all." I said as I sat up as I hit my head on the bunk above me.
I rubbed my head with a forehoof as I began to look around the train car. The ice wall I had put up last night had melted. But the beauty of freezing magic into a solid wall of ice, it left no giant mess to clean up like frozen water does.
Yes, I was able to turn magic into a solid form. Aside from the princess's, I could not name another pony who could do that. It's why my cutie mark is what it is. My cutie mark was of an ice blue stalagmite. Nothing overly complicated, but It portrayed what I was good at.
I looked to Blitz. He didn't have a cutie mark yet, I just hoped that I would be there when he did get it.
I looked over him and saw his bruises were still there just as much as mine, but mine showed more because of my white coat. This wasn't about me however. I felt my heart dropping as I just continued to look at him.
'How? How could a pony be so pathetic and disgusting to beat up a child as if that child had no feelings?' I asked in my head. A single tear left me eye, but I managed to keep it hidden from Blitz. I needed to keep strong for him now.
I got up from my bunk and continued to look around the train car. I saw the five ponies that had also boarded the train last night. They were all awake and talking happily with each other about last night.
I was about to sit back down, but I felt the train begin to slow down. I looked out the window and saw that the train was pulling into a train station that had a sign that said 'PONYVILLE!'
"Hey Blitz. This is our stop." I said as I picked up my saddlebags and threw them over my back.
"Snow, can I ride on your back?" Blitz asked. I smiled and nodded before he leaped off the bunk and landed on my back. "So, what are we doing here?"
"We're just stopping for breakfast, then we..." I began to explain, but was cut off by a pink blur appearing in my face.
"You should totally stop by Sugarcube Corner. There you will find the tastiest treats in all of Equestria." the pink pony said really quickly as she was bouncing up and down as if she had springs on the bottom of her hooves.
"Oo, can we go there? Please?" Blitz asked excitedly from my back. I rolled my eyes at his enthusiasm.
"I guess we can." I said with a small laugh.
"Follow me. I'll take you there." the pink pony said enthusiastically. I just nodded in response.
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Big mistake on my part. I had agree to let Pinkie Pie, as I learnt, lead us to this sugarcube corner didn't I?
The moment I stepped off the train. her mouth just ran non stop about Celestia knows what. But Blitz seemed to be keeping up with her, so that was good. I just pretended to know what was going on.
Within a few minutes, we had arrived outside of a house that looked like it was made out a cake or something.
I think I could feel the diabetes coming onto me just by looking at that building.
"Come on in. I'll get you both something that you'll enjoy." Pinkie Pie said happily (Although, I think unhappy is a non existent word for her) as she bounced into the cake building.
I walked inside the doorway and raised my eyebrows. Inside was more like just an ordinary bakery, and less like a sugar and treat store or whatever you would call it.
"Oh, hello derie, how may I help you?" I looked at where I heard the voice come from and saw a blue mare with a pink mane and tail that looked like cake frosting (Big surprise there).
"Hello miss, My brother and I were just looking for something to eat, and we were lead here by miss Pinkie Pie." I explained.
"So you must be the two ponies she said were new in town." the blue mare said with a smile. "I'm Mrs Cake. Just find a table, and Pinkie will bring out your food."
"Thank you Mrs Cake." I said before I turned and looked around.
All of the tables were empty, but it was still pretty early. I walked over to a booth and Blitz jumped off my back before he took a seat in the booth. I took off my saddlebags and placed them on the seat before sitting down myself.
"So Blitz, how are you finding your first time out of the house?" I asked.
"It's so cool. Pinkie Pie is funniest pony I have ever met, and her friends seem pretty cool as well. At first, they tried to get me to tell them how we got injured, but I just told them that you wouldn't be happy if I just went telling the world our problems, but they soon changed the subject and seemed nice. Rarity and Applejack said that they had sisters that I should meet." Blitz explained.
I was happy for Blitz. One day away from home, and he had friends. He could use a few, we both could, but Blitz's safety takes priority in my books.
"Thats good." I said as I saw Pinkie Pie come out from behind the counter with a tray of croissants, toast and two cups of juice.
Pinkie placed the tray on the table and I tried to pass her a few bits from my saddlebag. But as I pulled out the currency she shook her head.
"No need for bits. This meal is for free." she said, causing me to smile.
"Thank you Pinkie." I said before she smiled and bounced away.
I turned and saw that Blitz was already shoveling food into his mouth like an orphan who had never eaten before. I opened my eyes as I realized I had to catch up. But as the first croissant hit my tong, I froze.
About 30 seconds later, I began to plough into my meal. I don't know what it was, but this was by far, 'the' best meal I have ever had since I can remember.
Within 2 minutes, both Blitz and myself had finished what Pinkie had place in front of us, and we were just sitting there with our forehooves on our stomach, grins on our faces and sighing in content.
"I could get used to eating food that great." Blitz said to me.
"I could as well bro, but we need to keep moving today." I said, causing his smile to droop.
"Hey snow, Has father tried that spell on you yet?" Blitz asked.
"Yeah bud, he tried to use it about 13 times today already. But as I said, if I don't use magic, we should be fine." I said.
"So he knows?" Blitz said quietly.
"I'm afraid so, but we are..." I began, but was cut off by the door to Sugarcube Corner opening and the mares from the train entering.
They all walked over to a table and sat around it. Thats when I saw 3 fillies rush in behind the older mares.
I looked over to Blitz, he was just sitting there with his eyes closed. I think that he had just had his first good meal that I can note.
"Hey girls!"
Both Blitz and I jumped at the sound. I looked into the direction of the disturbance and saw Princess Twilight Sparkle standing in the doorway of the store.
"Twilight, are you not supposed to be in Canterlot?" asked the mare Pinkie Pie named Rarity.
"I was, but Princess Celestia said that she needs to stop my training early because something came up." Twilight explained.
"Did she happen to tell ya what was wrong?" asked Applejack.
"No, just that something need her attention." Twilight said before she spotted both Blitz and I sitting at our table.
I knew what was coming. The way she looked at me told me everything, so I acted quickly.
"Come on little bro. We need to get going now." I said as I got up and picked up my saddlebags in my mouth before throwing the over my back.
"Already?" Blitz asked with a slight depression. I nodded. "Ok, I'll just be right back."
With that said, Blitz got up from the booth and walked up to the table of mares that had entered.
"Thank you Miss Pie. I really enjoyed the food." Blitz said happily, causing the group of mares to 'Daww.'
Blitz walked back to me and we began to leave the building. We got outside and I took a breath of the fresh air that surrounded us. I could get used to living in a place like this, but I knew that we were not out of our fathers jurisdiction here, so it would be better if we kept moving.
I heard Twilight and her friends begin to talk, but the sound of their voices was drowned out as Blitz and I walked further and further away.
A few minutes later, we had arrived back at the train station, in hopes of trying to buy another ticket to a further away town.
"What do you mean there aren't any available trains out of town?" I asked confused.
"I'm sorry, but the train line needs to be serviced. So there is going to be no outgoing train until Monday." Said the mare inside to the ticket booth.
'But Monday is 4 days away.' I complained in my mind.
"Alright, fine. We will come back Monday." I said as I turned around and began to walk away, Blitz following me.
"So, where are we going now Snow?" Blitz asked as he came up beside me.
"I guess we should find a hotel or something. Don't want to sleep outside in the cold." I said as I scanned the surrounding area for anything that looked like a hotel.
"But can't you live in the cold?" Blitz asked.
"Well, yes. But only if I need to. And that still leaves you out in the cold." I said.
We both walked around for a bit, but came to rest in a park of sorts and took a break for looking around.
I watched as Blitz pulled his saddlebags out of mine. he then pulled out a beginners magic book out of his and began to read. I put a hoof on his shoulder to get his attention.
"Do you want me to help you?" I asked. I was answered with a huge grin and rapid nodding.
I smiled as I climbed off of the park bench and stood on all fours back on the ground. I then walked over to a small stone, about the size of an apple and brought it back to the bench. I placed it on the bench and looked to Blitz.
"For now, we are going to ignore the stone. I want you to try and get a feel for your magic that lies within you." I said as I sat on the ground beside him.
"How do I do that?" he asked.
"Close your eyes and just listen to my voice." I instructed, and Blitz followed. "Ok. Magic can be awakened within ones self by many different ways. Today, I want you to look inside of your mind and try to feel out the most powerful feeling you can find."
A moment passed, and all Blitz had done was pull funny as if he was eating something sour. Was quite funny.
"I cant find it Snow." Blitz said dejectedly.
"Calm yourself. You cant force the feeling, you have to let it come to you naturally. Try this. Picture this in your mind." I said as I threw my foreleg around his neck. "Picture that you are in a large crowd of adult ponies, they are all almost stepping on you and hurting you. You scream out for them to be careful, but they ignore you."
I watched as Blitz's ears drooped and his smile fell.
"Now, picture yourself, laying on the ground, curled into a ball. You're about to give up... but then suddenly, All of the ponies in the crowd part, leaving a path between them. On the other side of the path is the Radiant, Princess Celestia."
Blitz's smile came back with force.
"Said princess is looking at you. She has a warm, gentle smile. She then begins to make her way over to you and stops just in front of you. She then levitates you up and embraces you with both of her forelegs. A warm, loving hug."
I smiled as I watched Blitz's horn slowly begin to glow with a red aura, but only just.
"You feel a warmth, a sense of safety. That feeling spreads throughout your entire being, making you feel good."
I watched as his horn began to glow brighter and brighter.
"That feeling, the one you feel right now, I want you to remember it ok." I said, Blitz nodded. "Good, now open your eyes."
Blitz slowly opened his eyes, and to his surprise, his horn was glowing red.
"I'm doing it! I have magic!!!" He exclaimed happily.
"Calm down Blitz. Now we have to see if you can use it. I want you to concentrate on the stone I place on the bench." I said. Blitz looked at the stone and stared at it. "I want you to picture it moving around in your head."
After a moment or two, the small stone slowly began to levitate off of the bench and into the air. A felt a sense of pride at seeing this, my younger brother has learnt how to use magic at such a young age.
The stone moved around for about 5 minutes before being placed back onto the bench. The red glow around it faded and Blitz was panting.
"I did it, but it was difficult." Blitz said as he continued to pant.
"I always is difficult at first Blitz. You just need to work on your magical stamina, called Mana. As you build up your mana, you will be able to perform more and more complex spells." I explained.
"How long did it take you to figure out how to use magic?" Blitz asked.
"I don't exactly remember, but I do know for a fact that I was older. But I had to figure out how to do it myself." I said.
"So you think I could have a chance to enroll in Celestia's school for gifted unicorns?" he asked.
I let out a sigh. "By all means Blitz, but we are no longer in Canerlot, and it's for the better." I said as I stood up and faced away from him and sat down again.
"I don't mind Snow. As long I'm away from father, and with you, I'm happy." he said as he came up beside me.
I looked down to Blitz and smiled.
"Thanks Bro." I said as I put a hoof on his shoulder.
I turned around and spotted Princess Twilight followed by her friends, approaching Blitz and myself. I rolled my eyes at Blitz, causing him to giggle a bit before I turned around and gave her a bow of respect.
"How might I help you Princess?" I asked, keeping my head down.
"Please rise." she said, and I did so. "I am not used to the respect yet."
"I am sure it will come to you in time." I said as well mannered as I could. She just frowned at me, so I dropped the act and spoke to her normally. "But seriously, how can I help?"
"I was just wondering If I could have a few words with you?" she asked, looking over me.I sighed, knowing what she wanted to talk about. So I turned to face Blitz and sat down.
"Hey bro. Can you please go and play while I talk with the princess here?" I asked. He gave me a nod before turning and trotting over to the play fort that was in the park. "So, what did you want to talk about?" I asked as I turned my neck to face Twilight.
"I was hopeing that you could tell my friends and I how you became in such a condition?" she asked while gesturing to my bruises with a concerned look on her face. I looked past her and saw her friends also all looked at me concerned. I put a forehoof up to my head and sighed.
"Look girls, I appreciate the care and all, but what happened that night I would like to forget. I mean no disrespect, especially to you Princess, but can you all please just not talk about it. I am aware of my brothers and my injuries, but its to late to prevent them now. All I can do is make sure we get better." I said as I looked away again and closed my eyes.
I could almost hear them all frown in disappointment.
"Did somepony do this to you two?" Twilight persisted, causing me to frown.
"Ok, I am being serious now. Please, drop the subject." I asked as I tried to keep my frustration out of my tone.
"We can help you. If you will just..." she began, but I cut her off.
"Princess, Please." I asked, my frustration getting worse. She was pushing my limits, and I was getting angry about it.
But she just would not leave me alone.
"Just give me a name. And I will make sure that the pony that did this to you will see justice." she said.
"You can't! Even with all of you new political power and new title, You can't do anything! So just leave me alone!!!" I shouted before getting up, throwing my saddlebags on and beginning to walk away.
Everypony in the park was looking at me with a shocked expression, but I quite frankly did not care. I had a bigger problem as of that moment.
"Blitz, we have to go, now." I said as I made it to the play fort.
"Already?" he asked with a sad look.
I sighed, trying to get the frustration out of my system. "Yeah bro, something has happened." I said. He looked disheartened, but we really needed to leave the area as soon as we could.
He jumped off of the play fort and followed me out of the park. We walked for a few minutes in silence, but I was busy concentrating on getting out of the area.
"Snow, why were you angry at the princess?" Blitz asked.
I stopped walking and sat down. "I'm sorry bro. I know that you think that she is amazing, but she was sticking her nose in places where she shouldn't have been, and I let my frustration get the better of me. Now come on, we need to get moving." I said as I got back up and continued walking.
"Snow? You're not telling me something. Why are we in such a hurry all of a sudden?" he asked.
"Look Blitz, I will..." I began, but stopped as I saw something that made me tense with fear.
Thinking quickly, I quickly grabbed Blitz, threw him onto my back and galloped into the closest alley. I then stopped behind a dumpster and hid us as best as I could.
"What the hay!" Blitz exclaimed, but I gestured to him to keep quiet.
We sat there for a moment, just being as quiet as possible. Blitz looked confused, but I was just trying to listen as best as I could.
Soon, I heard the sounds of heavy hoofsteps that were accompanied by the sound of clinking armour.
'Guard's' I thought to myself as I heard them all stop outside of the ally.
"Alright Stallion's, Sir Shirehorn has given us orders to find his son. I felt Snowfall's magic in this town, so I want you to all spread out and find him at any cost."
"Yes, Sir!"
I then heard the sound of multiple sets of armour and hoofsteps moving away in different directions.
"Who are..." Blitz began, but I gestured to him to be more quiet. "Who were those ponies?" he asked in a much more quiet tone.
"Sorry about throwing you onto my back bro. Anyway, those guards belong to a division of unicorn guards that our father invests in." I said in the same level of volume as Blitz.
"But how did they know that you were here?" he asked.
"Because... When I yelled at Princess Twilight, I accidentally flared my magic. I guess that they also have access to the tracking spell that father put on me, which makes us running away a whole lot harder." I explained. I watched as Blitz began to shake a bit, so I put a hoof around him. "But I am sure that we will be fine. I just need to be more careful in future."
"But how are we going to get out of here now?" he asked.
'How indeed?' I asked myself, but I could not say that to Blitz. "I'll figure something out." was what I said instead.
I closed my eyes and began to think to myself.
'So, if I can be traced by magically, I need to somehow fake my magical energy being elsewhere. If I can do that, I might be able to throw them off.' I thought to myself. 'How the hay am I going to do that!?' I put a hoof to my chin as I continued to think about my strategy.
"Anything yet?" Blitz asked, sounding hopeful.
"I'm working on it." I said as I continued to think. But the truth was, I was having a bit of trouble thinking of any way to outsmart anypony.
"I know that you will think of something Snow, you always do. Thats why I think that you should have been Celestia's student." Blitz said encouragingly. "It's just a pity that we cant just teleport or something, that would..."
"Teleport?" I said to myself. I was then hit with an idea so hard it should have knocked me out could. "Blitz, you are just the best, you know that." I said as I picked him up and hugged him.
I set him back down and saw that he just looked confused.
"Don't you get it? A teleport." I said enthusiastically.
"Uh, last I checked, that won't work. Father and those guards will trace you the moment you use it." Blitz said in a 'Duh' sort of tone.
"I said 'A' teleport. I will try and infuse some of my magic into a rock or something and place a spell on it so it will discharge that magic after I teleport 'it'. The only downside to this plan is, I will need at least a few seconds to place the spell and teleport the object." I explained.
"Do you think you can do it?" Blitz asked. I just gave him a nod before looking around for something to teleport.
Eventually, I found a decent sized stone underneath the dumpster and dragged it out with my forehooves before placing it between Blitz and myself.
"You ready?" I asked. he gave me a nod, and that was all the motivation I needed.
I looked at the stone and activated my magic, I then began to slowly pour a portion of my magic into the stone while trapping it there with a spell. I watched as the stone began to lift itself off of the ground and float between us, ice blue glyphs appearing on its surface.
I smiled, but that smile soon faded as I heard shouting and the sound of ponies in armour running to where Blitz and I were.
I shook of the shock and concentrated on my task. I then began to envelop the stone in an ice blue aura as I concentrated my magic around it.
"He in this alley!" I heard one of the guards shout, causing me to concentrate harder. I cleared my mind and thought of that which memory makes my magic work best.
I felt a cold felling wash over me. I heard a 'whoosh' followed by a 'pop', and when I opened my eyes, the stone was gone.
I quietly listened for a moment again, waiting for anything.
"Damn it! The darn kid teleported!" I heard one of the guards shout in anger.
"Do you know where to sir?" asked another guard.
...
"Manehattan. I felt his magic discharge in Manehattan after his teleport." the first guard pony said.
"Sir, if I may, I thought that Sir Shirehorn said that his son could not do very many spells, let alone teleport." the second guard said.
"I know. Look, lets just find the kid so we can be done with this terrible job. I hate working for that stuck up snob that pays our bills." the first guard said.
I then heard another 'whoosh' followed by a 'pop', signifying that they had left. I let out a large sigh of relief.
"Are you alright Snow?" I looked to Blitz and saw that he was looking at me with a concerned look in his eyes. "You look very upset. Did something bad happen?"
I then realized that I had tears in my eyes.
"Yeah bro, I'm fine." I told him before I sniffed a bit and wiped both of my eyes with a forehoof.
"Snow, why are you crying?" Blitz persisted.
"Yeah?"
I jumped as I heard the voice behind me. I spun around and saw Pinkie Pie was sitting behind Blitz, also looking concerned.
"Where the hay did you come from?" I asked.
"Are you sad? I don't like it when ponies are sad. When I see a pony all sad, it makes me feel all sad. So I do what I can to cheer them up. But I don't know what..." the pink pony continued to ramble on.
"You can stop now." I said in a bored tone of voice.
"... And why is it so cold in this ally. Look, there is even some snow surrounding you. But that is not right because we are in the middle of summer, and it only snows in winter. And its not winter until..." she continued, much to my irritation.
"Pinkie, I get it." I said, but she just continued to ramble on.
"... and then you yelled at my friend Twilight, and she was just trying to help you. Are you like that to everypony that tries to help you? I bet you are, which makes you a big meanie, that is unless, you have had something bad happen to you that made you stop trusting others. Oh no, you must be even more hurt than we thought..."
"Pinkie!" I shouted, but she just continued and there was no stopping her.
I shook my head and picked Blitz up before putting him onto my back. I then left the ally with a bit more speed than a normal walk. But to my dismay, the hyperactive pony began to follow us, still going on about whatever she was talking about. I picked up my pace, and she also followed suit, so I stopped and turned to face her.
"Look Pinkie, my brother and I need to go now. So I guess that..." I began, but she cut me off.
"Oh no, you aren't going to leave are you. My friends said something about a plan to try and get you to talk to them or something, but I am sure that..." she began rambling again.
'Wait, try and make me talk? How do they think they are going to do that?' I asked myself.
I ended up becomeing so in thought about what I had just heard Pinkie that I did not see the pole I was walking straight for, and because I had a bit of speed in my walk...
*KLUNG*
"Ow." I said, rubbing my head. Pinkie had fallen over in laughter, and Blitz fell off of my back, joining her. "Ugh, why me?"
"AHAHAHAHA!!! Snow, how did you miss that!?!" Blitz exclaimed between laughs.
"Yeah yeah, laugh it up shorty." I groaned before picking him back up and slinging his laughing form over my back and continuing to walk. I just left Pinkie to continue to laugh on her own.
I continued to walk for a few minutes, thinking about my new found knowledge of having guards now pursuing me.
'Does this technically make me wanted? The more I avoid authorities, the more wanted I will end up becoming if the guards my father invests in ask for assistance on my capture.' I thought to myself. 'Great, I a Celestia-damned outlaw.'
"Snow? You aren't too mad about me laughing at you, are you?" Blitz asked, breaking me from my thoughts.
"Nah don't worry about that bro." I said as I brushed of his concern. I felt Blitz rear up on my back and place his forehooves on top of my head to support himself as he peered over my head.
"Look Sweetiebelle, that colt doesn't have a cutie mark!" I looked in the direction of the shout and saw two fillies looking in our direction. One was a white unicorn with a pink and purple mane, and the other was a yellow earth pony that had a red man and a big red bow.
"Come on Applebloom, maybe he will want to join our club." said the small white unicorn, Within a second, the two fillies had basically appeared next to me and were showering Blitz with to many questions for me to even be able to understand.
Eventually, they ended their little rant with "THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!!!" and them striking goofy poses.
"Sure, I would love to join... But that is if my brother will let me." Blitz said looking to me with a hopeful smile.
"Uh... sure?" I said, as I tried to figure out how Blitz even understood what they said in the first place.
"YAY! Thanks Snow, I meet you later!" Blitz said before leaping off my back and running off with the two fillies.
I wore a look of confusion as I watched them gallop off into the distance. I had no idea at what I had just agreed to.
"Don't ya worry none there sugarcube, Your brother will be fine with them." I turned and saw the orange mare with the blond mane and tail that was with princess Twilight earlier. "Ah don't suppose ya could lend a hoof?" she asked. She was pulling a cart load of apples behind her.
"Um, sure. What do you need?" I asked while walking up to her.
"Ah need ta take this load of apples ta my brother in town fer sellin. I need ya ta help me pull." she explained.
"Oh, alright." I walked over beside the orange mare and slipped the harness over my head.
"Thank ya kindly mister. By the way, names Applejack."
"Nice to meet you Applejack, but you know who I am." I said.
"Ah know. My friends and I are real sorry fer makin ya all mad before. We didn't mean to. We just wanted ta help is all." Applejack said solemnly.
I felt a wave of guilt wash over me, causing me to lower my head.
"And I didn't mean to loose my temper. It's, just not something that I want to talk about." I said.
"Its alright pardner. Ah will respect yer privacy." She said as she patted me on the back. "Now, lets get a move on. These apples wont pull themselves."
"Alright. Lets go." and with that, Applejack and I began to pull the cart the rest of the way into town.
