//------------------------------// // Episode 9: Winter is coming -part 2 // Story: TMMDW:The Weathermare // by Equinoxx //------------------------------// Weathermare continued through the hallways full of frozen death, trying her best not to look at the bodies. She came across a wall of ice which blocked her path forward. She nervously smiled. "Well looks like that's the end of this hallway. Time t-" She began just before the ice formed into two ice wolves, both now growling at Weathermare. She gulped. "Uhh, n-nice dogs?" She offered. As the wolves pounced Weathermare swiftly slid out of the way. She pulled out a storm could and punched it, sending lightning through both of the wolves, quickly melting them. She breathed heavily as she calmed down, she really didn't like anything resembling timberwolves. She flew through the hall, not wanting to spend any more time in the open. Suddenly icicles shot out of the ice covered walls, nearly hitting her. It seemed that something didn't want her to continue down the hall. She saw a open door and immediately flew into it, then shut the door. Now inside she saw a pile... Of corpses. It seemed like all these ponies tried to huddle for warmth. Suddenly the pile moved, making Weathermare jump in her fur. She feared that the corpses would somehow come to life, like frostbitten zombies. The pile stopped moving, allowing Weathermare to calm her nerves. She was shivering with fear and because of the slightly more than chilly atmosphere. She then remembered what Mare do Well said about calling a 'friend' on the communicator. She put her hoof up to her ear and flips the switch on the side of it, then she pressed the button on the device and held it down. "Hello?' She tests. After a low buzzing noise she hears a static sounding female voice. "Hello. I am Informer. I will help you with anything you need if you so ask." The voice, Informer, said. "Okay? Umm, if so, is there a way you could tell me if anypony is... A-alive in that pile of... Frozen ponies in front of me?" Weathermare asked, having some trouble putting the situation into words. Weathermare heard some more buzzing, then a response. "I can confirm that there are three living organisms in the pile of corpses. One of them seems to be nearing deadly levels of hypothermia. You must act quickly." Informer explained. Weathermare's eyes widened at that and immediately began deciphering how she would free the ponies in the pile. "I would recommend manually moving the bodies, and put some clouds around the pile to preserve the bodies." Weathermare grimaced but she knew that was the only option. She took out a large amount of condensed cloud and put it next to the pile, then started rolling bodies onto it. Eventually she found the first breathing pony in the pile. She took out a warmer cloud, then put the pony into it. She continued digging through the pile until she found the next breathing pony, but telling by how unsteadily he was taking breathes, he wouldn't live long without proper help. Weathermare put him in the warm cloud as well. She was about to search for the last pony, but the communicator suddenly bleared back up; startling her. "Weathermare, do you read me!?" She heard Mare do Well call on the the device. Weathermare quickly used her right wing to flip the switch on the device, then pressed down the button as she continued searching through the pile. "I hear ya." She responded. Just as she said that she heard ice breaking. "What's going on?" She heard a huff of breath, then more ice shattering. "Just taking care of some ice golems!" She heard Mare do Well say with a exasperated breath. Weathermare raised an eyebrow, but then she remembered the ice wolves. "I also found the source of the blizzard." Another crash of ice. "At least I think I did." Mare do Well sighed. "How 'bout you?" Weathermare found the last survivor, then put her on the warm cloud since this one was a Pegasus. "I fought off some ice wolves, then found some survivors. I'm gonna head out of the building now. Think you can handle things in here?" "Probably. Still, come back as soon as you can." Mare do Well said as Weathermare condensed the cloud under the other two ponies, then began for the exit. "Got it." She then took her wing off the button and began carrying the cloud out. As Weathermare exited the building she nearly flew straight into a fully armoured pony. "Woah! Who?" She questioned. "No. Who are you and what are you doing with these ponies?" The pony asked, pointing to the cloud with three ponies on Weathermare's back. "Err, I'm Weathermare. I'm bringing these ponies to the closest hospital." She answered. "Uh, where would that be?" She asked. "Down two blocks to the left. I'm Alloy by the way. Do you know if anypony else is in there?" "Yeah. Mare do Well, you probably heard of her." Weathermare confirmed. Alloy nodded then galloped into the building. "Well that happened." Weathermare mused as she began flying to the hospital. She dropped the ponies off at the hospital then immediately flew back to the FPD. She was about to enter when she suddenly noticed something; the blizzard stopped. She flew into the building then to where she assumed Mare do Well would be. when she arrived she saw that Alloy was there too. "Guess what. The blizzard stopped on it's own." She told them. They both just stared at her because of her sudden appearance and good news. "Well that's... Good." Mare do Well remarked. After that they went their separate ways, Rainbow still had to file a report on the whole blizzard debacle... Fun. But at least she didn't have to see any more corpses. Hopefully.