Unforgiven Winter

by Rambo

Breach

I will NOT bullshit my viewers right now, this chapter, is LITERALLY a "lead up" kind of chapter, a FILLER if you want to call it that. If you do NOT want to read a lot of tension and build up, PLEASE look for "checkpoint" line. It marks the "Just read from here if you want the action and setting for the next chapter". That little chapter from last week or so was just me dozing off... explain more at end. If you don't want to read, please be courteous to just read the final statement in the end written in Pink.

"Sweet Celestia these winds are strong... AND PRETTY GOD DAMN COLD TOO!" Hubert shouted at the others. Kale and Twilight were not too far behind Kale's blasting lead on them. "The combination of two speed freak ponies in one body... theres no way nothing can go wrong" said Kale to Twilight. "If that's the case then losing site of them is not an option, then again I doubt they'll leave us behind, let's speed it up" Twilight responded. She thrusted her wings hard to give her an extra boost in velocity to be close to Hubert with Kale leading right behind.

Going against the wind was a hard task but necessary one if they were to stop Syra. Much of their strength was being used up in their wings that they questioned whether Syra had any traps and if she did, how they will be able to fend them off. Now reaching the mountain range where the giant muzzle of the wendigo appeared, the wind current was the least of their worries, with heavy pellets of snow and ice along with a hazardous foggy climate, only the bravest could venture through.

Rainbow Dash broke down the speed to a pace slow enough for Kale and Twilight and fast enough to break the wind's current. "Oh Dash, it's not like I had any intentions of leaving them behind to begin with, besides, where's that adventurous pegasi I worked with in Noy Pek?" replied Hubert cheerfully to himself. "I'm supposedly dead in case you've forgotten" she hissed back.

The conjoined partners blazed throw the wind going at such a speed that Hubert's mighty wings sliced the small snowflakes in half. Twilight and Kale shook their heads in disappointment knowing that they had to pick up their pace, two speedy ponies in one body is bound to have a peeve for flying at such a low velocity.

It took several minutes of flying in the freezing night until Kale flinched when he noticed odd movement up ahead and around them. "Hey Twilight, I don't know if my eyes are deceiving me or not but... are those mountains moving?" said Kale aloud in order for his voice to be powerful enough to be heard over the raging winds. She thought of it as a silly thought and perhaps just a mirage of winter until she actually looked around to examine the mountains for herself. Indeed Kale was right, all around them there were shifting shadows and camo'd figures moving in the snow. They didn't know what was watching them and what was moving but one thing was certain, they had to go fly faster, slowing down wasn't an option.

Twilight occasionally looked to her side to see Kale every now and then."How long has it been... since I made my mistake... years, so many years wasted when I could have lived... lively? If it wasn't for my decision, I would have never met the friends I have now in Ponyville, but if I were to be with Kale... what kind of life would I have? Living in Canterlot with my original friends, staying close with the Princess, grow up in my birthplace and perhaps... start a fami- her mind trailed off when she noticed Kale was squinting harder at an upcoming mountain. She figured it was nothing since the mountain had to particular suspicion but but couldn't but hope he had spotted something. The snow began to be a little lighter and the fog was becoming less dense making it possible to see bit farther ahead. Huber could be seen slowing his pace down dramatically looking back at the two oncoming ponies and then back at the enormous mountain not too far ahead of them.

"This little black and white color bearings is disorienting my vision, I can barely see a damn th- bingo!" Kale corkscrewed right past Hubert and towards a black spot on the mountain. The kind pegasus waited for Twilight to catch up and then both flew at the same speed as Kale did to catch up. It was only mere seconds before the fog suddenly broke, as if the mountain had a shield around making it so no weather can affect its form. The lavender unicorn and love-struck royal guard slowed down their pace knowing that the strong winds opposing them was nothing more now than a simple evening breeze. Soon enough once the two reached Kale, they panted heavily and slowly except Kale, since he wasn't amongst the living.

"You two tired already? I pity you Royal Guard..."

"Shut...up" said Hubert in between breaths. But it proved to be difficult regaining his breath with Rainbow Dash laughing very now and then. "Rainbow! Shut... UP!" demanded Hubert. The dismembered voice of Dash still inside Hubert realized that she was living off of Hubert's body. The end of him would also mean the end of her. "It's hard not to laugh! Death by laughter? Pathetic way for us to go; sounds like something Pinkie Pie would die from, not a Guard." snickered Rainbow Dash. "Cut it out you two" hissed Twilight having almost all her breath back.

Kale paced back and forth still squinting at the enormous mountain in front of them looking for any activity that could lead to Syra. "See anything Kale?" asked Hubert in a worn out tone. Kale shook his head to indicate he was just as lost as them and said no word, he was only mumbling to himself until he finally clapped his hooves together.

Rainbow Dash shrugged but obliged to his request. Letting out a sigh, she closed her eyes... well at least the left eye that she had nearly total control of. "Woops sorry" said Hubert and he gladly closed his right eye. Twilight -still recovering her breath- was curious to know what it was they were looking at but didn't bother asking since Kale read her thoughts. "Spirits can see other ones with ease, even if it is through matter, think of it like x-ray Twilight, I don't really expect you to understand 100 percent". She only nodded and let him concentrate on his work.

"So what is it that I'm supposed to be looking at... oh wait... woah, woah! Are you seeing this Kale?"" asked Dash with enthusiasm. Kale didn't bother replying but did indeed smile knowing that Rainbow discovered a new ability she can perform now that she was a spirit. Hubert beg able to see didn't surprise him either. "It's still hard to believe any of you are ghosts, it's hard to believe all this is even happening!" exclaimed the mortal unicorn. Kale chuckled at her comment followed with a reply."Are you saying you don't believe in ghosts Twilight? Do you believe in Ghost Stories?" he asked in a low tone. Twilight shook her head followed by a no. He laughed queitly to himself and then said "Well Twilight... you better start beleiving in them, cause your in one"

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"Bu-But..." she was suttering to his dark response. At a complete loss for words, she gave up on coming up with a witty response and at the moment accepted this entire thing was beyond reality, it was a nightmare. "I... I think I see her! Yes I do, she's a bit higher up on the right ridge! It looks like she's... holding something?" Said Rainbow Dash, finally opening her eye and Hubert his. Their breath was restored thankfully due to the healthy body Hubert had but little could be said about their strength, it was near depletion. "I see it to, what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

"Now hold on, hold on a moment... we don't know what's up there! For all I know we could be walking right into a trap!"
"Well obviously we'll face some obstacles, it's not exactly going to be a welcome party when we arrive""Yeah Twilight, ease up, we're more than capable of dealing her and whatever goons she throws at us"
"Enough of your babbling Huey, let's just go on with this so we can not only cure everyone of this stupid nightmare, but more importantly... GET MY BODY BACK! Hello?1 Have you all forgotten about that?"

Everyone laughed out at her unfortunate turn of events, a good laugh before a confrontation, the last thing they will probably ever do in their lives. The three traveled northwest of the mountain, upwards to see a rather... dangerous site. As all of them were climbing the altitude, they could see eyes of yellow and red watch them climb higher and higher until they almost reached the peak which is when a few howls were shouted. The familiar bloodcurdling howl sent shivers down Twilight's spine, literally. The altitude they have reached was cold enough for frost and ice to form on them but was solved quickly when a small summit-like naturally made platform was spotted out by Rainbow Dash.

The platform was farther away than they thought when they got closer. Twilight spotted out a flimsy looking bridge they can walk across to get to the platform. The mountain at the top was split in two, one peak separated from the other, where the three brave souls landed was sadly at the peak far from the platform. All of them landed on the base of the naturally made ice bridge that led across the gap of a black oblivion.

"We can rest for the moment... try and see if we can be more prepared for what lies ahead" said Twilight, resting her magic wings aside her. The tattering sounds of footsteps echoed everywhere. Wherever the sounds were coming from, the waves bounced around the small summit making them all believe it was coming from everywhere. "Hey I really think we should start walking, let's save the wing strength for later or so" suggest Hubert. Nobody argued with the idea, all gladly walked the long and yet somehow wide natural bridge.

A very awkward and dangerous aura kept them all silent for the walk. Rainbow Dash began to whistle softly to have everyone ease down their fear and look forward to the bright future. It did little good for during her whistling, a dozen red eyes sprouted all over the side of the mountain they were walking towards. Twilight was starting to feeling nervous, scared in case she fell off the bridge. Her heart sank at the devious thoughts. What gave her the curiosity to look over and take a peek was beyond her knowledge. Just as she peered her head over, her head was quickly jerked away from the edge from Kale's hoof. "Now Twilight, I wouldn't look over if I were you" he said. "Besides, even if you do fall off, remember you have wings featherbrain".

Her confidence was reassured and mind at ease... at least for a moment. An awkward yet dangerous aura feeling was in the air, everyone could feel it as they walked closer to the cave which was now visible. "Now isn't that a sight for sore eyes, eh Ace?" to their right, was an enormous gap where the mountain top splits, giving them a clear view to raging foggy storm of snow that they went through. It was as if a cyclone of hatred swirled around them was the visible version of what was raging deep inside of Syra.

"Let's keep walking Huey... I don't like the looks of this place"
"No one does Dashie... no one does..."

They kept their socializing to a minimum without anymore stop along the way. Ahead of them was nothing but black shadows, and the few red and yellow eyes that struck out of the dark. Hubert was whistling quietly during their journey across, he whistled a the tune of Winter Wrap Up to Fortunate Son until Dash urged him to hush. It wasn't until Dash pointed at that the more noise and closer they were to the dark mysterious cave, the more dangerous the atmosphere felt and more eyes started to spawn from the dark. The bridge lasted for what seemed to be another 80 yards or so, they were close and with every yard taken, a pair of bright white eyes could be seen. Much like a lighthouse, wherever these eyes were looking towards, a beam of white light would stretch out until it met it's destination. All three of the braving ponies were being watched, it was obvious; even more obvious with them being spotted out in the darkness by those dastardly white eyes revealing them all like a spotlight.

"Can we just fly over there? I want to get off this f***ing bridge as fast as possible"

"Rainbow, language!"

"Shut up Twilight, i'm with Dash on this one, this shit's getting really creepy"

"Enough from both of you, I think flying would be what they want us to do, look around at the cave entrance, high ridges and high grounds, being on hoof is looks like the safest way, slow, but safe. Better safe than sorry"

The beaming eyes -as manipulative as they were- only had a limited spot, it's bright beaming eyes were only limited to the size of it's eyes. It constantly switched between Kale and Twilight every few seconds, it's stare time decreasing with every step they took. Now only 50 yards away, two more pairs of white eyes spawned on either side of the original pair; only these eyes were more smaller than the middle one. Each set of eyes had their target, their menacing frightening look impaled Twilight's confidence like a scorching knife through a stick of butter.

"I have a REALLY bad feeling about this guys... why wolves... why did it have to be wolves..." Hubert said nervously. It was obvious to all of them that the Royal Guard's never has broken, every single movement, every SINGLE sound would make him paranoid to an attack. His nostalgic feelings to Canterlot made it even more difficult for him to cooperate with the rest of the team and the lover that dwelled inside of him.

"I'm just as scared as you Hubert but you have me here with you, we have Twilight, we can do this all together"

"Hold it!" Kale held his hooves up to notify the two behind him that the path ahead of them was either an illusion or a real break. While Kale was giving his instructions, Twilight peered over his shoulder (ignoring what he was saying as well) to see what was ahead, all that was seen was a black void. "And furthur more, ARE YOU LISTENING?" Twilight payed back attention to what her friend was saying. Only a few seconds passed before his instruction were fully given to her. Although their wings were still resting, flying only about 20 yards or so was an easy feat for them. Although Twilight's wings were made of passion, determination and pure magic, the wings acted like the real things for her, forcing her to feel all the fatigue as a normal pegasus would.

All three fluttered across the broken segment of the bridge until finally, their long walk was over, their wings rested, and a majority of their strength restored. "I feel almost as good as new, now... what are we waiting for?! Let's go get Syra once an fo- *HOOF*" Kale shoved his mouth into Hubert's mouth, but it was all too late. The howl of a wold bolted across towards the other side. "Pardon my language... but Hubert... this is all going to shit now".

All three stood back to back monitoring the high ridges, the low ridges, the sides, and the cave itself. "We need to hide!" Twilight insisted with endearment. "Use the darkness to our advantage, don't let those damn eyes see you!". The other two couldn't agree more with her as they all dashed to their own set of cover. Even in the darkest of night's, the full moon gave them little light helping them all have a somewhat basic vision of the terrain.

All three could see a medium sized flight of stairs was their last obstacle before finally breaching the Syra's domain. "You cowards, search for them! Kill them on the spot!" Syra's voice boomed from inside the cave. Twilight tried to signal Kale and Hubert with her hooves but it was utterly useless without knowing exactly where they were.

"ALL OF YOU, FIND THEM!"

The white beams scanning the area all shut off in an instant, it was now or never to find out where everyone was. "Kale, Hubert, SIGNALS ONLY, YOU HEAR? SIGNALS ON-" she ducked her head back down in the burrow nearly being caught by a stronger beam of light. Now it was 10 strobe like lights beaming down. "Damnit, there's five of these bastards?!"

Twilight could make out the very small glow of Kale's burning mane hiding behind a rock. The deathly eyes that were overwatching the area were very distant from her and Kale's position, Twilight thought it would be a great time to get Kale to come with her to the safe haven of the burrow. After reuniting with Kale, finding Hubert would be a sitch since his left eye could be slightly seen in the low-light vision the moon assisted with.

Just as she made her first step having her hoof crunch the snow beneath her, at least 3 of the 5 overwatching unknown demons aimed their eyes in her general direction. She jumped back, groping for Kale, struggling to see him in the dark now that his mane was unseen, and made the mistake of sticking her hoof out once again.

"Oh Shhhhhhoot" she muttered under her breath. The light was shining only millimeters away from her hoof, this forced her to let out a very distinctive shriek having all the guardians of Syra looking directly in her area, of course though, the burrow was the only thing that saved from from certain death.

overheard Twilight. 2 of the 5 pairs of the spotlight eyes routed from her shelter. "The wolves? Have you gone mad Voodoo? You know we CAN'T control the wolves, only Syra can!" Twilight could hear his voice getting a bit distant, it was obvious he was walking away from the edge of the high grounds.

"If you call upon the beasts, then I suggest you defend yourself, they're hungry for flesh and if they have none, they hunt us... even if we aren't alive... I'll go with Syra and inform her of the situation, the rest of you 4, stay put and hunt them down if you have to you cowards! GO DOWN THERE AND BRING ME THEIR HEADS! DO NOT call the wolves unless of course you fools can't handle 3 mewling foals"

"Miss me?" just before Twilight could shriek in the surprise, Kale locked his hoof over her mouth. "Remember I'm dead, I don't need to obey mortal physics, now stand up from this burrow, while those numbskulls were busy saluting Sartoris during his departure, I led Hubert right below them"

Twilight was impressed by what he had done in so little time, then again they do have wings, it was only obvious that's what was used. "Now listen to me, there's exactly 4 small pillars that are holding up the balcony they are all standing on, on my cue, we all buck down the pillars, as for the fourth one, use your magic, shoot out one of those bolts. When the Balcony collapses say these EXACT words okay?" Twilight nodded to ensure him she was paying close attention. "Stritus Maktovich" it will alert the horde of hungry wolves, if you didn't eavesdrop on the idiots already, all we have to do is run inside the cave and our problem is solved! Got that all down?"

The mare nodded with a smile of mischief smeared across her face, it was obvious to Kale she was more than ready to take on Syra now that their little wolf problem was solved and out of the way.

"Sartoris is a real bastard isn't he?"
"Syra's favorite..."
"Cocky son of a bitch"
"Our beloved commander..."

The beams of eyes disapeard almost instantly when they began to talk to each other. Twilight blinked to moustirize her eyes and in that blink, Kale was gone. "That's just like Kale alright..." she whispered to herself. It was obvious to her that the two were waiting for her arrivale under the weakened balcony of ice.

"Should we take the fight to them? Two of us go out there to investigate and wipe them out?" asked one of the 4 guards. "Sure, go out there and just finish them off already, don't disappoint Syra now, especially with those Obsidian armed spears, carving that stone is harder than it sounds"

Twilight took the gamble of charging out and flying up the stairs at such speed that it could have suddenly sparked at least a small crack of sound for how speedy she flew. As she flew, she dragged her hooves along the snow; flying low.

"Aye sir!"
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"Glad you could make it Twi"
"Took you long enough egghead"
"Nice to see you too Rainbow"
"Oh no...

"Sir! Sir! Voodoo!"
"Ave?"

"Sir, look, tracks, 2 thick lines parallel to each other". Hubert, Twilight, and Rainbow Dash could all see the fine streaks engraved into the soft snow where Twilight had flown over, dragging her hooves along. "Well... these guys are more clever than they sound..." said Hubert while he slowly inched closer to the wall trying to stay as far away from the edge as possible.

"Hmmm.... by the ninth, good eyes Dima!" said Voodoo, the 2nd in command is what he was assumed to be by the ready-to-ambush ponies underneath them. All 3 stood next to their pillars, Twilight next to hers and her horn pointing directly at the Pillar that was right in front of her which would cause the collapse of the flimsy balcony their foes stood on.

"Well then Dima, you and Ram better quicken the pace if you want to claim the kill first. Me and Cryo will give you two a headstart, don't worry either, last I check these ponies aren't armed with anything like unlike us, weilding this precious stone of hate, Obsidian, make sure they gave upon it's beauty, make sure they look deep in the shadows of the blade, they will see all their sins right before they die; now go! HEADSTART!"

Once again the beam eyes stared straight down at the stairs and the tracks that were clearly visible in the snow. Whether or not this plan worked, it didn't matter, they had the power of flight at their side, from what they know the guardians didn't have any way to fly. "One..." everyone nodded at each other, the tension rose so much, Hubert's sweat was frozen in place. "Two...". "Let's move it Ram! WE GOT HUNTING TO DO! Oh conspirators, how my blades beg for your blood!". "THREE!"

During mid word of saying 'three' all of them bucked their pillars with such force, the ice broke just as easily as a stone breaking glass. Twilight fired a bolt of burning magic right at her 2nd pillar, having the thing have a more explosive result.

They could see the platform not shatter, but slide down the stairs with 2 of Syra's guardians riding it down, yelling in both fear and... excitement? "I could have sworn one of them was celebrating... weird little things" muttered Hubert. "How did this happen?! Cryo!? CRYO! GET BACK IN POSITION! Let so much as a peep out to Syra and i'll make sure you don't resurrect!"

"Aye sir! My apologies but I thought the conspirators were behind this!"
"The conspirators behind this?! Just how stupid can you... actually, that idea isn't half bad..."
"It isn't?"
"No, no... just don't abandon the position again, into this house we're born, unto this world we're thrown, now... let's go pay a small visit to our friends hiding beneath the ruins"

Hoofsteps, they were distant but they grew louder with every passing second. Kale patted both Twilight and Hubert on the shoulders to have them turn around for them to listen to his new orders. He gulped and wiped the frost on his forehead before saying something. "Listen... and listen good, again, on my cue, me and Hubert will be fending off the last remaining guards, as for you Twilight, fly up and shout the words. I know, I know, the horde will come but worry not my dear, we'll have defeated them by then; besides, they'll be too busy feasting on the guards below first, on my cue"

Hubert and Kale swooped out of the shelter readying to pounce onto Syra's henchmen. Twilight herself rushed out into the open flying not too far off the ground, about 20 meters or so until she reached a suitable altitude. Before casting the call of what she feared to be Hubert's death (since Kale was immortal... at least that's the thought on her mind) she could see Hubert struggling to push a spear with a pointed black tip away from his throat while Rainbow Dash spat out insult after insult at what she assumed to be Voodoo.

"DON'T WORRY ABOUT US!" yelled out Kale, keenly ducking from a long vicious looking spear. "WE'LL BE THERE, I PROMISE!". Twilight nodded and looked over the horizon. She may not see it but she could feel it, there were eyes watching her, watching her every movement, as if they knew she were about to summon them. At the bottom of the stairs she could see two of Syra's guardians putting their helmets back onto their heads, and mounting small spears onto a gauntlet they both wore. They rushed themselves after seeing her take flight; her staring at them in surprise they hadn't fallen farther down. With one last deep breath of hope, she shouted the words she feared would kill them all.

Tens...hundreds... thousands of eyes both of blood and sun sprouted on the farthest corners of the mountains. Winter's horde was awaken and the only way to satisfy it's growing hunger was the flesh of the 3 friends.

"About last chapter...
The last chapter I posted was "What was Syra doing?" chapter. I myself have been waiting for Bill O'rielly's new chapter for his story... it's been 2 months... anyways, seeing as how my lazy ass was not being productive with the main-line story, I just spewed out a pretty decent chapter I'm sure many of you hated. Sorry but rather to fill you up a bit with whatever...

In conclusion: I wrote that Syra thing in 2 days, because i'm an asshole that didn't want to write for a full week but now I realized that my lazy ass needs to work.

Also, you get your next fill THIS Saturday... or my name isn't John Rambo. Summary of this chapter: Twilight gets seperated from the group because they fight Syra's goons and she goes inside a cave.