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// Freeing Freezards 
// Story: The Legend of Zelda Friendship is Magic 2: Return of Majora 
// by MetalBrony823 
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This blizzard was certainly not helping Link, Colin, Fluttershy, Applejack, Twilight  or their friends out in finding the mask shard in this frozen tundra. "Is it me," said Applejack. "Or is it getting mighty colder out here than it was before?"

"I absolutely agree." Said Pinkie Pie. "Even with these on, I still feel the coldness!"

"My ears feel like they might fall off my head for being frozen solid." Spike remarked.

"I can keep you warm, Spike." Fluttershy offered. She wrapped her wing around his small body.

"Thanks, Fluttershy. That helps a little bit."

Fluttershy smiled warmly. "You're welcome. Happy to help a friend." Then she looked at Pip, mildly shivering from the blistering winds. "Are you cold, Pipsqueak?"

With his teeth chattering uncontrollably, the colt replied: "y-y-yes. I'm very c-c-c-c-cold."

"Come here, sweetie." Said the yellow pegasus with a sympathetic look on her face.

Meanwhile, Epona was keeping Storm warm in any way possible. The poor foal was still scared and cold, but he knew they would have to stop and make a fire sometime.

"How much farther till we find the mark shard?" Asked Starlight.

"I don't know." Link admitted with a sigh. "This could take longer than I thought it would be." He looked at one of his bottles of lantern oil, and the second to last one was almost empty. "I need to make these bottles last. Colin, how much oil do you have in your bottle?"

"Ummmm, only half of it left. It's not my fault, I swear."

"No of course not. I didn't say it was. There's gotta be a cave somewhere nearby we can take shelter in for a little while."

"But what about Cadence, Flurry Heart, and Shining Armor?" Asked Rarity.

"We're not staying for the night." Said Mathayus. "It's only for a little while to try and keep us warm."

"He's right. Spike. Do you think you have enough fire in your tummy to light a fire?"

"I think so. But what about firewood?"

"Not a problem." Said Lyra. She used her magic to conjure a small bunch of firewood."

"Wow. That's impressive, Lyra." Said Fluttershy. "How did you do that?"

"I used to go camping with my family when I was a filly."

"Perfect." Said Twiligiht. After walking around ten miles, they came across a gigantic ice monster with multiple red eyes on it's head that never blinked, and it looked completely terrifying.

"Hold it!" Said Link. "That's a Freezard. These guys are nasty pieces of work." Then he pulled out his silver ball and chain. "This is one of the many things this is for."

"Will that actually kill it?"

"No, but it should be us some time to blind it. You see, i will hit that freezard in the eyes, blind him, and then Spike can breath his fire all over it so it can melt."

"Ahh. That's good thinking, Link." Said Spike. "I'll ready my fire breath."

Link quietly went over to the icicle monster to the right side, and the Freezard made a low, menacing growl. With a mighty throw, Link swung his ball and chain and waited until it was fast enough before hitting the monster's eyes.

The gigantic creature roared in agony as his red eyes on the right side of his face were completely smashed into tiny pieces if red ice.

"Spike, now!" Said Mathayus.

"Right!" Then the baby dragon heroically sprung into action, and was hovering in midair. Before the freezard could blast his ice breath at him, Spike unleashed a a large field of fire at the freezard, and the monster melted into little, miniature versions of it, like clones.

"Whoa! What just happened?" Said Rainbow Dash.

"It melted into five mini-freezards now." Colin said. "Now it will be easier to kill them."

"In that case," Spike had an idea. He then flew in the air and sprayed his fire breath at the five remaining freezards into nothingness until they disappeared.

The others cheered for Spike in his act if bravery.

"Good job, Spike. Are you hurt?"

"Twi. I'm fine. All they needed was to be burnt out.... literally."

"Can we go in that cave?" Asked Bon Bon

Link slowly went inside the hole and he peeked around, and it was a rather nice space, unaffected by the blizzard.

"Hmm, this looks like a good spot to catch our breath." Said Link. "This cave looks as big as a small house."

"Then this is where we will build a fire." Said Big Mac.

They all went in the the small cave, and Lyra put the firewood down on the ground. "Alright, Spike, do your stuff."

"Right." The baby dragon took a breath, and blew fire on the wood. Just like that, the woods were crackling a fire on them. "There. That should do the trick."

"They all gathered around the fire, trying to keep themselves warm as possible. This fire was lighting up the cave along with the lanterns Link and Colin had on them.

"So, about that mask shard, what would be the first place we can look?" Asked Twilight.

"Hmmm... good question." Said Mathayus. "It could be buried in the snow outside for all we know."

"Or in a cave like this." Said Epona. "It won't be easy looking for that little shard of dark magic."

"True." Said Rarity. "But we need to look for it if we are going to purge evil from Equestria once again."

"She's right. We have no choice."

The fire may have been a little small, but everyone was close around it to keep warm through this harsh weather. The northern part of Equestria was already like iron.

While sitting together, their was a faint howling heard outside, making it more eerie than before.

Link recognized what that meant. He remembered going through the lower plains of Snowpeak, and how he encountered those wolfos with res eyes charging at him.

Could it be a wolfos? Or just a wolf nothing more? It may sound scary, but taking on one or a few wolfos was as easy as killing bokoblins, keese, or bubbles.

"Did y'all hear that?" Said Applejack.

"We all heard it." Said Starlight Glimmer. "The sounds of wolves definitely doesn't sound good at all."

"P'shaw, I can take on a whole pack of wolves with one hoof behind my back!" Rainbow boasted. "Just bring it on! Let me at 'em!"

"Down, Rainbow." Said Discord. "Let us not be so rash. They are only wolves."

"Maybe regular wolves are just animals, yes." Said Mathayus. "But wolfos are mindless, vile monsters with endless bloodlust in their system. It would not surprise me if Majora sent them out in this world to stop us from continuing."

"My stare can still work on them." Said Fluttershy. "The least I can do is reason with the wolfos to leave us all alone."

"Ha! Good luck!" Said Discord. "I don't think this is the perfect time for such pleasantries."

It went on for a long ten minutes for them to sit by the fire, and they were becoming less cold thanks to the warmth of the flames.

While sitting, Link was thinking of how this was all his fault for Majora coming back to life. It was because of his ancestor, and if Majora couldn't kill the Hero of Time, then he would get his descendant instead.

Colin looked at Storm, who was feeling quite scared of these loud winds outside. Epona was trying her very best to soothe him with her warm, maternal guidance to him, telling him everything will be okay.

Colin couldn't help but go over to his side since he was one of the closest things Storm has ever had besides his mother. "We'll be okay, little buddy." Colin said to him. "We'll get out of this."

"You think so?"

"I know so. As soon as we can get that mask shard, we'll get out of here."

"Just have faith in us, Storm." Discord added, trying to comfort the foal in his own way. "You can be just as strong and brave as your mother. All you have to do is believe in yourself."

"I know. I know." Storm said. "I'm trying to be as brave as I can, but... I can't." Then he pouted in shame and humiliation.

"You'll be fine, sweetie." Epona comforted him with a gentle nuzzle on his small head.

"Are there anymore of those freezards or whatever you call them out there?" Asked Pinkie Pie.

"I have no doubt there are, Pinkie." Link replied. "Those guys you need to be careful with. If it touches any of you, you will be turned into an ice sculpture."

"that would have been helpful earlier." Said Rainbow.

Another howling was heard outside of the cave, and the others had a bad feeling about this.

Link took out his Master Sword and Hylian Shield again slowly. "I'm gonna go check it out and see if there are any more enemies. Fluttershy, can you come with me in case it is a pack of wolfos?"

Flutterehy nodded her head a yes, and followed after him to see the commotion outside. It was quite outside with the howling winds blowing against them both.

They both waited for something to happen, or enemies to pop up at them and attack.

All of a sudden, a pair of five bright lights popped up from the snow piles, and they were coming towards the two.

"A-ha! Wolfos!" Link recognized the moving figures immediately. "Careful, Fluttershy."

"Right."

While Link was fighting the Wolfos in front of him, he turned into a wolf to make it easier to walk on these deep snow dunes.

He sank his teeth into the throat of his enemies charging at him, and he jumped hitting another wolfos in the chest, causing the savage beast to fall backwards with a loud Yelp that sounded like a dog's.

The method repeated on with several other wolfos and the dead wolf monsters disappeared.

For Fluttershy, she simply gave the wolfos trying to hurt and eat her the stare of hers. "I demand you to leave us alone now, or else you will suffer the consequences!"

Her own enemies were scared, and ran away howling and yelping in fright like a flock of crazy turkeys. The yellow pegasus smiled and said: "That's better."

"Well, I think That's taken care of. I don't think we have any enemies left." Said Link looking at his surroundings. He was panting and licked his right paw. "I think we can go back in now."

"Are you alright, Link?" Asked Fluttershy. "Are you hurt?"

"No. I'm fine." Then he wagged his body of the continuously falling snow like any a wolf would do if he was wet in the rain. 

"Good. I just don't want then to hurt your cute little face, as a wolf I mean."

Link couldn't help but flush at being called cute like that while a wolf. They both went back inside the cave and rested by the fire again.

Colin decided to turn into a wolf too since they have fur, and he cuddled next to Link for extra warmth by the fire.