Frozen - Madonna
Sunset's eyes slowly blinked open, to see nothing but multiple blurs of colors, and blinding lights.
“Ah!” Sunset groaned, closing her eyes shut to shield her blurry vision from the intense light, while feeling a burning sensation from the tips of her eyelids.
“Sunset!” A voice sighed in relief, before the vision cleared up to reveal the Rainbooms, minus Fluttershy, Twilight, plus Wallflower Blush standing by her bed in concern.
“Applejack?” Sunset panted hoarsely. “Where...where?”
“Easy Sugarcube,” Applejack shushed. “Ya had a serious hypothermia there!”
"What?" With that, Sunset looked at her surroundings, before she was able to fully process and found herself in bed, in a gown, in the hospital.
“You’re lucky we found you in time!” Rainbow added. “You must be crazy to be out on the ice like that!”
“Actually, It’s a good crazy!" Pinkie added. "If she hadn’t been out there, then Spike would’ve been a goner for sure!”
“Spike? Spike!" Sunset exclaimed, as she remembered. "Where’s Spike? Is he-“
“He’s alright Sugarcube.” Applejack reassured. “Fluttershy and Twilight....and the other Spike are all watching over him."
Shivering slightly, while barely holding onto what’s left of her strength, Sunset strained to ask, “How....is he...doing?”
"He's doing fine, since you are fine." The country girl took her hat off to scratch her head, "We heard just about everything you said.....to him.” She admitted.
"What?" Sunset asked, while breathing heavily. "What do you-"
“You were both talking to each other in your sleeps.” Wallflower answered, before she sighed. "But we gotta know....do you really mean all that stuff you said...to him...to the dog...to the dragon dog?" The girl stammered.
Nevertheless, Sunset understood what she struggled to ask as she nodded to confirm, "Every word."
"Well, Sunset," Rainbow began. "...I can say we all know for a fact that we feel the exact same way...that dragon feels." At the end, the pipes broke as Rainbow Dash cried.
"Aw, Dashie!" Pinkie frowned sadly. "Are you crying?"
"N-N-No!" Rainbow struggled to deny. "It's just....Sunset....I..I'm kinda allergic...to dragons and d-d-dogs. Of course I'm crying girl! What do you think?!" The athlete exclaimed.
After sharing a few laugh, and a short smile at the athlete's humiliation, Sunset's face shifted to a look of concern, "I...I have to go..." She struggled to get out of bed, but Applejack stopped her. "Let me see....Spike."
"Ah, no, Sunset," The country girl said. "Ya need to stay here and rest."
"But....but Spike," Sunset panted. "Is...is...is he...okay?"
"ACHOO!!!" Spike sneezed, as he continues to huddle himself closer and warmer in the bundle of blanket he was wrapped in.
While Sunset was recovering in the hospital, Spike was taken to Canterlot's Animal Shelter.
"Bless you!" Fluttershy exclaimed, as she and Twilight worked together on warming the young pup up, by rubbing their palms, repeatedly stroking his back, over and over.
In the meantime, puppy Spike was barking and wagging his tail excitedly at his Equestrian counterpart.
“So you’re me, as a dragon from, where I, I mean, from where you come from?” The dog asked excitedly.
"Yes, A-CHOOO!!" Dragon Spike sneezed, before he coughed hoarsely.
"Cool!" Puppy Spike continued. "So, do I get wings? Do I breathe fire? OH!! And am I bigger than a building?"
Dragon Spike could only shake his head, feeling rather irritated from being bombarded with so many questions, "Please leave me alone, I'm having a very bad headache. A-CHOOO!!! A-CHOOO!!!" The little dragon-turned-dog went in an all out sneezing fit, much to his increasing misfortune. "Ow."
"Oh you poor thing," Fluttershy cooed, comforting the little dog with a quick gentle stroke to his back, right when Apple Bloom and her friends came into the room, with a bag.
"Here are the medicines you ordered, Fluttershy," Apple Bloom said as she handed Fluttershy the bag of medicine.
"Thank you, Apple Bloom," Fluttershy proceeded to open the bag and pulled out the medicine for Spike. "Here you go."
Spike complied as he took the medicine from Fluttershy's hand, but quickly regrets it, when he is met with an unpleasant flavor that's bitter and sour than anything he's ever eaten before. To him, it reminded of the one time he was eating salad, and it had some veggies that rotted terribly. It didn't take long before the little dragon-turned-dog spits the medicine out in repulse.
"Oh, that's disgusting," Spike groaned.
"Well what did you expect? Apple cider?" After a moment of getting settled, Twilight pets the little dragon-dog, stroking her hand across his head, "Get plenty of rest, we'll check up on you later."
With that the girls took their leave, while Spike was left alone in the room. At the same time, the girls at the hospital left Sunset Shimmer alone to recuperate in her room. Little did they know, once again, magic was at work between the two, as flickers of sparks were ignited on Sunset's geode, and Spike's collar.
That night, Sunset Shimmer finds herself in a dream. The first thing she could see was darkness. Furthermore, instead of the soft, warm feel of her bed, she felt herself lying on her back, on a hard, rock solid floor. Sunset Shimmer tried to sit up, but finds that she couldn’t.
“What?” Sunset struggled to get up. “What’s going on? Why can’t I move?” The fiery girl strains with all of her might. But no matter how hard she tried, she was unable to get up. It felt as if her whole body was frozen in place.
“Help?” Sunset called out for help. “Hey! Can anyone hear me? I’m stuck! I can’t move!”
But there was no reply. There was only silence.
“Somebody help! Please?” Sunset continued to call out, until she stopped for a moment to catch her breath.
But before she could call again, she heard what sounded to be singing. It was haunting, yet soothing at the same time.
Frozen - Madonna
“...You're frozen....when your heart’s not open...”
Sunset struggled to get up, while straining to move her head, searching for the source of the voices. However, she can't say that she denies every words of the song. There are truth to them.
"Love is a bird. She needs to fly. Let all the hurt inside of you die. You're frozen, when your heart's not open."
Before Sunset knew it, materializing out of the darkness before her is what appeared to a horse. But it's transparent in appearance and is coated in an icy cold aura that made the very air around it matching its temperature.
"What?" Sunset gasped. "It can't be..."
The horse walked up to Sunset, bending its head down to sniff her, before it raised its front hoof up, ready to bring it down on the fiery girl. Sunset immediately closed her eyes, bracing herself for what's about to come. The horse stomped its hoof down. But Sunset was not its target. Did it missed? She looked up, and her eyes widened to see, not a cold transparent horse, but a luminous, fiery horse that burns a bright aura of magenta, banishing away the cold.
Sunset was in awe at such beauty, before she begins to feel the warm air that snuggles around her. She starts moving her head and realizes, she can move again. She sat up, looking at her surrounding and realizes, she was somewhere in an icy tundra, surrounded by mountains of snow, and blocks of ice.
"What the-" Sunset exclaimed. "How did I get here? What am I doing here? Why did you bring me here?" Sunset asked, looking up to the fiery horse.
In response, the horse turned its whole body and begins to walk away, before turning its head to look in Sunset's direction.
"Y-You want me to follow you?" Sunset asked, to which the horse nodded with a curt nod of its head. "But where are we going?" But the horse didn't answer. Instead, it proceeded to walk away, slowly vanishing into the distant darkness, "Guess I'll just have to find out then." Wearily standing up, Sunset quickly ran after the horse, catching up to it in time to see it standing atop a hill, looking up into the dark sky.
Sunset followed its gaze, but she could only see billows of dark clouds that blocked out the sky, as if to shield the land, depriving it of the lights from the sun and the moon. Before Sunset could question, the fiery horse lets out a loud neigh that echoed across the land, shaking the snows, and banishing the dark clouds away. Then, with another neigh, the fiery horse released a colorful breath of multi-colored fires from its maws, painting the sky in its colorful lights.
Sunset was bedazzled at such majesty. She remembered from class that the lights are best known as the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis. But to her, it looked like a dragon.
And speaking of which, up in the sky, appearing from the light show, is Spike himself.
"Spike?!" Sunset exclaimed.
"Sunset?!" Spike shouted, before he flaps his wings, slowing himself down to a stop for a gentle landing.
"What are you doing here?" They both asked. "What am I doing here? What are you doing here? Jinx!" The two friends burst out laughing, before they got settled.
"How did you get here Spike?" Sunset asked.
"I was going to ask you the same thing," Spike replied. "But I remember falling asleep back in the animal shelter. Next thing I know, I'm on top of a mountain, when BOOM! There was a burst of light, and here I am."
"Huh, fancy that," Sunset replied. "I was in the hospital, when I met this beautiful speck of light here. You wouldn't have anything to do with us being here, do you?" She asked, directly towards the fiery horse.
The fiery horse turned to face both Sunset and Spike, as it spoke in a deep, haunting, but gentle voice, "You two appeared lost. You are both from the land called Equestria," It turned its head, directing its attention to Sunset Shimmer. "Since the very beginning, my ancestors have plagued your ancestors. Their hatred, grievances, angers, and sorrow have all been our salvation. Their negative emotions have always fueled our powers, granting us controls over the ice. It was only a single spark of positive emotions that defeated them. A spark so powerful, it was ignited into a fire so great, so beautiful, that melted our powers," It then turned its attentions to the northern lights it had created. "Like the cold that plagued the land and all living creatures, emotional conflicts can freeze the heart, depriving it of all life. Only through the magic of friendship, love, and joy, can the frozen heart be thawed and healed to shine its light."
"Alone, fire and ice are their own separate elements. But together, there's beauty," It lectured, while displaying a simply block of ice, which it used its fires to properly melt its shape and structures into that of a graceful ice sculpture.
Sunset and Spike both walked up, admiring the light show, while understanding the meaning to the horse's message to them, "It's beautiful. So many colors." Sunset said, while shedding a tear, admiring the beauty of the light.
"Yeah, I know," Spike agreed. "It's enough to make this dragon cry."
The two both turned their attentions towards the fiery horse, but just in time to see it vanishing into tiny sparks of light that flies up to greet the light show above, "Do not forget the fire of friendship," Its voice echoed, as it took its leave, leaving Sunset and Spike alone to watch the light show.
"Funny isn't it?" Sunset began. "I've always wanted to see the Northern Lights up close, and in person. But not like this."
"Well for me, whenever I want to see a dazzling light show in the night sky, all I have to do was buy a ticket and its off to the Crystal Empire," Spike said.
Sunset couldn't help but chuckle, "The Crystal Empire huh?" She smiled. "When I was just a student, learning under Princess Celestia's tutelage, I always thought the Crystal Empire was a myth. But then again, just about everypony thought it was a myth. And I've only been there, only once," Her smile disappeared as she recalled her first meeting with Princess Twilight Sparkle. "Back when I was...."
Knowing what she was getting at, Spike quickly changed topic as he insisted, "Just forget it, Sunset. It's all in the past. Besides, if you want, I can give you a personal tour of the Crystal Empire the next time you're in Equestria."
"Really? You'd do that?"
"Girl, you're looking at Spike the Brave and Glorious. Savior of the Crystal Empire. Official Dragon Land Ambassador and promoted assistant of Princess Twilight Sparkle. It's what I do. I mean, am I a friendly neighborhood dragon or am I a friendly neighborhood dragon?"
Rolling her eyes, Sunset Shimmer chuckled as she pulled the dragon close and hugged him, "You're more than that, Spike. You're the best friend we've ever had." She said.
With a smile and a blush, Spike complimented, "You're a good girl, Sunset. Well, sort of."
"Merry Christmas, Spike."
"Merry Christmas, Sunset."
When morning came, Sunset and Spike were both awaken and sat up in their respective locations, to find themselves rejuvenated and rid of all cold and of all negativity.