Fleetfoot and Spitfire walked into Headquarters, where Soarin and Rainbow were waiting. Soarin was eating a piece of pie, of course.
"Why were you out there Fleet?" Rainbow asked, and she revealed the book
"I found it lying outthide, but I can't read the writing on it." Fleetfoot replied, and Rainbow took it.
"I've seen this before. It's Old Ponish. Cool, but I wonder what it was doing outside." Rainbow wondered
"Can you read Old Ponish Rainbow?" Soarin asked, in awe, but she shook her head, blushing.
"No Soar, I can't. Twilight can, and she's shown me and my other friends documents in Old Ponish before, that's how I know what it is."
"Do you think she could tranthlate it?" Fleetfoot asked
"Sure. I'm going down tomorrow, I can take it with me, if you want." Rainbow offered, Fleetfoot nodded in agreement, taking the book back.
"Okay, now that that's settled, let's grab some food, I'm starving." Spitfire said
"Hey, Spits, I got word from the Weather Factory while you were wrangling Fleet, they said the storm was accidentally made larger than it should have been. It's going to last all day and most of the night." Soarin said, swallowing the last bit of his pie.
"You really want me to say it, don't you?" Spitfire asked, and Soarin nodded. Spitfire let out a sigh, but smiled. "Fine. Practice is cancelled until the storm stops."
"Woo-hoo!" Rainbow said, taking off "GUYS! SHE SAID NO PRACTICE!" Rainbow called, flying down the hall with Soarin hot on her tail.
They heard cheers from the other Wonderbolts in the background. Spitfire shook her head but smiled, following Soarin and Rainbow. Fleetfoot trotted behind them, holding the book securely under her wing. They had a good time with the other Wonderbolts, but Fleetfoot felt like there was something waiting for her. And that it had to do with the book.
That night, Fleetfoot couldn't sleep. She leaned over her bed and pulled the book out from where it was beside her Daring Do collection. Fleetfoot examined the cover, tracing her hoof along the intricate designs.
"Why do I feel like I've theen thethe shapeth before?" Fleetfoot whispered, touching a hoof to a rather poorly designed snowflake "I recognize thith, it'th the family cretht. But why ith it on here?"
The book suddenly glowed around the edge, and the cover suddenly lifted an inch or so higher. Fleetfoot decided to take a risk. She pulled the book cover open.
An ice blue light emerged, and wound it's way around her hooves, crawling up her forelegs and wrapping around her chest. Fleetfoot gasped, she was suddenly filled with cold, as though she had just taken a deep breath of winter air. Though strangely, it didn't hurt. Fleetfoot felt...invigorated. Like she could fly forever. The book stopped glowing but the writing remained behind, just faded. Fleetfoot gasped for breath, heart racing.
"What...jutht happened?" she waited for a minute, but she didn't feel any different. Fleetfoot eventually began to get tired, and she laid back down, falling asleep with the book clenched in her hooves.
"Morning 'bolts. Up and at 'em, we've got a big day of practice to make up for the surprise day off yesterday!" Spitfire called the next morning. Fleetfoot sat up, the book falling from her hooves
"Um, Spit, have you looked outside? It's still raining." High Winds, their fellow Wonderbolt, said.
"Of course it is." Spitfire put a hoof to her face in exasperation. "Fine, but get up. If it stops before breakfast we're practicing."
"Yes ma'am!" they all called, getting up. Fleetfoot got out of bed and went over to the window, watching the rain. She put her hooves on the window, then suddenly, the ledge began to ice over. Fleetfoot gasped and pulled her hooves away from it. The ice disappeared, slowly.
"What's wrong?" Rainbow asked, toothbrush still in her mouth
"N-nothing." Fleetfoot said quickly, trotting away "I think I'll go get some air" she thought, leaving the room and going outside, into the rain.
"Again Fleet?" Spitfire asked from behind her, and Fleetfoot shrugged.
"It'th thtrange, but the cold doethn't theem to bother me." she replied
"It doesn't bother me either, I'm just saying." Fleetfoot heard Spitfire's wings rustle, and she trotted up
"Why did your wingth flap if you didn't fly?"
"Oh, um...no reason. Just restless, I guess." Spitfire said hurriedly, then looked up as the rain began to clear. "Looks like somepony's coming."
"Oh no." Fleetfoot breathed
"What's wrong? You know them?"
"Yeth. They're my parentth."
"Is that a bad thing?"
"You'll thee." Fleetfoot sighed "Jutht go back inthide and lithten."
"Why?"
"Tho they think I'm alone."
"I don't understand, but okay." Spitfire turned and went inside just as Icy Mint Frost and Sharp Skater landed.
"Fleetfoot Frost!" Icy Mint yelled, and Fleetfoot flinched.
"Mother." she muttered "To what do I owe thith pleathure?"
"Don't speak to your mother that way brat." Sharp Skater said
"Now, have you seen any...strange objects around here?" Icy Mint asked
"Uh, n-no."
"JUST TELL US WHERE THE BOOK IS!" Icy Mint shouted, grabbing Fleetfoot and pinning her to the ground "Or your father will knock you into next week!"
"G-get o-off m-me." Fleetfoot stammered
"Then where's the book brat?!" Sharp Skater asked
"I-I don't know what you're talking about!"
"Don't lie to me stupid mare! Where's the book with that old writing on it?!" Icy Mint demanded
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Fleetfoot yelled, drawing the attention of everypony inside.
They ran out into the hallway and found Spitfire watching something. The Wonderbolts joined her, shoving each other to get a better look.
Fleetfoot struggled against her mother, and Icy Mint snarled, stepping backwards. Sharp Skater raised a hoof, about to strike her. But as he tried, Fleetfoot threw her wings up in front of her face, hearing a strange crackling sound. She looked up and gasped. Large spikes of ice were pointed at her parents, one nearly impaling her father.
"You do have the book!" Icy Mint cried "Where is it?!" Fleetfoot shook herself, still in shock over the sudden appearance of ice that it was way too hot for.
"I-I don't know." she lied, but Icy Mint held up her hoof and the ice suddenly shattered
"Stop lying you stupid brat! I've had it with your cutie mark, your lisp, and your stupid stunt team! If you don't tell me where that book is right now you'll be sorry." Icy Mint threatened
"That's it!" Spitfire threw open the door and sent a blast of fire at Icy Mint and Sharp Skater with her hoof. They stumbled backwards and glared at her.
"We'll be back for you brat." Icy Mint snarled, then the two took off. Fleetfoot turned and gaped at Spitfire.
"Wath that you?" Fleetfoot asked
"Yes, but that's not the point. What was that?" Spitfire asked
"Which part? My parentth attacking me? That'th normal for me."
"Not that, although it is messed up. She meant where did that ice come from?" Rainbow responded
"I-I don't know, honetht." Fleetfoot said
"They said something about a book, could it be the one from last night?" Soarin suggested
"What book? Why don't you guys ever tell us anything?" Surprise whined
"Actually, thomething did happen latht night. With the book." Fleetfoot said, flying inside. The others followed her as she picked up the strange book.
"Wasn't it glowing yesterday?" Rainbow asked
"Yeah. Latht night, I wath really curiouth, and I kind of...opened it." Fleetfoot admitted
"So what happened?" Spitfire asked
"Thome thtrange light came out of it and thurrounded me. I think it may have thomething to do with that ice. But I have no idea what." Fleetfoot let Rainbow take the book from her.
"The writing is still there, but it's faded now." Rainbow said
"What is that? It looks like it was written by aliens." Blaze commented
"It's in Old Ponish, and before you ask I can't read it." Rainbow said, "But I know who can."
"Can we go now? I need to know what'th happening to me." Fleetfoot said
"Don't ask me, it stopped raining, Spit said we were going to practice." Rainbow objected
"I want to know too, so I guess we could. It'll just be us three and Soarin." the other Wonderbolts groaned "And the rest of you had better be doing freestyle training in the gym when we get back." Spitfire added
"Let's go then." Rainbow said, giving Fleetfoot back the book "And you're going to have to tell us how you made fire appear out of thin air." she added to Spitfire, who nodded.
"I promise I will, as soon as we find out about that ice thing." Spitfire agreed, and the four ponies left, heading down from Wonderbolt Headquarters to Ponyville.