Frozen Friendship

by Melody Song


The Plan

"Your magic is ancient family magic. Mom has ice powers, and she took yours from you." Dark Shooter began.

"I thaw mom'th powerth. But how come I never thaw them when I wath a kid?"

"She hid them from you, so you wouldn't wonder why you didn't have powers. I remember the day she took them. It was a little bit after your fourth birthday. Mom used her own magic to hold me back. Then she trapped your powers in a book with our family crest on the cover. The magic spell mom used made sure you'd never remember anything." Dark Shooter explained

"Then, why didn't you tell me?" Fleetfoot asked, a little hurt.

"Believe me, I wanted to. But I thought it would be easier to explain if I could give you back the magic. But every time I tried to get close to the book, mom and dad thought I was trying to take it for myself. They told me that I had to have a family first. Then they would infuse the magic into my child, and the magic would continue down the line. I wanted to give the magic to you, I promise."

"I underthtand Dark. But I thtill won't come back." Fleetfoot sighed, and Spitfire trotted forward.

"Fleet, we can help. We can protect you."

"Thank you Thpitfire, but..."

"Please. I'm lost without you, I need you." Spitfire murmured, brushing her muzzle along Fleetfoot's.

"I believe you when you thay you can help. But I won't go back until I'm sure that my parentth won't ever bother uth again." Fleetfoot replied

"Then there's only one thing to do." Rainbow said matter-of-factly.

"What's that?" Soarin asked

"Come up with a plan." Rainbow then grimaced

"What's wrong?" Dark Shooter asked.

"I never thought I'd end up sounding just like Twilight." Rainbow muttered, and Soarin laughed, nuzzling her.

"What kind of plan did you have in mind?" Spitfire asked, grinning.

"Well, we know Fleet's parents don't want her to be herself. So maybe..she can be the star in our next show." Rainbow asked

"Okay. But my parentth need to be there or it won't work."

"That can be arranged. I can schedule our performance in Cloudsdale." Spitfire said, and Fleetfoot looked at her gratefully.

"And I'll ask our parents to come." Dark Shooter added

"That won't be a problem. They love you." Fleetfoot mumbled, and Dark sighed.

"I'd rather they hate me. Anyway, we'd better go back to your HQ, not all of us are immune to the cold." Dark Shooter replied.

"You mean Fleet can't feel this? I'm freezing." Rainbow said. Soarin wrapped a wing over her for warmth.

"The cold doethn't bother me, but if you're cold, let'th go." Fleetfoot agreed.

"Cool. But if you come back wearing that, Rapid's gonna say something." Soarin advised, glancing at Fleetfoot's dress. Fleetfoot nodded, closing her eyes. The snow flew around her and removed the dress.

"Now let's go home." Spitfire said, and they took off.