//------------------------------// // Atmosphere // Story: Random Shorts Frazzle Did // by Frazzle2Dazzle //------------------------------// It was dark. Around me, the snowstorm smothered the light, leaving me a well of blackness. I was alone. Everypony else had fallen away, I was the sole creature surviving this storm. Why was I alone again? The cold... So hard to think. They stopped halfway. Why? I couldn’t think. The cold was sleeping into me, freezing me. I deserved this... Maybe? I did something. Right... I did a bad thing. That’s why I’m alone. But where was I going? I can’t see anything through the snow. It was just so cold... I knew I was almost there. But I didn’t know what there is, not even where. The darkness was smothering me. Except... Was that a light? Am I... Not alone? Was I safe? Stumbling forward, I kept watching the light, but it drifted further away. My mind felt fuzzy... It was just so cold... No... It was dark. My eyes flashed open as I awoke, cold, in a pool of water, a glimmering light above me. My lungs were full of air, though I didn’t know how long that would last as I thrashed my way to the surface. Everything was so foggy... I... Who am I? That moment of uncertainty fled as I hit the surface, breathing in fresh air, my mind clearing suddenly. That’s right. I’m Flash... Flash Sentry. I’m a Royal Guard in the Crystal Empire, serving directly under Prince Shining Armor and Princess Cadence, as well as the recently born Flurry Heart. I came here- “Damnit, it’s cold!” I swore, my coat soaked as I stepped away from the pool, my hoofsteps echoing in the cave it resided in. I went over to the travel saddle I had shrugged off before diving in, taking out a few blankets to wrap around myself, and hopefully warm up a bit. Underneath where the blankets were, there was a book, pages yellowed with age. ‘Lost Tales Of The Crystal Empire.’ That’s right... I thought. This pool is a lost tale. ‘The Lake Of Frozen Memory. I came here to forget... Something. Now it’s frozen. Now I’m free.