Mr. Freeze looked left and right as he realized he was no longer in Gotham. In fact, judging from the appearances of the creatures who were staring at him, he could tell he was in a completely different dimension. He looked down and saw he dropped the Chaos Diamond on the floor; he quickly picked it up.
“Well, well, well! It looks like Santa has come to town! A frosty Santa!” Discord grinned, chuckling.
“Who are you creatures?! Where am I?! How did I get here?!” Freeze demanded.
“You’re in Ponyville, silly!” Pinkie replied, appearing just behind his shoulder. “What’s your name? Why are you so icey? How come your eyes are red? *gasp* Are you actually from Sunset’s world?! Tell me! Tell me! Tell me!” She pressed her face against Freeze with her pupils enlarging.
“Whoa, you look so cool! You look like a giant snow creature but with ice!” Rainbow complimented.
“Darling, I don’t know what kind of suit you’re wearing but it looks so... robust! Although I can’t say the same for your face. You look terribly pale, sir,” Rarity commented, scrutinizing his cryogenic suit and appearance.
Twilight teleported back in the meeting room. “What is going on around—AHHH!! Who in the name of Celestia is that?!”
As they were talking, Freeze noticed another Chaos Diamond within Fluttershy’s package. Looking at his own diamond and gazing back at Fluttershy’s, he narrowed his eyes on his next prize. Putting his diamond in his pocket, he jumped off the friendship map table and walked toward the nervous pegasus.
“There’s another Chaos Diamond? Interesting. I hope you don’t mind taking it from you, little pony.”
“Um... but Discord gave it to me... as a gift. Why do you want it?” Fluttershy asked.
“Just for... research purposes.”
“Well... I don’t see why not.”
As Discord was seeing this, he got angry. He jumped in between the two and pressed his nose against Freeze’s ice cover. “Just hold one a minute, Mister....?”
“Freeze... will do,” he replied, a puff of steam blowing from his suit.
“Well then, Mr. Freeze, I’ll have you know that Fluttershy is a dear friend of mine. I personally gave her the best gift I could ever think of!” Discord spoke, turning into a large diamond. “Can’t you see how precious it is?!” Then he turned back to normal. “So I do not appreciate you trying to take away her joy and happiness! So why don’t you back off and leave?”
“Whoa, whoa, Discord, take it easy! He was just trying to be nice!” Twilight interjected, pulling the angry draconequus away from the ice villain. She nervously smiled as she flew to Freeze. “Sorry about that, Mr. Freeze. Discord can be a little sensitive whenever he’s around Fluttershy.”
“I heard that!” Discord yelled, having a humongous human ear on the left side of his head.
“Apology accepted, alicorn. I’m quite used to the...cold reception I usually get in my world,” Freeze replied.
“Geez, I can’t imagine that. I’m Twilight Sparkle, and this is Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Spike, and Pinkie Pie. And of course, you just met Fluttershy.”
Mr. Freeze saw each of the ponies give their own unique welcoming gesture toward him. He was amazed to see mythical animals who could talk, jump around, and even do things regular creatures wouldn’t even do. He especially noticed how very friendly the Mane Six were to him instead of feeling threatened by him. While fascinated by all this, he still couldn’t keep his eyes off the diamond the yellow pegasus had. Then he thought of a plan as he was now in a completely new environment.
“This is rather unexpected. If I can grab hold of the second diamond, I might find my way back to Gotham. But... I would love to see if there are more where that came from. Hmm, I might as well play Mr. Nice Guy for now.” he mentally schemed.
“It is a pleasure meeting you ponies. Your kindness warms my heart. If you would be kind enough to show me this home of yours, it would be appreciated. I’m rather... interested in knowing more about your species.”
“Definitely! I can’t wait to introduce you to our friends!” Twilight replied, smiling brightly.
“Wait, Twilight, what about the gifts you have to wrap up?” Spike reminded.
“Don’t worry, Spike, you can handle them. We now have a visitor to talk to!” Twilight waved off.
As the Mane Six led Freeze to the front door, Spike looked suspiciously at the villain. Even Discord himself crossed his arms with a look of distrust. “Is it just me or does that Freeze guy look kinda evil?” Spike wondered.
“No, it isn’t just you. Did you see the way he looked at that diamond? He definitely is up to something. If he plans to hurt Fluttershy or steal away her rightful present, that snowman has another thing coming,” growled Discord, wearing boxing gloves.
“Normally, we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. In this case though, I think I have every right to do so,” said Spike.
“We just need to keep an eye on him... at all times!” Discord shouted, his eyes bulging out and floating in the air. “Okay, that’s two eyes on him, but you get the point.”
“Well, what do ya know? The Lord of Chaos is being cautious, eh? Now that is a holiday miracle in and of itself!” Spike smirked, crossing his arms.
“I don’t usually get my panties in a twist,” Discord said, twisting his entire body. “But Frosty the Snowman is no joke from the looks of it. If anything happens, I’ll be ready.” The draconequus appeared with a flamethrower and blew out the snow cakes with fire, melting them instantly.
“I didn’t mean to do that.”
Outside the Friendship Castle, Freeze saw all the other ponies having fun on the snow, putting decorations around their houses, and several foals running around until they bumped into him. One was a unicorn, the second was a pegasus, and the third was an earth pony. The three fillies looked up and saw a scowling Freeze staring them down.
“Say hello to Mr. Freeze, Cutie Mark Crusaders!” Pinkie declared.
“Greetings, little ones. Having a chilly day so far?” he coldly spoke, putting his hand out where a snowy aurora was formed. The crusaders fearfully shook their heads.
“No, thanks. W-We’re g-good,” Apple Bloom replied, shaking. Then the fillies immediately ran off.
“Eh, they’ll get used to ‘em eventually,” Applejack shrugged.
“Don’t worry, Mr. Freeze. Spend some time with us, and you’ll have the best Hearth’s Warming Eve ever. I always welcome a new friend,” smiled Twilight.
Still thinking about the diamond, Freeze gazed toward the cloudy sky and noticed the large mountains behind Ponyville as well as another castle in a far distance. Then he faced the other ponies who gave him either a surprised expression or curious look. “Oh, I am certain I will, Twilight Sparkle,” he replied, evilly chuckling.