The airship is flying through the blizzard to go to the Crystal. Despite being in a blizzard, the airship seems fine and has no sign of being shaken or broken.
Matt is humming through the blizzard while watching the now try to attack the ship. Twilight, Spike, and Diana are sitting at the table on the ship's deck. They had decided to put the table map on the ship's deck to watch the crystal shards because it will be faster when deployed there.
The map shows three dots on the map. Diana shakes her head and asks Matt to keep going to the Crystal Empire. Suddenly, an ice arrow flies near the purple dragon. All of them look above and see some blue dragons holding bows. A blue dragon with a yellow deer horn raises her claws to stop.
Spike looks at that blue dragon. "I think I see you before. Icey, right?"
"Yes, Spike." The blue dragon forms a spear. "I want to kill you a lot. You make me can't forget your face since in fire dragon land."
Diana and Twilight turn to him and step away from the purple dragon. Spike is trying to explain." Hey, that's her attack on me first. I just defend myself for not being killed by those ice chains."
Twilight huffs. "I think I can believe you." Then she turns to Icey. "Look, we mean no harm here so... can you let us go?"
"No. You are being caught by entering our territory illegally." Icy points the spear at them. "And I come to catch you."
Diana's face paws. "Look, we didn't know where your territory was. Can you show us and let us go? We have a thing to do here."
Icey slams the spear on the floor. "Show you, we can. But let you go, no."
Diana sighs. "Wow, then we will have to explain to your king and queen later if you are valuable enough."
"What do you mean by that?"
An arm suddenly grasps Icey's body and a sword is placed near Icey's neck. The blue dragon is surprised and tries to get out of Matt's grasp while her guards are charging at them. Diana points the staff at the ice dragon and shoots out the dark ball at them. The dark ball covers the dragon guards and disappears after a while, along with the dragons.
Icey is shocked when witnesses her guards disappear. Matt releases the blue dragon. Icey steps away from them. "What... what have you done?"
"Easy." Diana grins. "You will be a ticket for us. I heard that your dragons have captured a dungeon, right? Your guards..." the black cat crosses her fingers. "Death. And vanish along the darkness
Icey is trying to fly away but her wings are covered in ice. The blue dragon is shocked. Spike shakes his head and turns to Diana. "You know, Diana. You are a bad liar."
"Meh... I hate you, Spike." Diana turns away. "You are not better than me when secretly freezing her wings. Thank you. Now we are criminals."
"Why am I feeling that being dragged by this?" Twilight goes inside. "Spike. I will activate the 'camouflage' mode. You will take care of her."
The purple dragon steps forward to Icey. Matt goes inside to not interrupt them. The blue dragon steps back. "No, stay away."
"Look. We mean no harm here."
"Liar."
Spike throws his claw. "Alright, but what will you do right now? Your wings are gone." Icey looks at her wings which are still covered in ice, then looks at him. The purple dragon gives her his claw. "I promise that you won't be hurt."
Icey looks at his face, then turns away and holds his claw to stand up. The blue dragon sits on the table to calm herself. "This is too much for me."
"You are not the only one. We are on a quest." Spike taps the table. "To gather the memory shards of our friend."
Icey tilts her head. "Then let me talk to my father."
"Not gonna work." Diana flies outside. "I just threaten you and your kingdom. How can they believe what you say?"
"Then that's your fault." Icey huffs. "And memory shard? There is only one dragon in the world that can convert someone's memory into shards."
Diana tilts her head. "And who is?"
"Angra." Icey takes a book from her bag. "He was a threat to the world so every creature in the world accepted to seal him.
Spike taps his finger. "How long was it?"
Icey opens the book. "It was fifty hundred years ago. When a dragon rose and wanted to dominate this world, all of the creatures had to work together to seal him."
Spike and Diana are silenced by this information. Sunset yawns and goes out of the cabin to watch the blizzard. When she glances at Icey, she asks. "Oh... I didn't see her before. Who are you?"
Icey looks at her and feels the strong pressure from the orange dragon. The blue dragon tries to answer. "My name is... Icey."
"Nice to meet you. I'm Sunset." The orange dragon rubs her head. "Honestly, that is the only thing I know."
"How is your training, Sunset?" Spike spins the pencil. "I hope you learn something new."
"Yeah, I can even do this but... I might burn this airship." Sunset holds her head. "I just don't want to hold you back."
Matt yells. "Show us. This airship has been enchanted to resist fire."
Sunset takes a deep breath and forms a snowflake. The snowflake flies around the ship and starts dropping snow on it. Everyone is amazed it's beautiful. Diana glares at the snowflake and takes a look closer, then she finds something in the snow. "Take cover. Those snows are abnormal."
Spike turns to the black cat. "What do you mean?"
When the snow just touches the floor, it exploded immediately, making the airship shake like an earthquake. There are many explosions on the floor. Icey hides under the table. Spike breathes fire at the snowflake to melt the snowflake.
Diana looks at the mess. "Well, it is good to enchant some defense spells on this. You did a great job, Sunset."
"Thank... but I can't control it." Sunset looks at her claws. "I... don't know. Should I continue to practice?"
"You should." Diana glances at Icey. "You make someone scared in hell."
"Hey, I'm not scared." Icey climbs out of the table with the ice spear. "I just want to take a chance to attack her."
"Should I hire you right now?" Diana turns away. "Oh wait, I can't hire a royal, right?"
"You can, but give me something big." Icey huffs. "I am kinda bored in my kingdom."
Spike takes a book. "Why throat?"
"Because my parent always forces me to do this, do that, do this, without letting me do anything." Icey sighs. "I wonder if they care about me or not."
"I think I got an idea." Spike comes inside. "Give me a moment."
Diana lies on the table and just watches the blue dragon. Icey looks at the black cat and feels curious about this card. The airship suddenly stopped. Diana opens the hologram map on the table, making Icey surprised. The map shows a castle that looks like a crystal castle. Diana stands up. "All right, Twilight and Spike will visit the Crystal Empire while I, Matt, and you will stay here."
"Guess I have no choice." Icey stretches her body and spins her spear. "I want to fight someone, not you, demon cat."
"You can spare with Matt." Diana points at the human. "Don't worry. He's good."
Spike comes out with some of the red paint. The purple dragon suggests. "Now, I will paint your face with this paint."
Icey steps away from him. "For what?"
"Here is what I think about. You will pretend to be brainwashed by me." Spike points at himself. "Perfect way to test your parents."
Icey retorts. "Bad idea. What if my parents send troops to hunt you down?"
"That's a good idea." Diana rubs her chin. "If we combine it with a letter, that's perfect."
Icey glares at the black cat. "What's your game here?"
Diana throws her paws. "Nothing. I am helping you here. If we succeed or fail, you can be back to your family's safety without any trouble. So it's a win-win situation for you."
Icey is silenced for a while, then she nods. "Alright, I accept."
Matt throws the anchor to the cloud. The anchor sticks to it and the airship is not floating away. Diana flies outside to collect and make some clouds while Icey paints some red stripes on her face and body. When she is done, Spike takes the paper to write a letter on it. The thing will be fun.
In the south from the Crystal Empire. There is an ice cave underground with two dragons guarding outside. Inside the cave, there are many pools around with many dragons enjoying or working on them.
"Explain it, now." A shout comes from deep inside the cave and makes others shake. "Why are you suddenly teleporting to me?"
The shout comes from inside a room, where many dragons are standing side by side while a dragon is bowing with a dark blue dragon, who is wearing a crown and sitting on the big throne. He has many scars on his chest and his face. Next to him is a light green dragon, sitting on the smaller throne. The dark blue dragon shouts at him. "Explain this, or you will be executed for trying to assassinate the king."
The dragon answers calmly. "Your majesty. We have been teleported by the intruder. They take princess Icey with them."
The dark blue dragon stands up. "Is that true?"
"It's true. It is our fault for not being good enough to protect the princess."
The blue dragon sighs. "You must train harder than this. Now, I will punish you to go harder training for three weeks. Now leave. We need some time alone."
The dragon bows. "Yes, your majesty."
The dragon soldier leaves the throne room while other dragons turn to leave one by one. The blue dragon sits down and huffs. "Why did our daughter get captured so easily? Do you have any idea how to track the kidnapper, Leafy?"
The light green dragon shakes her head. "Looks like she failed her mission... or the intruder is too strong for her. I wonder if her lover will come to find her?"
The blue dragon quickly turns to Leafy. "What do you mean? Since when has she had a mate?"
"Honestly, I don't know if that is her lover or her hate." Leafy takes the paper. "Yesterday, I checked her room and saw that she stuck a lot of spears to a certain purple dragon."
"Love through fighting? I doubt that she would like us when we were young."
"Oh, little Frost Ice. I didn't do that to you. Still, that name is funny."
Frost Ice huffs and turns away. "Do you have any idea?"
Leafy hugs him from behind and whispers. "I have no idea but if she manages to get back, you have to say sorry to her."
"I promise." Frost Ice taps his throne. "Plus, this is a good way to have more experiments outside. She has been inside this cave too long."
"By who?"
"All right, all right. My fault, okay. I just worry about her when she gets hurt. Let me try to find her." Frost Ice wears his armor. "Let's see who this purple dragon is?"
The dark blue dragon is going to leave the throne room but Leafy asks. "Then... where will you find her?" Frost Ice stops and kneels. Leafy glares at him. "You and our daughter are the same."
"I am not going to skip work, okay?"
Leafy is going to growl at him but a dark ball is floating around in the room. Leafy is quickly hidden behind the pole. The dark ball disappears and a letter is dropped from it. Frost Ice enrolls the letter and reads.
Dear King of the ice dragon
My name is Diana. I can call myself a mind controller. Your daughter is inside my paws and I am brainwashing your daughter. Honestly, she will be a good guardian of mine so I decide to kidnap her. You got one hour to find your daughter, or else your daughter is going to be my guardian for a long time until I complete my quest.
P/S: Since I am a generous cat, I will give you a note: I am currently on an airship on the Crystal Empire. Wish you the best.
Your faithful cat
Diana
Frost Ice throws the paper on the ground and punches the wall. His wife, Leafy, picks up the letter ip and reads it. She is shocked when their daughter is going to be brainwashed. "What are they going to do with our daughter?"
"I think this one is taunting us." Frost Ice grits his teeth. "Whoever this one. He or she will get in a lot of trouble."
"Weird. Why didn't they pick our son to be their guardian?" Leafy puts the paper down. "I think this cat is planning something big."
Frost Ice leaves the room and announces to his soldier. "Bring the prince here. We have an emergency."
The soldiers run to the training room to prepare for anything that happens.
Icey is trying to stab the swordsman but his leg steps on the ice spear. The blue dragon jumps back and creates ice spikes around her claw, then she rushes at the swordsman. Matt is trying to slash her with his broadsword but the blue dragon jumps on it and jumps on his head, then spins around and throws the ice spikes at him. The swordsman quickly plugs his sword into the ground to block them.
When the duo looks at each other, many small swords are dropped on the ice dragon. Icey looks up and sees many small swords dropping on her. One of them has already stabbed her tail, preventing her from moving. The blue dragon is raising her claw but Matt's sword is already near her neck.
Matt huffs. "If you think you are going to cut your tail and go escape, think again."
"I lost. Just a good sparring." Icey pulls the sword out. "My tail can recover quickly so I don't mind."
"Look like someone losing." Diana lies on the table. "I am waiting for your dad's response. Maybe we will lose a day."
Icey sits on the table. "But what are you planning?"
"Secret. All you have to do is your acting." Diana grins. "I am the evil cat who is trying to brainwash you here."
"Wow, good liar." Icey rolls her eyes and points at the orange dragon. "Anyway, who is this dragon? I have never seen such a dragon with so much magical power."
Diana shakes her head. "Still a secret. This dragon is losing her memory and we are on a quest to gather them."
"Okay... but she has a lot of mana leaking out there."
"I hate that dragon." Diana huffs. "Oh right, prepare for a plan. Now."
Icey faceclaws as she finds herself to be a weird group. She hopes that this group is good enough for her to put her trust in.