Our sextet - accompanied by Suri Polomare, Coco Pommel and Superintendent Chrysalis - had different emotions but mostly they all showed astonishment at seeing that being.
Winter now shows completely white skin, indistinguishable from the snow itself. The almost spiral-shaped marks that run through his body are displayed.
His eyes are just a semi-crystalline blue glow, and his face only shows coldness and anger.
For a minute, none of the presents says anything. It’s Indigo Zap who makes the first comment.
“Well, the albino fused with the ice lady… how unoriginal.”
“Who cares?!” Lemon Zest exclaims and jumps ahead of the rest. “Hey Wint! Special delivery for you!”
Anticipating what is coming, all the ladies rush to cover their ears, and it only takes a breath of air for Lemon to let out a scream.
Although the now Windigo-human hybrid greets her, he only covers himself by grunting a bit. Pointing his fingers like a gun shoots a white beam right into Lemon’s open mouth.
The next thing seen is the green-haired girl kneeling on the ground, holding her throat with both hands.
The Sunset Among Shadows shout her name as they approach her. Lemon takes a breath, squeezes her neck and coughs, but it’s a dry, dull cough. Her voice is so low that it isn’t even a whisper.
“… my throat…”
Rough and cold, that’s how she sounds. Lemon can’t say anything else.
Those present are scared and worried, altough Indigo is furious. The athlete teen stands up, moving ahead of the group.
“I won’t go around with any more jokes. Now I’m serious!”
She puts her palms together and rubs them together furiously. Immediately her body is covered in electricity, even her hair stands on end. Just by moving her arms back, electricity reaches her fists and then stretches out her arms shooting various bolts. Small but numerous lightning bolts rush towards Winter, tough are stopped by a sort of ice shield, formed from the wrist of the transformed boy in the form of thorns.
Upon hitting the shield, the lightning bolts completely shatter it. However, Winter manages to block them all before his defense completely falls apart.
Indigo growls, and is about to attack again by high-fiving him.
The hybrid leans slightly and blows. This forms a torrent of light wind that produces a mist filled with moisture.
As soon as the mist hits the girl, her body gets wet from it causing her electricity to go haywire and damage herself.
Indigo Zap lets out a cry of pain before falling to the ground. Her friends call out her name with concern.
Twilight and Sonata stay with Lemon while Sunset and Sunny go with the one with googles.
Now it’s Sunny Flare who gets angry. Standing, back straight, her hands ignite with her magenta fire.
“Enough of delicacies!”
In a gesture contrary to her refined demeanor Sunny snarls, she clenches her teeth and fists. The flames in her hands grow beyond her arms until they cross her back increasing in intensity.
She wastes no time and unleashes an intense blast of fire at the hybrid.
On his part, Winter imitates the girl by covering his arms in cold air, and after extending them sends his own blast of cold that hits the flames.
Sunny and Winter’s powers collide, but soon the cold air overcomes the flames. Sunny is horrified to see the wind and ice closing in, finally engulfing her.
The flames die down, her skin pales, her clothes are covered in frost. Sunny trembles, falls to her knees hugging herself shivering with cold.
“Sunny Flare!!”
Sunset wants to get up. She hesitates for a moment looking at Indigo, but decides to run towards Sunny.
“Sunny! Are you…?”
Sunny looks at her pale, trembling hands. She closes them and small embers are seen coming out of her palms, although there are no flames.
“…I’m cold…” Sunny hugs herself again, curling up into a ball trying to keep her warm.
“~It seems your friends can’t take the cold, Sunset Shimmer.~”
Winter speaks in a mocking tone forming a smile. Distraught, Sunset sees how Superintendent Chrysalis had approached Twilight to help Lemon Zest while Sonata, Suri and Coco help Indigo – who appears to be suffering from cramps – to stay on her feet.
The Equestrian looks at Sunny Flare, holding her tight. She finally looks up at Winter with an angry glare.
“Winter, you bastard!!” She exclaims out loud.
“~It’s their fault for getting in my way,~” the hybrid Windigo replies. “~Just like you did.~”
He says this last sentence in an extremely cold voice, making Sunset even angrier and getting up. But before she can take another step, an arm reaches out in front of her, stopping Sunset.
It’s Sonata Dusk, who contrary to her normal personality, her face reflects a deep seriousness.
Sunset is surprised to see such an expression on her. Sonata just looks at Winter, who looks back with a confident smile.
The Siren gets angry, her expression shows it, and with a scream of anger her whole body lights up. That aureal creature from a few moments ago becomes present again coming out of Sonata. Her body relaxes and falls, but Sunset manages to catch her and gently lower her to the ground. She then looks up to see her friend, now a disembodied creature, floating near her.
The Aural Siren looks at her fiery-haired friend, sings a soft tune, then turns to face the enemy.
Winter erases his smile, waving his hand inviting the Siren to attack. Sonata doesn’t disappoint him; With a fierce countenance and a chant that simulates an apparent roar, she rushes towards him.
The albino being jumps moving through the air, the Dazzling follows him and ‘roars’ shaking the air. Winter blasts balls of icy energy at the Aural Siren, who dodges with agility and speed.
Chrysalis and Twilight help Lemon while Suri and Coco allow Indigo to lean on them to walk. They approach Sunny and Sunset to see their Siren friend going after her opponent.
As Sonata Dusk chases the now hybrid creature, the other Windigos are quickly seen flying behind her.
“Sonata, watch out!” Sunset screams.
Hearing the warning, Sonata turns her head noticing how the Windigos are approaching from behind her. She snarls at them as they howl, creating an icy torrent that hits the Siren. The attack affects her, but she resists it, shaking off and flying out of the torrent. A harmonious as well as powerful song that serves as its roar shakes the Windigos out of its way.
However, Winter takes advantage of the distraction by standing right behind her. He clasps his hands together and throws a bolt of ice at Sonata.
The girls scream her name, even Lemon tries to find her voice wanting to say Sonata’s name. The Siren is thrown and crashes to the ground, the frozen beam still impacting her.
Soon the group of Windigos come together to throw their energies at the Siren.
A cluster of ice pillars forms on the spot, which soon break apart in a sort of explosion. A cloud of mist and frost rises, the ladies must take cover before a slight shock wave. The next thing they see is a large crater in the ground, covered in thin ice, and the Aural Siren lying in the center.
They all shout the name of the Dazzling. Sunset goes with her and slides a little on the ice of the crater to where her friend is.
“Sonata…Sonata!”
The Siren lets out a sound, her tiredness is noticeable.
Sunset looks at her in horror and despair before realizing Winter towers over them, his glowing hand raised ready to strike. Instantly the fire-haired teen is on her feet, extending her arms to her sides protectively.
“~Hahahaha! Are you going to protect her? Do you really think you can do it?~”
“If you want to hurt my friends, you’ll have to do it over my dead body.” Sunset’s voice shows no fear, only determination. Winter just smiles.
“~I like the offer.~”
The energy in his hand glows brighter.
The others are terrified. Indigo tries to run, but her leg gives out. Lemon wants to go until Crysalis stops her and although Sunny tries to get up, her body is too cold to move.
Sunset panics yet she won’t give up; she will use her body to defend her friend if necessary. Sonata, seeing her, tries to get up to help Sunset without any success.
The frost ghosts begin to laugh. Their teasing creates a small echo in the surroundings.
Winter still has his hand up. However, and for the surprise of all present, he lowers it turning off the glow of his magic.
“~On second thought, freezing yourself won’t be enough. No. I want you to pay for everything you’ve done to us~.”
For a fraction of seconds, in the last part of the sentence, Hyberna’s voice could be heard next to Winter’s.
The hybrid descends at high speed sending a punch with his fist. Sunset notices it and covers herself with her arms, but the attack sends her backwards, tripping over Sonata and falling to the ground. The ice makes her slide.
Sonata trembles and tries to get up, although she collapses again.
Winter lunges once more, grabbing Sunset by her shirt and punching her across the face, repeating the action several times backing up at the same time. Finally Winter gives her another blow to get her out of that crater and onto the ground.
Her friends, still reeling from what happened earlier, can’t get close to her.
Chrysalis looks at everything with a serious and calm face, however in her hands and legs a tremor is noticeable with each blow that Sunset is dealt.
Suri is on the verge of tears and Coco doesn’t look better. Both are terrified by the appalling spectacle.
Twilight is the most affected of the group seeing how her best friend is attacked, and seeing her other friends hurt and desperate. That scenario terrifies her, it hurts her chest. At her feet, the ice begins to form on its own.
“Twilight!”
The purple haired girl is surprised. Turning her head, she sees her puppy running towards her.
“Spike!”
“Twilight! I’ve seen everything! We must help Sunset!”
“…We can’t…the Windigos…Winter…”
The evil spirits can be seen flying over the area, enjoying the merciless beat down of seeing the Equestrian girl get beaten up by their remarkable leader.
“But Twilight…they’re massacring her! Sunset needs help!”
“…but…everyone is injured…”
“Then you must go! Do that levitating thing!”
“What?! No! I can’t…! I don’t know how to do that…”
Spike looks almost desperately at his owner, then he frowns. “Then I’ll go!”
Looking at Winter, the pup crouches and growls before leaping forward.
“Hey you! Leave her alone or else I’ll bite off your face!”
“Spike, NO!”
Twilight catches her puppy holding him in her arms. The little dog barks and trembles, wanting to break free.
“Spike, he’s too strong! You can’t do anything!”
“I’m don’t care! Sunset is my friend!”
While the dog barks and squirms, Twilight watches as Winter continues to hurt her best friend. Tears fall from her eyes…
“Twilight! Let me go!”
“…Spike…it’s too much for you…and you’re just a pup…”
“It doesn’t matter! I want to help her!...”
Tears also escapes from the puppy’s eyes as he watches Sunset, who is now lying on the ground looking knocked out.
“I love Sunset… I love you all! You are my friends!”
The puppy’s words reach Twilight and cause her to meditate.
… I love you all!… I love you all!…
Twilight’s hug tightens, her tears fall but she holds them back, narrowing her eyes and gritting her teeth.
Back in the fight, Sunset lies unconscious on the ground, Winter only limits himself to watching her with a mocking smile.
The hybrid Windigo looks at his foe. “~Pathetic! You don’t look strong or confident anymore.~”
Sunset’s eyes widen, they are dull green orbs. She doesn’t seem really aware.
“~You gave us a lot of trouble, but now you look so insignificant. We almost feel like you’re not worth killing…~”
Despite his words, the hybrid raises his hand in preparation to attack.
“…~Still, we won’t risk letting you alive.~”
About to deliver the coup de grace he hears a loud sound from behind. Turning around Winter White Third sees what appears to be a log flying towards him.
The hybrid narrowly dodges the ‘projectile’; looking in the distance, he finds out it was a frozen piece of firewood. Winter spins around again and notices more logs flying towards him.
He creates two ‘shields’ made of ice on his arms to stop the logs, though the force eventually breaks the ice.
Peering closer, Winter finds Twilight with her arms raised and several logs wrapped in a purple aura around her.
The girl with glasses takes a moment, observing the being. She breathes a little hard, and frowning, she moves her arms forward throwing all the logs.
The hybrid snarls, raising his hands into a wall of ice in front of it. The logs collide, falling apart due the impact, though they succeed by breaking through the ice shield.
Winter gets angry, destroy what’s left of the wall by himself and sends an ice beam at Twilight. She detects it in time; she hastily looks to her side, noticing a camp table. Her aura envelops the object and carries it in front of her, serving as protection. The table ends up freezing, breaking a bit, and finally falls to the ground.
Indigo smiles as she watches her friend. “Wow Sparks! That was awesome, for an egghead.”
All of her friends smiles at Indigo, which makes Twilight smile and gain confidence. She picks up that table again, even though she seems to be having a hard time, and immediately throws it at Winter.
The Windigo boy sees the projectile fly towards him, gets mad and shoots another beam freezing the table to practically ice, causing it to break.
“~KILL HER!!~”
Some Windigos obey the order by flying towards the scientific one. Twilight looks for something to protect herself with, but she can’t make out anything.
However, being very close to her, a silhouette appears in front of the scientist that throws accurate kicks to each ghost. The force of its blows sends the specters flying several meters.
“Sparkle, if you’re not going to hit at least move!”
“Lightning Dust?”
The blonde athlete stands in front of Twilight without taking her glare out from the Windigos.
Winter shakes off in anger. “~How many fucking humans are going to come try to stop us?!~”
Lightning is more than ready for combat, however her eyes show insecurity. “If anyone has a plan, I’m all ears.”
Indigo manages to stabilize herself and looks down at her arms, charged with electricity.
“I’m not dry, but I can act.”
Sunny looks at her hands, she manages to produce flames in her palms even though they are very small.
“…I s-still…a-am cold…I c-can’t…”
Lemon sees Sunny and approaches her.
“…Sunny…my throat…”
Her voice is still scratchy and weak. Despite that, Sunny understands what she is saying; she puts her hands around the rocker’s neck trying to warm her palms.
“…Just don’t cover me in flames…” Lemon allowed herself a small joke.
Sunny just smiles at her. “… I’ll try…”
Winter explodes with rage when he sees them. “~Kill them! Kill them!! KILL THEM ALL!!!~”
The Windigos go on the attack. Indigo charges her arms with electricity, grimaces and grunts in pain, but resists and fires the beam at them. On her part, Lightning runs, punches, and kicks those who come near her.
Lemon Zest feels her throat improve, she removes her hands from Sunny and stands up.
“I’m better now, try to rest.” Her voice is clearer, though still soft. Still she stands up, takes a breath and exhales her cry.
The scream is weaker, though it is enough to slow the ghosts’ advance and prevent them from crowding in.
Lemon needs to stop, take a breath, come back up for air, and scream.
Indigo begins to feel pain. Little by little the electricity is leaving her body, revealing cuts on the arms from which threads of blood come out.
“Twilight!” Shouts Indigo. “Take Sonata away, make her return to her body or whatever!”
The scientist doesn’t object, nods and focuses on the inert body of the blue-haired young woman who is surrounded by her purple aura and levitates her.
Chrysalis takes the younger girls and talks to them. “We have to go, don’t get separated!”
The woman orders and everyone obeys. Indigo and Lemon fight to keep the Windigos away, the ones that manage to advance are stopped by Lightning and Superintendent Chrysalis.
Winter watches everything from a distance, hovering near Sunset, still lying on the ground.
“~Grrr… humans, they are so stubborn!~”
Sunset’s face is turned in that direction, her still opaque eyes dimly reflecting the image of her friends being attacked.
In the crater, the Aural Siren manages to get up, hears her name being called and sees her friends at the edge of the crater. She goes towards them, returning to her human body taking a deep breath when she wakes up.
“Girls!!... Wow, I’m floating.”
She turns around and shakes a little, seeing herself not touching the ground. Twilight lowers her and they all reunite.
Indigo Zap and Lemon Zest are already very tired, they both have to stop and catch their breath. Sunny Flare stops shaking, but her flames are still not strong enough to counterattack or defend.
Sonata closes her eyes, compresses herself, and makes an effort to transform.
“Gah! I can no longer become a flying Siren…”
Lightning Dust takes the floor. “Okay, does anyone else have a plan that doesn’t involve freezing to death?”
The Windigos approach menacingly but stops, instead making way for their leader.
“~If you had stayed on the sidelines, you would have lived to be food for us.~” The voice duo of Winter and Hyberna speak. “~But you all turned out to be a real nuisance.~”
Not only him, the Windigos around also prepare ice beams to shoot at them.
Among all the teenagers, the emotions they feel at this moment are mixed. Fear, anger, despair and decision.
Sticking together, they join hands and get as close as they can.
All this is what is reflected in Sunset’s opaque eyes, while she is still on the ground. A part of her mind seems to react, looking at her friends.
Twilight… Sunny… Lemon… Indigo… Sonata…
“~Pray everything you know, because you are leaving here as corpses!~”
With Winter about to fire, and his Windigos ready to imitate him, suddenly something happens. Something crosses through the camp.
Like a wave, a strange yet comfortable sensation runs through the ground and air.
Our group sense it too. That feeling spreads throughout the camp, and even through the forest.
~Shadows Among Everfree~
Sunset Shimmer stands hunched forward with her arms drooping along with her head. Her hair completely covers her face.
Winter turns his head to see her. “~Can you still get up?...You’re worse than a hernia.~”
Sunset doesn’t speak or move, she just stays in that position.
“~I see you’re anxious for me to get rid of you~”
Closing his fist, he covers them with ice forming spikes. Sunset continues without any reaction.
“~Very well then. I will fulfill your wish.~”
With his fist raised, Winter flies towards Sunset, extending his arm. The fist goes straight towards the girl, about to hit her, but to Winter’s surprise, Sunset’s head tilts to one side, thus dodging his blow which grazed her just inches from her cheek.
As if in slow motion, Winter misses the attack, Sunset’s head moves, her hair flutters from the movement, and quickly as suddenly Sunset’s arm rises, bending her elbow in an almost mechanical manner, landing a blow to the hybrid’s face.
Winter recoils from the impact, destabilizes, but Sunset doesn’t let him fall. Quickly spinning on herself, she sends a kick straight to the hybrid’chests with a force that makes Winter move back a few meters, making him fall back even more.
As Winter recovers, Sunset’s friends stand still in surprise at her moves. The Windigos are equally amazed.
When the hybrid leader looks up sees the young Equestrian standing with an upright posture, only her head lowered while her hair covering her eyes. But when she raises her face, he sees that Sunset’s eyes had turned almost pale to silver.
“~What… but… WHAT?!!~”
That platinum look is on the winter being, without noticing how a group of Windigos attacks from behind.
Hardly anyone notices when Sunset raises and crosses her arms, thus catching two Windigo’s arms and wrist them in each hand. With a single movement of her arms, flings the ghosts to opposite sides, using them to slam those further back.
Winter stands up, too surprised. More Windigos approach, ready to launch their lightning bolts and shoot, however Sunset doesn’t flinch. Instead, she starts walking towards the leader; the icy energy of the Windigos impact behind Sunset without touching her.
One of the bolts seems to be about to hit her, but Sunset raises her hand, stopping it.
Winter gets angry. He lunges at Sunset to attack her, but again she steps back, moves to the side, avoids his blow and with a quick spin, lands one of her own against him. She punches Winter in the area just below the ribs immobilizing him long enough for her to land another blow, this time to his face. From there she starts to send more blows and kicks to his face, chest, stomach; and every time Winter tries to counterattack, Sunset hits his wrists and knees, thus stopping all his movements.
At some point in the match she fiercely grabs Winter by the face, picking him up and then slamming the Windigo hybrid to the ground. Such an impact renders him immobile, Sunset entwines her fingers, ready to hit Winter with both hands. He barely manages to get away from the danger avoiding said attack.
Sunset’s eyes don’t leave his. Winter rises back into the air, surprised and angry, looking at the teenager.
“~KILL HER…KILL HER!...KILL HER!!~” The hybrid Windigo commanded, echoing the voices of his two inner selves.
A huge white curtain moves across the sky. It’s the Windigos who launches at the same time against the Equestrian girl.
From a distance, her friends watch Sunset Shimmer dodge the constant attacks of the ice creatures. She jumps, moves, she even hits several of them.
“What… what is happening…?” Twilight asks when she sees her.
“Sun-Shim is… is winning…” Lemon Zest says in disbelief. “…Sun-Shim is winning!!” She exclaims with great emotion.
Lightning is as surprised as she is intrigued. “When did she learn to do all that?”
None seem to have an answer.
In addition to blows, the Windigos attack with their ice bolts, but none hit. A beam comes from behind; Sunset lifts her arm moving slightly, dodges it, then jumps leaning to the opposite side, dodging two Windigos head on. She throws her head back, avoids one from the side, and after that she spins around. Stretching out her leg, raising her fist, and swinging her other arm like a pendulum she delivers multiple strikes on several Windigos at once.
Indigo watches the fight seriously. “…I’ve already seen it…”
They all turn to look at her when she speaks.
“What do you mean?” Twilight asks.
“I’ve seen it… back then, when Sunset hit Lightning.”
Lightning rolls her eyes in annoyance. “Urgh! Did you have to take that out now?”
“Sunset told me at that moment she didn’t wanted to hit Lightning, her body reacted in own defense without doing it. It’s something you learn when you have to fight a lot.”
They pause as they watch Sunset keep battling, avoiding and blocking blows as well ice bolts.
“And now, it’s like Sunset’s body is reacting out of sheer inertia.”
The girls, as well as the adult woman and the small dog, are still in awe watching Sunset in battle.
The Windigos get tired of the direct attack, instead they decide to fly in circles at high speed to create a kind of ice vortex. The ground where Sunset stands begins to freeze, yet she remains motionless, unperturbed by wind or cold. The ice stops around Sunset, without touching her no matter how cold it gets.
Winter realices this. He snarls, his fists tremble, and grits his teeth in anger.
“~How?…Sunset Shimmer…how can you resist our power?!~”
Spike begins to wag his tail happily.
“It’s what she did before!” The pup exclaims in joy, wagging his tail as he watches her. Of course he wins all the girls’ interest.
“What are you talking about, Spike?” Asks his owner.
“Like in the cave!” Explains the puppy. “When she was frozen, Sunset said she remembered her loved ones and that took away their power from her.”
Such a thing makes the Shadowbolts remember the night of the campfire stories, how Sunset had taught them that.
“… ‘Keep your friends, your families, your loved ones close’…” Twilight begins to recite.
Sunny follows her. “…’ And always remember how much you love them and how much they mean to you…’”
Sonata continues. “… ’As long as hearts burn in the fire of that affection…’”
“…’the Windigo will have no power!’” Lemon finishes it. “It’s like her story!”
The leader of the Windigos is exceeding the limits of his rage.
“~ENOUGH!! WE WAIT CENTURIES FOR THIS… YOU WON’T STOP US NOW!!!~” He exclaims extremely angry and desperate.
The marks on his body and eyes glow with intensity. An icy aura covers him just as the air around him.
The eyes of all the Windigos gleam, their bodies glow, and soon they turn into lightning bolts heading towards their leader.
Winter’s and Hyberna’s screams are heard, along with a resounding Windigo howl. The storm stops, allowing everyone to see towards the light that had formed.
Hyberna’s image overlaps Winter’s, growing and transforming, becoming much more monstrous.
A gigantic, almost non-human creature made of ice, with no legs, hovers over the camp.
On the ground, Sunset leads her impassive gaze towards that being.
A ferocious roar echoes over the camp. Cadence, Gloriosa and all the campers see it clearly.
Our group fears for Sunset. They are attentive, still remembering the words their friend spoke to them.
The ice being releases a icy breath of snow, frost, and cold directly at the exequine.
Sunset remains impassive, she sees the icy gale heading straight for her, yet she doesn’t move. Sunset remains in her place, the image of her friends from Crystal Prep is reflected in her head. Her breath freezes right in front of her, her eyes lose the silver shine back to her original cyan tone.
Arms crossed, Sunset holds on with some help. Twilight, Sunny, Sonata, Indigo, and Lemon stay behind Sunset, hugging her and each other, forming an invisible bubble that protects them from the cold.
The icy being forces it’s attack, but the teenagers don’t give up. Each one keeps in their minds all the memories lived together since they became friends. Sunset Shimmer steps forward and extends both hands. Sunny Flare and Twilight Sparkle put theirs on top of hers; Indigo Zap, Sonata Dusk, and Lemon Zest do the same with the other hand.
A glow arises in front of all of them. With a shared cry, they create an explosion of light forming a large heart that bursts into flames.
Before anyone could know it, the ice being is pushed away by another: an energy creature in the form of a winged horse, with a mane and wings of flame that glow red and gold. The horn on the horse’s forehead burrows into the chest of the ice beast emitting a burst of fire-like light, which grows and drags the monstrous Windigo upwards.
The winter beast dissolves until only the pale boy remains, who is separated from the Windigo and both are engulfed in those flames.
The burst of light hits the dark clouds. A spectacular explosion of light occurs… and then… silence…
~Shadows Among Everfree~
The sun shines… blue reigns high in the sky. All the ice melts, the forest recovers its green color. Camp Everfree gets its heat back.
For a moment all is silent. Only the breathing of the six girls can be heard. All of them catch their breath with their eyes still up where they had seen that ghostly being.
The fire haired girl lowers her arms, bends her legs a little, holds on to her knees so as not to fall. Her classmates don’t look much better than her since they look too tired.
Lemon is the first to ask the million dollar question. “…We-… we won?…”
The girls can’t answer immediately.
When the ice in the cabins melts, the other campers can come out and see the calm of the place. There is no snow, there is no wind, there is no ice… it is a genuine summer day.
Soon the place is filled with smiles, then laughter, followed by shouts and even applause. The next thing they see is pretty much the entire camp running towards our girls.
“I think… I think we won…. WE WON!!” Indigo exclaims triumphantly.
They smile among themselves, and laugh even more when they are reached and lifted up by all the campers, celebrating them.
As the group is greeted with chants, Chrysalis smiles and finally allows herself to relax.
“Chrysie!!!”
The prep’s dean runs up to her emerald-haired acquaintance and wasted no time in wrapping her in a big hug.
“…Chrysie!”
Chrysalis can’t help but smile as she hugs her back. “…Hi Cadence.”
“I was scared… I thought… I thought something would happen to you… that something would happen to everyone…”
“Hey, it’s alright. I’m… we’re fine.”
They both hold that hug for a moment, before breaking it. They look at each other smiling, and then at the teens who continue to celebrate.
Finally the girls come down, who continue to smile, and after looking at each other, they give each other a group hug.
Spike also joins in the celebration. “Those are my girls! Woo-hoo!”
Neon Lights turns around in surprise. “Did that dog just talk? Whoa. Weird.”
“Seriously? The talking dog is a weird thing about all this?” ‘The talking dog’ says ironically.
The head of the camp makes her way through everyone, with a look of astonishment and raising her hands.
“Calm now! Relax! Is everyone alright?!” Gloriosa Daisy asks. “Wow… that was all… I… I don’t even know what that was all about!”
“Gloriosa, are you alright?” Sunset asks.
“Yes I’m fine. Are you- GA-AH!! You’re bleeding!” Gloriosa screams when she sees Indigo’s arm.
“Huh? Oh, yeah, I think I got a few cuts. It’s not a big deal.”
“Oh dear… all that… I don’t… you don’t know how sorry I am…” The camp’s head offered her apology.
The superintendent takes the floor. “It wasn’t your fault, Gloriosa. I believe Camp Everfree suffered an unprecedented threat.”
“…Which is my fault.” Says Sunset looking down. “…the Windigos came here for me…I put everyone in danger. I’m so sorry.”
Sonata hugs Sunset and smiles.
“Sunsite, it’s not your fault!”
“Well, actually it was…” Lemon Zest replies, then immediately backs down as she sees the reproachful glances of her friends cast on her. “…but you fought to save us! And that is what counts.”
A new group hug is established, which allows the former unicorn to smile.
The puppy wags its tail, however he wipes his smile away as he looks up at the sky.
“Look! Up there!”
Everyone present raises their eyes. For a moment there is nothing, but soon they can see small white dots adorning the blue color. A few seconds later, these dots are better distinguished. It’s the Windigos, and they’re taking a nosedive!
The young people of the place move, avoiding the ice ghosts falling on them. The Windigos fall and crash on the ground, or on top of the cabins, and basically everywhere. Luckily they don’t cause damage, nothing breaks under them, tough the hit affects them.
One more dot is seen to fall. This is Winter, who is unconscious and with his clothes quite damaged, leaving only his torn pants covering him. He is about to fall to the ground, but Twilight’s purple aura stops him, saving the boy from crashing.
Sunset smiles at her friend and the scientist smiles back.
For a moment all is silent. Everyone looks at the Windigos nearby, they are motionless on the ground.
Clear Sky speaks suddenly. “Are they dead?”
Sunshower asks another question. “Can a ghost die?”
The answer comes after a few seconds when the specters of Equestria begin to move. Some get up, albeit with difficulty.
The campers get scared and move as far away as they can.
Our group is no exception, although soon they all frown. They seem ready to defend themselves.
Sunset, in particular, looks around her and manages to find what she’s looking for: a pair of blue splotches on a white body.
Hyberna reacts, struggles to straighten up. She sees someone stop in front of her. Looking up meets Sunset, who looks at her seriously, almost coldly.
The Windigo growls, though she can’t get up. Sunset continues to look at her, and Hyberna realices her peers are in the same condition as her.
Other windigos are also confronted by the rest of the girls, and without being able to do anything else, many stands up wanting to get away from the place.
Hyberna and Sunset exchange glances, one serious, the other frustrated. In the end, Hyberna also rushes away from the camp.
“Where do you think you’re going, you damn walking snow cones?”
The googled athlete prepares to charge her electricity, but…
“Leave them.” Sunset declares.
Shocked, the Shadowbolts look at Sunset who only watches the Windigos leave. On the other hand, the Windigos that move away lose their opaque appearance. Gradually they become translucent.
“But why?” Asks Sunny Flare.
“They feed on hate,” Sunset explains. “We musn’t feed them.”
The receding Windigos begin to fade, disappearing. Hyberna turns around, with a look full of annoyance she looks at Sunset.
“They’re just ghosts now.”
The female Windigo growls, however she does nothing more except turn and walk away, vanishing into thin air. With this, all the Windigos disappear and the entire environment falls silent once more.
That is until Winter wakes up realizing he is face down and floating inches off the ground.
“Hey!... But what?!”
The awakening causes everyone to see him and approach him. On his part, Winter is agitated and tries to free himself from the energy that sustains him.
“Put me down! I DEMAND YOU PUT ME DOWN!”
The aura disappears, he looks up which from his perspective is on the ground, and trembles again.
“I take back what I said!!”
Winter White falls and hits his head with his whole body falling to the ground. When he manages to react to the crash, sees the girls surrounding him with serious looks. That makes him nervous and terrified.
“Hyberna… Hyberna!…Guys?…Anyone…?”
“You’re not so tough anymore being alone, right albino?” The athlete scoffs.
“LYNCH HIM!!”
Sonata is the first to follow the indication by throwing herself on the boy, then Lemon goes and Indigo is not left with the desire. The three give a punishment to Winter and apprehend him. Cadence and Chrysalis get closer.
“Winter White the Third!” Dean Cadence exclaims in an authoritative voice. “So you are the one responsible for this! You’ve been missing for months. Your parents have been looking for you! And now you come and try to hurt your classmates and destroy the camp?!”
Winter, trapped by the girls, looks defeated though defiant. “Urgh…it’s Shimmer’s fault! Hers and her miserable bootlickers she calls friends!”
Chrysalis decides to speak. “Well, I’m sure your father and the authorities will be delighted to know that we found you, and that you carried out an attack on the camp.”
“Grrr… I would have gotten away with it if it weren’t for those meddling girls!”
“Whoof!”
“Oh, right… and that stupid dog too!”
The superintendent takes Winter White by the arm and leads him away.
“Gloriosa, please come with me. We will have plenty to discuss with the authorities.”
Gloriosa Daisy looks a bit surprised, but she agrees. “Huh? Yes, of course! Um… Timber! Please take care of the guys.”
“Roger.” Her brother agrees.
The two women take the young man away. As they walk, they talk lightly about what they will tell the police. Timber then approaches the girls.
“Well, that was something unique. Twilight, you and your friends are awesome!”
“Heh heh. Yeah, I have the best friends in the world!”
Cadence joins the conversation. “And me, the best school I could wish for. I am proud of all of them! From EVERYONE!”
There is more celebration and applause. Especially dedicated to the six friends.
Lemon Zest lifts her arm up happily. “YEAH! We saved the camp!”
Although the whole place can be seen, there’s also the damage caused by the winter and the battle. A flag from one of the cabins falls down.
“… Well, almost.”