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// 29.  #PuddingHero 
// Story: Ciderfest BOAS APP Stories: 86?! 
// by Janicethelight 
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Story
Blistering winds wrap around you as you track through feet of snow. You squint through the blinding white skies blinking the frozen shards out of your eyes. Through the howling winds, you barely make out sobs.

You follow the sound to a cave covered in ice. Five ponies stand frozen, anger and resentment permanently stuck on their features in their icy prison. One pony miraculously seems untouched: Chancellor Puddinghead. She sniffles as you come closer. She turns to see you and sighs, "I keep trying and I fail…every time. I've changed it again and again and again and every time-" She looks at the three original saviors: Clover the Clever, Private Pansy, and Smart Cookie. 

"Why are you trying to change it in the first place?" You ask.

"At first, I loved the feeling of unity we had, but then everypony talked about what happened and now" Pudding Head scrunches up her face, kicking snow back into the blizzard outside the cave "…now I'm seen as the stupid Chancellor…the numb skull…and nothing really changed. Unicorns and pegasi still think that they're better than us…that we aren't as valuable to ponykind because they think we don't have magic."

"What do you mean?" You wonder.

"The truth is ours is a magic that can't be seen. We may not fly with wings or show sparks in horns, but it's only because of earth pony magic that we can survive! Our strength can till the land, and our earth magic helps things grow." She huffs, taking a moment to let out a frustrated sigh that slowly turns sad.

"Yet, here we are, always the least favorite race of ponies. We needed this win so that, for once, every pony would see the value of the earth ponies. They could see that you don't need to have wings or horns to be a hero!"

You sit down beside her, looking up at the snowy landscape just outside the ice covered cavern. "How would you do that?" 

"I don't know, okay! I told you, every time I try to be the hero, I mess up! I tried to go a different route, and the snow followed us. I tried to sing the hearth's warming carols the whole way there but Smart Cookie thought I was just making a racket because, apparently I'm tone deaf. I've even tried being friendly to those two and they thought I was making fun of them!" She growls, pointing to Commander Hurricane and Princess Platinum. She huffs, and grunts for a bit longer before hanging her head, "Maybe they're right. I can't think of any way to stop this snow from coming because I am a numbskull."

"No you're not." You give Puddinghead a hug, "sometimes, you just need a helping hoof!"

She looks up to you, "Maybe you can help me. Help me get this right so that Earth ponies can be the heroes…please?"

[CHOICE] 
What will you do?

> (Chaos) Help Chancellor Puddinghead 
> (Hero) Tell Puddinghead how important this day is for every pony


[ENDING A: CHAOS]
You look around at the frozen ponies as you think. You look back at Pudding head and say, "Let's go give the Earth ponies a day to shine!" You nod and you two talk for a bit, coming up with a plan. You two decide to find the fire breathing dragons. You know where the dragons are mostly seen thanks to the history books, and one interesting fact about dragon culture: if you save their life, they will forever be in your debt! So you watch and wait until you finally find a dragon being attacked by pegasi and you save it from being captured!

The dragon unhappily agrees to help and unfreezes the ponies with the fire, saving all of ponykind!

You see the world changing before your eyes as Earth ponies find more respect and dragons become heroes of ponies everywhere. Any time the snow starts again, the dragon flies up to battle the icy windigoes, along with other dragons who’ve heard of these fierce equine enemies that could make it too cold to hatch their eggs. 

(+1 page for Chaos)

[ENDING B: HERO]
You look around at the frozen ponies as you think. You look back at Pudding head and say,"This is a day for equality, Puddinghead! If you take that away, nothing will get better. If you want to change how you're seen, look forward, not back."

Puddinghead sighs, "You're right. I need to change myself, not history." An orange glow erupts and everything turns back to normal. "You can have this. I don't need it anymore." She hands you the page.

(+1 page for Heroes)