I wake up the next morning and walk out into the hall. I open the door to Ice's room and see him still sleeping in bed. He's actually pretty cute when he's sleeping, like a little kid. Don't get any ideas. I don't swing that way.
I go down stairs and into the kitchen to start making breakfast. 'Hmm, what to make?' I ask myself. 'Waffles? Toast? Chimicherrychongas sound good, but Ice probably won't want that. Guess I'll go with pancakes.' I make some batter and start cooking it over the stove.
After about twenty minutes, I finish cooking for Ice to come down stairs, still tired. "Morning." I greet him.
"Morning." he replies. He sits down and I place a plate of pancakes infront of him. "What is this?"
"Breakfast, duh!."
He rolls his eyes at me. "I know it's breakfast. What I meant was: why did you make me some?"
"I was making some for myself and decided to make you some while I was at it. You are my guest after all."
He looks at the plate once again and starts chowing down. "Thanks." he says with a full mouth.
"No problem."
He swallows everything in his mouth. "So, any plans for today? You did say I'm only here until you could figure out something else."
"Yeah, I need to go see Twilight about something."
"What about?"
"Oh, nothing you need to concern yourself with." unless Celestia decides to send the Royal Guard after you. Other than that, nothing at all.
We finish eating and head out towards Twilight's library. We soon arrive and Ice gives it a questioning look.
"She lives in a tree?"
"It's actually the town library. She runs it and lives in it."
He looks at me strangely. "They filled a giant tree with thousands of flameable and easy to burn books?"
"Yeah, don't think about it too much. It'll make your life easier."
"Alright. If you say so."
We approach the front door and knock. Spike answers the door to greet us. "Hey, Blue. Who's your friend?" he says looking at Ice.
"Oh, this is Ice. He's an old friend of mine who's staying with me while he's in town." I'm so good at lying it scares me.
"Oh, alright. Did you two need something?"
"Yeah, I need to see Twilight. Is she here?"
"Sure, let me get her for you." the purple dragon says, walking off to get Twilight.
Ice just sits there in surprise. "Was that a real dragon?" he asks me.
"Yep."
"And he lives here?"
"Yep. Like I said, don't think about it too much."
"Riiight."
Twilight walks up to the door to see us. "Hey, Blue, Ice." she says.
"Hey, Twilight." I say to her. "Hey, Ice?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you mind going inside? I need to talk to Twilight in private."
He looks at me suspiciously. "Alright." he walks inside and takes a seat.
"So, did you send the letter yet?" I ask Twilight.
"Yes."
"What did it say?" I hope it's not banishment. I hear the moon is cold as all hay. Then again, Ice may like that.
"Not much, just that the princess wants to see you and Ice."
"Why me?"
She shrugs. "I'm not sure, but a chariot will be by soon to get you both." she looks behind me to see something. "Oh, would you look at that. It's here."
I look behind myself to see that indeed the chariot along with some pegasus guard are there. "How did she know?" I ask in confusion.
"I have no idea how she does that." Twilight says in response.
"Well, guess we ought to get going." I walk inside to fetch Ice. "Ice, we gotta go."
He gets up and looks at me. "Where to?"
"We've been summoned to see the princess at her castle."
His pupils shrink at my response. "No way! I'm not going there!"
"Why not?"
He puts his head down. "I can't tell you."
I walk over to him and out a hoof on his sholder. "It'll be all right, buddy. I promise. " I say sympathetically.
He looks up at me. "Alright, I'll go."
I smile and lead him over to the chariot. We hop aboard and disembark to the royal palace.
After some time, we arrive just outside the castle's front door. We get off the chariot and walk up to the castle door. Dang, that thing is big.
"Halt! State your name and business!" a guard shouts at us. I think somepony's a little paranoid.
"I'm Blue Breeze, and this is Ice." I tell him "We were called here to see the princess."
"Ah, yes. We've been expecting you. Follow me, please." so he does have manners.
We follow the guard inside the palace. I whistle. "Man, this place sure is a beaut." I look over to Ice, him with an angry expression. "You okay, Ice?"
He snaps out of it. "O-Oh, yeah, I was just thinking."
I give him a suspicious look. "Alright." he's hiding something, and I'm gonna find out what.
We shortly arrive at the palace throne room. "Here they are, your highness." says the guard, giving the princess a bow.
"Thank you, captain. You may go." the princess tells him.
The guard nods and leaves the three of us alone. I bow to the princess. "It's an honor, your majesty."
"You are welcome, Blue Breeze." she turns to look at Ice. "Hello there, Ice."
Ice angrily grits his teeth. "Witch." he mutters.
Say what? I look back and forth between them. "Does somepony wanna explain what's going on?"
"Ice, would you like to tell him, or should I?" asks the princess.
I look to Ice. "I'll tell him." responds Ice angrily.
"Tell me what?"
He sighs. "You wanna know why I was in the forest last night?"
"Why?"
"I was running... running from my memories." I look at him in shock.
"Perhaps you should start from the beginning." Celestia says.
"Fine, but I warn you, Blue. You won't like what you hear."
In the past(WARNING! This backstory is quite dark. Also, this was all written by Ice. I had nothing to do with it.)
It was a day like any other in his home. His mom was cooking dinner and his dad had just gotten home from work.
“Hi, honey. I’m home” his dad said as he opened the door and walked in to kiss her.
“I thought you worked the nightshift.” she said as she continued cooking.
“Are you kicking me out?” he said.
“No, just curious.” she giggled.
“Well, if you must know, I got a promotion.” he said with a grin as she dropped her spatula and turned around. “Yes, I’m finally the manager of the el-“ he instinctively whipped his head to the little boy who was running down the stairs to meet his dad.
“DAD!” the boy exclaimed as he ran to his father’s embrace.
“And how’s my little po-dang boy, you are cold.” his dad said.
“What are you talking about-WOW” his mom exclaimed as she reached over the counter to touch the boy's forehead.
“Well, it's no wonder we call you Ice.” his dad joked.
“This is no laughing matter, we need to get him to the doctor.” she said, cleaning up the kitchen equipment.
“NO! I hate the doctor. He stabbed me with his needles last time I went there.” the boy said.
“No, you’re going, end of story.” she said with a little frustration in her voice.
“NO! NO! NO!” the boy said.
“Odd. Did it get colder in here, or is it jus-” his dad had stopped speaking and wasn’t moving.
“DADDY!” the boy was met by the corpse of his father, frozen solid and slowly cracking into pieces. His mom had met the same fate.
Running out of the door, he wandered the streets alone, the last and only memory of his parents was his dad saying: “Well, it's no wonder we call you Ice.”
The pain didn’t let him remember anything else, and he didn’t want to…
Ice could only whimper and morn over the death that happened years ago. He had felt loneliness and sadness before, but not like this… he had killed the only ponies that ever actually made him happy.
Then one day, his powers went way out of control, freezing an entire city. Princess Celestia had found out about this, and being "forgiving" because he was young, let him live and removed the event form everypony's memory except his, so that he had to live with it.
Back in the present
I just stood there, looking at Ice with a blank expression. I knew he was hiding something big, but this... this was something I never thought anypony capable of.
He had his head down, tears in his eyes. He looks over at me angrily. "So, I'm a monster, right?!" he snaps at me.
I put a stern face on. "No. No, you're not."
"What..?" he quietly asks in shock.
"You may have done some bad things, but they weren't your fault. You can still do good. I know it." he gives me a smile and wipes his tears away. "But still, what does this have to do with me, princess?" I ask her.
"You see, just like Ice's powers, I also know of yours." oh, buck. I'm screwed. "Do not worry, you are not in trouble." she reassures me
"Okay, but that doesn't answer my question."
"Unlike you, young Ice has not yet learned to control his powers."
I look at Ice. "Really?"
"Yes. Usually I either get them to work by luck or they go off by accident."
"So, what do I have anything to do with this?"
"I would like you to train Ice on how to better control his powers."
"What?" Ice and I ask.
"Yes. I want you to train Ice. Do you accept, Blue Breeze?"
I think it over for a minute and nod. "I accept, princess."
"And you, Ice?"
Ice puts a hoof to his chin. "Yes. I'll allow Blue to train me."
"Very good. You both may go." Ice and I both leave the throne room together. "Please, Blue Breeze. Help Ice control his powers... and live a better life."