~7 years later~
Winter Snow woke up to the chirping of birds. It's that dream again. The white pegasus was holding her and singing that song. That song. It was haunting yet beautiful. Winter shook her head violently.
"Princess Winter,your breakfast." A mare had came in with a silver tray balanced on her head.
Ever since Princess Celestia had signed those papers the prim and proper colt called adoption papers,ponies had been calling her Princess Winter and treating her differently from before the time before that colt came with the papers.
"Oh,um okay.Please put it on the table." Winter shyly ventured ,unsure of how to approach the mare in a proper,ladylike way. The mare's name was Sweet Tea,a personal servant of Winter.
"You alright,miss?" Sweet Tea asked,concerned of the filly she had been tasked to take care of.
"It's the same dream,every single time.I..I can't seem to dream anything else other than that." Winter confessed ,fiddling with the bed sheets.
Sweet Tea,now worried for the little one,smiled gently to conceal the frown she nearly made appearance of as she set the tray on the nightstand,"Why,sweetie. What about we see Auntie Luna about those strange dreams,hm?She might know a thing or two for what ails you."
Winter,her mind now thinking furiously ahead,countered her servant,"I can't,Sweet Tea. She is always busy what with those nobleponies and citizens."
"Still,she's your aunt.She must help you,even if you're just a poor old mare down the street."Sweet Tea coaxed,effectively winning the argument between Winter Snow and herself with the prospect of breakfast.
"Alright,Sweet Tea. We'll see her later after I er,go check on the that thing." Winter Snow gave up when she saw the delicious meal being set before her.
Sweet Tea,raising a brow when she caught her mistress's drift,"At this time?To the Garden?"
"Yeah.I *munch* simphee wuve *munch* the garden!"" Winter spoke as she chomped on a toast spread with honey,crumbs nearly escaping her mouth.
Just three years ago,they stumbled upon an empty plot of land in the Royal Gardens and straight away,Winter joyfully suggested of having a little Secret Garden just between themselves. It was tough at raising the plants up and a little easier as they grew up.After they had cultivated it into an enchanting and charming little garden,Winter had made it a point to visit it everyday.
Sweet Tea giggled at Winter as she tried to talk while eating,"Mistress,you shouldn't speak while you eat. Swallow before speaking."
Winter gulped and finished her breakfast,smiling at Sweet Tea. Unexpectedly,she gave a hug to Sweet Tea,who was caught off guard.
"Thanks,Sweet Tea!You are a gem!See you later!"Winter said,rushing off after those words left her mouth.
Sweet Tea smiled warmly at the door which Winter just rushed in,her heart swimming in a lake of warm feelings. After cleaning up,she went off to help in the kitchen.
Winter Snow galloped off to her secret garden,toppling paper work over the marble floors and messing up prim and proper manes. She was just a few meters away,she stopped short at the sight of a small group of fillies.The lot of them are back yet again. They were tearing up her work! But she was too late!Before she could get somepony,they surrounded her.
"Hello,Princess,to what I owe the pleasure of meeting?"The leader mocked her,her face twisted in an ugly expression.
Winter's ears went down and she backed off in fright.
"Why would the Princess adopt such a mutt!I mean,she doesn't any wings."Another filly sneered.
"Or horn!"The group of four said in unison,breaking into maniacal laughter.
Winter felt her tears start to well up,thoroughly upset by the mocking words of the mean ponies.
"Awwww,did we hurt the wittle baby's fweelings?"One with dark,frizzy hair sneered at the lone tear that streamed down her face.
"Please,just go away."Winter whimpered,as she was aware of her powers . The air started to rapidly decrease.
"Like we will,mutt.Or should I say,BLANK FLANK!" The leader provoked her even more,making Winter feel some new feeling on her hooves and in her heart.
Winter was tired of being bullied. For the last three years,she was tormented like this,by the same group of ponies. For the first time,Winter felt anger.
"I said,go away!" Winter yelled,her voice full of anger and venom . As she said this,Winter stomped her hoof,magically making a ring of dark ice crystals appear around her.
The bullies stepped back quickly in fear of the filly they had bullied for three years in a row. The four fillies,now afraid of the filly,galloped off,fearing that she may strike their hearts with the crystals she had conjured. As they galloped for their lives,Winter curled up in a ball,and cried her eyes out,rousing the attention of Princess Luna who was busy strolling through the garden.
Luna,seeing Winter trapped in a ring of dark crystals,Luna looked about the secret garden to see four different hoofprints and torn plants that used to graced this little garden she stumbled upon a few days earlier. Luna ,drawn back to the sobbing Winter,quickly used a beam to eradicate the crystals.
"There there,little one."Luna awkwardly held the filly to her chest,calming the filly slightly.
Winter soon dried her tears and hugged her aunt tightly,nearly squeezing the air out of her.Luna,using her magic,placed Winter on her back and journeyed back to her quarters,making the filly feel comforted as she held the Princess close.
Upon arrival,Winter slid off her back,tired out from the day and falling asleep. Luna,nuzzling her niece,she used her magic and entered the dream of Winter Snow.
After the last of the roaring wind had ended,Luna opened her eyes to see ..Snowdrop!She was singing the enchanting lullaby she had heard only once,and that was the last time she had ever saw Snowdrop. In a distance,she could see Winter Snow struggling to a chained chair,screaming,"No!Not again!" Right beside her was Thunder Wave.