//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: Cold Fated Heart // by BAR0SS //------------------------------// Chapter 2 ~~~~~~~~~~oO.Oo~~~~~~~~~~ "Snowfall! Could you pleas come down stairs!?" I jumped up from my bed and galloped as fast as my little legs could take me. I galloped down the hallway and down the stair before spotting her. "MOMMY!!!" I shouted as I jumped for her and latched my tiny forehoves around her neck. "You're home. Daddy said that you would be gone for another day." I said as Mommy hugged me back. "No my son, I am back now for a small while." she said and I tilted my head. "I have some great news for you. You're going to be a big brother." she said, causing me to grin foolishly. "Really?" I asked, getting a nod from mommy. "That is so cool!!! Just think of all the fun we could have together." I exclaimed happily as I began to ho around her. "I thought that you would be happy." mommy said as she just sat here I had tackled her before. I stopped hopping around as a thought came to me. "Where is daddy?" I asked. "Daddy is out. Working on trying to get something else for you. And no, I will not tell you because it is a surprise" mommy said. "Aw, Please?" I begged, but she wouldn't bend. "Sorry Snowfall, You will just have to wait and see. Now, it's time for bed. Come on." "Alright mommy." I said as I gave her one last hug of the night. ~~~~~~~~~~oO.Oo~~~~~~~~~~ "*SNORT* Hu? What?" I mumbled as I slowly awoke to the sun's rays, beaming into my eyes. "Snow. About time you woke up." I looked and saw Pyre Blitz, still sitting on my chest. He shifted a bit, causing a shot of sharp pain to shoot through my chest as the memories of last night events came back to me. I lifted Blitz off of me with my hooves and set him down beside me before I began to inspect the spot where he was sitting not a moment ago. I still had a big black bruise in the center of my chest, just underneath my rib cage. I carefully put a hoof to the spot and hissed in agony as my stomach muscles twisted and moved to try and compensate for the pain. "Snow! Are you ok?" Blitz asked as he grabbed my forehoof whit both his own. "Yeah bro, just a little sore is all." I said as I sat up as I hit my head on the bunk above me. I rubbed my head with a forehoof as I began to look around the train car. The ice wall I had put up last night had melted. But the beauty of freezing magic into a solid wall of ice, it left no giant mess to clean up like frozen water does. Yes, I was able to turn magic into a solid form. Aside from the princess's, I could not name another pony who could do that. It's why my cutie mark is what it is. My cutie mark was of an ice blue stalagmite. Nothing overly complicated, but It portrayed what I was good at. I looked to Blitz. He didn't have a cutie mark yet, I just hoped that I would be there when he did get it. I looked over him and saw his bruises were still there just as much as mine, but mine showed more because of my white coat. This wasn't about me however. I felt my heart dropping as I just continued to look at him. 'How? How could a pony be so pathetic and disgusting to beat up a child as if that child had no feelings?' I asked in my head. A single tear left me eye, but I managed to keep it hidden from Blitz. I needed to keep strong for him now. I got up from my bunk and continued to look around the train car. I saw the five ponies that had also boarded the train last night. They were all awake and talking happily with each other about last night. I was about to sit back down, but I felt the train begin to slow down. I looked out the window and saw that the train was pulling into a train station that had a sign that said 'PONYVILLE!' "Hey Blitz. This is our stop." I said as I picked up my saddlebags and threw them over my back. "Snow, can I ride on your back?" Blitz asked. I smiled and nodded before he leaped off the bunk and landed on my back. "So, what are we doing here?" "We're just stopping for breakfast, then we..." I began to explain, but was cut off by a pink blur appearing in my face. "You should totally stop by Sugarcube Corner. There you will find the tastiest treats in all of Equestria." the pink pony said really quickly as she was bouncing up and down as if she had springs on the bottom of her hooves. "Oo, can we go there? Please?" Blitz asked excitedly from my back. I rolled my eyes at his enthusiasm. "I guess we can." I said with a small laugh. "Follow me. I'll take you there." the pink pony said enthusiastically. I just nodded in response. ~~~~~~~~~~ Big mistake on my part. I had agree to let Pinkie Pie, as I learnt, lead us to this sugarcube corner didn't I? The moment I stepped off the train. her mouth just ran non stop about Celestia knows what. But Blitz seemed to be keeping up with her, so that was good. I just pretended to know what was going on. Within a few minutes, we had arrived outside of a house that looked like it was made out a cake or something. I think I could feel the diabetes coming onto me just by looking at that building. "Come on in. I'll get you both something that you'll enjoy." Pinkie Pie said happily (Although, I think unhappy is a non existent word for her) as she bounced into the cake building. I walked inside the doorway and raised my eyebrows. Inside was more like just an ordinary bakery, and less like a sugar and treat store or whatever you would call it. "Oh, hello derie, how may I help you?" I looked at where I heard the voice come from and saw a blue mare with a pink mane and tail that looked like cake frosting (Big surprise there). "Hello miss, My brother and I were just looking for something to eat, and we were lead here by miss Pinkie Pie." I explained. "So you must be the two ponies she said were new in town." the blue mare said with a smile. "I'm Mrs Cake. Just find a table, and Pinkie will bring out your food." "Thank you Mrs Cake." I said before I turned and looked around. All of the tables were empty, but it was still pretty early. I walked over to a booth and Blitz jumped off my back before he took a seat in the booth. I took off my saddlebags and placed them on the seat before sitting down myself. "So Blitz, how are you finding your first time out of the house?" I asked. "It's so cool. Pinkie Pie is funniest pony I have ever met, and her friends seem pretty cool as well. At first, they tried to get me to tell them how we got injured, but I just told them that you wouldn't be happy if I just went telling the world our problems, but they soon changed the subject and seemed nice. Rarity and Applejack said that they had sisters that I should meet." Blitz explained. I was happy for Blitz. One day away from home, and he had friends. He could use a few, we both could, but Blitz's safety takes priority in my books. "Thats good." I said as I saw Pinkie Pie come out from behind the counter with a tray of croissants, toast and two cups of juice. Pinkie placed the tray on the table and I tried to pass her a few bits from my saddlebag. But as I pulled out the currency she shook her head. "No need for bits. This meal is for free." she said, causing me to smile. "Thank you Pinkie." I said before she smiled and bounced away. I turned and saw that Blitz was already shoveling food into his mouth like an orphan who had never eaten before. I opened my eyes as I realized I had to catch up. But as the first croissant hit my tong, I froze. About 30 seconds later, I began to plough into my meal. I don't know what it was, but this was by far, 'the' best meal I have ever had since I can remember. Within 2 minutes, both Blitz and myself had finished what Pinkie had place in front of us, and we were just sitting there with our forehooves on our stomach, grins on our faces and sighing in content. "I could get used to eating food that great." Blitz said to me. "I could as well bro, but we need to keep moving today." I said, causing his smile to droop. "Hey snow, Has father tried that spell on you yet?" Blitz asked. "Yeah bud, he tried to use it about 13 times today already. But as I said, if I don't use magic, we should be fine." I said. "So he knows?" Blitz said quietly. "I'm afraid so, but we are..." I began, but was cut off by the door to Sugarcube Corner opening and the mares from the train entering. They all walked over to a table and sat around it. Thats when I saw 3 fillies rush in behind the older mares. I looked over to Blitz, he was just sitting there with his eyes closed. I think that he had just had his first good meal that I can note. "Hey girls!" Both Blitz and I jumped at the sound. I looked into the direction of the disturbance and saw Princess Twilight Sparkle standing in the doorway of the store. "Twilight, are you not supposed to be in Canterlot?" asked the mare Pinkie Pie named Rarity. "I was, but Princess Celestia said that she needs to stop my training early because something came up." Twilight explained. "Did she happen to tell ya what was wrong?" asked Applejack. "No, just that something need her attention." Twilight said before she spotted both Blitz and I sitting at our table. I knew what was coming. The way she looked at me told me everything, so I acted quickly. "Come on little bro. We need to get going now." I said as I got up and picked up my saddlebags in my mouth before throwing the over my back. "Already?" Blitz asked with a slight depression. I nodded. "Ok, I'll just be right back." With that said, Blitz got up from the booth and walked up to the table of mares that had entered. "Thank you Miss Pie. I really enjoyed the food." Blitz said happily, causing the group of mares to 'Daww.' Blitz walked back to me and we began to leave the building. We got outside and I took a breath of the fresh air that surrounded us. I could get used to living in a place like this, but I knew that we were not out of our fathers jurisdiction here, so it would be better if we kept moving. I heard Twilight and her friends begin to talk, but the sound of their voices was drowned out as Blitz and I walked further and further away. A few minutes later, we had arrived back at the train station, in hopes of trying to buy another ticket to a further away town. "What do you mean there aren't any available trains out of town?" I asked confused. "I'm sorry, but the train line needs to be serviced. So there is going to be no outgoing train until Monday." Said the mare inside to the ticket booth. 'But Monday is 4 days away.' I complained in my mind. "Alright, fine. We will come back Monday." I said as I turned around and began to walk away, Blitz following me. "So, where are we going now Snow?" Blitz asked as he came up beside me. "I guess we should find a hotel or something. Don't want to sleep outside in the cold." I said as I scanned the surrounding area for anything that looked like a hotel. "But can't you live in the cold?" Blitz asked. "Well, yes. But only if I need to. And that still leaves you out in the cold." I said. We both walked around for a bit, but came to rest in a park of sorts and took a break for looking around. I watched as Blitz pulled his saddlebags out of mine. he then pulled out a beginners magic book out of his and began to read. I put a hoof on his shoulder to get his attention. "Do you want me to help you?" I asked. I was answered with a huge grin and rapid nodding. I smiled as I climbed off of the park bench and stood on all fours back on the ground. I then walked over to a small stone, about the size of an apple and brought it back to the bench. I placed it on the bench and looked to Blitz. "For now, we are going to ignore the stone. I want you to try and get a feel for your magic that lies within you." I said as I sat on the ground beside him. "How do I do that?" he asked. "Close your eyes and just listen to my voice." I instructed, and Blitz followed. "Ok. Magic can be awakened within ones self by many different ways. Today, I want you to look inside of your mind and try to feel out the most powerful feeling you can find." A moment passed, and all Blitz had done was pull funny as if he was eating something sour. Was quite funny. "I cant find it Snow." Blitz said dejectedly. "Calm yourself. You cant force the feeling, you have to let it come to you naturally. Try this. Picture this in your mind." I said as I threw my foreleg around his neck. "Picture that you are in a large crowd of adult ponies, they are all almost stepping on you and hurting you. You scream out for them to be careful, but they ignore you." I watched as Blitz's ears drooped and his smile fell. "Now, picture yourself, laying on the ground, curled into a ball. You're about to give up... but then suddenly, All of the ponies in the crowd part, leaving a path between them. On the other side of the path is the Radiant, Princess Celestia." Blitz's smile came back with force. "Said princess is looking at you. She has a warm, gentle smile. She then begins to make her way over to you and stops just in front of you. She then levitates you up and embraces you with both of her forelegs. A warm, loving hug." I smiled as I watched Blitz's horn slowly begin to glow with a red aura, but only just. "You feel a warmth, a sense of safety. That feeling spreads throughout your entire being, making you feel good." I watched as his horn began to glow brighter and brighter. "That feeling, the one you feel right now, I want you to remember it ok." I said, Blitz nodded. "Good, now open your eyes." Blitz slowly opened his eyes, and to his surprise, his horn was glowing red. "I'm doing it! I have magic!!!" He exclaimed happily. "Calm down Blitz. Now we have to see if you can use it. I want you to concentrate on the stone I place on the bench." I said. Blitz looked at the stone and stared at it. "I want you to picture it moving around in your head." After a moment or two, the small stone slowly began to levitate off of the bench and into the air. A felt a sense of pride at seeing this, my younger brother has learnt how to use magic at such a young age. The stone moved around for about 5 minutes before being placed back onto the bench. The red glow around it faded and Blitz was panting. "I did it, but it was difficult." Blitz said as he continued to pant. "I always is difficult at first Blitz. You just need to work on your magical stamina, called Mana. As you build up your mana, you will be able to perform more and more complex spells." I explained. "How long did it take you to figure out how to use magic?" Blitz asked. "I don't exactly remember, but I do know for a fact that I was older. But I had to figure out how to do it myself." I said. "So you think I could have a chance to enroll in Celestia's school for gifted unicorns?" he asked. I let out a sigh. "By all means Blitz, but we are no longer in Canerlot, and it's for the better." I said as I stood up and faced away from him and sat down again. "I don't mind Snow. As long I'm away from father, and with you, I'm happy." he said as he came up beside me. I looked down to Blitz and smiled. "Thanks Bro." I said as I put a hoof on his shoulder. "Excuse me!" a voice called out from behind us.