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// Arrival at the Ice King's Palace 
// Story: MLP: Journey Across Time 
// by B. J. Williams 
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	Isjotuns arrived at the kingdom of the ice giants. The city was very large obviously. The town reflected the feel of the Norseman. The houses were made of ice crystals and the temperature of the air and the weather was very cold.
"Aww, home sweet home." he remarked. "We have arrived." Rainbow Dash's head stuck out from underneath Isjotuns' right armpit. She coughed a bit.
"Man, your pits stink." Rainbow Dash replied. "Haven't you ever heard of deodorant?"
"Deodorant? What's that?"
"No offense, dude, but your pits smell like a rotting carcass mixed with skunk spray." She turned to the giant's left armpit. "How are you doing Fluttershy?" Fluttershy at first didn't respond. "Fluttershy?" She stuck her head out completely traumatized from the experience.
"It's murky… sweaty... hairy… smelly…" Fluttershy replied. She began to laugh, starting to lose her sanity.
"I think you traumatized her from your stinky pits." Rainbow Dash flew over to his other pit to Fluttershy. "Fluttershy snap out of it." She slapped Fluttershy, and then she got back to normal. "It's okay, we just need to be in her a little longer."
"But wasn't it your idea to hide in his pits?"
"I thought he used deodorant but never mind that."
"We need to get in the palace still." Isjotuns explained.
"Then, what are you waiting for? Can you move faster?"
"I'm trying but it will take me a while." Rainbow Dash stayed with Fluttershy to help her make it through. Finally, after waiting for some time hiding in the realm of Isjotuns noxious pits, they were finally able to leave arriving in the palace of the king. "We are inside; you can come out now." The two ponies left the pits and were in the grand hall of the king's palace. Although made of ice, the town and palace's ice was many different colors. The walls were decorated with giant swords and shields. (They were gigantic even for the giants.) There was a red carpet leading up to the king's throne. A frost giant was sitting in the throne.
The giant had blue royal robes on him. He had a golden crown on his head and had black shaggy hair. Like Isjotuns, he had dark blue skin. There was a sword next to him. Fluttershy had prepared for a diplomatic meeting.
"You." the king said. "What have you brought me?"
"My lord, these are diplomats from Coltabasso." the king stood up.
"WHY DID YOU BRING ME THEM!"
"Because we could bring an end to the fighting."
"TBPPPT. We cannot stop the fighting until Icerim is ours. Unless, they are here to surrender it now." the king then sat back down. "You may speak ponies." Rainbow Dash was upset at this. Fluttershy stopped her.
"I'll handle this." Fluttershy said to Rainbow Dash. She went forward.
"Well…"
"I am Fluttershy. I am here to discuss the way to stop the fighting."
"The only way to stop the fighting is signing over Icerim to us."
"Isn't there another…"
"NO! Either that or the fighting continues."
"How can anyone be this…" Fluttershy thought. She turned to the king. "Can I have a minute?"
"Go ahead but make it quick." Fluttershy returned to the group.
"This isn't as good as I hoped."
"Well, it is my turn to…"
"No, wait Rainbow Dash." Isjotuns stated. "We don't want to make enemies of the Confederacy and the Kingdom of frost giants."
"Hmmph."
"But the king is acting very unusual. Fluttershy, can you ask him what's wrong?"
"Okay, I can try." Fluttershy replied. She flew up to the king again but this time she noticed the picture of the king behind him with white hair. "Your majesty, I have a question."
"What is it?" the king stated.
"Just curious, when did you dye your hair black?" That took the king by surprise.
"Uh, well… uh…" The king was getting rather nervous.
"Well…" Fluttershy was getting angry. Rainbow Dash and Isjotuns was noticing the nervousness of the giant from the situation.
"YOU IDIOT! I ALWAYS HAD MY HAIR THIS WAY!" Now, Fluttershy was now furious. She, also, noticed that the throne was starting to melt underneath him.
"WELL… THAT'S NOT WHAT THE PORTRAIT BEHIND YOU SAYS… IMPOSTER!" The giant looked back and saw the portrait. "AND THE THRONE WOULDN'T MELT FROM UNDERNEATH YOU!" Isjotuns drew his blade and Rainbow Dash her spear.
"WHERE IS MY FATHER?" Isjotuns shouted. Rainbow and Fluttershy were surprised about the whole thing with Isjotuns being the son of Yotunheim.
"You are the son of King Yotunheim?" the giant asked. "Hpmh. I will enjoy bringing an end to you." Then, the giant grabbed the blade and drew it from the scabbard. "For you know too much." He slammed his fist against Fluttershy and sent her flying. Isjotuns caught her.
"Fluttershy, you okay?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"I'm fine. Thank you." Fluttershy replied. They turned to the giant. Isjotuns charged into battle against the imposter. Rainbow Dash followed suit. The giant noticed Rainbow Dash and bunted her away. Then, he clashed with Isjotuns. Fluttershy summoned Ifrit to come out. Ifrit was still the same size. Because the size of aeons are proportional to the size of the summoner, Ifrit was small compared to Isjotuns.
"Mi'lady. You need something?" Ifrit asked.
"Yes, can you help my friends?"
"Which one is the one you are talking about?"
"Um… The one that doesn't have the black hair."
"Got it." Ifrit went into battle. Rainbow Dash was striking at the giant's feet. The giant noticed again knocking Rainbow Dash to the ground. He was going to slam his foot down on her. At the last minute, Ifrit came and held up the giant's foot. His fire was lit in his hands but did not affect the giant. "RAINBOW DASH! GO! IFRIT CAN'T HOLD THIS FOREVER!" Rainbow Dash saw what happened. Ifrit kicked Rainbow Dash and got her out of the way. Ifrit was later crushed by the giant's foot.
"NOO!" Ifrit's pyreflies (which appear as orbs of light with a comet-like tail) split apart from each other and flew off. Fluttershy was depressed and angry. She forgot the fact that Ifrit (and all other aeons) can't really die.
Filled with rage, she charged into battle with her staff in hand. Without knowing it, she had summoned Shiva. The aeon used its power to amplify Fluttershy's attack by adding spikes made of ice on her and her staff. She struck the giants ankle and it severely damaged the giant and the attack deep freezed the ankle.
"AHHH! THE COLD, IT BURNS!" the giant shouted. Isjotuns struck him down with his blade. "How is this possible?" the giant collapsed to the ground returning to his original form. His original form had red skin and black shaggy hair.
"He was a fire giant?" Isjotuns stated. "If that is true, then that means my father was kidnapped by the fire giants and they have been manipulating us. I will inform the troops." He left the room.
"Wow, what you did back there." Rainbow Dash said to Fluttershy. "I didn't know you had the nerve to do that stunt."
"I didn't know either." Fluttershy replied. "But now we need to help the frost giants get their king back. How are we going to do that?"
"Perhaps, I can be of assistance." Shiva stated.
"Huh, where did that come from?"
"I'm over here." The two turned to the voice and they saw a beautiful woman with blue skin. She appeared to have long light blue dreadlocks. She was also wearing a blue silk cloak.
"Who and what are you?"
"I am the aeon, Shiva. I have the power of the fire giant's weakness, ice. I noticed you were charging in battle to avenge Ifrit. So, I aided in your attack."
"That explains a lot." Rainbow Dash said under her breath.
"You do realize that you can summon the aeons again, but they will need some rest."
"I didn't know that." Fluttershy stated.
"Also, the reason why Ifrit appeared so small was because you were small. If you want your aeons to be bigger, then you must get bigger yourself." Isjotuns returned with two pony sized belts in his hands.
"Here put these on." he said tossing the belts to them.
"What are these things?" Rainbow Dash asked as she put them on. Fluttershy did the same.
"You'll find out shortly." Then, the two ponies were engulfed in light when they came out, they noticed Isjotuns appeared to be their size.
"What the… Isjotuns had did you get smaller."
"Actually, it is not me who has gotten smaller. It is actually you, who has gotten bigger." He paused.
"Holy crap," Rainbow Dash replied. "We're giant ponies."
"Now, we have a chance against King Muspell for misleading us."
"Well, come on now. We need to get moving."