//------------------------------// // Winter Song VS. King Cold Heart // Story: A Good Share of Lives // by Sea Pony //------------------------------// Infinitus arrived in the center of the forest and bowed before his mistress. "Rise captain Infinitus. I see you have succeeded in your mission." Grim Reaper state while eying Muerto Titiritero. The vampire grinned as he stared back at the dangerous mare. "Of all the people who I through would control this organization I never think it would be you... Elder Gaia." "You will refer to me as Grim Reaper while under my command. I have a mission for you to prove your worth to our cause. You can chose any city or town in any world to attack and transform the inhabitant in ghouls. Once it's done you will attack the town of Ponyville." The undead stallion lift a eyebrow. "Why all the preparation? I can transform the ponies of Ponyville into ghouls and do the same job." "No, the ponies in this town has stop the testing of a prototype, ruined one of our mission to get a Shard of Life and killed one of our elites named Time Skip. Even if he turn out to be a traitor, the fact that they killed him still stand. I won't underestimate these peace loving grass eater anymore." Grim Reaper replied grimly, no pun intended. "Will the elements bearers be a danger to the mission?" The vampire inquired. "They are strong but are no experienced fighters plus the elements are not with them anymore, they returned to my brother's tree." Titiritero beamed at the new. "But there are still water, fire and a ghost elementalist in the town so be careful." "So you're doing all of this for revenge? I didn't think the Reapers were the type to hold a grudge." "We are not, they have been troublesome but they are not the real reason for this attack. Your mission will be mostly a distraction to the elementalistes and maybe even the fake goddess's guards while Ayagi take care of the draconequus that hold a Shard of Life. Do this mission properly and you might take Time Skip's place as an elite, being a elite mean more job to do but also mean a way bigger slice of the cake once it's all over." Titiritero grinned at that. "Consider it done then." - - - - - Pretending to be powerless in front of arrogants jerks who dragged you like a hunted animal for miles when I could have easily wipe the smirk off their faces, was harder than I expected. Finally we came in view of what I assumed was King Cold Heart's castle. It's was a little smaller than the one in Canterlot but it was completely made of ice. It wasn't as impressive as the Crystal Empire but it was still something. The looters dragged me to the throne room. When I said all the castle was made of ice I meant all of it. Doors, tables, windows and even sculptures in form of paintings. We pass two big doors and I did a double take at what was sitting on the throne. The creature was taller than a pony but look equine in nature, it was ice blue and seem to be ethereal. I could feel my scarf vibrating furiously where I had hidden the magical detector. I look at the King closely and gasp when I saw a small filly trap inside of him. Cold Heart looked at me with a blank stare. "So you are the pony that radiate with love and tolerance, it's disgusting." I glared at him. "What wrong with love?" My question was met by a hoof to the head by the female looter. "Don't you dare speak like that to our King you filthy Equestrian!" Urge To Kill Rising. "What wrong with love? I'll tell you what wrong with it. In big quantity love can kill my subjects. We are like the changelings in the fact that we feed on emotions except that we feed on the very opposite of them. Dream Valley is still full of hatred maybe not quite as much as before the founding of Equestria but enough to keep us alive. Even if you alone shouldn't cause too much trouble I prefer to not take any chances, kill her." The looters grinned to each other and began to withdraw some blades. But before they could totally withdraw them their legs became frozen and soon the rest of their body followed their vicious grins eternally carved in the ponies-turned-ice statues. "Release the filly inside of you and I might consider sparing you your majesty" I spat the word while glaring daggers at him. "A elementalist? Troublesome certainly not a job for simple looters." The King paused I was about to attack him when I realise he wasn't giving up. But then he began to literally roar. I could have believe it came from a dragon if I didn't saw the sound coming from the Windigo myself. The entire castle had gone silent once the King stop roaring. Then the castle began to shake, cracks appeared everywhere on the floor and the walls. In a panic I threw myself at one of the windows. The ice that replaced glasses shattered under my hit and I furiously flap my wings before the floor under me gave out. I was sent spiralling on the ground when the ice castle behind me exploded in thousands pieces. But fortunately the snow softened the impact on the ground, the world spun around me and I could only lay there while I recovered from the dizziness. I felt the ground shake under me, followed by dozens of beastial roars. Then around twenty windigoes flew up in the air from the crater where once stood the castle. "My dear subjects," the voice of the King began to say. "The filly before you threaten to bring the ideals of Equestria on our feeding grounds, kill her." Immediately one of them threw itself at me. I rose to the action and tried to kick it. But my entire hoof went through his body and it felt extremely cold, almost as if I had dived in a frozen lake. I held my hoof hoping the warm would somehow return but the windigoes would not let me a moment of rest. Three beasts came charging at me, well if physical power won't work let's try magic. I conjured some water, once it was done I made it take the form of a sword and finally turn it to ice. I grabbed the weapon with my mouth and flapped my wings to bounced at the charging beast. I swung my ice sword where it heart should be at, that is if a ghostly monster can even have a heart. The windigo trash around for a few seconds, then it body began to glow and disappeared leaving a cloud of snow in it wake. I grinned, look like magic is the way to go with these things. I was literally thrown out of my victory when a windigo beside me kick me with a powerful buck. Not fair! They can touch me physically but I can't?! Fine they don't want to play fair? I won't either! "Stop this is useless battle Your allies shall all betray you once it's settle so fight against them don't let them take advantage of your loyalty." I finished my command but my only response was a headbutt that sprawled me on the ground. How is it possible?! My song should have affected at least two or three of them but none of the windigoes Had begin to fight each other! In the distance I could hear Cold Heart laughing his flank off. "Foolish pony you don't even know the limits of your powers? You don't even know that your mind control spell can only be used on other ponies! This will be easier than I through." Damn it! That mean not only this power will serve nothing in this battle but it will serve no purpose against most members of the Soul Reapers either, talk about a useless ability. Four windigoes charged at me. In a panic I created a dome of ice around me. Much like the one during my fight against Ayagi the King of trolls. The beasts began to furiously hit the frozen protection, perfect they were where I wanted them to be. I created spikes of ice all around the dome. All four monsters were impaled and disappeared much like the first one. Three other of these beasts appeared around me at a safe distance of my protection. Then without warning they began to roar in unison. My vision began to blur and I felt dizzy as the loud sounds assault my brain. The ice began to crack and shatter around me I used too much magic arleady I need to finish this fight and fast. The three things flew above myself and began to fly in a circular fashion. Clouds began to appear at a alarming speed around them and then a blizzard was realeased from the clouds in a instant I couldn't even see farther than my muzzle. I closed my eyes and focused all my attention on the snow around me. I could feel the three windigoes circling above but all the rest were standing still for now. Then one of them charged at high speed. I summon water again and began to create a bow and an arrow of ice. The rope of the bow was made of water solidified with my magic. I closed my eyes again and pinpoint the exact location of the beast, when I was sure of where it was I shoot. I heard a roar of pain and a muffled thud when the arrow found it's target. I produced three other arrow and proceed to shot the three circling windigoes out of the sky. The beast fell around me almost crushing me in the process. Once they were gone the snow stop to fall and I could see the remaining monsters standing still. "Enough!" The voice of Cold Heart screamed. "This filly is more troublesome than expected come to me my subjects we will take care of her!" The 'subjects' obeyed and approached the King. Once they were close enough their body began to glow and one by one they disappeared inside their King while he became bigger and bigger, I could see Snowdrop winced in her sleep as the thing grew more powerful. When it was done the King was about as big as my house in Ponyville. Cold Heart let out a earth shattering roar that sent me on the ground. I think I was in way over my head in the end...