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// The Freezer 
// Story: My Final Decision 
// by Sillyponyme 
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	Something happened, something bad. Sunset’s eyes opened as she was drug through the hallway of what she suspected to be the school. To her left was Sonata, they were being taken somewhere but she couldn’t be sure where. Her eyes closed and when they reopened, there was ice on the floor. Sunset’s eyes closed again and when they opened, she was hanging above the floor. Her eyes were blurry, everything was a big blurry mess. She looked around her but didn’t see Sonata anywhere. Sunset’s head ached and she was beginning to feel very cold. Her breath had started to become visible. She struggled to free herself but being hung from her wrists made it impossible to free herself. “Sonata, you there?” Sunset asked weakly but didn’t receive a response. She rubbed her eyes the best she could with her arm in an attempt to clear them a bit. The attempt had been slightly useful, at least she could see more than just a blurry room with colors mixed in. Now she could see blurry colored shapes. Her vision was slowly improving. 

Sunset realized where she was now or more like made an accurate guess as to what she was hanging in. “I’m in the flippin freezer aren’t I? I suppose it explains the cold.” Sunset let out a sigh. With her vision clear enough to actually see now, her guess was confirmed. There was meat hanging all around her and the room she was in was very tiny. 

Sunset began to swing herself closer to one of the hanging slabs of meat. She tried to wrap her legs around the slab she was aiming for but missed. It took a few tries as her legs couldn’t grip the icy meat. She finally wrapped her legs around the cold meat slab. “That is FREEZING!” Her body started to stiffen and shiver but she couldn’t let go of the slab. She had to free herself and the meat was going to help. She grabbed the chain she was hanging on and pulled herself upward while using her legs to climb up the slab of meat. It had been very difficult due to the slickness of the slab but she was able to get her hands high enough up the chain to slide the ropes off the hook. She shot her body forward, hit the slab of meat and slipped. She hit the floor with a loud thud. She was sure that something fractured at the very least. She stood up and found it painful to breathe. “Yep, f-f-fractured rib.” Sunset painfully stood up off the ground and walked through the meat slabs. Every movement made her side ache. She began to shiver more and more and her movement slowed considerably. Once she reached the door, she struggled to open it due to her slow movements and aching side. The door slowly creaked open as the handle turned. 

Sunset was ready to collapse to the floor but she had to keep moving for Sonata’s sake. Once the door completely opened, there was still a good walk to the other door leading outside. “W-w-why did th-th-they have to h-have a s-s-sep-s-separate fre-fre-freezer for the m-m-meat?” It took much longer to reach the door than it should have but she was moving at a snail’s pace. She looked beside the door and found the thermometer. Her eyes widened when she saw the temperature at negative ten degrees. She turned to the door and banged on it. “L-l-let me out!” Sunset demanded with as much vigor as she could give. She looked through the small window and saw Applejack guarding the door.

Applejack turned to the door after hearing Sunset’s weak trembling voice and smiled a rather small yet sinister smile. Her voice however was dull and monotone and her eyes were void of life The only facial expression was her smile. “Why would I let you out demon girl? You deserve your fate.” She turned around and leaned against the wall.

“Y-y-you don’t m-m-mean that Apple-jack.” Sunset couldn’t hold on anymore and collapsed to the ground. She didn’t have the strength to fight, the cold had quickly bore down on her body. She pulled her arms into her clothes and curled into a ball. It didn’t help much being on the frozen floor. Her body was numb now, she was going to freeze to death in the freezer. Her eyes began to close and her breathing was shallow. She was just about out of it when she heard a ruckus on the other side of the door. She shot her eyes open at the sound of something or someone hitting the door. Sunset tried to stand but she couldn’t find the strength to move. She didn’t feel comfortable moving anyway, she felt like she would break a limb if she tried. She felt completely frozen as if she were a cartoon character covered in a block of ice. The only difference was that she just might die unlike a cartoon character who would defrost and come out of it. At the worst, the character would have a cold and that was assuming anyone found the cartoon character.

Soon the noise from the other side calmed down and the door began to open. It creaked and jerked as it moved to let the person through. Sunset didn’t bother to see who it was as her eyes had closed once again but she did hear a voice. She knew who it was pulling her out of the freezer. How Lucky had known where she was didn’t matter, she would be out of the freezer and possibly live another day. She had been dragged an unknown distance but where ever she was, it was far warmer than the freezer. She felt warm air blowing on her. When she was finally able to open her eyes, she saw a fan blowing in her face. Not too far away was Lucky sitting on a desk and smiling. “Glad to see you’re still alive. I wasn’t sure for a second there.”

“Lu-lucky, th-thank you f-f-for getting m-me out.” Sunset shivered as she spoke. At least she felt like she could comfortably move. She inched forward to get as close to the fan as she could. The warm air began to break through the ice on her frozen body and thaw her insides. She had never felt so happy to have a fan blow on her. “ Lucky, where i-is Sonata?”

Lucky leaned over and rested his elbows on his knees, his hands were clasped. “As far as I know, she is still out of it. Good thing too or Adagio would have killed her already. Man, that girl is nuts now.” Lucky peaked out the window he was sitting by and saw Sonata, still passed out on the ground and all tied up. Lucky for Sonata; he could see out of a small hole in the window. Whoever covered up the window, left the smallest of openings and yet it was big enough to see out of. Lucky stood up and laid down next to Sunset. He wrapped his arms around her and cuddled close. He wanted Sunset to warm up as soon as possible. Lucky needed her to help save Sonata before it was too late. Being so close didn’t faze him at all but it did make Sunset blush. “Don’t think too much of this Sunset, you need to get warm as fast as possible. Sonata needs you and besides, I like her in a special way, not you.”

Sunset nodded but it didn’t make it anymore awkward for her. Lucky was so close that air couldn’t make it between them. This may not have been the only time she had been this close to someone but it was the first time a guy had been this close. Even when she was with Flash, she didn’t get this close except for a quick hug. “Right, I, I know you really like Sonata. I’ve just never had a guy cuddle this close before.” Sunset let out a relaxing sigh. “So nice, you’re so warm.”

“Yes, and you are freezing, lucky you. I get to freeze while warming you up while you get to warm up while I freeze.” The two chuckled. “Are you warm yet because this is a really awkward position after a while. I’m just glad we are both clothed.” There was a loud “smack” and some pain in his cheek. “I suppose that wasn’t appropriate but at least you can move.”

“You are lucky I know how you feel about Sonata or I would have taken that comment much differently.” It was totally obvious from the look he gave when Sonata’s name was brought up. His eyes would sparkle and shine except this one time. Lucky couldn’t help but chuckle at the phrase “you are lucky” but quickly stopped at seeing Sunsets face. “Don’t be stupid Lucky, we have serious business to take care of. Now get off of me, I’m plenty warm now.” Lucky let go of Sunset and stood up. “Don’t get me wrong, I’m still freezing but at least I can move.” Sunset stood up shivering. “Now lets go, we have to get to Sonata.” Sunset despite the coldness she was feeling, ran out of the room followed by Lucky and to the front of the school. She burst through the two doors in time to hear “Execute her” coming from Adagio. Sonata was kneeling with her hands and feet tied and a gag in her mouth. “NO!”