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// Act 1 Part 3: Burning Frost 
// Story: And Bulk was Never Seen Again 
// by Jake Witt 
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That evening... or afternoon if we believe Spike- started off tense, but calmed down through finding common understanding. Spike was about to brew some tea when a message from Granny Smith was belched out of him. Reading the scroll, we learned that Sweetie Belle lost her home to Diamond Tiara the Gold Heart and Silver Spoon and heroes were needed to either liberate Carousel Boutique or gather needed items for the filly.

Like the good heroes they've become... Iron Will forced Saddle Ranger to join him in the liberation of Sweetie's home.

"Iron, i-its cold out h-h-here!" Saddle exclaimed as she flew, holding Iron Will close for stealth... or a sneak attack. Whatever the plan was.

"I'm aware, but it was agreed that we must get the child her home back, no matter the cost."

"W-well, h-h-h-how are w-we goin-ing t-t-to d-do th-a-a-at-t i-if w-we-we freeze?!"

"Stop being a baby," Iron replied. "Drop me, now! I'll meet you back at Spike's place."

"I-I-I'm n-not l-lea-leaving y-you!!"

"Well then, DIVE!" Just as he shouted that, hissing could be heard from behind me. Some vampire ponies tailed us we dived, their claws reaching for Saddle Ranger's tail. "Get back you freaks!" Iron shouted as he shined a flashlight at the vampires, who were burning in pain.

"Iron!" Bulk gasped.

"What? Best flashlights bits can buy. I forgot I had it for a moment!" Once on the ground, Iron Will took out his ax and began waving both the ax and the flashlight around. Bulk ran towards to Boutique, finding the frozen town hasn't changed much from his home.

Iron Will flashed the paper at a vampire, who began burning while screaming, "He stole my waifu!"

He quickly discarded the paper for an LED flashlight, which had a combustible effect on vampires. "Wow! This is better than Flash Sentry x Twilight Sparkle!" He soon joined Bulk, who at that point discovered his Saddle Ranger powers, which made him twice his original size, rivaling the Celestia of their world.

With her voice returned to normal, Bulk shouted, "YEAH! Bring. It. ON!!!"

Storming the small town didn't cause much of a problem and we learned that vampires will explode if they attempt to drink Bulk's blood. ...Which is sad- Hold on.

How many Derpys are there?! They keep trying to bite bite Bulk without a good outcome! Its as if the universe didn't want to make more ponies and cloned single ponies! Iron Will noticed this and was tempted to ask if ponies were asexual.





The finally made it to Carousel Boutique where they heard one girl gloating to her friend on some victory and the friend being a kiss-up.

"Did you see the look on their faces?!" One girl asked excitedly.

"Uh.. yes... I did."

"You don't sound excited."

There was a series of claps and awkward cheering. "Woo-hoo!"

"We'll have to work on your personality. I know, we can get ice cream!" I know they can get snow cones. We can give them lemonade.

"What will that do?"

"Well, we used to enjoy it before we became the master race. We can just soaked Sweetie's drained blood on it and have the same effect."

"You bit her?!" the friend nearly screamed.

"Is that concern?" The girl said, seemingly angry.

"N-no... I'm just curious." An obvious lie... hopefully.

"No drained the blood through an I.V. tube-thingy and into a bag. We don't want her becoming one of us."

"She wont survive. She will freeze to death..."

"Meh. One less cold shoulder warm blood to worry about."

"...B-but what about the blood supply! One less warm blood means no food!"

"The hospital's blood banks will sustain us for years and there's red meat in the Everfree Forest." There was some silence before she spoke again, "Something is breathing and I doubt there's three cats here."

Iron Will stepped through the doorway from the kitchen, standing in the once fashion capital of the building. Mannequins lied around destroyed and the walls smelled moldy while wall paper peeled and cracked. There was blood soaked on the ground and they saw two fillies. A grey one on a stool and a pink one with a bag of blood in her... uh... claws? I forgot.

There was a long pause as Saddle Ranger and Silver Spoon shared a glance, their friends glaring at each other before Diamond audibly gagged. "Its hideous! What is that... thing?!"

Iron Will's neck began to be sore from looking up, so he cut to the chase, smirking. "I'M A TINY MINOTAUR!!!"

Diamond dodged a battle ax that flew at her head, quickly taking out a golden pipe. Silver backed away, grabbing a blue-grey sniper rifle from a coat rack. Bulk gained muscle mass as she ran towards Silver, only to fall face first on the ground and her strength gone as a dart stuck out of her wing.

"So, the god awful monster can talk." Diamond sneered as Iron Will took out his other ax.

"I'm not just a little minitaur, I'm a mini minotaur." Iron growled.

"Does it look like I care what you are?"

"I mean seriously," he began, "a vampire with a blow dart? I nay be a baby, wrench!"

"What did you call me?" Diamond loaded her dart, firing it, but it was for naught as Iron dodged it. She fired some more, but they never hit for many reasons. "Silver! Back me!"

"Y-Yeah... Of course!"

Iron rolled his eyes, "Of course you need help. You're a spoiled daddy's girl, who needs either his money and status or unnatural powers to look important. I've heard of you. And yes, I do mean to barge, because I'M IN CHARGE!"

Diamond shot a dart, which Iron redirected towards Silver Spoon, who dropped like a puppet with its strings cut. She began to whimper as her eyes dropped, "...I thought you... said... no... no poison..."

"You had a clear shot and, like, blew it!" Diamond retorted as she reloaded her dart. She suddenly felt the end of a diamond blade on her neck.

Saddle Ranger struggled to stay on wobbly hind legs as she held one of Sweetie's gem knives to Diamond's neck, "I have a clear shot, too."