After reaching the mountain, Angela and Thomas circled it several times before finally finding a decently sized cave. They flew inside and gently laid the two alicorns down onto the cave floor. Thomas immediately began checking their body temparture.
"They're really cold mom. I mean, I know they just recovered from being frozen solid and all, but it's a wonder that they're still alive," said Thomas.
"Well what do you think we should do dear?" Angela asked, looking at the creatures in pity.
"Can you find any sticks around here? Maybe we could start a fire."
"Ummm...let me check." She searched the small cave for anything that they could start a fire with. She turned to him and said, "Sorry, but I didn't see anything."
"It's alright, just give me a second to think." Thomas used his new wisdom to try and come up with a solution to their dilemma. "There are probably some trees on the mountain, I'll find them and use them for firewood." He stood up and walked towards the mouth of the cave.
Before he took flight; Angela spoke up. "Thomas, can you keep an eye out for Robert while you're up there?"
"Of course Mom."
Angela shook her head and stood up. "You know what? I'll go looking for him while you get the firewood."
He shook his head. "No Mom, you need to stay with the alicorns while I go get the firewood. They might fly away if no one is here when they wake up."
"Thomas, this is my son we're talking about! This is your brother we're talking about! Are two creatures that we've never met more important than him?!"
"Mom! I do care about Robert, but we don't even know if he's here. If he didn't buy anything from the merchant, then he didn't come with us."
Angela gave a look of confusion, "Merchant? Do you mean the man who sold us the lasso and cape at the convention?"
"Yes," Thomas responded. "The only conclusion I can come to is that he somehow sent us to Equestria. So if Robert didn't buy anything from him, then he didn't come here with us."
Angela was conflicted on whether or not she should agree with her son, or go looking for her eldest child anyway. But she eventually nodded and said, "Alright Thomas, I'll stay here."
"Don't worry mom, I'm sure Robert is fine. I'll be back in a flash!" Thomas said right before zooming out of the cave.
Angela gave a sad smile, "They seem to grow up so fast."
. . .
Thomas soared around the mountain at speeds that didn't seem possible to him before now. It wasn't long before he spotted trees on the surface of the giant rock structure. He flew up to one of the trees, ripped it up by its roots, and flew back to the cave with the snow covered plant in tow.
"Alright mom, I got a tree to use for firewood!" He called out as he glided into the cave.
Angela looked up from the two ponies, and grinned. "I know you are enjoying your powers, but aren't you going a bit overboard with it?" she said, holding back laughter.
"Yes, yes it is," Thomas said with an idiotic grin.
"You and your brother have always been quite the jokesters," she said, chuckling before she began to frown again.
Sensing his mother's distress, he said, "Don't be sad mom, I'll go looking for Robert right now. You chop up this tree while I'm gone, I won't be long."
She smiled, "Thank you, come back soon and bring your brother back if you find him."
"I will." And with that, he took to the skies.
He flew at a much slower pace than before, circling the mountain and examining all of it as he passed. Once he determined that his sibling was not on the mountain, he flew over the snow covered planes that he and Angela had woken up in. His eyes scanned every inch of the ground, looking for any sign of a humanoid figure making his way through the snow, or of a column of ice that contained the familiar form of his brother. But nothing of the sort was found, not even footprints were visible in the snow.
'It doesn't look like he's here, and if he is it doesn't look like he appeared in this area.' He turned around and saw that he had gone so far that he couldn't even see the mountain any more. 'I should probably head back to the cave.' he thought.
Not bothering with speed anymore he zoomed back to the mountain in the blink of an eye. He landed in the cave, gaining the attention of Angela; who had finished cutting up the tree with her sword and had piled it up.
"Did you find any sign of him?" she asked with a glint of desperation in her eyes.
Thomas shook his head. "No, I didn't find anything."
Angela hung her head before giving her youngest son a sad smile. "Well, then I guess that means he didn't come here with us then. At least that means he's safe."
"Yeah, let's look at the bright side. At least he isn't in any danger. Now let's get a fire started shall we?"
"Alright, but how are we going to get it started? We don't have anything to light it with. Not to mention that the wood is wet from all of that snow."
Thomas thought for a moment before he said, "Here, let me try something real quick." He walked over to the pile of soggy wood and pointed his index finger at it. He concentrated on the immense magical energy that now flowed through him and willed some of it to shoot the wood. At first nothing happened, but then a small bolt of electricity shot out of his finger and made contact with the pile.
The effect was instant, while some of the wood shot out in various directions due to the power behind the magical electricity, but most of it now burned in a steadily growing blaze.
Angela's jaw dropped, "I didn't know you could do that!"
Thomas smirked, "You really don't know anything about Captain Marvel, do you? Trust me, I can do a lot more than that."
Suddenly, both of the alicorns groaned and began to move, catching the two humans' attention immediately.
"They're waking up!" Angela exclaimed.
"Finally, I was worried that they'd never wake up given how cold their body temperatures were," Thomas said, watching the two ponies rise to their hooves.
The stallion groaned as he raised himself to his full height, which was about at the same height as Thomas in his transformed state; he looked around in confusion.
"W-Where am I? The last thing I remember us being attacked by those Windigos..." he trailed off when he finally caught sight of the two humans.
"W-What in the name of Tartarus is that?!" he shouted as he began channeling magic into his horn.
"*groan* Solar Flare? What's wrong?" the mare said as she looked first to the stallion beside her, and then to Angela and Thomas. Her eyes widened at the sight of the two strange creatures, but unlike Solar Flare, she did not show any signs of attack. She instead merely examined them with curiosity.
Angela didn't know what Solar Flare was up to when he channeled magic into his horn, but she could tell that it could mean trouble. She got into a fighting stance and began reaching for the sword strapped to her back.
Thomas noticed what she was doing and said, "Don't Mom. We don't want to start a fight."
The two ponies' jaws dropped, Solar Flare's magic died down because all of his focus was now on the two humans.
"T-They can talk?" the mare said in disbelief.
"I don't believe it, what kind of creatures are they?" Solar Flare said to himself.
Angela relaxed and lowered her hands away from the sword. She cleared her throat and said, "We're glad to see that you two are finally awake. We were worried when we first found both of you frozen in ice."
The mare recovered from her shock and said, "Frozen in ice? You mean you two rescued us from being killed by the Windigos?"
"Yes," Thomas said. "We woke up in the snow covered field and found the both of you frozen solid after walking around for awhile. The Windigos themselves gave us some trouble, but we took care of them."
The mare's eyes widened once again, "You mean both of you were able to defeat a group of Windigos all by yourselves?! You two certainly aren't normal creatures, are you?"
Thomas smiled and was about to respond before the stallion snapped out of his stupor and stepped in front of the mare.
"Midnight! What are you doing?! These...THINGS are clearly dangerous, don't just have a conversation with them!" he said, glaring daggers at Thomas and Angela.
The mare frowned at him, "Honey, don't be so hostile to them, they saved our lives."
"That's what they want you to think. They could be tricking us! They could be working for HER!" he shouted.
The mare looked at him dead in the eye. "Solar Flare, if they were working for her then they wouldn't have freed us from the ice. Also, I'm sure they lots of opportunities to kill us while we were unconscious."
Solar Flare paused and began to think about Midnight's words. Angela took this chance to say something.
"Sir, we don't want to hurt you at all. We just wanted to make sure that you were okay."
Solar Flare considered Angela's words before letting his guard down. "Alright, my wife seems to trust you so I won't attack you. But you better not try anything funny or I'll send both of you to the afterlife." He stepped out of Midnight's way, keeping an eye on Angela and Thomas with every step he took.
Midnight rolled her eyes at Solar Flare's antics before giving Angela and Thomas an apologetic look. "Sorry about my husband, he's just wary of strangers and tends to get a little overprotective at times."
"Don't worry about it. I should also apologize for acting like I was getting ready to fight. We're both confused and I was afraid your husband was going to attack us," Angela said.
"Apology accepted," the mare said with a smile.
"Apology not accepted," Solar Flare muttered.
"Shut your mouth and quit being so rude!"
Solar Flare frowned and muttered a few curses under his breath.
Midnight sighed before turning back to the two, "Sorry about him. But how about I introduce us? My name is Midnight, and the grumpy stallion over there is Solar Flare."
"It's nice to meet you Midnight. My name is Angela, and this is my son, Thomas." She pointed to her son as she finished.
"Well it's an honor to meet both of you. But if I may, could you tell me what you two are? We've never come across creatures quite like you," Midnight asked.
"To answer your question, mom and I are called humans. Now would you mind telling us why you were frozen and who you and Solar Flare mentioned earlier?" Thomas asked.
Midnight's smile fell. "Alright, but you might want to sit down. It's a long story."
. . .
Unknown to the alicorns or the humans, the ten Windigos that Thomas and Angela had beaten earlier were gazing into the cave from the outside. They scowled at the cave's inhabitants. The alicorns were now free and they couldn't attack them because of the two powerful humans that resided with them. Left with no other options, they turned and flew in the direction of their ruler's castle. As they made their way there a single thought sent chills down their ethereal spines.
The Queen was not going to be happy. They could only hope that she was in a good mood.