Old Stallion Winter, was never known to having patience, and not finding things he was looking for didn't really help with it.
So when he couldn't find Scarab anywhere he was meant to be, the stables, the torture room, the kitchen, all the places slaves should be he was beginning to be a bit ticked off, meaning the temperature of the whole castle began to drop and new layers of ice began to make their way up the walls.
Deciding to check on the prisoners in the throne room, to see if Scarab was there, Winter began heading for it. But when he got there, his anger only doubled at seeing nine opened pairs of shackles and no prisoners or that wimpy Changeling anywhere.
He was about to head out and see if that stupid dragon had done what she was meant to do yet, when the door slammed and laughter began ringing around the room.
"Twerp!" Winter cried eyes flashing everywhere trying to find Jackson "How did to escape my dragon?!"
"First of," Jackson's voice called out "I am not a Twerp, I am a Student of Chaos."
"Second," that female Changeling continued venom in her voice "Brenda is NOT your dragon and you should be ashamed of yourself for doing all what you've done to her, to her!"
"What..." Winter asked looking around trying to find the brats.
"She means Winter," Jackson continued his voice coming from a different spot now "Blinding her in one eye, holding her in that room for 800 years, making her kill all those you don't want anything to do with, and taking her eggs away from her and using them against her."
With that the first snowball was launched from the opposite direction the boys voice was coming from.
"You know children," Winter said snarling a bit "It's not very fair to fight two against one now is it? Nor is it very wise to fight against someone who will win no matter what."
"Who says you're going to win?" Suzy asked, a second snowball hitting him now.
"I'd of thought it be obvious my dear..." Winter said trying to see out the bug "I have had this power longer that Jackson has had, I know how to use it, how to wield the elements of nature to do my bidding, I have seen all the battles the ponies down there have had and made notes on how to win, I could kill anypony and everypony with just the stomp of my hoof."
"Do you think he can shut up?" Suzy asked a smirk on her voice to Jack who laughed, both still not coming out.
"Well I did tell him once long ago he has a big mouth, dear," Jack replied.
"ENOUGH!" Winter cried still looking around the room "Either come out and fight me man to man boy, or Equestria will not survive to see the spring."
"Well when you put it that way," Jack replied finally stepping out wearing his Warrior of Harmony outfit, a slightly blue snowball in his hand. "Think Fast!" he said throwing the ball hitting it right on target of Winter's face. Then all hell broke loose as from all over the place more and more snowballs began to be fired at the Alicorn.
While Suzy, Jack, and everypony else were keeping Winter 'distracted' in the throne room, Scarab was leading the little ball of snow down the tunnels to the 'Egg Room' where, conveniently, Brenda's eggs were being kept in, in a box keeping them 'asleep' thanks to the cold.
"Ok snowman," he said quietly "We're here, once we get in, we need to be on high alert and absolutely quiet," he explained not knowing if the snowman could understand him "Winter's got this room on constant watch, and all that junk, but the eggs should be easy pickings, because with all the security Winter has put over them, he doesn't think anyone would make it to them to get them out. Nod if you understood that."
Blizzard nodded and gave a big smile, liking this pony - even if he did talk a bit too much.
"Ok, you wait here, and I'll go get them," Scarab said about to open the door when Blizzard got between him and it. "Get out of of the way," he said using his magic and moving the snowman, only for it to be back where it started when he turned back around.
"Look kid. We don't have time for this, let me in and get the eggs, I know the traps, I know how to get past them, but I can't if you're in the way."
Looking up at the pony with big pleading eyes, Blizzard sighed knowing he wasn't going to get what he wanted and moved.
Feeling guilty, coming up with an idea, Scarab said "Besides I need you out here, to warn me if anything is coming. You think you can do that?"
When Blizzard heard this he was bouncing around with joy, then landed where he began and somehow - because he didn't have any arms, saluted the Changeling and began staring down the corridor.
Strangely liking this little snowman, Scarab entered the room and changing into a fly to avoid the traps went over to the control panels and shut off the more dangerous ones so Winter wouldn't sense anything was wrong.
Once that was done, he slowly and carefully made it to the eggs.
Getting to the podium at last, he turned back into a Changeling and began to deactivate the locking mechanism to get to the eggs.
Just as he had undone the lid and about to pull the eggs out the little snowman began screaming and bouncing, getting Scarab to turn and see what was wrong, seeing it run to just inside the room and hide, this getting Scarab to do the same after making look like nothing was wrong.
Holding his breath, Scarab hid behind the podium, as a mouse, his eyes and ears on high alert trying to see what bothered the snowman so much. Then he felt it... The cold, the hate, the anger, the need for revenge....
"Windego's" his whispered just as a couple came in to try and determine what was wrong with their masters machine. If anything happened to the eggs, he would not be happy.
After looking all around the room, surprisingly finding nothing, they left letting Scarab and Blizzard come out and get back to freeing the eggs, at a bit faster pace than before.
If they knew something was wrong, it was only a matter of time before Winter found out.