Chapter 3: The Rise of the Freezelings
Twilight awoke the next morning and looked out the window. She could not believe what she saw. It was summer, but ice and snow covered Ponyville in thick, spreading sheets. But how could that be? Maybe there was a problem in the weather factory. But whatever the reason, she thought she should check it out.
"Twilight, what's going on?" Auquasia asked her new friend.
"I don't know, but I'm going to find out," Twilight replied. The two walked outside and stared at the white landscape. Twilight tried to melt some with magic, but the snow and ice remained cold and thick. "We need to talk to Rainbow Dash. Maybe she knows what's going on," Twilight decided.
The two headed over to Rainbow Dash's house. As they neared it, they could see her examining the ground. "Hey Rainbow Dash. Do you know what's going on," Twilight asked.
"Not a clue. There seems to be no problem in the weather factory. It must be something else," Rainbow Dash responded.
"Twilight tried to melt some with her magic, but it was still as cold and as thick as ever," Auquasia added.
"We need to investigate. Unless we see something before then, we should ask around. But first we need to gather our friends," Twilight said to the other two.
The three set off and gathered their friends. Then they gathered at the center of Ponyville and saw the reason behind the snow and ice. Scattered around were hundreds, maybe thousands, of white creatures with fangs, piercing green eyes, and sharp claws. As they were breathing, snow and ice would come out of their mouth and froze the ground and any buildings. In the very center of them was a tall, white alicorn with fangs (one was broken) and a thin, drooped mane. Turning and seeing the mane 6 she smiled evilly and spoke with a thin, icy voice. "Well, well, well. Who do we have here? I know who you are. Everyone in Equestria knows who you are. Especially you Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Friendship. How are you going to stop me? Your alicorn magic obviously didn't work," the creature said with a grin.
"Who are you and what are these creatures? And why are you spreading this winter over Ponyville?" Twilight asked the tall, white figure.
"I am Queen Frostbite, and I rule over these creatures. We are called freezelings, creatures that can spread unmeltable winters if we choose. As for you questioning our spreading of winter, we're spreading a terrible eternal winter over all of Equestria, and finally the freezelings will take over." Queen Frostbite smiled evilly.
The seven friends gasped. "You cannot spread an eternal winter over all of Equestria!" Auquasia found herself exclaiming.
"Oh. And what are you going to do about it. I don't even know who you are. Are you just a pony that tags along with the others?" Queen Frostbite said in a fake pity voice. The ponies glared at her.
"She's a new friend, and you better leave her alone if you know what's good for ya," Rainbow Dash shouted. Queen Frostbite laughed.
"And what are you going to do about that, Rainbow Dash?" Queen Frostbite said coldly.
"Um, excuse me. We were just wondering if you would just melt your winter so we can enjoy summer, please," Fluttershy said quietly.
"Oh, of course. Not," said Queen Frostbite.
Twilight glared at Queen Frostbite. "This has gone on long enough. Now remove your winter immediately," Twilight demanded.
"Oh of course dear. Right after I visit Princess Celestia and turn myself in for trying to freeze Equestria," Queen Frostbite said sarcastically.
"Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a land to freeze." Queen Frostbite flew away.
"Well that went well," Rainbow Dash said sarcastically.
"Well what do you expect from some evil ice baroness intent on freezing our whole world as we know it," Applejack replied.
"Her hair really needs some work. It looks like a mop on her head," Rarity commented.
"I think she's just having a bad day," Fluttershy said quietly.
"You call freezing Equestria because you're some evil ice queen a bad day?" Pinkie exclaimed.
"I don't have much experience with evil beings at all, but I'm pretty sure that was more than just a bad day. That look in her eye, that was evil intent," Auquasia thought to herself. As she was thinking about Queen Frostbite, she felt a strange feeling. A feeling as if she'd seen her before. The feeling grew stronger and stronger until she found herself running back to Twilight's castle to look in the pack she had brought with her.
"Auquasia, where are you going?" Twilight called out. Rainbow Dash zoomed after her and saw her go into the castle. With her friends just behind, Rainbow Dash flew inside and found Auquasia searching through her pack. Rainbow Dash leaped on her.
"Hey! Why did you go running off like that? Are you some kind of spy?" Rainbow Dash yelled.
"Rainbow! She ain't no spy!" Applejack called to her friend.
"Was I a spy when I first came to Ponyville?" Twilight asked Rainbow Dash to remind her.
"I'm sorry, Auquasia. I guess my imagination got the better of me," Rainbow Dash apologized.
"It's ok, Rainbow Dash. I did sort of leave in a hurry. I just had this strong feeling I had seen her before. I thought I had something in here..." Auquasia trailed off as she brought out a sharp white object. It was the end of a fang.
All the friends gasped at what was brought out of her pack. "How- how do you have her fang?" Twilight stammered eventually.
"I- I don't know! I just felt I had seen her before! But how could I have it...!" Auquasia was just as surprised as the others.
"But we don't have any proof that this belongs to Queen Frostbite," Rarity commented.
"That end of the fang perfectly matches the place where the end of her fang came off of," Twilight said.
"But how..." Auquasia continued to murmur.
"Auquasia, do you have any memory of your life before you were wandering Equestria?" Applejack asked.
"No. And I don't know how I ever could've gotten this fang either."
"Well we don't have time to figure this out right now. We need to stop Queen Frostbite," Twilight said.
"But how, Twilight? Your magic didn't work," Fluttershy reminded her.
"The only way to stop her now is to use the Elements of Harmony!" Twilight exclaimed.
"But we had to return them to the Tree, remember?" Rainbow Dash reminded her.
"I know, but those vines that grew won't come back that quickly. Last time it took a while before the Everfree Forest started invading. We just need to harness them long enough to defeat Queen Frostbite," Twilight said. Everyone agreed and left the castle. But what they didn't know was a mist of white was outside the window and heard everything they planned to do.
"So deep inside she remembers... But her conscience won't let her realize her past... Perfect," the figure said to herself as she watched the group head to the Everfree forest. "That means she shouldn't cause me any trouble. When I'm done, she'll have no memory left..."