> Day to day
>  by Elderly
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> Arrival is hard ( Revised ) 
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Life at the homing building was hard. There were always chores to be done and the small amount of free time that you would get was spent trying to catch up on chores that you hadn't finished. That is unless the parents didn't ever pay any attention to you. It was a rare occasion to even see them worried about one of the colts of fillies that they were responsible for.

Luckily for Scootaloo, the parents never paid any attention to her no matter the cause. Hardly anypony ever paid her any attention because every pony felt that she was useless since she hadn't even gained the ability to use her wings. The parents never even introduced her to the adult ponies looking to adopt as they didn't feel she was worth the time of those who wanted to adopt.

There were days when Scootaloo wasn't able to get to her friends, when she was left alone, when she had no one to talk to. Scootaloo had no roommate unlike all the other fillies and colts at the home. She would sleep alone, eat alone, and do everything alone. She had no one to talk to but herself in the mirror. Everything in her life seemed pointless sometimes. 

Some of the fillies even teased her about her lack of ability to fly. They would constantly antagonize her for what she lacked. Sometimes, they would even go as far as pushing her into mud and puddles.

But today, Scootaloo was laying on her bed, crying to herself about the new kinds of teasing that Silver spoon and Diamond Tiara had came up with. She cried because they called her a blank flank. While Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara had only recently gotten their cutie marks, they still felt the need to bully Scootaloo over her lack of one.  

Her heard fluttered against her chest as the door opened. She thought to herself over the possibility of being adopted. Her dreams were soon crushed as the only pony that entered the room was another young pony like herself. He had an icy blue coat and a teal mane with a white strip dominating the middle portion. A tear ran down his cheek and the parents chuckled to themselves about their newest inmate. His wings fell to the floor as weariness set in from what was probably a long night. 

" We are so sorry to have to put you in a room with her," The female parent said as she pointed a targeting hoof to Scootaloo. She shrunk back from the insult," But we have no other choice as their isn't any room elsewhere."  Her words were bland, betraying her attempts to sounds as if she cared. " Now i'll just leave you two to get to know each other." 

The male dropped the colts saddle bags on the ground and the door slammed shut behind him, causing the colt  to jump slightly. After a moment to make sure that the two devils weren't returning, he moved to the nearest empty bed to him. That being the only one in the room as there were only two.  

He pulled a sky blue coat out of his bags and spread it out on his bed. Once placed, he jumped up to it to find a comfortable position to lay down. 

Nearly an hour had passed before the silence between the two was broke by Scootaloo. " So whats your name?" She asked.  

He flipped himself to make eye contact with her. He quickly reverted back to his original position before making any sounds to address her question. 

" My name is Ice Drop."

" Cool," She said, " I'm Scootaloo. Nice to meetch'ya!"  He didn't respond to her and again, the room fell victim to the silence they had recently broken. 

Soon enough, Ice Drop got up from his bed and moved to the window. The cold had fogged the glass but little flakes of snow could still be seen falling from the sky. The entire time, he could see Scootaloo's curious eyes following him. He lifted himself to have his two forelegs pressed against the window. 

Scootaloo, still observing, looked down to his bare flanks. " Hey! you don't have a cutie mark!"

" You make that sound like a good thing." 

" I wouldn't say it's a good thing but I don't have one either." Scootaloo adjusted herself so the Ice Drop could see her flank. He took a quick glance and looked back to her face.

" So you don't. Then why do you say such things so enthusiastically."

"'Cause me and my friends made a group called the cutie mark crusaders. None of us have our cutie marks either."

" Sounds interesting. Now, if you would excuse me I am going to get out of here."

" What do you mean! You can't leave."

"Why not?"

"B-b-because i've never had anyone to talk to here." Her ears folded back and she gave him the best puppy eyes she could muster. 

Ice Drop pulled up on the window while looking at Scootaloo with a dull expression only to find that the window was locked from the out side." Um... d-don't worry, i'm not going to leave you here."

" Great, I want to meet all my friends. We wont be able to get out of here till tomorrow morning so we may as well get to know each other."

"That depends on what you want to know."

"Well, what do you like to do?"

" I don't know, i've lived alone since I was like, three."

" WOW, how did you do it?" 

" Scavenging."

"What did you eat?"

Ice Drop looked off to the side "Thats not important. What time is it?"

" Its like, ten, why?"

" It's a good time to call it a night. Don't you think?"

"No."

"Well I do. Goodnight." With that, Ice Drop flew over to his bed and faked sleeping. Trying to fool her into thinking that he was asleep. 

She, however, was not ready to sleep. This resulting in the constant blabbering of a filly who was bored out of her mind. 



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The next morning around eight o' clock the parents walked in to wake up Ice and Scootaloo. " Wake up you two, long list of extra special chores to do." Scootaloo was already awake, being unable to sleep for ten hours straight, while Ice Drop was still fast asleep at his bed. The male parent started ringing a bell which he held in his mouth and Ice Drop started to mumble and shift around in his bed.


After Ice Drop had woken up the parents left the room. He took the opportunity to plop down in his bed and get a few more hours of sleep. Scootaloo ran up to him and started to shake him with her fore hooves. Her hooves turned cold as she made contact and she quickly pulled away from him. " Don't touch me." He said bluntly. 

" Hey, you got to get up! I want you to meet my friends." Scootaloo inched closer and pounced up and on top of him as she yelled,  " Get up!" Ice Drops body shot upward into Scootaloo. His snout pushed up against hers as did the rest of his body against hers. 

" Don't. Do that." Scootaloo started making faces as the chill from Ice Drops body caught up with her. " That'll probably hurt later..." he said. " But you have woken me up so lets go meet your friends before I fall back asleep." 

" One second, what ever you did to my nose is making it really cold."

" Oh yeah," He chuckled, " Like I said, don't touch me."


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Once Scootaloo had gotten all the things that she wanted to take to the clubhouse, they were ready to leave the homing building that they were staying in. . Right out the door and snow was in piles all down the roads. Ice could be seen at the bottom and bright lights seemed to be dancing in the area around them.

" Oh man, good thing we can fly or we would be walking through all of this." Ice drop said as he spread his wings an started to flap when he heard Scootaloo speak up.

" Oh no, were walking."

"Why?"

"Beee-because I just like to walk through the snow."

"Ok. Whatever. I'm not going to wade through all of this." Ice Drop took to the air above Scootaloo.

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An hour later, the duo had arrived at the club house where two fillies were waiting for them. Scootaloo introduced them as Sweetie Belle and Applebloom. " Well howdy y'all. I hope you didn't tire your selves out on the way here 'cause we've got crusadin' to do." Scootaloo was panting in the corner of the room.

" She didn't want to fly here for some reason." Ice said. The two looked over at each other and giggled. " I'm obviously being left out of something."

Scootaloo panicked and started to make faces at the other two fillies from behind Ice Drops clearly telling them not to say anything.

Sweetie Belle took her first turn to speak," Anyway, I think it's time to get to crusading."

" I'm not going Crusading. I will get some breakfast, than i'm going back to the orphanage to go back to sleep. Ten hours of sleep, geez, how can you ponies live like that." Ice drop took off through the window before anypony could intervene. 

Apple Bloom looked over to Scootaloo. " So, ya haven't told him yet have ya?"
> Ice scape( To be revised)
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Ice Drop was found himself walking through a small confined area that seemed to be made out of stars. The flow let off it's own radiance that seemed to make the area glow. A deep blue seemed to turn the whole area into a warm darkness that even Ice Drop could find enjoyable. The warmth was like a bonding agent that held him in place so that he could not escape. 

The nearby universes could be seen in the small room. The many colors of there stars could be seen and the swirls of dust and other miscellaneous items could be seen floating around, creating clouds that devoured half of the universes that they were found in. Different colors of stars being blue, red, and yellow could be used to tell stories through the shapes that they made. All through out the plains, even when there was only darkness to be seen, stars could separate and form different shapes in the black space. Different universes would be seen any where else. 

Maybe another universe that was able to have things that were different for him. Maybe, if he could find the right one, he would be able to float down to it and join his family that didn't have similar things happen to him. A universe that he didn't have to leave his home from. A home that he would have time to feel the love his family offered.

His first memory slid past him. It was the only one there at the moment. It was when his mom told him about his name. Why she named him Ice Drop. What his name was supposed to represent. A voice started playing into the field around him. It was the sound of his mom talking to him.

" You remember why I named you Ice Drop right?" Her voice was gruff, she was sick and didn't wan't to fall victim to it's only permanent outcome yet.

" Yes mama." His voice was much higher pitched at the time. 

" Can you tell me?"

" Ice is supposed to represent the hardness in a persons heart, some ponies have had a really hard past and are only mean to others to cover up the darkness in their own lives. Ice is like the evil in you heart that leads you to do bad things. Ice is fragile. If you can fight it, you can break it.

" Drop is supposed to represent losing that hardness, dealing with you past is the best way to go. Not hiding from it because it always catches up to you. When someone says drop, they should think of losing that hardness that they grew up with. You should never carry such a heavy burden with you so you should not have to carry it. Just have to drop it."

His mom kissed him on his forehead. " Good job, now go tell you dad what you know so mama can get some rest, ok?" 

" Ok mama."

He left the room and the memory faded from view, and Ice Drop started talking to himself. " I failed to even live up to my name. How can I call my self something so great, when I can't even live to my own. name."

Other memories started to show up near him. Some of them were from his father. One was when he returned to the room his mom was in to find that she was sleeping, very peacefully. One of the other memories of when his dad was killed just days later after his mom passed away. The day he left his home. The first time he had talked to some one after losing his parents. He started to watch the one of his father being killed. 

His dad was was doing paper work from his job in his room. Ice Drop was still relatively small to what he is now. His dad was moving across the floor. He wasn't wearing his shoes like he should have been. He should have been wearing his shoes. Half-way across the room and he slipped.  His head hit the box in front of his bed. Being made of ice, it just shattered into several different pieces. Ice Drop pulled out of the memory before anymore could go on.

" Thats not what happened. I created that to tell myself that it wasn't any ponies fault. I told myself a lie so many times I actually believed it. That couldn't be real anyway. I wasn't in the room, I wouldn't have a memory of this if I wasn't there." 

He was immediately and violently pulled into another memory that showed his first encounter with a wild animal. It was a brown bear that wasn't to friendly. It could probably smell him, thinking he was water, only to find that he was just a pony. Ice drop tried to run away from it but couldn't. In his memory he was stuck doing whatever he did when it actually happened. He tried flying off but was halted by one of the paws of the bear striking his head and he blacked out. 

There was only darkness in the star gazing room that he was originally in and Ice Drop started crying to himself. The room started changing colors from the pitch black to brighter colors. They started at a solid red, than started changing to orange to blue to orange and then purple. The colors started dimming and he could see his mom resting on what looked like a cloud made of purple cotton candy. The background started to revolve around shades of orange before it stopped at a bright orange that gave him a special kind of warmth he never felt before. His mom floated down to him on her purple cloud. She was almost in reaching distance when she vanished from him and the room went black. 

He was entering the final memory. The area was his former home before he came to the homing building. Here, he had everything that he needed. Those things being ice. He was living in the mountains were he could hope that no one would find him. He could live peacefully without ponies bothering him. His heart was cold and all he wanted was to hate any pony that would bother him. His privacy was rarely invaded until a few of the earth ponies that were out hiking and found the cave he was living in. They didn't take long to leave. He had chased them off. After a few days more ponies started to come. The room faded out and left Ice Drop in the star room again.

"I was forced to leave my home. Those ponies took everything I wanted. They took me and my stuff, they took my home and my life. I still can't find myself to do more than hate them. When the ponies that take you away come, the don't care about you. They just care about getting paid to do their job. The room turned black again.

The warmth still carried with him. The room expanded in front of his eyes and the stars returned. They started creating their own swirls that led to a bright blue and white. The room again changed to someplace else. In this room their was a giant heart in the middle that had several large cracks. Anymore and it may just break. Around the room were several pillars that had pictures. They all held very unique paintings made from light hues of blue and pure whites. The one in the back of the room had colors of it's own. The picture was made of purple and orange with white and blue added in. Such different colors should never go together but the four seemed to complement each other with unique kinds of blurs that made them work. 

He then noticed a pattern in the paintings. The ones at the front and back of the room were the brightest. As they went to the middle, the blue nearly turned to black and the white darkened into a more gray color. Then the pictures started to get lighter. The only picture that used color was the one that stood in the middle area. Though at the back, it still meant the most. 

The heart in the middle of the room started to melt and was replaced by a portrait of his mom holding a filly to her. It was a filly that he had just met named Scootaloo. The warmth started to envelope his body further. He had never felt such a strong warmth before. It felt like a warmth from someone who actually cared for him. It was more of a warmth that you would get when you feel your truly cared for. It was the strongest were his heart would be. The room started to grow darker until it was pitch black and he awoke from his dream. 

When he woke, he first opened his left eye. through this eye he could see his room. He could see his mom and a stocking that was set up with his name on it. Their was a small tree with a few ornaments on it showing some of the pictures from when he was younger. This was that wish he had made. He closed his eye and opened the right. He could see Scootaloo laying next to him looking right into his eye. She was huddled close to him. The source of warmth in the dream. She was probably why he saw purple and orange colors there.

He got what he asked. It was his choice on which reality was real and which was a dream. 

When you are faced with a decision to choose between such big things what would you choose. Would you be able to keep your promise, or would a family be to big to leave behind. Which would be for the better. Who needs you more, your family, or your friend. If you are forced with decisions that are to big to decide alone, ask for help, and you will get help.
> Admittance(To be revised)
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When he woke, he first opened his left eye. through this eye he could see his room. He could see his mom and a stocking that was set up with his name on it. Their was a small tree with a few ornaments on it showing some of the pictures from when he was younger. This was that wish he had made. He closed his eye and opened the right. He could see Scootaloo laying next to him looking right into his eye. She was huddled close to him. The source of warmth in the dream. She was probably why he saw purple and orange colors there.

He got what he asked. It was his choice on which reality was real and which was a dream.

Ice Drop closed his eyes and waited for the right time to come out of his sleep. When the decision was made, and all had thought of, the positives and the cons, the choice he made was definitely the correct one.


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Christmas day was when he woke. His mom had been filling the stocking while he sleep. She wasn't worried about how long he had slept since she knew how long Ice ponies could sleep. She was coming over to wake his when she realized he had been sleeping for two whole weeks now. That was just a little long so she moved over to wake him. When Ice Drop woke up without a problem, relief flooded her. " Mom, i'm so happy to see you. I had the strangest dream." Ice Drop started crying into his moms chest.

" You can tell me about it later. Today is christmas." Her voice was very soothing and cheered the small pegasus. 

He sniffled " Ok mama."

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Ice Drop woke two weeks later. Scootaloo was still pressed into him as if he was dying. She was softly crying into his shoulder since she was unable to wake him. She hadn't left his side but once to go get food and a supply of water. Her eyes were stained with pink from the tears and she had her head pressed to his neck. " You promised me you w-w-would never leave me."Scootaloo broke out into more sobs. She hadn't noticed he was awake, but instead was just talking to his body. 

Ice Drop moved his arm to her neck to comfort her and pushed her close. " So are you crying because you miss me or because you think I left you?" Ice Drop had a small amount of sympathy in his voice. 

" Oh my gosh, your back." Scootaloo wrapped him in a giant hug. 

" Ya,um your on my bed and your touching me."

"And you want me off," Scootaloo's sounded very disappointed but she started to move anyway. She was about to hop off when Ice Drop grabbed her.

" You know, it really doesn't bother me anymore." Ice Drop and pulled her to him in a large embrace. In the two weeks that i've been in there, I've had a lot of time to think. And I spent most of that time thinking about you. Scootaloo started to blush wildly. 

" One more thing, Scootaloo, I think i'm ready to tell you about my parents



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Scootaloo and Ice Drop were sitting in the CMC clubhouse with Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle. Scootaloo had rested her head on Ice Drops shoulder. 

Apple Bloom spoke up."So let me get this strait, you two are a thang now." 

" Yes, but when it starts to warm up around here, I will have to leave. I can't live in the heat so I will be going to the Crystal empire and heading back up to my home from there." Ice Drops head hung low but popped back up." Do you have any really strong flyers in this town.?"

Sweetie took her turn to speak. " Their is one, he is new here and seems really nice. I can't remember his name but he is a stronger flyer than Rainbow Dash. Oh, and theres Rainbow Dash. Why?"

" I was really hoping that someone can fly you and Apple Bloom over to where I live. Do you think that Rainbow or the other guy could fly with you two on his back or something?"

" What about Scootaloo?" 

Ice Drop looked over at Scootaloo, " What do you mean, she can fly. Can't you?" Scootaloo shot a glare at Sweetie Belle and a silence fell over the room. They sat in silence as Ice Drop looked around confused. " I again feel left out of something."

Apple Bloom interrupted the conversation," Ok gals... and Ice Drop. We got crusadin' t' do and it ain't goin' to get done if we sit here and yap at each other."

" We got ordi-mints to hang up on the tree in town and there not going to hang themselves." Sweetie Bells had a large smile slide across her face as the thought of bright balls and decorative lights floated in her mind. " Ice Drop, we'll need you to hang the higher up lights. 

" I can do that."

" Scootaloo, you get to do the star on top."

" YAYyyy, wait I can't."

Sweetie looked challenged," Why no-, oh yeah. Thats right." 

Ice Drop sat and looked around for an answer." Why can't you do it."

" I can't do it because, um...ah..."

" You can't fly can you."

" What, ha-ha, of course I can fly."

" No you can't, look at your wings."

"What's wrong with my wings?" Scootaloo was giving off a look that deceived her own words.

" Just look at them, there so..."

" So what!"

" There so loose." 

" What do you mean by loose?" Scootaloo had almost choked back on her tears.

" You clearly haven't preened them before. I can't believe I didn't notice it before, but you can't fly with wings that would shed all there feathers if you took off."

" Haha, ya, there just a little loose. Thats something we can take care of back home."

" You mean at the orphanage?"

"It's not an orphanage!" Scootaloo was searing at his remark.

" Ok, whatever."

" Just because your an orphan doesn't mean everypony there is." 

The last attack stuck Ice Drop. Hard." I-I-I, oh forget it." Ice Drop took off out the door back to the Homing center. 

" Scootaloo, what did you just do." Apple Bloom was the one mad now. " We needed him to hang the lights at the top of the tree!"

"W-we can do it without him."

" HOW!" Apple Bloom had moved close to Scootaloo and was yelling right into her face.She sounded like a normal pony at the time and didn't carry her accent.

" We'll find out how."

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> Exeptional Part 1( To be revised)
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Ice Drop was resting on one of the buildings near the towns center. From the roof he could smell the goods that were being made from within.  He could tell that this was a bakery just from all the assortments of sugary items inside. The swirls of smoke from the chimney told him that the ponies in side had a good sized fire inside and were probably spending there time inside having fun together when they were on their off time. There was probably a little filly or colt inside spending time with his parents. They were a happy family in a world that seemed all to grateful for its inhabitants and the world was so nice and pleasant. The whole world seemed to be so nice to most of the ponies that they ignore the ponies that don't live the good life and leave them to live in places that they barely manage to find or stick them in homes with parents that don't even care about them. Such as him. Even Scootaloo has had a bad life yet she seems to just push it off and have fun anyway. 

Ice Drop found himself staring at the tree in the middle of town, all lifeless and bare of any decorations. " This must have been the tree that we were going to decorate." Ice Drop flew down to the base of the tree where all the decorations were. Most were in boxes that were protected from the snow while a few were scattered about and could be seen in the area. He went to collect the ordainments that had been thrown about.

He had one is his mouth and was starting to return it to the box when an adult stallion came out of the door from the house." HEY! Are you the one who did all that!" 

Ice Drop dropped the ordainment in his mouth into the box. He shook his head and went back to the rest that were on the ground and picked up another one.

The stallion called back after him." Come here then." Ice Drop looked over in the stallions direction but continued on with picking up the ordainments.  " Come on over here." Ice Drop still just went on to collect the ordainments and the stallion trotted over to him. " Come on in son, i'm sure you'll like it on the inside.

Ice Drop hesitated when the stallion called him son but went on with his doings." Im good."

" Are you sure, you don't look so good." Ice Drop said nothing but looked up at the stallion." Just come on in." The stallion started moving in the direction of his house and Ice Drop followed.   

Once inside the house, the stallion led Ice Drop to the living room where he told Ice Drop to stay. He could see the fire that the smoke from the chimney had come from. Once the stallion had left the room, Ice Drop moved as far as he could from the fire. Here in the corner were the window was, probably the one that The stallion had seen him through. Here he couldn't feel the heat the the fire had dropped onto him. 

Ice Drop was sitting on the floor when the stallion came back into the room. He looked worried for a second but saw Ice Drop in the corner and relaxed." Follow me." Ice Drop was more than happy to get out of the room and into someplace that may be cooler.

He was led into a room where three other ponies were waiting. One was probably his wife and the other two his children. Music started playing and he instantly herd a chorus of welcomes as he walked in and his two kids ran up to him trying to give him a hug. " DON"T TOUCH ME!" Ice Drops voice was herd over the the music and the parents talking. The two stopped from their escapade and the two adult looked over at him. Ice Drop shrunk back in fear. " I don't like to be touched for good reasons."

The two kids looked over at each other and started giggling. They went back at trying to hug Ice Drop and he shrunk back further from them. The boy managed to get a leg around him and instantly drew back. His leg was mostly blue from the cold that emanated from Ice Drops body. The blue leaked from his foreleg and the boy gave Ice Drop a hard look. " What did you do."

" Like I said, I don't like to be touched." 

" That doesn't tell me what you did." 

" It's not what I did, it's what I did." 

" What does that mean!"

The male stallion stepped in on the conversation. " What happened here?"

"When I tried to hug him, he turned me to blue! TO BLUE!"

" That's what I do." Ice Drops voice dropped into a moping like sound. 

" You change the color of his fur?" 

Ice Drop was really slow to his answer," Yes, in a way. I really changed everything about him in that general area that he touched me with."

" You changed everything about him?"

" Pretty much."

" How did you do that?"

" Thats just what happens when you touch me. That is-."

" That is?" The stallion lifted an eye.

" It's nothing important."

" Everything that you can tell me is important."

"I-I- I need to go home. It's getting late."

" And where do you live? I would like to have a talk with you parents about your... ability."

" Where I live isn't important." Ice Drop started making his way for the door when the stallion stopped him. 

" Everything, is important." Ice Drop backed up from the stallion and started looking for another escape route. The Window! He started running for the window. Once he got there he tried to open it but failed. " Ugh, another bared window. Can't believe I didn't see that." Ice Drop face hoofed.

The stallion spoke up." Did you forget to have a V- hay."  

With his only way blocked, Ice Drop conceded. "I currently live at the orphanage."

The stallion looked confused." Orphanage? You mean the homing building?"

" Ya, the homing building." Ice Drop rolled his eyes.

" Are you connected to your roommate?"

Ice Drop let of a sigh." Not anymore."

" Great! I mean, what is you name?"

" My name is Ice Drop."

" Cool, Im Cotten Candy. My colts name is Sugar Candy." He pointed over to the two other ponies that had watched everything from the past few minutes. " She is Ditzy Do and her daughter Dinky Do." They waved at Ice Drop." She's been a good friend for a long time."

" Your not a family?"

"Nope."

Ditzy spoke up," He made fun of me because of my eyes when I was young."

" That's in the past."

" You still did."

"Okayyy, moving on. Ice, your free to stay here if you want or go to the homing building. I won't tell the parents about you and you turn ponies to blue problem. That will only stir trouble."

Ice Drop turned to leave but stopped at the door. " How do you know about the parents?"

" Me? I used to live there. Worst place I have ever been. Im sure you'll survive the next few days though. So, since your still here, what did you get for Hearth warming?"

" I got nothing. Neither did Scootaloo"

" YOU DIDN'T GET ANYTHING!" 

"Nope. The parents ignore me and Scootaloo. We are the one's that they don't really care about."

"Bda bda. Stay there for just a second." Cotten Candy left the room in a hurry and Ditzy Do walked up to Ice Drop and poked her wing against his side before he could say anything. Ice Drop gave her a strong glare and she removed her wing from his side. It too had turned a a blue color just like Sugar Candy's foreleg. 

Cotten Candy walked back into the room with a thick rope in his mouth. " I think you should take this. I know it looks intimidating but it's a lot of fun." Laying beside him was a boogie board with a dragon painted burned into the wood. The burns had been painted over to give it a higher definition and a more realistic look. The board had even been freshly waxed. 

Ice Drops expression dropped into a new stunned yet sad look. " You giving that to me?"
> Exceptional part 2( To be revised)
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"Your giving this to me"

Cotten Candy let off a smile that seemed to illuminate the whole room. " Yep!"  Cottens smile grew even bigger.

" Thanks," Ice Drop looked down at the floor and a tear fell from his eye. Cotten Candy approached him and laid down in-front of him. He poked at him with his muzzle. 

" Hey kid, everything ok?" Ice Drop sniffled and looked away from him. 

" Yeah, i'm fine. I'm just going to go back to the homing building." Cotten Candy got back up and moved out of the way of Ice Drop.

" You sure you want to go?" Cotten looked slightly confused and disappointed

" Ya, i'm sure." Ice Drop moved for the door and Cotten joined him at his side. Once they had reached the front door, Cotten waved goodbye to Ice Drop and saw him take to the homing building.


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Later that day


Ice Drop and Scootaloo were talking about there past relations in their room. They had been talking it through from last of the day and decided that it be best that they don't get back together. They had stopped when they had heard the parents talking to two other adults outside the room.

" There is no reason to see inside that room. There is nothing there." The male parent was trying to sound as persuasive as possible.

" If there isn't anything there, than why don't you want us to see whats in it." The voice sounded familiar to Ice Drop but he was unable to figure it out.

" Im sorry sir, there is just nothing that you could ever possible want behind here." The bickering went on for another few minutes and the two were starting to get mad at each other.


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" Hey Scootaloo, whats going on."

" Heck if I know. Check it out." The two were giving each other weird looks before Ice thought of something better to do.

" I have a better idea." Ice Drop grabbed one of the sheets off the bed." Wrap this around you.


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The parent was almost yelling at the stallion that was trying to see behind the door when it opened. "Hey! Whats going on out here. Were busy." Scootaloo was hardly suppressing the laughs already but when she saw there faces she burst." Im sorry Ice, but I can't keep it in." Ice poked his head out of the doorway and started laughing himself. The male parent had had a blankest expression ever but started blush as he realized how he had been fooled. The female parent was still covering her eyes. The other two were just staring when Ice Drop found out who they were.

Cotten was wearing a suite over his perfect white coat and had brushed back his Pink and green hair which made his green eyes sparkle with more life that ever before. Derpy still looked like Derpy and had not bothered to Dress up at all. She actually looked disappointed that she hadn't.

" Hey Cotten. Hey Derpy." They just waved back at him as Scootaloo dropped the sheet and threw it back on the bed. "Whatcha doing?" Cotten Candy snapped out of his trance as he realized that what just happened was a prank.

" Im here to pick you up!" Cotten had one of his genuine grins going as he moved towards them.

" What about Scootaloo?" He looked over at Derpy.

"That's why she's here." Scootaloo hoped on ever to Derpy who took her up in a warm hug." Come on kid. You have a new home to go to."

" A new home? I don't know." Ice Drop looked depressed at the idea of going to another home.

" Why not? Isn't this what you wanted?" 

Ice Drop hesitated before answering the question. All of his previous caretakers. What did all of them have in common? Will Cotten do the something that they all did? Will this just lead to another home that he wants to escape from? The questions flowed slower than honey in his brain and he couldn't find an answer to the questions.

"I'll take that as a yes! Were ready to go. These are the two we wanted." The parent led them to the front desk of the homing building. There were two chairs on either side of the desk and their were only a few ponies lined up to see the pictures of the ponies living there from a book on a short stand. Two couples was pointing at Scootaloo as they were clearly disappointed that she was being taken. A third and single parent was looking at Ice Drop. They both looked similar but the stallion seemed to be looking for somepony specific.  

Ice Drop went to get Scootaloo attention and when they looked back there were two ponies that looked like Ice Drop. The second that had appeared looked like Ice Drop just as well. They were both standing together, seeming to admire Ice like no one else ever had.

Ice Drop walked up to them. Time felt like it stopped once he was close enough to them to physically touch them. They both lowered their heads to be level with his. The male who he could see was his father kissed the top of his head and Ice closed his eyes. The male started to talk," I am sorry for what I put you through Ice. And, I understand if you never want to see me again. Lucky you since you probably never will." Ice Drop seared.

" I see. Your leaving me again already and you've only been here for a single minute. I guess I never needed you that much anyway." 

"You'll understand in the future." He opened his eyes and his father was gone. His mom started to slowly vanish from in front of him.

" He still loves you and so do I," with that she dissipated from his sight. Everything started to resume and Cotten Called him over.

The parents slid two clipboards to Cotten and said, " You'll ned to sign these to get full possession, that is, if they agree to go with you. Ice Drop will also need to sign. The same was happening next to them with Dinky and Scootaloo. Cotten signed the paper and gave it to Ice. He just lingered over it for the moment and had a lifeless look to him. He clearly wasn't getting along with the idea of having another dad very well. He reluctantly signed the papers and looked defeated.

Cotten looked thrilled. " Yay, I have a, I mean another son!" Cotten was bouncing off the floor." Hurry up. We have to pick Dinky and Sugar, who may I remind you is your new brother, up from Sugar Cube Corner!"


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They were right outside Sugar Cube Corner. It was around five O' clock and christmas was nearing it's end. Cotten opened up the door and the room was chaos. A bright pink pony was running around the room, chasing after four foals. Two were just babies while the other two were Dinky and sugar. They were all over the place and making a mess of everything. Cotten Candy went to grab sugar while Ditzy went to do the same with Dinky. They were giving them stern looks( Or as stern as Ditzy can get) and the pink pony had grabbed the two younger foals. Cotten Let sugar go and he went to go stand by Ice Drop.

" Hi Pinkie, you having a good hearths warming?"

"Yep, it's been a blast," Pinkie was slightly sweating and looked famished," I just love taking care of the cakes children. Same with yours. Their so much fun." Ice Drop went up to the winged foal. He appeared to be male. Ice tipped him with his muzzle. " Careful Ice Drop, he is a very worthy opponent." She was giving the small colt a 'fight me' look and he gave out a growling sound. Ice went back to his original spot next to Sugar.

Cotten joined back into the conversation." We must be going Pinkie, but before so, can you get me some muffins?"

"Any thing for you Cotten."

"Thanks."

"Here you go." Pinkie had seemed to have had a whole box of muffins ready. Cotten Dropped a few bits on the counter. Pinkie kept wearing a warm smile and took the bits. She also winked at him. Cotten said his goodbyes and the six of us left the story leaving Pinkie and the foal to go on with their daily lives.

Once we had arrived at Cotten house, Cotten had leaned down to whisper something to sugar who in return nodded and went in. Along with him went Dinky leaving Cotten, Derpy and Ice Drop and Scootaloo outside. " Wait just one second, they are preparing something." There was a loud thumping on the door and Cotten gave the two a sign telling them that they could go in.

The inside of the house was decorated with several different items ranging from balloons to streamers. Pinkie was siting behind a table that had cake and punch on it. In the left corner of the room was a tree that touched the roof of the room. Cotten walked in behind Ice Drop and Ditzy flew over to the tree to see to that Dinky didn't open any of the several presents that were under it. " Here in a minute were going to open presents!" He let off a smile that would be a good competitor for Pinkies. " There are some for you. Sugar and Dinky have been waiting for this all day so lets not keep them waiting." 

Cotten led Ice Drop over to the tree where Dinky and Sugar were waiting. Soon came Scootaloo who looked as exited as ever. " Lets let Ice Drop and Scootaloo grab their presents first. Do you find that a good idea Ditzy?" She nodded and Cotten prodded Scootaloo and Ice Drop closer to the tree. Scootaloo immediately went and found the first one with her name on it. Ice took things slowly. The first box he saw had his name on it so he slowly grabbed it with his mouth and looked over at Cotten, looking for approval. He nodded speedily and waited for him to open the gift. 

Scootaloo had already opened the one she had found and inside was a saddle bag. Her face lit up ( even though she didn't have any particular want for this item) at her first present from Ditzy and Cotten. Ice Drop had started to peel the paper away from his and found that underneath it all was a game of RISK: THE GAME OF GLOBAL DOMINATION. The game looked very interesting to him and Ice tried to open it but found that the box was sealed shut. " You can't open it yet ice Drop. We have to open all the presents first." Cotten had found himself to be funny and was laughing at his comment ( But this is a third person story so we will not know).


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Later that night, Ice Drop was laying on his new bed. He left a little early to come to his room and see what surprises that were hidden within. He found it strange that for a family of two, they would have so much space to live in. It felt like Cotten had be planning on adopting another child or having one himself. Soon, he found himself pondering on who Sugars mom had been. Sugar had a pasty white coat. Hence the name sugar. It did seem to have a small amount of color to it. It was to hard to tell what it leaned on but it wasn't a pure white likes Cottens. Ice left the room to find Cotten and ask him. 

Wondering the hallways was incredibly confusing. Yet again, big house, small family. Ice was right outside Cotten Candy's room and could hear the breathing of two ponies. He figured the second was from Sugar being in the room with his dad. When he went in, he found that Cotten and Ditzy were in the corner together sleeping together on a thin sheet. The floor was carpeted so it probably wasn't to uncomfortable. Ditzy was resting her head on Cottens shoulder and Cotten had a wing around her.

Ice Drop suddenly added a confused face to his list. Since when did Cotten have wings? After a good moments thought, he realized that Cotten had always been wearing some sort of clothing and none of them had places for wings. Maybe he didn't like people to see them. Ice Drop went up closer to get a better view. His wings seemed to be a bit larger than most and had several random blue dots that were oh so slowly expanding as he fell further into his sleep. The spots were almost the size of his hoof when they instantly shrank by a large sum. Cotten started to mutter and his eyes started to flutter. Ice raced back to his room and hoped that he hadn't seen him.

That blue seemed like such a familiar color.


> A second Ice(To be revised)
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Ice found himself back in the dream room. The stars were brighter than ever and shone with new hazes. The darkness was lighter and had a more vibrant blue to it. The starts only one color, a new pitch black. Behind him you would see the sun lowering, giving way to a moon that shown brighter then ever before. On it could be seen the shape of a pony. The stars stared to grow and then moon dimmed. The room gave way to a new kind of black the seemed to have only one purpose. To conceal. 

A silent flutter could be heard across the small room and a dark figure stood in-front of Ice Drop. Her hair shown small stars of it's own. She wore a breast plate made of a black metal. It on it's own would be enough to light the room if their were any light to reflect from it. She took her first step toward Ice and bent down. " Hello there little one." Her horn started to glow and her full features were shown by the light emanating from it." I see that you have made it here for the second time." She started to look around, as if trying to find somepony and whispered." Do you know where you are?"

Ice Drop looked straight up at her." Im in my dream. Am I not?" 

"Well yes, you are dreaming but no. You are in my personal domain. Here, in this... room, is where I can view all the dreams of the ponies sleeping." She took a few steps to get closer to Ice Drop and a wall formed in-front of Ice Drop. It glowed a white color but just faded to black." I have never seen one of you dreams. Have you ever dreamt before Ice Drop?" Ice stepped back.

"How do you know my name?" 

" I know every ponies name."

" How?"

" I am the princess. I need to know all the names of mine and my sisters subjects."

" Your, a princess?" She giggled.

" Yes, I am Princess Luna. I am Celestias sister. We rule over Equestria together and work together to create day and night. Celestia raises the son sun while I raise the moon. Now, have you ever had a dream before?" She gave him a questioning look.

" Of course I have. I had a dream two weeks ago and I was in this room."

" I know of that but that was not a dream. That was your mind guiding you on a direction that led you to where you are now. I know you have never had a real dream that you are capable of remembering. You were never much of a dreamer to begin with. When you last came to this place, you saw a fake memory of you dad. Do you know where your dad actually is, because he certainly isn't dead.

Ice looked down below the stars that were at his feet. So far away, yet so easily covered up by something you can control. " I don't know where he is. He left me on my own so I have no care for where he is." 

Luna again looked puzzled. " He left you? And you don't care about him? 

" After my mom died, he left me on my own. I waited for days but he never came back. I don't care about him because he didn't care enough about me to stay with me when I needed him the most. I don't ever want to see him again."

Luna looked abashed " Come with me Ice Drop. I will show you what happened that day." Luna started flying and went straight through the ceiling. Ice followed shortly after her. When he meet the top, he too went through it but felt a sickening feeling go through him. A large white space formed in front of Luna and she flew into it. Ice Drop had finally found the place that she was just in. He stuck his hoof into the white space and it rippled just like a puddle of water would. The white area seemed to absorb him and he felt that his body was shrinking as he went through.

When he came to, he was next to Luna who was blankly staring at the Ice Drop in Ice's memory. The room was made of ice and so were the furnishings. There was a bed made of what they called soft ice and a chest at the end that looked like it might have taken a large amount of time to create. On the bed there was a small lump that was to dark to be any of the coverings.

There he was, sitting in the bed that his mom died. He didn't exactly understand what death was at the time but he was lost to the fact that he would  never be able to see his mom again. His dad wan't there and Ice Drop looked worried. This was the fifth day that he had been secluded from everypony else. He hadn't seen his dad and there was no longer any food for the colt to eat. He was forced from his own home by his dads lack of responsibility. 

The young colt removed himself from the bed. Under him was a large imprint of where he had been laying. He clearly hadn't moved in a while. Tears were coming from Ice Drops eyes and he grabbed a piece of paper and a pencil from the stand beside his bed. He moved to the front of the room near the door and started writing on the sheet. As he wrote tears streamed from his eyes.

The rooms started to fade from the actual Ice Drops view. He remembered the night that this event had occurred. Three years wasn't long enough to forget. He could remember how tired he was since he hadn't been able to sleep. He could remember how hurt he been when his mom died and his dad just vanished. 

The room started glowing with stars and galaxies as the memory faded. Luna turned to him with a sad look on her." I can only imagine how you felt when this occurred. This must have been... tragic." Ice Drop just looked away from her. "He did not leave you as you so believe he did." Ice Drops eyes flew wide.

" If he didn't leave me then what was it that he did?" Ice Drops voice quivered as he spoke. 


 
> New goodbye's   ( To be revised)
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The room Ice Drop woke up in was lighten up by the sun. He faced the window away from the door and watched as the sun rose. The sun was brighter than usual and felt warm on his fur which is made of Ice. He quickly sat up to close the curtains and went back to laying on his bed. After a few minutes he was able to feel his eyes becoming heavy and his mind dulling as he fell deeper into the trance.

It was at that moment when he started to feel something wet on his side that was making a large ruckus and a good amount of strange vibrating feelings that made him want to laugh. It slowly moved down to his stomach when it started to intensify. I small giggle came from his throat and he instantly twisted to see what was happening. He found Cotten Candy leaning over and blowing into his stomach. Ice started to laugh harder as Cotton started to blow harder and he consorted to trying to shove Cotton off of him.
His attempts to get rid of Cotton proved futile and started kicking at him. Cotten just moved to the side to avoid the kicks from the colt. Ice Drop started yelling at Cotten but he kept going at his stomach. Eventually he stopped and let Ice Drop catch his breath before he went back at it and Ice went back to yelling. "Stop it! That makes me feel weird!

Cotten pulled back from his attack on Ice Drop to make room for his own words. " It's supposed to silly. Have you never been tickled before?"

"No!"

" Wow. I can't believe no pony has ever tickled you before." Ice Drop gave him a strange look to show how he felt about the subject. He quickly changed it as memories from his recent trip came to him.

" I saw you last night. With Ditzy. Care to explain?" Cotton went wide eyed and gave Ice Drop a questioning stare.

" So that was you snooping around last night." The sentence was more of a statement than a question. " Why does my business matter to you"

Ice Drop was quick to respond. " Because, your my dad now and to trust you, I should know you. You know a good amount of my past but I know next to nothing about you or who you are. What I saw last night was more than just you and her but what you’ve been hiding. Your wings! You’re even hiding them right no!.” Ice was pointing at his shirt. “ Further than that, your wings had blue dots on them about the size of my hoof. I think that you should have to explain yourself!” 

Cotton stared blankly at him. He sat without much of any actions and seemed to be more surprised than anything. No words fit what he wanted to tell him so he decided to tell him part of the truth. “ Magic. Everything about me is magic.” Cotton turned his head to make sure nopony was at the door. “ My skin is magic, my coloration is partially magic, and nearly everything else that you see about me.” Cotton’s words were blunt. “ My wings had blue dots on them because my concentration was broken in my sleep. The reason you saw blue is because my natural fur color is blue, just like your own.” Cotton left Ice Drop in the room alone to think.


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Ice Drop went into the living quarters of the house. To him it still wasn’t home but it was as close as he had ever gotten since the day he left his own. There, he found Cotton, Sugar, Dinky, Scootaloo, and Ditzy. Every one that was in the house the previous night. He went up to Sugar who was sitting alone. “ I had a dream last night, and this pony named Luna, who apparently is a princess, gave me a little visit to talk about my dad.” Cotton looked down at him with a strange look and a little bit of nervousness. “ She said that after I left my house, he followed me for about a year or so. He later settled down in a small town named Ponyville. That wouldn’t happen to be you would it.” By now, everypony in the house was staring at them.

“ We need to talk about this privately.” Cotton led them into a small room within the house. The room was rather small compared to any of the other rooms and stored many things like brooms and rakes. Cotton knew it was a small storage room. 

“ Ok. Some crazy blue alicorn visits you in your sleep and her name is Luna. Do you really believe a pony that you don’t know?”

“ I-I don’t know. She said that it wasn’t really a dream and… I never said she was blue and I never said she was an alicorn.” Ice felt that it was him time to finally be scorning somepony. “ You know her don’t you?”

Cotton was just realizing as Ice Drop finished his small speech. “I” His I was held out for several seconds before he said anything else. “ I do know who you’re talking about and yes, she is a princess. She and her sister rule over Equestria together. But you know what? you’re a very smart colt and I think you have every clue you need to figure out the rest of the mystery that you’re trying to put together and should distract yourself with that.”

“I already pieced it together. You told me that most everything about you was magic. From what I can tell, your disguise is magic and that is where you got the appearance you have now. You found somepony who had strong enough magic abilities to give you your appearance. Luna already knew who you were but never said anything about a sister knowing who you were. I don’t think anypony is just going to forget that they gave another pony a magical suite so i’m guessing you got Luna to do it and thats why she knew so much about you. You’re wings had blue splotches on them which seemed similar to somepony I know. As you lost your concentration when you slept, those splotches got bigger showing more blue. If you are who I think you are, the only reason that you can concentrate while sleeping is because, like me, you’re made of ice. Luna, like a said earlier, told me that my dad followed me around for a small amount of time before coming to a town named Ponyville which is this town right here. The only thing that is believable here is that you are my father, and you were my father before you adopted me.”

Cotton looked stunned at Ice’s conclusion. He clearly wasn’t expecting it wasn’t to happy that Ice Drop had figured out so much so fast. “ You, sorrowfully are not correct.” Cottens head dropped. “ Your dad isn't alive. He was the one that followed you here and he was the one that settled down here before me. Your dad had also gotten what ever your mom had and died the same death. His illness was the only reason that he stopped following you. I received a letter and I came to this little town to see your dad off. I first visited Luna to get this skin that you see now because the ponies here aren’t ready to know of our kind. I came to see your dad took him to a place that nopony would find or disturb him. I myself, am only your uncle.”

Ice Drop looked heart broken. All of this and now he was left knowing that his dad, just like his mom, was dead. He had gone through so much and now he was left with nothing. “ So. Why did you stay here if what you came here for is done” Ice Drops words were slow to come out.

“ I stayed here because I had a child.” Cotton was now being straight-forward with him. “ and I would never leave a child behind and I would never take a child from his own mother. Of course, after we broke up, the option was completely available but Sugar was to young to survive in the environment that I used to live in.”

“ But he’s part ice pony isn’t he?”

“No. At least he doesn’t show any signs of it. Flesh and bones seem to be dominant here but that doesn't matter. It’s more comfortable anyway.”
Ice Drop was appalled at what he had just heard. “ What's that supposed to mean.” While sounding like a question, Ice was also yelling at him.

“ Hey, keep it down. We don’t want to be heard.” Cotton peered out of the door to make sure nopony was listening in. “ It’s hard to describe to such a young kid, but you seem pretty smart. Like I said earlier, it’s magic. It’s just a different kind of magic, lets sa-”

Ice Drop stopped him before he could go on. “ Your not made of Ice anymore because you used black magic!”

Cotton stared at Ice Drop a little angered by being interrupted. “ No. Lets say when I came to town, I meet a few ponies. Most of them were female because in this place thats all that seem to be here and you got close to some of them. Two of them stick out to you and you really like them. Well, apparently, there's more magic in these emotions then there are in friendship and this magic is able to change you if you let it. Well, thats what happened. I don’t want to go any further because thats a little bit out of my knowledge area but i’m sure you get it.”

The two walked out of the closet and back into the main room where everypony was waiting. Ice Drop moved to the couch that sat on the left side of the room while Cotton went to a chair that only sat one pony. Ice was deep in his thoughts when Scootaloo confronted him. “ Hey. What were you talking about in there?” Ice Drop turned to her.

“ Stuff.”

“What kind of stuff?”

“ Just stuff.”

“ What’s that supposed to mean?”

“ It means that it’s something that I don’t want you to know about.”

Scootaloo’s voice dropped to a hush.“Oh.” She backed off of him for the time being.

> Taken ( To be revised)
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Ice Drop stood next to the princess of the night as she was once again showing him what he could not show himself. The star room was seeded with stars and galaxies. This time though, they seemed to be darker. It was like the the stars were telling him that everything comes to an end. Maybe some things much sooner than others. While others, much longer. Life isn't long compared to time itself. Ones life should be treated as the most delicate of things and the most fragile items of existence. 

The area in front of Ice Drop opened into a column of color. " Ice Drop. What I have for you here, is your home as it is today." The house was still empty. Yet, the building was different. New furnishing had been put in the home and different items scattered the floor. The walls were the same pale blue color as they had always been but different portraits lined them. 

"Whats happened to this place since i've left?" His words were stifled as to him, the furnishings were like disrespect for those who are gone.

" Ponies have lived here. Ponies have left here too. Nopony ever stays here long. " Luna stared down at Ice Drop. It was clear why. Nopony would ever want to live in such a confined space. Only eight rooms to the whole house.

Ice Drops mind went to what he had left behind. All his friends and family. Everything that he had ever know was left years ago. " Whats happened to all my friends?" His stare trailed off to the door." Do any of them still live here?" 

" Not many of them. Most of them moved away to another town when you left." Luna closed her eyes, trying to concentrate on her thoughts." You family vanished in a matter of days. You mom dies first off," her words made Ice Drop flinch but she kept on speaking without a second thought. " Then you disappear without telling anypony where your going and you dad goes after you. You're the last one in your family to carry your own last name. Say something were to happen to you, your name would be gone. That is, assuming that you don't have foals of your own by that time."  

Ice absorbed everything, not completely understanding what she meant by 'Say something were to happen to you' and ' carrying on your family name'. 

" Which one is still here? " He mentally scrolled through the list of friends he had from those years. 

" Milky Way is still here." Everything stopped there. His thoughts zoomed to his memories of him. He was the one pony in the whole town had small Spirals in his coat. Whenever he would stand over an amount of water, his coat would reflect it into several small shapes onto any nearby surface. He was also much older than Ice Drop. Milky Way was probably nearing the age of fourteen or fifteen by now. 

" Can we go see him?" 

" I'm sorry Ice Drop. But that simply cannot happen just yet. This is also where you must wake up from this dream." 

Ice backed up as if he was in fear. " I don't want to leave yet. "

"Im sorry. But you cannot stay here any longer." With that, a flash erupted causing temporary blindness.

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Five years later



Ice Drop found himself back in his bed. Next him, he found a small sleeping bag with and sleeping pony inside. Of course Scootaloo would be in here with him. The three visitors had never left the house and had decided to spend the night with them. Ditzy must be with Cotten, Dinky with Sugar, and Scootaloo was clearly in the same room with Ice.

Ditzy and Cotten had broken up after an accident that led to them getting extremely mad at each other. Scootaloo and him never got any closer to each other after either after their previous relationship. They were indeed good friends. She was just a little to... unfragile for him. The two did get along well though. They had had many sleepovers together and often found themselves getting in large amounts of trouble together. 

Scootaloo had gotten her cutie mark while performing dare devil tricks at the skate park that had just been built a few years back. It was a wheel with flames coming out behind it. Sweetie Belle and Applebloom were also close friends of his and had gotten their cutie marks. Sweetie Belle found that her cutie mark was a large note to symbolize her singing, Applebloom had a heart shaped apple to show they she was very caring of her apples.

Together, the four of them would go out and have fun together. Sometimes, they excluded Ice Drop from there activities with good reason. And if the reason was good enough, Scootaloo too because of her boyish behavior. 

Today though, they were doing something special. Sweetie Belle and Applebloom were going to teach him how to talk to a filly. Or arguably a mare depending on how you see age. He had never been one to talk smoothly. Whenever he talked to another filly, he would always stumble on his own words or say something stupid.

He looked out the window to see the time. It was about six in the morning so it would be a few hours till everyone would be up, so in the meantime, he may as well have a talk with Scootaloo about how they were going to go about teaching him. It was then that the door opened slowly. It didn't even make a sound as it traveled to it's destination beside the inner wall. Behind it, was none other then the mare that he had meet in all of his dreams, Princess Luna. She was the first to speak of the two. 

"Ice Drop." She was giving him a strong glare. Something she must have picked up over the years of being royalty. She coughed a little. " Sorry. Ice Drop." This time, her voice was much more soothing. Almost like a moms. " I believe it is time for you to go home now. You have spent enough time here as it is. And you need to show your family that you are safe." She almost looked sad to say it.

All other words that he had planned on saying left his thoughts and were replaced by new ones. " But I have family here now Luna. And Cotten can just take a break off of work and fly there to tell them i'm ok." 

" I understand why you don't want to leave your new home young one. And I understand that you have made connections here, but you have family back where you used to live and they need the peace of mind. That is why i'm sending you home Ice. I'm sorry to do this after you have been here so long, but this is what needs to happen, and it is for the best. However, we should move to the front room to discuss this. We don't want to wake up this young filly." 

He had no problem with moving to the front room of his home. His home. Here was the home of most all of his good memories. This was the home where he had made friends on his own. To him, this was home. He had spent his life growing close to the ponies here. He had so much built for him, so much remember. And so many ponies to 

This was the home in which he lived and in which his caretaker raised him. This was also the home where he felt loved and cared for. This was the one place that he felt excepted by other ponies. But this most of all was the home he knew he would always be welcome  . But now, this was the home that he would be torn away from.This will now be the home he no longer knows.

They were now in the living room. " I'm sorry Ice Drop. But this can't be your home anymore." She held her stern look. " I cannot allow you to live here any longer." 

Ice raised his voice to her. " Why isn't it Princess! Why can't I live here with the ponies that I love!" 

" Keep you voice down. I cannot allow you to live here because this is not where you belong." 

" Then why would you wait so long to take me away! Why not take me when I didn't feel like I belonged! I would have been happy to go then!" 

" That is because you belonged to more ponies than you would think. Now we must be going." 

Ice Drops voiced dimmed. " I'm not going any where Luna. This is my home now." He could see Luna's horn start to glow.

" I'm sorry to have to do this but this is my only option with you." She then cast a spell while he was standing in place. " If this is how it must be, this is how I will take you like this." With that, she levitated them outside. There, she found her carriage which was still latched onto the two guards. She sat him on it facing the house. " It's time to say good bye Ice Drop." She then faced the guards. " Lets go." 

As his home faded from his view, he thought of all the things he will miss because of Luna taking him. He would miss Cotten Candy, and he would miss Sugar. He would also miss Scootaloo and all the nights they spent together. Helping each other. 

His room was barely able to be made out. He could see the small figurines on his window seal. He could also see his bed through the window. What caught his eye was what was next to his bed. He could see Scootaloo looking through the window. She was watching him fly away. Leaving her behind. 

All she could see, was him leaving her behind. She didn't know that he couldn't resist. She didn't know that he was being taken against his will. She just thought that he was leaving her behind. She still has his coat though. Now all she has to do is look in the pocket.

Maybe, she will find something more valuable than anything else.

He stood in the same position that the Princess had left him. Unable to turn around or look away. 

" You're know you're taking me from more than even I realize Luna don't you?" 


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" What was in the pocket Daddy?" Ice Drops colt spoke up. 

" I don't remember what I left for her. But i'm sure she still has it." Ice let off a small smile. " Now. It's time for you to go to bed." You start school tomorrow." 

The colt didn't sound happy with the answer but grunted in acceptance anyways. " It's time for daddy to go to bed too." 

He soon found himself in his room on the bed. Beside him lay a picture from when he was young. He held it above him so he could see it better. He found himself starring at a picture of when Scootaloo first ever flew by herself. " I hope you know that I didn't leave you behind. And that I will never leave you in my past. 
> (AU) Stuck with you
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Ice had managed to find his way back to sleep after he had woken up. It had only been a few hours ago that he awoke and never could find out why. He did however, get the feeling that some pony was in the house. Not wanting to wake Scootaloo, he had ignored the feeling and went back to bed. 

Only a few hours later, he was awake and at full functioning ability.  Scootaloo was packing her stuff as Ice Drop waited by the door. His coat shown brightly and his mane was well groomed. Over the years, the sun had had it's way with him as his coat darkened a small amount but still held the slightly transparent layer. He also wore his mane to be a bit ragged while still keeping a good look. Ice Drops tail had grown out and was only about a half foot from being the size of any normal mares tail. 

Today was a special day for Ice. The girls were going to show him how to talk to a mare or filly. He was fine with either reference but was well aware that different ponies had different lines when it came to a filly becoming a mare. 

Finally, Scootaloo was ready to head out. She had packed all her bags and was making the last adjustments to her saddle bags. What she was doing caught his attention as Scootaloo was loosening it so that it wouldn't hold tight to her. Ice couldn't help but question her. " Scootaloo, why are you loosening your saddle bags?" 

She responded without haste. " Because, this is your first lesson.  When it comes to girls, you-" Scootaloo made a clear point to make sure he knew she was talking about him " you always carry there stuff." With that, she had lunged her bags at him. The brute force and weight of the bag was enough to nock him off of his hooves. Scootaloo didn't laugh when he fell to the ground. Instead, she only hovered over him  ( Metaphorically) until he got back up. " Now. Lets go." Ice only huffed at her.

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The two flew just under the clouds. They day was cool and smelled of the flowers below them. Ice was sure that Fluttershy would be out enjoying it with all of her animals. The clouds gave them the perfect amount of coverage from the sun. 

Soon enough, they had arrived at the clubhouse. In other words, the starting location for there newest adventure. Hopefully, not only would they teach Ice to talk to the girls but possibly find him a Fillyfriend. It was just there luck that today was a perfect day for the job. 

The interior had stayed virtually the same other than a few changes to the pictures that were hung up on the wall.Other than that, there was only one thing that was different and it was brand new to the clubhouse. It was a curtain that was strung about the back of the room. It was incredibly rough on the edges but would do well in the case somepony would need to hide behind it. 

He could see a spot on the curtain that was making slight movements. Sweetie Belle And Apple Bloom cut him off before he could inspect it.  “ Ok Ice Drop.” Sweetie Belle had started speaking. “ It’s time for you to learn to talk to a filly” She had grown to be near the size of a fully grown mare. Only another year and she would have reached her peak. Her voice had also become deeper and more controlled as the years past on her. 

Apple Bloom had took advantage of the pause in speaking. “ And we are going to teach you!”  Apple Bloom also had become much taller. Taller than her sister and many of the mares in Ponyville but none of the Stallions. Ice himself only stood but an inch above her when they were both on their hind legs. “ And we already have you a perfect little filly for you to get your first bit of practice.” She smiled gleefully. “ Sweetie if you would please.” 

Sweetie nodded and took the rope beside her in her mouth and yanked. The curtain fell from it’s earlier position and exposed the filly that was behind it. Behind the Curtain was a filly of medium height that had one of those body builds you wouldn’t expect from a filly of her background. 

She wasn’t as tall as AppleBloom but was closing in on her. The years had been very kind to her as she no longer wore braces and voice therapy had gotten her to talk without a slurred S sound. 

The filly was Twist. Now working under Ponyvilles prized bakers, she had to ask for a later shift in order to meet up with them. She walked closer to Ice, trying her best to give the room a ‘sexy’ atmosphere. 

Ice Drop remained unbroken and only slightly uncomfortable with the situation. He looked at Twist the same way he would AppleBloom and Sweetie Belle. She was just a friend. Nothing more, nothing less. No matter the amount of flirting the three of them could ever put on him, he would always know that they were only joking with him. 

Twist, seeing that her actions weren't having any effect on Ice, she hurried her way to sit in front of him and gave Sweetie the signal to start with his training. Twist blushed when she meet Ices  stare. It was nothing but a bold gaze but she found herself embarrassed by her actions. 

“ Ok” Sweetie Belle said. “ I think we're ready to get started.” She smiled and moved closer to the two. " Ice. When you want to talk to a girl you like, how would you start?" 

" Well. I would-"

" Don't say it! Do it!" Sweetie exclaimed " To Twist!" She pointed at Twist who smile sheepishly under the attention she was receiving. 
“What! I can’t do that with her!” Ice yelled. “She’s just as close of a friend as you three are!” 

“This is practice Ice. Nothing for real.” 

“ Ugh. Fine.” He looked back at Twist. “ Hello Twist. I think you look good today.” Ice said plainly.

“ No. No.No.” Sweetie Belle faced hoofed and Applebloom giggled in the back of the room. “ You got to say it sincerely. 

“ This isn’t going to work. I can’t practice with girls like Twist.” 

“ Hey!” 

“We’re just too close.”Sweetie Belle looked over at Applebloom. The two let off devious grins that told me that they had been planning on my failure here and were ready to take things further.

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The four had left the clubhouse, leaving Twist to wander on her own adventures. They were taking Ice to the park in hopes of meeting the one girl in the class Ice did like. She wasn’t the prettiest of the mares or fillies his age, but he found himself attracted to her nonetheless. 

Their personalities were almost mirror images of each other. Both of them were top of the class students. They tried to be nice to everypony they meet. And oftenly, they both found themselves running into each other since they took part in many similar activities. 

Ice had only ever told his three closest friends about the crush he had on her and they constantly took advantage of it. That being if they put a good word in when talking to his crush, or just saying something nice about him whenever she was around.

He had never seen Scootaloo do so,  but he guessed that it was just because of the past relationship between the two that always held the small amount of awkwardness between the them. 

Now, she was one of the girls pushing him towards a bench where the filly of his dreams was taking a break from her daily schedule. She sat there, head facing the ground as she slept. “ I don’t think it’s a good idea to wake her up” Ice unsuccessfully tried halt there advancements towards the filly on the bench, but was only meet with more force. “ She may not be too happy.”

“ Don’t worry ‘bout wha she thinks. If she likes ya, she’ll be happy to see ya anyways.” Apple Bloom assured him with a biggest smile she could give. 

" I hope you're right. Because if you aren't, you may just be ruining my chances for anything in the future." 

" Oh don't be such a drama queen. " With that, she pushed him forward with all her might. 

Ice landed just in front of the the bench. The commotion had stirred her from her slumber and she was not sitting up right on the bench. Ice gave her a goofy smile as she stared him down with sleep in her eyes. " O-o-oh hey Lyrical" The filly's mother had given her a name to be as much like hers as possible. " How ya- how ya been?" He chuckled a little. She only smiled at him after a moment of silence.  

" Well. Strange as normal. My moms telling me to be careful when it came to colts my age." She looked off to the side.  " She said some strange things about colts and pants." She scrunched her eyes. " Don't even know what that means." She looked back at him.      "Sooo. How have things for you?" 

" Oh! uh" He blushed at his loss for words. " Fine. Just fine." He hopped up onto the bench with her. He then thought to himself They never taught me anything! What those three girls done to me!  He looked away bashfully. They sat there silently with their heads starring in the imposing directions of each other. 

" You know." Lyrical said. " I think I need to go. I do have stuff I need to do. " Ice stumbled to get his words straightened out.

" Wait!" 

" Yes?" Her words deceived her as she sounded like she was waiting for a specific question. 

" I-I-I-I um. Heh. Theres something I want to ask you."  She turned around and tilted her head to the left. "Uh." He heard somepony calling out behind him. 

" JUST ASK HER OUT ALREADY"  Ice was sure Lyrical had heard Sweetie Belle scream as she had started to blush intensely once the words had reached him. 

" Well. I guess you now know what I wanted to ask you." 

" Ya. However, I think that you should ask me personally to get an answer." 

"OH!" Ice blushed. " Um. How would you like to go to sugar cube corner with me?" 

" You know. I think I would love to."

" Great!" Lyrical giggle softly. Ice moved to be by here side and she got back to all fours. The two walked together with the three other fillies trailing behind them. 

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They had soon found there way to Sugar cube corner. Ice had opened the door for her and told the filly to find them a table while he went to take care of something quickly. 

Ice had rushed to talk the the Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo. The three were waiting and watching from a distance. He had found them on the other side of the road. " Maybe I didn't need that help. But at least you guys got me into a situation that turned out good for me." 

Sweetie Belle and Applebloom said nothing. Instead, they moved out of the way for him to see Scootaloo, who was lightly crying. He couldn't bring himself to move from where he was was. Scootaloo brought herself to him instead. She sunk her snout into his neck as if the two were coming in for a warm hug. Ice couldn't help but leave his mouth agape as she snuggled his neck. " I hope she's as happy with you as I was. " With that, Scootaloo took to the air, leaving Ice with a cold spot on his neck and tears in his heart. 

He unfolded his wings to chase after but was stopped by the farm pony. " Ice, you need to be sure of the decision you make before you make one. And here, you're going to have to choose between the filly that you want. Or the filly that wants you. " Her hefty accident had died as she was making herself as clear as possible. " And that filly you want may not like you back. Now think Ice Drop. What do you need to do here?" 

" I- " He was holding back tears of his own that he didn't even notice had formed. He could only think for the time being. Scootaloo was still in his sights and it wouldn't take him long to catch her as she was still a novice in her flying skills. However, if he went after her, Lyrical would have no way of knowing where he had gone. 

Both directions were massive risks on his part. If he abandoned the filly he had just asked out, she might become upset and spread rumors about him. However, if he didn't go after Scootaloo, they may never be able to look again without knowing of the pain that separates them. 

" I know who i'm going with. Scootaloo was my first friend here in Ponyville. Lyrical was my first large crush. My choice is my own when I say that there is no mirror image without corruption as any mirror will only show you yourself backwards."