The Legend of Frostbite Chapter 1: The Legend Begins, a my little pony fanfic

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All was peaceful. The birds were chirping and the sky shone blue with an occasional white, puffy cloud. Equestria was at peace. Suddenly, hundreds of birds shot out of everfree forest as a plume of smoke rose out of the treetops. Deep within the forest a house was slowly being engulfed in flames. A mob of ponies were surrounding the house, chanting and cheering. Within the house there were four ponies, two of them children and the other two being their parents. The father was trying to push rubble out of the way to allow the children to escape while the mother tried to comfort her children. The father raised the fallen beam just enough to allow the children to escape through a window on the first floor. Moments after they escaped they turned around just to see the house collapse into a pile of burning rubble and ash. Both children fell to their knees sobbing as the mob looked upon the house with a satisfied look and left. The eldest child looked at what had happened. Things had not always been this way. There was a time when he believed all was good and that everybody was a friend. No longer. He looked back at his sister who was curled in a balled sobbing. He couldn't stand to see her like this. He sat down next to her and put his arms around her, trying to comfort her.

"It's okay Silver, just let it all out"

She continued to sob for a minute more and then slowly uncurled herself, still sniffling.

"Feeling better?"

"A little" She looked up at him and stared into his eyes with a look of sadness and confusion "Frostbite, why aren't you upset?"

He tried to find a reason, but for some reason he didn't understand it either. They were his parents, yet, he felt nothing. They had been there for him, no matter what, and he still felt nothing. Throughout all of his life he had been told he had a heart of ice. He felt nothing. He was never happy, never sad, and never angry. He always had the same, neutral expression on his face. But was he really so cold that even the death of his own parents couldn't faze him? As this realization slowly revealed itself to him he felt something he had never felt before. Regret. All his life he never let anyone get close to him. He never opened up to anyone, ever. He had made himself a barrier between himself and the outside world, and now he was trapped inside of it. But, this realization changed that. It shone like the stars in the night sky, pointing the way out of the barrier he had created so long ago. He followed it, slowly making his way out of his barrier. He stepped outside and was hit with an emotion he hoped he would never have to face. Sadness. It fell over him in a wave of agony; his knees went weak as he collapsed to the ground sobbing. His sister stared at him in disbelief. He had never shown emotion before. She sat laid down next to him and wrapped around him in an attempt to calm him, but it was to no avail. She didn't know what to do. He had always been the once there for her. He was always strong when she was weak, but now it was reversed, and she didn't know what to do. She stood up and looked at him. He laid there in the fetal position sobbing, rocking back and forth. She couldn't stand seeing him like this. She was about to try and comfort him again when he stopped. He slowly stood up, silently walked over to the rubble, and began digging through. She was about to question what he was doing but before she could he returned. He carried back a cloak he had salvaged, a small bag of bits, and their father's whittling knife. He slipped the cloak over her and told her that they should leave the area before the mob returns. She nodded slowly, understanding the danger, but not wanting to leave the place she had been so attached to. They walked for some time until Frostbite suddenly stopped. He turned back to his sister, "Silver, we should rest here for a while. We can continue forward tomorrow but it's too dangerous to continue tonight."

"Okay that's fine with me, but where exactly are we going?"

"Ummm, well…" He scratched his head "I'm not entirely sure, but were going to have to provide for ourselves for the time being. We can't go back to the town since the mob will be there so we'll need to find somewhere else to stay."

"Okay Frostbite, I'm going to go see if I can find some food."

"Okay I'll stay here and try to get a fire started"

"Got it, I'll be back soon"

With that she left. Frostbite began ripping branches off of the nearby trees. He constructed a small pyramid of twigs with a small amount of kindling in the middle. He found a long stick and began to spin it as fast as he could. In almost no time a small flame appeared. He blew on the fire softly, fueling it and causing it to grow bigger. Within ten minutes he had a decent sized fire going. He sat down smiling proudly at his accomplishment. He light reflected off his coat, giving it a shining appearance. He had and dark turquoise coat with an icy blue swirl pattern throughout it. His mane was white and was spiked back so that it resembled a group of crystals. His tail was the same way, white and spiked back. His eyes were light blue. He stretched his wings and looked at them as they caught the firelight. They were turquoise, just like his coat, but they were icy blue all along the edges and tipped on both ends with small, talon like extremities. His wings had a jagged appearance all along the bottom, rather than smooth or feathery like many other pegasi he had met. He started remembering his parents. His father, Dusklight, had a black coat and a dark grey mane and tail. His father was a unicorn, and was very experienced with magic. His mother on the other hand, was a pegasus. Her name was Brightwing. She had a white coat and a shimmering silver mane. Her tail was the same as her mane and her wings were white with a light grey trimming. She had been the one who had taught him how to fly and had taught him much of what he knew. He had never been to school before since many of the ponies held a grudge against his family for something they did generations ago. He sighed again, knowing they could never return again. He perked up once he heard the sound of his sisters voice.

"I'm back! I found plenty of food for both of us." A smile crept across his face as he heard the good news.

"That's great to hear. I got the fire started so we'll be warm tonight. Tomorrow I'm thinking we'll head east and see if we can find a town nearby. I was pretty sure I saw smoke coming from that direction so there might be a small town of some sort."

"Okay sounds like a good idea. The sooner we can get a roof over our heads the better"

"Can't argue with that"

He laid back against a tree and watched his sister eat. She had a silver coat that shimmered in the light. As she moved around in the light the shimmers moved like a field of grass does in the wind. He smiled, knowing that was the reason for her name, Silverwind. Her mane was white with silver streaks in it and her tail was the same. Her eyes were a dark, beautiful blue, much like sapphire. She had wings as well. They were white with silver trimming and they caught the light and shimmered just like her coat. He smiled, knowing he was going to have trouble keeping stallions away from her when she got older. He chuckled to himself and went over to join her for dinner. They finished eating and curled up by the fire, preparing to sleep. The sun fell past the horizon as the moon rose into the night sky, illuminating the forest with a silvery, white light. Silverwind fell into a deep slumber. Frostbite smiled, knowing she had fallen asleep. He couldn't help but smile at how innocent she looked when she slept. He put his head into his arms and slowly drifted off; knowing that tomorrow was going to be a lot of travel.

Celestia raised the morning sun shining beams of light directly into the face of Frostbite. He woke up and complained to himself about not being able to sleep in like he usually did. He stumbled over to Silver to wake her up only to find she was already awake and laughing at his disorientation. He smiled and told her to get up since they had to begin their travels. She stood up and the two ate breakfast and then departed on their long flight towards their unknown destination.

In a town a couple of hours away, a colt walked around alone, staring at the ground. His name was Junglethorn. He sported a dark green coat with lighter green stripes. His mane was emerald green and was worn messily. He didn't have any wings or a horn since he was an earth pony. He sat down on the top of a hill and looked over the town he lived in. It was all pegusi and unicorns. He was the only earth pony there. His parents had left him when he was a little colt since they thought he would have a better life if they left him with a family that was better off. But, he was an outcast. All the pegusi flew in the sky, playing tag and showing off tricks they had learned. All of the unicorns showed off magic tricks and talked about spells and such. But he couldn't do any of that. He couldn't use magic, he couldn't fly, and he could fit in. Nobody was mean to him. Nobody made fun of him or anything; actually they were quite nice to him. The only problem was that he just didn't have anything in common with them. He sighed and looked off into the distance.

"I wish I could leave. I wish I could just leave and find someone like me. All I want is someone I can play with or anything. Just someone like me…" He heard his family call him for lunch, so he returned back to his house to enjoy time with his family.

"Well at least I have a family" he thought to himself as he walked through the doors into his home.

Meanwhile Frostbite and Silver had been flying for hours before they saw a small farm. They landed in the front yard of the home and knocked on the door. A good sized stallion with a farmers hat opened the door.

"Well hey there little fellers. Wadya doin out here? You lost?"

Frostbite stepped forward and began to talk

"No actually, thank you for asking though. We were actually wondering if we could rest here for a little. We've been flying for hours trying to find some kind of town and we need a little rest."

"Well of course y'all can come in. I don't get many visitors out here so make yerself at home"

"Thank you sir, we really appreciate it. Come on Silver." They both walked in the door as the stallion chuckled

"Yall don't need to call me sir. Just call me Fuji."

Frostbite looked at him questioningly

"Your whole name is Fuji?"

Fuji chuckled, "Naw ma whole name is Fuji Apple. Ma family owns most of the apple farms in all of Equestria. It's a pretty big family. You will probably run into some more of ma family eventually."

"Okay. If I do I'll tell them you said hi. My names Frostbite by the way."

"Nice ta meet ya Frostbite. And who might you be young lady?"

"My name's Silverwind. You can call me Silver though."

Fuji shook both their hands, "well its nice to meet yall. You hungry?"

As if on cue both of their stomachs grumbled and both of their faces turned slightly red.

Fuji laughed, "Well it seems that ya are. Come with me and I'll buck down some apples for ya"

The two followed Fuji into his farm and watched as the trotted up to a tree, turned around, and bucked it. Frostbite and Silver watched in awe as hundreds of apples rained down from the branches.

Fuji looked at them and smiled, "Yall should see yer faces right now."

Frostbite couldn't help but laugh. He'd never met anyone like this before. He was so kind and giving, it touched Frostbites heart. After the incident with the mob he had decided that ponies were evil and that he didn't need their help. He wouldn't have even stopped if it hadn't been for Silver's whining. But Fuji changed all of that. He showed Frostbite that there were still good people in the world, even if there were so terrible people too.

Frostbite and Silver helped Fuji carry the apples back into the house and watched as Fuji began preparing all sorts of food for them. He prepared caramel apples, candy apples, apple fritters, apple pie, tons of food. Frostbite couldn't believe he was doing all this for them.

"Why are you being so nice to us?"

Fuji looked back to him

"Excuse me?"

"I said why are you treating us so nicely? You hardly even know us but your treating us like were lifelong friends that you haven't seen in ages."

"Well… ya see I don't get visitors much. Ma mom raised me to treat everyone like a friend so I try to be friendly to everyone. Plus it isn't common for two ponies, children at that, to stop by ma house and ask to stay a while. I can see it in your eyes. Your goin through a hard time right now so I thought I'd try and cheer ya up a bit."

Frostbite smiled, "Thank you, I really appreciate it, if there's anything we can do to help you to repay you just tell us."

"Yall don't have to repay me. I'm just doin this outa happiness. I love havin company over but I don't have any much since I live alone on the farm."

Silver spoke up, "Wait so you live here alone?"

"Yep. Lived most ma life here alone. Ma brother lived out here with me for a while before he moved into Ponyville ta help Granny Smith run the farm."

"Oh. Don't you get lonely?"

"Naw I've gotten used to it. So where were yall headed anyways?"

Frostbite answered his question, "We don't actually know. Were just trying to find the nearest town."

"Well, there's a town about an hour from here."

"Really? What direction is it in?"

"It's to the east. Just keep heading that way and ya can't miss it"

"Okay, thank you. Silver let's see if we can make it there after lunch."

"Okay sounds good Frostbite"

"So are yall just travelin around?"

"yep pretty much"

"Do ya mind doin me a favor then?"

Frostbite looked at him, "what kind of favor?"

"I just need ya to give a letter to ma brother for me. I can give ya a map to help ya get there"

"Ok sure will do"

"Ok. I'll give ya the map and letter after lunch"

The three of them enjoyed the feast that Fuji had prepared. Soon after Fuji gave them the letter and map and sent them on their way, wishing them good luck in their travels. They decided that they would go to the town first and deliver the letter later on. It would be a day's flight to Ponyville so they decided to spend the night in the town nearby. They spent nearly four hours flying before they reached the town. Once in the town they bought dinner and relaxed in the park until the sun set. After a while Silver spoke up.

"Frostbite?"

"Yeah Silver"

"Where are we gonna sleep tonight?"

Frostbite had actually completely forgotten about that and began to think of something to say.

"Ummm… Well Silver I thought it would be nice to have a sorta… well… a campout of sorts on this hill"

Silver looked at him in disbelief, "Are you serious? We fly all the way to town to sleep in a house and you want to have a campout?"

"Yeah"

She glared at him, "Fine but tomorrow were getting a room in a hotel and I don't care what you say"

"Ok fine, just calm down"

"Fine"

Frostbite just laid back and sighed. She could be a real hassle at times, but she was his sister, so he loved her all the same. After about ten minutes of staring at the night sky Silver rolled over into him.

"Frostbite"

"Yeah Silver"

"Will you sing me a song?"

"Depends what song"

"Will you sing the one mom used to sing to me?"

"If it'll help you sleep then yeah I'll sing it"

"Thank you"

He looked up at the night sky as she curled up into, awaiting her song. He let out a long sigh and began to sing…

Thorn POV:

It had been a long day. He had to sweep the house, wash the dishes, feed the pets, clean his room, and go to the market to pick up a few things for his family. As soon as he was done the sun had already set.

"Crap I'm almost out of time"

He ran back to the hill so that he could watch the stars, but when he got there, there were two ponies lying on the grass that he had never seen before. He snuck up behind a tree and began to listen to them.

"If it'll help you sleep then yeah I'll sing it"

"Thank you"

He thought to himself, "He's gonna sing? Can he do what I do? No, no there's no way he does what I do. I'm the only one who can do it."

He watched as the colt laid his head back and began to sing…

I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah