Chapter One

"What A Day!"

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-In Canterlot-

Princess Celestia was sitting in thought over that day's tasks once more.

"The raising of the sun went well sister," Princess Luna mentions.

"Yes, it did," Celestia replies, "How was your night?"

"It was entertaining," Luna says, "Your Wonderbolts are quite talented. They even beat my Shadowbolts last night."

"I hope it was all in fair game, right Luna?" Celestia asks.

Luna opens her mouth to answer, but is distracted by a portal opening in the ceiling.

"What do you think this is sister?" Luna asks her.

"I don't know," the mare replies, when suddenly an unconscious unicorn drops out of the portal and lands just shy of the table.

The unicorn groans and tries to get up, but fails miserably.

"Wha?" the unicorn manages.

The two princesses rush to the unicorn's side.

"Are you alright?" Princess Celestia asks her.

The unicorn looks at Celestia, clearly confused, but then her eyes widen, and she tries to run away. Although she trips almost immediately.

"Please, stay calm," Celestia tells the unicorn, "Luna, can you get the guards outside when you go to bed?"

"Of course," Luna says and leaves.

Mere moments later, the two guards who had been just outside the door walk into the room and help prop up the young mare.

"Who are you, young one?" Celestia asks her.

"I-I don't know," the mare tells Celestia, "I don't even know how I got here."

"It's okay," the princess encourages her, "Let's just get you a room."

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The two mares are walking down a long hallway, the youngest being propped up by Celestia's guards. On either side there are many kinds of artwork, which the young mare seems to be appraising.

Celestia, upon noticing this, smiles and turns to her asking if she would like to stop and look at the art.

"Y-yes, I would," the mare replies, "Thank you."

The two stop and look at a beautiful painting that was hanging low on the wall. While looking at the painting, the mare's horn starts glowing a fiery red, which suddenly consumed the painting, causing Celestia to back up in surprise and the young mare to yelp.

As the "fire" disappears, the painting is found to have been frozen.

"Oh, my word," Celestia musters, looking at the mare's flank, "My dear, you just got your cutie mark!"

Celestia points to her flank. Confused, the mare looks at her flank, only to see what looked like a ice crystal with a flame inside it.

"Freezer Burn," the mare says, stunned.

"Is that your name?" Celestia asks her.

"I think so," the newly named Freezer Burn says, "That's what popped into my brain when I saw my cutie mark. Maybe it is."

"Let's hurry to your room," Celestia tells Freezer Burn, "Guards come with us."

The guards move to Freezer Burn's sides and help her up from her sitting position.

-3 weeks later-

"Okay, focus," Celestia tells Freezer Burn, then when her tail freezes she says, "Focus on the targets."

Freezer Burn looks back at Celestia as she's unfreezing her tail.

"Sorry, I guess when you spoke, I focused on you," Freezer Burn says bashfully, "Don't worry, I'll get it this time."

Focusing on the targets, Freezer Burn sparks her magic, but then a scroll comes out of nowhere and with a burst of flames, falls frozen to the ground.

"Princess, there's a scroll," she says to Celestia.

"It's from my student, Twilight Sparkle," Celestia tells her, bringing the scroll to herself and ridding it from the ice.

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Dear Princess Celestia,

I have quite a tale for you. It seems that when Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Applebloom went to school today, they found an unconscious mare at the edge of the Everfree Forest. She had no memory of who she was or where she came from. She does not even have her cutie mark. I would enjoy and appreciate your company and help with this mysterious mare.

Your Faithful Student,

Twilight Sparkle

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"Let's get back inside and get ready to go," Celestia tells Freezer Burn.

"We're going?" she asks Celestia.

"Yes, this seems to be connected to you somehow," Princess Celestia replies, "and I would love to see Twilight again."