The Story of Ice Blaze
Chapter 6: Acceptance
Nightmare Moon's interest in Ice Blaze only increased over the years, pleased with how he was maturing.
Over the next few years, Ice Blaze's anger and hatred grew. His soul and heart now even colder than his body. Spitfire was among the first to notice how he was changing, mainly due to how close she was to the ice Pegasus. Soarin, on occasion, would try to get Ice Blaze to do something with him, which he did, but not with the joy he used to have. Nightshade, having always been an outcast in the first place, rather liked what Ice Blaze was turning into, preferring this new darker side over what he used to be like.
By the time the four Pegasi hit the age of ten, they were already finishing their last year of high school, each of them at the top of their class with perfect scores. Despite having problems during school with getting into fights, Ice Blaze was generally left alone, mainly because of him being different.
Towards the end of their senior year of high school, a group of senior high school students corner Spitfire and Nightshade. The lead stallion of the group, grins as he rips the clothes off of the two mares, who do their best to fight the older and stronger stallions off.
Tears fall from Spitfire's eyes as she cries out for Ice Blaze, being right down the hall, Ice Blaze heard Spitfire call out to him. In a matter of seconds and moving faster than the eye can see, the ice Pegasus is suddenly behind the would-be rapist, his ice cold glacier water blue hand gripping the stallions sack with enough force to crush his testicles. The stallion howls out in pain as his testicles are crushed, his sack icing over and getting heavily frostbit from being in contact with Ice's body.
With a sudden jerk of his arm, Ice Blaze rips the stallion's sack clean off of his body. "WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING TO THESE TWO MARES?!" Ice Blaze yelled at the group of stallions. The lead stallion passes out from blood loss as his nuts are ripped off of his body.
Ice Blaze grabs the stallion by the neck and snaps it, throwing the limp earth pony at one of his friends. The limp body hits him, knocking him off his feet, two of the others help him get back up to his feet and glare at Ice Blaze. "Get him!" The mixed group of ponies rushes Ice Blaze, trying to overpower the ten-year old stallion.
Ice Blaze's cutie mark glows and begins to shine through his clothes, the flames licking at his flanks as they start to come alive, the black veins connecting the ball of ice fire to Ice's hips, causing the shimmering flames to appear like they are pouring from his very body.
Welcome the fight, Ice Blaze allows himself to be jumped before knocking the ponies off him, sending them flying into the lockers and denting them. "All right bitches, let's dance." Spitfire cowers from Ice Blaze while Nightshade watches with a smirk on her face.
One of the ponies, a black and silver Pegasus, draws a butterfly knife from his pocket and twirls it, the light reflecting off of the silver black and onyx black handle. He growls at the ice Pegasus and rushes him, pissed at being made to look like a fool; he lashes out with the knife and cuts ice across the face, creating a jagged cut down the middle of his face. He yelps and drops the knife as it suddenly turns to ice and shatters in his grip.
Ice Blaze yelps as his face is cut but grins evilly as the knife shatters. "Looks like you've just ran out of luck mother fucker." Ice Blaze lashes out with three blows, hitting the older Pegasus in his stomach, his chest, and then his chin.
The blow to his stomach causes the black and silver stallion to bow over, the second hit knocks the wind from him, while the third hit, breaks his jaw and slams his head back, the force of the blow snapping his neck.
"Who's next?" Ice Blaze smirked, just getting started.
The ponies run off, scared to death of being anywhere around Ice Blaze or the mares. Spitfire crawls over to Ice Blaze and places a hand on his shoulder after standing up. "Leave them Ice…. They won't bother us again…."
Ice Blaze turns his head, a look of pure bliss and hatred in his narrowed ice blue eyes. Spitfire cowers at the look in his eyes, knowing that he enjoys fighting. "You're right; they won't bother you or any other mare ever again. Not after what I did." He grinned, causing Spitfire to cower again, the grin making the Pegasus she loves look evil.
Ice Blaze helps the mares up and gives them a set of his clothes from his locker, which they quickly put on to cover up their naked bodies, the gang having ruined their clothes.
"Thank you… Ice Blaze…" Spitfire said.
"No problem." He replied as he walked away.
Spitfire looks at Nightshade. "Nightshade… I'm worried about Ice Blaze… He's not the same Pegasus he was when we were foals…"
Nightshade nods, licking her lips where Spitfire can't see her. "Oh, I've noticed Spitfire. But what is there to do?"
Spitfire sighs. "Nothing except just to accept that Ice is changing, because it's apparent that he's already accepted what he's becoming. But I fear for him."
"He'll be fine, so long as you, Soarin, and I stay by his side."
"You're right Nightshade, no matter what happens, we must stay with him." Spitfire promised. "I'll just need time to fully accept what's happening…."
"I know, and so will Soarin when he finds out." Spitfire nodded in response to Nightshade's statement.
