Chapter 10
Is this was being dead is like? I couldn't see, feel, nor hear anything, it was just all black, but strangely I could still smell fresh air. It was faint, but I could definitely smell it. Occasionally I'd try to see if my eyes would open, I'm not sure if I'm unconscious or my eyes wouldn't open. I couldn't exactly feel if my eyes were opening or not. Now I smell something different, it smelled sort of sweet, like candy.
I I can alive for now needs too or will over, otherwise die from magic
Now I can hear something in between the high pitched beep I was hearing, like the sound you hear in movies where a pony barely escapes an explosion and their hearing is temporarily broken. I feel a bit of tingling in my head, was somepony using a spell on me?
I'll help hear us so we tell him what do.
That time the voice was clearer, it was Glimmer's voice I think. Now there was more tingling around my ears, I tried scratching them but I wasn't sure if I was moving my hooves or not.
"Frost?" an unfamiliar voice called. I still couldn't see, but I tried answering.
"Frost if you can hear us, move one of your ears" Glimmer's voice said. I tried moving one of my ears and apparently succeeded because I heard some sighs around me.
"I can keep him alive for a while, but he needs to fulfill the promise" the unfamiliar voice said. I still couldn't feel anything, but I could tell they were using a spell to keep me alive, they probably want me to tell my name.
"Frost, tell us your name!" Pinkie cried out, her voice echoed a bit. I tried saying 'no'.
"Just tell us your name! Why is it such a big deal!?" Glimmer's voice yelled out. The reasoning was stupid, but I still wouldn't tell.
"Please!" a familiar voice yelled. Was that Sweetie Belle? I tried to say 'Sweetie Belle?'
"Yes it's me, please just tell them your name, I don't want you to die" Sweetie Belle's voice whispered. Well if I died, she would be here to see it. I didn't want to traumatize her, nor did I want to say my name. If I told them my name, I wouldn't die. Was that a pro or a con? I mentally sighed, I must be going soft. I tried saying 'only to you'.
"Only me?" Sweetie Belle's voice asked. If anypony could hear my name, it was her, and maybe Spike but I couldn't tell if he was here at all.
"I think he only wants to tell you" Glimmer's voice responded.
"Oh! Oh! That'll work!" Pinkie responded, sounding extremely pleased. I tried saying 'lean in so I could whisper'. I heard small hoofsteps near me.
"Alright, I'm here" Sweetie Belle's voice responded. I hesitated a little, why was this so hard to do? I could yell it across Equestria and it wouldn't matter, but it'd matter to me. Why didn't I just lie during our question game? I would've died there maybe, but it'd be so much easier than this.
"I can't hold this spell for much longer" the unfamiliar voice notified. Oh great, a time limit, why not?
"Hurry" Sweetie Belle whispered to me. So what if I told her? Was hiding my name also a way for me to hide from the past? What if she recognized the name? Would she hate me? Maybe if she hated me, everything would be better. No. No matter what, nothing would be alright ever again. Equestria is ruined, my friends are dead, and it's all my fault.
"Any day now!" I heard Glimmer yell. I wish I could've shook my head, I wish I didn't have to do this, but I knew if I didn't say my name right now, I'd die, and that'd be too much of a reward for everything I did. I took a deep breath, made sure I didn't yell it.
And I told her my name.
*Somewhere else, another POV*
"Sir!" The guard yelled as he ran into the throne room and bowed immediately, he knew what'd happen if he dared to disrespect the king in anyway.
"What is it now?" He asked in annoyance, he hated being bothered when he was reading up more from the book.
"The book! It's glowing!" The guard yelled. He dropped the book in surprise, he wasn't sure if he was delighted or upset at this. His best friend was still alive somewhere.
"Are you sure? It could be a false alarm." He said, slowly picking up the book but not removing his glued eyes from the guard.
"We're sure it was him sir! He said his name! His REAL name!" The guard verified. He smiled wickedly in response, he was surprised the spell worked at all actually.
"Gather all our scouts and tell them to search for him, search for somepony who goes under the name 'Frost Bluewing', I doubt he'd change that name anytime soon" He said as he stood up and placed the book back on the shelf.
"Yes sir!" The guard bowed and exited the room quickly. He knew that Frost was the only lose end that needed tying up, well besides the escaped Elements of Harmony. Three of them had escaped that fateful day, but he wasn't worried at all about them, without Twilight Sparkle nor the other two elements generosity and truth, they couldn't activate their powers anyway.
"I'll find you Frost, before Cadence can" He snickered, unaware that someone was spying on him and was preparing her own plan to find this 'Frost' person.
*Frost's POV*
I must've passed out or something, or maybe I died. Well if this is what death looked like, then I don't regret it at all because I was standing on a giant television with a bunch of math equations flying around me that were being chased by cows shooting lasers. I know that sounds weird, but I like it for some reason. It's much better than the world I lived in before.
"Frost?" A voice called out. Alright so I'm not dead, or maybe I'm meeting Celestia on the other side? I've been to some events and seen Celestia, this isn't her voice but it sounded familiar.
"Hello?" I called out. Just as I did, my whole world crumbled around me, it looked like I was falling rapidly but I felt no movement, but I still got frightened a little from it. When it was over, I was standing in a giant whitish room, it looked like it was covered in fog.
"Hello, Frost" A voice behind me greeted. As I turned around I almost fell back from shock.
"Princess Luna!?" I exclaimed like an idiot. She smiled in response and I quickly bowed my head to her, I'm not sure why I did that, it's not like formality was a top issue here.
"Am I correct in saying you are Frost Bluewing?" Luna asked, looking at my body as if expecting to see something. Of course she expected to see me with wings, but I only got that part of my nickname because of a spell that gave me temporary pegasus wings, I almost smiled at that memory, it was one of the first spells we found in that book.
"Yes, and you're Princess Luna?" I asked, another stupid question. If she wasn't Princess Luna, then I don't know who is, she had the dark mane, the cutie mark, the dark blue color, and not to mention she was visiting me in my dreams.
"Yes, surprised to see me?" She asked.
"Yeah I am, why are you here?" I asked, I was on a role with the stupid questions, she was obviously here to discuss my previous nightmares. Maybe it was the fact that Princess Luna, one of the ponies thought to have been killed off, was standing in front of me.
"I've heard so much about you" Luna said. Princess Luna, has heard about me. Wait, of course she has, she must've heard from Princess Celestia about that book we found. I've heard from Twilight that Princess Celestia was going to award us something, but then… Well, I think she died, or maybe she escaped with Princess Luna?
"How did you hear about me?" I asked, just to be safe.
"HE has been talking about you" Luna said, her face frowning.
"WHAT!?" I yelled but instinctively but immediately covered my mouth, she could be talking about anypony, and maybe I just misunderstood.
"I believe we are both referring to the same stallion" Luna said. Alright, don't panic. Maybe he just referring to me because of memory reasons, there's no way he knew he was alive.
"Um…" I started, but I didn't know how to respond.
"His intention is currently to find you at all costs" Luna said. My heart skipped a beat, it's over. Now he knows I'm alive and if he captures me, he'll make sure I don't get killed. Great, just perfect! Now I really hope I'm dead.
"The question is, how does he know you Frost?" Luna asked. Initially I don't like telling my backstory to anypony, but Luna was different, maybe she can help me. But, what if she decides to do justice and kill me?
"I… Can't tell you." I said as my ears dropped. Luna frowned more deeply and approached me.
"He doesn't just associate with anypony Frost, I insist you tell me" Luna tried, she looked very threatening. Could I feel pain in dreams if it was Luna doing it? I sighed, part of me wanted to tell her anyway. If I could trust my secret to anypony, why not the Princesses?
"Promise to keep it a secret?" I asked. Luna nodded in response and I turned away from her. I told her everything, I told her about the books, about Twilight, about HIM, and about Sweetie Belle. She listened through the whole thing silently, she didn't seem to react, at least not verbally. When I was finished I turned to her, expecting to see hatred or shock but instead she looked, relieved.
"So it appears you're on our side then" Luna said. Our side?
"What do you mean?" I asked. She walked up to me and put a hoof on my shoulder.
"You see, at this moment you are in a coma" Luna told me. What? A coma? Well figures, I wasn't dead nor alive but in the middle.
"Of course, why am I not surprised?" I sighed, I wish I was still a filly because you could at least control your dreams as a filly.
"I'm glad you're truly on our side Frost, we were worried you died during the fight" Luna said, well she knew about the fight before I told her?
"I might as well be dead, since he's looking for me now" I sighed. Luna took her hood off my shoulder and smiled at me.
"I thought the same as you when my sister put me on the moon, but believe me when I say that it's good that you're alive" Luna encouraged. The Princess of the Night just told me it's good that I'm alive, well that's one thing I can brag about I guess.
"When you said 'our side', what did you mean?" I asked.
"Tell me, do you know of the elements of harmony?" Luna asked me.
"I've heard of them, but never actually looked into detail about them" I said, Luna being the second person to ask me, next to Pinkie who was apparently one of them.
"The elements of harmony were used to vanquish great evils from Equestria, they were Equestria's strongest weapon" she said. I perked up at this, if Luna said they were strong, it must be true!
"Can we use it against HIM?" I asked with a smile.
"I'm afraid they're rendered useless at the moment" Luna said, my smile fading.
"Well I guess it would be too easy huh?" I joked, making it sound more harsh than funny.
"You see, the Element bearers Twilight Sparkle, Apple-" Luna began.
"Twilight?" I asked, then immediately put a hoof to my mouth, I should never interrupt a princess. I mouthed a sorry and she smiled.
"Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy were all the protectors of Equestria, together they activated the elements and used it to defeat strong foes. Unfortunately the elements can't be activated unless every one of them are present." Luna explained, again who is this Rarity person? I sighed.
"Well I guess it's useless since Twilight is… dead." I said, I hated talking about that.
"Yes, but don't worry, we may still be able to activate the elements" Luna said.
"How?" I asked, if Twilight was dead then how could it be activated at all? Could she be replaced? No, Twilight can never be replaced.
"My sister Tia was able to activate them because of her love to protect her citizens and her magic strength, my magic isn't strong enough to hold the elements alone, if we gather the others then we should be able to activate it" Luna said. I wanted to ask why couldn't Celestia activate them, but I was afraid of the answer.
"Alright, so you want me to get the other 5? I alright found Pinkie actually." I said. Luna had a look of confusion on her face but then smiled.
"Good, you'll need to find Fluttershy and Rainbow next." Luna said. I frowned a little.
"That might be hard, assuming HE is looking for me now." I said.
"It will be, but I have full confidence in you. You'll need to head over to Canterlot." Luna told me. I almost fell back again.
"Canterlot!? But HE is there!" I exclaimed.
"I know, but Discord is there and I know you're the only one who can free him." Luna calmly said.
"Discord? You mean the reformed spirit of chaos?" I asked. I heard all about him from Twilight, was it Fluttershy who reformed him? I forgot honestly but whatever.
"Yes, he teleported Fluttershy away before he was encased again, only he knows where she could be" Luna said. Again, this meant going to Canterlot.
"How exactly am I going to get in? The place is swarming with guards." I said. I've never actually been there, but I'm pretty sure there are guards, what kind of castle wouldn't have guards?
"I'll convince as many of my stallions to go search for you, that'll be your opportunity to get inside" Luna informed me.
"What?" I asked.
"Nevermind that, just be sure to be at Canterlot by tomorrow, sneak into the gardens and try to free Discord, you'll recognize him when you see him" Luna told me. Well I researched cockatoos once so I knew a few spells for stone imprisonment, I guess I can also reverse it.
"Alright, so assuming I get Discord out, he tells me where Fluttershy is, and I escape. How do I find Rainbow Dash?" I asked. Luna smiled at this.
"She is leading a rebellion, I'll inform you when I figure out their location. For now, keep an eye out for her." Luna told me.
"Right, what about Applejack and… oh yeah, who is Rarity exactly? My, friend, Sweetie Belle seems to know her." I asked. Luna looked surprised but then she looked very upset.
"Rarity is assumed dead at the moment, along with Applejack. Sweetie Belle was… her sister." Luna told me. Of course, I should've figured that out. I guess if I left Sweetie Belle, she'd assume I'd die like Rarity. Which honestly might've happened.
"You said 'assumed', so she might be alive?" I asked.
"We never found their bodies, only Twilight's body was recovered" Luna told me.
"Alright, once I wake up I rescue Discord, find the other 2, and then wait for your orders. Got it." I said with a smile. It felt so nice to be told what to do when you had no idea on what you're actually supposed to be doing.
"Good, I'm choosing to trust you Frost. Tell Pinkie of our plan." Luna said as she faded away. Crud, I had more questions to ask her. Just then I felt myself falling down, fast, I must be waking up.
Weird, this chapter had no flashback. Oh well. Sorry for the long wait, I can't seem to find the motivation to keep writing these chapters, especially with the other 2 stories I'm working on. But do not worry, I shall continue this story till I finish it! Also, of course I had to include Discord in this story, he's my favorite. xD
(School will resume for me soon, so it might take longer than expected. Sorry. D:)
