A Windigo in disguise

Crystal Belle walked down the path leading to the Town square of this little town called "Ponyville" As she hums a little tune a chilly wind blows at her mane "Hello old friend good to see you again" she says softly and continues her humming causing the wind to whip at her mane "Ok Ok I'm going slow down...always in a rush" She says with a slight smirk as she quickens her pace.

Shy was trotting down the street, looking for paint. He always seemed to be running out. His blue mane Nade him blebd in a little- He liked not being spotted. most ponies knew that by now- tge blue stallion with the red mane who always looks miserable? Leave him be. He wants to be by himself. He was wearing a scarf to keep himself warm, and he wasn't really one for getting that affected by the weather anyway. It was a right wind though- it cut through you. He needed a warmer place.

He looked around and saw a shop. He went in and finally got hold of the paints he needed. After paying for them, he hung about for a bit to batch some warmth. The owner was a nice old stallion- one of the few ponies Shy even remotely liked.

"So, what are you going to paint?" The shopkeeper in question asked.

"Well.... I don't really know. I have a few ideas but nothing solid yet." Shy replied.

"Aw well, you'll get inspiration somewhere my boy. Now, I'm afraid you'll have to leave- I'm locking up shop and I really want to get home."

Shy begrudgingly left. He'd just have to brave the cold. He trotted up the street to his home on the edge of town.

Spell Tome rarely ever visited Ponyville. She passed through to go into the Everfree Forest a couple times to study creatures, get ingredients for potions, things of that nature. Although, a lot of things she did weren't all that natural. They were to her, at least. It was a bit chilly down in Ponyville. Spell wasn't the biggest fan of cold weather. At least it wasn't too bad. Just some cold winds here and there. All she needed and brought was a scarf and her book, like always.

She trotted by some stores and houses, and saw a mare talking to herself. Well, it seemed that way. Spell was a bit worried about this, but she's seen weirder. Much weirder... She still sometimes has nightmares about it. They're more like dreams to her, because she enjoyed it. Anyway, she approached the mare who was talking to... nothing.

"Um, excuse me, miss? Are you alright?"

Crystal smiles down at the little filly in front of her 'Why yes little one I am just fine thank you for asking" She says with a chuckle as the wind continues to whip at her mane. 'Maybe you can help me though. You see I am looking for a jewel shop do you know any near by?" she asks.

Shy was pushing against the wind, his eyes watering. He looked around for shelter and saw a mare and a filly talking. In this weather? That's a bit mental. He walked up to them to warn them.

"Excuse me, but don't you think it's a bit windy to be outside today? I'm only out because I really need my paint."

He inspected the two. The mare was rather tall and elegant looking, but skinny. He hoped she fed herself. Shy had become much more compassionate recently, mainly due to his recent contact with.... Well, he hesitated to call them friends. More acquaintances. They had helped him nonetheless. He was still very quiet and introverted though- he only really spoke if he felt it was important, and a little filly out in this weather? Dangerous. He didn't particularly like foals but he didn't want them to freeze to death either.

"I don't mean to be a roast, but I would like to point out that you are still little." He said to the filly. "Don't you think you should go catch a heat somewhere? You might catch something. Unless this is your mum, but you don't look very similar so I wouldn't bet on that."

This mare seemed nice. Maybe not alright in the head, but she was nice enough. Spell might start to take a liking to her. She did need to be more social. But for some reason, she couldn't make any friends her age. They were always older, adult mares. Mostly because she gets picked on a lot, and doesn't want to be friends with big meanies.

The mare was looking for a jewel shop? Well, her cutie mark was a dead giveaway to why she wanted to find one.

"Oh, I'm sorry miss. I'm new here as well. I live in Canterlot. I just decided to come down here to find some new spell books, and possibly some ingredients I can use for new potions." She felt like she was useless. She hated not being able to help out, so she shyed away a little bit. Then a stallion walked over and, like every pony, was saying she couldn't do something because she was a foal. He had a good point, but a little cold weather couldn't hurt.

"Oh, I'm sorry sir. And no, this is not my mother. I can handle myself out here just fine. But thank you for your concern. And I learned a heating spell not too long ago, so if I get really cold I can warm myself up."

~~~OC: Logik~~~

Logik exited the alchemy store with various new potions and ingredients placed into his saddlebags. He shivered slightly as he stepped outside, but didn't respond too drastically to the fairly cold weather that had established itself in Ponyville. Looking around, the Unicorn could see that the various nearby streets were mostly lacking pedestrians, as it seemed that most ponies were content with staying warm in their homes on that day.

Logik began walking back to his temporary home after a short look around, but soon slowed his pace when he saw a nearby mare that was apparently either talking to herself or to someone or something that the stallion could not see. He thought he could hear the pony speak a soft greeting, but because he could see no other living being within the area, he wondered whether the mare had really spoken any words at all. Strange... Logik didn't stop walking to his destination, though, but he did slow his movement down to an unnaturally slow pace, attempting to subtly observe the mare and see how she responded to a second pony that had decided to approach her.

The two exchanged a short greeting, and, from what the strange mare had said, Logik could discern that she was looking for a jewel store in the area. The way she spoke and reacted to the other pony, the Unicorn could see that this mare wasn't mentally insane, at the very least, something that Logik had considered to not have an overly low probability of happening. Soon after the two mares, well, one a mare and the other a filly, had met, a third pony joined the pair. This stallion seemed to be genuinely worried about the health of the other two, and looked to be a kind pony, also an artist from what Logik could hear.

"I don't mean to be a roast, but I would like to point out that you are still little. Don't you think you should go catch a heat somewhere? You might catch something. Unless this is your mum, but you don't look very similar so I wouldn't bet on that."

"Oh, I'm sorry sir. And no, this is not my mother. I can handle myself out here just fine. But thank you for your concern. And I learned a heating spell not too long ago, so if I get really cold I can warm myself up."

Crystal gulped at the talk of the heating spell or more at the talk of any spell. Lucky the wind seemed to save her for once, it started to howl and moan causing her eyes to widen "I'm afraid just a heating spell wont protect you... she says an turns to the stallion "Sir do you know where we could find some shelter...there's a rather bad storm coming....he is angry" She says as she as she looks to the sky

"Alright. Just checking. As for shelter, there's a cafe about 5 minutes from here. Sugarcube corner. I suppose there's my house, back the way you came, but that is only really fit for one pony. Would you like me to show you the way to one if them? You don't seen to be from around here. And who is angry?"

Shy looked perplexed at them. The filly seemed very confident. He supposed that was a good thing. The mare seemed afraid of something. And how could she tell a bad storm was coming? Alright, the skies weren't weren't the clearest and they seemed decently clouded, but with white clouds. This mare got stranger the more Shy thought about her.

"Oh, and my name's Shy Smiles. What's yours?"

Spell Tome was getting a tad worried. The mare was spooking her. But he'd rather listen to her than risk what she was talking about. It sounded like she was going to freeze to death. And Spell was too young to be a fillysicle. Nor did she have any wish to become one.

"Could you show us to the cafe, sir? Please?" She didn't know why she was being so polite in asking for shelter in the possible blizzard. Most ponies would start yelling and running. But Spell was being nice and asking for help, still

"Sir, do you know where we could find some shelter...there's a rather bad storm coming....he is angry."

...'He is angry'? And how would this mare be able to predict the weather without the aid of magic or some sort of device? It seems she may have a mental illness after all, just not a bad one. Unless she has some sort of unique magical abilities...

"Alright. Just checking. As for shelter, there's a cafe about 5 minutes from here. Sugarcube corner. I suppose there's my house, back the way you came, but that is only really fit for one pony. Would you like me to show you the way to one of them? You don't seen to be from around here. And who is angry?"

"Could you show us to the cafe, sir? Please?"

Logik nodded slightly to himself as he lost interest in the conversation. He was about to begin heading back on his way, but then the Unicorn remembered something, and so instead he changed direction and walked towards the three ponies that he had been listening to. Usually he would be too shy or nervous to approach a group of ponies by himself, but living in Ponyville had taken away a good amount of his seclusive personality. As the stallion approached the ponies, he spoke.

"Excuse me, but, um, well...well, I couldn't help to listen in your conversation, and noticed that, well, me and this...mare...here..." Logik subtly gestured towards the strange mare. "happen to be looking for the same thing. So, um, would you mind if I joined you to your...destination?"