Featured Song:
1. "In Summer" from Frozen
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Carmine, Caroline, and Padme rode their horses as they trudged through the snow in the mountains, calling for Anakin. No answer so far. They searched for hours, looking for any clue as to where Anakin might've gone.

"Anakin, it's Carmine. Your brother who didn't mean to make you freeze the summer. I-I'm sorry. It's all my f-fault."

Carmine was starting to shiver as the cold caught up to him. He wasn't the only one though.

"Of course, none of this would've happened if he and Kara would've told me the truth long ago." Carmine looked at Padme. "Did you know about this too?"

Suddenly, a big snowy pine tree tipped over, causing everyone to fall off their horses as they were spooked by the falling snow, and they ran off, much to their riders' dismay.

"Now what do we do?" Carmine groaned, amid a bunch of snow that fell on top of him.
"I guess we walk." Caroline said, starting to dig Carmine out.
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Carmine and the girls began to shiver when they climbed higher up the mountain.

"Snow. It had to be snow!" Padme whined. "He couldn't have had tropical magic that covered the land in white sand and palm trees if he grows plants?"

"Why does he grow frost plants anyway?" Caroline said.

"I've been wondering that myself." Carmine scratched his head. "But a better question, why couldn't I at least have some magic to make us some warm..."

That was when Carmine spotted a cloud of something in the distance. Smoke!

"Fire! Let's go-Whoa!"

Carmine tripped and slid down the mountain, landing his bottom half in a not frozen, but very cold river. Caroline and Padme quickly helped Carmine up, but not without getting a little wet themselves, and getting a little wet and frozen themselves. Fortunately, the source of the fire was not too far away. There appeared to be a cabin of sorts just ahead, which had a chimney where the smoke was coming from.

The sign was covered with snow. Carmine, being the tallest, bumped the sign with his hand to read it. Papa Wookie's Trading Post & Cafe the sign read.

"That sounds wonderful!" Caroline said.

Carmine opened the door and let the ladies in first before rushing in and closing the door himself.
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It was nice and cozy inside the cabin. In fact, it actually looked bigger on the inside. The three royals could feel themselves getting warmer already.

It turned out they weren't the first guests to this place either. There were people in chairs, all bundled up in blankets and gathering around fire pits, trying desperately to get warmed up.
Suddenly, there was a little growl that had Carmine jumping into Caroline's arms.

"Wow! You're stronger than you look." Carmine said, surprised by Caroline's strength.

The growl turned out to come from a little wookie, who bowed when he saw royal people in the shop. His name was Gungi. He picked up a tray that had little cups of some hot liquid in them, which the royals were happy to accept.

"Mmm. This is good tea."

"It's Pop's recipe." growled Gungi.

And then the three royals met a bigger wookie, who appeared to be Gungi's father, Papa Wookie, the owner and proprietor of the establishment.
Currently, he was supposed to be having a big summer sale, when a sudden snowfall appeared out of nowhere.

"Would you happen to have some winter clothes for sale?" Padme asked.

Papa Wookie looked at the three royals and told them he should have some outfits the right size in his winter department, which Gungi went to help out with.

"Would anyone here happen to have seen another young man run through here?" Carmine said, removing his glasses to give a better visual aid. "He looks like me, without glasses. We're identical twins."

Papa Wookie shook his head and told the royals only the few mountain climbers and they were the only ones who could've been crazy enough to be out in such a terrible freeze.

Suddenly, two more guests entered. One appeared to be a human, and the other a Togruta.

"You and these two." Papa Wookie growled. He told his son to go fetch more drinks.

Carmine and Padme recognized at least one of the new guests, as he removed the scarf from his face to dust some snow out of his beard. And they weren't alone either.

"Snow even got inside my clothes. Unbelievable." the man groaned.

"Obi-Wan? What are you doing here?" Padme asked.

"Queen Kara sent me to aid in the search for Prince Anakin." Obi-Wan said.

"And your friend here?"

"My name is Ahsoka Tano. Princess of Shili," said the Togruta.

Artoo barked.

"I see you've met Artoo." Carmine said.

"Yes. He's such a sweet boy."

Ahsoka scratched the dog's ears and was introduced to the others, and they spent some time warming up by the fireplace. Carmine sat with Caroline, and they made out for a little while, which seemed to help both of them warm up a bit. Obi-Wan was as surprised as the others had been to learn Carmine got himself a girlfriend already.

"What exactly attracted you to Carmine, Princess?" Obi-Wan asked.

"Well, I saw him up at the altar during the ceremony, and I thought he certainly was a handsome fellow. But it was at the ball that I really noticed him... which I'm sure everyone did."

Carmine's face turned red, and he hid his face in the hood of his cape.

"I'm never gonna live that down!" Carmine whined.

Artoo whimpered and lay his head in Carmine's lap.

"Aw... poor thing. I don't know why, but I always thought men with glasses seem most attractive."

"Most women I know think the opposite." Ahsoka said. "I don't have a guy myself, so I can't really say what my type is."

"Aside from being cute, I could tell Carmine seemed shy, and sensitivity is a great quality in a man." Caroline wrapped her arms around Carmine again. "We bonded over common interests, and the fact that we each spent most of our lives alone. The next thing I know, he proposed courtship with a beautiful flower, and how could I say no to his baby blues?"

Carmine's blue eyes lit up when Caroline fluttered hers at him, pulling him into another kiss, which Carmine unfortunately pulled away from.

"Except, now I wonder if I did move too fast. I mean, Anakin got scared and ran off after I announced our courtship."

"That wasn't your fault, Carmine." Padme said. "Anakin... just has issues with his emotions."

Padme sighed. It wasn't exactly easy dealing with Anakin's emotional issues, but she did everything in her power to help him anyway. Deep down, she knew isolation wasn't going to do any good and she wanted to look outside for help so Anakin could confront his problems. But she started to think maybe she should've insisted they get outside help a lot sooner.

"When I married Anakin, I hoped that he would come out of his shell, but not much progress."

"How did you help him before?" Caroline asked.

"Usually, he calmed down when we hugged and kissed. And I let him talk about how he felt. Spending time with Artoo seemed to help too, but he was very stubborn when it came to human interaction."

"Whatever his problem is now," said Carmine. "He could be in trouble. We gotta find him and we gotta find him now."

Papa Wookie and Gungi found some winter clothes for the royals, which they traded their coronation outfits for. Two comfy winter dresses for Padme and Caroline, a warm winter suit for Carmine, some warm winter boots, and a comfy winter vest for Artoo. Carmine was especially happy to receive some special goggles to put over his glasses so the snow wouldn't ruin them.
Now that they were warm and bundled up, the royals were ready to go and search for Anakin.
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Outside the cabin, Carmine, Padme, and Caroline were astonished to see the sleigh Obi-Wan and Ahsoka arrived in. And it was being pulled by two lovely horses, a pale pink unicorn with red and white hair, and a red alicorn with orange hair. Their names were Peppermint and Fiesta.

"Everyone, hop in." Obi-Wan said. "We have a long journey ahead of us."
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Obi-Wan snapped the reins to get the horses running as fast as they could up the north mountain. According to some of the mountain climbers, that was where most of the frost appeared to be coming from. So, that had to be where Anakin ran off too.

"Okay, so fill me in on what made the crown prince go ice crazy?" Ahsoka said.

"Well... it was kinda my fault. As you know, I got a girlfriend, but then he freaked out because well, I get that we only just met, but it's not like we got engaged."

"And you asked someone you just met to be your girlfriend?" Ahsoka said.

"I'm sitting right here, you know." Caroline said.
"Yeah. Again, we're just courting, not getting married. Not yet, at least. We could. Someday. Anyway, I got mad, and so he got mad, and then he tried to walk away and I grabbed his glove."

"So, you really didn't think much about asking a girl you just met to be your girlfriend?"

"I thought it through!" Carmine said. "And we're just dating now. Pay attention. Anyway, the thing is, he wore gloves all the time, so I thought, maybe he just had a thing about dirt or biting his fingernails."

"Didn't your parents ever warn you about strangers?"

"Yes, but Caroline is not a stranger. And you met her now." Caroline said.

Ahsoka decided to quiz the two.

"Oh, yeah? What's your partner's last name?"
"Mitchell/Jinn." Caroline and Carmine said at the same time.

"What's their favorite food?"

"Poached eggs and cheesy toast," said Caroline.

"Sandwiches." Carmine answered.

"Best friend's name?" Ahsoka asked.

"A stuffed rabbit named Fluffy." Caroline said.

"A white swan named Fethry." Carmine said.

"Foot size?"

"You think we talk about foot size on a first meeting?" Carmine said.

"What if one of you hates the way the other eats?" Ahsoka asked.

"I've seen Carmine eat." Caroline said.

"What if you hate the way he picks his nose?"

"I don't pick my nose!" Carmine said in disgust. "Gross!"

"Excuse me, Missy. Carmine is a prince." Caroline said.

Ahsoka didn't believe Carmine's last sentence.

"All men do it."

"Look, it doesn't matter," said Carmine. "We really like each other. In fact, I think it's true love."

"Doesn't sound like true love to me." Ahsoka shrugged.

"What are you, some kind of love expert?"

"No... but, uh, I have friends who are."

"You have friends who are love experts. I'm not buying it." Carmine said.

Obi-Wan suddenly stopped the carriage and told everyone to stop talking.

"Hold on," said Carmine. "I'd like to meet these-"

"Shush! I mean it." Obi-Wan said quietly, but loud enough for the others to hear him.

Obi-Wan held up a lantern and carefully looked around.

It was quiet. Too quiet. And then, Obi-Wan looked behind the sleigh. That was where he heard a low growling sound, and there, in the dark of the path behind the sleigh, were the eyes of wolves!

"Peppermint, Fiesta, go." Obi-Wan instructed. "Go!"

The horses ran quickly, trying to run faster than ever before.

"What is it?" Padme asked.

"Wolves. Padme, take over. I got the wolves."

While Padme took over driving, Obi-Wan reached for something in the back of the sleigh.

"The rest of you, don't fall off and don't get eaten."

"But I want to help!" Caroline said, reaching for stuff with Obi-Wan.

"Fine, but don't fall."

Obi-Wan kicked a wolf away before it could jump onto the sleigh, and Caroline grabbed a frying pan to use as a weapon, which she did. Artoo mostly barked and bit any wolves who tried to get on the sleigh.

"Incoming!" And Caroline whacked a wolf in the face before it had the chance to make a meal of Obi-Wan.

What a woman! Carmine thought. Then he decided to try and help. But then another wolf bumped the sleigh and sent Obi-Wan flying off the sleigh!

"Obi-Wan!" Carmin exclaimed.

"I'm alright!"

Luckily, Obi-Wan grabbed a rope just in time.
Carmine and Ahsoka quickly started to pull the rope to reel Obi-Wan back in while Caroline continued to fight the wolves, but there were so many. Then, she had an idea. She lit a rolled up sleeping bag on fire and threw it at the wolves, sending some of them running off like scared puppies. But more wolves kept coming!

"You almost set me on fire!" Obi-Wan said.

"But I didn't," Caroline said, helping Obi-Wan into the sleigh.

"Uh-oh!" Padme gasped. "I think the wolves became the least of our worries."

The others looked forward to see there was a cliff right up ahead!

"Get ready to jump, girls!" Padme said.

"Let me handle this, Princess." Obi-Wan said, retaking the reins. "Everyone, on a horse!"

So, Padme quickly got onto Fiesta's back with Ahsoka, while Caroline and Carmine held Artoo and got onto Peppermint. Obi-Wan then took out a metal rod, and from it came a blue beam of light which he used to slice the reins from the sleigh.

Obi-Wan shouted for the horses to jump, and at just the right moment, the horses jumped from the edge of one cliff to the one on the other side, and Obi-Wan threw himself, just barely managing to grab onto the edge. Unfortunately, the sleigh wasn't so lucky.

Obi-Wan looked down as the sleigh suddenly burst into flames.

"Well, that could've been worse."

But he just had to open his big mouth.

Obi-Wan panicked for a moment as he started to slip, and that was when his hand was grabbed by none other than Padme as she flew over on Fiesta and carried Obi-Wan to safety.

"Are you alright?" Caroline asked.

"A little wet, but alive." Obi-Wan said.

"So much for an easy ride up the mountain." Carmine sighed. "Let's hope we don't lose these horses too."
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So, the four royals and the royal advisor continued to make their way up the mountain, which didn't come easy with all the ice and snow.

Eventually, the group came to a point, where Padme looked down and gasped.

"Coruscant." Padme gasped.

"It's completely frozen." Caroline said.

Carmine began to get even more worried. He really hoped Kara was okay.

"But it will be fine. Anakin will thaw it," said the prince.

"Will he?" Ahsoka said.

"Yeah. Let's go find him."

The group continued to move through the ice and snow. It was still a long way to go to get to the North mountain.
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They eventually came upon a forest that was filled with weeping willow trees and vines covered in tiny droplets of ice. When the royals or the horses walked through the ice, the droplets made a tinkling sound like wind chimes, and they sparkled like little stars.

Everyone looked all around.

For some reason, Carmine and Caroline felt like holding hands when they looked at this beautiful setting. There were frozen waterfalls, frosty flowers, and lots of beautiful blue vines with silvery sparkles.

"I never knew winter could be this beautiful." Caroline said.

"You're so right," said a female voice. But it wasn't Padme or Ahsoka.

"Did you guys say something?" Carmine asked the horses.

"Nope." Peppermint said.

"Nada." Fiesta added.

"It really is beautiful isn't it?" said the strange voice.

The others looked around, but the couldn't see anyone but each other.

"But it's so white. You know, how about a little color besides blue? I'm thinking maybe some crimson, purple... how about yellow? No, not yellow. Yellow and snow? Ick!"

That was when a new pony entered the picture. A white one with blue vine-like hair and beautiful blue eyes, but there was one thing that set her apart from the other two horses. She was made of snow!

That was when the humans and Togruta finally caught sight of the new horse.

"Am I right?" said the new horse.

Carmine screamed and accidentally slapped the horse's head right off and into Ahsoka's arms.

"Hello." the snow pony smiled.

"You're creepy." Ahsoka said, and she tossed the horse head to Padme, who tossed it to Caroline, who tossed it to Obi-Wan, who tossed it to Carmine again.

It was a game of Hot Potato with the pony's head.

"All right. I think we got off on the wrong hoof." the snow pony's head said.

Then Carmine saw the snow pony's body wandering aimlessly.

"Ew! Ew! The body!"

Carmine shot the head right at the body, getting it reattached... sort of.

The snow pony looked at the others again.

"Something's wrong with this picture. Why is everyone hanging off the earth like a bat?"

Probably because her head was upside down.

"Oh, you poor thing." Padme said.

Padme approached the snow pony and carefully turned her head right side up and fixed her mane.

"How'd that?"

"Much better! Now I'm perfect." said the pony.

"Hmm... almost." Carmine reached into a bag of carrots and he found... "What's a parsnip doing in here? Oh, well."

Carmine placed the white carrot-like vegetable into the middle of the snow pony's forehead.

"Oh! Head rush!" said the snow pony.

"Sorry! Too hard?"

The snow pony, however, smiled when she saw what had happened and said, "Are you kidding? I've always wanted a horn. Now I'm a snow unicorn."

The pony took a breath then.

"All right, let's start this thing over. Hi, everyone. I'm Winter. And I like warm cuddles."

"Winter?" Carmine suddenly felt a thought cross his mind.

Winter...snow pony...? Now Carmine remembered! Winter was the name of the snow pony Anakin and Carmine built when they were little! They used to have so much fun with her. Except, she looked a little different than Carmine remembered. This Winter had spots on her body that looked like snowflakes, and she had big wings that appeared to be made of big white flower petals.

"That's right. Winter!"

"And you are...?" said Winter.

"Oh. Um... I'm Carmine."

"Uh-huh. And who's Big Red over there?"

"That's Fiesta," said Carmine.

"Okay, and who's the red pony?"

Ahsoka was starting to wonder if she should be offended by Winter's reference to her.

"Fiesta." Carmine said with uncertainty.

"I'm Obi-Wan Kenobi," said Obi-Wan. "And this is Padme, Caroline, and Peppermint. And quote unquote Big Red, is called Ahsoka. The red pony is Fiesta."

Artoo barked.

"And this is Artoo." Carmine said.

"Oh. Okay. That makes things easier for me." Winter said, her tail swishing happily.

"Winter...? Did Anakin build you?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"Do you know where he is?"'

"Yeah. Why?"

While Carmine was asking questions, however, Obi-Wan began looking over Winter's wings, curious to how Anakin could've built them for Winter.

"Fascinating."

"Do you think you could show us the way?" Carmine asked Winter.

"Yeah. Why?"

"How do these work?" Obi-Wan said, only for Winter's wing to slap him in the face.

"Stop it, Obi-Wan. I'm trying to focus." Winter shook herself. "Yeah. Why?"

"I'll tell you why," said Padme. "We need Anakin to bring back summer."

"Summer?" Winter's eyes lit up at that word.

"That's right," said Caroline.

"Oh, I don't know why, but I've always loved the idea of summer. And sun, and all things hot."

"Really?" Ahsoka said. She suddenly wondered who would burst Winter's bubble about that dream. "I'm guessing you don't have much experience with heat."

"Nope, but sometimes, I like to close my imagine what it'd be like when summer does come, huh."

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Winter did imagine summer in her mind.

Winter:
Bees'll buzz, kids'll blow dandelion fuzz
And I'll be doing whatever snow does in summer
A drink in my hoof, my snow up against the burning stuff
Probably getting gorgeously tanned in summer

Winter thought summer must be a heavenly time, and she wanted to experience it so much.

I'll finally see a summer breeze blow away a winter storm

And find out what happens to solid water when it gets warm

And I can't wait to see what my buddies all think of me

Just imagine how much cooler I'll be in summer

Winter tap danced for a bit, singing to herself happily.

The hot and the cold are both so intense

Put 'em together, it just makes sense

Winter danced and scatted a little too, her happiness growing by the second.

Winter's a good time to stay in and cuddle

But put me in summer and I'll be a happy snow mare

When life gets rough, I like to hold on to my dream

Of relaxing in the summer sun, just lettin' off steam

Oh, the sky will be blue, and you guys'll be there too

When I finally do what frozen things do in summer

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In the real world though, the others were hesitant to let Winter know the ironically cold hard truth.

"I'm gonna tell her," said Carmine,

"Don't you dare." Caroline covered Carmine's mouth.

Winter:
In summer

Done with her musical number, Winter was ready to find Anakin.

"Well, come on. Anakin's this way. Hop on, Carmine!" Winter bent down some.

Carmine happily climbed onto Winter's back, just like he used to when he was little. Only this time, the ride was real.

"Let's go bring back summer." Winter said, but she didn't start running.

"Why aren't you going?" Carmine said.

"You know what you gotta say?"

"Really?"

"Okay... Hi-ho, Winter, away!"

Carmine used to shout that when he pretended to ride Winter.

Winter unleashed a mighty whinny, and she ran with Carmine on her back, the others following on Peppermint and Fiesta.

"Wait for us, Carmine!" Padme shouted.