Merry Hearth's Warming, brahs and sistas! We're just about to head to the most wonderfulest time of year! It's three days until Hearth's Warming, and everypony is decorating the town full of lights, reeves, and it's the only time they sell egg nog in the stores, which makes me really upset, because they should have egg nog all year long! Don't you all agree? This is my first Hearth's Warming here in Ponyville! Let's start off the story with everyone's favorite characters of the story: My fish! They were just decorating the tank full of Hearth's Warming decorations. Pearl was putting up the tree, humming a little Hearth's Warming tune.

"There! All done!" Pearl said.

"Nice try, Pearl! But you didn't decorate it though." Rainbow said.

"What do you mean?" Pearl asked.

"I mean, Flare put all these decorations in, and look you taking all the glory." Rainbow said.

"I can't wait until we get our presents!" Darrel cried out in excitement.

"Darrel, the only presents we ever get is some special type of food Flare only feeds us on occasions." Dorthey said.

"EXACTLY!" Yoyo said. "That's why we're so excited! Right, Darrel?" Yoyo put his fin in the air, and Darrel slapped it.

"You got it, Yoyo!" Darrel said.

Dorthey sighed and rolled her eyes. "Where's Piddles?"

"Probably sleeping….. again." Pearl said.

"Piddles has been sleeping a lot lately." Dorthey said.

"Hey, let him sleep, he's fine!" Rainbow said. Piddles was sleeping on one of them columns.

"C'MON PIDDLES! Wake up! It's Hearth's Warming!" Darrel said in excitement, trying to push Piddles up. Piddles woke up quickly and swam to the other side of the tank, and went back down.

"Leave me alone! I'm trying to sleep!" Piddles said.

"C'mon, Piddles! It's daytime! We don't sleep in the day!" Darrel giggled.

"Yeah, well, I do. So if you excuse me, Darrel. I got some zees to catch." Piddles said. "Wake me up when it's feeding time."

"I'll take care of that!" Yoyo said. Just then, Apollo, Blaze's pet phoenix flies through the window and onto the fish tank.

"Greetings, my little friends!" Apollo said.

"Hey, who you calling little?" Yoyo complained.

"My mistake, Yoyo." Apollo said.

"Hey, Apollo! What brings you here?" Rainbow asked.

"Just here to wish you a Happy Hearth's Warming, and see what you all are up to." Apollo said.

"I'm decorating the tree!" Pearl said.

"Pearl, I told you, Flare put that in, and you're taking all the credit for it just by patting on it." Rainbow said.

"I'm just waiting for my Hearth's Warming presents!" Darrel said.

"I'm happy if you're happy, Darrel." Apollo said.

"It's food actually!" Dorthey said.

"Ah, I see." Apollo nodded. "Where's Piddles?"

"Sleeping." Dorthey said.

"He's been sleeping a lot lately." Apollo said.

"I know! That's what I said!" Dorthey said.

"Great minds think alike, huh Dorthey?" Apollo nodded. Eventually, I bursted through my bedroom door carrying a lot of boxes, and set them down on the floor.

"Ah, Hearth's Warming! The most glories and greediest time for the year!" I said. "You know something, fishies? I have the feeling… WOOOOO HOOOO, that tonights gonna be a good night!" I sang, then I laughed. "Sorry, I had to say that!"

"I don't remember the last time I heard that song." Pearl said.

"I have the feeling… WOOO HOOOO, that tonight's gonna be a good night!" I sang again. "Wow, I can't believe I just that again. Anyways, I have a feeling- WOOOOO HOOOO, that….. I gotta stop doing that. What I'm saying is, I think that this Hearth's Warming will be pretty different than other's, you know why?"

"Because you're in snow?" Rainbow guessed.

"Because this is your first Hearth's Warming in a trailer?" Yoyo guessed.

"Because you'll drink egg nog this year?" Darrel guessed.

"He drinks egg nog every year." Yoyo said.

"Because this year I'm gonna spend Hearth's Warming with my friends!" I said.

"That was my next choice!" Darrel said.

"Yeah…. Right." Dorthey said sarcastically, rolling her eyes.

"This is also a great year to try out my Santa Paws costume!" I said. "I'm gonna be Santa Paws this year, ring a bell on the streets, taking pictures of fillies on my lap, and ask them what they want for Hearth's Warming, and pretend to care!" I put put on my santa robe, my hat, and a big white beard, making me look exactly like Santa Paws. "And now for the finishing touches!" I place a big wire on my head with a mistletoe hanging over my nose. "Perfect!" I walk over to the fish tank. "Now I look a lot like Santa, and I'm ready for Hearth's Warming!" I said, kissing the fish tank, since the mistletoe I was wearing was right on top. Pearl and Darrel were blushing, Rainbow and Dorthey gave me a strange look, Yoyo was just hungry, and Piddles was still sleeping. "It's time for me to go out there, and spread some Hearth's Warming cheer!" I looked up and saw Apollo on my window. "Merry Hearth's Warming, Apollo!" I said, kissing him.

Apollo wiped his cheek and said; "As if Darrel kissing me wasn't bad enough."

"Aw c'mon, everypony loves kisses!" Darrel said. "Don't pretend you don't love it!" Darrel smirked at him.

I bursted outside into the snow, and yelled out; "MERRRY HEARTH'S WARMING, BRAHS AND SISTAS!" I started dancing around in the snow, and around light poles and such, and started singing;

Flare: "Have a holly jolly Hearth's Warm.

It's one of the best times of the year (just one of them)!

A fat old stallion breaks into your home, and he robs you wrong!
Have a holly jolly Hearth's Warm

You don't steal from bumble bees…. AAAAH! GET 'EM OFF! GET 'EM OFF!" I was in a bee hive, taking their honey.

Then I step on a pony's hoof; "Step on the toes to friends you know, and everyone you'll meet!

Oh, oh, the missile blows, it destroys all the anger and war

Go to bed early in the eve, because your kids will wake you at 4!

Have a holly jolly Hearth's Warm

And in case you're too deaf to hear…"

I yell in a pony's ear; "HOLY WIZARD OF HOPE, HAVE A HOLLY JOLLY HEARTH'S WARM, THIS YEAR!"

Aqua: "Have a holly jolly Hearth's Warm

It's one of the best times of the year."

Crystal: "We all laugh at the Hoops and Yoyo cards, and a Blue-Ray of Cars!"

Psyche: "Have a holly jolly Hearth's Warm, I want a telescope to look deeper into space."

Blaze: "I want a volcano-proof wonderbolt suit…."

Crystal: "I hope it burns your face!"

Blaze: "Hey!"

Aqua: "Oh, oh, nopony knows how much I don't care about gifts. Beeeeeecause all I want, is my family to liiiive!"

Flare: "Have a holly jolly Hearth's Warm, and there's not a need to fear."

The 5 of us: "We just wish for you to have a fantastic Hearth's Warm, this year!

Praise the Princesses, have a fantastic Hearth's Warm, this year!"

"I hope we're not singing too many songs." Psyche said.

"I'll make sure we won't." Aqua said.

"Wait a second, where's Engie? He didn't sing any part of the song." Crystal said.

"He must not be here right now. I'm gonna spread more Hearth's Warming cheer. I better get some egg nogs, because I ran out of egg nogs to sell out my shop. Egg nog is soooo good, I just can't keep them, you know?" I said. So I walked over to the market to get some egg nog, and I rushed on over to my shop, which was all decorated for Hearth's Warming already.

"Hey looks, it's Santa Paws!" Lyra yelled out.

"HO HO HO! Merry Hearth's Warming!" I said.

"I hope Santa doesn't sue you for stealing his looks." Bon Bon teased.

"I'm sure he'll understand!" I said. "You know, at days like these I miss living in Mareami. Out of all the malls in the world, he chooses the Hoof Point Mall every year to ask the kiddies what they want for Hearth's Warming!"

"You know, it sounded like you said kitties for a second!" Lyra said. A cutaway gag shows kittens sitting in Santa'a lap, and Santa is asking the cats what they want for Hearth's Warming. Of course the cats kept saying meow, and when Hearth's Warming came, all they got was Meow Mix, which is a type of cat food.

"Oh great! Every year he gives me meow mix! I keep asking him for a rubber mouse! Is that too much to ask?" the cat asked. The cutaway gag ends.

"Hey Santa, did you remember to give everypony presents?" Bon Bon asked.

"Give? I still need to buy them! I got this list here, and I have to check it twice!" I said. "And since Hearth's Warming is just a few days away, I better get Hearth's Warming shopping!" Just then, Cremepop walks right under my mistletoe, just before I was to go out Hearth's Warming shopping.

"Hey, Flarey!" Crème said.

"Hey, Cremey!" I said.

"I'm right under your mistletoe right now." Crème said to me, with a seductive look on her eyes.

"Oh right! Sorry, sista!" I said, and I was about to give her kiss, but then Spike went right in the middle of it.

"Hey, Flare! Nice man-smooch!" Spike said.

"What is it, Spike?" I asked.

"I got this letter from the princess, she wants to know if you want to enter the next Hearth's Warming play." Spike said.

"That depends, what part am I playing?" I asked.

"Try to guess. Who are you right now?" Spike gave me a hint.

"I'm Flare." I said.

"No, I'm talking about the costume." Spike said.

"Oh, she wants me to play as Santa Paws?" I asked.

"Yeah, it's going to be a different type of Hearth's Warming play this year. Different from last year's." Spike said.

"I didn't even see last year's." I said. Crème sighed, and went back to her post.

"Well, you wanna do it?" Spike asked.

"You don't have to ask me twice! Sign me up!" I said.

"Great! I'll tell Twilight right away!" Spike said. Then he went out of the shop, and walked over to Twilight's house to tell her the news, then I walked into the kitchen, and…. Well you know the rest. It was time for my lunch break, and I decided to meet my friends at the Soda Bar, where Crystal, Psyche, Aqua, and Blaze were waiting for me.

"Sup brahs?" I asked.

"Sup?" Blaze asked.

"Ehh, nothing. Where's Engie?" I asked.

"Haven't heard from him all day." Blaze said.

"Me neither." Crystal said.

"Not a thing." Psyche said.

"Hey! Who asked you Psyche?" I asked him.

"You didn't ask Crystal!" Psyche complained.

"Yeah, so?" I asked. Psyche sighed and shook his head. "So what are you all planning to do for Hearth's Warming?"

"My mom's coming down, and it's going to be me, Rainbow Dash, Candy Cotton, and her all together for a great Hearth's Warming night!" Blaze explained. "Gonna be telling stories, cuddle, warm up by the fire….."

"Don't lie, Blaze. We all know you're not going to do that." Crystal said.

"Yeah you're right! We're going to be racing, and doing stunts, and I'm going to try a volcano trial race with my mom!" Blaze explained.

"Well, what I'm gonna do is-" I was about to explain.

"Nopony asked you Flare." Psyche said, getting me back after I said the same thing to him before.

"Alright, Psyche, I get the point." I said, rolling my eyes. "How about you, Aqua?"

"It's just gonna be me and Wind Racer, really."Aqua said.

"I see. Well, you're always welcome to have Hearth's Warming with Water and I if you're lonely." I said.

"Ah'll have to think it over." Aqua said.

"But for sure, I have to go out Hearth's Warming shopping real soon! I've been so busy at the store, I wasn't able to get anypony gifts yet!" I said.

"No rush, man! You got plenty of time!" Blaze said.

"Hey, I got a quest-chin." I said.

"A quest-chin?" Aqua asked.

"Yes, a quest-chin." I said. "What would you rather do? Burn a Yu-Gi-Oh card, or say One Direction is a good band?"

"Totally say One Direction is a good band!" Blaze said.

"It's true. I'd never burn a Yu-Gi-Oh card, even if you paid me!" Psyche said.

"One Direction is terrible! I'd rather burn the card than admit they're cool." Crystal admitted.

"You're terrible, Crystal. You're really terrible." I said.

"It's just an opinion!" Crystal said.

"How about this? Who would you rather date? A cute and friendly stallion, or an ugly and abusing mare?" I asked.

"Cute stallion!" Crystal said.

"Not you, Crystal. You have a different question. Would you rather date a cute and friendly mare, or an ugly and abusing stallion?" I asked her.

"I'm going with the mare, because you won't make me date a stallion!" Psyche said.

"Same here." Blaze said.

"I'd actually go with the cute and friendly stallion." I admitted. "I mean, I will never date somepony that's abusing! Remember Fonz Punkskull?"

"Right. That's why I'd go with the cute and friendly mare." Crystal said.

"I got a good one! Would you rather die a slow and painful death with your friends, or die a quick and painless death alone?" Crystal asked.

"That one's a toughie! I wouldn't want my friends to be in pain along with me. So I'd rather go with alone." I said.

"Same." Psyche said.

"Ditto." Blaze said.

"That's not what I meant. I meant, do you want to have a slow and painful death with your friends still loving you, or die a quick and painless death with all your old friends hating you, and you're all alone?" Crystal asked.

"I'd rather have my friends still love me, but having a slow and painful death." Blaze said.

"Same." Psyche said.

"I can't live with hate, and I can die with hate too, so I'll have to agree." I said.

"Really? Wow, because I wouldn't care. I'd rather put myself out of my misery." Crystal said.

"You do have a point there, Crystal. But I'm still sticking with the answer I already given." I said.

"Aqua, you're not answering any of these questions. Why?" Blaze asked.

"Ah'm sorry, but this is stupid and pointless. Ah'd rather not participate." Aqua said.

"Sigh. What's Engie taking so long?" I asked.

"I tried calling him a while ago, he wouldn't answer." Psyche said.

"Maybe we should go check up on him." I suggested. So we all agreed to go check on Engineer, so we left the pub and went over to his house. We rung the doorbell, but there was no answer. Well….of course there was no answer, I just rung the doorbell and he were to answer it this particular moment? Well, he hasn't answered at all, so we kept on ringing the doorbell.

"Maybe he's not home." Aqua assumed.

"Nah, his lights are on. It isn't like Engie to waste electricity." Blaze said.

I continued knocking on the door and saying his name, like what Sheldon does on Big Bang Theory. Knock, knock, knock; "Engie?" Knock, knock, knock; "Engie?" Knock, knock, knock; "Engie?" Knock, knock, knock; "Engie?" Knock, knock, knock; "Engie?" Knock, knock, knock; "Engie?" Engie finally resisted, and opened the door. He had a sentry aimed right towards us. We all were surprised.

"WHOA SALAMI!" I yelled. The gun was about to fire at us, but Engie forgot to load it up. HA!

"Darn piece of junk!" Engie said, kicking it. Then the Sentry gets knocked over and lands on his hoof. "OW! OW! OW!"

"Engie, what's all this about?" Blaze asked.

"Nothin. What do ya'll want?" Engie asked with an attitude.

"Oh, nothing then, if you're gonna talk to us like that." I said, feeling insulted, and was about to walk away, but Blaze stopped me.

"What's wrong, Engie?" Blaze asked.

"Nothin. Go away!" Engie demanded.

"C'mon Engie! We can help you out!" Psyche said.

"Ah'm givin ya'll FIVE SECONDS to get out, before ah get ya to freeze to death out here! FIVE… FOUR… THREE…." Engie yelled, pointing a water shotgun at us. Trust me, water guns are a weapon out here in the snow.

"That won't be necessary Engie! We'll be going now." Blaze said nervously, as we all walked away.

"THAT'S RIGHT! RUN YOU COWARDS!" Engie yelled, then he slammed the door shut.

"I don't get it, what's wrong with Engie?" Psyche asked.

"Maybe it's just a squirrel thing." Crystal said.

"FLARE! FLARE!" Crème yelled out running under my mistletoe.

"Oh that's right! I almost forgot your kiss!" I said. So Crème held out her cheek, and I was about to kiss her, but then Blaze got right in the middle.

"Nice man-smooch, Flare!" Blaze said. "Listen, I have an idea. You should go talk to him yourself."

"Why me?" I asked. Crème sighed again and walked away.

"Because, he might listen to you!" Blaze said. "Look you Flare! You cheered us up when we were in need, now you must do the same for Enige!"

I was silent for a sec. "I dunno, Blaze. You think I can do it!" I asked.

"I rely on you, Flare." Crystal said. "You helped Thunder and I get back together."

"Ya helped me out in mah time of need. It's the least ya can do." Aqua said.

"Well…. I suppose I can try." I said.

"Look at you! You're dressed as Santa Paws, you'll do great!" Blaze said.

"Oh right, I forgot I was still wearing this! HO HO HO!" I said. Later that night, Engie was inside his house, working on a project, he saw a picture of him along with Red Pyro and Heavy, and a picture of him with a dead blue spy. Engie just sighed, and shook his head. Just then I started knocking on the door again repeatly. Knock, knock, knock; "Enige." Knock, knock, knock; "Enige." Knock, knock, knock; "Enige." Knock, knock, knock; "Enige." Engie opened the door.

"What do ya want, Flare?" Engie asked.

"Pizza delivery for a mister Red Engineer!" I said.

"Ah didn't order a pizza." Engie said.

"It's on the house, brah!" I said.

"Oh, well….. thanks partner." Engie said. "So… where's the pizza?"

"It's on the house!" I said.

"Ah know, but where is it?" Engie asked.

"I told you! It's on the house!" I said.

"What do ya mean?" Engie asked. I pointed up to the roof, and the pizza was right there. Engie shook his head. "Seriously, Flare?"

"You get the joke, brah?" I asked.

"Yeah….. sure." Engie said upsettingly.

I used my magic to take the pizza off of the roof, and then I gave it to him. "So that'll be 8 bits!"

"Ah thought ya said it was free?" Engie asked.

"I said it was on the house." I said.

"That's what free is." Engie corrected me.

"Oh that's free? Wow, and all this time I've been putting pizzas on houses. I guess that explains all the complaint phone calls I've been having." I said.

"Here ya wanna come in, Flare?" Engie asked.

"Plox! Plixy plox." I said. So Engie moved out of the way, and we both sat on the couch, eating some of my pizza.

"Look Flare, ah know yer here for a reason. Ya might as well spit it out." Engie said. I was about to spit on the floor, but Engie predicted what I was doing. "If ya dare spit it out, yer a dead stallion!"

"Look, what's wrong Engie? I know you're having a bit of problems right now." I said.

"Well, ya might not under- Can ya take that mistletoe off from on top of us? This is gettin awkward." Engie said. So I turned the mistletoe around, and it was behind me instead of in front.

"Better?" I asked.

"It'll do." Engie said. "Ah know ah haven't been comin around lately, but….. ah got a good reason."

"It better be a better reason than the time I had to help you get your teleporter out of a ditch." I said.

"Well… ah just… it's complicated to explain." Engie said.

"I can tell. You're skin's turning orange." I said.

"What?" Engie asked looking at his skin. "Mah skin was always orange! Look, ah've just… ah can't do it!"

"You can't do it what?" I asked.

"Ah can't say it! Ah'm tryin to say that…. AH HATE HEARTH'S WARMIN ALRIGHT?!" Engie yelled.

"Wow, you hate Hearth's Warming, huh? Big surprise." I said, rolling my eyes.

"Ya know?" Engie asked.

"Well, every holiday story is about somepony hating the holidays. Well… maybe I can help you get your spirit back!" I suggested.

"Ah dunno if ya can. Ah mean, ah always spend Hearth's Warmin with the other classes, havin a good time. It was just us, eating Scout's pancakes, Heavy's sandvich's, Sniper's gravy, mah bacon." Engie explained.

"So why don't you go?" I asked.

"Well….. ya see… ah….. don't have the moneh to go." Engie said.

"Looks like we're going on another trip then!" I said.

"What do ya mean?" Engie asked.

"I mean, I'll take you over to the classes. They're obviously you're family." I said.

"Whah? Ah thought ya were spendin Hearth's Warmin here?" Engie asked.

"I am. But I thought we go over there. I'll drop you off, meet them, and come back!" I said.

"No, no, ah don't think that's a good idea." Engie said.

"Oh nonsense, Engie! I'll reunite you with your family!"I said.

"Well…. They're not mah biological family, but they're always there for meh in mah time of need." Engie said. "Unless they were a spah, or an annoyin little kid."

"I've had this problem before." I said. "I insist! Let's go meet your family!"

"Well…. Ya think we should?" Engie asked.

"Of course, brah! Anything for you! Besides, I'm Santa Paws! HO HO HO!" I said. "Besides, I have a little time to spare before I go Hearth's Warming shopping!"

Engie nodded. "Alright. Alright. We'll go see them."

"So where are they?" I asked.

"Dodge Junction." Engie said.

"So? We'll head over to Dodge Junction tomorrow and you'll be reunited with your family!" Engie said.

"But the train tracks are frozen solid, the airport flights have been cancelled due to all the snow, and if we walk, it's beyond the Everfree Forest!" Engie said.

"Everfree hasn't stopped me before. It won't stop me again." I said, shaking my head. "I'm Santa Paws! I'd do anything to keep others happy face! So cya tomorrow?"

"Y-yeah….. sure." Engie said, giving me a fake smile. "But ah urge ya to reconsider!"

"Nope nope nope! Not until you're reunited with your family!" I said, walking out of his house. "Don't worry, Engie! I won't let you down, buddy!" As soon as I walked out Engie, fixed his helmet and shook his head.

"Dang it, Flare." Engie said to himself. So I went over to Twilight's place for a little help. Twilight saw me as I was throwing books off her shelf.

"Uhh, you ok Flare?" Twilight asked.

"No, I'm just Flare." I said, still throwing books off the shelves.

"What are you looking for?" Twilight asked. "Come to think of it, when did you start caring about books?"

"I don't care about books. I'm just collecting these books so I can BUUUUUURN THEEEEEM!" I said an evil tone, then laughed evilly with fire bursting behind me, but then Spike started spraying on me with a fire extinguisher.

"Seriously, Flare?" Twilight asked, not believing a word I said.

"No. My interwebs are down, so I have to rely on…. Ick… READING!" I said in a disgusting tone.

"Oooook, well what are you looking for?" Twilight asked.

"I'm looking for a map through the Everfree Woods." I said.

"What? Why do you want a map?" Twilight asked.

"Well…. You see… I'm burying this dead body, and….." I joked, but Twilight didn't know.

"YOU WHAT?!" Twilight shouted.

I laughed. "I can't believe you're taking me seriously! You suck, Twilight!"

Twilight glared at me, and let out a sarcastic laugh. "Seriously, Flare."

"Fine! I want to help Engineer reunite with his family, but since every other type of transportation is unsafe, because of the snow, I have to rely on taking a shortcut through Everfree." I explained.

"Aww, Flare. That's very sweet of you, but…. Don't you have Hearth's Warming shopping to do? Not to mention Hearth's Warming play!" Twilight said.

"I am aware of my scheduling, Twilight." I said.

"But, Flare…. I think you should realize that-" Twilight was about to explain.

"Twi... Light, I appreciate your concern! But I can handle anything! Just give me a map for Everfree Forest, so I can reach Dodge Junction." I said.

Twilight sighed and shook her head. "Fine, but there's something you're really not getting here, Flare!" she said.

"Less talkie, more lookie!" I said. A few moments later, she given me a map for Everfree. "How did you find that so fast?"

"It was under 'Maps'." Twilight said.

"I see." I nodded. "Well, wish me luck, sista! HO HO HO!" I took the map, and ran back out. Twilight had a worried look on her face, she really wanted to tell me what she needed to tell me, but….. we'll get to that later. The next day came, I won't say what I did the rest of yesterday, because it's for a plot twist later- that I just spoiled, now you know there's a plot twist! Me and my big mouth! I kept knocking on the door again saying Engie's name when I got to his house again. Knock, knock, knock; "Engie?" Knock, knock, knock; "Engie?" Knock, knock, knock; "Engie?" After the third knock, I saw a note on his doorbell. It reads:

Dear Flare, Ah decided to go to Dodge Junction on my own. Thank ya for all you're doing, but ah can handle myself. Don't bother lookin for meh, ah'll be back in a few days. Sincerely, Red Engineer.

PS: My book club membership needs to be renewed, follow the information in the folder behind the tree.

PPS: …..

"LAWL! He said P-P!" I laughed.

PPS: And believe me I am still alive.

PPPS: While you're dying I'll be still alive.

I wanted to continue reading, but everything after that was part of the Still Alive song. "ENGIE'S GONE INTO EVERFREE ALL BY HIMSELF?!" I shouted. "He can't go alone! He needs a friend by his side! IMMA COMIN, ENGIE! HO HO HO!" I ran over to Everfree to see if I can find him, but he didn't even go inside yet! He was just about to walk in when I saw him. "Engie! You didn't get lost!"

"Oh…. Hey Flare." Engie said.

"You're not thinking of going there by yourself, are you?" I asked.

"Ah appreciate yer help, Flare. But ah'd rather do this on mah own." Engie said.

"I'm not going to let you in there by yourself, I'm coming with you, brah!" I said.

"Well…" Engie thought it over for a sec, but just then, Crème started skipping towards me.

"Flarey, wait!" she yelled out, standing under my mistiletoe. "Didn't you forget something?"

"I got my chocolate mints!" I said.

"No, not that." Crème said.

"My Hearth's Warming shopping?" I asked.

"No, my kiss!" Crème shouted.

"Oh, that's right!" I said, bopping myself in the head. "I could've had a V8!" So I leaned over, about to give her a kiss, but Engie popped up right in the middle.

"Nice man-smooch, Flare!" Engie said. "And no, ah want let ya go."

"Engie, I will not take no for an answer! Now I'm going with you, even if I have to force it out!" I demanded.

"Ah'm sorry, Flare." Engie sighed, and shook his head. He took his wrench and whacked me in the head with it. Stars were floating around my face, and my eyes rolled around.

"The sun'll come out…. tomorrow!" I sang softly, looking really dizzy. "Bet your bottom…"

"Bet mah bottom?" Engie asked.

"I'M COMING ELIZABETH!" I yelled, then I collapsed on the ground past out. Engie just looked sadly at me, then he took my Everfree map.

"Thanks for the map, Flare!" Engie said, taking my map and strolling into Everfree. I eventually woke up on Fluttershy's bed. I knew it, because Angel was licking my nose, even though I kept saying it was Pinkie that was doing it. Just when I thought it was Angel, I just gave him an awkward look, then I turned to the other side and saw Pinkie staring at me.

"MORNING, FLAREY!" Pinkie yelled.

"WAH!" I cried, jumping from the bed and landing on the ceiling, with my head going through. I eventually came down with stars floating around my head and my eyes rolling….. again. I shook my head real fast. "What am I doing in Fluttershy's house?"

"Oh, I found you past out on the ground outside Everfree." Fluttershy said, putting a tray on my lap with tea on it.

"Oh, thank you, Flutter- WOW-OW THE TRAY IS HOT!" I yelled. Fluttershy grabbed the tray quickily.

"How you feeling, Flare?" Flutters asked.

"I feel with my hooves!" I said.

Pinkie giggled. "Isn't Flarey the silliest pony you've ever met?"

"I thought you were the silliest pony she's ever met?" I asked.

"Twilight says you were going to the Everfree Forest with Engie." Flutters said.

"I was, until I woke up here. I-D-K what happened, a coconut must've fell on me." I said.

"There are coconuts in the Everfree Forest?!" Pinkie asked shockingly.

"I suppose so. Either that, or a Pegasus dropped a heavy object on me…. I blame Psyche." I said. "Hey can I have some of that tea now?"

"Sure." Flutters said, giving me the cup. Right after I touched it, I dropped it quickly. "OW! HOT!" A while later, I was just about to walk back to my shop, but the Mayor stopped me.

"Santa Paws! Our very own Santa Paws!" Mayor said.

"Yeah, hello Mayor! What do ya need?" I asked.

"You don't remember? You're our Santa Paws! You have to go to Town Hall, and ask the foals what they want for Hearth's Warming!" Mayor said.

"Can it wait? My friend is in trouble right now, and I have to go after him." I said.

"Your friend can wait! C'mon, you have foals to make happy!" Mayor said, taking my hoof and dragging me over to Town Hall.

"Wait, Mayor! Mayor! Engie!" I yelled. Meanwhile, Engie was walking through the Everfree Woods. It was really cold for him in there. Unlike Ponyville, the weather moves by itself here. I dunno why ponies have a problem with that, it's not that scary. I wouldn't be surprised if a colony was build in Everfree. I mean, Zecora doesn't have to worry about changing the weather. Then again, if ponies change the weather, we know what to expect, unlike when the weather moves by itself. Engie knew it would be warmer when he gets closer to Dodge Junction. He heard a lot of strange noises around him, he had took out his pistol and aimed it around the woods, because he really didn't know what to expect. It's not everyday a pony wonders into Everfree... unless it was the Mane Six or the CMCs. He kept telling himself not to be afraid, and not to give up, so he didn't. I was at town hall with the kiddies around town sitting on my lap, taking pictures with them, and they tell me what they want for Hearth's Warming. I saw an elf nearby, which was actually Spike dressed like one.

"Spike?!" I said.

"Don't ask." Spike said with an annoyed tone.

I started laughing. "This is too rich to ask!" Spike just glared at me as I continued laughing. Had most of the kids in town come by! Pipsqueak, Featherweight, Berry Pinch, and lots of the other foals I don't normally see were simple. Candy Cotton asked for lots of extreme stuff, Snips was squishing my thigh because he's so fat, Snails didn't ask for anything he was just eating cheese balls, Apple Bloom just wanted to be with her family which brought joy into my heart, because… most of my family was still in Mareami, it makes me want to go and see them, brought tears to my eyes. Scootaloo knew it was me.

"Heh! You look funny, Flare!" Scoots said.

"Ho ho ho! What do you mean? I'm not Flare! I'm Santa Paws!" I said in a Santa voice.

"C'mon, you think anypony can believe this fake beard?" Scootaloo asked pulling my beard which was attached to a string around my face, and she let go and it really hurt my face.

"Ow!" I shouted. After Scoots, Sweetie Belle was next. You know something? She kept saying what she wanted for 10 whole minutes! She got a whole list of junk she wanted Santa to get her. Does she think Santa's made of money? Santa works hard getting all the kids what they wanted, every single year! I mean holy Wizard of Feelings, brah! Well then, it took a while, I kept saying excuses of trying to get Sweetie away, but Sweetie was actually the last filly in town that wanted to see Santa. It's a good thing my shift is finally over. I had to go! I put on mistletoe and left in a hurry. I couldn't have my mistletoe on with the kiddies, because…that would look weird. I had to finally get out of there so I can go on the search for Engineer. I saw Rarity come up to me.

"My darling Santa Paws!" Rarity said.

"Hey Rarity! Ho ho ho! I got stuff to do right now, what is it?" I asked.

"I just need your help for a few little minutes!" Rarity said.

"C'mon sista!" I whined. "Engineer needs my help, and-"

"Please, dear? It'll only take five minutes! Just five minutes!" Rarity begged. I rolled my eyes.

"Alright, Rare. Five minutes." I said.

"Yay!" Rarity cheered and clapped her hooves. "What you need to do is simple, just stand over here, hold this sign around you, and ring this bell." Rarity gave me sign that has to do with a Hearth's Warming sale, and she gave me a bell to ring.

"Can't cha get Spike to do it?" I asked.

"Spike's already helping me make a dress!" Rarity said, pointing to Spike who's wearing a dress with needles on it.

I grabbed the bell with my mouth. "I'll only do it for five minutes." I said, but with the bell in my mouth, it sounded like I said; "I'll only oo eh por pive miness"

"You're a great stallion, Santa! Thank you very much!" Rarity said, giving me a kiss, since I had a mistletoe on. Rarity walked inside, so I stood there ringing the bell for 8 minutes, since I lost track of the time, there were 3 extra minutes I was there for. I was just about to leave when Rarity stopped me. "Wait, Santa!"

"What is it, Rare?" I asked with an annoying tone.

"Can't cha stay a little longer? There's a celebrity in town!" Rarity said.

"Unless it's Mike Myers, I'm not interested! Engineer needs my help NOW! I'll handle your problems later. So HO HO HO! Santa Paws is coming to the rescue!" I said, trotting away. Eventually, Mike Myers trotted by, passing Rarity's shop, having an interview with a couple of journalists. Rarity facehoofed herself. A while later, I went to Sweet Apple Arces to borrow sleigh.

"Thanks for letting me borrow the sleigh, Jackie!" I said.

"No problem, sugarcube!" AppleJack said. "Just make sure Engineer gets back okay; and Big Mac needs it for later."

"Sure thing! T-T-Y-L!" I said. After that, I called upon my own raindeer! I attached them to the sleigh so we can look out for Engineer. I hoped on the sleigh and said; "This is it, brahs and sistas! Time to bring Engineer to his peace." I start whipping them. "So ON PRANCER, ON DANCER, ON CUPID, ON BLITSON, ON….. the rest of you!"

"Quit it with the whipping!" Psyche complained. HA! Yeah, some of my pegasi friends were the raindeer. I had Rainbow Dash, Blaze, Psyche, Crystal, Spark Note, Fluttershy, Derpy, and Mynx!

"Tell me why we were doing this again?" Spark Note asked.

"Yeah I look really dorky." Rainbow said.

"Engineer needs our help, and we're the best bet to find him! Besides…. I'm Santa Paws! I need my raindeer to help guide me!"

"FLARE, WAIT!" Crème yelled out, running to me.

"Oh, we still need kissy kissy!" I said.

"Exactly!" Crème said, holding her cheek out.

"Hang on a sec, Crème. DOES ANYPONY WANT ANY MAN-SMOOCHES! TELL ME NOW, SO YOU DON'T INTERUPT MINE!" I yelled out. "Any man-smooches? Huh? Any at all? Any takers?" All the pegasi raindeer just looked at eachother weirdly, and some shook their heads. "Alright then!" So I leaned over to give Crème a kiss, but then Spike put a frying pan between us, and I kissed it.

"HA! Nice PAN-smooch, Flare!" Spike said, laughing.

"YOU'RE A MORON, SPIKE!" I yelled out. Spike giggled and ran away. "C'mon! ON DANCER, ON PRANCER, ON ALL THE RAINDEER! GO, GO, GO!" So all the pegasi started flying. "HO HO HO!" I yelled out. "HO HO HO! I can feel the breeze!"

"Flare, we haven't gotten off the ground yet." Mynx said.

"What? Why not?" I asked.

"The sleigh is too heavy!" Crystal complained. All the pegasi tried their best to get the sleigh going, but they all couldn't do it.

"I can try harder if you want me to." Fluttershy said.

"We need more pegasi." Blaze said.

"No, I got a better idea!" So I went out to get a few stuff. I tied a muffin on a string, a gem on another, a wonderbolt badge on another, a monsterous puppet behind Fluttershy, and other objects that make these pegasi happy, or scared. That way, once they see them, they'll start chasing them, and they'll have the energy to fly! I put the objects in front of them, and they reacted.

"MUFFIN!" Derpy yelled out.

"That's one delicious looking gem!" Blaze said, licking his lips.

"WONDERBOLT BADGE! WONDERBOLT BADGE! AND IT EVEN HAS MY NAME ON IT! GIMMIE!" Rainbow cried out. Fluttershy screamed when she saw the monster behind her. Once everypony reacted to the objects they really wanted, or got scared of, they started flying off the ground, and the sleigh started going in the air.

"HO HO HO!" I cried out. "MERRY HEARTH'S WARMING!"

Meanwhile, back with Engineer, he was dragging himself through the snow. There was a blizzard out there in Everfree. He was getting really tired and hungry, and he started talking to himself; "Ah can't do this! Yes you can! No ah can't! Yes you can! You shut up! You shut up! No you! No you! No you! Oh, real ma-ture." Engie fell in the snow and started breathing heavily. "Ah'm cold…. Hungry….. tired…. Maybe this wasn't so a good idea after all. Maybe ah should've taken Flare with me. Now ah'm gonna die out here." Enige stuffed his face in the snow in depression, when just then, he heard a voice.

"Engineer…. Engineer….." a familiar voice said.

"Flare?" Enige asked.

"Engie…. You must go to the Dagobah system. There you'll find Yoda." A ghost of me said to him.

"FLAAARE!" Engie yelled out. The ghost of me disappeared, and my sleigh landed beside him.

"ENGIE!" I yelled out.

"Flaaaare!" Engie yelled out. Just then, he past out on the snow when I saw him.

"It is freezing out here!" Crystal complained.

"Well that's what you get for not bringing a sweater." I said. I took Engie's past out body, and I put it on the sleigh. "It's a good thing I brought my blanket with me." I said, putting a big smelly blanket around him. "This may smell bad kid, but it'll keep you warm." I started breathing heavily, and I said; "I thought they smelled bad….. on the outside?" I got the sleigh moving again, and we started flying back into the air.

"Flare…. Yoda…. Dagobah system!" Engie said in his sleep. Just then, I flew the sleigh over to Dodge Junction. It was warm out! It seems the blizzard hasn't followed us here. I landed the sleigh near the hospital where the doctors over there treated him. My raindeer went inside to wait on Engie's recovery. Engie started coming back to his senses, and he woke up. "Ugh! What… happened? Where am ah?"

"Engie! YOU'RE ALRIGHT!" Crystal cried out and hugged him.

"Crystal? What's going on here?" Engie asked.

"You're in the Dodge Junction hospital! Flare knew you were in trouble." Psyche explained.

"His name is Santa Paws!" Crystal interrupted.

"Right…. Santa Paws knew you'd be in trouble, so we went out to rescue you!" Psyche explained.

"Are you feeling alright, Engie?" Flutters asked.

"Yeah…. Kinda." Engie said.

"HEY, ENGIE!" I said coming in with a tray. "I got us some egg nog!"

"Flare, how did you…." Engie was about to say.

"IT'S SANTA PAWS! HO HO HO!" I interrupted him.

"Whatever, Santa Paws! How did ya find me?" Engie asked.

"I'm Santa Paws, I know everything!" I said, then I looked close at him with my eyes opened wide. "I'm always watching you!"

"Be real." Engie said.

"Twilight gave me a heat tracker, and a footprint scanner." I said.

"Ah!" Engie nodded.

"Dude, why did you go alone? I had a sleigh! I could've given you a lift!" I said.

"By the way, Engie. Where's your family? Shouldn't they be here?" Rainbow asked.

"Yeah, we've been trying to look at them when the doctors were working on you." Blaze said.

"Ah….. ah have a confession to make." Engie said.

"Your family doesn't exist?" I asked.

"Well… kinda." Engie said. "Ya see…. Ah lost them about two years ago. It's…. it's kinda complicated to explain. Ah just came here to Dodge Junction because…. Well…. Ah wanted you all to think ah had family. So ya wouldn't know ah'm alone."

"Engie, you don't have ANYTHING to be a shame about!" I said.

"I NEVER knew my family, Enige. I was adopted, and I only know my crystal pony ancestor." Crystal said.

"My Hearth's Warmings were always alone before I moved to Ponyville! You know why? Because…. I have my friends there to be my family!" Psyche said.

"Same here!" I said.

"Copy catter." Psyche said.

"Cluck cluck cluck!" I said.

"Spark Note's all the family I got." Mynx said.

"And Mynx is all the family I got." Spark said, and they held eachother's hooves.

"Before I ran away from home, I was alone every Hearth's Warming! Now that I found Rainbow again, now I'm never alone for Hearth's Warming!" Blaze said.

"So…. What is this about? Get to the point!" Engie said.

"The point is….. we ARE your family, brah!" I said.

"And there's no better family than your friends!" Flutters said.

"See? Why did you have to go and overdo that?" Rainbow asked her.

"I'm sorry, was that too much for you?" Flutters asked.

"Yeah, just a little." Rainbow said.

"My bad." Flutters said and squeed.

"So…. Ah guess ah made a terrible mistake!" Engie said.

"Yes you did!" I nodded. "At least you learned from it, and as long as there are no more man-smooches, or Sweetie Belle yelling in my face about what she wants for Hearth's Warming, or Snails dropping cheese balls in my shoes, then I say this will be a really great Hearth's Warming!" We all agreed on that, and after Engie was recovered, we headed back home to Ponyville! I know it took Engie a while to understand who his true family is, but it's great that he understood it! So we took the train over to Canterlot for our Hearth's Warming play. It was actually Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. I was playing Santa of course, Fluttershy was Rudolph, Sam the Snowman was played as Spike, Dasher was played by Rainbow Dash (as expected since the names are similar), Woodenshy was Dancer, Spark Note was Prancer, Mynx was Vixen, Psyche was Comet, Crystal was Cupid, Blaze was Donner, Black Thunder was Blitzen, Twilight was the Elf Foreman, Pinkie was Mrs. Claus, Engie was the Abominable Snow Man, AppleJack was Clarice, and were there other characters I left out? Well, I can't record the whole play, but if you seen the movies or read the books, I think you'd know how it would turn out.

"Well, Flare! Ah gotta say, that was some fine rehearsal!" Engie said.

"Glad you liked it! The play's tomorrow! Tomorrow is Hearth's Warming Eve!" I said.

"Flare Gun! Red Engineer!" Luna said, trotting towards us.

"What's up, Moon?" I asked.

"Nothing. I was just checking up on you guys! Fantastic job on the play, by the way! "Luna said.

"Thanks! It was really fun!" I said.

"I heard Engineer here learned a valuable lesson this week. Didn't you Red?" Luna asked.

"Eeyup!" Engie said. "Flare and the others taught me somethin! Just because yer biological family isn't around for special events like this one, doesn't mean your friends aren't as much as a family than your biological family is. As long as you're not alone, what can go wrong?"

"I learned something too!" I said, then I burped.

"Well…. What is it?" Engie asked.

"That's it!" I said.

"The burp?" Enige asked.

"Yeah the burp." I said.

"So what are you doing for Hearth's Warming, Luna?" I asked.

"Just going to stay here in the castle with Celestia." Luna said.

"Shoot! You should come with us, Luna!" Engie suggested.

"Oh... I couldn't!" Luna blushed.

"C'mon! Ya've been alone for so long in Hearth's Warmin, it's the least we could do!" Engie smiled.

"Thank you, Engineer!" Luna said.

"Well we better get home before Pinkie eats all the Gingerbread houses in town…. Again!" AppleJack suggested.

"I agree! Let's go!" I said.

We all went back to Ponyville and got everything set up for Hearth's Warming, the next day came, Twilight was fast asleep on her bed. Spike started jumping on her bed saying; "It's Hearth's Warming, Twilight! Wake up! It's Hearth's Warming! C'MON! WAKE UP!" Twilight yawned and half-opened her eyes.

"Sweet Celestia, Spike! Usually I'm the one who wakes you up, and you go back to sleep!" Twilight said, slowly stepping out of bed.

"Well, I don't get presents those days!" Spike said.

"Good point! Merry Hearth's Warming, Spike!" Twilight said, hugging him.

"Merry Hearth's Warming, Twilight!" Spike said. They both ran downstairs, and set everything up for when the guests come, since Hearth's Warming is taking place at her house.

Before Spike could get the punch done, the guests have already arrived. The Apple family came first, followed by Pinkie and the Cakes, Aqua, Blaze with Rainbow Dash and Candy Cotton, Fluttershy, Psyche, Water and I, Engineer, Rarity along with Sweetie Belle and Scoots, Crystal with Thunder, and Crèmepop. Each of us had presents to give to one another.

Pinkie got a 3DS for Psyche, it's pretty much what he always wanted, it was a lot better than the present I got him. It was a deed to one of the stars beyond the Galaxy. How did I buy it? I didn't. I just gave him a piece of paper with the word 'Deed to one of the stars beyond the Galaxy' on it.

Crystal said when she came in that her favorite Hearth's Warming activity is when the Ground Hog sees it's shadow. Her foster-mom used to let her go outside by herself when her personal coach came over. None of us had the heart to tell her that it's the wrong holiday for that, because Aqua said it might cause more problems than solve them. Twilight asked Big Macintosh if he wanted a slice of her fruitcake that she was making in the oven, she kept saying he should try a little nibble, but all Big Mac did was stare at her weirdly. Twilight didn't know what he was thinking about. She thinks she said something wrong.

I got Spike a new XBUCKS 360, so he doesn't have to keep borrowing mine, but he was unaware that he keeps getting a red-ring. Blaze suggested that he should play a game. Take a gem from him everytime he gets the red-ring of death. Spike accepted the challenge but kept losing, but he just doesn't have the guts to give up!

Rainbow Dash wanted to really impress Spitfire, so Scootaloo got her this detergent to make her Wonderbolt cadet clothes smell like the exotic flyer she is. Candy Cotton kept complaining a weird smell, like somepony jumps in the dumpster behind Boorlie's BBQ, but Rainbow kept whispering that it was Engie that did it.

Aqua doesn't know much about the video games since he's from a village where it had 1700s technology, so I got him my old Windows 2000 PC. He doesn't know much about it, but I gave it to him because Windows 2000 is like the worst type there is. He hasn't tried any other types, so he won't be complaining much.

Twilight gave Fluttershy this awesome book: Better Owner, Better Mare. It'll help her bond to her animals more. It's really funny, because when Fluttershy tried that stuff on Angel, she had to do skateboarding stunts with her. Fluttershy was really afraid, but Thunder was there to help her out.

Speaking of Twilight giving books, that's all she gave us was books, books, books! I suggested behind Twilight's back that we should roast marshmallows later with them! We all chuckled and agreed.

Later on we were singing Hearth's Warming songs, but Pinkie suggested a different type of style: Polka style! What Pinkie did there just gave me an idea! I should do my own type of polka music one day! Right after is when Princesses Celestia and Luna showed up to join the party! We had fun for the rest of the time there together! We were using our gifts, chatting, playing in the snow outside, and later that night we were roasting marshmallows on a fire. Got some firewood from Everfree, Spike breathed fire on it, but Big was afraid that the logs were to fall on Celestia's head, since Spike uses his firebreath to send letters to Celestia, but does the same rule apply for logs too? And where did we get the tinder from? Take a wild guess! It's a good thing Twilight didn't know, but most of us said no to burning the books, but some of us went on with the plan anyway!

Finally, Crème was awaiting her kiss. But I wanted to make sure no man-smooches go in the way, so Crème and I walked away from Twilight's frontyard, exited town, traveled through jungles and mountains, traveled beyond Equestria, dodging anything that tries to block our path, and our destination after traveling around the world: Twilight's backyard! I looked around to see if anypony was around, and I was just about to give her that kiss I owe her, and…did. I gave her a chocolate kiss. Yep! What? You wanted me to cheat on my special somepony Pinkie Pie for another mare? Hay no! I couldn't do that! I'm loyal! My fish had a nice Hearth's Warming time as well! They just finished their holiday feast.

"Ah! A wonderful Hearth's Warming!" Yoyo said.

"It's too bad we didn't get any REAL presents." Darrel said.

"Darrel!" Dorthey shouted at him.

"What? It's true! We don't have much to give to one another, counting we stay in this tank all the time." Darrel said.

"He's right, Dorthey." Rainbow said.

Piddles yawned as he was laying down and mumbled; "When did he become right?"

Apollo flies inside with a bag. "Hello, my aquatic friends!" he greeted.

"Who are you suppose to be?" Yoyo teased.

"It is snowing outside! I'm trying to stay warm." Apollo said.

"That's not what I said, but whatever." Yoyo shrugged.

"SANTA!" Darrel shouted with joy.

"I thought Flare was Santa?" Pearl asked.

"You got presents for us, Apollo?" Darrel asked.

"Darrel! Don't be rude!" Dorthey demanded.

"It's fine, Dorthey. In fact, that is why I've come!" Apollo said.

"That's awesome, Apollo! What did you get us?" Rainbow asked.

"First, for Yoyo!" Apollo said, dropping a package into the tank.

"What is this? Is it food?" Yoyo asked, shaking the package.

"Of course it isn't." Dorthey said, rolling her eyes.

"Actually it's a tiny room service menu. Food will be delievered to you whenever you are hungry, if you just call the number, my friend!" Apollo said.

"That is soooo nice of you! Thanks, buddy!" Yoyo said.

"And for Darrel!" Apollo said, dropping his present in the tank.

"BOMB!" Darrel freaked out, and hid behind Rainbow.

"That's not a bomb, is it?" Rainbow asked.

Apollo chuckled. "No, it's a present! Open it!" Darrel slowly swims over to the present, swimming back and forth, feeling it around, listening to it, then shakes it.

"Oh just open it already!" Pearl said impatiently. Darrel opens it slowly, then once it completely opens, Darrel gasps and hides behind the coluum.

"Don't be afraid, my little friend! It's just a slide just for you!" Apollo said. "I know how much you like to have fun and play, so I figured this slide would work!"

"Is it a bomb slide? Does it explode?" Darrel asked.

"No, it's a normal slide!" Apollo said. Darrel slowly swam over to the slide and rode on it.

"That was…. I'd rather let it be a bomb." Darrel said.

"And now for Rainbow!" Apollo said, dropping him the package.

"Hey, it's a box! I've always wanted a box! Thank you, Apollo!" Rainbow said.

Apollo chuckles. "No, it's what's INSIDE the box!" So Rainbow opened the present. "It's a water proof megaphone! I know you like to take charge, so this is so everyone can hear you when you do."

"Oh! Thanks, Apollo!" Rainbow said.

"But don't you already have a me-" Dorthey was about to ask, but Rainbow cut her off.

"And now for Dorthey." Apollo said, dropping her present inside.

"I hope it's a megaphone too." Dorthey said, opening it.

"It's a list of good qualities about you, Dorthey!" Apollo said.

"What does it say? I can't read!" Dorthey complained.

"It's full of good things about you! I know how much you appreciate…. Well…. Yourself." Apollo said.

"Thanks a lot, Apollo! You made me look stubborn!" Dorthey said angrily.

"Stubborn doesn't mean what you think it does." Apollo said.

Dorthey was silent for a few seconds, but she finally said; "Thanks."

"Here's your's Pearl!" Apollo said, dropping her's in the tank.

"Oh, my dear Apollo! You shouldn't have!" Pearl said.

"Ok!" Darrel said, and takes it. "I'll take it then!"

"HEY!" Pearl yelled.

"Now Darrel, that belongs to Pearl." Apollo said.

"Yeah, DARREL!" Pearl repeated.

"FINE!" Darrel yelled, throwing the present at Pearl, and it floats over to her. Darrel angrily swims away.

"You mad bro?" Yoyo commented.

"It's a mirror!" Apollo said after Pearl opened it.

"Wow! Another mirror added to my collection! Thank you, sweetheart!" Pearl said.

"Hmm, it appears Piddles is asleep. I think he'll like his gift them." Apollo said, unwrapping it for him. "It's a fish-sized pillow pet of a pig." Apollo places it right near him, which wakes him up.

"Huh? What's this?" Piddles asked.

"It's your present!" Apollo said.

"Wow! My own stuffed animal! Thanks, Apollo!" Piddles said.

"We got something for you too, Apollo!" Rainbow said. "It's the greatest…."

"….the sweetest…." Pearl added.

"….mind-blowingist….." Dorthey added.

"…..most deserving…." Yoyo added.

"….awesomeist….." Piddles added.

"….silent but deadliest…." Darrel added.

"….. present EVER!" Rainbow finished.

"Hey! You got to say something twice!" Piddles complained.

"Oh, but you didn't have to!" Apollo said, smiling.

"Oh but we did, for being a great friend!" Rainbow said.

"Well…. What is it?" Apollo asked.

"TA DA!" all the fish said, throwing him a very small knitted sweater saying: 'World's Best Phoenix Friend' with a heart on it.

"Oh… I….. I love it!" Apollo said, putting it on his wing. "Sure it's small, but it's what the thought that counts!"

"Take it to Twilight! She'll make it your size!" Yoyo suggested.

"Oh you look adorable in it!" Pearl said.

"I…. I think I will. Thank you…. So much….." Apollo said with tears coming out of his eyes.

"Are you….. crying?" Dorthey asked.

"Yes…. But they're tears of joy." Apollo said, wiping his eye.

"C'mon! This isn't much! I'm sure other's given you better presents!" Piddles said.

"But….. you are my closest friends." Apollo said.

"I thought Blaze was your closest friend?" Dorthey asked.

"Blaze is my master, and no one else gives me the respect you give me." Apollo said. All the fish smile at him, and Apollo smiles back.

Just then, I stumble inside my room and say; "HEY! What's that pig doing in the tank?!" The fish all look at Piddle's new pillow pet. "How many times do I have to say it? No species of Swinebutt allowed in this household!" All the fish look at eachother weirdly, and Apollo looks at me confused. "What?"

Anyways, Happy Hearth's Warming everypony! For those of you who are still reading the fanfic, thank you for tuning in, and I love you all so much! If only I could see you all in person so I can hug you! Hugs for all my fans! For those who aren't my fans… hugs for you too!