Hello again fellow Bronies, and welcome back for another chapter.

To start off, I'm really glad with how the poll went one, 32 people voted with both Tirek and Chrysalis taking the lead, hopefully Funko will make figures of one of these two characters. Personally, I'm hoping for Tirek, he would be good in my collection.

I've sent the results and everything else to Funko, but the person I sent it to told me they wouldn't know if they decide to do it or not, we'll just have to wait and see if something pops up.

Anyway, I'm not sure how this chapter will turn out because I never really planned it properly, it's all kind of made-up as I go along, so if it's not as good as my others, it ain't my fault.

Now then, on with the chapter…whatever it is.

Chapter 59: Snow Day

It's been a full month since I was accused of cheating on Twilight with Zelga and everything has finally gone back to normal.

After the Mayor helped clear my name, everyone realised that they had been told a horrid lie. For the first few days, loads of ponies came and told us how sorry they were about the whole thing, even some of our friends kept apologizing for how they treated me, especially Rarity, she's said sorry for slapping me more times than I can count.

All the while, things between me and Twi have settled. Twilight keeps saying sorry now and again, but I keep telling her that she doesn't have to be…mostly because she made it up to me the night that whole thing ended, believe me, she really made it up to me.

But all wasn't so good, Rainbow Dash and the group of Pegasi she gathered to find Zelga still have no leads, it's as if Zelga vanished completely and I think by now it's obvious that she isn't coming back. To be honest, I hope she doesn't, that girl is more trouble than she's worth. As the days went by, Rainbow's search group got smaller until it was just her and Thunder Lane, but they weren't ready to give up. Rainbow Dash really had it out for Zelga.

Library

We were now in mid-December, the snow that's been going on and off for the last few weeks had returned and stayed on this time, the town was cover in thick now and the lakes were frozen solid. I can imagine the kids, and Pinkie Pie, were excited to play in it all. I could hear their playful noises through the window of the guest room.

Oh yeah, I wasn't out there with them, I was in the guest room :P

I was set on the bed as I once again read through Grimerd's journal. With each page, I could tell Grimerd had turned from a sad, lonely pony to an excited, cheerful one. Most of the time he kept talking about Celestia, he truly did have a thing for her, but the other thing he kept talking about was something called 'The Grand Ceremony'.

"Words of an Alicorn – Page 9

It is nearly here, everypony is talking about it, The Grand Ceremony.

I can surely say that I am looking forward to the event, but until then, I am looking forward to nothing else other than sharing my time with my beloved Celestia. Something about her always seems to brighten my world and make me believe I can do anything.

It is hard to admit it, but I may actually be in love with Celestia, I am sure of it.

I can imagine what my father would say if he was here now and he knew of this, he would most likely lock me in this tower and seal it tight, insuring that I cannot get out and no-one can get in, not even himself.

But he is not here anymore. From what I have heard, he is most likely dead and I cannot think of any pony who deserves death more than he. Nothing will keep me from what I desire most, not now.

Celestia, my love, it will seem like a thousand years until we see each other tomorrow."

I grew a small smile as I read that last part, I could relate to his feelings, only with Twilight instead of Celestia. It was almost hard to believe that a pony so in touch with his feelings could later become so dark and evil.

Suddenly, the door to the room swung open and Spike came in. "Hey Matt, Twilight's wondering if you'd like to go outside with her for whi-…" he then stopped once he saw me with the journal. "What's that?" he asked as he walked up to the bed.

I quickly shot up out of the bed and flew the journal to its hiding spot. "What's what, Spike?" I answer, pretending I didn't know what he was talking about.

Spike raised his eye-brow. "Matt, is that book yours? I've seen it in this room for a while but I didn't know where it came from." He said.

I then flew down to him and started pushing him towards the door with my head. "It's nothing, just an old book I found in the back of the shelves." I said before I quickly changed the subject. "You know what, I might need to go outside for a while, the cold fresh air will do me some good."

Spike then stepped away from my head and looked at me with a suspicious look. "Matt, I know you're hiding something, you always are when you talk like this." He said as he crossed his arms.

"Talk like what? I'm not talking like anything! You're being daft, stop being daft, ya daft dragon." I said in a quick voice with a nervous look on my face.

Spike raised his eye-brow. "What's with the book, Matt?" he asked with a serious tone.

I sighed hard before I responded. "Ok, I'll tell you about the book, but not right now. Otherwise Twilight might wonder why we've been up here for so long. I'll tell you later, alright?" I said, hoping he'd settle with that.

Spike thought about it. "So…I take it Twilight won't be happy to hear you've been hiding this book from her." He said.

"I don't know, maybe. I found it a while ago, sometime after we came back off our honeymoon. I'll tell you about it later, but right now, don't tell Twilight, ok?" I asked.

"Ok fine, but you're gonna need to tell her eventually, remember what happened with the Jersey Devil thing?" Spike said.

I rolled my eyes before I nodded. "Yeah, I remember, she wasn't happy that I kept that from her. But it's different this time, this book has something no-one can know about, not even her." I said.

"Well don't say I didn't warn you, Matt." Spike said before he turned around and made his way to the stairs that led down to the living-room.

I sighed heavily before I followed him, thinking about what I was gonna do all the while. Maybe I should tell Twilight about the book. I didn't want to tell her because it contained info on Grimerd, Princess Celestia doesn't want anyone knowing about him, myself and Discord already knew, but she didn't this whole thing getting out to everyone else.

But knowing Twilight, if the Princess wanted it to be kept a secret, she would bury her own head in the dirt like an Ostrich to keep it secret.

Maybe I could trust her with it. What am I saying? Of course I could trust her with it. That's when I made the decision, I would tell her about the Journal tonight. I didn't want to tell her now, otherwise she might get it worried and it'll ruin her day.

As I reached the living-room, I saw Twilight using her magic to put on a dark-blue scarf, she soon noticed me and walked up to me. "Well it's about time you came down." She said as we shared a small hug.

"Yeah, I was just taking care of something upstairs, it's no big deal." I said as we parted.

"Must've been a big 'something', you've been up there all morning." Twilight said before she used her magic to levitate my red scarf over to me and tie it around my neck. "Now you better bundle up good, it's really cold out there today."

I smiled with amusement at this. "You talk like your my Mum." I said.

Twilight returned my smile before she placed her hoof under her belly. "Just practising." She said in a gentle voice.

Hearing her say that made my heart feel warm and my amused smile turned into a loving one. "And so far, you're doing great." I said before lowing myself down to look at her belly. "It won't be long before the little guy starts growing."

Twilight looked down at me with a smirk. "Guy? Who said it was a guy? It has just as much chance of being a girl." She said.

I stood back up and looked into Twi's eyes. "Guy or girl, it won't matter, it'll still be our little star." I said,

Twilight smiled warmly. "Aww, Matt." she said before she hugged me and kissed my cheek. Suddenly, she pulled. "Oh my goodness, I almost forgot, you need to go to the Town Square later today." She said.

"Why? What's going on?" I asked curiously.

Twilight then used her magic to bring a leaflet over to me, I took it in my hoof and read the cover.

"Snowpony competition at the Town Square! Grand prise for the winner!"

"Applebloom and her friends brought it over a few minutes ago, they asked if you could help them make the best snow pony so they could win the prize." Twilight explained.

I returned my attention to her and gave her a confused look. "Where was I when they came here?" I asked.

"You were upstairs, 'taking care of something', as you put it." Twilight said with her eyes half-closed.

My face was blank with awkwardness. "Oh…" I said before I looked back down at the leaflet. "Is it happing right this minute?" I asked.

"No, it starts later this afternoon, that gives us plenty of time to do stuff together before then." Twilight said as she came over to me and nuzzled her head against my neck. She then moved her head away from me and looked at my face. "Now then, want some breakfast before we head out?"

I nodded. "Sure, I'd like some waffles, we got some from Pinkie a while ago, didn't we?" I said before I made my way towards the kitchen.

"Yeah, they should be in the freezer." Twilight said as she followed me into the kitchen to help me find the waffles.

A few minutes later: Ponyville streets

As Twi, myself and Spike walked through the streets of Ponyville, I looked around and saw ponies playing in the snow. There were kids making snow-ponies and throwing snowballs, a loving couple having a sleigh ride with a strong stallion pulling the sleigh, and I could imagine some ponies were ice-skating on the frozen lake.

I saw Cheerilee down the road coming out of a store with a pair of fluffy blue ear-muffs on. It made me think the schoolhouse was closed, otherwise she'd be there with the kids.

As we kept walking, Spike looked up at me. "So where's Jeff and Peewee? I thought they'd be here with us like always." He said.

I looked down at him as I kept walking. "Peewee's back at the Library, he's not a big fan of the cold. As for Jeff, he's in Canterlot…visiting Philomena again." I answered.

Spike rolled his eyes. "Seriously? It's not like it's ever gonna work." He said with disbelief.

I then smirked. "Like how you and Rarity will work?" I asked, preparing to be amused by his response.

Spike went wide-eyed before he spoke. "That's…different. Rarity and I have known each other since Twilight and I first came to Ponyville, Jeff and Philomena have only known each other for a few months. Plus, Philomena's a royal bird, Jeff's just…Jeff." He said in his defence

"Doesn't mean his chances are any less short. I mean, when you first met me, did you really think I had a chance with Twi? Jet, here we are, happily married and soon to have a foal of our own. Isn't that right, Twilight?" I asked as I turned my head expecting to see Twi beside me. However, she wasn't, I stopped and looked around for her. "Twi?" I asked in confusion.

Suddenly, something cold and soft struck the side of my face. I touched it with my hoof to discover it was just snow, I looked in the direction it came from and saw Twilight standing next to one of the cottages while holding a snowball with her magic, she giggled before she threw it at me.

I quickly spread one of my wings to shield me from the snowball, after it struck my feathers, I lowered it to see Twi take cover behind the cottage. I smirked. "So that's how she wants to do it." I said before I bregan to make my move.

Twilight giggled with excitement before she poked her head from behind the cottage only to see Spike standing in the streets, with a smirk, he just put his arms in a way that said 'I don't know'.

Twilight wondered where I went before a large amount of snow fell down on top of her, making her yelp in surprise and rush away, she then stopped and looked up at the roof of the cottage to see me moving snow off with my hoof. "If you're gonna play sneaky, you should expect me to do the same." I said as I spread my wings out.

Twilight grinned. "Then you're probably expecting this." She said before he horn glowed and one of the clouds above me began to shake until a large amount of snow fell out of it and on top of me, burying me in it.

I burst my head out and shook off the snow before I looked down at my playful wife. "Oh, you're gonna pay for that, sweetness." I said before I shot up into the air and dove down to her.

Twilight quickly galloped away as I flew after her. Meanwhile, Spike rushed in an effort to follow us. "Guys, wait up. I'm not as fast." He called, but we didn't hear him.

As Twilight kept galloping, I began to catch up with her from above, I lowered myself down to her and grabbed her body with my 4-limbs, I then started lifting her up and flew in the air with her. This surprised her and was starting to enjoy it.

That was until, she felt an odd feeling in her stomach, she felt it from there all the way up to her throat, she started to become nauseous. "Matt, can you put me down?" she said weakly.

I stopped in mid-air before I looked down at her. "What's wrong?" I asked curiously.

"Please, just put me down, I need to be on the ground." She said in a panicking tone, almost like she was begging.

Feeling concerned, I lowered myself back down to the ground and released her on the soft snow. Once I did, Twilight stumbled a few steps before she placed her hoof on her stomach and took deep breaths. I landed beside her and saw the sick look on her face. "Oh my God, Twi, are you alright?" I asked in concern.

"Yeah, I'm-…*BLAA!*" Twilight vomited onto the snow-covered ground before she wiped her mouth with her arm. "No, I'm not alright." She said weakly.

I wondered how she got so sick before I remembered that she was pregnant, girls tend to get sick when they're pregnant, all that flying and playing must have stirred up something bad in her. "Crap! This is my fault, I shouldn't have flown off with you like that." I said as we sat down beside each other and I rubbed her back softly.

Twilight turned her head to face me and smiled weakly. "It's alright, Matt, I should've known I wasn't well enough to play like that…" she said before she pressed her hoof against her mouth. "Oh dear." she muffed, like she was trying to hold something back.

At that moment, Spike caught back up with us. "Finally, you guys stopped." He said before he caught his breath. "So what did I miss?" he asked.

Twilight then vomited violently again, making Spike take a step back. "Oh…never mind." He said in slight disgust.

With that, I couldn't take it anymore, I couldn't watch Twilight be in such pain. I stood up and helped her stand. "Come on, Twi, I gonna take you to Sugar Cube Corner. Mr and Mrs Cake will help you feel better." I said as we began to walk with Spike following beside us.

"Sugar Cube Corner? Why there?" Twilight asked in confusion.

"Mrs Cake is pregnant as well, remember? If anyone knows how to deal with what you're going through, it'll be them." I said.

"Matt, I'm not sure if this is a good-BLAAA!" Twilight vomited again and panted hard when she stopped. "Ok…lets get going." She said, agreeing with me.

I nodded before she continued to make our way to Sugar Cube Corner, with Twilight vomiting a few times one the way there.

Later: Sugar Cube Corner

After arriving at Sugar Cube Corner, we told Mr and Mrs Cake what Twilight was going through and they agreed to help. Surprisingly, Mrs Cake was having the same problem this very instant.

Mr Cake and I sat by one of the tables while Twi and Mrs Cake pretty much fought over the bathroom. "So Twi's pretty much gonna be doing this until the baby settles inside her?" I asked curiously.

Mr Cake nodded. "Yep, Mrs Cake's been doing the same thing. True, we've been a bit behind on our orders since it started, but everypony understands. We've been helping her the best we can."

"You and Pinkie?" I said before a thought came to mind. "Speaking of which, is Pinkie her or is she out playing in the snow?" I asked.

Mr Cake smirked. "The obvious one, hahaha." He chuckled.

I chuckled with him. "Yeah, I suppose it was a silly question." I said before I changed the subject. "Anyway, you know how to help Twi?" I asked curiously.

"Yeah, I'll give her something to help her with the sickness, it works very well for Mrs Cake….wish I could say the same for her mood-swings." He said as he rubbed his chin with his hoof.

"Mood-swings?" I said, knowing what it meant but was afraid that it would eventually come.

"Yeah, about half-way through the pregnancy, Mrs Cake's moods kept changing. One minutes she's happy, the next she's sad, then she's angry and then she's happy again, followed by a few other moods. This keeps going on until it all just stops." Mr Cake explained. "And, I'm sorry to say, the same will eventually happen to Twilight." he said.

"I was afraid you'd say that." I said with a slightly worried tone. "Has Mrs Cake's mood-swings stopped?" I asked.

"Well…" Mr Cake began.

Suddenly, Mrs Cake rushed in. "Honey! Twilight's been in the bathroom for twenty minutes! Twenty full minutes! In need to go in there too, you know!" she said angrily.

"I know, honey-bun, I'll take care of it in a moment." Mr Cake said.

Mrs Cake then smiled gently. "Oh…never mind, it's alright, she's going through the same problem I am, I can't blame her for that." She said before she turned and walked away.

Mr Cake and I looked at each other. "Forget I asked." I said in a whisper so Mrs Cake wouldn't hear.

"Don't worry, I'll be sure to warm Twilight about Mrs Cake's mood-swings and give her some median to help her, she just needs to settle down for a while." Mr Cake said with a friendly smile.

I returned it. "Thanks Mr Cake, she needs it." I said. Just then, we heard Twilight vomiting from the bathroom. "She really needs it."

I then looked up at the clock and saw that it was nearly time to begin the Snowpony contest, if I was going to go help Applebloom and her friends, I'd need to go now. "Damn, I need to get going, I've got a contest to get to." I said before I got up and rushed to the bathroom.

I then knocked on the door with my hoof. "Twilight, how are you holding up?" I asked.

"Just give me a minute, I'll be fine...*Cough! Cough!*" Twilight coughed from behind the door.

"Twi, I need to get going if I'm gonna help Applebloom and her friends with their Snowpony, Mr Cake says he'll take care of you until you're well enough to come back out, ok?" I said.

"Ok, I'll catch up with you when I'm…*BLAAA!" Twilight vomited.

"Oh dear." I said under my breath in response to the sound of her sickness. "Ok, I'll see ya later, love you." I said.

"*Cough!* Love you too, Matt." Twilight said, sounding like she was struggling to speak.

With that, I walked away from the door and made my way towards the exit. As I did, I looked over to Mr Cake. "Thanks again, Mr Cake, good luck." I said.

"Anytime Matthew." Mr Cake said as he watched me leave the store.

Suddenly. "Honey! If Twilight doesn't leave the bathroom soon, I'm gonna need a bucket." Mrs Cake called from the other room, sounding sickly.

"I'll find you one, sweetie, don't worry." Mr Cake said as he went to find a bucket.

-Meanwhile-

I made my way down the streets of Ponyville towards the Town Square where the contest was being held. Along the way, I saw Rarity exiting her boutique, she was wearing a dark-purple winter coat with a tall white fluffy hat.

Ever since that whole issue with Zelga, there's been some awkwardness between us. Sure, we've made up, but the guilt and bad feel is still there. With a worried sigh, I decided to go greet her. "Hi Rarity." I said as I walked over to her.

Rarity looked in my direction and smiled once she saw me. "Hello Matthew, isn't it a lovely day? The snow makes everything so beautiful this time of year." She said, making small-talk.

I nodded. "Yeah, the Pegasi have really out themselves." I said before I took notice of her coat, "Nice coat, did you make it?" I asked.

"I very much wish, I bought it when I was last in Canterlot, it cost quite a lot and I've been saving it for a nice snow-filled day such as this." Rarity said as she showed off her coat to me.

"I bet you could make something even better." I said with a small smile.

Rarity smiled back. "Sometimes I forget how much of a flatterer you are, Matthew." She said before her smile disappeared. "And…I apologise for bringing this up once again, but…I'm sorry about…you know." She said.

I knew what she was talking about. "I know Rarity, and I forgive you entirely. We just need to move one and forget about it." I said, trying to make her feel better.

"But the way I just slapped you like that, it was completely unnecessary, I still can't believe I'd do such a thing." Rarity said, continuing to feel bad.

"It wasn't your fault, you were tricked by a lie and hurt by it, it happens to the best of us. Everyone does things they regret because they're angry, even me." I said.

Rarity thought about what I just said and smiled a little. "I suppose you're right, Matt. But just to clarify, there's no harsh feelings between us?" she asked.

"Of course not." I said before we shared a friendly hug.

Once we parted, Rarity looked behind me before she spoke. "Say, where's Twilight? I thought she would've been here with you." she said.

"She was, but we had a bit of a problem. She wasn't feeling well, so I took her to the Cakes and they're gonna take care of her until she feels well enough to come out." I explained.

Rarity showed a look of concern. "Really? What's wrong with her?" she asked curiously.

I rubbed the back of my neck with my hoof as I tried to think of a way to tell her. "Well…umm…" I said before I placed my hoof back on the ground and took a step closer to her. "She's got pregnancy sickness." I whispered to her.

Rarity went wide-eyed. "Oh, I see." She whispered before I stepped away from her. "Well I hope she feels better soon." She said.

"Same here, I'd like to see her at the Snowpony contest." I said.

Rarity smiled with surprise. "You're going to the contest too? I was about to head over to it myself, Sweetie Bell has entered it with her friends." She told me.

"I know, they want me to help them with it. How about I head over there with you? I'd rather go with one of my friends that by myself." I said.

"I'd like that too, Matthew." Rarity said with a smile.

With that, we started making our way towards the town square, enjoying the snowy scenery all the while.

A few minutes later: Town Square

After arriving at the Town Square, Rarity and I looked around to see a number of ponies with their kids preparing to make Snowponies, they were gathering snow and things they planned to add on to it.

There wasn't much of a crowd, mostly because everyone had better things to do than to watch ponies make snow figures.

As Rarity and I walked into the area, we saw Applebloom and her friends in a clear place getting ready to start making their Snowpony. The three of them wear all wearing scarfs and fluffy ear-muffs, they looked like something Rarity would make and she probably did, for Sweetie Belle at least.

We both approached them before Applebloom finally noticed us. "Matt! You came!" she said happily as she galloped up to me and hugged me.

I placed my hoof on her back and smiled. "Of course I did, when you call for help, I'm always there to answer." I said warmly.

While we shared a friendly moment, Rarity walked up to Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. "So do you know what kind of Snowpony you'll be making?" she asked curiously.

Sweetie Bell turned her head to face her. "We came up with a few ideas, but they were all a bit too hard to do." She said as she pushed a lump of snow over to their area.

"So we decided to just make a normal Snowpony, but with a bit more detail." Scootaloo said with a large smirk.

"Really? Like what?" Rarity asked with high interest.

"Like facial features, mane details, so it stands out and looks like a real pony." Sweetie Belle answered.

Applebloom and I separated from our hug and she walked over to a box full of stones and other Snowpony stuff. "Thanks for agreein' to help us, the competition is gonna be really tough, especially with 'you-know-who' bein' in it." she said as she got some stuff out of the box, with Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle nodding in agreement.

"I don't know who, who are you talking about?" I asked curiously.

"Well, well, well…look what we have here." a familiar voice said behind us.

Rarity and I turned around to see Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon with mean smirks on their faces. They walked past us and went straight to Applebloom and her friends. "If you three think you're gonna beat us, think again, we're gonna walk away with the prize and leave you in the clod snow." Diamond Tiara said.

"And if you think that's intimidating at all, you can think again." Scootaloo spat.

"I heard the prize isn't that much of a big thing, why do you even want it?" Sweetie Belle asked.

Silver Spoon stepped forward. "We don't, we just want to see the looks on your faces when we beat you blank-flanks." She scolded.

Hearing that, I cleared my thought to get their attention. "*Ah-hem!*" Diamond Tiara turned around to see myself and Rarity looking down at them with disapproval. "I hope I didn't hear you call them what I know you called them." I said firmly.

Silver Spoon had a look of slight fright, meanwhile Diamond Tiara had a plain look, like she wasn't scared at all. "Oh, hi Mr Matthew, didn't see you there." she said, almost in a disrespectful tone.

I gave her a stronger firm look. "Keep that attitude up and Miss Cheerilee will be seeing you…in detention." I said strongly.

Diamond Tiara's plain look turned into a shocked one. "What? You can't do that." She said.

"Love, you'd be surprised with what I can do. Now both of you, get back to your place and leave these three alone." I said as I point my hoof away from our spot.

Diamond Tiara huffed. "Fine, but we're still gonna win, we have the best ponies on our side." She said before she and Silver Spoon walked away with grins on their faces.

Hearing her last words, Applebloom and the others looked down at the floor with discourage. I noticed this and walked over to them. "Hey, don't listen to them. They may have a strong team on their side, but you have me and Rarity, the most creative ponies in town." I said.

Rarity then walked up beside me. "You're creative?" she said in a questioning voice.

I turned my head to face her. "Yeah, back home, I was a good artist and big ideas…shame I was never a big fan of art and my ideas never took off." I said as I ears lowered a little.

Rarity smiled a little. "Well…despite that, I'm sure your artistic knowledge will be very helpful." She said as she placed her hoof on my back.

I smiled back. "Let's hope so." I said before I looked at the three fillies. "Now then, how about we get started? If we're gonna pull off the Snowpony you have in mind, we need to get working." I said.

Applebloom nodded. "Sounds good to me." she said before she looked at Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. "Alright Cutie Mark Crusaders, let's get to it!" she said before sharing and high-hoof with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo.

With that, we all started working on our Snowpony, with everyone else beginning to make their own all the while.

A few minutes later

After starting, we soon had the entire Snowpony's body made, but now we were up to the hard part, the body details. Rarity was using a chisel to give it these features, she went around the legs slowly and carefully to make sure she didn't knock any of the snow off.

While she did this, myself and the CMC were going through the box to bring out the stuff we were gonna put on it. "I think it's looking pretty good already." Sweetie Belle commented.

"Yeah, but we're only halfway done, just look at Diamond Tiara's." Applebloom said before we all looked over to the spot where Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were working.

Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were sitting down drinking hot co-co while a few ponies worked on 'their' Snowpony, it looked like it was gonna be something big and fancy.

I then turned my head back around to face the CMC. "It doesn't matter how far they are with it, it's not gonna matter when we wipe the snow-covered floor with them." I said with a confident smile.

Hearing that made them return that smile. "Yeah, we just need to make a better Snowpony than them, it doesn't matter how long it takes us." Scootaloo said.

Suddenly, the Mayor walked up to the centre of the area and looked around at all of us. "Attention everypony, there is only thirty minutes left until we decide the winner, so get busy." She announced before she walked away.

This left us wide-eyed and stunned. "…Apparently there's a time limit…missed that part on the flyer." I said sheepishly.

Scootaloo looked up at me with a raised eye-brow. "Ya think?" she said before she looked at Applebloom and Sweetie Belle. "Ok, forget what I just said, grab all this stuff and get working. GO! GO! GO!" she said loudly before they all quickly grabbed stuff from the box with their mouths and rushed back to their Snowpony.

I looked at the Snowpony and saw that Rarity was only halfway done with the detail features, it didn't look much like I imagined, the CMC probably thought the same way. I watched as they started working hard and fast on their Snowpony, Applebloom and Scootaloo placed the top-hat and scarf down on the ground as they tried to help Rarity finish the details.

While they did, the wind picked up for a moment, but it was long enough to catch the hat and the scarf in its strong breeze, making them blow away. Applebloom soon noticed this. "Oh no, the hat! It's blowing away." She said as she watched the hat being blown down the street.

Scootaloo looked and noticed the scarf being blown away in the opposite direction. "So is the scarf!" she said as she pointed her hoof at the scarf.

I looked back and forth from the hat to the scarf, trying to decide which one I'd go after first. I looked down that the fillies. "Don't worry, I'll get them both back, just make sure the Snowpony's ready for them when I get back." I said before I took off into the air and went after the scarf first.

After watching me leave, the CMC and Rarity went back to finishing the Snowpony's detail features, worried that I might not make it back in time.

Ponyville streets

I followed the scarf down the street, but I lost sight of it a moment ago. I looked around for it, worried that I had lost it and wouldn't get it back to our Snowpony.

That was, until I finally found it, it was on top of a sled being pulled by a small colt, I don't think he even knew it was there. He wasn't going very fast, so this would be easy. I flew down and landed a few feet away from the colt and his sled.

I walked up towards the sled to quickly grab the scarf, but as I did, a few ponies walked past between us. I tried to look through them to keep my sight on the scarf, but it was hard. Once all the ponies had passed, I rushed back up towards the colt.

I tried not to make a scene out of it, so I approached the colt's sled slowly but quickly. But luck was on my side, the scarf eventually fell off onto the ground, just waiting for me the get it.

But as I approached to retrieve it, a pony pulling a cart walked trotted over the scarf and it stuck to the snow on one of the wheels, making it drag along with it.

Reacting to this, I quickly rushed after the cart to get the scarf back. Catching up with it, a leaped towards the wheel it was stuck to and attempted to grab the scarf, but missed it, I tried it again, missed, but I tried it a third time and finally caught it.

The scarf was released from the wheel and I held it in my hooves. "Alright, that's the scarf down." I said before I wrapped the scarf around my neck to keep it safe. "Now for the hat." I said.

I thought about where I last saw the hat and it looked like it was heading towards the Market. Knowing where I'd start looking, I quickly took off into the air and flew towards the Market.

-A few minutes later-

I flew over the market and looked everywhere for the top-hat. At this point, I thought it could be anywhere in town, but I surprisingly caught eye of it. It was on top of a roof of one of the cottages, I flew over to it and landed on the middle on the roof.

The surface of the roof was slippery from the snow and small amount of ice on it, I was struggling to even stand. I looked over to the front of the roof and saw the hat, lying close to the edge. I slowly took one step at a time as I approached the hat.

As I got close to the hat, I slowly reached my hoof out to grab it before it could fall off. But the wind suddenly caught up again and the hat flew off down the street. I growled in frustration before I took off after it.

I flew fast down the street as I tried to catch the hat, but the wind was making it more difficult than I thought it'd be. I began to feel a little silly doing this, struggling to catch a top-hat that was using the wind to get away from me. I kept flying hard as attempt after attempt of trying to catch it failed.

Suddenly, it was lifted up into the sky by the wind and I flew up after it. As the wind stopped, it started to fall down, I knew for sure that I had it now, until a group of Pegasi flew over me and pulled the hat with them in their speed, making it fly away in a new direction.

I flew after it and followed it into a field with a large windmill. As it floated down over the windmill, it got caught on a nail attached to one of the blades. I stopped in mid-air in front of the spinning blades and kept my eye on the one with the hat caught on it.

As it came around to me, I reached out to try and catch the hat, but I missed. I waited until it came around again, I reached out to catch it, but missed again. I was getting a bit annoyed by this and waited until it came back.

When it did, I grabbed the blade and was pulled along with it. As I span along with the blade, I looked over to the hat and tried to reach for it, or knock it off at least to get off this thing. Luckily, I managed to knock it off and it fell down to the field.

I released the windmill's blade but was now very dizzy, I tried to stay in the air as my vision continued to spin. "Ok…don't vom, don't vom…" I said to myself before I finally got control of my vision…and stomach.

Once that was sorted, I looked down to the field and saw the hat on top of a snow-covered pony scarecrow. I flew down over it and quickly grabbed it with my hooves to prevent it from getting away again. "Finally! Got you, ya slippery S.O.B." I said out-loud to myself.

Suddenly, I remembered why I was trying to get these things in such a hurry. I looked in the distance at the Ponyville Clocktower and saw that I only had a few minutes left to get back to the Crusaders and our Snowpony. "Damn it to hell!" I said under my breath before I placed the hat on my head and shot off back towards the Town Square.

Meanwhile: Town Square

As the judges were examining another group's Snowpony, Applebloom looked up at Rarity with a worried look. "They're gonna come over here any minute, where's Matt with the hat and scarf?" she asked in a worried voice.

Rarity looked down at her. "I don't know, darling. But who knows, he might get back on time…maybe." She said.

As they waited, the Crusaders looked at their Snowpony to see it wasn't much like what they imagined, it just looked like a normal everyday Snowpony, only with black diamonds for eyes without a hat or scarf.

Meanwhile, the judges went over to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon's spot and marvelled at their Snowpony, which was more like a snow-monument. It was a replica of the prancing statue of Princess Celestia made completely out of snow and pieces of ice. Most ponies would say it was a masterpiece, the judges certainly thought so, they were taking great interest in it.

All the while, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon stood smiling smugly at what they took as their work. Diamond Tiara took a moment to give Applebloom and her friends a mean grin.

The three fillies looked down at the ground with failure, not believing they'd have a chance of winning now.

Suddenly, I landed on a hill not far from the square. I saw the judges beginning to make their way over to them and I quickly started galloping down the hill towards them. Unfortunately, I didn't notice a root sticking up above the snow and I tripped over it.

I went flying until I started rolling down the hill, as I did, my body started collecting snow until I was stuck inside a large ball of snow. It continued to roll down the hill towards the square.

Then, just as the judges were about to come see our Snowpony, the snowball I was stuck inside rolled off a large rock sticking up from the ground and started falling down towards our spot.

Rarity noticed the sudden round shadow shrouding them and she looked up to see the large snowball falling down towards them. Letting out a loud gasp, she used her magic to pick up the Crusaders and gallop out of the way before the snowball crashed right on top of our Snowpony.

Most of the ponies shielded their faces with their arms as snow splattered all over the place, they were just glad none of it ruined their Snowponies. Once it was safe, everyone, including Rarity and the CMC, looked in the place where the snowball crashed to see a Snowpony standing in its place.

Applebloom and her friends smiled with joy at the sight of it. It was just as they imagined it, it was a great replica of a real pony with black diamond eyes, a scarf wrapped perfectly around its neck and a top-hat on its head.

Applebloom and her friends where too excited about the sudden change in their Snowpony to wonder where I was, but Rarity did wonder where the hat and scarf came from, she didn't see me anywhere.

At that moment, the judges came over to them and looked at their Snowpony. "Hmm, this is different. This Snowpony looks real enough to be alive." One of the judges said as she used her magic to write her opinion down on a clip board.

"I especially like the diamond eyes, deficiently different from coal." The other judge said as he did the same with his clipboard.

"This one is definitely going to be one we'll consider as a winner." The third judge said, making the CMC smiled with slight excitement.

With that, the three judges walked away to see to the other Snowponies. Once they were gone, Applebloom and her friends turned to face Rarity. "Did ya hear that? They like it!" Applebloom said with a large smile.

"They said they'd consider it, doesn't mean to say they'll choose it." Sweetie Belle stated.

"Maybe, but there's still one thing I don't know." Scootaloo said, gaining their attention. "Where's Matt?" she asked.

They all looked at each other when they started wondering the same thing. "Yeah, I mean, that's the same hat and scarf he went after, but where is he?" Applebloom asked.

"Maybe he just sent the hat and scarf down and took off." Sweetie Belle suggested.

"He wouldn't just leave, not when he came here to help us." Applebloom said, curtain that I wouldn't leave them.

"Maybe he came down here with that big snowball and got buried in the snow." Scootaloo said as she looked around the floor.

"Ya really think so? We gotta find him." Applebloom said as she looked around the snow before she started hopelessly digging with her front hooves.

But before she could get started, she and everyone else heard the Mayor talk as she made another announcement. "Attention everypony! The judges have gone through their results and have chosen a winner!" she said loud enough for everyone to hear.

"We'll have to search for him later, we need to pay attention to this." Scootaloo said before she and everyone else stood and listened to what the Mayor was gonna say.

One of the judges walked up to the Mayor with a piece of paper in his mouth, he gave it to the Mayor and she placed it down on the deck in front of her so she could read it. "And without further ado, the winner of the Snowpony contest is…Applebloom, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, Rarity and Matthew for their realistic-Snowpony." She announced.

Upon hearing that, the CMC looked at each other with large smiles before they started jumping with joy. Rarity smiled down at them proudly at this victory.

Meanwhile, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were left with their mouths wide open in shock. "But…that's not fair! Ours is better than theirs!" Diamond Tiara said as her shocked look turned into an angry one.

"This contest is so messed up!" Silver Spoon added.

As Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon stormed away, the Mayor walked up to Applebloom and her friends to present them with their prize. "Here you go, little ones. Four tickets to the Sapphire Saddles Funfair, for three children and one grown up." she said before she brought out an envelope containing the tickets and passed them down to Applebloom, who took it in her mouth.

"Thanks Miss Mayor." Scootaloo said with a kind smile.

"Mm-hm." Applebloom muffled as she nodded to the Mayor.

The Mayor returned their smiles. "You're welcome." She said before she changed the subject. "Now then, I have to go sort some things out in the Town Hall. I hope you enjoy your time at the Fair." She said before she turned and walked away.

"We will, thanks again." Sweetie Belle said. Once the Mayor was gone, she turned to face Rarity. "Can you believe it, Rarity? We won! And we get to go to the best Funfair ever!" she said in excitement.

Applebloom walked up to Rarity and she took the envelope out of her mouth with her magic. "I know, I've heard of this place, many ponies highly recommend it for ponies your age." Rarity said.

"I just wish Matt stuck around to see us get it." Applebloom said with a small frown.

Suddenly, their Snowpony started to quiver and Rarity noticed it, the sound of the snow falling off it drew the attention of Applebloom and her friends as well. At that moment, all the snow from the Snowpony's head fell off to reveal my head behind it all, I shook the rest of the snow off before I looked at them. "…Is it over?" I asked.

They all looked at me with surprise. "Matthew? Have you been posing as our Snowpony this whole time?" Rarity asked curiously.

"How'd ya end up in that state?" Applebloom asked.

"I was bringing the hat and scarf back when I tripped and fell down the hill, I started rolling and collecting a big load of snow on the way down and…well, you saw what happened after that." I said before I shook the rest of the snow off my body and took off the hat & scarf.

"So that's why our Snowpony suddenly looked so realistic, all the snow was covering your body and catching your shape." Sweetie Belle said.

"I suppose so." I said as I used my hoof to brush off the last of the snow on my body. I then looked down at the three fillies. "So who won? I couldn't hear anything, that snow's more thick than it looks." I said.

"We did!" Applebloom said with joy.

I smiled down at her. "Really? That's great! What did you win?" I asked curiously.

"Tickets to Sapphire Saddles Funfair, it the best fair ever! We got tickets for all three of us and one grown up. It's closed for the winter, but as soon as Hearth's Warming's passed, it'll open again." Scootaloo informed me.

"Oh? So who's gonna be the grown up who goes with you?" I asked.

With that question brought to their attention, Applebloom and her friends looked at each other with wonder. "Maybe Rarity can take us." Sweetie Belle said, hoping she would.

At that moment, Rarity stepped forward. "Sorry Sweetie Belle, but I'm going to be busy, I have a lot of orders to complete during that time." She said with a look of slight sorrow on her face.

Sweetie Belle looked down at the ground with disappointment. "Oh…" was all she could say.

"Maybe Applejack can take us instead." Scootaloo said with a hopeful smile.

Applebloom shook her head. "No, she'll be busy with the rest of my family plantin' seeds in the orchard, it always needs refreshin' after the winter." She said before she too gave a hopeful smile. "But maybe Rainbow Dash can take us."

But surprisingly, Scootaloo shook her head. "Nah, she'll have more important and awesome things to do than go to a Funfair." She said.

"But if none of them will take us, who will?" Sweetie Belle asked as they tried to think of someone to take them there.

I began to think to that point in the future and wondered what I'd be doing, I couldn't think of anything, so I was basically free to do it. I looked down at them and stepped forward. "Umm, I could take you." I said to them.

They all looked up at me with surprise. "Really? You don't mind?" Sweetie Belle asked.

I shook my head. "No, I'm not doing anything after winter, so I'm good to take you. I'm sure Twilight will understand, she always does." I said.

With that said, Applebloom leaped up and hugged me. "Thank you! Thank you!" she said with happiness.

I smiled and hugged her with a single arm. "It's no problem." I said before we broke the hug.

Rarity walked up to us. "In that case." She said before she used her magic to open the envelope and pull out the tickets, she then passed one to each of us. "You should all keeps these safe until it reopens." She said.

"Good idea, Rarity." Sweetie Belle said before she looked at Scootaloo and Applebloom. "We all better go home and put these somewhere safe, we don't want to lose them out her." She said as she grabbed her ticket with her mouth.

Applebloom nodded in agreement. "Yeah, we'll come back out and enjoy the rest of the snow after we stash these away." She said as she grabbed her own.

With that, Scootaloo grabbed hers and they each galloped away to take their tickets home and put them in a safe place.

Once they were gone, I walked up beside Rarity and smiled at her. "I'm glad they won." I said to her.

"Same here, but I can't help but be surprised about it. Don't tell them I said this, but I thought for sure they would pick Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon's Snowpony. Compared to ours, that thing is almost a marvel." Rarity said as we looked over to their Diamond Tiara's abandoned sculpture.

"They were never gonna win this." I said as I turned my head to face Rarity again.

Rarity looked at me and smiled slightly. "Matthew, I know you have faith in Sweetie Belle and her friends, and I think that's a wonderful thing, but they won't always get so lucky." She said.

I raised my eye-brow. "No, I mean…they really weren't gonna win this, I saw that from the start." I informed her.

Rarity gave me a confused look. "What do you mean?" she asked curiously.

I then reached my snout into my scarf and pulled out the flyer for the contest, I held it out to her and she took it in her magic. "Read rule four." I instructed.

Rarity then held it close to her face as she read the paragraph. "Rule four: Be aware, everypony must make their Snowpony as a group and work as a team, this contest is based upon teamwork and cooperation." She read out loud.

I smirked. "Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon had ponies make their Snowpony for them, while they sat back and waited until it was don't, I don't think they barely did anything on it." I said.

After hearing this, Rarity looked at me with a raised eye-brow and a small smile. "Matthew, did you know about this the whole time?" She asked me.

I remained silent as I looked at her and gave her a friendly wink.

Rarity's small smile turned into a warm one. "You know Matthew, you are unlike any stallion I've ever met before…and that's one of the things that's best about you." she said before she gave me a small kiss on the cheek.

My ears lowered a little after she did that. "I know, Twi's said the same thing a few times." I said.

"And it's always true." a familiar female voice said before me.

Rarity and I both looked in the direction it came from to see Twilight walking up to us with Spike walking beside her. "Twi! You came back out." I said as I trotted up to her and hugged her lovingly.

Twilight hugged me back. "Yeah, Mr Cake gave me some medicine and now I feel all better, but I have to move a bit slower than I usually do." she said as we broke away from the hug.

"Yeah, we actually left Sugar Cube Corner almost half-an-hour ago, it's taken us that long to get here." Spike spoke.

I grew concerned when I heard Twilight said. "Really? Maybe we should take you home so you can relax, otherwise you'll be struggling get anywhere all day." I said took a step closer to her.

"But I came over here to be with you so we could enjoy the snowy day together." Twilight stated.

I smiled gently at her. "Twi, it's the middle of winter, every day's gonna be a snowy day for a while. But right now, I'm more concerned about you than any of that." I said warmly.

Twilight smiled at what I said. "Well…maybe having a bit of peace and quiet at home would help." She said.

"That's what I was thinking." I said before I walked up beside her and placed one of my wings on her back to keep her warm. I then returned my attention to Rarity. "Sorry to leave at such short notice, Rarity, can you say goodbye for Applebloom and her friends for me if they come back?" I asked.

Rarity nodded. "Of course, just be sure to keep Twilight nice and warm." She said before she looked at Twilight. "You look terribly ill." She said.

Twilight smirked at her. "Thanks Rarity, I needed to hear that." She said sarcastically.

Rarity then placed her hoof over her mouth. "Oh…I'm sorry, I didn't mean-"

"It's alright, Rarity, I know I don't look well. Give me a few days and I'll be much better." Twilight said before she turned her head to face me. "Should we get going?" she asked.

I nodded. "Yeah, let's get home and warm up." I said before we turned and started walking away. As we did, I looked back to see Rarity one last time. "See ya Rarity, hope you have a good day." I said.

"Same you, as well as Twilight and Spike." Rarity replied before she turned and left the Town Square, most likely to enjoy the rest of the snowy day and gain inspiration for a new design from it.

All the while, Twilight and I kept walking slowly back to the Library with Spike following beside us.

That afternoon: The Library

After returning to the Library, I placed my ticket to Sapphire Saddles Funfair in a cub on top of the shelf above the fireplace, that way I'd know where it would be.

After that, I lit up the fireplace and laid a bunch of soft pillows down in front of it. Twilight was now lying down on them with a blanket over her body.

I walked into the room and lied down beside her. "Warm enough, Twi?" I asked.

Twilight looked at me and smiled. "Yeah, thanks." She said before he smiled went away. "Sorry you had to miss out on the snow to stay inside to look after me." she apologised.

"It's alright, Twi, there'll be other snowy days. You just stop worrying about that and focus on getting better." I said as I rubbed my hoof on her back.

Twilight smiled again before she rested her head down on the pillows and closed her eyes to rest in the warmth of the fire, with me lying right beside her.

But before any of us could relax, the room's door swung open and Spike came rushing in. "Guys, I just go a letter from Princess Celestia! You gotta read it." he said, sounding excited.

Twilight and I looked over to him as he stopped beside us, he held the scroll out to us and Twilight took it in her magic. She then opened it and read it out-loud for us to hear.

"Dear Twilight Sparkle

I'm pleased to tell you that the annual Hearth's Warming Eve re-enactment of the Founding of Equestria will be taking place soon and, due to you and your friends representing the wonders of friendship, I have chosen all of you to star in it. There's even a part for Spike, Matthew and his friend, Jeff, as well.

I hope this is to all of your likings.

Yours: Princess Celestia."

After reading this, Twilight smiled with joy. "We're gonna star in the re-enactment of the Founding of Equestria? Spike, can you believe this?" She said as she looked over to Spike.

"I know, this is great!" Spike said with a large smile.

I then spoke up. "Umm…what's this about a re-enactment?" I asked curiously.

Twilight looked at me before she realised something. "Oh my gosh, I forgot, this is your first Hearth's Warming Eve." She said before she answered my question. "Well, as the name explains, it's a re-enactment of the Founding of Equestria, which happened thousands of years ago on Hearth's Warming Eve. So every year, there's a re-enactment of it held in Canterlot, and we've been chosen to play the characters this year, I never thought this would happen." She said as her excitement grew a little.

I soon took interest in this. "Really? So I suppose there's a big story behind all this." I said.

Twilight nodded. "Yeah, in fact, there's a book around here that has that story." She said.

"I know where it is, I'll go get it." Spike said before he rushed out of the room to fetch the book.

"That's probably a good idea." Twilight said before she returned her attention to me. "If you're gonna be in the re-enactment with us, you might need to know the story so you know what you're getting in to." she stated.

I thought about it for a moment before I nodded in agreement. "I suppose so." I said.

After a few minutes, Spike returned with the book in hand, he brought it over to us and Twilight took it in her magic. She opened it and was about to read it to me before she noticed Spike looking at her with a small smile.

Twilight knew what he wanted and smiled. "Spike, would you like to hear the story as well?...Even though you've heard it many times before." She said.

Spike didn't answer as he rushed around to the other side of the pillows and sat down on one, so he was comfy enough to hear the story. "Any time you're ready." He said.

With that, Twilight looked at the book again and started to read the story. "Many years ago, before the time of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, the lands were all divided for Earth Ponies, Unicorns and Pegasi alike…"

Twilight continued to read the story for some time with me and Spike listening to every word, and each one was preparing me for this upcoming re-enactment. All the while, I wondered which character I would play as, but that would have to be something I'd have to wait to find out.

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