Author's note
As I said to you before, J.L., I am not interested. Sorry.

Mystery Guy, your explanation is perfect. Nice work.

Billy Arratoon, I will see what I can do with your suggestion.

And Guest, no plans for another Monty Python fic. And no plan for the telling of the other 'Pinocchio' fic anyway.

Chapter 6: Don't Fall in Love

The Demon Pony smiles as he and Golden Heart rip the curtain off the window then put it onto the table. The master hums 'Deck the Halls' as the two set it up.

Golden Heart picks out a tuxedo for the Demon Pony for him to wear for when he gives his gift to Twilight. The alicorn said, "You're going to look great, Ben."

"Thanks, you didn't have to help, you know." The Demon Pony said as he dust the cover on the table.

"I know...I want to help. This is one step closer to restoring you back to way you were...if Twilight returns your love and you truly love her."

"That depends on what's going to happen; Caramel!"

Caramel, hearing his master calling for him, run down the hall quickly while calling out, "Of course, yes; coming, master," What does the Demon Pony want? Oh, hopefully nothing bad!

"Caramel," The Demon Pony calls as he pushes the chair for Twilight into place eagerly. Caramel came in while entering the room in concern.

"Sir, you called?"

"Yes, find Twilight. I...err, well...she has to hear a song."

"In other words, the Demon Pony got a gift for Twilight that he wants her to hear." Golden Heart explains to Caramel with a grin.

"Yes sir, right away..." Caramel said with a nod. The colt open his eyes and saw something that he hasn't seen on the Demon Pony until now...the Hearth's Warming Eve Spirit. This causes Caramel to smile, "Splendid, of course, splendid!"

"Ahem, I will go with Caramel to fetch Twilight. You won't need me here to keep you company."

The Demon Pony nods as he continues the preparations for the gift to Twilight. Caramel and Golden Heart leaves the room and begin looking through the other ones in search of the purple unicorn.

"Where is she? Twilight; Twilight," Caramel ask in concern as he and Golden Heart continues looking for Twilight.

"Hopefully we will find her soon." Golden Heart mumbles to himself. "I can hope that your master can keep his newly found Hearth's Warming Eve for long."

"Oh, I hope so!"

---

In the ballroom, the servants are setting up the dinner table. Soarin' watches the chandelier going up with the Pegasi colt instruction, "Careful, careful...wait, too fast; Out of the way!"

Soarin' and the ones on the tables move out of the way in time as the chandelier almost crashed onto the table. Pinkie smiles as, while riding the chandelier itself, she cheers, "Yahoo! Let's do that again!"

"Ugh, amateurs," Rarity groans as she watch the scene with her hooves crossed. These so-called decorators wouldn't know decorating if it bit them on the flanks!

"Come on, give us a chance." Rainbow said to Rarity with a grin. "Who knows? Our decorating will be 20% awesome as yours!"

"Nothing is as 20% awesome as mine, I assure you of that!"

"Hey, Twilight, Twilight," Caramel exclaims as he and Golden Heart came into the room. The colt yelps as he got stuck on the wreath by accident. "For crying out...hey, excuse me! Everyone here seen Twilight? We cannot find here anywhere and our master demands that he sees her."

"Right, Ben Mae has a song that she must hear." Golden Heart said seriously.

"Oh, that is awesome." Soarin' said as he light up the candles. Looks like the Demon Pony is really getting into the Hearth's Warming Eve spirit now! How wonderful!

"So if any of you ponies know where she is, we might appreciate it."

"Shucks, last time Ah saw her, she, Nyx an' 'de CMC went out 'ta look fer a Hearth's Warming Eve present." Applejack explains to Caramel and Golden Heart thoughtfully.

"Good luck. With the trees we got on the castle grounds, it would take a miracle to find one." Rainbow remarks with a scoff of amusement. Let's see Twilight and the fillies find any tree on the castle grounds.

"We better conduct of a search of the grounds." Caramel said in concern. "Soarin', you're with me and Golden Heart."

"Caramel, I'm waiting!" An angry tone of the Demon Pony is heard from the room, causing Caramel to yelp in panic as he trots down the stairs while trying to get the wreath off of himself.

"Someone better stall the Demon Pony before he breaks this castle apart looking for Twilight himself." Golden Heart said seriously. He doesn't know how long before the Demon Pony would keep his patience.

"Right, Applejack, you stall the master!" Caramel orders Applejack who nods a bit before heading off to prepare. "Okay, Soarin', we're...Soarin?" The pony saw Soarin' is flying ahead. "Hey, hang on! I'm leading here, me first and you second!"

"So what am I; Third?"

---

Caramel's group head outside while calling out for Twilight. Hopefully she can hear them but there's no sign of her. This isn't good. The Demon Pony is getting impatient. Where could Twilight be?

"Hmm, look at this." Golden Heart said as he spots tracks in the snow. Caramel and Soarin' came over to take a look. "From the look of these tracks, these must be a sleigh pulled by Twilight. And it looks like they're heading to..."

Soarin's eyes widen in horror and gasps as he saw that the tracks are to a familiar forest. The Pegasi exclaims, "The Everfree Forest! Oh no, not good! She is supposed to stay on the grounds!"

"Why would Twilight be staying on the grounds for?"

"You must understand. Our master made Twilight Sparkle promise that she cannot leave the castle grounds! Oh, this is a disaster!" Caramel exclaims frantically. Twilight's group is heading to the Everfree Forest, most likely to find a tree. But that place is still not a good place to do so!

"In that case, we better go save Twilight and her friends before something terrible happen. Come on!" Golden Heart exclaims as he, Soarin' and Caramel rush off to follow the tracks.

"Come on, Caramel, quit dawdling!" Soarin' exclams as he flew into the air to avoid sledding in the snow.

"Who said I'm dawdling? I am trotting!" Caramel snaps to Soarin' in annoyance.

"Then try not to trot then! We are in a big hurry, you lazy colt!"

"Hoo boy, this could take a while." Golden Heart mumbles a bit. Between the snow and the colts' arguing, the alicorn prefers the former to the latter.

---

Back in his room, the Demon Pony brushes his mane and shines his teeth. He must look perfect for Twilight this time. The master sat in his chair and waits for Caramel and Golden Heart to come in with his true love. Oh, this is going to be wonderful.

Well, the Demon Pony thought so at first. But as time flew by, he waited and waited. Soon night came and the Demon Pony looks out the window; Still no sign of Twilight, Caramel and/or Golden Heart. What's keeping them?

"I'm waiting...why am I still doing so?" The Demon Pony growls in frustration. Something is wrong, "Applejack!"

"Coming, sir, coming," Applejack exclaims as she came into the room, pushing her cat. The Earth pony gave out a nervous uneasy face while she pours some tea. "Shucks, what a brisk day, sugar cube. Yew look chilled 'ta 'de bone."

"Yeah, yeah; where's Twilight?"

"Heh heh; Want a nice cup o' tea or Apple Cider while yew waited; Just a spot."

Applejack pours the tea but yelps as the Demon Pony grabs the cup from her, saying, "Discord, play Twilight's son." May as well hear what Discord wrote while he reluctantly waits for Twilight.

Discord in boredom plays the song that he was forced to make for Twilight. The Demon Pony frowns while saying, "Discord, you aren't singing." The maestro frowns and sang though a bit bored and annoyed.

Discord: Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Fa-la-la-la
La-la-la-la

"Louder!" The Demon Pony snaps to Discord, causing him to sing louder. Twilight isn't here and the master is puzzled. Where is she? The purple unicorn should of at least be here to hear what the Demon Pony wanted to give her.

"Shucks, more tea?" Applejack asks, keeping her uneasy honest face. "Good fer yer heart an' ya'll."

"No thanks."

"Yew sure? Just a spot would help."

"No more, really," The Demon Pony said in refusal, trying to politely turn down Applejack's offer for more tea.

"Come on, darling, there is always room fer tea." Applejack said. The Demon Pony looks annoyed. She is really trying his patience here!

"Dang it, I said no more!"

"Oh, dear. Well..."

"Applejack, you're trying to distract me, are you?" The Demon Pony ask Applejack suspiciously. He notes the pony's uneasy face as she is shaking. The Earth pony usually does that while she is trying to cover up something but trying to be honest at the same time.

"Shucks, no, not a chance, sugar-cube," Applejack said sweating. She gasps while pretending to look out the window. "Shucks, 'dat a yellow-bellied, double-breasted sapsucker? Yeehaw! Rare at 'dis time o' year, yew know."

"Enough! Where are Caramel and Golden Heart? And more importantly, where is Twilight Sparkle?"

"Twilight, well, yew see...heh heh...we...can't find her anywhere."

"What?" The Demon Pony snarls furiously as he slams the cup onto the table upon hearing what Applejack just said. No one can find Twilight anywhere? "Leave me!"

The Demon Pony stomps over to the magic mirror, the item that he uses whenever the monster wants to look out to the outside world or want to find somepony. The master grabs it and demands, "Show me Twilight Sparkle!"

The magic mirror begins to flash as an image appears in it. To the Demon Pony's shock and fury, there's Twilight's group travelling in the Everfree Forest, Lorcan Hyde is smirking madly unknown to them. The master looks furious. Twilight left the castle ground...she broke her promise! How dare she; And worst yet, the Demon Pony has no idea that Twilight did so to find a tree!

"I WILL BRING HER BACK!" The Demon Pony roars furiously. Twilight will pay the price for breaking her promise one way or another.

"Wait, no!" Discord exclaims as he stops the Demon Pony from leaving. "Don't you see? She has abandoned you, leaving you with her Nightmare Moon daughter and that dragon friend of hers! Listen to me, your old friend. Have I ever steered you wrong, led you ashtray? Of course not; But the filly..."

As the Demon Pony listens, Discord begins to sing, using his magic to make images to anger and confuse him. As this happens, the master begins to become grayer and more affected by the minute.

The quickest way to break your heart
Make you depressed and ill
Is to get tangled up inside
The side effects could kill

All passion is a waste of time
A deadly game pour vous
I am your friend, your cher ami
I wouldn't lie to you

If you must love someone, may I suggest
You love yourself! Just think it through
You'll never leave and you will find
You'll get more rest
You'll always feel as good as new
Your freedom is the most
Important thing, my friend
You must be strong, you mustn't bend
Don't talk for hours
Don't send flowers
Don't write poems
Don't sing songs and dance
Beneath the stars
That shine above
Don't fall in love

"Just don't do it." Discord laughs. Looks like the villain's words are working; the Demon Pony is becoming more furious as his anger is being feed off here. And worst yet, his coat is becoming red, black and gray, turning him completely mad.

As soon as your heart rules your head
Your life is not your own
It's hell when someone's always there
It's bliss to be alone
And love of any kind is bad
A dog, a child, a cat
They take up so much precious time
Now where's the sense in that?

Love takes the wildest heart and makes it tame
If you're turned on, then just turn off
Emotions are a thing all great men overcame
Please, don't make this grand catastrophe
Don't get attached to anyone or anything
There's nothing worse than things that cling
You'll go to pot
You'll turn to drink
You'll never rest
You'll end up mad and
Looking like some
Poor demented dove
Don't fall in love
Don't fall in love!

Once the song is over, the Demon Pony became more outraged and discorded. Looks like Discord's plan is working. He is becoming convinced that there's no reason to fall in love.

Regardless, the Demon Pony feels like Twilight must be punished for her 'betrayal' and decides to go after there. But first thing's first...

---

Back at the ballroom, Rarity was looking at the dinner table while checking the food, the only filly here. She frowns and took the holly out of the bowl, saying, "No, no, absolutely not. One cannot mix bells with hollies. Still...I will give Soarin' and his friends crazy. They aren't bad...for amateurs."

For a moment, it looks like Rarity is convinced that Hearth's Warming Eve can be possible and be ready for in time. That is until a familiar roar is heard, making the white unicorn filly gasps in fear. Not good!

Sure enough, the Demon Pony came downstairs and head to the table. Suddenly the master begins wrecking the decorations for Hearth's Warming Eve and the table, shattering the plates and food. Next he threw the chairs to the wall, breaking them into pieces.

The Demon Pony rips the curtains to shreds angrily. Once he's done wrecking the ballroom as well as the decoration, the master leaves the room; Time for him to bring Twilight back and make her pay for breaking her promise.

Rarity looks in shock and horror. Her master has ruined everything. She looks down sadly while saying, "Oh, I knew it...it was hopeless."

Once again, the Demon Pony has banned Hearth's Warming Eve...maybe this time for good!

Author's note
Oh no. Discord has discorded the Demon Pony upon him hearing about Twilight breaking her promise (by the villain's trickery). Not good.

Rarity: And he even ruined Hearth's Warming Eve again!

Me: In the next chapter, Twilight and her friends goes find a tree but danger occurs by the reluctant Dexter and Fluttershy, along with the discorded Lorcan Hyde. And when the Demon Pony arrives, things get worst. Read, review and suggest.