Chapter 26

“Come on, Dad, wake up!” Shouted a certain filly, bouncing on top of my bed that Ditzy and I were sleeping in.

“I don’t think it’s working, Scootaloo.” Said another filly, who was also bouncing on our bed.

“We’ll, we just have to try harder, Dinky, I mean, it is Hearth’s Warming Eve, and they should be up right now”

It has been two days since I told Ditzy about what happened at Canterlot, and things have been going pretty good since then. Since most of the stores were closed, I didn’t have to go to the spa to work, so I spent most of my time reading, hanging out with my friends and marefriends, or working on gifts to get my herd mates. All in all, it was a pretty relaxing day, though I still didn’t really know what we do during Hearth's Warming Eve, and hopefully, the others will tell me this morning.

I groaned as I slowly opened my eyes, and saw both of my daughters jumping up and down on the bed that Ditzy and I were sleeping in. “Yes?” I said in a tired voice.

“About time, Dad, everypony is waiting for you right now.” Said Scootaloo in an annoyed voice.

“Well, not everypony, but all of our friends and family.” Said Dinky, an excited look on her face.

I gave a big yawn as I collected my thoughts, and then said, “Ok, can you girls give me and Ditzy some time to get ready then?”

“Ok, but you better hurry up, Daddy.” Said Dinky, and with that, both of the little fillies left the room and went back downstairs.

I gave a small smile as I saw them leave the room excitedly, for I could understand what it was like to be a little kid during the holidays…I just wish I could remember my own moments during the holidays back were I came from.

‘Well, no need to think like that, Drak, I just need to make some knew holiday memories, starting with Hearth’s Warming Eve.’ I was quiet as I lied there, contemplating my thoughts, when I suddenly heard a yawn next to me, and turning my head around, I saw that Ditzy was just starting to wake up, her golden eyes staring back at my emerald ones.

Ditzy smiled upon seeing me, and with a kiss on the cheek, she said, “Happy Hearth’s Warming Eve, Drakalian.”

I smiled back and gave a kiss to her cheek as well. “Happy Hearth’s Warming Eve to you too, Ditzy.” I said. We then both stared into each other’s eyes for a while, both of us just enjoying the mere presence of us being next to each other. After a few minutes, I decided to speak up.

“The fillies were in here earlier. They’re really excited about today.” I said, a smile on my face.

Ditzy giggled, saying, “Well, I’m not surprise. They have been talking about it non-stop since you’ve been busy with whatever you were doing yesterday, and they are not the only ones curious either. So, when are you going to tell us what you have been up to?”

I just chuckled and said, “Tonight, I’ll tell all of you girls what I have been doing yesterday, ok?” Ditzy nodded, and with that, we both got out of bed and got ready to go downstairs.

As we walked downstairs, I noticed that everypony that I know was already here, and this included Fluttershy, AJ, Rarity, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Spike, Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Luna, the spa sisters, my daughters, Trixie, and Rainbow Dash. Everypony smiled when they saw us walking down the stairs, and we smiled back before we both sat down with them and began to eat breakfast along with them. Everypony was happy this morning, being Hearth’s Warming Eve and all, and we all talked about what we were going to do today. Well, they talked; I stayed silent for the most part, saying a bit when necessary. From what I was able to gather, we were going to help the fillies and Spike go caroling, which mostly involves watching them and giving them encouragement, and then we were going to go ice-skating at the lake that Fluttershy, the Crusaders, and I were skating at last time. After that, we all decided to go sledding. Finally, we were all going to head on back to the library to have dinner and give each other presents, which would signify the end of the day.

Everypony finished eating pretty quickly, since we were all eager to start the day. Once we were all done eating, everypony got their scarves on and then got ready to head on out. As we were walking, I decided to talk to them and ask what the last year’s Hearth’s Warming Eve was like. From what they were able to tell me, they were all invited to Canterlot to be a part of a play that depicted the story of how the three tribes got together with the power of friendship. To me, it seemed like a fantasy, but then again, everything has seemed like a fantasy since I got here, from the citizens of Equestria, to the stories that they all had. Of course, I loved every moment that I was here, even though I had some bad times I was still determined to have the best possible Hearth’s Warming Eve day today, and I was hoping that the rest of my friends, as well as my marefriends, would have a great day as well.

The first house that we stopped at was a rather large house that had a picture of a record depicted on the top of the door. The fillies knocked on it, and when the door opened, out came Octavia. Once the grey Earth pony saw the fillies and Spike all ready to sing, as well as the rest of us smiling behind them, she grew a big smile and yelled back inside, saying, “Hey, Vinyl, we got some carolers at our front door, come on down.”

“Give me a sec, Tavi, I’m a little busy.” I heard from inside the house.

“You’re not working on anything right now, Vinyl, All, you’re doing is just napping, and besides, there is a certain pony outside that you will really want to see.”

We then heard a bit of shuffling from the inside, and then out came Vinyl, seeming to be rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, her glasses currently off.

“What pony could I possible be wanting to see right-” she began to say, looking at us. She then suddenly grew silent, and I could have sworn that I saw a faint blush go across her cheeks. I was confused, for I had no idea what could have caused such a reaction, but before I could even say anything, the fillies along with Spike began to sing their carols.

Once they were done singing, Everypony began to applaud, saying things like, “Well, done!” and “Magnificent!” causing the fillies and Spike to blush a little. I just chuckled at the reaction, glad for such a good performance so far. During the applause, I noticed that Vinyl still seemed to be a bit distracted by something. I walked up to her and said, “So Vinyl, anything on your-”

“Wow-would-you-look-at-the-time-I-got-to-go-seya!” and with that, the white DJ unicorn suddenly zoomed back into the building, leaving a giggling Octavia and a very confused me.

We were all silent for a moment, trying to figure out what just happened, before I said, “Um, what was that all about?”

Once I said that, the grey Earth pony gave me a surprised and amused look, saying, “You really don’t know what that was about?” I just shook my head, completely confused as to what was going on. Suddenly, Pinkie Pie began to jump around, saying, or more like singing, “Vinyl’s got a crush, Vinyl’s got a crush!”

I raised an eyebrow in surprise, and then said, “Really, how do you know that?”

“It was obvious, Drak, her facial features gave it away.” Said Octavia, the amused look still on her face. I just raised an eyebrow, still as confused as before, and said, “Well, it may have been easy for you, since you lived with her for so long.” Before she could say anything, however, Rainbow spoke up.

“It isn’t just that, Drak, I could see it as well, in fact we all could see it.” I look at everypony that was with me, and to my surprise, they were all nodding in agreement. I began to get a worried look, nervous as to why I was unable to see such a simple facial cue. Before I could say anything again, though, Octavia spoke to us again.

“Well, regardless of that, I think it is rather funny, since she usually tries to flirt with everypony that she likes, stallions as well as mares, but when she actually sees somepony that she likes, she freezes up, unable to do anything, and like I said, it is all rather amusing.”

I nodded, listening to everything that she said, and then I asked, “Ok, so who is this pony that she likes?” Everypony was quiet at this, all of them staring at me, which started to make me feel uncomfortable. “What? Am I still missing something?”

I felt a tug at my hand, and looked down to see Spike, with a slightly confused look on his face. “Drak, think about it. There are only two males here, me and you, and since I’m a bit too young for her, that means that it has to be you.”
I raised an eyebrow at that. “No, it could be one of the other mares behind us, I mean, she does like mares as well as stallions.”

“Maybe, but YOU were the one that complemented her eyes, silly!” Said Pinkie, coming to a sudden stop right in front of me. Her speaking, as well as her sudden appearance in front of me, made me jump, for I kind of toned her out once she started her bouncing, but I quickly recovered, and said, “How did you-” before she quickly placed a hoof on my mouth. I raised an eyebrow, waiting for her to say something, but after thirty seconds when she still said nothing, I carefully removed her hoof from my mouth, saying, “You wanted to say something?”

Pinkie just shook her head, saying, “Nope, I just wanted to see what it was like to place a hoof on your mouth.” I just raised an eyebrow, and everypony began to laugh, even I began to chuckle a little, for it was indeed funny.
“It’s a shame that she likes you, that means that she won’t be able to help me to try to get in your herd then.” Said Octavia, a slight frown on her face. I nodded my understanding, and then the full impact of what she said hit me, and quickly shaking my head, I said, “Hold on, what?”

Octavia noticed her blunder, and she quickly covered her mouth, a huge blush going across her face. Before I could say anything, Octavia said, “Hold on, I think I hear Vinyl calling for me, see you guys later.” And with that, she quickly went back into her house, closing the door behind her. I blinked in surprise, wondering what that was all about. After a few moments of silence, I heard Luna say, “Well, it looks like we’re going to have two more members in the herd then.”

I turned around and opened my mouth to say something, but I closed it, unsure as to what I should say. After a few more seconds of silence, I just slowly shook my head and said, “I honestly don’t know what to say at this point.”

“Cupcakes!” Shouted Pinkie. We all turned towards her, and Pinkie said, “What? Drak said he didn’t know what to say, so I helped him with saying cupcakes.” We all just stared at the crazy pink mare, and then after a while, Twilight cleared her throat to get our attention and said, “Well, with all of that aside, shall we continue caroling?”

We were all soon finished with our caroling, our last stop being Sweet Apple Acre, and giving a Happy Hearth’s Warming Eve to the Apple family, which at the moment consisted of Granny Smith and Big Mac. Once we were finished, we began to walk toward the lake. On the way there, I quickly walked next to Rarity and said, “So, is that order done yet?”

Rarity nodded, saying, “It sure is, darling. I had to work almost all night last night to finish it, but they are all done, and I have to say, it was a rather…unique experience making such interesting clothing.”

I raised an eyebrow at this, concerned that she was up for most of the night. “I’m sorry that my work made you lose some of your sleep, Rarity.”

“Oh, don’t worry about it, dear, for even I think that it was worth losing a couple hours of beauty sleep just to get these gifts ready for you.”

“I still can’t believe that you would do this and still not let me pay you for your services.”

“Nonsense, dear, nonsense. The challenge alone was enough of a payment for me, and I wouldn’t be the Element of Generosity if I didn’t help my friends out from the goodness of my heart.”

“Well still, thank you, and if you need anything from me, all you have to do is ask.”

Rarity nodded, and then we finally reached the lake. Once we were there, everypony placed their skates on, and soon, we were all skating on the lake. Some of the ponies, like Fluttershy, Lotus, Twilight, Aloe, Rarity, and Ditzy were just slowly skating, just letting the breeze flow through their manes. Others like Rainbow Dash, AJ, the Crusaders, Dinky, Spike, Trixie, and Luna were doing all sorts of cool and unique tricks, Dash and AJ having a skating contest to see who could do the best moves, while the Crusaders and Spike just skated around each other. I also saw that Twilight was having a little trouble skating, and she seemed to be trying to keep her balance for the most part then anything else. I just went around the lake, doing one thing with one of the ponies here, then moving on to join another pony over their. Eventually, everypony was tired out, and we moved on to the hill that was close by to have a sledding race. We all split into teams, so it was Ditzy, Rainbow, and Pinkie vs. Trixie, Luna, and Twilight vs. Spike, Sweetie Belle, and Applebloom vs. Aloe, Lotus, and AJ vs. Scootaloo, Dinky, and I. I tried to get Fluttershy to join us, but she decided to just stay at the sidelines for this one, happy enough to just watch us sled instead, along with Rarity, who for some reason didn’t want to get snow in her coat.

“Ok, so the first one to the bottom wins, ok?” Said Dash, making sure everypony knew the condition to win. Along with a scarf, she was also wearing some kind of goggles. We all nodded, and with that, Dash began the countdown.

“Ok, here we go, in 5…”

“4…”

3

2…”

“1-go!

And with that, Dash and her team quickly sped off, leaving a trail of snow in their wake. They were soon followed by AJ’s team, which in turn was followed by Trixie’s team, then Spike’s team, with my team taking the back for the moment.

“Come on Dad, go faster!” Shouted Scoots, urging me to catch up to the rest of the teams.

“Well, I’m trying, but I don’t remember sledding that much, if I ever did.” I said, leaning my body forward to try and create less air drag.

“Hey, Scoots, why don’t you use your wings.” Asked Dinky. This confused me, not understanding what she meant, but apparently, the orange filly knew what Dinky was saying, for she then began to furiously beat her wings. As she flapped her wings, I began to hear something that sounded like an engine, and soon, we rocketed past Spike and Trixie’s teams, who had very surprised looks on their faces when we passed them. We soon reached AJ’s team, and we stayed neck and neck for a few seconds, and then we began to pull ahead of them, finally reaching up to Dash’s team. Once we reached them, I noticed that Dash was also beating her wings as well, and somehow, Pinkie was holding a fan attached to the back of the sled, and she was also wearing goggles similar to Dash’s. I ignored it for now, since I have seen her do weirder things (like pickpocketing without any fingers) and concentrated at the race at hand. I took a quick glance at Dash’s team, and saw Ditzy waving at us, so naturally I smiled and waved back. Suddenly, our sled hit something, and we were suddenly a foot in the air, and our sled was starting to flip over. Both of the fillies began to scream in terror, and my mind began to go into overdrive, trying to figure something out. Getting a quick spur of the moment idea, I quickly grabbed both of my daughters into my arms and held onto them as we began to fall back towards the earth. Once we made contact, I began to do a roll, making sure to keep them away from the ground, which was much harder then it looked. Unfortunately for me, the sled that we neglected came falling back down with us, and it hit my left leg in mid roll, making me give a shout in pain. We rolled for a few more seconds, and then we slowly stopped, landing on my back, both of the fillies on my chest, gasping at the sudden adrenalin rush.

All three of us just lay there, wide-eyed at the event that just happened, and then Scootaloo began to laugh, along with Dinky, and then finally joined by myself. Once we were done laughing, I noticed that Dash’s team had already beaten us to the bottom of the hill, and they were currently running towards us. The first pony to reach us was Ditzy, a very worried look in her eyes.

“Oh my Celestia, Dinky, are you ok?!” Shouted Ditzy, coming to a sudden stop next to us and quickly taking the unicorn filly out of my grasp and began to search all over her to see if she got any bruises or cuts from the fall. I looked up to the top of the hill and saw that Fluttershy was currently flying down to us in a hurry, with Rarity close behind.

Dinky sighed at this, most likely a little annoyed by her mother’s worry, but nevertheless, she still smiled at her, saying, “Yes, Mamma, I’m fine, Daddy protected us for the most part.”

“Are you ok, Scootaloo?” Asked Fluttershy, once she reached our crash site. Scootaloo nodded, before she said, “Did you see that, Mom? Me and Dad were going so fast!”

“I know, and you really scared me.” Said Fluttershy, her worried look getting deeper. Scootaloo blushed a little, realizing how much she worried her, and said, “Yea, sorry about that, Mom, I just really wanted to win the race.” At this point, the rest of the ponies had already reached the bottom of the hill, and everypony was either saying congratulations to Dash’s team, or checking to see if my daughters and I were well.

“Well, at least no damage was done.” I said, beginning to get up off of the ground. Unfortunately, I seemed to have spoken too soon, for as soon as I tried to move my left leg, a very sharp pain exploded in my lower left leg, causing me to cry out in pain and fall back down onto the snow. Immediately, Fluttershy, Ditzy and the rest of the ponies were soon by my side, worried looks on all of their faces.

“Oh my gosh, Drak, are you ok?” Asked Fluttershy, the worry in her face showing again.

I was quiet for a moment, trying to hold myself together as everypony else started to gather around me. I may be very close to them, but in this situation, I was starting to panic anyways. Fortunately, Fluttershy noticed this, and she motioned for the rest of the ponies to back up a little, which thankfully helped me relax a bit.

I winced as I felt the pain in my leg not going away, and said, “I…I don’t know, b-but…m-my leg really hurts r-right now.”

“Sister, you thinking what I’m thinking?” Lotus asked Aloe, who nodded. Everypony was looking at the two in curiosity, wondering what they were thinking.

“Drak, can you try to move you leg again, please?” said Aloe, both her and her sister moving closer to take a better look at my leg. I nodded and tried to move my leg again, but all I got was more pain, making me gasp as it coursed through my body. The spa sisters were silent for a while, and then, with a nod, they both said in unison, “Your leg is broken.”

I was quiet, stunned at this news, and just blankly looked back at my leg again, not quite comprehending what they just said. After a while, I looked back at the others, who also had worried expressions on their faces, and I just gave a small worried chuckle, saying, “Well, at least it’s just my leg.”

“Still, we should get you to the hospital.” Said Twilight. I nodded, and with the help of Lotus and AJ to lean on for support, we all slowly began the trek to the hospital.

We all reached back to the library, me having to use AJ as support, since they didn’t have any crutches my size. When we got to the hospital, Nurse Redheart was there, and she thankfully was able to get everything sorted out pretty quickly. She took an X-ray of my leg, and we found out that it was only a fracture on my tibia, which was weird, cause my fibula was perfectly fine (Thankfully, the skeletal structure of humans was pretty similar to the ponies here, at least with the legs, so it was rather easy to figure out which bones were which). All she did was put a cast on my leg, and told me to come back tomorrow, since all of the unicorn doctors were out during the holiday.

Once everypony was inside, we all sat down in a circle, while Spike and the fillies went to the kitchen to make hot coco for the rest of us, with Twilight keeping a careful eye one them. While they were doing that, everypony else went to go and get the presents. I tried to help them, but they all just forced me to sit down, so sit down I did. Eventually, everypony was done, and we all had our mugs of hot coco in our hooves (or hands for me) with everypony’s presents in the middle of the circle that we made.

Once we were all settled, the gift giving began in earnest. A lot of them got some interesting presents (at least, interesting to me), such as a small bag of gems to Spike from his herd mates, a new sewing set for Rarity from Fluttershy, some books from Twilight to all of us, and an autographed Wonderbolts picture for Rainbow from Luna, which cause her to give an unusual fan girl scream. Then there were some others, such as a starters spell book for Trixie and I, which we later learned that it would be what we would be learning later from Twilight and Luna, but we were happy to get it nevertheless. Aloe and Lotus gave each other some relaxation tip magazines and scented candles, and strangely enough they were the same magazine and candles, which made us all laugh a little, including the spa sisters. I smiled when Dinky gave her stuffed muffin to Ditzy, which she loved immediately, saying how happy she was and that she would always hold on to it. Another gift that I thought was good was when Rarity gave Trixie her hat and cloak back, fully repaired and with a silver outlining to it now. Trixie was stunned that somepony actually fixed it, and she thanked Rarity profusely for repairing her stuff free of charge. One that I found quiet amusing was when Pinkie gave a box to Dash, and when she opened it, streamers came flying out. We all laughed at this, and then we all laughed again when Dash gave the same ‘present’ to Pinkie as well. Once we were all calmed down from that, they gave each other the real presents, and we continued on from there. It generally proceeded as such, with the ponies giving gifts to each other. After a while, I realized that, besides the book from Twilight, I haven’t gotten any other gifts from them, not even from Pinkie, not that I cared, though, for being here with everypony was a gift onto itself. I then realized that while I was thinking about this, Twilight was talking to me.

“Hey Drak, you there?” She asked, concern in her eyes. I quickly shook my head to clear it and smiled, saying, “Yea, sorry, just thinking about stuff.”

“Oh, well, you might have noticed that you haven’t gotten any other gifts from us yet.” I nodded. “Well, since you came to us at such short notice, we knew that you wouldn’t be able to get a lot for us, and vise versa, so we all decided to pitch in and get at least a few gifts for you. I hope you don’t mind.”

I smiled at them and said, “Of course not, girls, but you didn’t have to, I mean, I would have been happy enough just being here with all of you.”

“Still, you’re just super duper awesome, and we want to show you how super duper awesome you really are!” Said Pinkie, bouncing excitedly in place. I just looked at everypony to confirm this, and they all nodded, smiles on all of their faces.

“Well, I guess it’s ok then.” I said, blushing slightly at all of the attention that I was getting. Everypony giggled at this, and then they all started to give me my gifts, starting with the Crusaders.

The three fillies both brought a crudely wrapped box and placed it in front of me, with Applebloom saying, “You kind of left this back at the farm, Drak, so me and the other Crusaders decided to…’spruce it up’ as Rarity would call it, and give it back to you as a gift. Hope ya’ll like it!”

I smiled at them and unwrapped the box before I opened it. Inside was the hat that AJ gave to me, but it was much different then I last saw it. The main difference was that it was red instead of the usual light brown, and on the front of it was a big D all in glitter. I smiled and placed it on my head, saying, “So, how do I look now?”

“You look awesome, Dad!” Said Scootaloo, giving me a big hug, along with the rest of the fillies. I laughed with them and hugged them in return, and we stayed like that for a few seconds before separating. Next came Fluttershy, and she gave me a unique looking plant that seemed like a cross between a daisy and a rose. She said, “I k-know it isn’t m-much, but I hope you like it.”

I smiled and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, saying, “I love it, Shy, and I’m going to put it on the window sill in my room so that I can see it every morning I wake up.” The yellow mare blushed at my comment and nodded her appreciation, and then came Applejack, carrying a corked bottle of liquid.

“Here yah go, sugarcube. This here’s some of Sweet Apple Acres’ best apple cider, an’ ah hope that ya’ll enjoy it.” She said, placing it next to me.

“May I try it now?” I asked. AJ smiled and said, “Ah was hopin’ that you would say that.” She then pulled out a pair of cups, and uncorked the bottle, pouring us both a drink. I took mine and said, “Cheers” before I took a sip. The taste of it was strong, for a lack of better words, but it was also sweet at the same time, and I enjoyed the taste immensely. I smiled again and gave my country marefriend a kiss on the cheek, saying, “This is certainly some of Sweet Apple Acres’ best.” AJ blushed at my comment before she poured us another, which I drank just as greedily.

After her came Rainbow Dash, carrying a pair of red-rimmed goggles and placing them in front of me. “I want to thank you for doing all of that stuff for me, and I got this for you to use when you learn how to do a flying spell.” She said, a smile on her face as well as a small blush. I smiled at her and hugged her as well, saying, “Thanks Dash, and who knows, maybe we can race once I learn that spell.”

“Just as long as you’re ready to lose to Equestria’s fastest Pegasus.” She said, a small smirk on her face. She then went back to her spot, and Rarity stood up next, bringing with her a medium sized box. She gave the box to me and I opened it, revealing a tuxedo, complete with dress shoes and a red bow tie. I smiled at the fashion unicorn and said, “Thank you for this, Rarity, now I’ll have something to wear to during the Grand Galloping Gala that Luna and Celestia told me about.” Rarity smiled at this, and then went back to her seat, and when she sat down, Twilight said, “Well, that’s all of them, I hope that you liked them, even though it wasn’t much.”

“I loved them all, Twi, and this means a lot to me, since I came here with nothing, and not only have I gained a name for myself, but I have also gained some of the best friends here, as well as the most loving marefriends that I could ever ask for.” I said, being completely honest with them. “Now, I think it is my turn to give you girls some of the presents that I was able to find, though I wasn’t able to get a lot for all of you girls, but-”

“Drak, dear, you don’t have to worry about getting all of us stuff, as long as you are here, then we are all happy, right girls?” Said Rarity, looking at all of the ponies in the room. They all nodded their agreement, and I smiled again, saying, “Well, even so, I was able to get at least one thing for all of you girls, well…Rarity made them, so I guess it is more her present then mine.”

“Nonsense, darling, you were the one with the idea, I’m just the one that brought it to life.” She said, blushing at my compliment. Her horn began to glow, and in floated a bunch of boxes, one for each pony in the room, including herself, and once each one of them had a box, they all began to open them, and inside was a pony styled hoodie, colored coordinated and everything (The colors going as such: Rarity: light purple, Twilight and Luna: dark purple, Pinkie Pie, Sweetie Belle and Aloe: pink, AJ and Scootaloo: orange, Fluttershy: green, Rainbow Dash: rainbow, Lotus: light blue, Ditzy and Dinky: yellow, Applebloom: red, Trixie: silver). The hoodies also had extra holes in them for the ponies with wings or a horn (or in Luna’s case, both). Everypony smiled at this and said thank you to me, with some of them, such as the Crusaders, Dinky, and Spike (who got one that was more similar to mine, and his was a similar purple as to Twilight’s hoodie) trying them on right away, while the rest just placed them aside for the time being. I smiled as they all examined their new clothing, and said, “I know that you girls won’t really wear them as much as I wear mine, but it might be useful to wear during the colder times of the year, you know?”

“Drak, I think that they are lovely, and you should be proud of this idea.” Said Rarity, examining the work of her own hoodie that she made. Still smiling, I said, “Well, with that all done, let me get the other gifts that I was able to get.” I went to get up, but before I could, Luna’s horn glowed, and in floated the few presents that I had boxed up. I gave a curious look at Luna, wondering how she knew where they were, and she said, “Well, I kind of saw them when you were placing them over there, but I promise that I didn’t peek.” I continued to look at her, and then shrugging, I said, “Well, in that case, I’ll give you your first one then.”

I pointed the one that was hers, and she took it and opened it, revealing the wine that I got with Celestia in Canterlot. “Oh, how did you know, Drak?” She said in an overly dramatic way.

“Oh, just a lucky guess.” I said, in an exasperated manner, making us both giggle. Next came AJ’s, since it was right next to Luna’s, and she opened hers to reveal Equine Cider, which was the apple cider that Luna told me that AJ likes (besides her own), and I was able to find it yesterday during a trip to the market. Thankfully it wasn’t that expensive, but it wasn’t exactly that cheap either. AJ smiled and opened it up before she took a swig of it.

“Oh we! That is as strong as ah remember from before, partner!” she said, giving me a kiss on he lips. When I broke the kiss, I smacked my lips a bit, for I could taste the cider on her own lips, and said, “Wow, you’re right, that is strong cider.” Which caused all of the ponies to erupt with laughter. I smiled at the reaction that I got from them and even chuckled a little before I moved on with the gifts. Next came Fluttershy, and I was rather nervous about this one, since I didn’t think that she would like it. Fluttershy took her box, and while she was carefully opening it, I began to say, “I wasn’t able to find you anything that you might have liked, so I decided to make something for you instead, though I don’t know if I did any good…”

Fluttershy opened her box, and gave a small gasp, for inside was a hand made yellow quilt with a picture of her cutie mark on it, though it was rather crudely made, the butterflies looking distorted to the point that it left my skills to be questioned. Fluttershy looked at it for a while, and I became more nervous, thinking that she hated it, but then she quickly came up to me and hugged me, saying, “I think that this is one of my favorite gifts that I have ever gotten, Drak. Thank you so much.”

I was stunned for a second before I quickly got myself together and hugged her back, saying, “Th-thank you, F-Fluttershy, that really means a lot, especially with the work that I did on it, which is to say…not exactly Rarity quality.”

“I would have to agree, darling, for your work definitely leaves…something to be desired, that is for sure.” Said the white unicorn. I just raised an eyebrow, but otherwise I said nothing, just holding onto my yellow Pegasus marefriend. After a while of us hugging, we separated, and I turned to my two daughters, a small frown on my face. I then said, “I’m sorry to say, Scoots, but I was unable to find you something for a gift, maybe tomorrow we can-”

My mouth was quickly covered by Scootaloo’s hoof, and with a smile, she said, “I already got my gift, Drak, and that was to get a family again. You don’t have to get me anything for this Hearth's Warming’s Eve.” I saw a tear starting to drop from her eyes, and unable to contain myself either, I quickly grabbed the orange filly into a big hug, and we both hugged each other. We stayed like that for a while, and then we separated as I turned to my unicorn daughter and said, “I was, however, able to find a certain book that you might have been looking for, Muffin.” And with that, I handed her the book. She took it and looked at the cover, which read ‘Daring Do and the Diamond Skull’ which brought a smile on her face, and she said, “Thanks, Daddy, now I can finally continue to read the series.”

“Oh, that’s a good one, Dinky, you’re going to enjoy that one a lot.” Said Dash, looking at the book as well. I smiled, and then I turned my attention to Lotus, and said, “I kind of found this by chance, but as soon as I saw it, it made me think of you, so I hope that you like it.”

The light blue Earth pony smiled and took the box from me, and slowly began to unwrap it. Once it was unwrapped, she opened the box, and inside was the hair band with the pink lotus that I found at the jewelry store. Lotus’s eyes went wide, and her sister who was sitting right next to her looked at the item in awe as well.

“Wow, I’m a little jealous of you, Lotus.” Said Aloe, a grin on her face. Lotus was speechless, and without another word, she quickly ran to me and gave me a big hug, saying, “This is one of the most beautiful things that anypony has ever done for me. Thank you so much, Drak.”

I smiled at her and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, saying, “It wasn’t a problem, Lotus. You want to try it on now?”

“Oh, yes please!” Squealed Lotus with glee, making me chuckle. With a little help from me, she quickly took her old hair band off and placed the new hair band on. I smiled as I watched her straighten it a little before being satisfied with it, and then turning towards the rest of the ponies in the room, she said, “So, how do I look?”

“You look simply marvelous, darling! It just looks exquisite on you.” Exclaimed Rarity, swooning a little. If I didn’t know any better, I would have thought that she was going to faint.

Finally, there was one box left, a small one, with no wrapping around it either. I smiled as I remembered which one this was, and said, “Ok, I’m going to have to ask everypony to close their eyes for this one, please.” Everypony smiled before closing their eyes. I looked around the room to make sure that they all had their eyes closed, and then, turning to Dinky, I gave her a small tap on the shoulder. She opened her eyes, and I whispered into her ear, saying, “You care to do the honors, Muffin, since my leg is kind of busted at the moment?”

Dinky smiled, knowing what I meant, and nodded, and then she quickly took the box and opened it, and then placed the Angel’s Heart necklace around her mother’s neck. Ditzy didn’t even seem to notice it happening, her face all scrunched up in a cute sort of way, like she was concentrating hard on something. Once Dinky was sitting back down, I said, “Ok everypony, now open your eyes and tell me if you girls see anything different.”

All of the ponies in the room opened their eyes and began to look around, but they were unable to see the necklace at all. After a good thirty seconds, Ditzy said, “Ok, I give up, can you tell us please, Drak?”

I just smiled and asked my unicorn daughter, “You want to tell her, Muffin?”

“Look on your neck, Mamma!” Exclaimed Dinky, giggling.

Ditzy gave a confused look and looking at her neck she said, “What’s around my-” but before she could finish, she saw the necklace, and gave a small gasp, her mouth hanging open. At this point, everypony in the room was looking at her with the necklace, and they all had surprised looks on their faces.

“Is…is tha’ wha’ ah think it is, partner?” Asked AJ, a look of awe in her eyes.

“It is! Oh-my-gosh, that’s an Angel’s Heart necklace. AAAAHHH!” Exclaimed Rarity, and this time, she really did faint, in an over dramatic sort of fashion. Ditzy slowly took it in her hoof and held it to her face to get a closer look, seeming like she couldn’t believe her eyes. Everypony was quiet in the room, and then Ditzy looked back at me. I just had a big smile on my face the entire time, and then when she looked at me, I just said, “Happy Hearth’s Warming Eve, Ditzy Doo.”

At this point, Ditzy just launched herself at me, giving me a tight hug and a passionate kiss. I just chuckled a little, or at least as much as I could with the grey mare’s lips on my own, and then began to kiss her back. We stayed like that for a good while, everypony with smiles on their faces, and then we finally separated, Ditzy starting to breath deeply.

“But…h-how d-d-did you…how d-d-did you…how?” Ditzy asked, unable to get a proper question out. I just smiled and said, “Well, I did have a little help, right Dinky?”

“Yup! He wanted to get the necklace for you for a gift, so I showed him which one it was.” Said the pink filly, a goofy smile on her face. Ditzy was quiet for a moment, and then she hugged me deeper, and I thought I could feel tears starting to poor out of her eyes and onto my shoulder. I just held her there, rubbing her back in small circles, and said, “So, I’ll take it that you enjoy it?”

Ditzy nodded, saying, “Th-th-thank y-you so m-much, Drak. You h-h-have n-no idea h-h-how much th-this m-means to m-me.”

I smiled again and said, “I think I do. So with all of the gifts given, now what?”

“Actually.” Said Ditzy in a small tone. I looked back at her and I could see a small blush forming on her face, and then she said, “I have one last gift for you, but you’re going to have to wait for later tonight. Can you do that for me, please?”

I just smiled and gave her a kiss on the nose, saying, “For you girls, I’ll wait for as long as it takes.” Ditzy smiled at that, and with that all settled, we began to talk and just have a good time, enjoying everypony’s company, all of us happy to be with the one’s that we loved.

After a good few hours, everypony had to go back to their homes; all of us tired after today’s festivities. I smiled as I sat in my bed that I was going to be sharing with Ditzy. She said that she would be back in a second with my gift, and I was kind of excited about it, for I had no idea what it could be. I was just lying there, only in my boxers, since she wanted me out of my clothing for some reason, thinking about everything that has happened so far today. Sure, I may have broken my leg, but it was still one of my best days here.

As I was sitting there, I heard the door open a little, and then I heard Ditzy’s voice from the other side. “H-hey D-Drak, c-c-can you c-close y-y-y-your e-eyes for a s-second, p-please?”

I smiled and closed my eyes, wondering what it could be, and said, “Ok, angel, my eyes are closed.” I then heard the door squeak open a little more before it closed, and then heard hoof steps as Ditzy approached the bedside.

“O-ok, you can…you c-can open y-your e-eyes.” She said. I opened my eyes, and what I saw just left me speechless.

There was Ditzy, looking as beautiful as ever, but the only difference was that she seemed to be wearing some kind of lingerie. Her…’underwear’ was a lacy pale yellow, with her tail leaving the top of it open, so that I could see a little inside it. Right above her underwear was a small bra that just covered her teats, which was the same color as her underwear, as well as being lacy. The next and final part of her new clothing was the pair of long socks on her rear legs, they were also a pale yellow, as well as going all the way up to her flank, outlining her rear quiet nicely. I was stunned for a second, not sure as to what I should say. After a while, Ditzy gave a worried look and blushing, she asked, “So, do you…d-do you l-like it?”

I stayed quiet for a few more seconds, and then, finally finding my voice again, I said, “Well, I, uh…I d-do, it’s…it’s a-amazing, but…well…why?”

Ditzy began to blush some more at my stuttering, and then she said, “Well, it’s my gift to you, and I wanted for us to finally…make love, as my gift, which was kind of why I did that with you a couple of days ago. I also kind of asked the girls how I should present myself to you, and well…Rarity’s was the best one in my opinion, so…yea.” She began to attempt at striking a sexy pose, her tail swishing from side to side in a hypnotic fashion, while she crossed her forelegs in front of her, tilting her head to the side, and she tried to make herself seem more confident as well, but her blush never left her face once.

I just stayed quiet, unsure as to what I should say, for here was this mare that I held close to my heart, who had a bad first experience, and she was dressed as this, wanting for us to have sex. Now, I knew I should go with it, but I wanted to do it her way, even if this was pretty…hot, to say the least.

“Ditzy, I’m flattered that you did this for me, but-” I began to explain, when she closed my mouth with her hoof, giving me a small smile, and said, “I know that I didn’t have to, but I wanted my first time…my real first time…to be something that the both of us will remember, so, even though I kind of find this a little…embarrassing, to say the least, I still am willing to do it, so…if you want to…will you let me be my first true love Drak, please?”

I stayed quiet, and I looked into her eyes, and what I saw spoke magnitudes of what she felt for me. At that moment, I knew that she truly did love me unlike anypony that she has met before. Slowly, I took her hoof in one hand and removed it from my mouth, and then took my other hand and gently cupped her cheek, saying, “Ditzy Doo, I would truly love to be your first true love in this, and I promise that you will love every second of it.”

Ditzy smiled at this, and then she leaned in closer, our lips barely touching at this point, and whispered, “Just let me do it at my own pace, if that’s all right?”

“I wouldn’t have it any other way, my angel.” I whispered back, staring into her eyes. With all of that said, we slowly closed the distance between ourselves and began to kiss each other gently, closing our eyes in the process, our lips just smoothly flowing across the others, both of us silently moaning as we got more and more into it. Ditzy then leaned back into me, pushing us both into the bed, and then she got on top of me. We continued to kiss each other for a good few minutes; the whole time we were kissing she would grind my cock that was trapped in my boxers. I groaned as I began to feel my dick throb in pain, wanting nothing more then to tear both of our clothing off and to buck each other senseless, but I knew that neither of us wanted that, for we both wanted this to last, so that we could remember it for years to come. She then slowly broke the kiss, and as we both opened our eyes, she looked at me with a sexy smile, and then ever so slowly, she slid up my chest, saying, “You remember when you promised that you would repay for my treatment last time?” I nodded. “Well, I was wondering if you could do that now, if that’s all right.”

At this point, her stomach was right by my face, and she continued to slide upwards until I was at eye level with the her bra. I stopped her there and said, “Whatever you wish for, Ditzy, I’m more then ok with doing it. Just relax and let me do all of the work for this.” With that said, I began to kiss her stomach, caressing her soft grey coat with my lips, making her give a soft moan as I began to slowly stimulate her. I gave myself a small smile, and then moved onto her bra. I was able to see her teats through the fabric, and bringing my hands forward, I began to gently pinch and tease both of her nipples through the fabric, causing her to moan at the treatment. I kept on working on her through the clothing, getting her more excited as time went on. After a while, I gently took her bra off, thankfully without breaking the strap, and teased her teats some more before I took the right one into my mouth and began to suckle on it like a little foal, making her pant with anticipation. As I suckled her, my other hand continued to work on her left teat, and my free hand began to massage the area right above her underwear, before I slowly moved it down onto the top of her fabric, massaging her marehood right behind the lacy clothing. I could feel her arousal starting to stain her underwear, causing my fingers to slide between her petals while my thumb somehow managed to find her clit through the fabric, causing a little gasp to erupt from her cute mouth. As I continued with her teats and pussy, she would give loud moans of pleasure, and gently placed her hooves at the head of the bed to support herself from the bouts of pleasure that she was experiencing. I then decided to switch hands and teats, so I began to suckle on her left teat as my right hand began to tease her left one, while my now free left hand began to caress her pussy. Ditzy panted in anticipation, wanting more, and I, who was willing to give her more, decided to move her undergarments to the side so that I could rub her pussy lips directly, causing a small gasp and an increase of moans to erupt from her. After a good while of this, I deemed that she was wet enough to continue, and so I ever so gently pushed my forefinger into her. This caused a particularly loud moan to erupt from her, and her wings popped open with a snap while I slowly began to jilt her marehood in a slow, rhythmic fashion, increasing the amount of pleasure that I was giving her. Ditzy moaned as I finger fucked her, and it only got more intense for her when I placed my middle finger into her as well, both of my fingers spreading her pussy and exploring the wet cavern of her love tunnel. I then released my hold onto her teats, and I brought my face down so that I could see the work I was doing, my fingers pumping her pussy with ease, her liquid flowing freely from her vagina and down my hand, making it easier to pleasure her. I then brought my face closer to her nether region, and began to flick her clit with my tongue, causing a loud gasp followed by a longer moan of pleasure from the grey mare. With my now free hand, I began to caress her sock covered thighs for a while before I moved to her plot, and then finally to her cutie mark, massaging her bubbles with practiced ease, making her moan and relax into my grasp. Both of us knew that we loved every minute of it, and we both knew that sooner or later, we would have to move on.

We stayed like that for a good 20 minutes, though, both of us in a different kind of bliss; Ditzy was up on cloud nine, while I was just simply happy that I was making her feel so good. Finally, I felt Ditzy move off of me, and confused, I gave a quick look to her, but she just smiled and panting, she said, “You did a…really good job, Drak, almost…too good, for I want our…first time to be together…if that’s…all right.”

I just smiled and said, “Of course it is, Ditzy.” The Pegasus mare smiled at me, and then began to kiss me again, though with a bit more force into it, wrapping both of our tongues into each other’s mouth. After a good while, I could feel her shifting over me as she adjusted herself to remove her undergarments. I broke the kiss and giving her a small smile, I asked, “Would you like some help?”

“Yes, please.” She said, painting hard from the kiss that we just broke. Smiling again, I brought both of my hands down and slowly rubbed her covered plot, making her moan a little, before I brought my fingers around the waistband and gently pulled it down over her clothed legs, making her naked once again. I smiled and then pulled down my own clothing as well, exposing my shaft to the chill air. I felt both of our respected privates brush up against one another, making us moan in anticipation. With a soft, reassuring kiss, I asked, “So, would you like me to help, or do you think that you can do it from here?”

“I’ll…I’ll do it, if that’s ok.” She said, a blush growing on her face. I nodded, and then released my hold on her rear, letting her take full control of the situation. I looked into her eyes, and noticed that while she was very nervous about doing this, she still had the look of determination that I saw from her only a couple of days ago. With a deep breath, she lowered herself down on my manhood, and slowly began to impale herself in my rod, causing her to give a sharp loud moan at the feeling. As she was inserting herself onto me, she brought her face down onto mine and began to kiss me again. After a while, I felt her stop halfway down my shaft, and I felt a tear drop on my face, and looking at her, I saw that she was beginning to cry, so I quickly parted our kiss and asked, “You ok, Ditzy?”

The grey mare was quiet for a second before she slowly nodded, saying, “I’m f-fine. This is…much d-different then t-the last time, that’s for s-sure.” I smiled, glad that she was fine so far, and said, “Well, you can move now, if you want to.” Ditzy nodded, and then slowly lifted herself on me before she slowly brought it back down, creating a gasp from the both of us. She kept on the slow pace, being content with going at this for the time being, and not wanting to rush her, I decided to try and make her feel more comfortable by gently massaging her wings, finding the wing’s g-spot and massaging them, making her moan even more. As she slowly bobbed her marehood on my dick, I began to slowly thrust into her as well, making us go even deeper then before, causing a gasp from her, and eager for more pleasure, she began to move a little faster, starting to bounce on me. I gritted my teeth as I tried not to blow my load too soon, for her walls were incredibly tight, surprisingly so to me, but it just made things all the more pleasurable, and soon, she was riding me at a fast past, the full length of my cock getting buried into her moist tunnel, loud moans of pleasure erupting from the both of us.

“Oh, Drak...this feels…so…g-good. Keep…k-keep d-doing this, I d-don’t ever want to stop, I…I love you Drak.” Said Ditzy, in between moans of complete bliss. As I kept thrusting into her, she placed her hooves on my shoulders to support her, the pleasure making her mind go white.

“I love you too, Ditzy, but…I…I c-can’t hold on much longer.” I said, on the verge of an orgasm.

“Then come with me, please…COME WITH MEEEEEEE!” She shrieked, going into overdrive as her climax began to overcome her. As she came, her juices began to flood the area, making me gasp as her wall constricted my dick, wanting to milk it of its semen, and succeeding as well, for a second later, I came too, my cum mixing in with hers. We both slowed down our lovemaking, neither one of us wanting to stop yet, for we were still enjoying the high that we were experiencing. After a good few minutes of our light headed state, she slowed her bouncing completely and then finally stopped, panting deeply, while I looked at her with all the love and affection that I felt for her. We both just stayed like that, looking into each other’s eyes, and for a second, I could have sworn that both of her eyes were staring at me, but then she blinked, and the moment was gone.

“Wow, that was…that w-w-was…thank you, Drak. This…definitely helped me a…a lot. I…I really, really love you.”

I smiled at her, saying, “I love you too, Ditzy, and I hope that I will be here with you girls for as long as I live.”

With that, she gently placed her head on my chest, not bothering to remove herself from me, and sighing, she said, “Somehow, I know that you will be with us for a very long time. I don’t know how, but I just know it, I can feel it, right in my heart.”

I smiled and gave her forehead a tired kiss. “Night Ditzy, sweet dreams. And I love you.”

“Night, Drak, and I love you too.” She said, closing her golden eyes. With that, I closed my eyes as well, my arms protectively holding my grey mare around me, her wings splayed to the side of the both of us, and we both slowly drifted off to sleep.

Author's Notes:

Happy Hearth's Warming Eve to all of you Bronies and Pegasisters, and thank you for reading my story. Don't worry, I won't be finishing it for a long while.