Morning arrived with another chill. Midnight opened his eyes to see Rarity sleeping silently next to him. Her mane matted from the prior nights fit of passion, a blissful smile across her face. He smiled giving her a gentle kiss and slipping out of bed to take a quick shower before starting breakfast.

The shower was quick and the breakfast had been made. The smell of coffee lingering throughout the boutique. Rarity tossed slightly in bed taking in a deep breath as she awoke to the smell off the freshly brewed energizing liquid. She yawned tossing the covers to the side as she pulled herself from bed, slowly making her way to the bath room to freshen up.

An hour had gone by before Rarity left the bath looking like her usual self. Perfectly curled mane and the fresh scent of lavender adorning her presence. She made way to the kitchen seeing Midnight at the stove making some fresh eggs and a tossed salad already on the counter.

"Well, we are up bright and early, what's the occasion?" Rarity smiled trotting over to the Alicorn and giving him a good morning kiss.

"Well I can't up and leave everyday now can I? Especially after making love to the most beautiful mare in the Universe." He grinned making her blush furiously.

"Oh stop it. You don't mean that do you?" She recoiled blushing, raising her leg to try and cover her face from the red seeping through her ivory coat.

Midnight quickly used his magic to pick up Rarity and swept her off her hooves, leaning over her and holding her in his forelegs. Looking deep into her eyes he smiled.

"I meant it with all my heart." He said making her giggle and lean forward to kiss him, he doing the same.

"Ahem!" came a voice from the kitchen door startling the two into a frozen pose. They looked seeing Sweetiebelle with a look of disgust on her face.

"Eeeeeewwwwww!" She groaned coming in and sitting at the table. They gave a chuckle, separating after a quick kiss to sit at the table. Midnight using his magic to fix a plate for each of the two ladies sitting there..

"So what did you have planned for today darling? You have all the present's accounted for. What's left to do?" Rarity smiled as she took a sip of coffee.

"Well, I actually have two final presents left to get. I'll need Twilights help with one of them, and I'll need you to gather all the girls together as well if it isn't to much trouble. We can all meet at the library." Mid said as he finished his cup of coffee.

"What are you going to do Uncle Midnight?" Sweetiebelle asked as she finished off her morning salad, reaching for her juice box to take a drink.

"Well I need Twilight to help me summon a telescope from my world. Rarity will get all the girls ready for a portrait to be taken as well. I'd like to give Celestia a picture of all of us together and give Luna a nice telescope. I'll need to go to my old house and back to Sugar Cube corner as well to pick up a few things."

"Sounds like a plan to me." Rarity smiled as she finished her coffee, placing the cup into the sink. "I'll go ahead and get the girls ready. I'll tell them to meet at Twilight's tonight around seven. Is that ok darling?"

"That's fine, I should be done with my errands before then. I can get Twilight to help with the telescope while we're at her place. Sweetie, you want to tag along?" Midnight smiled looking down to the little filly.

"Nah, I'm supposed to meet up with Applebloom and Scootaloo so we can try to get our Cutiemark's again." She smiled back as she finished off her juice box tossing it into the trash.

"Alright just don't get into any trouble." Rarity said in a stern voice.

"I know sis." Sweetiebelle groaned heading out the door with her saddlebag.

"I'll see you this evening my dear." Midnight smiled giving Rarity a loving kiss.

"Mmmmmmm, you had better. Or I might just have to get Twilight to change your coat pink." She giggled seeing the expression of horror on Midnight's face.

"Oh God, anything but pink!" He groaned heading out the door.

Midnight arrived at his old home to see Applejack on the porch roof shoveling snow from it.

"What are you doing AJ?" He yelled causing her to jump slightly.

"Gosh darn it Night don't ya'll sneak up on meh like that! Ya coulda made me sliiiiIIIIIIIIIIP! She yelled as her hoofs hit an icy patch sending her tumbling off of the roof only to be caught within inches of the ground by Midnight's magic.

She opened her eyes after feeling the sudden jolt of stopping in mid air to see Midnight slowly setting her onto the snow covered ground.

"Whew, that coulda been bad. Celestia knows ah don't need another broken leg." She smiled.

"Why were you shoveling all that snow off anyway?" Midnight asked as they headed inside.

"Well, your home isn't built like the rest'o the homes in town. It's a might strange, and can't hold up to the weight o'the snow. We need ta get it off before it caves in the place, and by the way, what in the hay are ya doing out in this weather anyway?" She smirked seeing his confused reaction aboiut the snow.

"Well, I needed to stop by to grab my old recipe book. I managed to forget it among all the books I had moved to the library. Glad I remembered it." He smiled opening a drawer and pulling out a little black book roughly an inch thick, opening it to make sure the recipe he was looking for was still there. "Good, it's still in here." He smiled tossing the book quickly into his saddlebag.

"A recipe book? Ah didn't know you could cook." AJ chuckled

"Actually I can cook a few things, Some well, some not so well. These recipes are actually from my great great grand mother. Some newer ones added as time went by. It was left to me when my parents past about 8 years ago."

"That must be a pretty old book then." AJ smiled as she headed back outside, Midnight right behind her.

"Yea, If I had to guess, its about a hundred and fifty-ish years old. Sure wish I could have met my great great grandmother. You talk about a lady that could cook. From the sotries I was told she was the best cook around." Midnight stopped for a moment thinking back to one of the recipe's, a smile creeping across his face.

"I just thought of a gift I can give Granny Smith." He chuckled catching AJs attention as she made her way back onto the roof of the porch.

"O'really? What that might be?" AJ spoke as she picked up the shovel in her mouth and began to scoop off the snow from the roof.

"Well if you won't tell then I can let you know." he gave a sly grin.

"Now ya know ah aint guna tell nopony." She smirked.

"Well, I have an old apple pie recipe. I think your Granny might find it a rival to her own recipe." He laughed.

"Ah don't know about that, but yer welcome ta give it to her. Just don't say nothin about it rivaling hers, she's a might fical when it comes to competition in baked goods."

"Noted." He smirked. "And let me help you out." he said as his horn glowed casting a spell on AJ. Her hooves began to glow then stopped.

"What did ya just cast on meh?" She asked cocking her hat higher on her head.

"Anti-slip spell. Now you can run on slippery surfaces just like it was the ground your trees grow from. I'll seeya around AJ, Oh and come by Twilight's tonight, I need all the girls there. Seven sharp." He said as he took to the air, AJ nodding in confirmation.

Rarity had made progress finding most of the girls. Rainbow Dash was the easiest to find as her daily routine when it was cold was to stay at the library with Twilight. Twilight of course was already in the Library so she got two for one this round. Fluttershy was of course at home curled up on her couch drinking some hot chocolate while watching the fire in her fireplace, all of her animals either hibernating or having flown south for the winter.

Pinkie pie was babysitting the foals for the cakes as they were baking and said she could make it on time. Now the only other pony she had to find was Applejack.

She had made her way to Sweet Apple Acres to locate the earth pony. Along the way she passed Midnights old home noticing the snow lacking porch roof. She trotted up to the house making her way around it to see if any other snow had mysteriously vanished.

*CRUNCH*

Her head snapped around hearing a loud crunch in the snow only to see nopony there. She continued walking and suddenly everything when white. She let out a loud muffled and very startled scream from within a pile of snow.

"What in tarnation?!" AJ yelled looking over the edge of the room to see an elegantly curled purple tail waving back and forth from under a large snow pile. AJ gasped seeing what she had just done.

"Hang on Rar, Imma coming!" She shouted as she jumped from the room into a large pile of snow at the other end of the porch, quickly galloping over to her buried friend.

Rarity at this point was hyperventilating trying to get out of the snow covering her and began to thrash about furiously trying to free her self. Using her horn she screamed out as she thrust it through the pile of snow upwards as hard as she could. She broke through but hit something else as she did so, She felt something warm begin to cover her horn. A loud gasp came from AJ as she tried to take in a breath frozen in pain. Rarity looked up to see AJ impaled onto her horn She tried to scream but nothing came out. A trickle of blood soon made its way from the wound down over the sides of Rarity's face. After what seemed like an eternity AJ fell over taking Rarity with her. She landed with a sickening thud onto the pile of now red stained snow. Rarity pulled herself from AJ causing her to yelp in pain curling up into a ball as she lay there. It was then at this point that Rarity screamed, the echo reaching through the Apple orchard all the way to the farm. Big Macintosh had been outside clearing some of the snow from the trees in the orchard. Upon hearing the scream he shot of like a bullet toward the scream, hearing it a second time as he neared Midnight's old home, he rounded the corner to see Rarity sitting there to stunned to move or say anything. Big Mac rushed over seeing the blood on her then noticing his fallen sister he gasped. Without hesitation he pick up AJ onto his back. Rarity sat there to stunned to move.

"Rarity! Snap out of it!" Big Macintosh shouted shaking the blood stained pony. She just sat there staring wide eyed at AJ on Big mac's back.

"Dammit Rar yer gunna hate me for this later....." He growled raising a hoof and striking her across the face which snapped her out of her daze.

She hit the snow with a resounding thud quickly pulling herself upright looking to Big Macintosh with tear filled eyes. rubbing her cheek.

He went up to her looking her in the eyes. "Follow me to the hospital." He glared making her tremble and nod in shock. They made their way quickly to the hospital.

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Back at the library Pinkie Pie suddenly began shaking violently then stopped, catching the rest of the girls attentions.

"Oh no! My Pinkie sense is going crazy. Something really bad just happened!" She shouted in a panic.

"What is it Pinkie?" Twilight asked trotting up to her, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash making there way to her as well.

Pinkie began to shake again wincing in pain and falling over holding her chest as if she was hurt.

"Owwie!" She cried. "I..... I don't know but whatever it is, we need to go to the hospital to find out. She cried as she stood heading toward the door. The others quickly following behind her.

As they stepped through the door however a certain three fillies ran up to them.

"Ya'll gotta get to the hospital quick, AJ's hurt bad!" Applebloom cried as she turned and ran back toward the hospital. The girls gasped following suit. Sweetiebelle and Scootaloo right at their side.

"What happened?" Twilight shouted as they ran.

"Rarity hurt AJ, it was an accident. She didn't mean to." Sweetiebelle cried as she ran.

"How badly hurt is she?" Dash asked as she flew next to Scootaloo who was crying as well.

"She was covered in blood, Rarity was too, I only saw them for a second when they rushed by." Scootaloo choked out.

"Rarity said she hurt AJ with her horn by accident when she stopped to talk to me, she took off to the hospital before i could ask anything else." Sweetie cried out.

"Rainbow, If they were covered in blood we may need Midnight, go find him and meet us back at the hospital." Twilight commanded causing the blue Pegasus to take off into they sky, looking down over the town and all around her to locate the Alicorn.