A Pony's Destiny
Chapter 11: Winter Wrap Up
Previous Chapter Next ChapterI woke up on one cold morning, it was almost the end of Winter and after countless cold days and nights with one hot day now and again, I couldn't wait for Winter to go and watch Spring roll in. I got myself dressed and also had my scarf on before settling into an early breakfast, before taking a look outside to see several ponies walking to the same place. I then heard a knock on the door and answered it to see Twilight and a sleepy Spike.
"Hey there Bond, are you ready for Winter Wrap Up?" she asked.
"Uhhh, what is Winter Wrap Up?" I asked back in confusion.
"Oh that's right, you moved here during the mid Summer. Winter wrap up is when all of us ponies come together to clear up all the Winter stuff and prepare the whole town for the Spring." she explained.
I understood it a little better and seeing that I wanted to be helpful, I nodded.
"In that case, I'm ready."
"Good, we're all meeting at the Town Hall, come on."
I left the house with Twilight and Spike who was still sleeping as we made our way to the Town Centre.
"Those must be the team vests Rarity designed. Blue for the weather team, green for the plant team and tan for the animal team. I wonder what team vest I'll be wearing." Twilight spoke.
"Well, I could wear all three since I'm an Alicorn. I wonder if that's possible." I said.
"I'll take a blue vest, the same colour as my blanket, which I think I hear calling my name." Spike intervened who wasn't awake, "Spike, Spike, come to bed. Ugh, it's too early."
But Twilight didn't pay attention, she was more interested in the event then Spike wanting to sleep. Soon, we arrived outside the Town Hall where everypony had gathered together, Mayor Mare was on stage and was about to speak.
"Thank you everypony, for being here bright and early. We need every single pony's help to wrap up Winter and bring in Spring."
The ponies cheered as Twilight jumped high a few times, probably trying to get the Mayor's attention, but the Mayor didn't notice and she continued.
"Now all of you have your vests and have been assigned to your teams. So let's do even better than last year and have the quickest Winter Wrap Up, ever!" she stated.
The ponies cheered again.
"Ohhh, this is so exciting!" Twilight said happily.
"Alright everypony, find your team leader and let's get galloping." the Mayor Mare said.
Soon, all the ponies left and went to a few places to their assigned teams. I noticed that Dash, Applejack and Sparkler were the team leaders...wait a minute, Sparkler? Who made her team leader? I bet Berry Punch slipped a few bottles underneath the Mayor's desk in order to have her friend assigned as team leader or something. I looked at Twilight who seemed a bit lost at where to go to.
"Oh gosh, where should I go? I'm not sure where I would fit in."
"As for me, I would be pulled in three different directions, unless I make two clones of myself...I wonder if that's possible."
Twilight shook her head at me, "What does everypony exactly do?" she asked to herself.
Suddenly, the music began to play and a few ponies started to sing.
"Oh god no!" I yelled loudly. "Not a musical song, I'm outta here!"
I then flew away from the town as far as I could...if there was one thing I didn't like, it was musicals and this was one of them! Flying away, I decided to check on Trixie, I hadn't seen her for months since I made that house in the Everfree forest. With it being snowy though, I was worried if she was snowed in on out of her home. I saw her home and it wasn't snowed under thankfully, I flew down and landed outside her home. There wasn't a note on her this time, so I was feeling more hopeful.
"Trixie, are you home?" I called out.
The door opened...and there was Trixie with her scarf on, she still looked just beautiful as I first met her since the ursa minor incident. I smiled instantly looking at her and she looked back with a shed of tears, we galloped towards each other and ran into a loving hug as we wrapped our forelegs around each other.
"I've missed you, Bond Racer."
"I've missed you too, Trixie."
We moved our heads slightly, looking into each other's eyes before sharing a loving kiss.
"Come on inside, I wanna hear so much about you." Trixie offered.
"Same here, I gladly shall." I spoke
Pulling out of our hug, we walked in her home and I found the place feel much more warm and welcoming than when I built it.
"Hot Chocolate?" Trixie asked as she went to the Kitchen area.
"Please, that would be nice." I answered.
"So where have you been, I, the great and beautiful Trixie wishes to know." she said whilst making the drinks.
"Hehe, good one. I've been around Ponyville, it is my home. But I did came back from a vacation in Las Pegasus."
"Oooh, tell me."
Trixie came by with the drinks as we sat down on the sofa.
"Well, I went there, because I needed a day out away from Ponyville and after seeing my Sister who lives there, I knew I had my fun and I came back home on the same day."
"And when was that?" Trixie asked.
"Three months ago...and yes, I missed you throughout that time." I looked at her as we drank our hot chocolate. "Show how have you been holding up, have you found a job?"
"Yes, I found a place to work and earn a few bits." Trixie answered.
"That's good news, do you enjoy working there?"
"Well, it's on a rock farm owned by the Pie family."
"Pinkie has a family on a rock farm?"
"Yes, but they haven't mentioned anything else apart from that."
Hmm, it sounds plausible that Pinkie has a rock farm working family when her personality is so far out, but I didn't let it phase me for long as I was with Trixie right now. Moments passed by as we exchanged gossip stories and randomness which was mostly at me. I then looked at the wooden clock and noticing the time.
"I'm really sorry Trixie, but I'm gonna have to go. I have a feeling that I may be needed back in town." I said to her as I finished my drink and got up from the sofa.
"Awww, alright Bond." Trixie responded as she hugged me, "Please come back again soon."
"I will, Trixie, I love you."
We shared a romantic kiss right then and there.
"I love you too, Bond."
I then left her house, but not before waving back at her as flew away and back to Ponyville to find a huge commotion going on, that's strange, they were singing a musical number and now it looks like Fight Club is about to start, I saw that Twilight was looking upset about it.
"Uhh, what is going on here?" I asked Twilight. "Why aren't you all singing a tune now?"
"Ohhh Bond...I'm a winter mess up." she answered sadly.
"Come on Twilight" Spike assured, "You're good at a lot of things. Just not nest-making, ice skating, owl awakening and snow clearing."
"Gee, thank you for making me feel soooo much better," Twilight sarcastically replied.
"That's what I'm here for, sister."
I shook my head at Spike's dumbness over Twilight's feelings.
We then looked at Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy busy arguing until the Mayor stepped in.
"Oh, what in Equestria are you all arguing about?" she asked, feeling displeased "This sort of silliness is the reason why we were late for Spring last year and the year before that and the year before that."
Twilight then perked up, "Did she say, late?"
"Well, yeah...she didn't say that she was late for a very important date." I answered randomly.
Spike giggled although he tried not to.
"I was hoping my amazingly inspirational speech would urge everypony to do better than last year, but now it looks like we're going to be later than ever. I mean, just look at this catastrophe!" the Mayor exclaimed, "The ice scorers made the ice chunks too big to melt; the nest designer is horrendously behind, we need several hundred, and she's only made one and don't get me started on all the clouds in the sky, the icicles on the trees...this isn't good, not at all!"
"And it's gonna be all to pieces disastrous if we can't get our seeds all planted." Applejack included.
"Chillax Applejack, we're bustin' our chops as fast as we can." Rainbow Dash replied.
"No, not fast, we have to wake animals slowly." Fluttershy warned.
"Uh, AJ?" Big Macintosh had come over to Applejack.
"Oh good gravy, Caramel lost the grass seeds again, didn't he?"
"Ai-yup."
One of the Pegasus ponies flew over with another problem. "Ditzy Doo accidentally went north to get the southern birds!"
"Oh that featherbrain. Didn't she learn her lesson last year when she went west?" Rainbow Dash reacted.
All the ponies began grumbling and complaining.
"Stop this at once. We don't have time to argue. It's almost sundown. Spring is going to be late again. Another year of scandal and shame. If only we could be more organized." The Mayor intervened with sadness.
At this point, I was extremely temped to use my alicorn magic to solve the issue, but that would be just lazy. I looked at Twilight and it all clicked, perhaps she could be the one to fill that role. I was about to ask her, but she already seemed to know what to do.
"Spike, get my checklist and clipboard, stat!"
"Errr, yes mam." Spike responded as he zoomed off.
"Stop everypony." She said to the ponies, but they continued to argue. "Stop!" She used her magic to make the bird near her chirp loudly enough to gain the attention of everypony. "Sorry." She apologized to the bird. "I know you all want to complete your jobs on time, but arguing is no way to go about it. What you need is organization, and I'm just the pony for the job."
"Hey, what about me?" I asked her.
"Oh, as for you, you can be the support assistant for all the tasks in case one of the ponies here gets tired."
"That sounds good enough for me..."
We all then got to work and with Twilight's organizing skills and checklist, it started off every smooth. I watched over the whole wrap up, beginning with the nest designs by Rarity which changed my opinion about her slightly, guess there is more to her than being fancy and posh. Next, I saw the ices being broken into square shapes which made them melt quite effectively, watched over by Pinkie, next was the huge row of ploughing, so the seeds could be planted with Applejack looking pleased. Fluttershy with her line of bells were able to wake up the animals and one of the birds gave loud chirp which must've been a signal to let Dash and his team know that it was time to swoop the snow and clouds away. In less than a minute, the whole area of snow was gone from the trees and hills, as well as the clouds.
I was in shock at how easily that snow got whooshed away, it was near nightfall by the time they were all done with the wrap up. Once again, my alicorn magic was saved for another time, but why should I care about that when these ponies are able to pull this off, Ponyville now looked exactly as before, just the way I like it.
"I can't believe it!" The Mayor exclaimed.
"Neither can I." I said to myself, but I meant that in a nice way...I think.
"Spring is here! On time!" The mayor looked over at Twilight. "And we have you to thank for it. If it weren't for your organizing skills we would still be arguing."
"Ai-yup." Big Macintosh stated.
Everypony laughed, joyously.
"It was a team effort." Twilight said.
"And since you helped every team…" The mayor announced." We have an official vest for you. We give you the title, 'All-Team Organizer'!"
The vest had all three colours of the vest teams.
"Gosh, I don't even know what to say. Thank you everypony."
"And hereby I declare that winter is...wrapped up on time."
All of the ponies cheered, but I spotted something.
"Hey everypony look over there," I pointed at Spike sleeping on the last ice slab. "Spike is in for a big surprise when that last ice melts."
Everypony laughed...guess I was of good use after all. That's when it hit me, I could be the event's entertainer in case they need enthusiasm to do their work. I quickly suggested it to the Mayor and she kindly accepted it for when the event comes round again.
It was nightfall and I was at the library with Twilight and Spike who caught a cold after falling into the melted ice water..
"Bond, could you write this for me?" Twilight asked.
"I gladly shall." I answered as I used my magic to hold up a quill and a scroll to write.
Twilight cleared her throat. "Dear Princess Celestia, Winter Wrap Up was one of the most special things I've ever been a part of here in Ponyville. It helped me to learn we all have hidden talents and if we're patient and diligent, we're sure to find them and as always, with good friendship and teamwork, ponies can accomplish anything."
She looked over at Spike. "How was that, Spike?"
We noticed that Spike had fallen asleep, "You should probably take him to bed, he'll need to rest well for a while." I said.
"You're right, thank you...oh by the way, where did you go earlier today?" she asked me.
"I needed to get away from when the whole town began to perform a big musical, I'm not a fan of it, you see."
"Okay, that's all Bond, I'll see you soon." she smiled.
"Same to you, Twilight." I smiled back before leaving her home to go back to mine.
I walked into my home and took off my scarf and the rest of my clothing and got into bed. It had been quite a really good day of interesting things, minus the unneeded singing. I learnt what Winter Wrap Up was about as apart from Twilight, it was the first time I saw it for myself. Not only that, I got to see Trixie again and shared so much I wanted to talk to her about...except our pasts, maybe that will come to a point later in time, when it's right to do so... Next Chapter: Call Of The Cutie Estimated time remaining: 27 Hours, 15 Minutes