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Chapter 3 – Snowville

The late morning has rolled on by and the tree house library has become a comfortable feel no longer bound to the cool wood of the earlier morning; and as you venture back down the stairs for the almost hundredth time just today. You know Violet doesn't really need to be watched like she used to be, but that didn't really stop you while you went through your routine.

But you've completed most of your mind's checklist so there won't be any need for you to go back upstairs this time. This fact brings a slight smile to your face seeing as how unlike Twilight you don't need to float a piece of paper around with you to keep you organized.

As the last wood stairs moves from your back legs you swing your head back and forth from the downstairs rooms for a few seconds as you locate the light purple filly. But you don't really have to search too long as you spot her staring out the slight frosted window that she must have moved a chair to.

The doll that Twilight fixed earlier today still sits to the table only slightly moved from when she left, your guess would be that Violet doesn't really find it as interesting without that spell on it. With the thought in mind you move your hoof to the doll, but you don't get to move it far as a light blue glow comes over it and sets it back to the table in the same slightly slumped over fashion.

Violet gives a slight smile as her magical hold over the toy drops, as you look over her face for a moment you nod your head, "Alright you win."

At the end of your comment you move your eyes back to the window as you think to yourself, you're not really worried about being too late to where you need to go, seeing as how you know how to get to the center of town. But you look back to the blue saddle still draped over the chair as your purple glow takes hold over it, "Come on Violet lets get you ready."

To the words her smile grows a little wider as she turns her body towards you as she feels the warm saddle floating around her. You've gotten good at putting the thing on even though you usually always use magic.

As the small dark purple boots float over towards her, but you stop the motion as you look over Violet's hoof motions. Some of the words she used where a little off but you're not even really sure what hearth is. However a proud smile comes over your face as you realize that you nor Twilight have even taught the word to Violet, but yet she got most of it right, "What's Hearth Warming Eve?"

A nod comes from Violet as she watches for your voice, but you pause for a moment as you shift a little trying to search your mind. You know Twilight has explained it to you but you always know her explanations are not always the simplest of things for a filly.

You don't hold your voice in for long as you bring your slightly unsure voice up, "A long time ago Equestria was founded, and this is a day we celebrate it."

Violet pauses for a moment and you take advantage of her lack of movement as you lift up one of her legs as you slide the first boot to her hoof. The small purple boot has its own rim of white fluff that matches the saddle that Rarity made the last time it was snowing.

But you don't get to float the next boot on so fast as Violet's left hoof taps to her right.

"Why, well because celebrating is fun." You give a stupid smile to your answer as you look to the little filly.

But she shakes her head as she goes through another simple hoof gesture. But to it you give a laugh as you realize why she's confused, "Eve does mean night, but we celebrate it in the day."

Violet's next motions comes back fast as shakes her head and wiggles her left hoof and left ear, you nod your head as you chuckle to her word, "You're right that is dumb."

You look over her giggly like smile as you float another boot to her, you know she thinks she just got away with something she's not supposed to do but at the same time her childish smile is too happy to scold her.

It takes you a few minutes to get the little filly ready but as her last boot comes to her she quickly moves from her seat as she happily trots towards the door. Her new covered boots don't let the normal clop of hooves chime from her as her fast pace quickly comes to end.

You follow after the light purple filly as you move past her and open the door, but you stop as a cool nip of air. To the unwelcome and abrupt change from the warm house your mind clicks in something you forgot...You've forgot to get your own winter stuff on, but you're unable to turn back into the house as the light purple filly comes darting out of the house as she quickly turns her head up to the very light flakes of snow that still trickle from the clouds above.

You close the door behind you as you shrug your thoughts off, its not really cold until the wind blows and the main paths to town don't really have too much snow build up to them unlike the areas off the paths.

And even if you did want to go back inside there's no way you're going to get Violet back in anytime soon as you watch her happily hop galloping in and out of the deeps snow piles.

Her horn glows a faint blue as you two start to make your way towards town. The speed of your trot is held by Violet as she changes her speedy hop gallop up and down. You focus your gaze to the little filly as you watch the point of her horn's glow coming into play. Above the upturned smiling filly's head a small almost bowl like curve of blue magic appears as she continues to happily hold a gallop around trying to collect the snowflakes that now are sticking to her magic.

You squint a little to her as your voice comes up, "What are you-..." Your trot and voice are both brought to a stop as the collection of snow is flung at you. Your face is left in a slight shiver for a moment followed by the low sound of the filly's wheezing laugh.

With a slight sigh you build your own magic around your body as you feel the snow turning to water and then quickly to small puffs of steam as you hold your spell to yourself. But as the spell you hold ends leaving you no longer cold you cock your head back to the filly that smiles up to you as you talk, "Pinkie shouldn't have shown you snowballs..."

To the word Violet's trot comes back to her as she starts to look around the new white world. However as you walk beside her you keep a close eye on to her horn as you wait for her second attack, note to self, show Violet how a snowball is really used. You hold the thought with a faint smile as you two start to take your first steps towards the main street of town.

End of chapter 3