Christmas Miracle

Glittering white snowflakes fell down from light grey clouds being dragged by a cyan pegasus with a rainbow mane. Twilight pulled on her scarf and coat, opening the door with a joyful smile. Hearth’s Warming was coming up in a few days and she was determined to make sure it was the best. She gave a last look to a picture frame standing on the end table. The picture inside showed her and a light blue unicorn with a dark blue mane. It was a picture of her and Derrick on their trip to the crystal kingdom. She smiled at the memory. They had been friends for 5 months now and Twilight wanted to tell him how she really felt. Wet snow sprinkled itself on her nose as she walked through Ponyville. She saw Apple Jack wacking her cart with a wrench. She quickly trotted over to her friend.

  “Hi, Apple Jack! What are you doing?” The orange mare looked up.

“Oh, heya Twi. The wheels on my apple cart froze up, Trixie said it’s because wheels are evil but…” Twilight smiled.

“...That’s ridiculous.” She said, finishing Apple Jack’s sentence. Apple Jack rolled her eyes.

“Can ya help me?” Twilight’s horn lit up a dark pink as the ice on the wheels began to melt. Apple Jack smiled as the last icicle dripped down to the ground. “Thanks Twi, I wish I could make it up to ya but I got to get these sweets to Sugarcube Corner before they freeze.”

“No problem! Anything that’ll make you happy!” She waved goodbye and headed for a small building at the very end of the street. She was so excited, she was running! She just couldn’t wait any longer to get Derrick his present. Twilight giggled. She had decided to give him a kiss if her plan went correctly. She stopped in front of a small house painted candy blue-She knew Derrick liked blue, so it didn’t bother her with how much there was. She gave the door a quick knock, impatiently dancing on her hooves. The door creaked open revealing a light blue stallion with a dark blue mane and a crane for a cutie mark. He smiled when he saw the lavender mare.

“Hey Twilight!” He looked around, then turned back to her confused. “What are you doing here?” Twilight took a deep breath and opened her eyes-BIG Mistake. She accidently looked into his eyes, and even though he was obviously very confused, his eyes sparkled in a brilliant shade of sky blue. “Well?” He asked breaking Twilight from her thoughts.

  “I-I…Um…” Twilight stammered on like a complete idiot, making Derrick even more confused.

“Twilight…what’s the matter?” Twilight turned her head away hiding a blush. “Twilight, I think you should come inside.” Twilight realized that she was still outside, the snow wrapping around her hooves, she responded with a small shiver. “I thought you’d realize sooner or later.” Derrick said giving an amused laugh.

  ‘even his laugh…’ Twilight shook her head to get back on track. Derrick stepped to the side allowing the mare to walk in. She smiled as the warmth of the indoors filled her.

“Mmm… What’s that smell?” Her stomach grumbled as she savored the sugary cinnamon smell.

“That’s my gingerbread house, homemade!” Twilight drooled as her stomach raged on. “Do you…want some?” Twilight snapped back into reality, blushing slightly.

“I-I couldn’t, you made it yourself.” Derrick smiled.

“I can always make another. Besides, you look pretty hungry.” He didn’t see Twilight blushing as he headed for the kitchen. He came back levitating a beautiful gingerbread house in his magical grip. It had the classic gingerbread shingles, but it had red icing covering the walls to look like bricks, white icing on one of the outer corners to stand for a drainage pipe, little squares cut out as windows and doors, green icing on the base for grass, he had shaped some caramel into a rectangle for a chimney, and even had a little welcome mat that was most likely a piece of cardboard.

“Whoa…” Twilight felt entranced by how realistic it looked. Derrick looked from Twilight to the house.

“It is a little much isn’t it?” Twilight shook her head.

“Wait, THIS IS HOMEMADE?” His ears folded down.

“I did use a little bit of magic trying to get the chimney red, but I couldn’t find any food dyes that would work and-” He looked at her curiously, she was now staring at the house drooling. He set it down and broke off a piece of the roof, handing it to her. She accepted, she was too hungry to be worried about spoiling lunch. Derrick gently rested on a couch against the wall. He put his front hooves on the coffee table in front of him.

  “Twilight…Pinkie Pie told me about your filly crush on me.” Twilight almost choked on her gingerbread. She swallowed before speaking.

“That little…” Derrick’s hoof was suddenly on Twilight’s shoulder. She turned to face him. He smiled as their noses bumped. A blush easily reached Twilight’s face. He stepped back a few steps, a more joyful blush on his face.

“As I was going to say, I like you as well.” A red blush now covered Twilight’s snout. Derrick suddenly pecked her on the cheek, then smiled mischievously. “You got what you came for, now it’s time for you to go home. I’ll be willing to walk you home…”