The Friend They Lost

"Well my boy, what is it you desire?" Admin asked the boy yet again as he was deep in thought looking to his little sister.

"Hm..." The boy mumbled as he began to think incredibly deep. "Can I come back to you on that?" He said with a strange wonder in his tone. Admin State blinked once and cocked his head.

"Well I must say, that is quite a shock. Near every time a child had won, they screamed out their favorite toy!" He chuckled, "But yes of course, come back to the office later in the day or whenever you'd like and I'll be there." He said with a kind smile as it faded rapidly, "Most likely hiding out..." He told them in sadness as he worriedly looked around, trotting slowly through the field and over the hills to his office sanctuary.

"So-so-so-so-so!?" Celestia asked vigorously. "What are you gonna get?" She asked with brightening and sparkling eyes.

Lyric smiled with his arms behind his back, reaching up and pulling the blue filly from her obsession and held her in front of himself. "What's your biggest wish, Luna?" He asked as her face went nearly eye popping and she grinned.

"Eeeeeeeee! Oh my goodness brother, really?!" She asked as she jumped into his chest through his grip and hugged him tightly. "Really-really-really?" She asked in pure joy. "Can I, uhm..." She leaned into his ear and whispered lightly, "My biggest wish is to spend the entire day with you..." She said with the smallest of blushes as she tapped her hooves together and was rewarded with Lyric spinning, causing her to giggle as he held her higher in the air.

"You could have that anytime, sis! I'm talking about the biggest, most amazing, mind blowing, incredible gift you could ever imagine!" He said as he placed her down and she closed her eyes in deep thought.

The lunar princess had to think deeply; there was very little that her parents hadn't already gotten her and her sister due to the great wealth and land they owned... But there was something that the little blue filly had truly always wanted.
A brother. Alas that was given to her not a few months ago... She had always wanted a brother to hold and carry her and now she had one. What was she to ask for? The only thing in her entire life that she really wanted had already been acquired. Her eyes opened and she had a calm little smile on her muzzle, "I already got my wish, brother." She said as she went in to hug his stomach.

"Awwwe, Lulu, you're the greatest sister; you could have asked for anything at all." Celestia said as she chuckled lovingly at her small sister's antics and walked over to the hugging siblings to join them in a group hug.

"Ugh, bleh!" Star finally had had enough of it, "I can't take this much mushy, lovey-dovey stuff! Lets just go to the shop and get something to eat; I'm soooo hungry from all this." She said with a small grumble in her tummy.

"I'm with Star, lets go already. It's getting colder." Blossom told them with a small shiver up her spine.

"We... We could go and get some more hot coco and even a tart?" Bloom asked her sister timidly.

"Great idea, sis. We can be nice and warm then!" Blossom said with a friendly smile. "Now stop hugging and lets go already, you weirdos." She ordered as the group was clearly done with the royals.

Lyric detached himself from the huggle-fest and picked Luna up to pop her onto her all too well-known spot and walked just behind his friends.

He began thinking about what his present could be for Hearths Warming... Something that shows love and meaning to the ones closest around him. He thought back to all the places he had been and the various booths that set up shop in the marketplace, when the perfect idea suddenly came to him. He picked Luna off of his head as she was JUST about to snuggle into his hair, placing her gently on the snow as the girls stopped and looked at him, "Sorry I gotta go; I know what my wish is!" He said as he began running towards the town's mayoral offices. "Get me another one of those chocolate things!" He yelled back to them in a hurry.

"He doesn't understand the term, 'Hot chocolate', does he?" Star said as they continued walking to Coco's booth of pure creamy goodness.

"I don't think he get's much of anything." Blossom said with a friendly smile at the princesses, "But he is an absolute treasure." She said with a happy smile thinking of the past fun they all had together.

'Oh I really hope they like them, I know Luna will!' Lyric told himself as he gently jogged through the snowy streets of ponyvile. The cheer-filled ponies rushing with gifts and the like around the many stores, no pony was alone at this time of year and with them they all carried hopeful glee ridden smiles; Lyric absolutely loved the idea of Hearths Warming if this is what's it like for the whole town.

He made his way to Admin's offices at town hall, (or as Lyric called it, "The tiny clock tower- tower") and strode his happy self through the halls til he reached the mayor's office, knocking as he entered,

"Aaaaaadminnn!!" He called out as his small hands pushed the doors open with his body running straight into a pile of paperwork. His face scrunched as his nose blew the dusty stack of papers halfway down, exposing him to the terrified pony behind the desk. "This is your office??" Lyric asked strangely as he checked the surroundings.

"I'm afraid so my young Prince ," Admin huffed as he slowly hopped over and shuffled the papers back into a stack, "Welcoming isn't it?" He sadly chuckled, "But my boy, I'm guessing you happened to find something for your wish ?"

"Hmm, there WAS something but I forget?" Lyric scratched his head and looked up at the ceiling as he jumped to sit down cross-legged; 'hmmm, something that means you care about somepony?' He thought to himself while thinking about his sister's words on the matter

Lyrics face drastically changed into a bright grin again. "Absolutely! I know just what I want now Mr!" The boy reached in his jacket pocket and pulled out a pencil he kept, scrambling for a piece of empty parchment

Admin chuckled and gave a questioning gaze at Lyrics fast-paced scribbling on his desk. "Prince Lyric, wouldn't it be easier to just tell me?" He pried

Lyric's tongue was out to the side as he glanced up to Admin but continued to draw, "Not really, I suck at explaining stuff," He informed the older pony.

"Prince Lyric, you're teaching Equestrian History at the school and you're a child." Admin deadpanned.

"History already happened though, THIS hasn't," He said, holding the blueprints to a Hearths Warming gift the girls would never forget.