Author's Note

Hitomi's POV

Prologue: 1

We all remember Dashie performing her spectacular aerial stunts with her troupe of Wonderbolts, on the purposefully cleared sky. They had worked fairly hard on setting the scene mere hours before. Incidentally, most of town had had a dark cloud cover during the day. I had been there with Pinkie Pie, since we had been invited.

Every fillie and colt had been out on a ‘Trick or Treat’, since it was Nightmare Night. Only Pinkie Pie had apparently, true to herself been there with the best in her Chicken Suit. The free candy had been too much of a temptation for her to resist, maybe I shouldn’t blame her, I still do recall when I last was out, doing much the same.

Apple Jack and Granny Smith had been serving their Apple Treats, and Apple Cider. Pinkie Pie had been baking all week to prepare, since she couldn’t just bake everything in the very last moment in order for everything to be steaming hot and last minute fresh for the event.

I guess I am lucky to have been one of the few friends invited early on, the place was apparently filled to capacity, when they started to serve. I had been told later, it had been a blast and a complete success.

After that, Fall had progressed fairly uneventfully, later replaced by winter, as the first snow fell. The snow fall had been beautiful at first, only then came the cold, as if I had not expected it. Winter is always cold.

From the moment the first snow fell, Pinkie Pie had been preparing for the next holiday. I know it is important to her, I can’t blame her since I had been looking forwards to the holiday myself. It is one of these family holidays.

Only this Hearth’s Warming Eve promised to be special. Not just to me or in the usual way. Now I am celebrating it with Pinkie Pie. True to herself, she does everything, when it comes to her parties and celebrations, she is a perfectionist, nothing was left to chance and nothing was allowed to go wrong. As annoying and trying as it may be while she is preparing, it is just as rewarding when you finally do get to the party.

In the end, I couldn’t regretting for an instant, letting her into my life.

The one big final holiday of the year is finally upon us. It is Hearth’s Warming Eve tomorrow. I have been looking forwards towards it since last year. Even if the interest and passion had increased day by day since I met her, she now lives with me.

She has done all the baking for the both of us and prepared all food. Just as she did all the shopping, even if I may have been following her on occasion, either for helping her to carry things, or when it was something that needed to fit me.

I had seen Pinkie with all the Post Cards on the table, writing thoughtful “Hearth’s Warming Eve” greetings, spending hours each day, just flipping cards, writing greetings and filling out the addresses to each and every Pony she knew. All we were not to see for the few days of this very special holiday. Then, about a week before the day, she had simply slipped out and posted the huge stack and gotten home, mere minutes later, wearing a satisfied smile all over her face.

I imagine it would be cards for at least half the community and then numerous other friends near and far, which is very much like her. She is still the very same, Pinkie Pie. How could she act any other way?

“Finally, you did send all the cards, Pinkie?” I enquired.

“Yeah, that should be every friend of ours. I want them to be happy and remember us with a smile on their lips, even if we can’t be there by their side right now!” Pinkie pointed out, her grin growing slightly.

“I hope you did not destroy the post-box with all the cards. They looked heavy enough?” I teased.

“Naeh, I managed to get to the postal office just in time!” she returned.

“Good, then we can finally enjoy the holiday together the way it was meant to be!” I suggested hopefully as I looked at her.