Pinkamena and Cheese Sandwich

Snow had started to fall in Ponyville and Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom were sitting in the bedroom they shared with Gala Amour in Fluttershy’s cottage. They were looking out the window watching the snow fall. Gala was sitting in her crib, sleeping. She had grown a little and she could walk on her own now.

Fluttershy walked into the girls’ room with Discord behind her. “Girls,” She said quietly. “It’s time for dinner.”

“Yay!! Food!!” Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle said in unison as they rushed down to the kitchen, leaving the others behind.

“I think I’m going to skip dinner tonight.” Scootaloo said. “I’ve put on some weight.”

“Oh, that’s nonsense.” Discord said, waving his claw. “Come on, you need to eat.”

Fluttershy walked with Scootaloo down to the kitchen and Discord gently scooped up Gala Amour and carried her down to the kitchen. They all sat down at the table and ate their salads that Fluttershy had made just a little while ago.

Discord finished first and gave Gala her milk. Once they were all finished eating they sat at the table and told each other about how their days were. After they had all finished talking, Sweetie Belle asked if she and Apple Bloom and Scootaloo could play outside in the snow.

“I suppose…” Fluttershy said after a moment of hesitation. “But make sure you wear your coats and scarfs.” She said.

“Yay! Thank you!” Sweetie Belle said. She hugged Fluttershy and levitated her coat and scarf over to her and put them on. “Come on girls!” She said excitedly to Scootaloo and Apple Bloom.

Apple Bloom hugged Fluttershy as well and threw on her coat and scarf and followed Sweetie Belle outside.

“Aren’t you going to go play with them?” Fluttershy asked.

Scootaloo shook her head. “I’m not really feeling it today.”

“That’s strange. You’re usually the one who’s most excited about doing something outside, especially during winter, I thought that was your favorite season.”

“It is, I’m just not in the mood, ok.” Scootaloo sighed and angrily walked up to her room.

Discord watched nervously as she walked away, hoping that Fluttershy didn’t notice too many differences too soon. He had finished bottle feeding Gala and she had fallen asleep in his arms. He walked her back up to her room, where Scootaloo was. He walked in, put her in her crib and walked out, ignoring Scootaloo as much as he could.

He walked back down to the kitchen without having to talk to her. He sat down next to Fluttershy and kissed her on the cheek.

“Do you think Scootaloo is ok?” Fluttershy asked, looking out the window at Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom who were building a snow pony together.

“I’m sure she’s fine. She is going through her teenage years, perhaps it’s just strong emotions and such.” Discord said, wrapping his arm over Fluttershy’s shoulders.

Fluttershy sighed, “You’re probably right. Thank you for staying with me and helping me take care of all these girls.” She said, snuggling into him.

“It’s not a problem, not a problem at all.” He said. “So… Do you feel like playing with Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom? I sure am in the mood for a snowball fight.” He said; a small smile growing on his face.

Fluttershy smiled at his childlike enthusiasm. “Sure, it’s been awhile since I’ve played in the snow with anypony.” They both stood up and put on their coats and scarfs.

Discord jumped out of the house and threw a snowball towards the girls. It flew between them and landed in the snow. “Who’s up for a snowball fight?” He said excitedly, picking up snow and making another snowball.

The girls cheered and began making snowballs with their hooves. Sweetie Belle threw one at Discord, barely missing. Discord cackled and threw one at Apple Bloom, hitting her side. She giggled and fell to the ground. Fluttershy picked up a small bundle of snow and began forming it into a snowball.

She looked up at her cottage and noticed Scootaloo sitting at the window in her room, watching them. Fluttershy frowned, but then smiled and looked back down at the snowball she was making. She tossed it at the closed window, startling Scootaloo.

Scootaloo looked down at Fluttershy. She smiled and waved at Scootaloo. She motioned for her to come play with them and Scootaloo shook her head. Fluttershy did her best puppy dog face and Scootaloo broke. She left the window and a few minutes later she emerged from the cottage dressed in her coat and scarf.

She trotted over to the other girls and started making a snowball to throw at Discord or Fluttershy. “Aha! So it’s adults against children.” Discord shouted, chucking a snowball at the girls, hitting Sweetie Belle on her horn. The snow splattered all over her face and she laughed, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo laughed too.

Discord let loose his most evil laughter and threw another one, this one missing them all completely and hitting their snow pony. The force of the snowball hitting it caused it to collapse into the snow.

Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom frowned and threw snowballs at Discord as fast as they could make them. One hit his face, and the others in various places on his torso. He grabbed his heart and performed a dramatic fake death. He collapsed into the snow and shouted with his ‘dying breath’, “Fluttershy, it’s up to you to avenge me.”

Fluttershy stifled a laugh by putting her hoof to her mouth. She picked up a pile of snow and molded it into a snowball. She tossed it towards the girls but it landed short of them. The girls bombarded her with snowballs and she screamed as she tried to cover herself. The girls stopped throwing snowballs and Discord got up and walked over to her.

“Are you alright?” Discord asked, placing his claw on her back and looking into her eyes.

Fluttershy nodded, “Yeah, I’m ok.”

Discord picked up a strand of her mane. “Fluttershy, your mane is going gray.”

“What? It can’t be!”

“Oh, wait. It’s just snow.” Discord laughed slightly and shook the snow out of her mane. He got up to continue the snowball fight.

“You all need to go easy on Fluttershy.” Discord said. “But throw however hard you want at me, I can take it.”

With that, the girls threw snowballs at him as hard as they could. Discord laughed and he snapped. A pile of snow balls nearly as tall as Fluttershy appeared in front of him.

“That’s cheating!” Sweetie Belle yelled.

“I didn’t know we established rules.” He picked some up and chucked them at the girls. He made sure not to throw them too hard though. Fluttershy was laughing and so were the girls, and Discord too. Even though Ponyville was Pinkie Pie less, it was still a fun happy place.