The next day came and signaled the beginning of Hearth’s Warming Eve. Rarity awoke with a soft yawn and removed her sleeping mask. She looked out her window to see the streets of Ponyville covered in snow. Children began rushing out of their homes to play in the snow. Epic snowball battles were waged, snow ponies being built and given their own personal style, and two very familiar unicorn colts getting their tongues stuck on a lamp post. Yes, it was a very typical day for this time of year.

Rarity went downstairs to make some breakfast for her and Sweetie Belle. A few moments later, Sweetie came downstairs while wiping the sleep from her eyes.

“Oh, morning sis,” said Sweetie Belle as she sat down at the table.

“Good morning Sweetie Belle, how did you sleep last night?”

“It was fine, the thunderstorm kept me up a little, but thankfully it died down,”

“Yes, it was such a ghastly storm wasn't it. I swear, I ought to give those weather ponies a piece of my mind for nearly ruining my fur!” Sweetie Belle simply rolled her eyes at the over dramatic display her big sister was giving.

Rarity quickly and eloquently made sunny side up eggs with toast, and a glass of orange juice. She made it a point to wake up earlier than Sweetie Belle to avoid any more kitchen fires like the last three times it happened. During their breakfast, Sweetie Belle talked about the crusaders new plans to obtain their cutie marks, some of the plans they had included snowboarding, skiing, and many other dangerous stunts for these little fillies. Rarity however, knew that they were growing up so she couldn't tell Sweetie what to do all of the time. As much as she would like to.

After they finished eating Sweetie Belle got a pink and white scarf and went outside to meet up with her friends Apple Bloom and Scootaloo. Rarity on the other hand, had to work on her new winter line up of clothes for some very important clients, she was about half way done with her new line, and she hoped that it might get done today. Rarity went back upstairs into her studio. Inside was a array of clothing, fabrics, and other material all over the room. As Rarity called it, it was organized chaos.

Using her magic she began gathering the necessary materials needed for her clothes. Rarity was fully devoted to the task at hoof and absolutely nothing was going to interrupt her.

A few hours later…

“Just one little snip, annnnd done!” said Rarity, it was finally over! After much painstaking work Rarity was finally done with her clothes. Now all she had to do was get these dresses to the postal service and she would be free for the rest of the day. Grabbing her dresses, she placed them all into a box and wrapped it up. She grabbed her scarf and headed out to the post office.

Upon reaching the office Rarity was greeted by Ponyville’s chief mail mare, the lovable Derpy Hooves. Despite a few minor incidents Derpy was diligent in her job and had a nearly perfect record. Which led her being promoted to chief mail mare and becoming a beloved and respected member of Ponyville.

“Hiya Rarity, how ya doing today?” asked Derpy.

“Positively fabulous darling, I've finally completed my work for this winter and I was hoping that you could possibly deliver it to this list of clients for me,”

“Sure, you know us mail mares, whether rain or shine or snow, no matter what gets in our way, we ensure that all packages reach their destinations,”

“Indeed! You must be super busy this time of year. Oh I could only imagine what poor Dinky must be feeling,”

“She knows that her mom has a job to do, my little muffin is tough. Besides, I’ll be home soon, my vacation starts tomorrow until the end of winter wrap up. So I’ll have plenty of time to spend with her,”

“That’s reassuring, well I hope that… Oh dear what happened to your uniform!” Derpy’s uniform had a few holes and tears on the outer jacket with a few seams coming out from the front right leg.

“Oh, this? Just a stupid accident yesterday, the thunderstorm made it hard to see and I got caught in a few branches from a tree, it’s no big deal really,”

“I disagree, this will not stand I shall repair this jacket immediately!”

“Rarity, there’s no need to-” Derpy was cut off as her jacket was pulled off of her by Rarity’s magic.

“Ah ah ah not another word, I insist that I fix this for you. Something as beautifully made such as this jacket can not be allowed to remain in this state! It will be a simple and quick fix, and I shall drop it off at your home tomorrow when you return,”

“Ha ha, alright then Rarity if you’re sure. Well, I better get going if I want to deliver this package of yours on time, I’ll see you tomorrow Rarity!” Derpy flew off after waving goodbye to the white mare to deliver the dresses. Rarity smiled and headed back home to work on repairing Derpy’s jacket.

Rarity walked back to her home, and as she did she looked around to see ponies going about their day. Ponies in the market buying some special seasonal items and ornaments from the vendors. Sugarcube Corner had a long line of ponies wanting to try the new gingerbread themed pastries that were for sale. Bon Bon’s candy shop had ponies coming out with her candy houses and new multi - flavored candy canes. Another sight was seeing her sister and her friends also walking the streets. Sweetie Belle and the other crusaders were going around and singing Hearth’s Warming Eve songs to ponies. With very good results she might add.

Returning home Rarity went back to her studio and began fixing Derpy’s mail jacket. It wasn't a difficult task, just a few stitches here, and a little extra seams and fabric there, and it was good as new. She left the jacket hanging on the rack and went downstairs for some lunch.

Later on in the day Sweetie Belle came back home.

“Hello Sweetie Belle, how was your day?”

“Fine I guess. We tried snowboarding first, but me and Apple Bloom kept falling down on our faces. Skiing wasn't so bad and it was actually kind of fun. Then we went caroling, but we still didn't get our cutie marks,” Rarity wrapped a hoof around her younger sibling.

“Don’t worry Sweetie, you’ll get your cutie mark one day, you just need a little more patience. Now enough talking let’s go and drink some hot cocoa,” Sweetie Belle smiled and they went into the kitchen.

After drinking their hot cocoa it was time for bed. Rarity put Sweetie to bed and she headed to her own room to rest. Tomorrow was the day to open Hearth’s Warming Eve presents, and Rarity could not wait to see the look on Sweetie Belle’s face when she opened up her present. Rarity closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep...

Author's Note

I decided to make the opening of gifts happen early on because it would have taken forever to get to the parts of the story that were important. I probably couldn't have come up with enough filler to get through twenty five days of nothing happening in the story ha ha. Next chapter is when we introduce Sweetie Belle to her new friend till the end.