Standing Stones - Christmas

Aware of what needed to be done, Hope headed to Pez's house where the Christmas party was taking place, a small two story house pretty close to the town hall in Ponyville. She knocked on the door. After about 30 seconds, Pez answered the door to see who it was.

"Hope!" Pez said excitedly. "I thought you didn't want to come."

"I know, and I'm sorry." Hope said quietly to Pez.

"It's fine, I'm just happy to see you!" Pez said as he hugged Hope. Unsure of what to do, Hope returned the hug. They walked into the house and as The Ghost of Christmas Present showed her, ponies were throwing food at each other. A filly, who she knew was named Loki, picked up a piece of cake and threw it at another filly, only for it to strike Hope in the face.

"DOUBLE POINTS!" Loki shouted excitedly. Hope was a bit confused about what just happened.

"Hey! Careful, she isn't used to getting hit by cake!" Pez hollered at the foals.

"1v1 me. Club Penguin." Loki promptly replied.

"Guys! It's fine!" Hope interrupted. After Pez and Hope got the kids to calm down enough for them to sit still for 30 seconds, they opened presents. Hope's present was a muffin, Pez's present was a sword and armor, Dark got a turtle, and Loki got even more cake.

After they opened their presents, they went outside to play in the snow. Everypony was doing their own thing-Hope relaxing with a cup of hot cocoa, Pez making snow angels, Dark building a snow-stallion- Loki decided to throw a snowball at Pez from a tree. Before anypony else knew it, everyone started throwing snowballs at each other. At one point, Hope was hit in the face by a cupcake. She looked over to see Loki throwing cakes at everypony.

"Ok then..." Hope said in a confused tone. So, there isn't much more to the story than that. Hope learned a valuable lesson, that day. The moral of this story is... Loki will throw cake at you every year on Christmas Eve.