Chapters Hello everypony! I'm Twilight Sparkle and I'll be your narrator today.
Our story begins in a little town called Ponyville, during the cold, cold winter.
It wasn't the best of times in Equestria, it was where most ponies in the village, were poor.
And the rich, upper crust ponies never really wanted to donate money to the poor.
Especially a certain selfish draconequus who wouldn't share his money.
Discord was walking by the Mane Square, where some of the town's ponies were.
But as he walked by, a young earth filly gave him a sad look.
"'Lease sir, money for da poor. Money for da poor." the filly whispered.
And as usual, the cranky old draconequus resisted.
When he arrived to the bank in which he owned, he looked up to the sign of the shop.
In which it was covered in snow, he hit it with his cane.
The sign said 'Flim, Flam, and Discord's.'
"Ah, my old partners the Flim-Flam brothers. They smooth-talked everypony into giving us all their money. Boy, it was fun working with them." he said aloud.
Discord opened the door to see his new partner, Spike the Dragon, messing with the fireplace.
"Uh, g-good morning Mr. Discord." the dragon said, nervously.
It was his first Hearth's Warming working for Discord and boy, was it a frightening job.
"SPIKE! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING WITH THE FIREPLACE!" his angry partner yelled at him.
"I was just trying to warm things up in here. It's kinda freezing don't you think?" Spike explained, but it wasn't good enough for Discord.
"Blah! You know that you can't just spend our bits for no reason." Discord hit Spike's claw.
"Now, GET BACK TO WORK!" Just as Spike got back on his stool, he started saying something he's been wondering about for awhile now.
"Speaking of work, Mr. Discord. Tomorrow is Hearth's Warming. And I was wondering if I could perhaps, have the day off?" Boy, that threw him off. "Hearth's Warming?! That's just a big old pointless holiday!"
Spike never understood why Discord hated the holidays so much. Especially Hearth's Warming.
"But, sir! Applejack and the kids are expecting me to be home for the holiday. Please?" Spike begged his partner, whom didn't trust him, very much.
But Discord wasn't having any of it.
"Spike! Just get back to work!" Discord shouted, louder then he intended.
Spike immediately went to work, soon came a knock from the door.
Discord was getting grouchy but soon opened the door.
"Um, h-hello Mr. Discord. We were just coming by to see if you would like to donate to the poor." a mint green unicorn said, nervously.
"Hello Lyra, Bon-Bon. And why would you need to do that?" Discord's eye twitched.
"Um, it's because if we don't get more donations, we'll lose our jobs." the pale yellow earth mare with a curly dark blue and pink mane.
"So, if you don't get more donations, you'll lose your jobs? Well, tell the poor ponies and fillies and colts to give it a rest!" Discord slammed the door in front of the two mares' faces.
Just as Discord was walking away from the door, somepony burst through the door.
"Happy Hearth's Warming, Uncle Discord." a blue Pegasus with a rainbow mane burst in.
For it was Discord's niece Rainbow Dash, quite interesting for a niece of a draconequus.
"Oh, hello Rainbow. What do you need?" a frustrated Discord tried to keep his cool.
"I just came to invite you to our Hearth's Warming party that we'll be hanging tomorrow evening."
"Will there be figgy pudding?" A curious Discord had an idea.
"Yeah, and turkey, jello, and all sorts of good food." Rainbow stated, zooming across the ceiling.
"How about cotton candy?" Rainbow nodded and asked
"Yeah, will you come?"
"Does this answer your question?" Discord grabbed Rainbow's tail and threw her out.
Once Rainbow was out of the bank, Spike turned to look at his partner.
"Why'd you do that to your niece?!" Spike glared at Discord.
"She maybe my niece but that doesn't mean I have to love her! Now, BACK TO WORK!" the dragon went back to work, quite frightened.
A couple hours later, Spike took a glance at the clock. \
It appeared to be 8:58.
Spike was able to leave at 9:00, in order to be home in time for supper.
The dragon started to pack up and went to the coat rack to get his jacket and winter hat.
"It's only two minutes away." Discord said, Spike immediately went back to his chair.
"Eh, you can go two minutes early. Go ahead." Spike smiled, and dashed to the coat rack once again.
"Oh, one more thing, can you wash my laundry tonight?" Discord threw over a trash bag filled his clothes.
"Yes sir. Bah Humb- uh, and a Happy Hearth's Warming to you." Spike opened the door, and left the bank for Hearth's Warming Eve.
"Hm, Bah humbug. I like that. UH BAH HUMBUG!" Discord laughed an evil laugh.
Pretty soon after, Discord got up to leave himself.
He got his jacket and top hat, hit the bank sign once more, and locked up the shop.
Discord flew home, despite that he had a cane, and was soon home.
He got to his door, and started getting his keys out.
But while Discord was doing that, his face-door knocker turned into two unicorn stallions.
Discord glanced up and saw the door-knocker.
Scared, Discord used his cane to poke the two familiar faces but saw them move and say "OUCH!"
Way scared now, Discord unlocked his door and dashed up his stairs.
But Discord didn't know what awaited him tonight.
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The Ghost of Hearth's Warming Past (Just Call Me Sweetie Past Title!)
Later on that evening, Discord searched around using his candlelit holder.
Once he realized it was nothing to worry about he said to himself "Spirits? Bah, rubbish."
He got into his bed and blew out the candle.
At 1 o'clock in the morning, little hoofstep can towards Discord's bed.
The stranger used Discord's cane and hit one of the little bells on his alarm clock.
When Discord just responded with another "Bah," the stranger gave a small glare and hit it much harder.
That awoke Discord because it was hurting his poor ears.
"Ow! Who's doing that? IT HURTING MY EARS!" Discord complained, not noticing the stranger at first.
"Hello Discord!" Discord glanced down and saw a white unicorn filly, dressed in a beautiful white gown and wore a golden bonnet.
"AK! How'd you get into my house?!" Discord flew up and grabbed his bed curtains.
"I'm the Ghost of Hearth's Warming Past. But I prefer Sweetie Past personally." the filly gave a big smile.
"Oh, you're one of the ghosts that Flim-Flam brothers were talking about? I thought they were kidding!"
"Nope! Now c'mon! Let's go!" Sweetie Past threw the cane over her shoulder and opened the window.
"You want me to go out there? But, it's after midnight!"
"YOU HAVE WINGS! NOW HOLD ME!"
Discord did as he was told and grabbed the filly and with that, they were flying out the window without Discord even using his wings.
"Ahhh! The sky's so different after midnight!"
"Okay! You be quiet! At least you've got wings!" the ghost filly yelled.
As they flew, Sweetie yelled with glee while Discord was shaking with fear.
"There's our first stop! Sky, take us down there!" Sweetie Past yelled and they fell to the ground.
"Ow! Sweetie, that really hurt! Anyways, where are we?"
Discord glanced through the window in front of them and recognized what was in front of him.
It was the mane hall of the Christmas party that Discord went to in his 20's.
"Wow! It's the Christmas party with Ms. Pie. And all my old friends!" Discord pointed out.
"And look! There's me in the corner!"
It was true, 20 year old Discord was sitting all alone in the corner, watching all the party goers enjoying themselves.
"Oh, there's Fluttershy." a pale yellow Pegasus with a rosy pink mane stood nearby watching.
"Discord, we're standing under a mistletoe, meaning we're to kiss." Fluttershy pulled Discord up.
"You're also standing on my hoof."
Fluttershy shrugged and the two started dancing.
As they danced, Fluttershy kissed Discord's cheek and hearts surrounded him.
"I remember how deeply in love I was with her." Discord gave a dramatic sigh, Sweetie Past lifting an eyebrow.
"If you were so in love with her, explain this." the draconquus and the spirit were someplace else now, Discord's bank.
"Why are we at my office?" Sweetie Past pointed towards Discord's desk.
Fluttershy stood in front of the desk, wearing a beautiful turquoise cloak with a hood, wearing a sad expression on her face.
"One thousand ninety-one. One thousand ninety-two." Discord counted his bits.
"Discord? I need to know, are you going to marry me or not?"
Fluttershy gave a hopeful expression until Discord spoke.
"No! In fact, the wedding has been called off for quite some time now." Fluttershy's heart shattered and she started weeping.
"One thousand ninety...." Discord got interrupted by a slamming door.
"Three."
Discord turned to Sweetie Past whom wasn't giving a happy face.
"You chose wealth over love! What's the matter with you!" the spirit slapped him.
"Sweetie, I wish to see no more."
"Remember Discord, this only the beginning." Sweetie Past whispered before vanishing.
The Ghost of Hearth's Warming Present
Something has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter. After Discord opened the door, he raced up the stairs to his bedroom.
"Okay, that was weird. And with me, everything's weird." Discord said to himself.
Suddenly, he heard hoofsteps coming up the stairs.
Once Discord heard this, he ran over to his chair and shaked with fear.
"Ooooooo." two voices said from behind him.
"GO AWAY!" Discord shouted, pulling his hat down his face.
"Diiiiisssssccccooorrrrddd." the voices echoed his name.
Not noticing Discord's cane on the floor, the two mysterious ponies slipped on it, hitting the chair.
"OW! Dear brother of mine, are you alright?" one of the voices said.
"I'm alright, you look alright. So we're fine." Discord finally recognized the voices.
"Flim, Flam? What are you two doing here? And, why are you transparent?" Discord questioned.
"Whoa, this is worst then the time you ate that overdue apple cinnamon muffin, Flam. Anyways, one question at a time."
Discord sat there shaking with a ton of fear.
"Okay, for the first question. We've come to warn you. And why we're transparent is because we represent the spirits of the Flim-Flam brothers." the other brother, Flam, said.
"But how?...."
"How we're here is not important anyways, listen."
"But, why are you both connected by chains?" the unicorn brothers took a glance at one another.
"Discord, do you remember when the both of us were alive that we robbed the poor and being selfish?"
"Yes, you two were quite genius with that."
"Yeah, well, we were QUITE WRONG. If we weren't so selfish, we both wouldn't have to carry these chains for eternity."
"Don't forget, maybe even longer dear brother." Flam reminded him.
"If you don't clean up your act, Discord, the exact same thing will happen to you." the brothers said together.
Discord was getting super frightened that this would happen to him so he asked.
"I can't let this happen, help me Flim, Flam."
"Okay, you'll be visited by three spirits. Listen to them, do as they say, otherwise your chains will be heavier then ours."
Discord felt like he was about to barf he was so scared.
"Farewell Discord." the brothers noticed the cane this time and stepped over it.
"Farewell....." the brothers said in a echoy voice.
Discord just realized something "Flim-Flam, watch out for...."
But right as he said that, Flim and Flam tripped and sightly ruined the stairs.
"The steps."
But that wasn't the worst that could happen tonight.