A Snowflake During Twilight

The next morning, Snow Flake awoke to the smell of food cooking. He tried to force himself out of bed but remembered the night before. He tried to pass it off as just a horrible dream, but could not as he knew what had happened was real. He truly felt horrible this morning as he was beaten and bruised yesterday. He did, however get out of bed and head into the bathroom. He opened the door to the bathroom and locked it, as his orange friend had a tendency to come in uninvited.

Snow looked horrible, his left eye was black, the right side of his face had a red stain on it, and to add to his shame, there were dried tears on his cheeks. This just furthered him to believe what had happened last night was real. His marefriend had dumped him and he was beaten and sore. Snow turned the shower on and stepped inside. He knew this may make him feel better and he could wash off some of the blood.

He washed his face too get of the blood and hopefully get his eye to look a little more normal. He started to think about his ex while he was washing, he thought about her majestic eyes and beautiful voice. She could be a little geeky at times but it only added to her cuteness. He remembered the time they read together and cuddled. These thoughts nearly brought him back to tears but he held them back this time. He finished washing his other areas and got out of the shower.

He stepped back towards the mirror and looked at himself. He was looking normal besides the cut on his face and a black eye. Snow dried off his mane and trotted out of the bathroom. He was greeted by the smell of muffins his Orange friend was cooking. He made his way to the kitchen and greeted his friend "Hey Orange, what are you cooking?" Orange bolted around and faced Snow "Well buddy, I thought with you having a bad night I would make you some muffins for breakfast, blueberry your favorite!"

This made Snow a little more happy so he proceeded to lay on the couch. He heard the ding of the oven and he saw Orange pulling out the tray. Orange pulled out two muffins and hurried into the living room. He tossed one to Snow and jumped onto the couch beside him. Snow was not in the mood for Orange's games."Stop! Chill out for five minutes!" Snow yelled at his friend.

Orange knew something was wrong with his friend and he said "Snow, your never like this are you still upset about last night. I mean I've had my share of bad breakups but your looking way down Snow." Snow responded taking a bite from his muffin "Yea I am upset, I really liked her. Orange I have never felt this way for another mare. The first time I even looked at her I knew we had something." Orange thought for a couple of seconds and asked "Snow, you were only with her for about two days, how could you have bonded that much?"

Snow thought for a minute and responded "Have you ever held your breath for a really long time and knew you had to get air?" "Of course." Orange said. Snow responded by saying "Well that's how I'm feeling right now, without Twilight I feel like I haven't got any air. I think that's what love feels like, like you need that person and without them it's just like any other necessity you will die. I feel like without her I'm missing apart of me, and it may have only been two days, but those days were the best of my life." The room fell silent for a couple of minutes then Orange spoke "Well I can't say it'll help but we have to get you out of this house today." Snow nodded his head in approval. They both finished their muffins then went outside to explore more of Ponyville.

They started by walking by Sugarcube Corner were they saw the pink pony named Pinkie Pie. "Hey you guys! I remember seeing you two the first day you were here. Are you two settling in alright?" Pinkie Pie asked quickly. Orange responded "Yea we're both doing alright but my friend here is off to a rough spot" Orange then moved in closer "He doesn't want to talk about it" Orange whispered. Pinkie laughed a little.

"So how have you been... Pinkie Pie! That's your name!" Pinkie blushed a little which was very unusual of her "Oh I'm doing absolutely great!" Pinkie giggled. "Well I'm trying to get Snow here to see a little more of Ponyville so any places we should check out?" Orange asked. "You both should go over to Sweet Apple Acres and see my friend Applejack." Pinkie said. "Alright we will go check that out. Thanks!" Orange said. "Don't be afraid to come back cutie!" Pinkie yelled as they were trotting away.

Orange blushed bright red and looked over at Snow as they went towards Sweet Apple Acres. "You think she liked me?" Orange said with a laugh. "Yea, she's just your type." Snow responded. They both shared a laugh which was surprising to both of them. They made there way to this new place and didn't talk much on the way. They arrived and were met by a big stallion who was plowing a field. "Hi there, is Applejack here?" Snow asked. The big stallion motioned towards the barn.

The two both headed towards the big barn and Orange proceeded to knock on the big doors. They were greeted by a yellow earth pony with a western hat. "Well, howdy you two." The yellow pony said. Orange was the first to speak "Hey, my friend here is a little down and I'm trying to cheer him up." Applejack looked over Snow "Well what's the matter?" she said. "He's having a little relationship problem." Orange responded for him.

"Well when I'm down in the dumps I always get a sweet glass of cider!" Applejack said. Snow looked a little suspicious as the pony raced over and fixed a glass of cider for him. She trotted a little more slowly back towards him with the cider. She put it down on a little table and motioned for Snow to drink it. He proceeded to do so, and it tasted great. Its also made him feel much better after about two or three glasses.

After a couple more glasses of cider Snow told Applejack the story. "I just don't know why she said she dumped me." Snow said. "Well I think your taking this way to hard, she really never did, she just said she didn't know you that good is all. So if you really want her back stay by her side this whole trip!" Applejack explained. Snow had forgotten about the trip tomorrow. He would just talk to her and get to know her better the whole trip, it was genius.

A smile instantly popped onto Snow's face at the thought of his plan. "Applejack that would work!" Snow yelled in excitement. "Well I try my best to help with everponies problem." Applejack said in self admiration. Snow knew what he would have to do tomorrow so he would try and enjoy the rest of his day. "Thanks so much Applejack, by the way are there any other places we could visit?" Snow said "Y'all are welcome and you may want to see my friend Fluttershy, she deals with the animals." Applejack pointed the way and they headed off to Fluttershy's house with a new found joy.

Snow and Orange arrived after about 15 minutes of walking. Snow would be the first to knock on the door. A timid, yellow pegasus answered the door. "Hey, I'm Snow Flake and this is Orange Pop. We heard you took care of the animals." Snow said. Fluttershy looked down and in a muffled tone said "H-h-hi." Fluttershy only talked to stallions if she absolutely had to and she was extremely nervous around these two new guests.

Snow heard her timidness in her voice "Hey, you were at Sugarcube Corner that one time right?" Snow said trying to make small talk. "Y-yes" Fluttershy responded. As Snow could see small talk was not working, she was only giving generic replies. Orange did not notice her shyness, so he was going to talk to her like he talked to all other mares. Orange pushed past Snow and looked at Fluttershy "Hey, my names Orange, how are you?" Orange said."I'm g-g-good." Fluttershy responded.
Orange thought he would play around and flirt a little with her. "Hey I really like your mane Fluttershy, along with your coat." Fluttershy rarely received compliments, especially from colts. She looked up at Orange and she saw his figure. She reluctantly looked into his red eyes and blushed incredibly bad. Fluttershy thought he was really cute, but she would never tell him that. Orange saw she was blushing and thought he would cool it.

Snow moved back in front of Orange. "Sorry about that, anyway we just wanted to spend the rest of the day with the animals and we were told to talk to you about it." Snow explained. Fluttershy nodded and lead them into the field were animals could be found. Orange chased after the bunnies while Snow watched the birds overhead. Fluttershy eventually started talking to Snow and explaining about the types of birds, though she still couldn't gain enough confidence to go talk to Orange.

They played until it was nearly nightfall, then they both said there goodbyes. They had a huge day ahead of them so they both needed there rest. Snow and Orange headed home were they landed on there beds awaiting the big day. But, what Snow didn't know was that the day was going to be much bigger than he originally thought.