The cold weather began to form around Equestria, creating small, white bits of wetness. It was a beautiful sight to see, with several fillies and colts playing around in it while their parents watched them.
I however, stood inside, looking out over the sea of the cold. I never liked the cold, which is why I prefer the summer over this. But even with the cold, winter was a great season in general. The building of snowmares and having massive snowball fights, ice skating over the frozen lake, and spending time with friends and family during Hearths Warming Eve, my favourite time of year.
As I stood looking outside, I took a sip of the hot cocoa that had been levitating due to my magic. After drinking a small bit, I put the cup back down on the coffee table and stared back out into the winter streets.
As I stared, I heard a knock at my bedroom door. I hadn't heard anypony come into my house, so I didn't know who it was.
“Come in.” I said to the pony in the hallway.
The door opened and in came a filly that I probably expected to see. It was Scootaloo, one of my best friends. She came in wearing a familiar, but warm looked green ushanka that covered both her mane and her ears.
“Hey Sweetie,” she said. “What's up?”
“Oh, nothing,” I replied. “Just looking outside at the snow. How are you doing?”
“Good, I guess. I’m just a bit bored. So I came to ask if you wanted to play in the snow with me. Just you and me.”
I turned my head to the side with confusion. “Just us? Where's Applebloom?”
“She helping her family out with some of the decorating for Hearths Warming. She said it would take all day.”
I was a bit disappointed that Applebloom won't be able to join us, but hey. At least I still have Scoots, a filly that everypony could enjoy being around.
“Oh, okay. Just let me grab my hat and then we can go.” I say to her.
“Cool.” She said as she left the room, most likely heading outside.
I turned back to my coffee table and levitated the mug of hot cocoa towards my lips, finishing the drink. I put the cup back down and looked at the other object on the table.
It was cyan and yellow hat with a small hole in the centre. I levitated it towards my head and put it on, covering most of my mane and fitting my horn in the hole. It wasn't the best hat to wear with this kind of strong weather, but it had to do.
After putting it on, I exited my room, walked the stairs, and headed for the door that would lead me to the winter. As I opened the door, I noticed Scootaloo standing in the snow, still wearing her green ushanka on her head.
“So, what do you want to do first?” the pegasus asked me.
I thought about what she asked for a second before answering. “How about we build snowmares?”
Scootaloo’s face lit up. “Of course! Why didn't I think of that. Let's do it!”
We began to run towards the nearest patch of packing snow we could find and started to create a few snowballs. After rolling them into a big enough size, we started to position them to form the shape on a pony. Then, we took whatever we could find around us for the features.
Once we were both finished, we took a step back to look at our creations. I ended up making a pegasus, with eyes made from two stones, wings made from small branches, and both a mane and tail simply made out of snow. Scootaloo made a unicorn, with almost all of the features being made out of snow. The only parts that weren't snow were the horn, which was just a piece of a broken stick, and what really surprised me, the cutie marks, which were both frozen orange leafs. In a way, it kind of looked like myself.
“Wow,” Scootaloo said to me. “That looks really good.”
“Yours looks good too.” I said back. “It kind of looks a bit like me.”
“That's actually what it was trying to be.” the pegasus replied, leaving me in confusion. Why would she want to make a recreation of myself made out of snow?
“So, what do want to do now?” I asked her, still staring at her snowmare.
“I think I have an idea.” Scootaloo answered, before scooping up a small snowball and throwing it at me, covering my face in snow.
I turned to see Scoots, giggling like no tomorrow. As she giggled, I quietly scooped up another snowball with my magic and threw it at her.
“There, now we’re even!” I said, slightly giggling.
Scootaloo put her hoof to her face and slided the the snow off, revealing she was now smirking. She reached into the snow, scooped up another snowball, and began to slowly walk towards me. As she got closer, I started to walk backwards, trying to get away from her. Before I knew it, I was now running for my life, as Scootaloo was chasing me, scooping up snow and throwing it at me using her wings.
After a while, I was able to hide behind a nearby tree, with Scootaloo still looking for me. I was trying to be as quiet as I could, as making a single peep would let the pegasus know where I was.
After a minute or two, I quietly looked behind the tree to see if Scootaloo was nearby. To my surprise, she was actually gone, nowhere to be seen. I looked on the other side. Not there either. Wondering where she could be, I slowly walked away from the tree to try and find her.
After a bit of searching, I soon found Scootaloo. She didn't see me, but with the way she's holding that snowball in her right wing, I'm glad she didn't. I quickly dove into the nearest bush I could find and began to think. Think of a way to get Scoots without her seeing me.
I continued to think for a bit before getting an idea. I quickly scooped up fresh new snowball and held it in my hoof. Then I closed my eyes, and my horn began light up through my hat. Once I opened my eyes again, I could see then I was no longer in the bushes and instead a few feet away from Scootaloo.
The next part I still couldn't believe actually worked. I carefully sneaked up behind the pegasus, tapped her on her shoulder, and as soon as she turned around, I threw the snowball right in her face.
I remained quiet in order to see what Scootaloo’s reaction would be. I was thinking she would either wipe away the snow and continue to chase me, or she would get extremely angry, yell at me for do that and say she didn't want to be my friend anymore. Okay, that second one would probably never happen, but I still wanted to see what she was going to do.
After a few seconds, she put her hoof to her face, wiping away the snow like before. But this time, she didn't smirk or grab another snowball or anything like that. She simply began to laugh.
It started off as small chuckles, but it quickly grew into full-on laughter. She fell to the ground, snow getting in her fur as she rolled around in a laughing fit. There were tears in her eyes as she kept heavily breathing, even letting her ushanka fall of her head.
“Come on Scoots. It wasn't that funny.” I said to her with a bit of annoyance in my tone. “Heck, it wasn't even funny at all!”
After what felt like forever, Scootaloo eventually got back up on her hooves. She was still laughing, but it was more like giggles than anything else.
“Ok, you got me,” She said through the laughs. “Never thought you would, but you did.”
“Yeah, I still can't believe it actually worked,” I said, chuckling a little bit myself. “I thought you you would of at least heard me or something.”
“Well I didn't, and that's what's hilarious about it! I wasn't expecting it!”
I guess that kind of makes sense, but still. It wasn't that funny. Anyway, I began to wipe off some of the snow that was still on her fur. While doing so, her face with completely red. Maybe it was from my warm hooves on her cold body? Who knows.
“Hey Sweetie, can I ask you something?” Scootaloo spoke up once I was finished.
“Sure, what is it?” I said as I picked her ushanka, placed it on her head and began staring into her eyes.
“Do you want to spend Hearths Warming Eve with me? My parents are out for the next few days and won't be back until after the new year.”
“Well, I have to check with my parents to see if she let us do that,” I say, making Scoot’s face drop just a bit. “But if she says yes, then of course I'll spend it with you. I love spending time around you. If I didn't, I would be talking to you outside right now.”
Scootaloo’s face then suddenly brightened up, revealing a smile on her face.“Thanks. You're the best.”
I looked over at the sun, which was now slowly setting. I knew that it was time to return home. “Scootaloo, I got to get going. I need to get home before my parents return. I'll see you later.”
I waited for Scootaloo to respond to what I said, but all she did was stare into my eyes. I was starting to get a bit uncomfortable, so I began to slowly back away from her, taking a few steps backwards. But as soon as I did, she got right back up in my face, our noses only inches away from each other.
Then, out of absolutely nowhere, Scootaloo went up and kissed me. It was just a small peck on the lips, but it still felt weird, and it filled me with a lot of questions. Why did she kiss me? Is this why she wanted me to stay with her? Was she in love with me? What is going on?!
But before I could ask her anything, Scootaloo simply said, “Okay, bye Sweetie Belle,” and began to walk away, without another word.
