Cold

Twilight and her friends all sat together having a picnic. It had been a few years since they had given The Elements Of Harmony back to the Tree of Harmony, but their friendship was as strong as ever.

As they were talking, Twilight looked at the sky to find Cadence flying toward them. Her face quickly grew smile on her face as she got up and greeted her sister.

"I'm sorry to drop in like this Twilight, but I'm in need of your help." Cadence uttered. "Shining Armor and I need to go to a meeting and we need someone to watch Flurry Heart."

Twilight's smile grew even more. "I would love to spend some time with my niece!" she said happily.

Cadence smiled and thanked her as she took off. "I'll drop her off this afternoon before we have to leave!" Cadence yelled flying off.

Luckily, the picnic was just about over anyway so she helped clean up then went back to her castle.

Pinkie Pie helped Twilight set up a room for Flurry Heart. They had decorated it with all types of things they thought a foal would find fun.

As they worked, Twilight heard a knock on her door. She went down to go see who it was. She smiled when found her sister standing there.

Cadence stood there at the door levitating Flurry Heart's bag and was holding her foal in her baby carrier, asleep.

Twilight welcomed Cadence in and carefully pulled Flurry out of the baby carrier.

Noticing the movement, she opened her eyes slightly. When she saw her aunt's face there she let out a coo and reached out her hooves. She was old enough to almost communicate properly, so she would try to babble "Auntie."

Twilight smiled and brought her close. Flurry Heart poked her face a little, but she didn't mind.

Flurry saw Pinkie Pie and reached out for her. Pinkie skipped over and gave her a tickle before walking out the door.

Flurry Heart let out a soft whine. Cadence leaned over to give her foal a kiss on her forehead.

Cadence shut the door behind her after saying her goodbyes. Twilight then set her down on the floor to explore a little bit, but she only whimpered.

Flurry Heart looked around with curiosity, looking for the pink pony. When she couldn't find her she began bawling her eyes out.

Twilight picked her up, unsure what to do.

"What's wrong, Flurry?" Twilight asked. "You hungry?"

Flurry only wailed more.

"Need a dipper change?" Twilight sniffed her dipper. Clean. "I'm sure you're not tired, you just woke up..."

Flurry Heart only continued her whining. Twilight walked over to the room she set up for Flurry Heart, showing her the toys that were in the room. Flurry looked at them a moment, but continued her whining.

Flurry Heart noticed a picture of Twilight's friends and pointed, trying to say the name.

Twilight, trying to understand, only looked at Flurry, confused as she tried to speak.

"You wanna see the photo?" Twilight asked picking her up. She walked over to the photo.

Flurry continued pointing at the photo.

"P... p..." Flurry stuttered.

"You want something, Flurry?"

"P... p... p..."

Twilight would summon things she thought she wanted, but only to find Flurry Heart stuttering the same thing.

"P... Pin... Pinkie..." Twilight looked at her niece, unsure if she was hearing her right. "Pinkie..." Flurry Heart pointed to Pinkie Pie in the photo, moving her hoof pointing to the others. "Pinkie... Apjack... Warity... a shy... Dash..."

Twilight smiled at her niece.

"Twiwight."

Flurry pointed at Pinkie Pie again.

"Pinkie..."

Twilight thought for a moment. "You want to see Pinkie?" she asked.

"Pinkie!" Flurry put her hooves in the air. Twilight laughed as she walked out to get ready for a trip out to Sugarcube Corner.

Flurry Heart giggled as she played with Pinkie Pie. Pinkie would make silly faces and play games with her. Rarity sat quietly at her throne, sewing up Flurry's blanket that had a small rip. Rainbow dash and Applejack brought in some apples. Fluttershy was in the kitchen with Twilight helping her cook up some pie.

Rainbow Dash set the apples in the kitchen. She then looked around the room.

"Where's Spike?" she asked.

"He's upstairs taking a nap." Twilight answered.

Rainbow walked over to go and sit with her friends in the other room with Flurry Heart, while Applejack began slicing a few apples for Flurry Heart.

Twilight could hear the giggles from her friends in the other room.

Flurry was hugging her stuffed animal. It belonged to her mother, when she was a foal. She gave it a tight hug, causing the head to pop off. She stared the head before whining as tears came down her face.

Fluttershy quickly flew over to Flurry Heart and picked her up in her hooves cradling her.

She handed her another one, calming her down.

Twilight could hear snickering from Pinkie and Rainbow. She ignored them and got back to her work.

She opened her cabinet, a bucket of water pouring onto her coat and mane.

She stood there for a moment. Pinkie and Rainbow burst out laughing. Twilight walked over to her friends.

Flurry Heart stared at her aunt confused. Pinkie and Rainbow watched her as she got closer.

Twilight summoned a water balloon and threw it at them without warning. They stood there motionless.

Rarity tried her best not to laugh. Twilight gave a devious smile. Pinkie burst out laughing, along with Rainbow Dash and the others.

Flurry Heart giggled with the ponies around her, unsure why they were all laughing.

While they calmed down, there was a knock on the door. Twilight went to open it and found Cadence standing there once again, she stared at Twilight for a moment, confused as to why she was soaking wet.

Flurry Heart cooed when she saw her mother and made her way to her, reaching out her hooves.

Cadence grabbed her and thanked Twilight for watching before taking off.

Strange... Twilight thought. She shook the thought out of her head and went back inside. She was getting ready for her sleepover with her friends.

"Don't even think about it, Pinkie." Twilight called out, knowing that her friend was behind her with a left over water balloon.

Pinkie let out a soft giggle.