The Element of Empathy

Eleanor's POV.
"Ellie, wake up, wake up, it's Winter Wrap Up day!"

I woke up to Twilight's excited voice, and her roughly shaking my shoulders. I rubbed my eyes and put my glasses on to look at Twilight, as she shook Spike awake.

Spike opened his eyes, "Huh?" Then sat up to look at the purple Unicorn, "Mommy?"

"Winter Wrap Up!" Twilight corrected.

Spike frowned and laid back into his bed, "You're not Mommy."

"Spike, the first day of Spring is tomorrow, so every Pony in Ponyville needs to clean up winter." Twilight told Spike, "Now help me get ready."

"Clean up Winter?" Spike repeated with a groggy raised brow, "Who cleans up Winter? Don't they just use magic to change the seasons like they do in Canterlot?"

"That's not how things are done here, Spike." I spoke up, as I got my winter pants on, and Twilight got her winter attire ready, "Ponyville was founded by Earth Ponies."

"So, for hundreds of years, they've never used magic to clean up Winter." Twilight finished, as she got her jacket and gloves on and smiled, "It's traditional."

Spike shook his head, "It's ridiculous." Then returned to bed, "No magic... Fuh."

"Okay, let's see." Twilight looked over her checklist, that she made last night, "Scarf: check. Jacket: check. Gloves: check. Waking Ellie up: check. Spike refusing to get up and going back to sleep: check." She smiled, "It's a good thing I'm so organized, I'm ready." She walked over to the door and opened it, "Bright and early."

She looked outside, and noticed the sun hasn't even risen yet. It was still nightfall. I looked at my alarm clock. It was barely 4:45 am. Twilight's alarm doesn't go off until 6:00 am.

Twilight smiled sheepishly, "Oh... Maybe a little too early."

I sighed and made my way to the kitchen, "I'll make breakfast, while we wait for sunrise." I rubbed the sleep from my eyes, "No use going back to sleep for another hour and fifteen minutes."

Twilight regained her smile and looked at me, "Oh, I'll have the traditional Griffish Isles breakfast."

I nodded, then turned to groggy, baby dragon, "Spike?"

"Ugh... Toast with jam and lots of coffee, if you can." He answered with a tired sigh.

*Later, Comes Sunrise...*
The sun was finally in the sky. Twilight, Spike and I finished our breakfast and made our way to the Town Square.

Twilight looked over the other Ponies present. Each of them wore a color-coded vest; Blue. Tan and Green.

"Those must be the team vests Rarity designed." She smiled, "Blue for the weather team, green for the plant team, and tan for the animal team. I wonder which team vest I'll be wearing."

"I'll take a blue vest, same color as my blanket." Spike sighed, not feeling the caffeine from the coffee, "Which I think I hear calling my name." In a low tone, Spike cupped his muzzle and called into the distance behind us, "'Spike! Spike! Come to bed'!" Then he sighed, "Ugh, it's too early."

We arrived to the Town Hall, where everypony was gathered and Mayor Mare was on top of the stairs, ready to deliver her speech, "Thank you everypony, for being here bright and early. We need every single pony's help to wrap up winter, and bring in Spring." Everypony cheered and smiled, "Now, all of you have your vests, and have been assigned to your teams, so let's do even better than last year, and have the quickest Winter Wrap Up ever!"

Twilight couldn't contain her excitement, "Oh, this is so exciting."

"Alright everypony, find your team leader, and let's get galloping!" Mayor Mare finished her speech.

With that, everypony left the Town Square and made their way to their assigned groups.

Twilight looked around, her excitement was replaced with confusion, "Oh gosh, where should I go? I'm not sure where I fit in. What exactly does everypony do?"

Rainbow Dash
Three months of winter coolness,
And awesome holidays.

Pinkie Pie
We've kept our hooves-ies warm at home,
Time off from work to play.

Applejack
But the food we've stored is runnin' out,
And we can't grow in this cold.

Rarity
And even though I love my boots,
This fashion's getting old.

Eleanor Carter
The time has come to welcome Spring,
And all things warm and green.
But it's also time to say goodbye,
It's winter we must clean.

Twilight Sparkle
How can I help? I'm new, you see,
What does everypony do?
How do I fit in without magic?
I haven't got a clue!

Choir
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
Let's finish our holiday cheer.
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!

Applejack
'Cause tomorrow spring–

Rainbow Dash
–Is here!

Choir
'Cause tomorrow spring is here!

Rainbow Dash
Bringing home the southern birds,
A Pegasus' job begins.
And clearing all the gloomy skies,
To let the sunshine in.
We move the clouds,
And we melt the white snow.

Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie
When the sun comes up,
Its warmth and beauty will glow!

Choir
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
Let's finish our holiday cheer.
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
'Cause tomorrow spring is here.
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
'Cause tomorrow spring is here.
'Cause tomorrow spring is here!

Rarity
Little critters hibernate,
Under the snow and ice.

Fluttershy
We wake up all their sleepy heads,
So quietly and nice.

Rarity
We help them gather up their food,
Fix their homes below.

Fluttershy
We welcome back the southern birds.

Fluttershy and Rarity
So their families can grow!

Choir
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
(Winter, Winter.)
Let's finish our holiday cheer.
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
(Winter, Winter.)
'Cause tomorrow spring is here.
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
(Winter, Winter.)
'Cause tomorrow spring is here.
'Cause tomorrow spring is here!

Applejack
No easy task to clear the ground,
Plant our tiny seeds.
With proper care and sunshine,
Everyone it feeds.
Apples, carrots, celery stalks,
Colorful flowers too.
We must work so very hard,

Applejack, Cherry Berry, and Golden Harvest
It's just so much to do!

Choir
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
Let's finish our holiday cheer.
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
'Cause tomorrow spring is here.
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!

Pinkie Pie
'Cause tomorrow spring is here.

Choir
'Cause tomorrow spring is here!

Eleanor Carter
Now that we know what they all do,
We have to find our place.
And help with all of our hearts,
Tough task ahead we face.

Twilight Sparkle
How will I do without my magic,
Help the Earth pony way.
I wanna belong so I must,
Do my best today.

Twilight Sparkle & Eleanor Carter
Do our best today!

Choir
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
Let's finish our holiday cheer.
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!
'Cause tomorrow spring is here.
Winter Wrap Up! Winter Wrap Up!

Twilight Sparkle & Eleanor Carter
'Cause tomorrow spring is here.
'Cause tomorrow spring is here.
'Cause tomorrow spring is here!

"Everypony belongs to a team. What should I do? Where should I go?" Twilight wondered, looking around in confusion.

Rainbow Dash, wearing a blue vest, flew past us and told the other Pegasi in the blue vests, "Alright team, you're clear for takeoff." The Pegasi saluted and took off into the skies.

Twilight waved and called, "Rainbow Dash!"

Rainbow Dash looked at us and smiled, "Oh, hey, Twilight. Hey, Ellie. What's up?

"Not much." I answered with a casual shrug.

Then Twilight asked, "What are you doing?"

"Sending off one of my flight crews to retrieve the birds that have flown south for the Winter." Rainbow Dash answered, keeping her eye on the skies.

"Oh, can I help?" Twilight offered, "How about if I help clear out the clouds?"

Rainbow Dash looked at her, "Um..." For emphasis, she flapped her wings.

Twilight noticed and frowned, "Right. No wings."

"Sorry, Twilight." Rainbow frowned, then looked at me and smiled, "Hey, Ellie. How about you joined me and help clear the clouds for the birds? We could use someone who's good with animals, as well as a good flier."

I smiled back, "I'd love to, Rainbow. But I have no wings either. So, I'm gonna help Twilight find her place for Winter Wrap-Up. Okay?"

Rainbow Dash nodded in understanding, then took off into the skies.

"Great, now what do we do?" Twilight sighed, once Rainbow was gone.

"I don't know about you, but I'm gonna be nappin'." Spike answered, falling asleep inside a nearby bush.

I quickly grabbed the collar of his shirt and kept him from wondering off, "Oh, no you don't, Spike. Winter still needs to be wrapped up and ready for Spring."

Twilight nodded in agreement, "And I'm determined to do my part." Then rubbed her arm in uncertainty, "Somehow..."

I thought for a second, then snapped my fingers with a smile, "Rarity have something. I saw her returning to her boutique on her own."

Twilight regained her smile, "That's a good idea, Ellie."

With that, we made our way to Rarity's boutique. Outside, Rarity was sitting on a small desk, covered in a bunch of sticks, straw and ribbons of multiple colors. She was just finished building a small birds' nest with beautiful decorations.

"Rarity, please tell me there's something, anything I can help you with." Twilight asked Rarity, as soon as she finished, and we approached her.

"Well, how would you and Ellie like to help create Ponyville's finest birds' nests?" Rarity offered with a smile.

"Birds' nests?" Twilight repeated with a raised brow.

Rarity nodded, "Why yes. When the weather team guides the birds back north for the spring, they'll need a place to live and lay their eggs."

I looked at the finished nest, sitting on the desk, "They're beautiful, Rarity."

Rarity smiled, "Oh why, thank you most sincerely." Then offered, "Would you or Twilight like to try your hand at a nest?"

I quickly shake my head, "Oh, no thanks, Rarity. I don't have the fingers or talent."

Twilight smiled, "Would I? Yes! Where do I begin?"

Rarity grabbed a basket of straw, sticks and ribbons, and placed it in front of Twilight, "Okay. Now... uh, take some of that straw and hay over there, and a little bit of branch." Twilight quickly organised the equipment, "Now, weave them through there, yes." Then Twilight started building the nest under Rarity's instructions, "Uh, take some ribbon, yes, oh uh, n... Not there, oooh, yes, uh, tuck it in over there, uh but be careful not to..." However, things were getting a little out of hand, "I don't know I guess that would do... Oh dear."

Twilight finished her nest and smiled, "There! It looks just like... Yours." But the nest looked like a bit of a mess, "Oh my." Twilight frowned.

I rubbed my chin in thought. Maybe Twilight could have asked Mayor Mare for finding her place in the groups. Her organising skills might come in handy.

"That nest needs to be condemned." Spike spoke up, pointing to Twilight's nest and snapping me out of my thoughts.

Rarity laughed, "Oh, Spa-ha-hike, it's not so bad, ah, maybe birds can use it as a..."

"An outhouse?" Spike asked blatantly.

"Spike." Rarity glared, then assured Twilight, "It's just fine. It's just a little rough around the edges." Twilight smiled, then stepped aside, so Rarity to could help fix the nest, "Let me lend you a hand. Let's just untie this ribbon, and let me take out these sticks here, we'll shave this..."

Twilight sighed and sulked. Rarity got her eyes glued on the nest.

"I think we lost her." Spike whispered to the forlorn purple Unicorn.

I gave Spike a small tap on the top of his head. Then put my hand over Twilight's shoulder in assurance, "It's okay, Twilight. Maybe we should ask Mayor Mare and see what she says."

Clarity hit Twilight and she regained her smile, "Maybe Pinkie knows something I can do."

With that, she skipped off to one of the lakes. I sighed and followed after her. Another day of being ignored. Great...

As Twilight, Spike and I arrived to one of the frozen lakes, Pinkie was there, wearing a blue vest over her overalls and was skating across the lake.

She saw us approaching and greeted us with a smile, "Hellooooooo Twilight! Hey Nellie!"

"Wow, Pinkie Pie, you're quite the skater." Twilight smiled, as we ran to meet Pinkie, "Probably the best skater I've ever seen."

Pinkie met up with us and grinned, "Thanks, Twilight, I've been doing this since I was an itty-bitty little-wittle Twinkie-Pinkie. Just comes natural." Then she started performing tricky skating tricks, "Which is probably why they designated me the lake scorer. I cut lines in the lakes with my skates. That way, when the rest of the weather team comes here to break the ice, it'll be easy as pie."

I smiled, "Clever. When the thick ice begins to melt, it'll break along the lines." Then I frowned, "Well you sure have a lot of work ahead of you, there's quite a few lakes in Ponyville."

Pinkie nodded with a frown of her own, "Ha, tell me about it." Then she smiled at us, "Hey, you two wanna help me out?"

Twilight smiled in excitement, "Would I?"

"But, Twilight. You-" I was about to point out, but Pinkie cut me off, "Come on, put on those skates over there. I bet you'll be a natural too."

Twilight nodded, "Okay."

With that, she grabbed my hand and we walked over to the two pairs of skates resting in the snow. Since they were made for unguligrade equines, I had to ask Spike to meld the skates to my boots.

Once done, Twilight and I approached the snow. Twilight was having trouble keeping her balance, while I was gliding across the ice with ease.

"Yaaaaay!" Pinkie cheered, as she skated.

"Uh... Maybe on second thought..." Twilight started, as she tried to herself upright.

"What are you talking about?" Spike asked, "You said you wanted to be helpful."

"Yippie!" Pinkie smiled, as she skated past Twilight.

Spike pushed the Unicorn into the lake, "Now get out there."

Twilight glided forward, but was having trouble staying upright and didn't know how to stop, "Oh no! Whoa! Wow..."

She flew past Pinkie and I.

"Twilight, steer! Steer!" Pinkie tried to shout at her.

"Twilight! Pizza! Pizza!" I instructed.

Twilight followed my instruction and made her skates into the form of a pizza slice. However she was leaning too far to the right and steered toward us.

"Oh boy..." Pinkie gasped.

Before Pinkie and I can move, Twilight charged into us and we flew across the ice, into a heap of snow. Once we recovered from the impact, the girls, Spike and I shook the snow off.

Spike burst into laughter, "Ha ha, you are a natural, Twilight. A natural disaster."

Twilight sulked. I hit Spike at the back of his head with a scolding look, "If you can't say something nice, Spikewell, don't say anything at all."

Spike gave me an apologetic sulk, while Twilight gave me a small thankful smile.

"Twilight, you did a great job your first time around." Pinkie spoke up in assurance, "I'm sure my first time was just as wobbly and bobbly and crash-eriffic as yours."

Twilight turned to the pink Pony, "Really?"

Pinkie Pie thought for a second, then admitted, "No." Then she asked, "But did I make you feel better?"

Twilight sulked, but nodded, "Mm-hmm, yeah, I guess."

"I think you'll be super awesome at something that keeps your hoofs on the ground." Pinkie suggested, "I know, Fluttershy could probably use your help with the critters."

Twilight thought for a second, "Well... I'm pretty good with little animals." She regained her smile and nodded, "Yeah, I'll go help her."

With that, I help Twilight on to the snow and we took off our skates. Since my boots were melded with the skates, I had to wear my casual boots. Aren't I smart? Well, sometimes I do wish I was a Pony, like my mother used to be.

*Later, on The Fields...*
Twilight, Spike and I arrived to the fields, dens, warrens and burrows just outside of town, and found Fluttershy with her head buried in a borrow.

"Wake up little sleepy heads." She called, "Hope you had some wonderful dreams and restful hibernation, but it's time to get up now, spring is coming."

Fluttershy stepped back and out of the burrow emerged a pair of young hedgehogs, yawning and rubbing their eyes.

Twilight couldn't help but smile at the critters, "Awww, how cute."

Fluttershy smiled back, "Aren't they? This is my favorite task the whole season, when I get to see all my little animal friends again."

Spike scratched his head in confusion, "Uh, what's 'hibernation'?"

"It's like a long sleep." Fluttershy answered, as she picked up a small bell and walked over to another burrow.

"Long sleep?" Spike repeated, with a small smile growing on his face.

"Keep dreaming, Spike." I spoke up with a teasing grin, "Hibernation is a state of inactivity and metabolic depression in endotherms." I rubbed my chin in thought, "Last time I checked 'Dragon Behavior 101', dragons don't hibernate. But, they do like to take really long naps."

"Same thing, right?" Spike argued.

I shook my head and put my hand over the baby dragon's shoulder, "You have a lot to learn, my young Spikewell."

Fluttershy rang her little bell and spoke to the creatures inside, "Wake up little porcupines." Then she turned to Spike, "Animals often hibernate through the winter to save their energy and eat less food."

Spike nodded in understanding and smiled, "I definitely like the idea of hibernation, uh, except for the 'eat less food' part."

A pair of porcupines exit the burrow and yawned. They looked at each other and hugged happily. Of course, they got hurt by their quills. Hehehe...

Fluttershy's smile fell into a sad frown, "Oh, would you just look at all these warrens and dens, I'm worried that I won't be able to wake up every animal before spring comes."

"Well, Ellie and I'll help, Fluttershy." Twilight offered.

The shy Pegasus turned to us, "You will?" Twilight and I nodded, "Oh, that would be wonderful."

With that, she gave Twilight the bell and flew off elsewhere.

Twilight looked around and pointed to a small warren, "Okay, let's start there."

I noticed its size and warned, "Uh, Twilight? I don't think that's a good one to start with."

Unfortunately, Twilight ignored mengently rang the bell and called, "Hello? Wake up little friends, wherever you are. Spring is coming." She clapped her hands in excitement, "I wonder which cute little furry creatures I've awoken."

Hissing echoed from the warren and a pair of snakes emerged with a yawn.

Twilight's excitement was quickly replaced by fear, as she quickly backed away from the reptiles, "Snakes! Snakes!"

Twilight ran too far back and bumped into a cave. She ran out in a scared hurry. Bats followed after her. Twilight ran into a tree pretty hard. Her impact caused a bee hive to fall on top of her and encased her head. Twilight screamed and ran into another den. From this den, emerged a pair of skunks.

Oh boy...

"Good morning, friends." Fluttershy greeted with a smile.

*Back in Golden Oak Library...*
"All this Winter Wrap Up stuff is a lot harder than it looks." Twilight sighed, as Spike and I cleaned her in a bath of vinegar and tomato juice.

"Right, because there's no magic." Spike pointed out, then suggested, "Why don't you just use magic, Twilight, and get it done the right way?"

Twilight shook her head, "No, Spike, I have to do it the traditional way. Ponyville has never needed magic to wrap up winter."

"Well, they never had you here before, either." Spike argued, "Think how much quicker they could wrap up winter with your magic."

Twilight shook her head again, "No, no, no! I'm gonna find some other way that I can help out if it kills me."

"Don't make promises you can't keep, Twilight." I spoke up.

Later, in the Apple Farm...*
Once we got Twilight cleaned up and free from the nasty skunk smell, it was time to head outside again and find something Twilight can help Winter Wrap Up the Earth Pony way.

Applejack was overseeing the strong stallions pushing dozers to plow the snow, "Keep pushin', Caramel. That's it Bumpkin, I know it's hard work, but you guys are doin' great. Yee-haw!"

"Hey Applejack." Twilight greeted, as we walked up to her, "How's everything going?"

"Oh, just dandy. Little slow startin', but peachy all the same." Applejack answered with a smile, "There's a lot of ground to clear ya hear. We can't even start the plantin' and the waterin' until we git all these heap a' snow high-tailed outta here."

"Well, I'd like to help." Twilight offered.

Applejack's smile fell and a look of uncertainty replaced it, "Well, I... I dunno Twilight."

"Just give me a chance." Twilight pleaded.

Applejack rubbed her chin in thought, "Well, I never turn down a hard worker but..."

Twilight smiled and walked into the field. She entered an empty snow plow and started pushing. However, she was unable to get it to move. She looked at Applejack, Spike and I. Spike and Applejack shook their heads, while I gave her a confident thumbs up. Twilight rubbed her chin in thought, then looked at me. She motioned me over.

I walked over and asked, "What is it, Twi?"

"Fuse with me." She told me.

I took a step back, "What?" Then I whispered, "Twilight, I told you that type of magic is forbidden. And you said you won't used magic due to tradition."

Twilight nodded, "I know. But Fusion Magic is the only way to do this right." Then she pleaded, "Please fuse with me."

I thought for a moment. Like I said, Fusion Magic is forbidden and will break the rules of order. But Twilight is getting desperate. If it means helping her find her place in the groups... Fine.

I looked at Twilight and nodded. She smiled and we both activated our magical auras. I took hold of Twilight's hand and tried to make the fusion as subtle as possible.

Midnight Fuchsia's POV.
I stretched my arms with a yawn and opened my eyes to find myself in the plow. I can feel Twilight Sparkle telling me to pull. Eleanor was agreeing, so I put my hands over the bar and started pushing the plow across the snow. It was tricky at first, but once I got it moving, everything was good.

After a while of pushing, the plow suddenly came to life and picked up speed. Uh-oh... Twilight's magic has made the plow come to life and it's taking the job itself. I tried to keep it under control, but the plow wasn't let me.

With a large boulder of snow, the plow turned its attention to Applejack and Spike. In a collision, Spike and Applejack became part of the growing snowball.

"What's going on? Wha'd'ya do? You used magic, didn't you?" Applejack shouted, as she rolled.

Another collision with a large slope and the snow I collected created an avalanche of snow over the half-finished field. Oops...

Spike, Applejack and I popped our heads out of the snow and caught our breaths.

Applejack turned to me angrily, "Nuts, Twilight, you used-" Then she took a good look at me, "Who are you?"

Eleanor's POV.
Twilight panicked and we unfused in a poof of smoke.

"What the hell was that?" Applejack asked, "Was that magic?"

Ashamed, Twilight and I nodded.

"The nerve." Spike scolded, "Can you believe them?"

I waved my hands, "Hey, in my defence, I said no first. But Twilight insisted."

Applejack turned to Twilight, "That's not how we do it 'round here, Twilight, and especially not on MAH farm."

Tears welled up in Twilight's eyes, "Well, see, I just wanted to..." Then she ran off.

I chased after her, "Twilight, wait!"

*Later, in the Town Center...*
"Come on, Twilight. Come on out." Spike pleaded Twilight, who was hiding in a snow-covered bush.

"I'm a winter mess up." Twilight sobbed.

"Well you're good at a lot of things." Spike smiled, then frowned, "Just not nest-making, ice-skating, animal-waking, snow-clearing."

Twilight glared at the baby Dragon, "Thanks a lot for making me feel so much better."

"Come on, Twilight. I'm sorry I said what I said." I apologised.

"You have nothing to be sorry about, Ellie." Twilight told me, "I should've listened."

"Rainbow Dash, y'all on the weather team need to melt the rest of the snow here on the ground and the trees, pronto." We heard Applejack tell Rainbow Dash.

"Got it." Rainbow Dash nodded, then flew off.

But Fluttershy stopped her, "Wait. My poor little animals' homes will get flooded if the snow melts too fast."

Rainbow nodded, "Got it."

She flew off, but Applejack stopped her this time, "I'm tellin' you Rainbow, you gotta melt that snow now."

Fluttershy shook her head, "No, you simply must wait."

Rainbow sighed, "Okay."

But Applejack told her, "Go."

Fluttershy insisted, "Stop."

"Go."

"Stop."

"GO!"

"STOP!"

"Make up your minds!" Rainbow Dash shouted in frustration and impatience.

"What in Equestria are all you arguing about?" Mayor Mare asked, as she arrived on the scene, "This sort of silliness is why we were late for spring last year. And the year before that. And the year before that."

Twilight popped her head out of the bush, "Did she say late?"

"I was hoping my amazingly inspirational speech would urge everyone to do better than last year, but now it looks like we're going to be later than ever. I mean just look at this catastrophe." Mayor Mare turned to Pinkie and the skaters, "The ice scorers made the ice chunks too big to melt." Then at Rarity, who was crying, "The nest designer is horrendously behind, we need several hundred, and she's only made one." Mayor Mare frowned, "And don't get me started on all the clouds in the sky, the icicles on the trees... This isn't good, not at all!"

"And it's gonna be all to pieces disastrous if we can't get our seeds all planted." Applejack added.

"Chillax Applejack, we're bustin' our chops as fast as we can." Rainbow Dash assured.

Fluttershy shook her head, "No, not fast, we have to wake animals slowly."

Then Big McIntosh walked up with Caramel, "Uh, AJ?"

Applejack sighed and face-palmed, "Oh good gravy, Caramel lost the grass seeds again, didn't he?"

Big McIntosh nodded, "Ee-yup."

Then another Pegasus mare informed Rainbow Dash, "Ditzy Doo accidentally went north to get the southern birds!"

Rainbow Dash growled and face-palmed, "Oh, that featherbrain. Didn't she learn her lesson last year when she went west?"

Everypony started arguing and shouting over each other. This isn't good.

Then Mayor Mare shouted, "Stop this at once! We don't have time to argue! It's almost sundown. Spring is going to be late again." She sighed and shook her head, "Another year of scandal and shame. If only we could be more organized."

Twilight smiled and leaped out of the bush, "Spike! Get my checklist and clipboard, stat!"

Spike saluted, "Eh, yes ma'am." Then he dashed off, returned and gave Twilight her checklist and clipboard, along with a quill.

Twilight turned her attention to the arguing Ponies, "Stop everypony. Stop." But, nopony can hear her over themselves.

I took a deep breath and shouted at the top of my lungs, "QUIET!!!"

Everypony looked at me with raised brows. "Hi..." I waved timidly.

Then Twilight Sparkle spoke up, "I know you all want to complete your jobs on time, but arguing is no way to go about it. What you need is organization, and I'm just the pony for the job."

With that, we all started our jobs with Twilight's organizing skills and teamwork.

The ice scorers kept to a cube-like pattern to keep everything in perfect balance and melt time.

The Earth Teams worked together and kept on top of the snow clearing, plowing the grounds and planting the seeds.

The animal teams helped Rarity with her nests and waking the animals wake up for Spring.

The sky team were able to work together with their sky clearing and gathering the migrating birds.

The next day, everything was finished and Spring was finally here.

Mayor Mare smiled, "I can't believe it. Spring is here! On time!" She turned to Twilight Sparkle, "And we have you to thank for it. If it weren't for your organizing skills we would still be arguing."

Big McIntosh nodded in agreement, "Ee-yup."

We all giggled at the silliness of arguing over such small jobs.

"It was a team effort." Twilight smiled humbly.

"And since you helped every team, we have an official vest for you. We give you the title, 'All-Team Organizer'." Mayor Mare appointed Twilight.

Rarity gave Twilight a vest that held a pattern of greens, blues and tan colors. The colors of all the teams together. This was just the job Twilight was looking for. Way to go, girl!

Twilight smiled in humble pride, "Gosh, I don't even know what to say. Thank you everypony."

"And hereby I declare that winter is... Wrapped up on time." Mayor Mare announced to everypony else.

Everypony cheered and celebrated about the announcement and that their hard work has made a difference.

"Spike's sure gonna be in for a hog-sized surprised when that last piece a' ice melts." Applejack giggled.

*Back in Golden Oak Library...*
With Winter wrapped up and Spring finally arrived. Twilight and I were able to get Spike before that last ice cube melted, and it was time for Twilight to send Princess Celestia a letter on what she learned about friendship.

"Dear Princess Celestia,
Winter Wrap Up was one of the most special things I've ever been a part of here in Ponyville. It helped me to learn we all have hidden talents, and if we're patient and diligent, we're sure to find them, and as always, with good friendship and teamwork, ponies can accomplish anything."

Twilight turned to the baby dragon, "How's that, Spike?" She got no answer, "Spike?"

Twilight and I turned to the baby dragon. He has fallen asleep on the rocking chair, close to the fire.

Did I mention that he caught a cold along the way? Oops. Hehehe.

Twilight and I giggled, "Oh, Spike."