A Very Rainbow Hearth's Warming

She began to pull, and a loud SNAP sounded, her father's eyes glazing over as his spine snapped. "No!! DAD!" Rainbow held her dying father as he coughed up blood onto her hooves. "Please, Dad! Stay with me! Don't leave me here..." Her father went limp, and Rainbow let out a scream of anguish.

Twilight held Rainbow for almost half an hour, letting her friend's snot and tears splatter all over her fresh, lavender coat. Rainbiw gave a few sniffles, and pulled her head up. "I... I think I'm good now..." Rainbow tried to pull away, but Twilight had an iron grip on her. "T-Twi, let go." Twilight reluctantly let her blue friend go, and began to speak.

"So, um, Rainbow," she began, "do you have anypony to spend Hearth's Warming with?"

Rainbow looked at the ground and began to tear up. "N-no..." She looked up, tears flowing silently. Twilight hugged Rainbow once more, this time from behind.

She began to cry softly with her friend. Rainbow looked to the ceiling, and thought, Why, Faust, why?

After a few more minutes of comforting, Twilight began to speak.

"Do you," she blushed, "want to spend it with me? I know I'm not your parents, but I think it's time you finally get the love you need." Twilight kissed Rainbow's cheek, then blushed again. "S-sorry, I got a little... um... carried away..." Rainbow wiped her tears away and kissed Twilight's cheek.

"Thank you, Twi... It really means a lot to me. It really does." Rainbow looked down again. "But-" Twilight shushed her.

"It'll be alright. I'll be here to help you through the trauma, and give you the physical comfort you'll need." Twilight smiled. "I'm here, and I always will be."

The two looked each other in the eyes, and locked into an embrace. Twilight's slim frame fit in between Rainbow's muscle-toned hooves, and they snuggled. Rainbow, now realizing her friend's intent, squeezed her tight, and whispered, "I always believed in Hearth's Warming miracles..."

Twilight chuckled softly, slipping Rainbow's hair behind her ear. "That's a lie..."
The two slowly drifted off to sleep as the sun set, the snow outside illuminating the sky to a soft purple.