It was a snowy night in Ponyville, and Twilight was in the Friendship Castle living room, decorating the pine tree. She was almost finished decorating the tree, all she needed to do now was place the star on the top of the tree. She levitated the star of the box with pink magic, spread her wings, flew to the top of the tree and placed it on the tree. When she was finished, she landed on the ground, closed her wings and watched her work with a smile.
Tonight, it was going to have special guests, in addition to her friends, Discord, B.B.B.F.F, former foalsitter and Flurry Heart, it would have her ex-mentor and her friends’ special somepony. Her wife, Princess Luna, had just risen the moon a few minutes ago and was now helping Spike with the supper.
She decided to check them out in the kitchen to see how they were doing, and saw that they had already made all the food and were now decorating the gingerbread cookies on trays. She approached the two of them to see how they were decorating the gingerbread cookies, and noticed that most had eyes with sugar buttons and smiles of whipped cream. She needed to confess that the gingerbread cookies looked delicious.
Luna and Spike finished decorating the cookies, but they felt an extra presence in the place. They turned and saw Twilight; both soon smiled when they saw her.
“From what I see, you two have finished decorating the gingerbread cookies, am I right?” asked Twilight with a smile, looking at the gingerbread cookies already decorated.
“Yes, love. Now we are going to put everything on the table,” Luna replied. “Have you decorated the tree yet?”
“Yes, Luna. I just finished it,” Twilight replied. “Do you two want help getting the food on the table?”
“Sure,” Spike and Luna responded in unison.
Spike took the plate with gingerbread cookies, Luna took the chocolate and fruit panettone, and Twilight took the salpicão and french toast. They led to the table, on which there were sixteen chairs in total. The chocolate and fruit panettone were added to the right side, the salpicão and french toast were placed on the middle side and the gingerbread cookies on the right side.
Suddenly, they heard a knock on the door. The guests have arrived! Twilight went to the door, with Spike and Luna behind her. Upon opening the door, Twilight saw Shining Armor and Princess Cadence with Flurry Heart, Princess Celestia and her friends who were alongside their special somepony. Pinkie was with Discord, Fluttershy with Big Mac, Rainbow with Soarin, Applejack with Caramel and Rarity was alone, but she was soon greeted with a hug from Spike. Rarity was surprised by the hug, but soon smiled and returned the hug.
Twilight couldn’t help, but smile when she saw Spike and Rarity hugging each other. When she was a unicorn, she learned that Spike liked Rarity, but she didn’t quite understand what it meant to be in love. After Nightmare Night, she had fallen in love with Luna and was able to understand what it meant to be in love thanks to her friends, but who helped her the most in this love theme was Rarity.
“Come in, everypony. Make yourself at home,” said Twilight politely, giving them space to enter.
At Twilight’s request, they walked in and headed towards the living room to talk until supper time.
Twilight closed the door with pink magic, but when she turned around, she noticed that Luna was the only one who was still there. This surprised her, but she soon smiled and started walking again. Luna, seeing this, followed her. Twilight soon felt a wing hug her and she looked at Luna, who winked at her. Twilight can’t help, but smile shyly at being hugged by her wife’s wing.
In the living room, Celestia was waiting for Twilight and Luna while Cadence and Shining talked about plans of what to do together with Flurry Heart and the five friends of Twilight were with their special somepony, talking about various subjects. Pinkie and Discord were talking about new pranks they were going to make together, Applejack and Caramel were talking about the Sweet Apple Acres business, Fluttershy and Big Mac were talking about ideas for new songs for the Pony Tones, Rarity and Spike were talking about the moments that they had together this year, Rainbow and Soarin talked about the recent Wonderbolt show that had this week.
Celestia then heard footsteps and looked at the door. She saw Twilight and Luna enter in the room together and sat by the fireplace to read a book together. Celestia couldn’t help, but be happy by the two for being together as a couple. She started to remember the night after the Friendship Festival, in which Twilight spent the night with Luna because her younger sister invited her, but it was also the same night that Luna offered her hoof in marriage, and Twilight happily accepted. But as they were going to get married, that would also mean living together. Luna had offered Twilight to live in the castle with her and Celestia after getting married, but Twilight had denied it, because she didn’t want to have to leave her friends and Ponyville. Luna understood why and said she was going to live with Twilight in the castle. Twilight had been happy that Luna understood her side. When Luna explained to her older sister that she would move in with Twilight when they were married, Celestia accepted her sister’s decision and said that she would visit the two as soon as she was not full of real duties. Celestia closed her eyes as she smiled and let out a sigh of happiness.
Luna has grown so much...
Celestia opened her eyes and decided to spend time with Cadence and Shining while it wasn’t supper time. Cadence and Shining stopped talking when they heard the sound of footsteps getting closer to them. They looked where they heard the sound and saw Celestia approach them; both soon smiled when they saw the princess.
After a few hours, everypony went to the table to start supper. Each one sat next to their special somepony, except Celestia, but the Princess of the Day was not sad that she did not have a special somepony. Actually, she was happy that her ponies were with who they liked best on that special night.
“Would you like me to serve you all?” Discord offered himself, now up from his chair. Everypony soon looked at Discord when they heard the Draconequus’s question.
Pinkie smiled excitedly at the question of the funny and amusing Draconequus and started jumping while lifting a hoof. “Yes! Yes! Choose me! Choose me!”
Discord looked at Pinkie with a smile and snapped his fingers. A small cloud of cotton candy appeared over Pinkie’s glass and started to fill the glass with chocolate milk.
“Chocolate milk at Heart’s Warming Eve?” asked Pinkie, now confused with an eyebrow raised.
“Yes, don’t you think this is chaotic and without sense?” asked Discord, still smiling.
Pinkie’s confusion changed for happiness and she laughed at the question. “Yes!” that said, Pinkie took the glass and drank some of the chocolate milk.
Twilight hit the hoof on the head with what just happened. Seriously? Who drinks chocolate milk at Heart’s Warming Eve?
Discord looked at the others at the table and asked, “Are you going to want chocolate milk too?”
“No, thank you.” Twilight politely declined.
“Sorry, sugarcube, but no,” Applejack replied.
“Heavens! No!” Rarity responded with disgust and a raised hoof.
“Noope,” Big Mac replied.
“No,” Cadence, Shining, Soarin, Spike, Luna and Caramel responded in unison.
“I don’t want chocolate milk,” Rainbow replied with crossed hooves and a grumpy face.
Flurry Heart just shooked her head.
“I would like chocolate milk,” Celestia replied.
Discord snapped his fingers; and the same thing that happened with Pinkie happened also with Celestia: a small cloud of cotton candy appeared and filled the glass with chocolate milk.
Celestia smiled as she took the glass to drink as soon it was full and the cloud of cotton candy was gone. She knew she was the princess of Equestria and she had to look formal around her subjects, but a little bit of chaos in life doesn’t hurt, does it?
Discord looked at Fluttershy, who still hasn’t answered his question. “What about you, Fluttershy? Do you want chocolate milk too?”
“It’s very kind of you, Discord. But I’m not in the mood for chocolate milk right now,” said Fluttershy with a gentle smile. Discord understood and sat down again.
The Mane Six started to eat the food that was on their plate while they began to reflect on the moment when they would have to deliver the gift to their special somepony. Twilight seemed nervous about the reaction that Luna could have about the gift, Rarity and Pinkie were excited to give the gift to those they liked, Fluttershy was a little afraid to give her gift for Big Mac in public, Rainbow was confident that Soarin would like her gift and Applejack didn’t seem so concerned or nervous about her gift or her coltfriend’s reaction about the gift.
Now, the special somepony of the Mane Six were also eating, but instead of thinking about the gift they intended to give to them, they were thinking about how they were happy to be with the mares they loved. Luna was happy to have found somepony who loves her night, Big Mac for finding a mare who was not as talkative as him, Spike for having managed to win the heart of the mare that he fell in love with since he arrived in Ponyville, Caramel for dating a mare who was honest and sweet as apple pie, Soarin for having a mare who was determined and did not give up on the dream of becoming a Wonderbolt and Discord for finding somepony who enjoys a good laugh.
When they finished eating the food on the plates, they decided to eat panettone and gingerbread cookies. Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow, Fluttershy, Rarity, Soarin, Big Mac and Caramel decided to eat fruit panettone, Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Shining, Flurry and Spike ate chocolate panettone, while Discord and Pinkie ate gingerbread cookies.
Twilight had to agree that Spike and Luna did a great job on the fruit panettone. Suddenly, she felt a wing hug her again. She looked to the left and noticed that it was Luna who hugged her. Luna’s wing was very warm and cozy, especially on that cold night. The purple mare soon smiled and looked shyly to the right with that affection. Even at the table, Luna wanted to show affection, but she was not blaming the princess for wanting to do this. She actually liked that, but she was just shy when it came to affection.
“Are you feeling warmer, love?” asked Luna, looking at Twilight with a loving smile.
Twilight looked at Luna with a shy smile. “Y-yes, Luna. Thank you for wanting to warm me up.”
“You’re welcome, love. It is my duty as a wife to keep you warm on this cold night,” said Luna.
Twilight looked shyly to the right while a pink flush appeared on her cheeks at Luna’s words. She knew that Luna liked to be the dominant mare in their relationship, she just didn’t imagine that Luna would want to do that even when they were already married, but even so, she liked the way Luna acted when it came to being in a relationship with her. The purple alicorn looked back at her panettone and enveloped it with her magic to return to eating it. Luna did the same as Twilight.
Spike didn’t even bite his panettone and preferred to watch Rarity eat with a passionate smile, even though they were already dating.
You are so beautiful even when you are chewing...
Rarity was eating her panettone quietly, but she soon felt she was being watched. She looked at Spike and noticed the baby dragon looking at her. Rarity can’t help but smile back to him. She knew Spike had been in love with her since Spike and Twilight arrived in Ponyville, but she didn’t knew that even though they were together now, Spike acted like he was still in love, but even so, it didn’t bother the white mare, since she liked to see that Spike was happy that they were together now.
Fluttershy ate her fruit panettone while looking at Big Mac with a shy smile, a pink flush soon appeared on her cheek. Lucky that the red stallion was too busy eating his panettone to notice his marefriend looking at him.
Applejack and Rainbow had already finished eating, but since they couldn’t leave the table until everypony finished eating unless they wanted to go to the bathroom, they decided to watch their coltfriend eat their panettone. Applejack looked at Caramel with a smile as she blushed, while Rainbow was looking at Soarin with a proud smile.
And Pinkie was eating with her muzzle on top of the gingerbread cookie, with crumbs of cookies going all over the table. Discord seemed to be enjoying the way Pinkie was eating, because most ponies preferred to eat carefully so they don’t get dirty. He knew that Pinkie was one of the only ponies who liked the chaotic way when he was mean. Discord never confessed to the other mares except for Pinkie, but when he was mean and was free from his statue prison, he never imagined he would find somepony who liked what he did of chaotic, especially the cotton candy clouds and the chocolate rain. When he was in the stained glass at Canterlot Castle, he didn’t joke or lie when he said that Pinkie was his favorite, since the pink mare thought he was funny. Of course, after his reformation, he started spending time with Fluttershy, but he saw the yellow pegasus as nothing more than a friend, since he already had his eyes on Pinkie since the first release from his statue prison after a thousand years.
After everypony had finished eating, they got up from the table with the intention of giving gifts to those they liked the most. The Mane Six and their special somepony were anxious and at the same time excited by the reaction of who they liked could have. They went to the pine tree and took the gifts they left underneath the pine tree. Well, not everypony took the gifts that were under the tree because some had other types of gifts in mind to give to those they like.
Twilight handed the gift to Luna, smiling nervously. Luna opened it and noticed that it was a book. Curious, Luna took the book with her turquoise magic and read the title of the book, “Things from the modern world.”
“Did you like it, Luna?” Twilight asked. “As you have been returning to Equestria for a few years, I know it must be difficult for you to get used to the things of this modern world, so I decided to give this book so that you can read to understand and get used to things that did not have in thousand years ago.”
Luna looked at Twilight with a smile for what Twilight said and at the gift she got. “Thank you, love. You have no idea how it will help me.”
“So, does that mean you like it?” asked Twilight to be sure, with a smile and a nervous tone.
“Of course, and here’s your gift,” said Luna, handing the gift over to Twilight.
Twilight wrapped the gift with her pink magic and opened it. She let out a surprised breath when she saw what it was.
“A book about the history of Starswirl, the Bearded?” asked Twilight, taking the book with her magic and looking at the cover of the book.
Luna nodded as she said, “Yes, as you admire him, I decided to give you a book that tells the whole story of him; from a colt until being stuck in limbo with the Pillars and the Pony of Shadows. What did you think?”
Twilight now looked at Luna with a smile before hugging her. “I loved it! Thank you, Luna. This is the best gift in the world.”
Luna smiled at the answer and returned the hug. She was happy that Twilight liked the gift. Well, it was a book about Starswirl, so it was obvious that Twilight would like it.
Rarity handed her gift to Spike and watched him open. Spike took out what was inside the gift box and noticed that it was a lilac and pale green scarf.
“What did you think of the scarf, Spikey Wikey?” asked Rarity.
Spike looked at Rarity with a smile, putting the scarf around his neck. “I liked it. Thank you, Rarity.”
Rarity couldn’t help but smile at the words of her favorite dragon. She was glad Spike liked it, because she made this scarf especially for him.
“And here’s your gift, Rarity,” said Spike, handing his gift box to Rarity with a blush present on his cheek.
Rarity wraped the gift with her blue magic and opened it. Her pupils dilated when she saw what was inside.
“Jewels?” She asked.
Spike looked to the right side, sheepishly. “Y-yes, as you love jewelry, I decided to save jewelry to give you instead of eating it.”
“Oh, Spike! What a wonderful and divine gift! Thank you!” Rarity kissed Spike on the cheek.
Spike was surprised by the kiss and fell to the floor in a passionate way. He touched the place where he was kissed with a smile.
I will never wash my face again...
Pinkie handed her gift to Discord, all happy and excited. Discord opened the gift and saw that it had cupcakes of various flavors.
“Did you like it? I made these cupcakes a few minutes ago after the end of the afternoon,” said Pinkie.
Discord looked at Pinkie and answered her marefriend’s question, “I like it.”
Pinkie laughed with joy. “I knew you would like it! What is my gift? What is? What is?” She said the last two sentences jumping.
“This.” Discord snapped his fingers and a bouquet of rainbow flowers appeared on his paw.
Pinkie let out a surprised breath when she saw the flowers. She soon smiled, hugging him tightly.
“This is the best gift ever!” shouted the pink mare in a cheerful tone.
Discord was surprised by Pinkie’s surprise hug, but he soon smiled and returned the hug.
Rainbow handed the gift to Soarin while looking to the left, flushed. “H-here is your gift.”
Soarin took the gift and opened it. He blew out a breath when he saw what he got from her marefriend.
“A new flight glasses?” He asked, taking the flight glasses out of the gift box.
Rainbow, still flushed and looking to the side, said, “Y-yes, but I bought you a new glasses because of your other glasses were broken. I-it’s not like… I wanted to see you during the rehearsal and in the Wonderbolts show or something…”
Suddenly, Rainbow was hugged by Soarin. “Thank you, Rainbow. I’m very lucky to have you.”
“Y-you’re welcome,” said Rainbow, returning the hug.
Upon leaving the embrace, Soarin handed the gift to Rainbow. Rainbow, no longer flushed, took the gift and opened it. What she saw left her mouth open.
“A new book by Daring Do?” asked the blue pegasus, now taking the book out of the gift box.
“Yes, as I heard you like Daring Do, I decided to give you a new book of her that was published this month.” Soarin explained.
“This gift is awesome! Thank you!” Rainbow shouted in a cheerful tone, now flying in the air, hugging the book. But Rainbow soon realized what she just said and did, and landed on the ground, closing her wings. “I mean, this gift is kind of cool.”
Soarin in response just smiled. Rainbow sometimes let herself be carried away by the ego, but he was not bothered by it, since, deep down, he knew that Rainbow loved him.
Fluttershy and Applejack were very close to each other and their coltfriends, they intended to give the gift to the stallions together. Applejack was sitting on the floor and holding her guitar, while Fluttershy looked at her and whispered, “Hum… Applejack, do you think it’s a good idea for us to sing to our coltfriends in front of everypony? I mean… what if they don’t like our music and laugh?” Fluttershy knew she shouldn’t be ashamed of her voice, because she had been on the Pony Tones for years and sang countless times on stage, but she feared that Big Mac and Caramel would not like the song.
Applejack looked at Fluttershy and whispered back, “Don’t ya worry, Sugarcube. Your voice is sweet as a caramel apple. I know that singing in front of everypony sounds terrifying to ya, but ya have sung several times at Pony Tones performances and everypony has always applauded at the end of the performances. I can guarantee ya, Fluttershy: they will not laugh at us.” the orange mare assured her with a smile.
Fluttershy managed to gain confidence with the words of Applejack. Applejack was right, her voice was beautiful and she didn’t need to be ashamed of her voice, since as Applejack said: she has sung in several Pony Tones performances and no one has ever laughed at her voice.
“Are ya ready, sugarcube?” asked Applejack, wanting confirmation that Fluttershy was no longer afraid to sing in front of everypony.
In response, Fluttershy closed her eyes and let out a slight sigh and opened her eyes, now looking at Applejack. “Yes, I’m ready.”
Applejack nodded and started playing her guitar. Everypony, except Caramel and Big Mac, stopped what they were doing and looked at Applejack and Fluttershy when they heard the sound of guitar. The two mares started singing the song to their stallions. The theme of the song was about how the two fell in love with Big Mac and Caramel, and how happy they were to be with their stallions. Everypony in the room, especially Big Mac and Caramel smiled, and some even felt tears in their eyes because the music was beautiful. As soon as they finished singing, everypony applauded. Fluttershy smiled sheepishly at the applause she and Applejack was receiving, while Applejack kept her guitar.
Caramel and Big Mac approached the two mares with smiles. “What a beautiful song,” said the yellow stallion.
“Thank ya. Do ya two really think?” asked Applejack.
“Eyup.” Big Mac agreed.
Fluttershy looked to the left side, now with a pink blush at the red stallion’s response, while Applejack put the cowgirl hat on her face to hide her flushed face from Caramel.
“And here’s your gift, my sweet apple,” said Caramel, handing out a gift box with an apple design to Applejack.
Applejack took the box and opened it, she saw that there was an apple pie inside. The orange mare couldn’t help but smile at what she won. Her stallion really knew her.
“Did you like it?” asked Caramel, noticing the silence.
Applejack looked at Caramel and replied with a smile, “Of course I liked it, sugarcube.” Caramel smiled at the answer.
Big Mac took some flowers from his mane and showed to Fluttershy. Fluttershy let out a breath when she saw the flowers.
“Flowers? Oh Big Mac, thank you!” Fluttershy smiled sweetly. In response, Big Mac looked to the right with his ears down and his cheeks pink.
After that, everypony decided to spend the rest of the party talking to their special somepony, except Twilight and Luna, who went to do other things: Twilight went to sit on the couch to read the book she won and Luna went to talk to her sister.
“So, little sister, how are you doing now that you’re married and living with Twilight in the castle?” asked Celestia curiously with a playful smile.
“I’ve been doing well, sister,” Luna replied. “And what about you?”
“Me too, even though I missed you,” said Celestia. Luna looked surprised.
“Sister, you visited me three days ago here at the castle.” Luna argued.
Celestia laughed lightly and said, “I know, Luna. Any news in the last few days?”
“No, sister, we have no news at the moment,” Luna replied.
Celestia nodded, still smiling. “Okay. If something new happens when I have a busy day, send me a letter.” she put a hoof on Luna’s chest and whispered in a cheerful and playful tone, “I want to know everything.”
Luna put a hoof in her mouth, struggling not to laugh at her sister’s last sentence. If there was one thing Celestia was good about, besides ruling Equestria, raising and lowering the sun, it was being always in a good mood.
After a few hours, the holiday celebration was over. Everypony left the room, went to the castle’s front door and say goodbye with a group hug. Upon leaving the embrace, Twilight, Spike and Luna watched everypony leave with smiles.
As soon as they were out of sight, Twilight closed the door and turned around, accompanied by her assistant number one and wife. A yawn soon left her mouth, because the celebration lasted until midnight. Normally, she would not be sleepy at that time, since she was always used to sleeping late, but as today there was the celebration of Heart’s Warming Eve, normally this holiday celebrations is full of ponies and hustle and bustle go on all night long, and that can make anypony tired.
“Are you already sleepy, love?” asked Luna, noting the tiredness present in Twilight.
Twilight looked at Luna and said, “Yes, Luna. I’m sleepy from so much things that I did tonight.”
“Did you get sleepy reading a book? Now this is something I never saw happen to you,” said Luna with a playful smile.
Twilight looked at Luna, now sullen but tired. “Luna! This is serious! This celebration lasted all night and soon it will be dawn. It’s like when I was in the human world, dancing at the Autumn Ball. That party lasted until the early hours of the morning and I even got tired of dancing so much.”
“Okay, okay, and because of your condition, you’re going to sleep now?” Luna wanted to know.
“Yes, but I need to do something first,” Twilight replied.
Luna was curious by the answer. Was Twilight going to do something before going to sleep? But what would it be?
“What will you do?” asked the dark blue alicorn.
“I’m going to -” Twilight yawned with a hoof close to her mouth and eyes closed “- keep the book you gave me in the castle library.” Luna seemed concerned about the answer.
“Love, are you sure you can do this while being sleepy? If you want, I can do it for you while you go to the bedroom to sleep.” Luna offered her help to Twilight.
“No, it’s okay, Luna. You don’t have to do this for me. You gave me the book, and it makes perfect sense for me to keep it on the shelf myself.” Twilight assured Luna that she could do this alone.
“But, love, you’re sleepy.” Luna pointed out. She and Twilight were now in the living room. Spike, on the other hand, went to his room to go to sleep, because the holiday celebration left him exhausted. Twilight took the book from the couch with her pink magic and looked at Luna.
“Yes, but I can assure you that I’m not sleepy to the point of falling on the floor tired.” Twilight assured Luna. Luna seemed to be in conflict.
“Are you sure?” asked Luna.
“Yes, Luna.” Twilight kissed Luna on the cheek, resulting in Luna smiling and her cheeks turning red with the affection. “So? I can?”
“Okay, you can, but I’m going with you,” said Luna.
Twilight in response, rolled her eyes with a smile. Luna can be a very protective marefriend at times, but she really didn’t feel uncomfortable about it. She started walking down the hall to the library, along with Luna.
Twilight soon has arrived in the library door, opened with her magic and entered, and then Luna. Luna watched Twilight spread and flap her wings and fly to the shelf to store the new book on the shelf. When she was finished, she landed on the floor, closed her wings and placed another kiss on Luna’s cheek.
“Once again, thanks for the gift, and good night, Luna,” said Twilight lovingly, before leaving the library and going to the bedroom to sleep.
Luna was still in the library, standing there, smiling with the second kiss she received from her wife, but she soon left the library after one minute, closing the door with her turquoise magic. She now intended to stand on the balcony of her and Twilight’s room to watch the stars.
The princess soon saw the bedroom door leaning against and went inside, closing the door behind her. Her eyes went to Twilight, which slept peacefully in the big bed, covered up to the neck. She couldn’t help but smile when she saw her wife sleep peacefully after a night of celebration, but she started to have second thoughts.
Luna knew that she intended to stay on the balcony, but she also wanted to go to bed to cuddle her wife and sleep. She looked at Twilight and then at the balcony, and thought for a few seconds before making her decision.
Maybe ... I should leave to see the stars in my next night. After all, it’s late at night, Twilight and Spike are already asleep, and besides, I kind of would like to cuddle her after this agitated holiday night.
Luna agreed with her own thought. Decided, Luna approached the left side of the bed, removed a part of the blanket, lay down and covered herself up to the neck. She watched Twilight turn to the side she was sleeping on. The purple alicorn seems to have sensed that somepony else was in bed besides her. She give Twilight a good night kiss on the forehead, resulting in Twilight giggling for the affection. Luna smiled lovingly at the laugh that Twilight gave. How does Twilight manage to be so cute even while sleeping?
Luna wrapped the small purple alicorn with the front hooves in a comforting and warming hug, but when she was about to close her eyes and sleep, she felt two hooves return the hug. She didn’t have to think twice to know that it was Twilight’s hooves. Luna looked at Twilight with a smile one last time before closing her eyes slowly and falling asleep, with both of them hugging each other.
