My Little Pony: Equestrian Life In another World

It had been a month since Rainbow and Bolt did the deed and right now, from what Bolt and the human residents have heard, is close to Hearth’s Warming Eve, which is another word for Christmas, and is about a month away.

As Beau took out the box of decorations, he thought about the holiday and asked Twilight for information.

“Twi, can I ask you something?” asked Beau. However, he didn’t get any response from her. “Twi?”

He took a peak and noticed Twilight was reading a book whilst bending over, causing Beau to face fault from what we was seeing. But seeing that she was in the perfect position, he couldn’t help but smirk. He gently placed the box down and snuck up behind her.

Once he was close enough, he quietly bent over and gave her tushy a light pinch, causing her to instantly yelp and stand up straight and blushed at the same time.

“B-Beau!!” said Twilight whilst looking at him all flustered.

“Sorry, it was the only way to get your attention.” Said Beau.

Twilight huffed a bit, but sighed, knowing the reason why he did that. “What is it?”

“What can you tell about Hearth’s Warming Eve?” asked Beau.

“Didn’t you read it?” asked Twilight.

“Didn’t get the chance to.” Said Beau, then smirked and said, “I’d rather hear it from your angelic voice.”

Twilight blushed, but playfully groaned at that and kissed him by the cheek, “Alright, you hairless ape.”

Suddenly Beau acted like an ape and tickled Twilight, causing the latter to laugh uncontrollably before they collapsed onto the couch with Twilight being on top, with the two of them laughing at the same time.

“So, about that information?” asked Beau.

“Well…” said Twilight whilst she thought about it and rested on her arms whilst staring at him.

“Long ago, before Equestria, Earth Ponies, Unicorns, and Pegasi once lived in separate kingdoms. The Pegasi controlled the weather and because of them, helped water the plants and crops so that they could grow their food and receive water, whilst the Unicorns brought day and night.”

“So, this was before Celestia and Luna?” Asked Beau.

“That’s right,” said Twilight, “Only problem was, each of the tribes didn’t care about one another, and there was also mistrust.”

“Oi.” Muttered Beau with rolling eyes, gaining Twilight’s attention.

“What?” asked Twilight out of curiosity.

“Back on my world, it’s the same thing,” said Beau, “But there was a difference between them. For you ponies, some have horns, some have wings, and some had none. Whilst in my world, it’s because of the color of our skins and what they look like.”

“Really?” asked a surprised Twilight whilst lifting her head.

“Trust me,” said Beau, “It’s a lot worse than it sounds. Ahem, continue.”

“Whilst the Pegasi did the weather and the Unicorns did the sun and moon,” said Twilight, “They asked for food in exchange for them, which of course didn’t sit well for some. Overtime, their disagreements had festered, and in time, the Windigos arrived.”

“Windigos?” asked Beau, “You mean Wendigos?”

“Nope, Windigos,” said Twilight, “Evil spirits that create eternal winter and only appear when there is great conflict between races or kingdoms.”

“And let me guess,” said Beau whilst deadpanning, “Both tribes blamed one another when they thought the Unicorns and Pegasi were causing them?”

“That’s right, especially since Chancellor Puddinghead, the leader of the Earth Ponies, ate the food because she was…”

“A gluttonous pig?” guessed Beau.

“That’s right.” Said Twilight. “Soon enough, Chancellor Pudding Head, the leader of the Earth Ponies, along with Commander Hurricane, leader of the Pegasi, and Princess Platinum, leader of the Unicorns, traveled to a different land to find a new home. However, they soon stumbled upon one another, and the three leaders argued once more. But then the Windigos came and froze the three of them. Only their subordinates; a unicorn named Clover the Clever, a Pegasi named Private Pansy, and an earth pony named Secretary Smart Cookie, were the first ones to overcome their differences and realized what they truly needed. In the end, thanks to them, they created new magic that banished the Windigos. And ever since, they were able to convince the leaders to stop being cold to one another, and how in time the fires of Friendship were made, and how every year, creatures of all Equestria celebrate that holiday together, sharing traditions and spending time with one another.”

“And in time, both Princesses Celestia and Luna took the reins.” Guessed Beau.

“That’s right.” Said Twilight. But then she noticed Beau was in thought. “What?”

“You know, Hearth’s Warming reminds me of a holiday similar back home. But we call it Christmas.”

“Really?” said Twilight.

“It was founded by a Roman emperor named Constantine, during the year 336 AD, about fifteen hundred years ago, I think.” Said Beau, “It also celebrated the birth of a very special person. Overtime, it soon spread all over the world as the holidays celebrate it. It also helps bring families and friends together. They even created a story about a guy named Santa Clause, who makes sure if you’re naughty or nice. If you’re nice, you get presents, but if you’re naughty, you get a lump of coal. They even made Christmas related stories. One of my favorites is a Christmas Carol, where a guy named Scrooge hated Christmas, until the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future came and showed him things that would make him second guess his decisions, and in time, had a change of heart.”

“Oh!!” said Twilight, “It almost sounds like a Hearth’s Warming Tale!! That’s one of mine and Spike’s favorites.”

“Wow, add another thing we have in common on the list.” Joked Beau, which caused the two of them to laugh at that.

Suddenly, they heard a loud thud and looked within the box of decorations. There sat Moonlight, being decorated with ornaments, and laughed, causing the two of them to coo at that. Twilight picked Moonlight up and placed her on her lap. Beau also had a look on his face, something that Twilight noticed.

“Beau?” asked Twilight in concern.

“It’ll be Moonlight’s first Hearth’s Warming Eve.” Said Beau, then he looked sad and said, “And it’ll be my first too and…away from home.”

Twilight placed her hand on his shoulder, gaining his attention.

“It’s alright, Beau.” Said Twilight, “You at least reassured your mother that you would be alright, and now you’re not the only human in Equestria anymore.”

“I know.” Said Beau, “But it’s still hard, you know?”

“Tell you what,” said Twilight, “After the party, we’ll visit the girls at Canterlot City. You’ll be able to experience a bit over there.”

“And I’m sure Moonlight will like it too.” Said Beau, “I just hope she doesn’t freak out over there.”

“She instantly recognized the girls there because they look so similar.” Said Twilight.

“And some differences,” said Beau before he teased and scratched behind her ear, “You don’t have these cute little ears whenever they twitch.”

Twilight pouted for a moment before using her entire body to nudge him at the same time, which caused the two of them to laugh.

“Now then,” said Beau as he clapped his hands together and stood up, “I’ll start getting the decorations together so that I can set it up for us.”

“That we can set it up.” Said Twilight as she teased, “Don’t think you’re gonna leave me out on celebrating the holiday. And our friends will be coming over too.”

The two of them soon left to start with the decorating.

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Within an hour, after they were done decorating and left Spike in charge to decorate the castle in order to keep his mind off of things, Beau and Twilight decided to visit Mayor Mare to make the arrangements whilst carrying Moonlight in Twilight’s arms.

“Excuse me, we’d like to see Mayor Mare?” said Princess Twilight.

“Oh, but of course, Princess, she’s be more than happy to see you.” Said the pony secretary.

“Thank you,” said Beau, “Oh, and how’s little Nightwind? I heard he had an accident last week.”

“Oh, he’s doing fine.” Said the Secretary, “His wing will take about another week to recover.”

“That’s a relief.” Said Beau, “I hope he makes a full recovery.”

“Thank you, Prince Beau.” Said the Secretary.

Beau and Twilight walked towards Mayor Mare’s office, with Beau saying, “That’s the first time anyone’s ever called me that.”

“Well, the two of us are married, so it would make sense that you’d be a prince too.” Said Twilight.

“Eh, fair enough.” Said Beau, “Though I don’t think I’ll ever get used to it.”

When the two of them had entered the office, they saw Mayor Mare was busy with paperwork. When she heard the door open, she looked up and was surprised to see who was coming inside.

“Well, this is a surprise.” Said Mayor Mare before placing one of her papers back onto the table, “To what do I owe this visit, Princess Twilight?”

“Well, as you know, Hearth’s Warming Eve is around the corner, so we figured we’d do something different.” Said Twilight.

“Something different?” asked Mayor Mare.

“It was mostly Beau’s idea.” Said Twilight.

“See, back on my world, before the start of the holidays, we’d have a party before we celebrate the big day.” Said Beau, “So we figured that we’d like to invite everyone in Ponyville to attend at Twilight’s castle. We just need some of the ponies to set things up inside before the rest arrive.”

“Oh, a Hearth’s Warming party,” said Mayor Mare with interest, “Now that’s something to look forward to.”

“We’ll send word for those who wish to volunteer so that we’ll be able to get ready by the time all of you arrive.” Said Twilight.

“We’ll see you then.” Said Beau as he and Twilight left the building.

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The next day right outside, everybody started to sing and prepare for Hearth’s Warming. Beau took a good look outside and smiled when he saw everyone preparing for the festivities. Then he heard a loud knock at the door.

“I’ll get it!!” said Spike. Though he sounds excited that Hearth’s Warming Eve is here, some could still hear the depression in his voice. From the sound of his voice, he hasn’t completely overcome what Rarity had said.

“Twilight!!” called out Beau, “The girls and guys are here!!”

Twilight instantly teleported and appeared next to Beau, “Then let’s going, we have no time to lose.”

Twilight grabbed Beau and teleported with him along.

The two of them arrived at the front door, and saw Spike had just brought in the rest of the Mane 6, along with the two husbands, one fiancé, and one boyfriend.

“Glad you guys could make it.” Said Beau.

“Oh, darlings, we would never miss it.” Said Rarity.

“Yeah, that idea about us having a Hearth’s Warmin Eve party before the holiday starts was a mighty fine idea.” Said Applejack.

“And it’s about time we use the castle for a big party!!” said Pinkie with a bounce when she said, ‘party’.

“Well then, let’s get to it.” Said Beau.

“Before we do, we got some last-minute things to do first.” Said Rainbow as she and Fluttershy flew out.

But as they did, they heard…music?

“Wait, is that music?” said Beau.

“Yeah, we hear it too.” Said Bucky, with the rest of the humans in the room agreeing.

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“Whoa, is this a thing?” said a confused Silver.

“Well of course, darling.” Said Rarity, “After all, sometimes a song can bring up wonders for a pony.”

“What the heck is this, Disney?” said a confused Bucky.

“What, you guys rehearse this or something?” said a confused Bolt.

“Yeah, every Thursday.” Said Pinkie before pulling out a flyer and showed them, “Didn’t you guys see the flyer?”

This caused the humans in the room to look confused by this. But merely shrugged and carried on.

Soon, everypony in town was busy helping decorating, setting up food, and giving out presents to the fillies and colts and townsfolks as a means of giving, with the humans doing their best to help out, especially since both Bucky and Silver were trying their best to help their wives in order to make sure that they don’t strain themselves because they’re pregnant.

So far, everything is setting up great, and as Beau walked up the stairs with Moonlight, he overheard them talking.

“Hey, Starlight.” Said Twilight when Beau overheard them, “Ready to celebrate your first Hearth’s Warming Eve in Ponyville?”

“I was thinking I might just skip it.” Said Starlight.

Beau was shocked to hear this, even Twilight and Spike. Then he overheard her saying that Hearth’s Warming Eve was just about presents and candy.

“Why would she think that?” said Beau to himself, “It’s not about the presents, or about the thing that happened since Equestria’s founding. Okay, I’m getting to the bottom of this.”

Beau followed closely, and would later find the opportunity to speak to her.

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Whilst Twilight and Spike went to fetch the book, Beau on the other hand looked curious. He walked over with Moonlight in his arms.

“Why do you want to skip the holidays?” asked Beau.

Starlight turned to him in and could see him being concerned whilst holding Moonlight.

“Well, it sounds like to me the holiday is about presents and candy, and how they formed the fires of friendship to keep the mythical Windigos away.”

“Oh, they’re not a myth, they’re very much real.” Said Beau, causing Starlight to stop in a complete halt with widened eyes.

“I’m sorry, what?” said Starlight as she had a confused and worried look at the same time.

“I’m surprised Twilight didn’t tell you.” Said Beau, “My ancestor, Achilles Rohan was originally from Equestria, and he stumbled upon the Windigos. Even spoke to them.”

This surprised Starlight, and then had an anxious look.

“Okay then,” said Starlight whilst giggling nervously, “Now I’m really worried.”

“Don’t think too much about it.” Said Beau, “Besides, the holidays are more than just presents and candy, it’s also about spending time with family and friends and making memories that would last for generations. Besides, it’s a tradition.”

“I still find it silly.” Said Starlight before she walked. But before she could take another step.

“You don’t want to celebrate it because of your mother’s passing, don’t you?”

Starlight instantly stopped in shock, then looked at him.

“Sunburst told me the last time I saw him.” Said Beau.

Starlight sighed and looked down.

“Y-yeah.” Said Starlight, “It didn’t feel the same celebrating without my mom. And…after Sunburst left, I didn’t see the point anymore. Hence why I left and never looked back.”

Beau walked over to her and placed his hand on her shoulder, “Do you think she’d want you to be like this and not celebrate the holiday with those who want to be your friend?”

Starlight looked down and was partially in tears. Suddenly, the two of them heard babbling sounds. They looked at it looked like Moonlight wanted to hug Starlight, so she flew out and gently hugged her, with Starlight smiling slightly and hugged her.

“Thanks Moonlight.” Said Starlight.

“See, even Moonlight wants you to celebrate.” Said Beau, “Now then, why don’t you go meet Twilight at the library and see what she has in mind to teach you.”

“Alright,” said Starlight, then asked, “But what are you going to do?”

“Whilst the others distract the guests in the castle, I’ll be baking holiday cookies, no holiday is complete without some cookies.”

Starlight looked at him with confusion.

“What, it’s also a tradition.” Said Beau, before whispering, “That and Pinkie Pie has a habit of downing every cookie she sees.”

Starlight couldn’t help but giggle at that.

“And don’t worry, I’ll even save you some cookies and some hot chocolate to go with it.” Said Beau.

“Appreciate it.” Said Starlight before going to the library and find Twilight.

Beau held onto Moonlight and looked at her.

“Now then, Moonlight,” said Beau, “What do you say we go to the kitchen and make some cookies. That’s right, num-num, cookies.”

Moonlight giggled at that before Beau walked off to the kitchen with her.

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Beau was in the kitchen, singing in Italian of one of his favorite cooking songs of all time. He put the next batch of cookies inside of the oven, and the already baked ones he put in the public bowl for everyone to eat, whilst also filling up cookie jars filled with cookies being addressed to the Mane 6, Spike, Starlight, the CMC, and the humans.

However, Beau didn’t noticed that Moonlight was cooing in excitement as she watched the cookies being brought together. Then she looked at the cookie dough and licked her lips, for she really wanted to taste those cookies. She then had a mischievous smile and hovered over the cookie batter. She reached her little hand into the batter, but when she wanted to taste it, her hand was stuck in it the dough. She struggled to pull it out, as she tried to get free before her dad noticed.

“There,” said Beau whilst he wiped the sweat from his brow, “Only two more batches to go, and the cookies for the friends, wive, baby, and the guests will be complete.”

When all of a sudden, he heard a loud crash, causing him to quickly turn around and saw a hole, as well as the missing cookie batter.

“What the…?” muttered Beau.

He ran out of the door and followed the hole, until he eventually reached to where Moonlight’s room was. For it revealed she had tried to take the cookie dough to taste it, whilst be bowl was on her head as some of the dough was decorated on her. At the same time, she also had funny clothing on, for she had crashed through the closet.

“Uh-oh.” Said Moonlight, for she was in big trouble.

“Moonlight!!” said Beau. Though he was disappointed when he saw his daughter was a mess, but fearing for her wellbeing also took over as he quickly picked her up. “You shouldn’t play around like that; you could’ve gotten hurt.”

Suddenly, Moonlight teleported out of her father’s hands and played with her toys whilst still being a mess.

“Oh, Geez.” Muttered Beau, realizing just how hard it is. Then he shrugged and said, “Oh well, seeing that you’re being adorable like that, might as well take some pictures.”

He walked away and said, “But after this, we’re giving you a bath so you best behave.”

He then smirked and said, “Otherwise…no more cookies.”

This gained her attention as she froze up, then quickly waved her little arms, and shook her head.

“Uh-uh, uh-uh.” Pleased Moonlight, not wanting her favorite snack to be taken.

Beau smirked and said, “Good girl.”

Beau walked away to get the camera, so that he could take the pictures.

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After taking pictures of Moonlight, as well as giving her a bath, Moonlight was busy playing with her toys whilst wearing some fresh new clothes. She then felt a presence and looked at her dad, who had a slight frown.

“Normally, I’d ground you for causing a mess and would refuse to give you a cookie.” Said Beau, which startled Moonlight, and was teary eyes. “But given how it’s Hearth’s Warming Eve, I’ll let that slide, and give you some free cookies.”

The moment when Moonlight sees a jar of cookies, she squealed in delight and grabbed it like a koala, causing Beau to giggle at that.

He picked up Moonlight and went over to a cart that he thankfully had put aside to put the others’ cookies in. He walked down the hall and went straight to the main lobby, where everyone were still busy decorating the tree and the Castle.

Beau placed the large plate of cookies on the table, until…

“Cookies!!!!”

Beau placed his hand in the air and stopped something. When he slowly looked to his right, he saw Pinkie Pie in his hand, the one that she stopped.

“Pinkie,” scolded Beau, “What did we talk about self-control when it comes to food?”

Pinkie fell down onto her flank, then pouted and crossed her arms. “No eating them like a…pig.”

“Good girl.” Said Beau, then pulled out different cookie jars with names on them. “Besides, I already made cookies for you guys. And you get a jar each.”

“Sweet!!” said Rainbow in excitement as she accepted her jar, even the others.

As they took their jars, he noticed Twilight walking down the stairs.

“Hey there, glad you could make it.” Said Beau, “I hope it didn’t take too long.”

“Thankfully, no.” said Twilight before using her magic to pick up the cider whilst also holding Moonlight Sparkle.

“But she’ll be down here in a moment.” Said Spike.

That’s when Beau heard a door opening and looked up top, making him smirk. “Which is right now.”

They looked up and saw Starlight standing there.

“Welcome to the party,” said Twilight with a smile on her face, “Happy Hearth’s Warming Eve, Starlight.”

“Happy Hearth’s Warming Eve, Twilight.” Said Starlight with a smile on her own.

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Everyone began to sing together as all of them got excited. At the end, Beau was silent for a moment. Then looked at Twilight.

“Honey, seeing that all of you like to sing, mind if the guys and I also sing something from our world?” asked Beau.

Twilight wondered what it was, with Beau motioning the guys to come together. As Bucky played the guitar, Beau began to sing.

As they sang, everypony couldn’t help but watch and have smiles of their own, with Moonlight focusing on her father as she couldn’t help but giggle. One thing’s for certain, for many it had been the best Hearth’s Warming Eve ever, and for the humans, their very first Christmas, in another world.