Hearth's Warming Friends

by Lnx1ynight16

The Holiday Dinner

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The holiday dinner is starting now. The Mane Six, the Young Six and Spike are all sitting at the dinner table. The holiday dinner consists of traditional Hearth's Warming dinner foods, like pies, gingerbread cookies, mashed potatoes, steak, etc. Everyone is eating and enjoying the holiday dinner. While the Mane Six and Spike converse with each other, the Young Six are having their own conservation.

"Yona like dinner! Food delicious!" exclaimed Yona.

"This is how a Hearth's Warming dinner should be. Nice, delicious and cozy." said Sandbar.

"Thank you, Twilight." said Ocellus.

"You're welcome. After all, you guys deserved to be invited to the holiday dinner." replied Twilight.

The Young Six continued to eat the dinner, but Lnx1y suddenly came into the holiday table. She seemed hungry.

"Can I join the holiday table? I finished decorating the dormitory area." asked Lnx1y.

"Of course you can join. Go ahead!" replied Rainbow Dash.

Lnx1y joined the holiday table and she grabs a plate of food and starts eating.

"Mmmm~ very delicious." said Lnx1y.

"Yeah Lnx1y, the food here is very good!" replied Silverstream.

"I'm actually glad we cleaned up the mess, even if it was tiring." said Smolder.

"Same here, but we got invited to the holiday dinner, so it was worth it." said Gallus.

"Oh hey, what are you're holidays that you guys celebrate?" asked Lnx1y.

The Young Six become eager to respond to Lnx1y's question, because they have their own holidays and traditions.

"The changelings celebrate Earthen's Warming." replied Ocellus.

"Yaks celebrate Snilldar Fest!" replied Yona.

"Us dragons celebrate the Feast of Fire." said Smolder.

"Ponies celebrate Hearth's Warming." replied Sandbar.

"We celebrate the 3 Days of Freedom in Hippogriffia and Seaquestria!" replied Silverstream.

"And I celebrate the Blue Moon Festival in Griffonstone." replied Gallus.

The Young Six sound happy when they told Lnx1y what holidays they celebrated back home. However, they want to know what holiday Lnx1y celebrated from where she's from.

"Hey Lnx1y? What holiday do you celebrate?" asked Sandbar.

"Overlanders like me celebrate Hari Libur. It's like the Overland's equivalent to Equestria's Hearth's Warming." replied Lnx1y.

"Why is it called Hari Libur?" asked Smolder.

"Hari Libur means holiday in the Overland language." replied Lnx1y.

"Yona want to know more about Hari Libur!" exclaimed Yona.

"Me too!" exclaimed Silverstream.

"Okay okay I'll tell you. Hari Libur is celebrated on the 3rd weekend of December every year. The main tradition of Hari Libur that both land and water overlanders do is throwing coloured powder at each other. Yeah, snow doesn't exist in the Overland because it's too warm and tropical for it. The reason we throw coloured powder at each other because it represents unity and harmony. Overlanders also wear white clothes, so everyone represents equality. Of course colour powder throwing is not the only part of Hari Libur. We also light up fireworks and children run around holding sparklers because the fireworks represent spirits that watch over the overlanders. The stars on the night sky also represent all the overlanders that have passed. Overlanders spend Hari Libur with family and friends, eating delicious foods, dancing to music and much more. These are just the main traditions of Hari Libur for all overlanders. Each of the 1000 ethnic groups in the Overland have their own traditions for Hari Libur." explained Lnx1y.

"That's very interesting, though I don't want to have coloured powder on my feathers." said Gallus.

"Ohhhhh! I want to throw coloured powder! Can we do it right now?" asked Silverstream.

"No, we don't want the holiday dinner to be messy." replied Twilight.

"We can always throw coloured powder at each other outside." said Spike.

"Lnx1y, you said each ethnic group in the Overland have their own traditions for Hari Libur. What's your ethnic group?" asked Ocellus.

"I'm apart of the Bulanese ethnic group, who are from the Bulan Mountains of Jawu Island. The Bulanese light up lanterns and put colourful art on it and we let them fly. They're supposed to represent as gifts for those who passed." replied Lnx1y.

"Do you only used the coloured powder for throwing?" asked Smolder.

"No, we also use the coloured powder for making art on walls and sidewalks. Many overlanders like to throw coloured powder at each other, but they also use it to draw on the walls and sidewalks because the Overland being a tropical country, it's very colourful." replied Lnx1y.

"You guys can just use the coloured powder to make art, but after you guys finish eating." said Twilight.

The Young Six and Lnx1y all nod in agreement. They finish eating their dinner as they chat and laugh.


Author's Note

I changed the changeling's Hearth's Warming to Earthen's Warming to differentiate it from the pony's Hearth's Warming. Also it sounds more "earthy" and changeling like :3

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