All year, a malevolent creature watches and judges ponies, and as winter falls it rises from its torpor. On the longest night of the year, it swoops down and renders its verdict on all the fillies and colts of Equestria and there is nothing that they can do to stop it.

None of the adults see a problem with this, but Cozy Glow does, and she's determined to stop it, or at least avoid it.

Written for Equimorto for Jinglemas 2024