Equestria Girls Christmas: Frosty the Snowman

The train that was carrying Frosty, Karen, Flurry, and Hocus continued on its way up north. As for the boxcar itself, it was actually a splendid way to travel. Splendid, that is, if one is a snowman or a furry, coated rabbit. Humans, however, can only take so much cold weather before their body starts to feel the effects. And as for Karen, that's exactly what was happening. Poor Karen was shivering as she sat on one of the boxes of ice cream in between both Frosty and Flurry. Karen was so cold, in fact, that she ended up sneezing.

"Are you cold, Karen?" Frosty asked. "Now, that's a silly question. You wouldn't be sneezing if you weren't cold."

"Well, just... just a lit-- a little," Karen shivered before sneezing again.

Yes, Flurry was cold, too, but it wasn't to the point where she was sneezing like Karen. You see, Karen was colder than what Flurry was, because her legs were exposed. Flurry was lucky to be wearing pants with her winter clothes.

"Frosty, we should get out of here," Flurry shivered. "I don't think I can take much more of this."

Well, Frosty realized that the girls had to get out of that car as soon as possible. So when the little freight train stopped to let a yellow express bullet train carrying a bunch of happy Christmas travelers pass, Frosty took the opportunity and quickly got them all out. As soon as the train started back up again, everyone noticed Professor Hinkle under the caboose's railing.

"Oh, you tricked me! No fair!" he shouted as the freight train continued on its way.

As he got farther and farther away form everyone, Professor Hinkle finally climbed up the caboose in order to make a jump to hopefully get to them. Unfortunately for him, he instead tumbled down a snowy mountain and ended up crashing against a tree. The snow that was on the tree landed on top of him, while the icicles landed around him. Professor Hinkle eventually passed out after about a minute or so.

Meanwhile, Frosty carried Karen through a forest during a nasty blizzard as both Flurry and Hocus trailed along behind him. Frosty wanted to get as far away as he could before Hinkle woke up. And let me tell you, it was not easy for everyone to traverse through the blizzard. It was so cold that even Hocus was starting to shiver. And to top it all off, Karen's condition was getting worse the farther they traveled. It eventually got to the point where Flurry lost all feeling and mobility from her waist all the way down to her feet.

"Frosty, I'm cold! I can't even feel my legs anymore!" she shivered before sneezing.

"Hocus, I've got to get the girls all warmed up, or they're gonna be goners," Frosty explained.

Hocus explained through his body language that Frosty should try making a fire to warm them up.

"I can't make a fire. Oh, boy, that's one thing I really can't do."

"If I wasn't so numb, I'd make one."

"Guess we just better keep moving until we find someone who can."

The group struggled through the blizzard until they eventually came upon a tiny glen, which seemed almost magical. They then noticed something that caught their eye in that glen. The animals were decorating the snow-covered evergreen trees. You see, the woodlands were getting ready for the Christmas celebration, as well. They knew Santa would be coming that night and they wanted everything to be just right. Seeing the critters hard at work gave Frosty an idea.

"Hocus, speak to the animals," he instructed. "See if they won't all pitch in and build a fire for the girls."

Hocus hopped over to the animals and explained everything to them through his body language. Much to everyone's relief, the animals were delighted to help. So they found a spot away from the glen, where the fire wouldn't catch on to the trees. They gathered just enough branches to make a campfire to help the girls get warm. Soon, there was a spark, and in almost no time, a splendid fire was crackling away.

Thanks to the animals' help, Karen and Flurry were able to warm themselves up in a matter of minutes. Frosty, of course, was very careful to stay far away from the flames.

"You feeling better?" Flurry asked.

"Yes, a lot," Karen responded.

"Thank goodness."

Flurry breathed on her hands to warm them up quicker, as they were still cold from trudging through the blizzard. She then looked up at the stars and started to remember something that her aunt once told her.

"Auntie Twilight once told me that she actually helped raised Santa."

"Get out!"

"No, really. It was at least 70 years ago."

"Wait, how old is your aunt?"

"She still looks the same as she did nearly a century ago. At least, that's what she told me. She also said that Santa had to deliver toys to place where they were outlawed."

"A place that outlawed toys? That sounds awful!"

"It was. They got caught until one of her friends and Mrs. Claus helped free them."

"Wow, your family's amazing!"

"That's what everyone else says. But sometimes I wonder if that's all they think about. You know, how cool it is that my aunt lives with Santa at the North Pole, and how my dad is the head chief of the police department. Makes me wonder what it would be like if my family was just... normal."

"Look, you know as well as I do that it doesn't really matter what kind of family you have, just as long as they show their love for you."

"I guess..."

As the girls continued talking, Frosty spoke with Hocus on who to contact to get the girls back home where they would be warm and him to the North Pole. It was eventually decided on Santa Claus, since he lived at the North Pole.

"Hocus, you go back with the animals," Frosty instructed. "And when Santa comes, you bring him right here. Understand?"

Hocus nodded, then hopped back over to where the animals were.

As the night went on, Frosty kept up a silent vigil, waiting patiently all through the night until Santa would arrive. As he waited, both Karen and Flurry continued to warm themselves up by the fire. That was soon cut short when Professor Hinkle made himself known and blew out the fire.

"No! Don't!" Frosty exclaimed as he ran up to Hinkle.

"Now, give me that hat, or else!" Professor Hinkle threatened.

"Or else, what?"

"Don't bother me with details! GIVE ME THAT HAT!"

Frosty quickly ducked out of the way before Professor Hinkle could steal the hat off of him and got down for the girls to get on. As soon as they got on his shoulders, Frosty slid down the snow as if he were a sled. You see, since he was made of snow himself, Frosty was the fastest belly-whopper in the world. And old Professor Hinkle was soon far outdistanced.

Once they reached the bottom of the hill, Frosty saw a tiny greenhouse. Flurry immediately recognized it as the place where her mother buys tropical poinsettias every Christmas.

"It's got to be all warm and snug inside for those Christmas flowers to grow so beautiful. Let's go in," Frosty said as he carried Karen.

"But... But you will melt," Karen warned.

"Just a little. I'll only stay inside for a minute. Besides, I've been meaning to take off a little weight, anyway."

Frosty entered the greenhouse with the girls and started to sweat furiously. It was a lot hotter than he had expected.

"Stay in here much longer and I'll really make a splash in the world," he joked.

The girls chuckled, since they found his joke to be funny. They weren't laughing for long, as Flurry noticed that the door had closed behind them. It was Professor Hinkle. He had caught up to them and trapped them inside the greenhouse. As he relished in his victory, he soon heard the sound of sleigh bells overhead. He looked up and saw Santa with Twilight in his sleigh. This time, however, she was wearing a different outfit, as the times had changed.

"There! There he is!" Twilight shouted, pointing down towards the glen where Hocus was.

Santa landed his sleigh at the glen where both he and Twilight were met by Hocus. Hocus explained the situation to Santa and Twilight. And if you recall, Santa had animal helpers when he was younger, so he would naturally be able to understand Hocus fluently. Professor Hinkle, who saw them coming, immediately hid behind a tree so he wouldn't get caught. And when neither Santa, Twilight, or Hocus found Frosty or one of the girls on the hill, they eventually followed Frosty's path in the snow to the greenhouse.

"I've got a bad feeling about this," Twilight gulped.

Santa opened the door expecting to find a snowman with two girls, but found something else. You see, when they got inside, a terrible sight met their eyes. Karen was on her knees crying her eyes out. In front of her was a puddle of water with the hat, the corncob pipe, the button nose, and the two pieces of coal that were used as Frosty's eyes. Frosty had melted. Flurry was crying, too. Twilight slowly walked up to her niece and put her hand on her shoulder. Flurry looked up with tears in her eyes and gave Twilight a big hug as she continued to cry.

"We're... We're too late," Twilight said sadly as she hugged Flurry even tighter. "There, there, Flurry. It's all right. Auntie Twilight's here."

"Too late? Why, nonsense!" Santa said reassuringly before turning his focus to Karen. "Don't cry, Karen. Frosty's not gone for good."

Flurry wiped the tears from her eyes upon hearing Santa's voice.

"But, Santa... he melted," she said tearfully.

"That's true, but you see, he was made out of Christmas snow, and Christmas snow could never disappear completely."

He then picked up Karen and sat her down on a box that had poinsettias growing from it.

"Oh, it sometimes goes away for almost a year at a time and takes form of Spring and Summer rain."

Twilight's eyes lit upon hearing Santa say this.

"Oh, yeah! That's right!" she exclaimed as she got down to Flurry's eye level. "Flurry, do remember when I told you about the one time Winter made it snow on Christmas Eve because his magic powers weren't working?"

"Oh, yeah! That was the year I was born, wasn't it?" Flurry said.

"Uh-huh. It was prophesized that another winter baby would come around and do wonderful things. That was you. You helped bring Frosty to life thanks to your strong friendship with Karen. And when a good cold December wind kisses the rain, it'll definitely turn into the magical Christmas snow again."

Flurry smiled and hugged her aunt as she let a happy tear escape from her eyes.

"So, are you ready to make the magic happen?"

"Mmm-hmm."

Flurry walked up to the greenhouse's door and opened it up. Sure enough, a good December wind blew inside and brought Frosty back outside with everything except his hat. Flurry was about to put it on, when she was soon interrupted by Professor Hinkle.

"Wait a minute!" he snarled. "I want that hat and I want it, now."

"Don't you dare touch that," Santa warned.

"And just what are you going to do about it?"

"If you so much as lay a finger on the brim, I'll never bring you another Christmas present as long as you live."

"Never?"

"Never!"

"No more trick cards or... magic balls or..."

"No more anything."

"Oh, that's not fair," Professor Hinkle groaned, kicking one of his magic cans. "I mean, we evil magicians have to make a living, too."

"If you're really sorry, Hinkle, then you'll go straight home and write I am very sorry for what I did to Frosty at least one thousand times," Twilight said. "And then, maybe, just maybe, you might find something from Santa stuffed in your stocking tomorrow morning.

"A new hat maybe?"

"Maybe..."

"Oh, yes, ma'am. Goodbye everyone! Sorry to lose and run, but I've got to get busy writing. Busy! Busy! Busy!"

And with that, Professor Hinkle went home to start writing his apology lines.

Flurry giggled, as she found it funny that a grown man was being reduced to writing lines as his punishment.

"Come on, sweetie. Put the hat on Frosty. We're all waiting for him."

Flurry nodded and put the hat on Frosty's head. Almost immediately, Frosty came back to life, much to Karen's delight. Everyone was so happy that they all ended up dancing for at least ten minutes before setting off for Karen and Flurry's neighborhood.

And so Santa took the girls home and made ready to bring Frosty back to the North Pole. Karen hated to say goodbye to Frosty and Flurry didn't want to say goodbye to her favorite and only aunt. But they knew they had to. Twilight gave her niece a kiss on the cheek before she took off with Santa and Frosty.

And after all of that, Flurry went inside and told her mom everything. Cadence hugged her and told her that she would pay more attention to her from now on. And just like Twilight and Santa promised before taking her and Karen home, Frosty returned every year with the magical Christmas snow. And every year, there was a great celebration with a big Christmas parade. In fact, they're doing one right now.

Well, that was a Christmas for you. Flurry's close bond with Karen was the very catalyst that made the hat magic in the first place. And with Frosty the Snowman, Christmas was always very merry, indeed. And I hope you have a merry Christmas, too.

THE END