It's Christmastime, but Richie has little reason to celebrate. Having recently left home and now living on his own, he has no one to celebrate the holidays with. Being a fan of the new My Little Pony, he has naturally often imagined having his own pony to curl up in bed with -- one to keep his body and heart warm during the wintry holiday season. When the powers that be see fit to fulfill his heart's desire, what happens when the thing Richie wanted most...also turns out to be the thing he wanted least?

Inspired by ROBCakeran53's My Little Dashie and Stepany1234's More Silver Than Gold. I make no apologies for the unoriginal idea (except maybe if it sucks).

Diamond Tiara cutie mark vector for cover art by Hawk9mm
Snowflake vector for cover art by Obsidian Dawn

A year after her redemption and another year for Hearth's Warming, Starlight is awakened late at night by a knocking on her door. There, she finds Snow, a colt abandoned by his parents and left with a thick rugged blanket and a rather short note. With no names to go by, Starlight takes to caring for Snow Star and getting to know him. After getting him looked at by a doctor and coming down with a devastating diagnosis, Starlight strives to make Snow's last few days the best he's ever had.

However, a constellation of winter stars peer over the nearby mountains and call out to Snow, their meaning bound in mystery and wonder. A legend that connects the three of them together through a greater unknown.

Any OC names or events that occur in this story are coincidence and entirely unintentional. Story is subject to minor changes.

Apple Bloom's parents died years ago in an accident, when she was only a baby. That's what Applejack and Big Macintosh have always told her, and even though they must have suffered a great deal they still managed to raise her properly and give her all the love her parents couldn't.

But her brother and sister have been hiding a secret, through shame, ever since their parents' deaths, and now the time has finally come to tell Apple Bloom who she really is. But how will the youngest Apple react to what really happened? Can their family bonds survive the truth?

(Credit to the author known as Somber, who wrote the fantastic "Simply Rarity", for the inspiration for some minor details about Sweetie Belle's family history.)