After that field trip with Aita and Chrysalis’ friendship mission, I’ve been slowly getting genuinely popular with my class at Happy Foals, which has since begun to live up to its name.
And now, with a week and a half left before Hearth’s Warming, everyone’s excited for winter vacation, especially after the class party after lunch.
The bell rings for dismissal twice, the first one more of a ten minute warning to faculty. But because of the party, we wrap up pretty quickly and Lily, Smoky and I are out by the second bell.
“I gotta say, Cozy, those are some mean cookies,” Lily compliments.
Smoky licks around his lips. “If it’s one thing I look forward to, it’s all that sugary sweetness that you cook up at home. Are you sure the process wasn’t daunting?”
“Nah, I think big,” I reply, holding up my left hoof. “Why else would those field trips happen?” As I look at the two, they seem a bit worried. “Oopsie. Forgot those don’t happen anymore. So what’s your plans for winter vacation?”
Lily is the first to explain her plans. “Well, momma’s takin’ my family to the hotel at Flim Flam Grande for the New Years. We wanna see the ball drop over there.”
“I’m taking a vacation to the dragon lands to meet up with Sheriff Mangle. What are you gonna do, Cozy?” asks Smoky.
“Gee, I guess you could say I’ll be visiting some friends in Ponyville. Remember the changeling with the plastic brick and the glowing pen?” Smoky and LIly nod. “I don’t know exactly what I’ll be doing, but I would do anything to learn more about Aita and her friends.”
“That sounds great, Cozy!” Lily exclaims. “You’re givin’ this whole friendship thing your all, aren’t ya?”
“Mhm! It’s just like Aita said; giving you guys another chance allowed me to make friends in no time at all.”
That night, I make it to Ponyville by train. And who else to meet me other than my younger best friend and her caretaker: the Princess of Friendship herself. Aita appears to have a saddlebag on while Twilight doesn’t.
“Twilight! Aita!”
“Cozy Glow!” Aita leaps forward and hugs me. “Are you staying for Hearth’s Warming?”
“I sure am! Nopony could ever resist the opportunity to visit their friends during winter vacation!”
Twilight comes around and wraps her wing around me. “That’s really nice of you, Cozy. And what a coincidence this is. Before we left to see you, I got this in the mail.” She levitates a flier out of the bag and shows it to me.
Front and center on the flier, there is a crown made out of tin foil with Twilight’s cutie mark on it. But that looks like that’s all there is on the flier.
“What’s that crown?” I ask. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”
“Just come with us and we’ll show you,” answers Twilight.
I nod as She and Aita then lead the way to the castle. What a way to kick off vacation: a surprise.