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// Happy Holidays. 
// Story: Discord's Holiday Vacation 
// by ManeShadow 
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	Princess Celestia's morning started out by walking into her throne room to find it completely covered in snow.

Celestia stood in the large doorway with her mouth agape, shocked by the condition of the place. How could this have happened? Was a window broken somewhere? Celestia went to the middle of the room and stood there, unsure of what to do. As Celestia looked over the room, a bright flash of light appeared in front of her and before she could comprehend, sitting on her throne, was Discord.

"Discord! What did you do to my throne room?" Celestia asked angrily, clenching her teeth.

"Oh, this. Well I thought that this room needed a more festive look to it. After all, it is almost Hearth's Warming Eve. I'm practically counting the days." Discord pulled out a small desk calendar which had every date accurately crossed out in a red X.

"Discord, this is hardly appropriate!" Celestia growled at Discord, who didn't react to her angry tone. "And frankly, I'm going to need you to clean this up now."

"Oh come-come Celestia, you really need to lighten up!" Discord laughed. "It's just snow, after all!"

Celestia charged her horn as a sign of aggression. Discord frowned and turned around.

"Oh, alright, fine. If you really insist-" Discord is cut off when he is hit in the back of the by a cold, soft object. "Hey! What did you?-"

Discord turned around to see Celestia levitating a snowball with her magic as she giggled to herself. Discord stood watching her, confused.

"Oh, you are SO on!" Discord laughed out. He grabbed a clump of snow and began to shape it into a snowball, by the time he was finished Celestia had about three more completed, ready to fire. As the two engaged in a playful snowball fight, Princess Luna walked into the throne room, yawning. Luna stepped into the cold snow,

"Eeeeeeek!" Luna screeched in surprise, she looked up to see her sister staring at her, giggling like she did when she was a filly. Luna grinned, embarrassed. Luna's upset managed to distract Celestia enough for Discord to hit her with a snowball.


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"You've been a very helpful assistant Discord, I am most pleased with your performance." Celestia sat in her throne with Luna at her side and Discord bowing in front of her.

"Oh, but it's my pleasure Princess." Discord ceased bowing, and stood in front of Celestia, awaiting her words.

"I've decided that you can have a week off for the holidays, you've been working so hard after all, and we don't have much left to do around the castle. Perhaps you can visit our friends in Ponyville?" Celestia took a sip of the hot chocolate being served to her by a guard. "You may leave whenever you feel like it."

Discord bowed, gave a polite "Thank you." and held up his hand, a ball of pale yellow energy forming inside it. He throws the ball towards the ground in a flash of light, and disappears.