//------------------------------// // Time for Carolling // Story: Freaky Christmas // by Hazel_Hester777 //------------------------------// “Alright, Freaks and their Lovers, gather around” Brutalight called everypony present. All gathered in one area to listen to what the Queen of Freaks was about to announce. “As you all know by now, we’re having a performance being done by 9 young foals tonight to help in our Christmas this year. And those foals include The Cutie Mark Creeps, Rarifruit’s twin daughters Endaria and Flourice, Pinkis and Joseph’s son Orion, dragon-pony hybrid AssSpike, and Fluttershout’s long-lost-and-now-found daughter Bunochius” Each young Freak bowed a bit to show it was them being addressed. “Anyway, for some of them, it is their first Christmas. So we decided to do this properly. Ready yourselves. We’re moving this performance to the Normals’ town!” “The town?!” Rarifruit gasped as the others seemed to drop their jaw in shock. “I didn’t know we’d have it out in the open town! Francie seemed to coo in delight. “Sounds free!” “Let’s go!” Creepy took her mature friend by the hoof while Karateloo helped them by flying. Fluttershout approached Brutalight with a smile. “Did you and Fruity make up?” The Alicorn nodded. “Good. Though, I have to ask, why move the performance to the open of a town with Normals?” The Freak Queen smirked. “It’s time they see the innocence in the young ones” ________________________________________ “Why would we in our right minds do something as crazy as that?!” The Captain yelled at Pelt Skin. The young Rookie was asking that maybe Freaks have changed their ways. Maybe it was time that they were deemed safe to be around with. “But that mother and her child seem innocent enough. The other Freaks with children deserve a second chance. Maybe even all Freaks!” Pelt Skin pointed out. “Those Freaks with just raise their little abominations into monsters worse than they are!” “How can you be so sure? That little one could barely even fly. If we keep them isolation, then that just makes them think it’s unfair! If we let them bask in the sunlight again openly, they may be more caring and stop hurting!” “Pelt Skin, for the last time, I…” The conversation stopped the next moment when they heard something. It sounded…serene. It was like a choir was vocalizing. But it was a different type of tune. Time type was calmer, gentler, and purer. Curiosity got the best of them and they looked outside. What they saw made their blood run cold. There, outside, in the center of town, were a group of Freaks. They were staring at a smaller group that was in the center of where they were. To see one Freak in the open was one thing, but to find a whole group? It’s like you died and went to an alternate universe. What they found more surprising was that the Freaks seemed like they weren’t interested in attacking at all. They all gathered around the smaller group in the center. If one looked close enough, they could see that the ones in the smaller group were all wearing white tunics, and the music sounded like it was coming from them. One of them, a white one who looked like a Pegasus, seemed to stir up the choir until all were singing. Must we be documented ‘Monstrosity’? Past generation’s sins, they write With, yet, even innocent and pure miracles Isolation for supernatural It’s time we came to fight Must we, the children Be condemned for the deeds of our parents? We now have to live without a chance That in the sunlight, we can once again dance If they could open their eyes, then they’d know That the Freaks that showed remorse for none care for their own If they continue to keep us out of the light Then our course is now clear, my dear We’re forever trapped in the night Must we, the children Be condemned for the deeds of our parents? We now have to lie without a chance That in the sunlight, we can once again dance The song sounded very sad. It was like a lament. By then they realized that those who were singing it were young foals, once of which was the one that Pelt Skin saw a few days earlier. It seemed like they were saying that they think it’s unfair that they have to live in the dark and never experience daylight just because of their parents’ deeds. The sadness and sorrow seemed to just come right through them. The Captain himself heard it along with Pelt Skin and several others. The message of the song was clear: These children were singing about how they have to suffer for the actions of their parents. Pelt and several Hunters seemed to soften from just hearing it. The Captain seemed to as well, but not as much as them. Several Normals with their children went up to hear well. The Freaks didn’t even glare or hiss at them, they let them see openly and even made room for them. The singing stopped for a bit, before it began another tune. This time, it sounded like a song played that a ballerina would dance to. Then, it began again. This night, we pray Our lives will show This dream we had Each child still knows As Bunochius sang the first line, she floated over to the fillies of the Normals present. At the second line, she made a snowdrop flower suddenly bloom in the ground infront of the filly. At the third line, she picked it up and put it on the child’s ear. By the fourth line, she gave the filly a kiss on the forehead, making her blush, before going back with the others. This night, we pray Our lives will show This dream we had Each child still knows Creepy Belle sang the first line as she and the Cutie Mark Creeps approached two foals, a filly and a colt. Francie sang the second line while putting a flower wreath on both the foals’ heads. Karateloo then sang the third line while hugging both of them, much to their delight. Ducky Hooves then sang the last line as the four went back with the others. We are waiting We have not forgotten Endaria, Flourice, AssSpike, and Orion sang the two verses while splitting up by gender. Orion and AssSpike both sang the verses while they each took a filly by the hoof from the Normals to dance a swan dance with them. Endaria and Flourice did the same, but this time, with colts. The fillies and colts with them seemed very happy about it, even their parents enjoyed it. On this night, on this night, on this very Christmas night As Endaria, Flourice, AssSpike, and Orion kept dancing with their partners. Bunochius and the rest of the Cutie Mark Creeps kept going around, singing and letting other fillies and colts join in as they sang that one verse about eight times. At the eighth time, they slowed to a stop before allowing all the foals return to their parents. The children seemed very happy about it, so did their parents. As for the Freaks, they got their kids back and hugged them lovingly. The Normals present were quite amazed at the spectacle. Before anything else, the Freaks all took a bow before Brutalight lit her horn and they disappeared again. The Hunters seemed very touched at the performance. The Captain himself couldn’t hold back the tears of being touched. The music was so melodious. He couldn’t believe that the young Freaks of the new generation could actually dance and interact with the Normals’ children without violence. The adult Freaks even allowed the Normals to come for a closer look at the job. It made him wonder, maybe it was time to let Freaks live in Harmony with the Normals?