Fall of Starfleet: Hearth's warming days

by Legendbringer


We need a little Christmas

It was founded on Equestria and therefore it was FOR Equestria. It plays no part for Unicornicopia or anything related in such a way.


Applejack let out a sigh as she stood in the falling snow, watching her breath come out in a big puff of white. Looking around the quiet streets of Ponyville as the snow fell around her in small flakes, she felt an almost eerie calm around the town. One look to the darkened library told her why, “It’s seems rather quiet around here nowadays. Especially around this time of year.”

“Yeah, too quiet for Hearth’s Warming eve,” Rainbow Dash said, landing behind Applejack and shaking off some excess snow that fel on her mane.

Applejack turned around with a start, “Rainbow, when did you- How? I thought that Lighting had ya on patrol duty.”

“AWOL,” Dash smirked, “I spent every HEarth’s warming around here ever since I came to Ponyville and I’ll be damned if I can’t join my friends this year.”

“Those of us that are still around,” Applejack said with a frown. Straightening her hat, she began to walk around Dash, making her way to the street leading to her farm, “Pinkie’s at the shrink, Fluttershy is with Rhymey, Rarity is busy with Spike, and me...Ah’ve got an important appointment to keep. Sorry Rainbow Dash, It looks like you went AWOL for nothing.”

“Damn it,” Rainbow Dash cursed, lightly kicking the snow. “This blows, big time. Bad enough Grand Rotten hates the idea of us celebrating Hearth’s Warming, and that when we try to decorate it’s like the entire planet hates us, but now we’re all separated? It’s not fair!!!”

“Ah, know,” Applejack said, looking at the darkened town, “It should be livelier, Pinkie should be jumping about, Rarity should be decorating, and Twi-” there was a pause as she looked at the tree, “Ah won’t lie, Dash. It feels like ever since she died...she took a lot of what kept us together with her. We’re just starting to separate, heck the last time we had a talk like this was when we had to help Pinkie Pie.”

Dash let out a sigh and looked up to the still starry sky, “ If only there was a way I could remind them that we are all still together. That we are still,” when she got sight of a twinkle in on one of the stars, she gasped, “I have an idea, just keep an eye on the sky for me, ok?”

“Uh, sure thing,” Applejack said as she watched Rainbow Dash take off into the sky. With a sigh, she turned to walk down the road to her far,

It took a few minutes to reach her destination, two trees, a pear and an apple twisted together. The snow had covered the ground around the tree, except for a small marker that had two rose laid upon it. Applejack looked down at the marker with a long look as she read the names silently to herself.

Bright Mac and Pear Butter
Beloved Parents, loved son and daughter,
Remembered forever

“Hey, ma and pa. It’s me, Applejack. Ah know it’s a little weird seeing me this time of year, alone. But, I just needed to talk to you both for a few moments, just you and me,” she sighed as she sat down in the snow and looked up at the stars. Lifting her hand up to examine it, Applejack began to talk, “It’s just that...my life has been through so many changes lately, that Ah needed someplace normal to talk to for a bit. Ah’ve been turned into some sort of freaky thing, Starfleet keeps telling me everything that Ah believe in is wrong, and worst yet,” Applejack snorted and let out a breath.

“Worst yet, my family is falling apart,” Picking up a clump of snow, she crushed it, “Twilight died and now we are just drifting away. Ah haven’t seen my friends in such a long time, Ah am almost afraid that sooner or later...Ah’ll lose them forever. Almost makes me wish that something big like a war would hit us and bring us all back together. Ah just want something, a sign that shows us that we are still one.”

“Heh,” Applejack chuckled, ‘Guess it’s like the song says, “We need a little Hearth’s Warming, right this very minute.” IT’s not much, but it’s something to-”

An explosion knocked Applejack out of her talk and forced her to look to the sky When she did, she saw a giant rainbow of light overhead. But, instead of a circle, it was instead, a giant rainbow starburst of light. Applejack smiled, “Ok, nice Rainbow. Real nice.”

Little did she know, two other ponies had seen this light that day.