Stories told on the Hearth

by Alchemystudent


Candy Cane Lane

Take a trip down Candy Cane Lane with me
It's the cutest thing I swear you'll ever see, it's the best
So get dressed, and impressed
You and the colors of the rainbow...


One blue eye opened to the sight of snow outside of her window. The next followed soon after and then a pink body as she leapt from her bed with a cheer. Happily, Pinkie Pie ran to the window to watch all of the ponies walking around the snow, fixing up their decorations and shoveling snow. She couldn’t help bit bob her head in rhythm to the music that was playing on the radio while she watched the world go by around her. Then she let out a gasp as she saw something in the distance.

Nodding her head in affirmation, she ran to her closet, put on a whool scarf and boots, and ran outside. Her face scruntched up in determination as she ran through the town and into the castle of her friend, Twilight Sparkle. As she entered the foyer, she looked around, panting and trying to find the stairs. Locating the acented steps, she quickly ran up the stairs and into Twilight’s room, “Twilight! Come quick! Emergancy! I need you.”

Twilight, too tired from being forced awake by her friend, let out a small grumbling, “Later Pinkie, I need sleep.”

“No, I need you, now come on!” Pinkie said, biting onto Twilight’s tail and pulling, dragging the unicorn off the bed.

Twilight mumbled again, “No, Pinkie, I can’t come with you. Can’t it wait...”

“No, it can’t! It’s really big and I need the bestest alicorn I know to handle it,” Pinkie said, letting go of the tail and shaking her head. Sighing, she reached into her boot and pulled out a coffee packet.  Pulling out a little pot, she boiled up a cup of coffee and opened Twilight’s mouth. After quickly pouring it into her mouth, she stepped back as she watched the bitter liquid take it’s effect.

Shooting up to her hooves and sitting down, she looked to Pinkie as she remarked, “Ok, I’m up, what do you want.” Twilifht asked, shaking her head and looking to the pink pony.

“There is something big going down in town Twilight. It’s really big and I need your help to fix it,” Pinkie said, running towards Twilight’s bedroom door.

“Ok, what can be so big that you need me?” Twilight asked shaking her head and walking through the door. With a quick ignite of her horn, she put on her warm clothes and followed the pink blur as she hopped excitedly out the door and into the snow.

As she hopped Pinkie began to explain, “Well, after I had this wonderful dream featuring ice cream cakes that wanted to be friends with fudge, I woke up to all of this snow. That’s when I saw it!”

“Saw what?” Twilight asked standing in front of sugar cube corner.

“This big snow monster!” Pinkie said, waving her hooves manically. Then she looked down the alley and pointed, “Look! There he is!”

Twilight looked and cocked an eyebrow at a normal snowman, “Pinkie, that’s just a snowman.”

“No, he isn’t there,” Pinkie said, shaking her head. Quickly, she grabbed Twilight’s head and  pointed towards a nearby rooftop.

Twilight blinked in confusion, before she saw a small snow monster attacking a chimney and covering it with snow . Narrowing her eyes, she said, “Oh, I get it. And he is-”

“Moving way to fast for Applejack,” Pinkie said with a nod.

With a smirk, Twilight fired a magical energy shot at the snow monster and pulled him down from the top. Glaring, Twilight stepped to the monster, “Ok, beast. It’s time for you to-”

“WAHHHHHHHH!!!!” The snow monster cried as he sat on the ground.

“Cry like a little baby?” Twilight asked, arcing an eyebrow in confusion.

Curious, Pinkie walked over to the monster and lightly tapped his arm, “Hey, what’s with the tears little guy?” she asked, looking at the monster.

The monster then began to wail an unitllegible collection of roars and growls. This made Pinkie gasp aloud and reply, “You’re a baby snow monster and you got lost? And you were only attacking the chimney’s because you were scared?”

“But, if he’s lost, then where did he come from?” Twilight asked.

“Well,” Pinkie listened to the monster’s crying, and then gasped in happiness, “It exists!!!!!!”

Candy Cane Lane, bring a friend this holiday
Bring a friend who loves to play, we'll eat all the candy canes
Oh, Candy Cane Lane, bring a friend this holiday
Bring a friend who loves to play, we'll eat all the candy canes

Twilight stood in shock and awe as the baby snow monster was reunited with his parents, happily playing with them. Blinking in disbelief, she turned over to the still giggling Pinkie as she grabbed some red and yellow, pink and green, orange, purple, and blue candy canes. Taking a few steps towards her friend she said, “And where did you hear of ‘Candy Cane lane?”

“From my Granny Pie,” Pinkie giggled as took the canes with her, “She said there was  a secret place that pops up every five years that was home to the mallows. It was a place where Candy Canes grow and I always hoped to find it.”

“And we just so happened to find someone from there?” Twilight asked, only to find a candy cane in her mouth.

Pinkie, now with a bag of canes, giggled, “Don’t ask Twilight, just have fun!!! Now, come on, lets go and get the others.”

Watching her best friend bounce away, she shrugged and followed along.

Christmas is waiting for you, Christmas is waiting for you.
Candy Cane Lane.