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// Chapter 1 
// Story: Tempest's First Hearthwarming in Ponyville 
// by Creativa-Artly01 
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It's a snowy day in Ponyville when Twilight gets a knock on her castle door. She then walks over and gets it and to her surprise, Tempest is standing right in front of her. "I brought a present," says Tempest with a smile. 

"Come on in," says Twilight. Tempest thanks her and comes inside. She then goes over to the tree and places her present underneath it. 

"So, how does this work?" asks Tempest. "This is my first Hearthswarming in awhile, heck, it's my first one in Ponyville. I don't know how you guys do it here." 

"Well, we start with a Hearthswarming play, we then enjoy a nice Hearthswarming dinner, then we do gifts, cocoa, and carols," responds Twilight with a smile.

"Sounds festive," says Tempest.

"Oh, it is! And very fun!" bursts in Pinkie Pie as she does a surprise party cannon over Twilight's head. 

"That's enough Pinkie," says Twilight, "now please go finish up the Hearthswarming cookies."

"Okee dokee loki!" responds Pinkie as she bounces off to go work on the cookies. 

"You should go observe Pinkie as she decorates the cookies," says Twilight as she turns to face Tempest. "It'll show you a little bit of what Hearthswarming is about to us." Tempest nods and goes over and observes Pinkie.

"What are you doing, Pinkie?" inquires Tempest. 

"Decorating cookies, do you want to help? It's easy," responds Pinkie.

"Uh, sure," responds Tempest. She then picks up a bag and begins to pipe very intricate designs all over the cookies. Pinkie's jaw drops to the floor.

"That's impressive, Fizzlepop," says Pinkie as she picks her jaw up off the floor. "Where did you learn to decorate like that?"

"My mother and aunt had a bakery when I was growing up and I'd always help them with the cookies," responds Tempest, "oh how I miss them." 

"Why don't you invite them here to Hearthswarming?" asks Pinkie. 

"I...I don't know," responds Tempest with a stutter in her voice. 

"Write them a letter, then see if they'll come," responds Pinkie. "Spike will send it off for you."

"Okay," responds Tempest. She then goes over to a table and writes a letter on a piece of stationary on the table. She then takes it to Spike who sends it off to her mother and aunt. A few hours later, she gets a response. She then opens it and reads it.

"Dear Tempest," Tempest reads, "we are glad you invited us to celebrate Hearthswarming with you and we'll gladly come. Heck, we'll even bring our world famous carrot cake and your aunt's peppermint eggnog. Sincerely, your mother." Tempest folds it up and smiles. She then turns to Pinkie. "They agreed to come."

"That's great!" responds Pinkie. "I bet you're excited to see them, huh?" 

"Yes, absolutely!" responds Tempest. 

A few hours later, there's a knock at the door and Tempest goes over and opens it and finds her aunt and mother standing there. She then embraces them in a great big hug. "Oh, honey! We missed you so much!" exclaim her mother and aunt as they hug her. "We missed you so very much!"

"I missed you guys too," responds Tempest. She then leads them over to the table where they set down their cake and eggnog. The three then go over to the couch where they sit down and catch up. Tempest is happy. She's so glad to see her family again after so many years away from them.