//------------------------------// // A Diffrent Kind of Winter Wrap up // Story: Team Harmony // by Norwegian boy //------------------------------// Winter wrap up. Once a year, the ponies in Ponyville must clear the snow in the town. Why? Apparently, the sun can’t melt the snow in this place thanks to a creature call Discord. Yes, I read books. Anyway, I think the hole thing is stupide, why can’t they just let the sun melt the snow? Sleep, when you are sleeping in the night, it’s the only time of the day you can escape the reality we call life. I love to sleep in a warm bed, but not when someone is knocking on my door early in the morning, 5.30 am to be exact. I turned over to look at my alarm clock and it read 5.30 am, why am I up so early? Because someone is knocking on my door. I toss away my blanket and I regret doing that, the cold struck me. I got out of my warm bad and grabbed my pants, I managed somehow to put them on, I open my door and walked out. Once I got down the stairs the knocking continued. “Alright already, I heard you the first time.” The last time I was up this early was when I lived at AJ’s farm. I opened the door and the first thing I noticed was the cold, I love the cold but not five in the morning. When I had gotten over the cold I managed to see who it was, it was a purple unicorn. “Sparkle, you better have a good reason for knocking on my door at 5:30 am in the morning.” I asked her in a groggy voice. “I’m here because Sunset kicked me out of the three house.” She said with some shame in her voice. I tried to rub the tiredness out of my good eye. “Why did she kick you out?” She looked down on the ground. “I might have woke her up.” I could hear the embarrassed in her voice. “Why are you here?” She looked up at me. “I was hoping to come inside.” Then I heard her stomach make some noise. “To eat breakfast?” She asked me with a blush on her check. I let out a heavy sighed. I wanted to tell her to get lost but that’s not who I am. “Fine.” That made her smile. I walked in and she followed, she closed the door after herself. “Why don’t you go and started a fire, I’m going to get dressed.” She agreed with that, I went upstairs to get dressed while she went into the living room. It didn’t take long the get dressed. When I walked downstairs I could see that Twilight was still working at fireplace, I decided to make breakfast. Once I was in the kitchen I decided to make french toast. I was almost finished when Twilight walked into the kitchen, she took a seat at the table. It was time to get some answered. “Might telling me the reason why you are up so early this day?” “Today is winter wrap up and I guess I got a little too excited.” Ah yes, winter wrap up, the day when the ponies in this town ‘clear’ out winter. Apparently, a long time ago, a creature called Discord fucked up how thing’s work around here and now they have to clear out the winter instead of letting the sun do its job. I think it’s stupid. “How can you be so excited for that? Didn’t you do that in Canterlot when you lived there?” I couldn’t see but I could hear that Twilight put her arms on the table and laid her head in them. “No, we used magic to clear the snow. But here in Ponyville they do it the old fashion way, they clear the snow them self. Like the earth ponies did when this town was founded.” I couldn’t help but smile off how happy she sounded. “It’s sounds like you have wanted to this for a long time.” “You have no idea.” I finished up the French toast and place some of them on plate for and Twilight, then I placed the plates on the table with accessories, like jam and other stuff. Then we eat, and it was good, I guess I was hungrier than I thought. While eating I decided to ask Twilight something. “So, might telling me why Sunset kicked you out from the library.” She blushed by that question. “I might have burst into her bedroom this morning.” She answered in an embarrassing tone. I couldn’t help but chuckle. “You shouldn’t do that to your roommate, you shouldn’t do that to ANYONE.” I put a little force on anyone. She gave me annoyed glance. “I know already.” I just chuckle again. “That I burst into Sunset bedroom wasn’t the worst part.” I stopped eating. “Big Mac was there with her.” That made me choke on the food I had in my mouth. I knew that they had been spending more time together, but not this fast. “You okay Fox?” I gave her a thumbs up. I managed to swallow my food. “Are you sure you saw Mac in the same bed as Sunset?” She nodded. “Man, I knew that they were dating, but this is ridiculous.” I coughed a little. “Please don’t tell me that they slept together.” Twilight just tilted her head to the side. “Of course, they slept together, they had to there wasn’t another bed there.” I just slapped a hand on my face. “That’s not what I meant, I asked if they SLEPT together.” That just confused her even more. “I don’t understand, what ells could two ponies do in the bed together?” I just started at her, then her eyes widen. “You mean….?” I just nodded. Then her face became red as a tomato. “No, they didn’t do that, I would have heard it.” That was something I didn’t want to hear. “That’s good to hear, but you shouldn’t wake others so early in the morning.” She looked down at the table in shame. “I know, I just was so excited for today.” She then looked at the stares. “I didn’t wake Shadow, did I?” “No, she at Applebloom and having a slumber party.” I couldn’t help but laugh. “I swear, that pony can be friends with a Diamond dog if she wanted to.” That made Twilight laugh. When I told the girls and Ace about Shadow I got mix reaction, Pinkie wanted to throw her a party, but I talk her out of it. I asked Shadow if she wanted one and she said no, that was it. The rest didn’t understand why I did but when I told them wat had happened to Shadow they understand, Fluttershy cried when she heard what happened to Shadow. When I introduced her to Applebloom, it was like they became friends right away and that made my happy. She need a friend. We counited to eat and when we were almost done I saw that Twilight poking at her food, I decided to ask her what was wrong. “Something wrong Sparkle?” She shocked her head. “Alright, you know you can talk to me.” She sighed. “I know, is just…” She leaned back in her chair. “You know what? Screw it, I just tell you. I have had some weird dreams lately.” That peaked my curiosity. “What kind of dreams?” She rubbed her face with both hands. “Alright, it’s the day Nightmare Moon returns, she shows up in front off us all and then she disappeared. Me and the girls run towards the library to find the book about the elements.” “Sounds like a normal dream to me.” I told her. “The next part is where it’s get weird. There’s a pony running beside me that I can’t see.” That’s weird. “What do you mean you can’t see that pony?” “I don’t know, back to the dream. We arrived at the library to find the book, the pony that I can’t see found it very fast, the pony started to read from it, but I can’t hear what the pony is saying.” I wanted to say something, but I let her finished. “Then I grabbed the book and started to read it myself, I told the girls about the elements, five were now but the last one was a mystery, then I told them where to find the elements. When we arrived at edge of the Everfree, there someone ells waiting there but I can’t see who it is.” I decided to say something. “Let me get this straight, now there a two ponies you can’t see?” She nodded. “Ok, continue.” “Right, we make are way through the forest, I won’t tell you what happened in there, but I still can’t see or hear the two ponies that follow me and the girls. When we finally arrived at the castle the dreams end, then I wake up.” She the looked at me for answered. “What do you think this dream means?” It sounds like that the elements are trying to tell Twilight something, I can’t tell her that, she might tell Celestia. “How long have you had this dream?” I had to asked. “It started about two weeks ago.” I nodded. “I don’t what to say Twilight, there are just dreams, it might nothing.” “I know it’s just a dream, but it feels so real.” She but both elbows on the table and rested her head in her hands. “I know what’s weird about the dream?” She looked at me. “I think the second shadow is you.” I made a fake laughed when I heard that. “You know that’s not possible, I was with Cheerilee that night.” She threw her arms to the side. “I know alright.” She put don her arms and lay her head on the table, missing her plate. “I don’t know what to think anymore.” I might regret this. “Maybe you should ask Luna.” She didn’t lift her head. “Maybe.” Not the answer I was expecting, I thought she would write to her. I just have to wait and see. I better get her to think about something ells. “Let’s forget this dream and focus on today, Winter wrap up.” That got her to look at me. “You are right.” She then smiled. “I have been waiting for this day ever since I was little. I’m not going to let a dream spoil this day.” Her mood was chance, from sad to happy. After we finished up our breakfast, we head out the door. I hold it open, so Vixen could fly out and stretched her wings. Twilight just looked in awe as she flew out. “I still can’t believe that you have phoenix.” I could help put smirk of what she said. On the way to the meeting at town hall, Twilight asked me a question I really didn’t want her to ask. “Hey Fox, what happened to Colastone?” And there it was. I just shrugged my shoulders. “I have absolutely no idea, he bought a house in town, he lived in it for two weeks and then he disappeared.” I wasn’t lying, he lived her for two weeks and disappeared. I tried to find after he left but he had just vanished, I tried to find some clues to where he had gone in his old cave but nothing. One thing is for sure, I’m going to miss him. I might have just know him for a few weeks, but I liked him. Twilight didn’t say anything more after that. When we arrived at town hall we could see every pony in town and then I mean every pony, we could see Ace and Blitz standing at back of the group, so we walk over to them Ace was the first one to notice us. “About time you showed up.” I just rolled my eye. “You didn’t have a visit from an exited unicorn this morning.” I looked over to culprit who trying her best too lock innocent, it didn’t work. I just smirked at her behavior. I decided to have a look around and the first thing I saw was that the ponies was wearing different vests, pegasus was wearing blue, I could see Applejack and Mac wearing green once and tanned for the animal, I could see that Shy was wearing one. I looked over to Ace and Blitz, Ace was wearing a blue one and Blitz was wearing a tanned. “When did you two get your vests?” I asked them. Blitz answered. “The Mayor asked us yesterday and we got our vest then.” That got Twilight to react. “I didn’t know about that, why didn’t anypony tell me?” Blitz just shrugged his shoulders. “How should I know?” Twilight just frowned of his answer. “Also, I’m not looking forward to working with Rainbow Dash. I heard that she can be difficult to work with.” I just laugh off that. “Yeah, good luck with that.” I told him while patting him on the back. Ace is already on the weather team but not on Dash’s team, I think he’s on Cloud Kicker’s team. I looked over to Blitz. “Why are you wearing a tanned vest and not a blue one?” I asked her. “I’m helping Rarity with the bird nest, I have some experience when it comes to sewing.” I just nodded. I looked over to Twilight who look sad. “You okay their Sparkle?” She sighed. “Everypony has a vest expect me.” “So? I don’t have vest and I’m not sad.” I put a hand on her shoulder. “You will get yours eventually.” That made her smile a little. “Yeah, if there was a vest in making your roommate crazy.” That was Sunset but where the hell was she? I looked around a little, we all did and saw that she was standing right in front of us. She was wearing a blue west “Sunset, when did you arrive?” “About ten minutes ago.” I decided not to say anything more off that. Then Mayor mare came up and started to talk. “Thank you everypony for being her bright and early, we need every single pony’s help to wrap up winter and bring in spring.” That got everyone to cheer. ”Now, all of you have your vest and have been assigns to your teams so let’s do an even better then last year and have the quickest winter wrap up EVER.” That made everyone to cheer again. I don’t understand why they cheered, that was the worst motivation speech I had ever heard, and something told me that I would not work. I looked over to Twilight and she was jumping up and down like a little filly, I didn’t think it was adorable, that’s for sure. “Alright everypony, find your team leader.” That was AJ, Dash and Amethyst Star? Huh, I didn’t know she was a team leader. I don’t know much about but she nice and that is good enough for me. “And let’s get galloping.” Galloping? Really. The crowd cheered and dispersed leaving me and Twilight alone, then she started too look around. “Oh gosh, where should I go? I’m not sure where I would fit in.” She looked at the different teams. “What does exactly everypony do?” I put a hand on her shoulder. “Relax Sparkle, you find out eventually.” “I hope so.” She then looked at me. “What about you? Which team are you going to join?” “None of them.” She looked at me as I had lost my mind, she was about to speak but I cut her off. “I don’t care about this stuff, I just think it stupide.” She still gave me the crazy look. “I’m not from around here, remember?” She calmed down. “I guess that make sense.” She was about to say something ells when Dash flew past us, she flew to some ponies. “Alright team, you are clear for take off.” Three flew off, to where? I have no idea. Twilight decided to ask. “Rainbow Dash.” “Oh, hey Twilight, what’s up?” “What are you doing?” “Sending of one of my flight crew retrieve the birds that had flew south for the winter.” I just smack a hand on my face, the birds need help? “Something wrong with that Fox?” I removed my hand and saw that Dash was looking at me with her arms crossed and sour face. “Yes, it’s wrong. Birds don’t need help with that, they know when it’s time to come home, they shouldn’t need help with that.” “Well, here they need. Now, if you would excuse me, I have to clear the sky.” She then took off. If she uses more than ten seconds to clear the sky I’m going to make fun of her for the rest of her life. I looked over to Twilight who looked sad. “Something wrong Sparkle?” I asked her. “I didn’t get the chance to ask if she need help.” I put an arm on her shoulder. “That’s going to be little to help her considering you are missing wings, you need to be a pegasus or an alicorn to help. I suggest that stick to the ground.” It did help with her mood a little. “Come on, let’s see if Rarity need help with the birds nest.” I really hate this day. When we arrived we saw Rarity and Blitz making bird nest by Rarity’s shop, are the birds so lazy in this world? I know that Fluttershy feeds animals, but this is just stupide, I don’t know why I didn’t say something. Rarity is putting a bow on one of them for fuck sake. I looked over to Blitz bird nets and here’s looked like a normal bird nets, which gave her a thumbs up in my book. “Rarity, please tell me there’s something, anything I can help you with.” Twilight asked the white unicorn while we walked towards them. “Well, how would you like help to create Ponyville finest birds nest, Fox can help to if he want’s to.” Say what? “There is now was I am doing that, I’m just here to watch, nothing more.” Making birds nest? When the birds are to lazy to it them self then I say to hell with it, I didn’t say that part out loud. Rarity didn’t say anything to me after that. Twilight looked a little confused. “Birds nest?” “Well, yes. When the weather team guides the birds back north from the springs they need a place to live and lay their eggs.” Drama queen. Twilight took closer look at the nest. “Oh, wow Rarity. That’s one is really beautiful.” No, it wasn’t. It looked like something a five year old kid could do. It was brown with mix colors in it with a red bow. Rarity put a hand on her chest. “Oh, why thank you most sincerely.” Oh brother. “Would you like to try and make one?” Twilight became excited after that, Blitz on the other hand looked concerned. “I don’t know Rarity, does she have experience when it comes to this stuff?” She looked at Twilight “No offence.” Twilight just waved it off. “Now, now Blitz. Let give her a chance.” This can’t end well. Twilight was excited, that’s for sure. “Thanks, you Rarity, where do I begging?” Rarity gave Twilight a basket with stuff that she needed to make a birds nest, I think it stupide. “Okay now, uhu, take some of the straw and hey over there and a little of branch.” Twilight took the stuff and lay it on the table. Blitz on the other hand, gave me a concerned look. I wanted to help but I decoded to just watch. Then Rarity tried to instruct Twilight and to be perfectly honest, I had no idea what Twilight was doing. She did way to fast, okay, I don’t know how you should make a bird nest. Something told me that you should do it slow and careful. When she was finished, I wasn’t sure what I was looking at. It didn’t look like a birds nest, that’s for sure. It looked like a dog could dog up. twilight was happy. “There, it looks just like… yours… oh my.” She became sad when she saw the result. Blitz just slapped a hand on her face. “I told you this wasn’t a good idea Rarity.” “Now Blitz, it’s not that bad, maybe the birds could use it as a….?” I decided to stop her there. “Rarity, you can’t use this…” I looked to Twilight’s ‘bird nest.’ “I don’t know what the hell it is but it’s not a bird nest and you can’t use it.” That made Twilight looked down on the table in sadness and I didn’t care, sometimes that truth hurts. Rarity just looked at me with disappointing eyes, I just ignored them. Blitz decided to say something. “I have to agreed with Fox on this one, we can use this bird nest.” I’m glad someone agree with me, unfortunately it did help Twilight mod. Rarity walked over to Twilight’s bird nest. “It’s just fine, it’s just a little rough around the edges.” That one way to but it. “Let me lend you a hand.” She pushed Twilight away from the bird nest, Twilight walked away with an awkward smile. Then Rarity started to try and make it better. We just untie this ribbon, untie these sticks here…” And we have lost her. Blitz looked at Rarity and then at us. “I suggest that you find something ells to do Twilight, it’s difficult to talk to her when she is like that. I would like to help but I have to finish the rest.” “It’s okay Blitz.” I walked to Twilight and put a hand on her shoulder. “Come on Sparkle, let find something ells you can do.” We walk away. After some walking I decide to speak. “I’m sorry for what I said before Sparkle.” “Don’t worry about it.” She sighed. “I guess making bird nest isn’t my thing.” “Hello Twilight and Fox.” Somehow, we had managed to walk to the pond and there we saw Pinkie and she was skating on it, why? I have no idea. She then started to spin like crazy, well, she is crazy. “Wow Pinkie, you’re quite the skater.” We made our way to the edge of the pond. “Probably the best skater I have ever seen.” Pinkie skated to use. “Thanks Twilight, I have been doing this since I was an itty-bitty little little twinkie pinkie. It’s just comes naturally.” I have trouble believing in the pink pony, but this time I actually believe her. She then skate out again. She somehow managed to jump into the air, how? I have no idea, she is Pinkie. “Which is probably why they designated me the lake scorer, I cut the lines in the ice with my skates. That way, when the rest of the of the weather team comes here to break the ice, it’ll be easy as pie.” Mmm, pie. Drooling. “What am I then? Just for decorations.” We looked for the voice and it was Sunset, she was sitting on a bench putting on her skating shoes. “Sunset, your helping Pinkie with the ice?” Twilight asked her roommate. “What does it look like? I’m putting on skating shoes.” She showed them to use, she stood up and skated to use. “I did this in Manehattan, so it was just normal that I would do this.” Then she was in Twilight’s face. “Got it?” Twilight nodded. “Good.” She then skated out to cut it. “What’s wrong with Sunset? She usually isn’t this cranky.” Pinkie asked use. “She is cranky because Twilight visited her very early this morning.” Twilight looked down in shame. “Then she decided to wake me up.” Then she blushed. “Oh, hey Twilight, I know. you want to help out?” She chance the topic fast. That put a smile on her face. “Would I.” This can’t end well. Pinkie then pointed at the bench where Sunset was sitting a minute ago. “Come on, put on those skates over there. I bet you’ll be a natural too.” “Hold on.” Sunset skated over to us. “Are you sure about this Pinkie? We don’t know if she can skate at all.” She look at Twilight. “Have you ever skated before?” Twilight started to look nervous. “Well, no. but…” Sunset cut her off before she could continue. “There you have it, we should not let somepony who hasn’t skate in her life on the ice.” I don’t think it got through to Pinkie, because she just smile. “Don’t worry about it Twilight, just put on skates and let get going.” That made Sunset smack a hand on her face, I understand why she did that. While Twilight walk over to but some skates on, I decided to stay out of this, I walk to the nearest three and lean against it. I watch as Twilight put on the skates and was ready. She was a little wobbly. “Maybe this wasn’t a good idea.” That was all she could say before fell face first on to the ice, then it went from bad to worst. She lost control, she tried to steer but no such luck, then she head towards Sunset who hadn’t time to get out of the way and they crash, those two was now head towards Pinkie who also had no time to get out of the way. All three of them was heading towards a three, they crashed into it and snow fell on top of them, making a snowman. Sunset was on top while Pinkie was in the middle and Twilight was on the bottom. I just started to clap. “Bravo, you tree make an excellent snowman.” Sunset use her magic to clear away the snow, she look at me and she was not amused. “It’s not funny Fox.” I just smiled back. “Sure, it was.” Sunset got of Pinkie and gave her an angry look. “I told you we shouldn’t let somepony who hasn’t skate before do this, but did you listen to me? No, you only listen to the voice in your head.” Sunset sighed. “Who do I bother? Do as you want, I have job to do.” Sunset skated out on the ice. I walked over to Twilight and Pinkie, Twilight was just sitting on the ice with her head down. “Sunset has pointed Twilight, why don’t you see if Fluttershy needs help with the animals.” Wow, Pinkie with a good idea? She must have hit her head. I decide to help Twilight up. “Come on, let’s follow Pinkie’s advice and see if Fluttershy needs help.” I can’t believe I said that. “Don’t let what Sunset said get you, is just a little cranky today.” I’m not sure of it help but she smiled a little. After the disaster on the ice we went to Fluttershy to see what she was doing, I had to admit I was curious how they was going to wake to wake the animals from their slumber. We saw Shy with her head into a hole in the ground. “Wake up little sleepy heads. I hope you had some wonderful dreams and a restful hibernation, but it’s time to get up now, spring is coming.” She then moved out of the way and a pair of hedgehogs came out, they were yawning and stretching their body. “Aw, so cute.” Said Twilight. Sure, if you like this kind of stuff. I’m not. “Aren’t they? This is my favourite task of the whole season when I get to see all my little animal friends again.” “Well, you are the animal expert.” I told her, it made her blush. Not sure why she blushed, it wasn’t a big compliment. “Thank you, Fox. Are you two here to help me?” I ponied my thumb on Twilight. “She is, I’m here to watch how this winter wrap up works.” Fluttershy walked over to another hole and took out a bell and rang it near the hole. “Wake up little porcupines.” She step back a little and then two porcupines step out, yawn and stretched their body’s and then decide to give each other a hug, which was a bad idea. They stung each other, I couldn’t help but laugh a little of what I saw. “Oh, but just look at all these warrens and dens, I’m worried I won’t be able to wake up every animal before springs comes.” I don’t understand why don’t anyone help her? Then Twilight said something I hope she wouldn’t say. “Well, I’ll help Fluttershy.” And there it was. That made Shy brighten up. “You will, oh, that would be wonderful.” She then gave Twilight the bell and I had a bad felling about this. “Okay.” She looked over to one of the ‘homes’ here. “Let’s start there.” She walked over to one of them, she went down on her knees and started to ring the bell. “Hello, wake up little friends, spring is coming.” She rang the bell again and stop up. “I wonder which cute little furry little animals I’ve awoken.” Then three snakes came out yawning, that freak out Twilight. “AH snakes, SNAKES.” Twilight is afraid of snakes, you learn something new every day. She then decided to back up and went into another den, I have no idea what was inside but then she came out again, running and screaming, from some bats. She then ran straight into a tree and a bee hive, I think, landed on her head. They started to sting her and then she ran into another den, three skunks came out from that one, Fluttershy welcomed them. I walk over to the den. “You okay in their Sparkle?” She pop her head out and boy did she stink. “No, I am not okay. I have been scared by snakes, chased by bats, stung by bees and…” She then sniffed herself. …I stink. I need a bath.” I just nodded in agreement off that last part, while holding my nose. She stinks. Back at the library Twilight went up to take a shower while I sat down on the couch to wait for her, I took her twenty minutes before she was done showering, I guess the smell was really bad. When she finally came out from the bathroom she had chance clothes, she walked down the stairs and sat down beside me on the couch, she leaned back her head and let out a heavy sight. “I’m starting to think this hole winter wrap up was a bad idea.” “Where did this come from? What happened to the energetic mare that appeared at my door this morning? That was so excited for this day?” She looked into my good eye. “Have you even payed attention of what I have done today? I have ruined for Rarity and Blitz when it came to making bird nest, I ruined it for Pinkie and Sunset on the pond and I managed to scare the animals. I don’t think this is for me.” I held up one finger. “First off, you ruined one bird nest.” I held up two. “Second, you didn’t do anything to damage for Pinkie and Sunset, you just crashed into them and made a snow man, that’s all.” Third finger. “And the last thing, you didn’t know that it was snakes you woke up. Look, it take time to find these things out. Something tells me that the ponies in this town didn’t know what to do when they first started with winter wrap up, you just haven’t found your place yet, you just can give up.” That made her smile. “You are right Fox, I can’t let what happened stop me for finding my place in the winter wrap up.” She stood up. “I am going out there and try once more.” She then ran out the door leaving me baffle, that wasn’t my best speech. She then stuck her head through the door. “You coming? I have to lock the door or Sunset will be mad at me.” I just nodded and got up and walk out. After we left the library I decided to ask Twilight something. “Say, Sparkle. Why aren’t you using your magic? It would be a lot easier for you.” She shocked her head. “No way, this town was found by earth ponies and they have never used magic before. I am not going to break that tradition even if it’s kill’s me.” I admire her determination, but something told me that she wouldn’t do that. We arrived at out destination, Sweet Apple Acers and what we saw was a bunch of earth ponies dragging some kinds of plows to clear the snow, I wanted to shout out that this was wrong, but I kept my mouth shut. We walked over to AJ who was shouting at the other ponies. “Keep pushing Caramel, that’s it Bumpkin, I know it’s hard work, but you guys are doing great.” Caramel is here I haven’t talk to him for a while. “Hey Applejack, how are things going?” She turned around to great us. “Oh, just dandy. A little slow startin but peachy all the same. There’s a lot of ground to cover here. We can’t even start the plantin and waterin till we get this heap o snow cleared out of here.” “Well, I like to help.” Oh boy. AJ was shock, that’s for sure. “Well, I… I don’t know Twilight.” “Just give me a chance.” She tried to give her a smile. AJ look to me for advice, just shrugged my shoulders. She wasn’t happy by my answer but what could I say? Twilight just want to help. “Well, I never turn down a hard worker but…” Before she could finished that sentence, twilight walked over to a plow and started to push it, well, she tried. She wasn’t strong enough. She looked at us, I had disappoint look and AJ just hung her head and shock it. She then look over the earth ponies that was plowing , she then said something, but I couldn’t hear it. Then her horn started to glow. I tried to warn her “No, Twilight. Don’t do it.” It was too late, the plow started to move and then all hell broke loose. Thanks to her magic she managed to catch up with some off the other earth ponies. “Hm, she awful strong for such a little pony.” “That’s because she is using magic to push that plow.” I told AJ. Her eyes widen when she heard that. “She is using magic?” “Yeah, I have to stop her.” I decided to run after her. But before I could do that, her plow started to pick up speed and went faster and faster. The snow pill that she was pushing became bigger and bigger, and before I knew she was heading in my direction. I had to jump out of the way, so I would not end up in snow, after I had landed on the snow I saw that Twilight was heading towards Applejack. “AJ, get out of the way.” She managed to do that. Then Twilight crashed into a cliff and causing an avalanche, the avalanche was heading towards me and I didn’t have time got move. “Oh shit.” I was covered in snow. I managed to dig myself out of the snow, thank good it was that much. When my upper body was up I looked around and saw that almost the entire Sweet Apple acers was covered in snow. “Why to go Twilight.” I dug the rest of my body up and headed towards where I thought AJ and Twilight was. I saw their heads pop up from the snow not far from where Twilight crash and let me tell you, AJ did not look happy. “Nuts Twilight, you used magic.” She dug her self out and I help Twilight out. “That’s not how we do it around here Twilight, especially on my farm.” I decided to try and calm AJ down. “Cut her some slack AJ, she just wanted to help.” That didn’t work. “Help? Look around you Fox, it’s a completely mess around here, we have to do it all over again and it’s all thanks to Twilight.” Twilight had tears in her eyes as she ran away, I gave AJ and disappointing look. She the rubbed the back of her neck. “I guess I was a little hard on her.” “You think? I’m going after her.” You can say that I was disappointing in both of them, Twilight for using magic and AJ for yelling at Twilight for trying to help. I was hard to find Twilight, after what happened I saw her running towards the town but finding her was another matter, how difficult is to find a purple unicorn in this town? Apparently very hard. I was about to give up when I notice a bush, that moved. I walked towards it and stopped a few inches from it. “So, this is your plan Sparkle. Hid in a bush until winter wrap up is over.” I said to the bush. The bush talk back. “Leave me alone Fox, I’m a winter mess up.” “No, you’re not, you are unicorn who just wanted to help.” “Easy for you to say, you didn’t want to help with the winter wrap up.” Well, the bush has a point. I was about to say something to the bush, but I never got the chance. “Rainbow Dash.” It was AJ, when the hell did she arrive here? “You on the weather team need to melt the rest of the snow here on the ground and the trees pronto.” They were standing not far from city hall. “Got it.” She flew up, but she did not get very far. Shy. “”You can’t, my poor little animals homes will get flooded if you melt the snow too fast.” “Got it.” She flew the other way, but AJ was on her way. “I’m telling you Rainbow, you have to snow now.” Dash then flew up, Shy stop her. “No, you simply wait.” I could see that Dash was getting annoyed, I don’t blame her. “Okay.” Then AJ. “Go.” Shy. “Stop.” “Go.” “Stop.” This is ridiculous, if this keep up, Dash is going to go crazy. She did, I think. “UGH, make up your minds.” Then the mayor came to see what was going on. “Oh, what in all of Equestria are all arguing about? This sort of silliness is why we were late last year. And the year before that, and the year before that.” Damn, how many year has this gone on? “I was hoping my amazing inspiration speech would urge everypony to do better than last year, but now it looks like we’re going to be later than ever, I mean, just look at this catastrophe. The ice scorers made the ice chunks too big to melt. The nest designer’s is horrendously behind…” Say what? I looked over where Blitz and Rarity, Mayor mare was right, they where behind. Rarity was still working Twilight’s nest and Blitz had only made three. “And don’t get me started on the clouds still in the sky, the icicles on the trees, this isn’t good, not… at… all…” Again, damn. They are not organised, wait a minute, organised? That gave me an idea. AJ. “And it’s going to a disaster if can’t get our seed planted.” Dash. “Chillax Applejack, we’re bustin our chops as fast as we can.” Shy. “No, not fast, you have to wake the animals slowly.” Then Mac came walking with Caramel, I wonder what’s going to happened now. “Uuuh, AJ.” AJ just slapped a hand on her face. “Oh, good gravy, Caramel lost the grass seeds, again didn’t he?” Grass seed? “Eeyup.” An easy answer, maybe I should say that. Nah, that’s Mac’s thing. Also, por Caramel. Then a pegasus mare came flying. “Derpy Hooves accidentally went north to get the southern birds.” Dash narrowed her eyes of that. “Gah, that feather brain, didn’t she learn her lesson last year when she went west.” Ah Derpy, she is one of kind. Then they all started to argue, and Mayer had trouble with them all, I decided to help. I put two finger in mouth and whistled so har I could, that got them all to look at me. “Would you all shut the hell up, arguing isn’t going to clear this winter. Lucky for you all, I have a solution.” Dash gave me sceptical look. “You have a solution? What can you do? You haven’t done anything today, all you have is walked around and watch us work.” I put a hand on my chest. “Oh Dash, you flatter me.” I wasn’t about to let her have that one. “It might be true that I haven’t done anything today, but I still have a solution.” I put my arm into the bush and pulled up the unicorn that was hiding in it. “Her.” I told them while pointing at Twilight. Smiles wasn’t the reaction I got, it was confusion and Twilight was the most confused of them all. “You have to be kidding me, you want Twilight to help us? You know what she have done today.” Thanks AJ. “I know that Twilight has done today but she has only tried to help, that’s all.” Then Twilight decided to speak. “I don’t think this is a good ide Fox.” She got out of the bush. “All I have done today is make thing worst.” “That may be true but what this winter wrap need is be organized, and you are the most organized pony I know. Just ask Sunset” Now all eyes were on here. “As much I hate to admit it, Fox is right. We need Twilight’s help, she is the most organize pony I know. She even organize her underwear.” That was a little too much information. Back to the pointe. “Listen all, you have two choices, you can keep doing this and be late again and next year, you can be late every year or, you can let Twilight help you and be done on time, I would take all the help I could get.” They started to talk between themselves while Twilight still didn’t look convince. “I’m still not sure about this Fox.” “Look, you have spent the hole day to help around here and you have fail and when you have the chance to help them with something you are good at you are just going run away?” She looked around, probably to see if I was right. “They are not organized, they need your help Sparkle, are you going to help them?” She then look at me with determination in her eyes. “Alright, let do it. I just hope they let me help.” We got the answer right away. Mayor mare walked towards us. “Alright Fox, we are going to let Twilight help us. You are right, we are not organized and at this pointe I’m happy to accept any help we can get.” I was happy to hear that. “Alright then, let’s get this show on the road.” And that we did. Twilight gave them their orders and they tried again. Mac gave the ponies that was making bird nest what they need, hay. With that they managed to make enough bird nest, I still think it stupide. Then it was the skating team’s turn, Twilight showed them that they should cut the is in squares, so it could melt faster, not a bad idea. When it came to AJ team, the once that plowed walk first then they planted the seed after that, why didn’t they do that to begging with? I decided to help to, I just planted seeds. Animals, they tied up a series of bells over their homes, so they could wake them all up at the same time. When the snake came out Twilight hide in a tree, I just smirked of that. Then a bird on Shy’s head cried out to signal the weather team, they did was they were supposed to do, they cleared the sky, along the y they also managed to clear the snow and ice, which was awesome. We work through the night to get the job done. When morning came, the birds came and found finished bird nest ready. When everything was ready all us was gattered around town hall and let me tell you I was exhausted, working through the night is not easy. When I think about it, I have been up longer than this. The Mayor walk up to Twilight. “I can’t believe it, spring is here, on time, and we have you to thank for it. if it weren’t for your organizing skills, we’d still be arguing.” She got that right. “Eeyup.” That got them to laugh, I didn’t understand the joke. What was so funny? Twilight smiled. “It was a team effort.” Mayor. “And since you helped every team, we have an official vest for you.” Rarity came forward with a vest, it had the color of all the teams, not bad. Twilight haply accepted it, she put it on with a big smile on her face. ”We give you the tittle, all team organizer.” “Gosh, I don’t know what to say, thank you everpony. But, I don’t think I would have earn this vest if hadn’t been for Fox, he was one that encourage me.” Then they Mayor face became somber. “Ah, yes, Fox.” She looked over to me, I was just leaning against the wall. “I’m sorry that we don’t have a vest for you.” I just shrugged and waved it off. “Don’t worry about Mayor, that doesn’t bother. Maybe next time.” She just nodded of my answer. “If you say so.” She then address the crowd. “I hereby declare that winter is official wrapped up on time.” That made the entire crowd to cheer. They didn’t notice me as I walk off the and headed home, I just wanted to go home and sleep, but I didn’t get far. “Wait up Fox.” I stopped and turned around to see Twilight run towards me. “What’s it Sparkle? I just want to go home and sleep.” She stop a few feet from me. “I just want to thank you, thank you for believing me when I didn’t.” “Don’t worry about it, just remember. Sometimes you have to have faith in yourself.” I wonder if that help her memory. “I will try and remember that.” Guess not. I smiled. “Good.” I was about leave. “Oh, there’s one thing. “I grabbed both of her shoulder and look her straight in the eye. “If you ever comes to my door at 5.30 in the morning ever again, I’m going to forget that you are a mare for ten seconds and beat the living day light out of you. Got it?” She nodded like crazy after that. “Good, now if you will excuse me. I have an appointment with my bed.” I left a scared Twilight and headed home. Was I a little hard on her? Maybe, but you don’t wake others that early. When I reached my home, I could see an earth pony trying to open my door. “Can I help you with something?” He turned around and when he saw me smiled. He had light blue fur, his hair war dark blue but was stood out was that he was red around his eyes, he look familiar. Then he walk up to me and before I could react he punch me in the face, he punch me so hard that I fell to the ground. “What hell.” I look up at him and smile had grown. “You don’t know how long I have waited to do that.” He said in a cocky voice. “Wait a minute.” I got up. “There’s only one ‘bird’ I know who say’s hello like that.” I studied him a little. “Falco?” He spread his arm while smiling. “The one and only.” My eye widen, and my jaw would have been hanging if it didn’t hurt. “But, that’s not possible. You and the other’s died, I saw it myself.” “Well believe it, I am here.” I didn’t are if he was a fake or not, my body moved on it‘s own and I gave him a hug. “You have no idea how much I have missed you.” He returned the hug. “I missed you to buddy.” We broke the hug. “How? How is this possible?” He pointed his thumb at my house. “Can we talk inside?” I nodded. “Sure.” I walk to the door and took out the key, opened the door and walked in, Falco walk in after me. “Make you self at home, it isn’t much but it’s home.” I saw him walking to the living room. “Not bad, I have seen worst.” I just rolled my eye. “Take a seat on the couch and I will get you a beer.” I told him while walking into the kitchen. “You have beer?” He almost screamed in a high pitch voice, I just smirked. “I have it imported from the dragon kingdom.” I told him while opening the refrigerator door and grapping a bear, I walk to the living room and threw him the bottle. He managed to catch it. “Sweat.” He pop the cork and started to drink it, he then smack his lips a few times. “Not bad, not bad all.” I just smiled. “Glad you like it. Excuse me for a moment.” I walked back to the door and opened it and as I predicted, Vixy flew through he door and into the living room. “What the fuck.” I guess she cared Falco, I walk into the living room and saw that Falco was staring at her, I sat down in my chair. “What the…? That’s a phoenix, you have a phoenix as a pet.” Oh boy, Vixy didn’t like that, she let out a cry and gave Falco and evil glare. “What? What did I say?” “She doesn’t like the pet word.” He look at me. “God it, don’t use the p word around the phoenix.” He then look back at her. “How the hell did you get a phoenix?” “That’s not an interesting story, there’s one story I want to hear, how the hell did you end up here in Equestria.” He look down on his bear. “After you know what happened I woke up in the snow outside a town called Manehattan, I stayed there for two months at pony named Coco Pommel.” “Wait a minute.” He look up at me. “You have been here for two months?” He nodded. “Then why the hell didn’t you come here sooner?” “I didn’t have the money, Coco said that she wanted to pay for the train ticket, but it didn’t feel right to take her money. So, I got a job as a busboy at a restaurant to make some money. Let me tell you, it was humiliating working there.” He tubbed his forehead. “From the best piolet in the Lylat System to a busboy, not what I had imagined.” I couldn’t help but chuckle off that, the best pilot? In your dreams “So, what has happened to you since you arrive in this world.” “Well…” I told him everything, from what happened with elements, Gilda and how I got my scar, the parasites and the winter wrap up. I also told him what really happened with Celestia at the castle in Everfree, I trust Falco with my life and I am sure of that he will not tell anyone. After I was finished he just sat there, taking in it all. “Wow, you have experience a lot since you got here and that part with Celestia, if I ever het my hands on her.” He slammed his right fist into his other hand. “You can’t tell anyone about that” He blinked a couple of times. “Why?” “Because, me and Sunset are the only one that know what happened there and if we tell the other’s, there’s a chance that they will tell Celestia and if that happened, we will never know why she did what she did.” He just snorted. “Fine, I will keep my mouth shut.” “You better, it’s a very big mouth to keep shut.” He just narrowed his eyes at me after that. “Haha, very funny Fox. Can I at least punch that griffon, Gilda when I see her next?” Just shrugged my shoulder. “I don’t see why.” That got him to smile. “Listen, I haven’t slept in twenty four hours and I am dead tired. You can stay here until you have enough money to buy yourself a house, the couch is all your considering I don’t have any spare rooms.” “Hey, the couch is all fine by me, I have slept on worse things that this couch.” I’m not sure id that is an insult or not, I’m too tired to care. “If you say so.” I got up. “I am going to bed.” I headed to the stairs. “Have a good rest and, I can’t believe that you are a dad.” I didn’t answer, I just walk. So, Falco is in Equestria. This should be fun.