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// Chapter 39 - Happy Hearth's Warming Eve & A Merry Christmas To All! Pt. 1 
// Story: My Little Pony: Ren's Adventures In Equestria 
// by MaxTV1234 
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Ahh…a year has past. My first year here in Equestria. I remember arriving here in at least September and saving the world apparently from Nightmare Moon. Now I know my family and probably the others are wondering where the heck am I. Sooner or later, the weather began changing drastically and out came winter. You know, it’s funny…I’m just an average game-loving child and yet I’m in a world filled with magical talking ponies. Huh, time sure really flies, eh?

“Well…I’m sorry to tell you Ren, I’m afraid you’re too sick to come with us.”

God dang, I should’ve known. Anyway, we’re kinda going off-topic. You see, just as I woke up and headed over to the dining room/kitchen, I started to not feel so well that the others rushed over to me before I could fall down. They settled me back down on the bed as Jamie got into his winter coat that Rarity made for him some other time and went to go get Twilight and the others. Sooner or later, they arrived to where I was and took my temperature. Twilight and Fluttershy examined me for a bit until the two looked at each other and realized that I really wasn’t feeling good. I mean, my skin was pale like I got spooked or something and my nose was running mad, and my eyes had bags under them like I haven’t a winked in weeks.

“I-I’m fine.” I assured, trying to get up from the bed until Fluttershy and Kaede stopped me and settled me back down.

“No Ren, you need your rest.” Fluttershy stated.

“Yeah, doctor’s orders.” Kaede agreed.

“I-Indeed!” Jamie agreed, finishing up writing his notes down in his journal. “You’re going to have to skipped out on coming to Canterlot for that play.”

“What? No fair!” I exclaimed before letting out a heavy cough.

“Sorry Ren.” Fluttershy apologized.

“Yeah, you would’ve totally loved the play.” Rainbow shrugged with a smile.

“Speaking of which, this play of yours…” Mason turned to Twilight with a curious expression and asked “You told us once that it’s about the history of Equestria, correct?”

“Yep!” Twilight nodded with a smile. “It’s about how the three tribes: Earth Pony, Pegasus, and Unicorn got together and formed Equestria through the magic of Friendship.”

“Oh, so there were enemies back then?” Kaede asked.

“Yeah, the tribes never gotten along, but sooner or later, they learned to be friends.” Spike explained. “I’m actually quite excited to be the narrator of the play.”

"Of course you are..." Mason rolled his eyes.

"B-but you know...this sorta reminds me of a certain book I once read..." Jamie muttered aloud, causing us all to glance at him. "Back then, there was a time where humans never got along in the 1980s and were split between whites and negroes."

"What the hay are you talking about now?" Applejack questioned, surprising Jamie.

"O-oh! I really need to stop doing that!" Jamie exclaimed.

"He's talking about when there was a time where humans were split apart. The whites, which were people who thought they were above all else, and there was the blacks or negroes, who were treated unfairly." Mason explained.

"Really? Why is that?" Twilight questioned. "Did the blacks do something terrible?"

"Well no." Jamie shook his head. "You see, there has always been a feud between whites and blacks for over centuries until they made a treaty to show off the two sides to have their own equal rights. However, the whites had better technology than the blacks did, which was unfair."

"It is unfair! I mean, if those guys had the better technology than the blacks! Then it's really unfair! Those jerks!" Rainbow scoffed.

"Yeah, sounds to me it is unfair." Applejack said, angered by what our kind done back then. "Did they ever resolve it?"

"Well...yeah, but let's not talk about what they've been doing back then. It's...sorta sad and uncomfortable." Kaede said with a sad look.

"It's true. If it wasn't a man named Martin Luther King Jr., then he wouldn't have united the two and realized that it didn't matter what we are, it matters that we're human beings and deserved to be treated equally." Jamie said with a soft smile. "He even won the Nobel Peace Prize since then."

"Wow, it must've been an honor." Rarity smiled before realizing one thing. "If I ever knew what that is."

"How about we save the stories for another time?" Rainbow reminded us. "Don't we got a play to rehearse once we arrive to Canterlot?"

"Oh right, thanks for reminding us Rainbow Dash." Twilight smiled before saying "But wow, I guess our kinds really aren't that different. Each of our holidays, events, and such are quite similar to your world. How fun is that!" Twilight squealed.

"It is! We should pass notes once we get back!" Jamie said in excitement.

"Ugh...egg heads." Rainbow rolled her eyes before seeing the annoying look on Twilight's face and the angry glare from Jamie, causing her to rub her head bashfully with a sheepish smile.

“I wished I could be in the play.” Carrie said sadly. 

“Don’t worry Carrie! I know you’ll get a role while we’re in Canterlot!” Pinkie assured.

“Well of course! I think getting a part in it would totally be awesome for somepony like you.” Rainbow agreed.

“She’s right, you can take my role if ya want.” Mason smiled. “Besides, there’s something I want to get for you.”

“Really?! You’re gonna get me something for Christmas big brother?!” Carrie asked in excitement.

“Christmas?” Rarity questioned. “Do you mean Hearth’s Warming Eve?”

Hearth’s Warming Eve? Is that what you girls call it here in this world? Huh…what a weird name.

“Actually, C-Christmas is what we call it on the 25th of December back in our world.” Jamie explained. “See, it’s a holiday where everyone gets what they want and buy any gifts and wrapped them under in gift boxes underneath trees.”

“What? Why in the world would ya do something like that?” Applejack questioned.

“It’s tradition.” Mason answered before turning to Jamie and said “You sorta got it mixed up. People don’t buy the gifts, it’s Santa Claus.”

“Santa Claus? Who the hay is Santa Claus?” Rainbow asked with a raised brow.

“Santa Claus is a magical…” I let out a cough before smiling softly and continued on my explanation. “Guy that can get you anything as long as your nice.”

“Ahh, he sounds so nice.” Fluttershy said with a smile.

“I have a feeling there’s a catch.” Spike said, feeling more curious about Christmas.

“Well…like Ren said, if you’re good, you’ll get presents.” Kaede explained.

“Presents?!” Pinkie gasped as she slowly formed a huge grin and shouted “WOO-HOO!”

“Ahh! My ears!” I screeched.

“Jeez, guess Pinkie Pie’s already excited about this Christmas.” Kodi commented.

“Are you kidding?! Getting presents on some holiday from your world like this?! How can I not be this excited Kodiak?!” Pinkie exclaimed.

“Heh heh, calm down Pinkie Pie.” Kaede chuckled.

“Yep! Me, Mason, and Elena always get presents every year on Christmas because we’re always good!” Carrie smiled. “I once gotten a big teddy bear plush from Santa!”

“Really?!” Pinkie asked in excitement.

“Huh…maybe I should get on this.” Kodi suggested. “I mean, this is my first Hearth's Warming Eve and this Christmas of yours."

"Well trust me boy, you'll love it." I assured with a soft grin before grabbing a tissue box and sneezing into a tissue. "I mean, I don't mean to brag, but I get tons of gifts every year, but more importantly that I spend tons of times with my family."

"Well...not me." Kaede admitted with a sad smile. Oh right, her step-family.

"It's alright Kaede, I'm sure this year you'll have a great time at being in the play and have a fun time when we come back for Christmas and Hearth's Warming Eve." Mason smiled.

"Wow...really?" Kaede asked in amazement. "Thank you!"

"I-I don't see why this is a big deal." Jamie sighed. "I-I never believed in Santa...it's just something make belief."

I let out a gasped in shock before coughing hard as I glared at him and said "How could you say that?! Not in front of Carrie!"

"What does he mean big brother?" Carrie asked curiously.

"Don't listen to Jamie. He doesn't know what's he saying." Mason said, crossing his arms in a serious tone while glaring at Jamie. Jamie noticed his glare as he flinched in fear as he exclaimed "W-what? I was just saying...after all...I never...celebrated C-Christmas...."

"Never?!" Pinkie exclaimed in shock before grabbing Jamie by the tie and shook him like crazy. "How could not celebrate a holiday back in your world?! Does that mean you won't celebrate Hearth's Warming Eve at all?!"

"W-well..."

"Jamie...why is it that you never celebrated Christmas?" Twilight questioned in concern.

"I-I...wished not to talk about it. Please, I-I'm sorry Twilight..." Jamie sighed sadly.

"Guess it's something really troubling if it makes him not like Christmas." Kodi whispered, laying next to me.

"Yeah, guess you're right." I whispered before grabbing another tissue and sneezing into it.

"But...what could make you not like Christmas in the first place?" Kaede questioned. 

"I-I told you...I don't w-wanna talk about it..." Jamie said with a sad look. "Please...I'll let you  know another time."

"But you will celebrate Hearth's Warming Eve with us, right?" Fluttershy asked curiously.

"U-umm..."

"Jamie...it's okay, really." Twilight assured with a soft grin. "If it's something uncomfortable from your past, then we won't force you to tell us. When the time is right, you can tell us and we'll understand and help you anyway possible."

"T-thank you..." Jamie blushed, glancing away from Twilight in embarrassment. So I'm confused...is this seriously going where I think this is going?

"Yeah, now let's go! There's a play we have to go too and I'm already excited to try out this Christmas thing!" Rainbow said with a grin.

"Same here. I too want to get into this holiday." Rarity said with a soft smile. "I bet Sweetie Belle and her friends would enjoy it."

"That's awesome..." I smiled before groaning in pain. "Maybe after you guys finished with the play while I might feel better the next day or so, we can celebrate of these holidays at the same time."

"I have no arguments." Mason shrugged.

"Me too! I can't wait for it!" Carrie said in excitement.

"Same here!" Kaede agreed. Jamie went silent and glanced away nervously. Still isn't in the Christmas nor Hearth's Warming Eve spirit. I am curious to know about it, but I'm too sick to even think straight.

"Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!" I sneezed into the tissue as Kodi winced at my sneezing and commented "Oh wow, you really are sick!"

"Don't worry Ren, I know you'll feel better soon." Fluttershy assured before kissing me on the forehead, causing me to slowly grin at her. 

"Thanks Flutters..." I said before covering my mouth to let out a cough. That way, I won't get her sick as well.

"Anyway, we should get going. The train to Canterlot is gonna leave in about fifteen minutes." Applejack reminded them as she continued "We wouldn't want to miss this play ever, right?"

"Of course we wouldn't! Though the author isn't gonna show it like the way the episode went." Pinkie winked, causing everyone to look at her weirdly.

"Seriously...what-"

"Don't. Even. Bother." Mason said sternly, which Jamie nodded and went silent. 

"Well bye Ren." Fluttershy waved goodbye to me before turning to Kodiak and snuggling him and said "Take good care of Ren. I know you can do it."

"Ahh thanks Fluttershy." Kodi licked her on the cheek, much to her amusement.

"We'll be back tomorrow morning after the play." Twilight stated before she and the others began getting their winter gear on. Mason came over and put an ice pack on my head and said "There ya go, don't worry bud. You'll be alright. Just...don't get up and do something you'll regret."

"Thanks pal..." I smiled before sneezing into another tissue. "I'll see ya tomorrow or so."

"You too." Mason smiled before turning to Kodi and said "Keep an eye out for him, will ya?"

"You can leave it to me!" Kodi said, puffing his chest proudly as Mason patted him on the head before he and the others said their goodbyes to me and took their leave. You know, it's going to be lonely without anyone here...I kinda feel sad. Well to be fair, I was the only human left in this world before Mason and the others ever showed up. Besides, I have my best pal, Kodi, with me.

"Well, guess it's just you and me Ren." Kodi said, laying next to me. "Though, we really can't do anything else since you're sick."

"Yeah...tell me about it." I coughed as Kodi came over and nuzzled me before saying "But don't worry, I'm sure you'll get better. After all, rest is the best medicine."

"But I always thought laughter was the best medicine?" 

"Really? Because I'm not good with jokes." Kodi smiled sheepishly at that while I let out a chuckle and said "Well either way, thanks for staying by my side."

"Hey, think of repaying you after you and the others encouraged me not to give up on you." Kodi winked before going over and using his teeth to grab the blanket and laying with me and him in it. "Well right now, we should rest. It might make ya feel better."

"I-I suppose..." I let out another cough and said "...so."

"Well sweet dreams, Ren." Kodi yawned before curling to himself and going to sleep while I slowly began drifting to sleep. Oh man...I wished I could've been in that play. It would've been awesome to either watch from the audience to know about Equestria's history. As a matter of fact, I wished I could take part of the paly, but I have this stupid cold to deal with. If only there was a way....


Ugh...man, I feel quite...better actually. I slowly began opening my eyes and looked around...strange, where am I? How did I end up outside?

"Ooh..." I said, getting from the...snow? "Okay, this is really weird. I haven't seen this weirdness since learning Pinkie Pie's Pinkie Sense."

As soon as I touched my head, instead of feeling my soft palm, I instead of felt a hard substance and what's weird was that I felt no fingers.

Soon, I gaze upon at myself and that's when I became shocked at what happened to me.

"What the?!" I exclaimed in shock, looking to see myself standing on all four! What's going on with me?!

"Hey! What are you doing lying on the snow?!" Huh? I turned around to find Pinkie, but she was wearing something that a clown would've worn. 

"Pinkie Pie?" I asked with a raised brow. "Uhh...what are you doing wearing that? What? For some party or something?"

"Silence Looney!" She exclaimed. Uhh, what did she just called me? "Show respect for Chancellor Puddinghead!"

"Chancellor...Puddinghead?" I snickered, already forgetting about the scene. What kind of name is that? Of all the names I've heard so far since my arrival to this world, that's gotta be the world's funniest name I've ever heard! Somebody! Give her an award!

She soon thrown a snowball at my face, much to my surprise.

"This is no laughing matter! We're almost there to the meeting!" Pinkie or Chancellor Puddinghead exclaimed.

"Uhh...what meeting?" I questioned.

"She's talking about the big meeting where the three tribes meet with each other and discussed about surviving the winter." Huh? Isn't that...I turned around to see Applejack, wearing a weird costume that seems to looks familiar to Robin Hood or something. 

"Applejack?" I asked incredulous before rubbing my eyes with my 'hooves'. "Okay, am I dreaming or something? Because I'll bite, what the heck with the costumes?"

"Costumes?!" Pinkie exclaimed in anger before throwing another snowball at my face. "These aren't costumes! These are our uniforms we wear!"

"Even though they do look a tad bit ridiculous with her wearing it." Applejack whispered, only to get a snowball into the face.

"Don't forget that I have ears like a rabbit Smart Cookie!" Pinkie exclaimed before retracing what she said. "Or is it a bunny? Oh it doesn't matter, we must head over to the meeting!" She soon glared sternly at me. "And remember that you don't talk to your chancellor like this Looney!"

"Why are you calling me Looney? That's so close to my last name!" I complained. "It's Loodan! Ren Loodan!"

"Ren Loodan?" Applejack questioned with a raised brow. "Now that's a really weird name."

I gave them both an incredulous and surprised look. Are they serious right now? Have they bumped their heads real hard or something? Pinkie I understand, but Applejack? There's something weird going on here.

"We're already missing out the meeting! We need to go and now! We're almost there!" Pinkie exclaimed as she dashed off in a hurry while me and Applejack looked at each other.

"Alright, I'm already confused. First off, why am I a pony? Second off, what exactly is going on?" I asked aloud.

"You seriously don't remember? You sure you didn't get hit by a fallen tree branch or something?" Applejack asked, tapping my head before I waved it off.

"H-hey! I'm perfectly fine Applejack!" I complained. 

"Applejack? My name is Smart Cookie, Looney!" There she goes again. This can't be real. "Also, why are you questioning about being a pony? You've always been an Earth Pony."

....Wait what? "I need a mirror!" I exclaimed before noticing a pond over to my left as I rushed over and saw my reflection, and to my horror, I was a pony. An Earth Pony to be exact. 

"Holy cow!" I exclaimed in shock. "I-I'm a pony?!" But how? Am I dreaming or something?!

"Jeez, you really hit your head, didn't ya?" Applejack questioned. "You seriously don't know what we're doing nor what you are, are ya Looney?"

"A-Applejack, or Smart Cookie, whatever! Just tell me what's happening?!" I demanded.

Applejack, or I'll just start calling her Smart Cookie, sighed as she started her explanation. "Listen, we're gonna head over to the big meeting of the three tribes, just like Chancellor Puddinghead stated. We're supposed to go over and consult with them to survive the blizzard. But something tells me that we're gonna have a big fight all over again, just like always."

Wait, hold on.... "Are you saying that the Earth Ponies, Pegasi, and Unicorns aren't friends?" I questioned with a concern look.

"Course not. Not since the first ponies ever came to this land and met the other species, leading to some disagreement." Smart Cookie replied, much to my shock. The three tribes disagreeing with each other...so in other words...

"I'm in the past..." I muttered in shock. So now only am I trapped in an Earth Pony's body...but I'm also stuck in the past. I don't understand this at all. 

"What you say?" Smart Cookie asked curiously, not hearing what I was muttering.

"H-huh? Oh, i-it's nothing." I assured with a nervous grin. Okay, let's try to remember...I'm in the past, trapped in an Earth Pony's body, and it seems I've taken the identity of someone...well its' obvious what my pony name is and its Pinkie calling me 'Looney'. This is just all too crazy, which is ironic. Then again, I guess it is pretty cool to be a pony. 

"Well anyway, we should hurry before our Chancellor comes back in a temper tantrum. Trust me, she always love giving dumb lectures that barely makes sense." Smart Cookie sighed. "But I hope you say something nice about her. It always make her feel rejuvenated."

"What are you talking about?" I asked, tilting my head a bit.

"I mean, you are her motivator. You always say nice things to encourage her." Smart Cookie replied. "I mean, you are wearing the uniform that shows that you're her motivator."

"Huh?" I looked at myself, realizing that she was right. I was in some sort of costume or something. It was some sort of Men's Renaissance 3 piece doublet with Poet shirt and breeches, but in pony size. I even had pants that covered my flank. Man, it's going to be difficult walking in fours, but I'll try my best! "Oh...I see."

"Hey! What's taking so long?!" We turned to see Chancellor Puddinghead running straight towards us as she halted in front of us and glared at us angrily. "We're already late! We need to go now!"

"R-right! Sorry Chancellor Puddinghead!" Smart Cookie apologized.

"Y-yeah, same here Chancellor!" I added, bowing to her. Chancellor Puddinghead narrowed her eyes at us for a bit before saying "Alright, I'll let it slide."

I let out a sigh of relief before getting a close-up by the chancellor as she said "But I'll be watching you! I'll expect to be motivated later after the meeting!"

"Uhh...okay?" I smiled sheepishly. Well that is my specialty after all.

"Good answer!" She patted me on the head and said "Now let's go!"

She zoomed off towards a castle as I stared at it in awe. Wow, it's so gigantic!

"That was a close one." Smart Cookie sighed. "Go on Looney. I gotta stand patrol while you go to the meeting with her."

"Uhh...right." I nodded before I began heading over to the castle to prepare for this 'big meeting' Chancellor Puddinghead was keep talking about. I wonder how it went in history, I am curious to know how it would go.


No sooner as we arrived to the lone castle-like building that was in the middle of some village as we entered the place with Chancellor Puddinghead bouncing into the castle while I kept looking at the entrance, amazed by it. This is quite amazing...I think I found inspiration here. 

"Hurry up Looney!" 

"O-oh sorry!" I immediately entered the castle and entered a big room where a rounded table was in place. No sooner as I entered the place, I widened my eyes in shock upon seeing familiar ponies in this too.

"Mase? Kay? James?" I muttered in surprise. There they were, standing before their 'tribal leaders'. Rarity was wearing some fluffy purple and white dress with a shiny crown on her head, probably platinum. Kaede, and Jamie were with her, only the two humans I knew where Unicorns, and they wore cloaks. Jamie looks like his human self, what with the blue mane hairstyle with the small ahoge and blue colored tail, along with a white skin and had green eyes, but he had a blue cloak with a shooting star symbol on it. Kaede wore a light pink cloak and had red hair main and tail with her pink eyes and had a diamond shaped crest on her cloak.

Rainbow Dash wore some sort of armor like she was a gladiator-like knight in battle. Mason was with her as he wore a red armor with a lightning bolt symbol on his flank, and he had the blank mane and tail and the blue eyes along with a tanned skin color. Wow, so all my friends are a part of this. Okay, this dream is really happening, isn't it?

Soon, Rainbow slammed her hooves onto the table and yelled "Now tell us Earth Ponies! I wanna know is why are you and your kind are hogging all the food!"

"Wait what?" I asked in confusion as Chancellor Puddinghead gasped, feeling offended as she exclaimed "Us?! We're not hogging all the food, you are!"

"We beg our pardon?" Mason questioned. "Aren't you Earth Ponies known to grow crops?

"Oh, wait." Chancellor Puddinghead widened her eyes in realization before clearing her throat. "You're right. It's us. Well, it's only cause you mean old Pegasususususes are making it snow like crazy!

"Please forgive me commander." Mason said with a serious look as he continued "Me and the other pegasus' soldiers tried to get rid of those clouds, but it's no use. No matter how many times we keep destroying them, they won't go away. I think there's a work of magic among us."

"Hey Missile! I'm the commander here! Stand down and allow a real soldier to handle this conversation!" Missile? That's his pony's name? That's...quite cool. How come he gets a cool name, but I don't?

"Y-yes Commander Hurricane, ma'am. Sorry for the interruption!" Mason, or Missile, nodded before going silent. I waved at him, which he noticed as he narrowed his eyes at me before smiling softly at me. Huh, still has his distrustful cold self, but improving faster. I like it.

"Now..." Commander Hurricane turned back to us before slamming her hooves on the table again with a frustrated look as she exclaimed "For the hundredth time, it's not us! We're not making it snow! It must be the unicorns! They're doing it with their freaky magic!"

Rarity gasped in shock as she sneered at the commander and stated "How dare you! Unlike you Pegasi ruffians, we unicorns would never stoop to such a thing! H-m-ph!"

"Please calm down your majesty." Kaede assured. "I'm sure if we prove to them that we didn't do it, we could resolve this accusation."

"Nonsense Crystal! Let these ruffians accuse us! They'll pay the consequences for ever accusing us for something so...heinous!"

"That's what I fear..." Crystal sighed sadly.

"B-but umm..." Jamie looked up with a nervous expression and suggested "B-but...wouldn't it be wise to-"

"I. Said. Forget. It!" Rarity hissed, scaring Jamie. "Now's not the time Frost!"

"Y-yes! S-sorry Princess Platinum!" Jamie shrieked, hiding behind Twilight, who sighed at the princess's rudeness.

"Does...Does this normally happen?" I questioned Smart Cookie, who nodded and replied "Yeah, you get used to it."

"Well, if you non-Earths aren't gonna stop using your weirdo powers to freeze us all, then I'm just plum out of ideas!" Chancellor Puddinghead huffed.

"What a shocker. An Earth Pony with no ideas." Commander Hurricane snickered.

"Commander Hurricane, please cease with the insults!" Princess Platinum demanded.

"You're not the boss of me, your royal snootiness!" OOH! Burn!

"I beg your pardon?!" Rarity exclaimed furiously. "I am a princess! I won't be spoken that way!"

While they argued, me and the other ponies who joined with their leaders sighed in exasperation.

"Every time..." Crystal sighed. "Why can't they ever agree on anything?"

"That I wished too, Crystal." Frost nodded.

"I understand that my leader is quite great in battle, but he isn't great at negiotiation." Missile sighed. "I tried many times to convince him not to go hard on them, but he's threatening to demote me to Private."

I looked at Missile with a shocked look and exclaimed "You're kidding, right? And you just agreed with her...or him?!" It's kinda hard to tell since Dash is a mare and she seems to be playing a boy character of one of the founders of Equestria.

"I had no choice. Even if he's stubborn, I still must follow the Pegasi creed. Besides, if I get demoted, I won't get enough bits to pay for my home. I do not want my sister to worried."

"Sister?" I asked before realizing that he must be talking about Carrie, or at least her pony self. 

"Oh right, I heard that you have a little sister, right?" Crystal asked curiously.

"Yes, she was the reason why I joined the army. I needed the money for us to leave and I can't afford to do anything to start back at square one." Missile nodded.

"Well don't worry, I know that you'll do the right thing." I assured, causing him to look at me incredulous.

"Why would a mere earth pony be worried about me? Aren't we enemies?" Missile asked.

"Well yeah, just them." I pointed out.

"H-he's right..." Frost nodded sadly. "I-I don't wanna keep arguing and b-be enemies, and...I want to prove my worth."

"Your worth?" I asked.

"N-nothing! Y-you probably wouldn't bother to listen to me..." He sighed, glancing away with a sad look. Crystal came over and patted him on the back with a sympathetic look.

"Sorry for my friend. See, he's quite a powerful magician, but too scared to show it to the princess." Crystal explained.

"Well I'm sure you can do it." I assured with a grin. "I mean, I know that you can show that you're a great magician to the princess. You just need to be brave..."

"Brave..." Frost muttered, wondering about it.

"You know...for an earth pony, you're quite kind despite our leaders' arguments." Crystal stated.

"Well that's our leaders' faults. We're different from them." I said with a grin.

"For once, I agree." Missile nodded.

"Oh, thanks." I smiled before blushing a bit in embarrassment. 

"Well, I'm leaving first!" We turned to see the three leaders glaring daggers at each other. Oh Celestia, looks like I know where this argument is gonna lead.

"No, I"m first!" Chancellor Puddinghead exclaimed before the trio began arguing and taking their leave. "Come along Looney! We're taking our leave!"

"You too Commander Missile Rush!" Commander Hurricane shouted.

"Yes ma'am!" He announced before taking their leave. Ahh, Missile Rush?! That is such a frigging cool name!

"Come along Crystal and Frost, we shall take our leave from these uncouth ruffians." Princess Platinum scoffed.

"Yes your majesty." The three unicorn mages took their leave after their majesty.

"Yeah! We don't need you two non-Earths anywhere in our territory!" Chancellor Puddinghead shouted before she left the building.

"This isn't going so well..." I sighed. Oh well, this is part of the Equestria History on how Equestria came to be, right? So it's better if I gotten used to it. As I began to follow after Chancellor Puddinghead, I felt a sudden breeze. Whoa, where did that come from? It was quite chilly like in -20 degrees. I mean, it wasn't any colder when we began walking here. So what's up with that?


Meanwhile

"Ha! Can you believe those tribes?! What fools!"

"Indeed commander, indeed..." Missile sighed as he and the commander flew back to their territory as it still blew cold.

"Now...Atten-tion!" Commander Hurricane shouted, causing a familiar yellow pegasus donning an armor suit flying on top of the cloud and saluting before falling off of it and landing into the snow. Missile walked over and helped her out before seeing a familiar filly pegasus running over to him. She had hazel colored mane and tail and had a little helmet and toy sword around her waist. She also had a pink colored skin and blue eyes like Commander Missile Rush.

"Big brother! Big brother!" She called before hugging him.

"Cherry! You're supposed to be inside!" Missile said sternly.

"Sorry..." Cherry apologized, looking at her brother with a sorrowful expression. "I saw you and the commander flying back home and I wanted to see you again!"

Missile gave her a stern look before smiling softly and giving her a hug. "Thanks for your concern, sister."

"Your welcome big brother." Cherry smiled.

"Ahh...sibling love." The yellow pegasus said with a smile.

"Who cares?!" Commander Hurricane shouted before glaring at the yellow pegasus and said "Well Private Pantsy? Aren't you curious about how it went?"

"O-oh!" Private Pantsy gasped before walking over to the steps of the coliseum and asked "Commander Hurricane, sir! How did it go, sir?"

"Horribly! Those other tribe leaders are so disrespectful!" Commander Hurricane shouted.

"Really? Because no offense commander, but you acted rude as well." Missile pointed out.

"Hey! You stay out of this!" Commander Hurricane growled. "Don't they realize that we are a might tribe of warriors, and should not be crossed? We have got to break ranks with those weak foals!"

As soon as Commander Hurricane accidentally raised her hoof, she bumped it against Private Pantsy's chin, causing her to fall back into the snow and getting some onto the siblings. Luckily, Missile Rush used his wings to cover him and his sister from getting snow all over it.

"That's just as I fear..." Missile sighed.

"Are you gonna be okay, big brother?" Cherry asked. Missile nuzzled her and assured "Don't worry, I'll keep an eye out for the commander in case he does something he'll regret later.

"What was that commander?!" Commander Hurricane glared at him.

"Nothing ma'am!" Missile assured, much to the commander's joy.

"Good." Missile sighed and shook his head at the stubborn commander while wondering how the others are taking this.


Princess Platinum soon entered back into her place, shivering in fear upon returning back to her palace.

"D-Don't worry your highness, we'll get you warm!" Frost assured.

"Clover the Clever! We need you please!" Crystal called, drawing a purple unicorn in a brown cloak.

"Yes!" Clover the Clever nodded before using her magic to levitated a blanket over to them, much to their comfort.

"T-thank you." Frost smiled at her.

"Your welcome." Clover the Clever nodded with a soft smile, causing Frost to blush a bot. "So anyway, did the other pony tribes see reason as I predicted?"

"If only it was t-that simple..." Frost said with a disappointed sigh.

Princess Platinum ignored him as she said "Those other tribes are impossible! I, for one, can no longer bear to be anywhere near those lowly creatures. The unicorns are noble and majestic!"

Clover the Clever put them over to a bucket filled with hot water as they rested their feet in it as Princess Platinum continued "We will no longer consort with the likes of them!"

"But...they d-didn't seem that bad." Frost smiled, causing the princess to give him a death glare, which made him rethink that. "I'll stop t-talking."

"Good answer."

Crystal face-hooved herself and shook her head.

"Why oh why?" Crystal asked herself.


"AAAAAH!" OOF! OWW....that's really gotta hurt. I don't know how Santa does it, but this is quite challenging.

"Wouldn't it been easier to use the door, Chancellor and Looney?" I looked up to see Smart Cookie looking at us in concern and confusion.

"Hey, don't look at me, she's the one who suggested it." I said getting out of the chimney before adding "Which I should've not done and should've stopped her."

"Oh please. I am a chancellor. I was elected because I know how to think outside the box." Chancellor Puddinghead stated. "Which means..." She stick her head back into the chimney, getting smoke all over her face. "I can also think inside the chimney. Can you think inside a chimney?"

"Uh..." Me and Smart Cookie were unable to answer her question.

"I didn't think so." Chancellor Puddinghead began walking away while we had deadpan expressions. Okay, is Chanceller Puddinghead acts like a child or since this is a dream and my friends and I are portraying as the founders of Equestria, they're acting like their normal selves while playing the character. Because if I found out that the founders acted just like this, then I'm about to think that she might related to Pinkie Pie in some way.

Soon, Chancellor Puddinghead stopped on her tracks, shaking her head to get rid of all the ashes as she turned back to us with a bright smile and said "Oh my gosh! Hold on to your hooves! I am just about to be brilliant!"

"That'd be a first." Smart Cookie muttered, while I nodded in agreement.

Luckily, the chancellor didn't hear us as she stated "I have decided that the Earth Ponies are gonna go it alone!"

Alone? Does she that she won't consult with the other tribes?

"Aw, so you mean the other tribes didn't come around? Shoot..." Smart Cookie sighed. "I really thought we could get through to them if we-"

"Don't worry about them." Chancellor Puddinghead said. "We're the ones with all the food, right?"

"Actually, we're all out." Smart Cookie stated.

"Wait, we're all out?!" I exclaimed in shock, which Smart Cookie nodded. "But if we ran out of food, why didn't you tell the other tribe leaders about this?! Surely you could've talked and consult with-"

"No way Looney! Those non-Earths won't bother to listen at all!" Chancellor Puddinghead stated.

"Says you." I rolled my eyes before getting a glare from her.

"I heard that! Now I want you to motivate me or you're fired!" Chancellor Puddinghead exclaimed before whispering to me "I wouldn't fire you. Just a strict punishment since you're the only motivating Earth Pony that encourages others."

"Uhh....okay?" I shrugged before clearing my throat. "Listen Pink...I, uh, mean, Chancellor Puddinghead, I know that you and the other tribe leaders won't be friends. But you have to in order to survive the winter! Listen, if we just work together as friends, then we'll be okay. Besides, calling them non-Earths is just discriminating their kind, you know?"

"That's...the best and yet worst motivating speech I've ever heard!" You're kidding right? Well I gave it a shot. "I love about how well encouraging and brave when you said all that, but I hated the part where you said that we need to work together with the other tribe leaders! And yes, I know calling them non-Earths is discriminating, but it's not my fault those guys have the weirdo powers while we're just plain average."

Well, Applejack once told me that Earth Ponies do have powerful strength hidden inside while they're very good at farming. So I technically wouldn't say plain average...

"Perhaps Looney has a point, Chancellor." I smiled at Smart Cookie, happy and relieved to hear at least one pony who's liking this idea. "We should speak with the other tribe leaders and should apologize-"

"Forget that!" Say what right now? "We'll just have to go somewhere new where we can grow some food! And with me as our fearless leader, what could go wrong?"

As soon as she opened the door, she was immediately trampled by a huge stock of snow. Holy crap! That blizzard really is doing a number!

"Where should I start?" Smart Cookie rolled her eyes.

"Same here, Smart Cookie. Same here." I patted her on the back. Soon, Chancellor Puddinghead popped right out of the snow and said "The point is...we must find a new land!"

New land? Well...if this is how they discover Equestria, then I'll partake in it. Besides, it might be fun and a chance that we might try to resolve this issue.

"Alright, I'm in!" I said in determination, much to Smart Cookie's surprise and Chancellor Puddinghead's joy. "Besides, we might have a good try on surviving this dreadful storm!"

"I knew you would agree with it, Looney!" Chancellor Puddinghead smiled. "Now pack up, we're gonna go on a trip to make those non-Earths don't try anything funny."

With that, she walked over to get cozy as Smart Cookie turned to me with an incredulous look and said "Are you crazy?! Why would you go and agree with the chancellor with something like that?!"

"I know this looks bad, which it is, but trust me. I know we can find a way to make them all friends." I whispered to her as I continued "It's just that...they're accusing each other for using this storm to drive out their own needs. I want to figure out how to make them friends, so I won't rest until we find a way to restore this peace of theirs."

Smart Cookie let out a chuckle and smiled at me before saying "You never cease to surprise me Looney. Alright, I'm in."

"Wow, really? Just like that?" I asked her incredulous.

"Look, I'm just tired of the chancellor's stubbornness..." Which is ironic since you're stubborn too. "It's time if we try to make her and the other tribes feel like friends rather than enemies."

"My thoughts exactly." I nodded with a grin. You know, maybe this could work out. We can try getting them along, because I think they might arrive to the same land with us since they ARE the founders of Equestria. What could go wrong?

"Hey you two! I need a pillow, blanket, and some fire in this chimney, now!...Please?" Chancellor Puddinghead called.

"Yes Chancellor." We sighed before walking over and went to go help her out. I just hope that they can be friends instead of enemies sooner or later.


The Next Day
We soon began packing up the next day and went off on our search for some land, which I know it'll be Equestria, so me and Smart Cookie followed Chancellor Puddinghead since she is the boss of us. 

Although...the trip we're taking...well...

"Yes, yes. This is definitely the right direction."  Chancellor Pudding stated, stitching the map onto her face.

"It feels like we're going in circles." Smart Cookie pointed out with half-lid eyes Umm...I looked at the area we were in and realized that Smart Cookie had a point. We've been walking around the same snow spot for hours now.

"But that's impossible. Are you suggesting that I'm reading the map wrong?" Chancellor Puddinghead narrowed her eyes at us.

"Absolutely not, your chancellorness. It's just that there are holes in the map, and-"

"Of course! How else could I see where I was going?" 

"Let's just pretend we never heard that question so that we won't answer it." I said with a deadpan look.

"Or talk?" Chancellor Puddinghead ignored me as she continued "I need to be able to talk!" She moved over to a narrow cliff and kept going "I mean, how would we survive if I just suddenly shut up?"

"Heaven forbid that should happen, your chancellorship. Heh. It's just that....the map is also upside down." Smart Cookie pointed out, lifting the paper out of her face.

"Seriously?!" I exclaimed.

"I got a newsflash for the both of you, Cookie and Looney! The Earth is round. There is no up or down!" Chancellor Puddinghead exclaimed before she began taking her leave.

"You know...the weirdest part is that I understand what she means." I said, blinking in surprise.

"Y-you're right. It's such a relief to me that you're in charge of this map..." Smart Cookie said while she rolled her eyes. The chancellor stopped in front of her tracks before walking backwards and glared at us.

"Relief? You both don't need relief! If anypony needs relief around here, it's me!" Chancellor Puddinghead exclaimed angrily. "I'm a chancellor! I'm a bigshot! You're both just my, um...my, uh..."

"Secretary." Smart Cookie reminded her.

"Motivator." I added.

"Whatever. You both take the map while I enjoy some relief." Chancellor Puddinghead took the map off her face and handed it to Smart Cookie and me. 

"Yes, Chancellor Puddinghead." We nodded. Ugh, why am I having full regrets on this?

Sooner or later, we began moving off through the direction of the map. As soon as we continued our way, we've seen to be a part of a woodland forest and no winter blizzard in sight.

Soon, I felt a cool breeze, causing me to sigh in relief. Wow, the air feels great here.

“The air! The trees!” Chancellor Puddinghead exclaimed in joy as she sat on top of a tree before jumping down and landing into the mud and said “The dirt! This dirt is the dirtiest dirt in the whole dirt world!”

“And fertile, too.” Smart Cookie agreed, walking over and picking up some dirt. “Perfect for growing food.”

“In the name of the Earth Ponies, I think I’m gonna call this new place…uh…Dirtville!”

Me and Smart Cookie looked at each other in confusion before I suggested “How about ‘Earth’?”

“Earth! Congratulations to me for thinking of it!” Chancellor Puddinghead grinned happily while I shook my head in amusement. Of course you would think of something like that.

“We found our new home!” Huh? What is it just me or did I just hear multiple voices that shouted the same thing the chancellor just said. We soon turned around, only to see the Pegasi and unicorn tribes were in the same place as we were. 

“Hey, I planted my flag first!” Commander Hurricane exclaimed.

“Did not!” Princess Platinum retorted.

“Did too!”

“I planted mine earlier than first!” Chancellor Puddinghead argued.

“All of you riffraff are trespassing in Unicornia!” Princess Platinum yelled.

“The name is Pegasopolis!” Commander Hurricane growled.

“Earth!” Chancellor Puddinghead exclaimed as the three glared at each other and started arguing. Me and Smart Cookie sighed and walked out of the way of their argument as the others who were with their leaders decided the same thing as well.

“Oh hey guys, what’s up?” I asked with a grin before noticing three more ponies joined in. It was Twilight, who was donning a brown cloak, Fluttershy wearing a suit of armor and a pony that looks exactly like Carrie due to her cute little face, hazel-like color mane and tail and had a pink color skin. 

“Nothing much, except our leader being arrogant as always.” Crystal sighed in exasperation.

“And mine just being plain stubborn.” Missile sighed.

“But they will get along, right big brother?” The little filly asked curiously. Missile sighed  and answered “I highly doubt that.”

“Y-yes…Princess Platinum was always known f-for being b-bossy…but I-I have to obey her.” Frost sighed. Soon, Twilight walked over and patted him on the back and stated “Don’t worry, I’m sure you’ll show her that you are a great magician.”

“T-thank you Clover.” Frost softly smiled and blushed.

“So anyway, who are you three?” I asked curiously.

“Oh, I-I’m Private Pantsy. Commander’s Hurricane trustworthy Private.” She introduced herself in a nervous and shy way. Oh, so Private Pantsy. A little funny, but quite cool…in my opinion. Though, she looks exactly like Fluttershy, and you know...she looks cute in a suit.

“I am Clover The Clever. One of Princess Platinum’s mages.” Clover The Clever? Why do I have the feeling that last part of her name is a talent of hers?

“And I’m Cherry Blossom, and I hope one day I’ll be part of the Pegasi Army like my brother so I can help him out!” So that’s Carrie’s pony name. Hmm, almost similar to her first name. “Wow, so you’re an Earth Pony! You don’t like anything Commander Hurricane described.”

“Let me guess…we’re embarrassment due not having wings?” I guessed, much to Cherry’s surprise.

“Yeah, how did you know?” She asked curiously.

“Lucky guess.” I shrugged.

“Well either way, I’m glad we’re getting along unlike our leaders.” Smart Cookie stated.

“Ain’t that the truth?” Crystal agreed, rolling her eyes at her majesty.

“D-do you think we should s-stop them?” Frost asked curiously.

“Yes because this argument isn’t going anywhere.” Missile said in annoyance upon seeing the three leaders fighting over again.

“That I agree.” Clover The Clever nodded before we all walked over and attempted to calm our leaders down.

“I say we fight for the land. May the best pony win!” Commander Hurricane exclaimed.

“Alright, that’s enough commander!” Missile said, narrowing his eyes angrily at his commander. His sister hid behind his leg as he continued “We simply can’t go into war with them. It’s best if we stop now and simply call a truce.”

“Nobody asked you! Now stop or else I’ll demote you to private!” Commander Hurricane threatened.

“But…we need to talk this t-through.” Frost offered.

“That’s repulsive. I have no offer to talk to these uncouth ruffians, so sit down Frost!” Princess Platinum scoffed, causing Frost to wince in pain.

“B-but…I still think that maybe…”

“You dare disobey the princess?!” Princess Platinum exclaimed, scaring Frost.

“N-no ma’am…But I still think-”

“Enough!” Princess Platinum shouted, frightening Frost. “Clover The Clever? Sapphire Crystal? Send this traitor to the dungeons!”

Seriously? Not only about the princess being such a jerk, but those names! God, why did they get the awesome names while I have the weird goofy one that sounds similar to my last name?

“What dungeon?” Crystal asked before sighing in annoyance of her leader as Clover The Clever spoke “Look, perhaps if we all calmed down…”

“I agree. Let’s all calm down.” Smart Cookie agreed.

“I vote for calm.” Private Pantsy added.

“I’ll have you court-martialed for insubordination, Private!” Commander Hurricane exclaimed, frightening the private and causing me to narrow my eyes in anger at her. “We settle this on the battlefield!”

“Alright, that’s enough!” I shouted, gaining everypony’s attention. “Now listen! This has gone too far and we need to stop this endless fighting!”

“How dare you! A mere Earth Pony tell us what to do?!” Princess Platinum scoffed.

“Yeah! I’m the leader here Looney!” Chancellor Puddinghead argued, pointing her hoof at my chest. “You’re supposed to be my motivator! You’re supposed to motivate me!”

“I know that, but even if I do, you’re just gonna be motivated to argue with them again!” I retorted. “Look guys, I mean we’re all different.”

“Of course we are, they don’t have wings!” 

“Could you like be quiet right now, I’m trying to give out a speech.” I said, glaring at a certain commander.

“I’m just saying.” She shrugged.

“Yeah, shut up.” I said before clearing my throat. “But it doesn’t matter what we are. We should be friends rather than enemies.”

“He’s right.” Missile nodded. “Instead of fighting over the land, we should split the land in three for us to share.”

“T-that’s a great idea.” Frost nodded with a smile. “W-we should share the l-land.”

“Yes, you’re absolutely right.” Chancellor Puddinghead agreed, much to our joy. Well that was easier than I thought. “If they would never try to bring that blizzard yesterday!”

I face-hooved myself, realizing that she was too stubborn to even listen.

“I second it! No way I would work for these nut jobs!” Commander Hurricane exclaimed.

“That’s it commander! I have had enough of your complaints! You need to let this go!” Missile exclaimed angrily.

“Is that so eh? Well then, I’m demoting you to private for that backtalk!” Commander Hurricane said, shocking Missile and Cherry as she stepped forward and exclaimed “No! You can’t do that!”

“Cherry…it’s alright.” Missile assured before glaring at his commander. “Besides, I rather take it since my arrogant and stubborn commander refuses to do obey. I rather take their side and here.” I couldn’t help but smile at Mason’s ponysona, glad to see he’s taking our side.

“E-everyone…please calm down and-”

“I do not want to hear it, you traitor!” Princess Platinum exclaimed, glaring at Frost. “I announced you that you no longer serve me anymore!”

“B-b-b-but…!”

“But your majesty, give him another chance!” Clover the Clever pleaded.

“Indeed, this is no fair!” Crystal exclaimed. 

“Sorry, but my decision has been made. Besides, he’ll mess up like he always had.” Princess Platinum scoffed, causing Frost to be depressed.

“…Alright…” Frost muttered with a sad look. “I-I’ll stop then…”

Crystal and Clover the Clever looked at him in shock before the former glared at the princess and said “Fine then…if he’s not going to serve you anymore! So will I!”

“What?! Surely you missed be jesting!” Princess Platinum said, looking at the mare with shocked.

“Sorry, but my decision is final!” Crystal stated, crystal clear. Ha…sorry, it was worth it.

“And I’m assigning you a punishment mister!” Chancellor Puddinghead pointed her hoof at me as she exclaimed “You better know how to clean a chimney! It’s where I must always think inside of the chimney, after all!”

“I…have never heard that expression.” I said in a deadpan expression. Oh boy…can this day get any worse?

“H-hey big brother, is it just me or is it getting colder?” We turned to see Cherry shivering as it started…to snow? Huh? We looked over to see it getting worse than before. 
“What the?” I wondered.

“W-why is this happening? Why is there a blizzard all of a sudden?” Frost asked in surprise.

“Don’t know, but its best if we hide somewhere to warm up.” Clover the Clever suggested.

“Agreed.” Missile nodded before grabbing his sister and using his wing to keep her warm.

"We need to find cover!" Crystal shouted. Suddenly, we heard a loud roar, causing us to widened our eyes in shock.

"That roar!" Frost exclaimed. "Everypony, we need to get out of here right now!" 

"Quick! Find shelter!" Commander Hurricane yelled as we began running or flying in a Pegasus's case as we began looking for shelter. What was that roar anyway? It didn't like anything I've ever heard. Whatever, hopefully we'll find shelter sooner or later!


Well...I call this situation awkward. The good news is that we finally found a cave to call shelter until the storm cools off. Bad news...we needed to share it with the others.

Princess Platinum then began feeling uncomfortable with the Pegasi in her sight as she said "Please, Commander Hothead."

"It's Commander Hurricane." She corrected her.

"Please, commander, could you just stand back and give me my royal space?" Princess Platinum demanded.

"Oh...you mean like this, your highness?!" Rainbow stepped a hoof in front of her, catching her by surprise while we all looked at the scene with worried and concern.

"Oh no..." I muttered.

"Here we go again..." Smart Cookie shook her head.

"Umm...your majesty?" Frost called, but the two ignored him.

"Indeed not!" Princess Platinum exclaimed before pointing her hoof on the ground. "You  see this invisible line?"

"Umm...no?" Frost answered, only to receive a glare by her.

"Privates?" Commander Hurricane turned to her privates as she demanded "Outline our territory for everypony to see!"

"Yeah, no." Missile stated, much to the commander's fury. Private Pantsy realized that this might turned ugly as she did what her commander said as she dragged her hoof across their side of the cave slowly. Annoyed by the slow outlining, Commander Hurricane grabbed the private by her waist and dragged her along with her hoof.

"See this real, non-invisible line? No unicorns or Earth ponies are allowed to cross it! This is the sovereign territory of Pegasopolis!" Commander Hurricane exclaimed before dropping her to the ground before she turned and glared daggers at Missile and said "And no traitors!"

"Whatever." Missile replied.

"Umm...but I think they're friendly." Cherry said, only to receive a glare from Commander Hurricane.

"Sorry kiddo, but they're not friendly." Commander Hurricane replied.

While they were distracted, I walked over to help Private Pantsy help and she felt happy that I helped her up. "There ya go. You okay?"

"Oh I am. Thank you but why would you help me?" She asked curiously.

"Hey, that's what friends do." I chuckled, causing her to blush at me until I was grabbed by the tail and dragged by Chancellor Puddinghead as she exclaimed "No making love at the enemy you lovey-dovey pony!"

"Oh..." I sighed in disappointment.

"Clover the Clever?" Princess Platinum called.

"Uh...Smart Cookie!" Chancellor Puddinghead yelled.

"I know, I know." Smart Cookie rolled her eyes as she and Clover the Clever began making marks around the lines.

"You cannot be serious." Missile said in a deadpan expression, looking over at the already marked lines.

"Technically, they are." I sighed, getting up from the floor.

"But it's no fair. Why can't they ever listen to us?" Crystal exclaimed.

"They're our leaders, i-it's their decision..." Frost said sadly. "But it doesn't matter...I'm no longer serving Princess Platinum anymore..."

I looked at Frost with a sad look, feeling heartbroken that he's giving up that easily. I then made a determined look and said "Don't cry Frost. I know you're powerful enough to prove that you aren't useless."

"B-but...I am." Frost stated. "And I'll always be useless..."

"You say that, but have you already tried it?" I asked curiously, only for Frost to look at me with realization. I soon formed a grin and continued "That's right. If you believe in yourself and try to be brave, you'll be good and show your highness that you aren't useless."

Frost softly smiled at me happily as we heard a loud yell from the commander.

"What are you doing?!" We turned to see Commander Hurricane glaring angrily at the private as she exclaimed "Don't go around the rock, go over it! I'm not giving up an inch of territory to the enemy!"

"That rock is cleary of the Unicornia side of the cave, and it belongs to us!" Princess Platinum stated sternly before whispering something to Twilight. "Who knows? There could be jewels inside?"

I sweat-dropped and blankly stare at her. She wants that rock for jewels? Are you kidding me?

Commander Hurricane let out a scoff before lifting the rock over to her side. "I claim this rock for Pegasopolis!"

"You're kidding...right?" Crystal questioned with a raised brow.

"Unhand that rock this instant, you scoundrel!" Princess Platinum demanded.

"But...it's just a rock." Cherry pointed out. Missile sighed and turned to his sister and said "Technically, our leaders will find anything to argue about sister."

While the two leaders were glaring at each other, they noticed Chancellor Puddinghead taking the rock for herself as she said "Oh, look, you found my rock. I've been looking for it everywhere."

"Since when?!" I asked incredulous. The chancellor ignored me as she walked over and put the rock over to the side.

"H-hey! You invaded our territory!" Commander Hurricane exclaimed.

"Finders keepers, losers weepers!" Chancellor Puddinghead stated.

"Unbelievable..." Missile face-hooved himself at this.

Commander Hurricane growled angrily at her as she exclaimed "That's the last straw!"

She soon began chasing after the chancellor for a rock. A simply plain old rock! 

"Give me my rock!" Princess Platinum demanded as they began chasing each other for it, crossing each of their marked lines. We all walked out of our 'territory' to avoid our leaders confrontation.

"This is seriously starting to bug me." I sighed. "If only they would listen to us."

"We could try, but they'll just ignore us as always." Smart Cookie sighed.

"Exactly my point." 

"But you know, at least we don't argue for stupid things like this." Clover the Clever pointed out, causing us all to smile happily at each other. 

"You know what Clover? You're right." I smiled happily.

"Agreed." Missile nodded until suddenly we began feeling a heavy breeze enter the cave, causing us all to shiver in fear. We all looked up to see a snowstorm inside of the cave, above us all. What?! Okay, how is that possible?! Something tells me that this isn't a normal snowstorm.

"Ah!" Crystal gasped as she pointed and shouted "Look, everypony! The entrance!"

Soon, the entrance to the cave began freezing over the place, ice solid. Oh no....we're trapped!

"Great! Now there's no way out! We're trapped!" Commander Hurricane exclaimed.

"You two deserve this horrible fate! You've done nothing but argue and fight with each other!" Princess Platinum argued.

"You've been fighting too, your highness!" The commander retorted.

"Yeah! Worse! I haven't been fighting nearly as much as you!" Chancellor Puddinghead added, causing some of us to give her deadpanned looks. I highly doubt that since we've seen it with our own eyes.

Soon, the ice began slowly increasing as we all slowly back away from the approaching ice. Cherry hovered to her brother's side as she shivered in fear and said "M-Missile...I'm scared!"

"Hang on tight sister! I'll protect you!" Missile assured, holding onto his sister tight as the ice began circling arond us.

"How ridiculous! I don't deserve to die!" Princess Platinum exclaimed before glaring at the two tribe leaders. "These two deserved too!"

"Oh really?" Commander Hurricane gave her an angry look. "Well news flash for you! We're all gonna die! This is because you wimpy unicorns know you'd never win! Earth ponies are numbskulls!"

"Pegasi are brutes!"

"Unicorns are snobs!" Chancellor Puddinghead yelled. Soon, the ice began descending around the leaders and before you know it, they were frozen stiff, much to our shock.

"P-Princess!" Frost exclaimed as the ice began moving towards us.

"I-I don't understand, why is this happening?!" Smart Cookie demanded. As if her questioned was answered, we heard a loud roar once again. The same one from before this blizzard. We all looked up to see the apparent blizzard and saw something through it.

"What? Those things...!" Frost gasped before he, Crystal, and Clover looked at each other in shock, like they know what it is. 

"What? What is it?" I asked curiously.

"They must be...Windigos!" Clover the Clever deduced.

"Windigos?" We all questioned.

Crystal stepped up with a serious look and explained "Our mentor, Star Swirl The Bearded taught us about them. They're winter spirits that feed off fighting and hatred. The more hate the spirit feels, the colder things become!"

"Then...this is our fault." Smart Cookie said with a sad look. "We three tribes...we brought this blizzard to our home by fighting and not trusting each other. Now it's destroying this land, too."

"Our homes were destroyed not because of each other, but from our hatred that made the Windigos create this blizzard." Missile stated. 

"All because our kind hates each other..." Frost sighed sadly. 

"I don't hate any of your kinds." I said bluntly, surprising everypony. "I mean, you guys are all cool. Sure you guys have awesome powers, but I don't mind. What matters is that maybe we're different, but we have one thing in common: We're ponies. We're equal, and dependent. Instead of arguing and fighting against each other, we should work together...as a team."

"Maybe he's right. We've been enemies for so long that I don't know why we bother to fight. We should be friends." Private Pantsy agreed, causing me to grin and said "Why thanks Private Pantsy."

She smiled and blushed a bit before replying "Y-you're welcome...Looney."

"Y-yeah, yeah." Frost smiled. "I mean, take a look at us. We weren't arguing the whole time. Everything they told us about our kind...is wrong."

"Yeah." Crystal nodded. "I don't hate any of you. I just hate my leader. She's so mean and demanding and doesn't do anything to help out our kingdom."

"And my commander? He's so short-tempered and arrogant that he once demoted a corporal to private all because he messed up once in his training." Missile chuckled.

"Mm-hmm. I actually think the commander is a meanie." Cherry agreed.

"Well I hate Commander Hurricane a lot more than I hate you guys." Private Pantsy added, causing us all to giggle. "Actually, I don't really hate her, I just really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really dislike her."

Wow...that's a lot of really's there.

"Well I don't hate you guys either." Smart Cookie smiled.

Soon, I began to hear some sort of whiny as we looked up to see the Windigos acting strange all of a sudden. Suddenly, the ice began descending towards us as we hurdle against each other. So this is it...If I had my Hacking Gun with me, I would probably take care of those Windigos and save our leaders and such...but right now, I don't have it. So in other words...we're in deep trouble.

"You know what? Looney is right. No matter what our differences, we're all ponies." Everypony, including me, gave out a tight hug and sighed happily. I was then closed in front of the Fluttershy look-alike as I smiled softly and blushed a bit. Sooner or later, our bodies began to freeze and sooner or later...I stopped moving.

So this is what it feels like to be frozen, eh? Well...whether if this is a dream or not...I still think we're all gonna die sooner or later.

CRACK!

Huh? What the?

Suddenly, a bright flash appeared around where we stand as it burst right out of our icy bodies as we all looked up to see a bright fiery flash coming out of Frost's horn.

"Whoa..." I muttered in awe. The fire began driving the WIndigos crazy as they began disappearing one by one.

"What was that?" Private Pantsy asked. Soon, we saw a bright glow flowing over at where we were.

"I didn't know unicorns could do that." Cherry said in amazement.

"I-I didn't do it! I swear!" Frost said in worried. Soon, the magic fire began getting out of Frost's horn and rose into the air before forming into a heart. 

"It wasn't just me, Crystal, and you, Frost." Clover said with a smile. "It came from all of us, joined together, in friendship."

"Y-you think so?" Frost questioned.

"Yeah, that's what I believe." Clover smiled before hugging Frost, causing him to blush madly as I winked at him and whispered "Told ya!"

Frost smiled back at me as we all formed around the fire to get ourselves nice roam and toasty. Sooner or later, we all began talking and singing songs, which were similar to Christmas carols. Eventually, the warmth of the fire began melting the ice, not only melting our only exit, but our leaders as well.

"W-what the? What just happened?" Chancellor Puddinghead asked.

"Privates!" Commander Hurricane called. "W-was that you that melted us free?"

"No Commander Hurricane, sir! It wasn't us!" Missile exclaimed before turning back to us with a smile. "It was all of us."

"All of you?" Princess Platinum asked.

"Yes." I stated. "Listen, I'm sure you don't remember but a bunch of Windigos came and tried to freeze us all to death all because of our arguing and fighting. It's time if we stop and try to friends." I smiled happily before saying "Come on, give it a try at least."

The three leaders looked at each other with angry glares before softening them with smiles.

"I guess you're right. We may have been acting like little fillies." Everyone glared at the unicorn princess, causing her to rethink at what she said. "O-okay! We all acted like fillies, but now..."

"It's time if we end this." Commander Hurricane finished with a sad look before turning to Missile Rush and his little sister. "And I'm sorry if I went hard on ya, Private. I-I mean, Commander Missile! I'm promoting you back to Commander!"

"Why thank you, Commander sir!" Missile smiled.

"And I'm sorry I went so harsh on you Frost." Princess Platinum apologized at the blue stallion as she continued "For now on, I'll try to be nice. By the way, you are back on being one of my trusts' mages."

Frost became shocked to hear before seeing the smiles on both Clover and Crystal's faces as he smiled at the unicorn princess and said "O-oh! Thank you your highness! I promise that I'll do my best to show how great and powerful I am!"

Great and powerful? Where have I heard those words before?

"And you know what Looney? You're absolutely right!" Chancellor Puddinghead exclaimed before hugging me tight. "I'm promoting you as official Motivator speaker of Earth...or whatever we call it now since we're not enemies anymore!"

"Uhh...thanks?" I said with a nervous grin. Official Motivator speaker? Is that even a thing?

"Hey everypony! Look!" Cherry pointed out, seeing the entrance thawing out. We all exited out and saw the beautiful blue skies and the snow starting to melt. Looks like those Windigoes are gone for good. 

"Wow..." Everypony muttered in amazement.

"This land is so majestic." Crystal stated.

"And beautiful." Missile added.

"You know, we all should pick a name of our new home, you guys. What do you wanna call it?" Smart Cookie asked.

"Well it's not obviously Pegasopolis." Commander Hurricane shrugged.

"Neither is Unicornia."

"And not Earth nor Dirtville." Some of the ponies gave her weird looks on that last part before I muttered "Equestria."

"Huh? What was that?" Clover asked curiously.

"Why not Equestria?" I suggested with a smile. "The name will always mean for the magic of friendship and for the peace between Earth ponies, unicorns, and pegasi."

"Equestria...I like it!" Chancellor Puddinghead smirked. "It's got a good ring in it!"

Do ponies say that in this time of era?

"I agree!" Princess Platinum nodded with a smile.

"Here, here!" Commander Hurricane nodded.

"It isn't half bad." Missile stated with a soft grin.

"I think it's a nice name." Private Pantsy agreed with a smile. After we agree with the name, I worked on the flag, which the others were impressed by my artistic skills. Though, it was kinda hard when you have hooves instead of hands, but nonetheless, I finally finished with the new Equestria flag, which was two ponies (Celestia and Luna) circling around the sun and the moon. We all smiled happily at the work as Missile and Private Pantsy planted it on the ground, marking the land and naming it...Equestria. 

You know, for a dream. I'm quite impressed so far. This was an awesome dream! I mean, I'm taking part of the founding of Equestria! I can't wait to let the others know about this! But there's one problem...how am I gonna wake up from something like this?

Give...

Huh? I looked around while everypony else were talking to each other, not paying attention to me at all. I walked around the green fields, searching for that voice.

Give...in...

Huh? Who's keep saying that? I looked around before noticing I felt the atmosphere...weird. It's like something is trying to push me away.

Give in....to....despair...

I went pale and felt fear crawling into me....w-who keeps saying that?

Give in to despair...give in to despair....

The voice began echoing in my head over and over again as I looked around in fear began before seeing something behind. It was my own shadow before it began taking form and brought forth someone....wearing a mask.

GIVE IN TO DESPAIR!


"AHHHH!" I got up, my expression turning pale. Oh man...oh man. That was a terrifying dream.

"W-what?" I looked down to see Kodiak letting out a yawn before turning to me and asked "Ren...what's going on?"

"Kodiak!" I immediately hugged him tight, much to his surprise.

"What? Did I miss something?" Kodi asked curiously.

"Kodi! I had the most craziest dream ever! I was transformed into a pony and somehow dreamed about the founding of Equestria, got into many arguments with ponies, and somehow Mason, Kaede, Jamie, and Carrie were ponies with different and yet casual and cool names, and Twilight, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Applejack were wearing weird outfits and-"

"Whoa whoa! Slow down! I can't keep up, Ren!" Kodi exclaimed. I smiled sheepishly and sighed in relief before checking my body. Well my arms looks okay. So in other words, I'm back being human.

"So what happened?" Kodi asked curiously.

"Well..."

"Ren!" Huh? We turned to see my room door opening, revealing everypony!

"Oh, hey guys!" I waved as Fluttershy flew over and kissed me on the cheek, causing me to smile. "How was the play?"

"It went wonderful!" Twilight answered with a bright smile. "Princess Celestia added roles for Mason, Jamie, Kaede, and Carrie. She was planning on doing one for you until we told her about your illness and how disappointed you were when you couldn't go there."

"Sorry if you didn't make it, Rennie." Pinkie apologized with a sad smile.

"Nah, it's okay." I assured. "I mean, you guys might not believe it...but I had an awesome dream about it."

"What? You dreamed about saving Christmas or something?" Rainbow snorted.

"Rainbow, please." Mason rolled his eyes.

"No, it was about the founding of Equestria! You guys were all in it!" I exclaimed, much to the other's surprise.

"Whoa, really?!" Spike asked, replacing his shock with excitement. I rubbed my head in embarrassment and replied "No...I didn't see you in any part of my dream."

"Ahh..." Spike whined.

"T-that's crazy!" Jamie exclaimed. "There's no way you would've dreamed something like that! How could that be possible?!"

"Maybe Princess Luna gave him that dream? You know, maybe Princess Celestia asked her sister to give him that dream to make up for not being there?" Carrie suggested, which surprised everypony.

"You know...maybe so." Rarity smiled.

"Seems so." Mason ruffled his sister's hair a bit, causing her to giggle.

"Hey Ren, your fever..." Kaede looked over and touched my forehead, feeling no heat. "Looks like it's gone."

"Oh really?" I asked in surprise before getting back up, not feeling the urge to fall down again. "Huh...guess sleeping really is the best medicine."

"I thought it was laughter?" Spike asked.

"Really?! Laughter is the best cure?!" Pinkie gasped. "How did I not think of that?!"

"N-no Pinkie, you see..." I gave Jamie a shake of my head, gesturing that I stop. He sighed and muttered "N-never mind..."

"Well anyway, we've been pretty busy buying a bunch of gifts after the play. We'll show ya." Mason said, leading us out of my room and into the living room as I let out a gasped and saw the place. The entire living room was filled with Christmas decorations, much to our joy.

"Oh...my..."

"Celestia!" Kodi gasped before running over and felt amazed by it. "It looks awesome! Where did you guys get this?"

"Mason bought it over at the store using Ren's bits." Applejack explained, much to my surprise as I turned to him and glared at him.

I saw that he made a soft grin through his scarf as he glanced away innocently. Ooh, you are so gonna pay for this.

"Mason explained everything about what Christmas was like, along with Carrie and Kaede." Fluttershy stated. "It was such an beautiful holiday where everypony and their families get together in the season of giving."

"Y-yeah....it sounds great..." Jamie muttered in a bitter tone. Hm? Something wrong with him?

"Who cares?! We need to spread the Christmas joy!" Pinkie exclaimed before taking out her party cannon out of her mane and started blasting around the place, throwing out a big pine tree right at the corner of the living room, with adding decorations on it. Along with a star.

"H-how?!" Jamie exclaimed.

"She's Pinkie Pie, that's what!" Carrie answered with an excited grin.

"We couldn't find a tree, so we came empty-handed." Kaede chuckled nervously. "Well except for all the party decorations we bought from the store."

"You know, you could've asked me to give you the decorations!" Pinkie reminded us, jumping in front of her. "That's the season of giving, right?"

"R-right!" Kaede nodded.

"So where do we get the presents? Because tomorrow is gonna be Hearth's Warming Eve!" Rainbow said, getting excited for it. 

"We have to wait till Christmas morning." I answered with a grin. "Which I guess that also marks Hearth's Warming Day...or just Christmas day!"

"Ahh man!" Rainbow pouted.

"Cheer up Rainbow Dash, it'll be two more days till we get our gifts." Applejack assured, rolling her eyes playfully at her blue pegasus friend.

"I still don't see the point of C-Christmas...it's just a holiday of getting gifts, right?" Jamie questioned, causing Pinkie to gasp loudly and grabbing him by the tie and exclaimed "How could you say that?! Christmas and Hearth's Warming Eve is the best time of the year!"

"I-I know t-that!" Jamie replied, feeling afraid of her. "But...I just never liked Christmas."

"You mention that before, why is that?" Rarity questioned, causing him to glance away sadly. Me and Kodiak looked at each other, seeing how depress he was acting. Poor Jamie...he looks really sad. It must be because of his father, right? Maybe he never celebrated Christmas due to his father not being around with him and the rest of his family at all?

"Hey Jamie..." I called, gaining his and everypony's attention. "If ya want, we can show ya the true feeling of Christmas!"

"W-what?" Jamie asked in surprise.

"He's right. It might be a fun experience for not just us, but for everypony in Ponyville." Twilight offered.

"Yeah! Yeah!" Pinkie nodded excitedly. "I can't wait for the Cakes and everypony else to get into the Christmas feeling!"

"Don't forget the Hearth's Warming Eve feeling." Kodi added. "This is gonna be great! It's going to be my first Hearth's Warming Eve and Christmas!"

"I know Kodiak, I know..." I nodded with a grin.

"And I can't wait either..." Fluttershy added, giving me a hug. I rolled my eyes with a grin before hugging her back, causing everypony to slyly smiled at us.

"You know, you two were practically made for each other." Spike laughed.

"My thoughts exactly, Spike." Mason smiled before noticing something above us. "Speaking of which..."

Me and Fluttershy looked over and saw a little green leaf on top of the ceiling. Wait...is that...

"Ah, a mistletoe!" Fluttershy smiled.

"You know what that means love-bergs?" Applejack grinned slyly.

"What? What does it mean?" I asked with a raised brow.

"It means you both kissed each other!" Kaede answered with a smile. Me and Fluttershy looked at each other before softly smiling at each other and putting our lips together, kissing each other. Everyone, except Jamie and Mason, let out an 'Ahh' while Spike let out a 'bleh' sound. Well, that's gotta be a new kiss I'll get hang of. Haven't kissed her on the lips since when she was affected by Discord's magic. 

"Well it seems like it's going to a great start." Twilight chuckled before turning to Jamie and asked "Right Jamie?"

"H-huh? Oh...y-yeah." Jamie slowly nodded, not bothering to look at the scene. Mason glances at him with a raised brow, probably wondering why's he acting like this. I wonder that too...Jamie, why don't you like Christmas nor Hearth's Warming Eve at all?


Meanwhile
"Well well well...enjoying the holidays?" The mysterious masked figure floats over in the air, looking down at the home-ship. 

"Hmm...how ridiculous. What's the point of celebrating these atrocities? If this holiday are supposed to make everypony together, why doesn't Jamie Watson understand the true meaning of the holiday? No...not only him...those in Equestria who don't get the true meaning of this pointless holiday. If it's supposed to be get everypony together, then everypony in this pointless world supposed to be together and live happily ever after....another flaw in this holiday."

The masked figure then flew away with a narrow eye as his whole body began surrounding in a dark aura before looking back at Ponyville.

"But still...why did he have that dream upon the founding of this world after the last one was gone? Could it be the power of the elements in his heart that made him have those dreams? Could they be telling him a hidden clue in that dream? Maybe the location....of course. Hmhmhmhmhm...clever....Soon, I will retain its power once I found the remaining fragments..."

With that, he disappeared in a flash of the darkness, leaving nothing behind.


Meanwhile, back at Canterlot Castle

"AH!" Princess Luna woke up in a gasp before wiping away a sweat. "What was that? How did he get that dream?"

"Sister...is there a problem?" Luna turned around to see her sister coming inside with a concerned expression.

"Indeed it is, sister." Luna nodded before getting out of bed. "We were exploring the world of dreams until we thou came over to sir Ren Loodan's dreams to see what he was up to and hopefully unlock one of his sealed memories. But once we entered, we felt a great darkness lurking around his dreams."

"A great darkness?" Celestia questioned.

"Yes, we didn't identify it. It was something we have thou ever encountered. we felt something from it. It was like a combination of every negative emotion, dear sister." Luna stated. "Pain, suffering, sad, greed, anger, and despair."

"I see...was Ren okay?" Celestia asked.

"He is. He just woke up now. Though..." Luna looked down with a thoughtful look on her face, which Celestia noticed.

"Though what?"

"I felt a great power hidden inside of Ren's heart." Celestia became surprised to hear that as she asked "A...power? What sort of power?"

"We are uncertain, but we know it's a similar power to the Elements of Harmony. The same power that relinquish us from thou darkness."

"I see...interesting." Celestia rubbed her chin in thought. "This is something I need to look at."

"And one more thing...We saw his dream, and for some reason, he was dreaming about the founding of Equestria. Which is quite weird since he never even witness thou play tonight." Luna stated, which confused Celestia.

"It is strange...could this be from the power he's hidden in his heart? How strange..."

"Also...the darkness we spoke of...it was the same feeling we transformed into...you know." Celestia widened her eyes in shock as Luna looked away sadly. "It was the same sensation we...felt jealous of your work and getting the praise. That darkness was the same thing that turned thou into Nightmare Moon!"

"Luna..." Celestia came over and hugged her younger sister and said "It's okay. I don't know who or what is this creature you spoke of, but I promise that we will find it...and will try to stop him from whatever it is planning."

"T-thank you sister." Luna blushed and smiled before clearing her throat. "A-anyway...we also heard in the realm of dreams about a certain holiday called 'Christmas' thou humans spoke of. They say it is their version of Hearth's Warming Eve."

"Oh really?" Celestia formed a smile and said "Something tells me that this is something we gotta check out."

"What thou means sister?" Luna raised a brow.

"I'm saying that tomorrow...we're gonna celebrate it with them!" Celestia smiled, much to Luna's surprise.

To Be Continued