//------------------------------// // Christmas special ( Cannon but its way in the future) // Story: The Great and Powerful Centaur // by Viper Pit //------------------------------// Light white snow continues to gently descend upon the Equestria's central city of Canterlot as my family and I are going to visit... ugh, Twilight and her family. Hearths Warming has never been my favorite holiday, that would be Hearts and Hooves Day due to the fact that my family (and a few secret admirers) would gift me lots of chocolates and other assortments of sweets. God, I wish it was that holiday. At least, the weather would be better and I get a "slightly" life-endangering sugar crash at the end of the day. Wait, where was I going with this? Oh yeah, but it's still an important holiday and I can understand why. Hearth's Warming celebrates the founding of Equestria and the permanent unification of all three main pony tribes. But my mom prefers her winter holiday of Christmas since according to her many stories of the holiday that it's the birthday of Jesus Christ. But she can't exactly celebrate it since Equestria has ten months versus mom's homeworld of twelve, and none of them are named the same either. But I'm getting distracted from the letters that I got from Big Mac. It would appear that Twilight is still a little mad at me for telling her off her mistakes right in front of the Princess of the Sun, and from his other letters, I read that her parents came down and chewed her out and Rainbow Dash who was laughing at Twilight. I wish I was there to see that, but I digress due to the fact that mom raised me better to not act like an insensitive arrogant jerk who thrives on making fun of others' suffering. But still, how in the... I am truly sorry mom and God... hell did Big Mac get the "parents chewing her out" information? For my next letter, I should ask him where he gets his sources to see if they are unbiased... and might have come from her always honest little sister. My mom is wearing a red jacket with a white interior and lining with a red hat with a wool ball on top. my dad is wearing a simple black jacket. I am wearing a jacket I got from Rarity in the mail as a hearths warming gift. It's a nice pink button-up jacket It came with a saddle but I know the implications behind that particular gift. I'm rambling again, aren't I? Right sorry. We make it to Twilight's house. Its a nice two story house with a picket fence just like every other house on the block. "It's about time we made it. It's super cold. Trixie, do you have the gifts with you?" My mom asks and I hold them up and nodded. "Oh Praise the Lord, excellent, good, let's go." "Is it to late to go home, Amy?" Dad asks. He really doesn't like doing this but mom always insists that family is important. And I agree with her. "You leave now and you're sleeping on the couch when we get home." Mom threatened. "Yes dear." Sighing, my dad goes up to the front door and knocks. After a minute, Shining armor opens the door. "Hey, everypony, come on in. You guys must be freezing out there." He steps aside to let us pass. "Thanks, Shining," I said as I pass him and he nods. I can already feel the awkwardness seeping out as my parents and I entered the premises one at a time. My plan for today is just to hang with my extended family, ask Spike a favor on searching for a book on humans and a solution to my mom's transformation problem. Oh, and also avoid being alone with Twilight. Okay, I'm here and finally out of that chilling winter cold. After we hang our coats and warmed ourselves up, my parents and I proceed to the living room to meet my aunt, uncle and... gulp, Twilight. Just remember, Trixie, to avoid making direct eye contact and not make any awkward conversation about... you know what. "Welcome everypony." Aunt Velvet says with a large smile as she brings everyone some eggnog. Happily excepting the drink I take a sip.Oh, Minty. Setting it down on a coaster. I look to see Aunt Velvet and my mom talking. Dad and his brother are in a staring contest while having a "civil discussion." That just left me and Shining at least until Cadence, Twilight, and Spike could arrive. "So Shining, what's it like to be married stallion?" I asked my cousin. After taking a moment to finish his drink he answers. "Its pretty good and not sleeping alone in a bed is a nice little bonus." Shining takes another sip of his eggnog. "So how are things with the herd?" I nearly choke on my eggnog when he asked that. After taking a moment to catch my breath"Lyra and Big Mac are good Me being a traveling magician I can't help but worry about them." I sigh. "I know I'm being silly but I feel like a third wheel at times." "We should fix that then." A new voice comes into play. Both Shining and I both turn around to see Cadence holding a very disgruntled Twilight in her magic and Spike riding on her back. "Sorry it took so long Mrs grumpy here is still upset at Trixie for something that happened almost what three years ago now?" "She must get this behavior from her father." Aunt Velvet said, earning a round of laughter everypony, excluding the said father and his daughter. Spike hopes off Cadence as She sets Twilight down on one of the two couches. "Its alright Cadence but it is unlike Twily here." I had to conceal my laughter at Twilight's nickname. "To hold a grudge for so long," Shining said as he gave his wife a kiss. Then it hits me the Reason why Twilight is so grumpy. Walking over to her I sit down on the floor next to her. "Hey, Twilight," I say putting on a smile. "Ugh... what do you want, Trixie?" She huffed in annoyance, her tone of voice became hoarse when she said "you" and "my name". I saw a wine glass filled with apple cider levitating in a fuschia-coated magic aura, it was waving quite close to my face. "As you can see, I haven't caused another disaster with my magic." Okay, I'm just gonna ignore that remark for now. "I just realized the real reason why you are so grumpy." Her right eyebrow raises in curiosity. "You're just jealous that everyone else here is in a relationship." Her mouth drops. I'm not sure if I hit the proverbial nail on the head or I missed by a mile. "W-w-what do you mean by that?" She loudly stammered, her face flushed in red and some of the contents on her wine glass spilled out. No one seemed to notice or more likely paid attention to the scene she's making. Unlike her, the rest of the family and I are celebrating the holidays in peace. "Hey, what's with that smug grin on your face for?" Awww, she's embarrassed, so I did hit the proverbial nail. Wha? Oh, I was so proud of my guess that I didn't notice my expression change from neutral into excitement. "Oh, it's nothing." I nonchalantly replied before taking a smooth sip from my drink. "Hey, that's my apple cider!" Twilight exclaimed. Oops, I unconsciously grabbed her glass. "Trixie, do you like teasing me that much?" "Nope." I quickly answered since I have no idea what she meant by that question. I took another sip from the glass. "I'm just asking a serious question." "Well, to answer your rather rude question, no, I'm not jealous of other's relationships in the slightest. I'm more dedicated to my studies to even think about forming an intimate bond with a special pony." Wow, she explained all of that without even taking a breath. "Is it more like no pony approached you yet?" I said without thinking. After I said that, Twilight let out a deep gasp. "I'll have you know that there are many stallions and mares around the world lining up my door just to ask me on a date." She shouted. She didn't have to yell at me. I'm right in front of her. "That's a lie!" I heard Shining Armor's voice shout back at his sister's statement. "You stay out of this, Shiny!" Twilight shouted back, her face becoming redder than purple... so, basically a darker shade of purple... Grapes. "If your lonely Twilight I'm sure I could find someone for you my next tour." I politely offer. "I don't need help finding a special somepony." The Grape sized pony said. "And besides I'm not even looking for one." I raise an eyebrow. "Have you found any assistance to help you on your show yet?" She quickly changed the subject. I will give her some slack it is hearths warming. "No, not yet but then again not a lot of ponies are willing to put up with the demand that the road can bring," I answer honestly. " I mean, it does take some time getting used to the rough lifestyle of traveling and the demand becomes more difficult if you happen to be traveling with somepony who has health issues that can make it worse." Twilight seems to agree as she lightly nodded. "You might be right on that." She said. "But back to the topic at hoof, you have no right to tell me that no pony has made advances towards me. I can guess you also have the similar situation as I have." "Well, Twilight, actually..." I awkwardly tried to explain. "Actually, Trixie has a lot of admirers back home at Las Pegasus." This time the voice who jumped in our conversation was my dad. "Most of them are full body ponies, more specifically, in the young Mare demographic." "What-what-what?!" Twilight exclaimed in stammered surprise, I can see her eyes widen and mouth gaped open. "How's that possible? I heard that most ponies bullied her due to her physical appearance most of her early years." Okay, ouch. No need to open old wounds. "That is true. Most of those foolish ponies did commit acts of foalish torment towards my dearest daughter." My dad said. Okay, stop making it grow bigger, please. "But later on the same day, they apologize, saying that they actually admired Trixie and her magic tricks. They even ask permission from me if they can be her friend." "Which I refused at first as I don't really trust those jerks..." I continued my dad's explanation. "...but after many attempts and rows of apology/love letters, I just gave in and just let them be my friends... well, more like casual acquaintances that hang out sometimes. Most of them moved out of Las Pegasus and scattered throughout the globe. I really don't know where they are but I think I'll meet them again during my traveling show... if I actually give two hoots about them." "Trixie!" My mom yelled at me for that last phrase. "Sorry, mom." I quickly apologized. I didn't say a swear but she knows that I was thinking of saying one. "How... how..." Twilight tried to ask something but she was too shocked to say it right away. "How many? I think about twenty-something but I lost count during middle school." I answered. "N-no, that's not what I was going to ask..." I placed my right hand on her mouth to shut her up. "Look, Twilight. I know you have a lot of questions about my past but I don't really want to talk about it considering most of those so-called friendships involve my feelings getting betrayed and/or I'm not really that close to them. Can we just agree that you need a special somepony in your life, okay?" Twilight just nods and takes a swallow of cider. Eww, I just drank from that cup... and there's none left inside. "DINNERS, READY!" Aunt Velvet's voice rings out. Everypony... Well, Twilight and I stopped talking, arguing and what not and head to the dining area to get some delicious dinner. For the main course, it's a nice tofu turkey that mom made with stuffing, green beans mashed potatoes, some cranberry sauce, and for dessert, there is Aunty Velvet's Blueberry Pie with vanilla ice cream as a topping. I just wished there was meat on the side. For the rest of the day, Uncle Light and my dad didn't fight. Twilight and I came to a sort of understanding and my mom got the recipe for that pie in exchange for her Poffin recipe. Oh and Spike said he was gonna get me the latest books on humans that he could find from his connections at Canterlot's Royal Library. Overall, just another holiday in my family who express their love through fighting and food. Happy Hearth's Warming everypony and everyone... and Twilight, I guess.