As Rarity caught her train back to Magiville, back in Rainbow Falls, Flim and Flam were running to the train station, only to trip at the bottom step as the whistle blew. The two desperately tried to get back to their feet and reach the platform. Too late, as the caboose of the train was out of any sensible jumping distance and the angry mob of people was right at their heels. The two turned to face the mod and hugged each other fearful of what was to befall them.
From within the last passenger car of the train, Applejack turned from the window after seeing the scene and hugged herself with a grin, “Puttin' those two in their places makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.” The paladin could not help but feel joy at the self-made plight that the two charlatans found themselves in.
Fluttershy cleared her throat which got Applejack’s attention, “Not to rain on the parade, but we didn’t get gifts for Spike and Rainbow. And it will be sunset by the time we’ll get home.” the druid pointed out.
Applejack facepalmed herself, “Ah must have dropped my gift for Spike when I saw that doll you bought.” The paladin then groaned before she looked at what the two had, which were two Holly the Hearth’s Warmer. “Well, it probably ain't what they're expectin',” she said as she picked up the dolls, “but we still got these.” she pointed out with a weak nervous smile, “Yay.”
Fluttershy pushed both dolls down and to the side, “Don't do that.”
As everyone else was heading back to Magiville and Twilight’s castle, Twilight was in the kitchen meticulously crafting the pudding per Puddinghead’s recipe. Just as she was nearing completion Cadance and Shining entered, with Flurry in her mother’s arm. “Flurry loved sledding, especially with Uncle Spike and Soon-to-be Uncle Flash.” Cadance as they came in.
Shining smiled, but then turned to look at Twilight as she was engrossed in her cooking, “Too bad her aunt wasn't there.” he stated with a degree of harshness.
Twilight raised her hand and gave an “Shh!” before dropped the last ingredient. There was a shimmer in the pot that Twilight was cooking the pudding, which was noticed by Flurry. The toddler “ooh!” in delight at it. Twilight closed the book with the recipe as she said, “There. Ingredients measured exactly.” She then set the top heating spot of the stove to the temperature to cook the pudding. She turned to face her family, “Now, what were you saying?”
Shining looked to Cadance and they two gave a slight scowl at Twilight’s question. Shining turned to face his sister, “Hi, remember us?” he asked as he gestured to himself and his family, “We came all the way from the Krystalopolices for some quality family time?” he pointed out in the form of a question.
Twilight dipped her head in slight shame, “Okay, I did get a little stressed about Hearth's Warming this year.” she acknowledged weakly with an apologetic smile. As she spoke Flurry managed to teleport out of her mother’s arm and replaced herself with a bag of flour. Flurry hovered and started by adding a cupcake to the pudding. She “ooh!” in delight and continued to add things to the pudding.
Seemingly oblivious to their daughter’s antics, Shining and Cadance laughed. Shining smiled as he looked back at Twilight with a smile, “What? You? Never!” the playful sarcasm was unmistakable.
Twilight had a nervous chuckle, “You see my friends decided we should do a Hearths’ Warming Helper this year and give one person a present to save time. Because, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow and I kind of lost track of time.” With that answer, both Cadance and Shining broke into laughter, “What?” Twilight asked at the laughter in disbelief.
Once the two finished their chuckle, Shining stepped forward, “Let me guess. You got super worried about making sure the present was perfect and went all Twily-nanas, didn't you?” he said in a joking manner.
“I wasn't Twily-nanas!” Twilight protested only to get a bemused face from her older brother that pretty much said ‘I’m knowing you longer then you can talk, want to try again.’. Twilight dipped her head and with a weak laugh, “Okay, a little Twily-nanas.” she conceded.
Shining and Cadance looked at each other and shook their heads with understanding smiles. Cadance was the one to speak on behalf of the two, “Twilight, we know you get overwhelmed.” she said as she stepped forward, unbeknownst to everyone Flurry had taken her place in her mother’s arm and put the bag of flour in the pot of the pudding. “You should have just told us. We could've helped.” Cadance said as she placed her hand on Twilight’s shoulder understandingly.
Twilight sighed in relief, “The good news is Pinkie's present is almost done, and it's just friends and family and a calm, quiet Hearth's Warming Eve.” Twilight said as the family started to leave. As the door closed, the pudding bubbled and the pudding started to overflow.
As Twilight and her family left the kitchen, Rainbow and Discord were not that far from the Castle of Friendship. Rainbow started to fly forward but was stopped when she heard Discord say, “Goodbye.” Tears were in his eyes, “Enjoy your exclusive Mystican-only holiday gathering.” he added and then turned away as he looked down in sorrow, “I'll just be home, spending quality time with…” he trailed off as a second copy of himself appeared and took his talon and in it’s paw, “myself.” Discord said before the two started to walk away.
Rainbow looked at the winterchilla, then to the two Discords. She sighed, “I wouldn't have this little fella without you,” she said getting the attention of Discord. The avatar turned back to Rainbow, “so... if you wanna join, Fluttershy would love having you.” she stated. She then took a breath and smiled at Discord, “And I wouldn't totally hate it.” she confessed.
Discord then popped to be right next to Rainbow and hugged her, “Great! Awesome! In that case—” he stopped as he pointed to the setting sun as it dipped beyond the horizon, “Oh, look! Sunset! It's officially Hearth's Warming Eve!” he cheered.
Yet it wasn’t the time to celebrate as the winterchilla grunted and jumped out of Rainbow’s hands and started to grow. “What is it doing?” Rainbow asked as the legs of the winterchilla appeared, revealing that it had six, unlike most mammals.
As the shadow of the winterchilla grew to cast over Discord and Rainbow, Rainbow shaking all over in horror. Discord seemed rather unphased, only as if he recalled a bit of trivia that forgot, “Oh. Uh, did I forget to mention that the winterchilla transforms into a winterzilla when the sun sets?” he asked innocently as the winterzilla growled.
As the Winterchilla was transforming into a winterzilla in front of Rainbow and Discord, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie walked up to the front steps of the Castle of Friendship. All three were rather depressed as if they failed in their gift-shopping. Fluttershy was the first to speak, “How did everybody's shopping go?” she asked.
Rarity started to answer, “Well…” but she trailed off as she looked to the ground guilty.
Pinkie rubbed the back of her head, “Uh…” she trailed off as she was far from sure if her gift really was going to be the best.
Applejack rubbed her left arm, “Yeeeeeah…” the paladin finished as she too trailed off before she knocked on the front door.
“Coming!” came Flash’s and Spike’s voices. The door opened to show the two.
“Evening, ladies.” Flash said, “Twilight’s checking on something she had cooking.” he stepped aside to let them in. “I take it things haven’t gone as planned,” he said.
Before any of them could answer, “RUN!” Twilight’s voice was heard screaming. They all turned to see Twilight, Shining, and Cadance run from within the castle with a massive light green pudding with candy canes, pieces of gingerbread, pieces of fruit cake, and other holiday-themed snacks and sweets. “THE PUDDING IS COMING!”
Everyone gasped at the sight only to hear Rainbow scream, “RUN!” They all turned to see Rainbow and Discord flying from the winterzilla as the titanic creature charged. “THE WINTERZILLA IS COMING!” As fast as the two could Rainbow and Discord entered the castle. For a few seconds, the winterzilla was held back by the walls of the castle’s entrance, but in the end, it managed to make the entrance of the castle large enough for it to get into the castle. Shining and Twilight conjured a shield with their magic only for it to be blown away by the sheer force of the winterzilla’s roar dispelled the shield. Everyone sans Discord gasped at the two things closing in on them. When Rainbow spotted the pudding, “What is that?!” the elementalist asked in horror.
“Magic pudding!” Twilight answered her friends. She then pointed to the monster that came charging into her home, “What is that?!” she asked the elementalist before the winterzilla roared.
“A winterchilla!” Rainbow answered.
Twilight facepalmed herself, “During the winter they turn into winterzillas after dark!” the demigod informed her friend.
Everyone turned to Rainbow with either annoyed or saddened looks. “Does everybody know this except me?!” she asked in frustration. The winterzilla roared again as it walked forward before its eyes caught the glitter of some of the decorations. It then went towards them to claim them. Everyone was mostly frozen in terror, however, Discord was in a red recliner with a bag of popcorn and munching on it. “Can't you do something?!” Rainbow asked him in irritation over his inaction.
Discord smiled, “I did!” he declared in joy and pride before he changed himself into a bow around the winterzilla’s ear. “This is Fluttershy's gift.” he pointed out.
“What?!” Rainbow shouted in frustration with the lord of chaos.
Just then some of the pudding grabbed Rarity’s ankle. “A little help, please!” the enchantress shouted in fear about being pulled into the ooze.
Shining’s focus gem started to glow, “I've got this!” he declared with a smirk.
However before he did anything, Cadance placed Flurry into his arm, “Which one of us can fly, darling?” she asked before she zapped the pudding that wrapped around Rarity’s leg and grabbed her and carried her to the balcony in the back of the castle’s atrium. Rarity ‘whoa’-ed as she was carried, completely caught off guard.
Shining smiled as he looked at Flurry, “Your mom sure is something.” He then jumped and used his magic to zap the pudding and landed on his feet with a grin.
Cadance couldn’t help but fan herself as she smiled at Shining with bedroom eyes. “You're not so bad yourself,” she said with a sultry tone.
Back on the main floor, the winterzilla started to eat the decorations. “How are we gonna get rid of this thing?!” Applejack asked as she and everyone started to panic.
Discord groaned, “Oh, for Scorpan's sake!” He then transformed into a series of neon arrows pointing at Fluttershy, “Hello?! If only one of you had a way with animals?!” the master of chaos mostly spelled out to everyone.
Fluttershy’s eyes shot wide open in slight horror, “Oh, my.” she said began to shake in slight fear. The winterzilla growling has not helped the case. Fluttershy gulped before she flew up to hover near the face of the winterzilla. “Uh…” she tried to get the winterzilla’s attention. “Excuse me,” she asked before the winterzilla roared in the druid’s face. “Whoa!” Fluttershy cried as she was blown back. Once the druid collected herself she moved her hair back to that it didn’t cover her face. Fluttershy scowled and then flew up to the winterzilla’s face, the druid’s eyes now red as the Stare was activated. “This is supposed to be the happiest time of year!” she started to reprimand the beast. “So if this is how you plan on behaving, you can march yourself right back to where you came from!” she said as she pointed to the door. The winterzilla whimpered and ducked down and began to sob.
As it sobbed Fluttershy’s Stare stopped and she listened to the sobs of the beast. “Awww.” the druid said as she started to pet the creature, “Your family is gone for the holidays, and you're all alone?” she asked. The winterzilla turned back to the druid and nodded as it wiped tears away from its eyes. Fluttershy then hugged it. “I'm so sorry, that you’re alone.” she then broke the hug and looked the winterzilla, square in the eye, “If you calm down, I'm sure you could join us.” she offered. The winterzilla accepted as it took hold of Fluttershy, and hugged her. “Aww, aren’t you a sweetie.”
“Well glad that’s over.” Applejack said with a whistle of relief only to have her shoulder tapped by a panicking Pinkie. The paladin groaned, “Still got the pudding to deal with.”
Rainbow quickly grabbed Applejack as she, Flash and Spike flew to join Shining, Flurry, Cadance, and Rarity. Pinkie, however, stayed and examined the pudding as Twilight zapped in a futile attempt to drive it back, “Not to be mean, but maybe you should leave the cooking to me or AJ.” the trickster said before she scooped up some and ate. “Actually, it’s pretty good.”
“Chancellor Puddinghead's Hearths’ Warming recipe,” Twilight replied with a smile, proud of herself.
Pinkie smiled, “Now, that's an impressive dessert!” she said as she patted Twilight on the back. “I never would have thought of it.”
Twilight smiled in turn, “It's your Hearth's Warming present, Pinkie, I’m your Hearths’ Warming Helper.” the demigod declared while she hugged her friend.
“Aw.” Pinkie said as she returned the hug in gratitude. Once the hug ended, “That's so thoughtful.” the jester gave a smile to her friend.
Twilight shut her eyes, “You have no idea how much research I had to do,” Twilight stated not so much to be a boast or to make Pinkie feel guilt, it was just a statement of fact, “but I—”
“STAR SABRE!” shouted Flash as he the blade sent a beam to cut the pudding, “Bae, I love you, but you might want to focus on the matter at hand!” the sentry added as he prepared to attack the growing pudding. While at the front door the winterzilla whimpered as it tried to shield Fluttershy.
As Twilight looked back at the situation that was at play, “Right.” she conceded. She took a breath, as she rubbed her chin, “The recipe needed to be exact. I think Flurry Heart added something while I wasn't looking,”
“No, say it isn't so,” Flash commented boarding being sardonic.
“Not helping, dear,” Twilight called back annoyed with Flash.
“Wow, you two aren’t even married and your bickering worse then Grandpa and Grandma.”Shining joked and got a giggle from Cadance.
Twilight groaned and turned back to the pudding, “Anyway, I have no idea what to add to adjust it. A teaspoon of nutmeg, three sugarplums, extra—” she started to list off a series of ingredients, while not wrong, but it was clear she didn’t know what she was talking about.
Pinkie cut Twilight off as the demigod said ‘extra’, with “Gingerbread? Four more candy canes?” she asked.
Twilight took a few seconds to think about the recipe and after recalling everything else that was out in her kitchen that Flurry could have added. Her eyes widened in a realization, “How do you know the recipe?” she asked the jester.
Pinkie force for a second as she had a flashback to earlier the day when she was with the Gift-Givers when she turned to the trio, “I don't get it.” she said to the three. Alice smiled, “You will.” the later said. Pinkie’s flashback ended and she hugged Twilight, “Happy Hearth's Warming, Twilight! I'm your Hearths’ Warming Helper!” she shouted as she took out her present, opened the box and jumped into the pudding with a splash. Twilight and everyone gasped at the action. After a second the pudding flashed yellow and stopped moving.
Pinkie then emerged from the pudding and gave a thumbs up. Everyone, including the winterzilla, sans Discord cheered as Twilight pulled Pinkie out.
Discord was in a movie theatre seat with a small pair of glasses on, a clipboard and pencil in his paw, jotting something down. He lowered the board and waved his paw, “Uh, a bit deus ex machina, but…” he criticized what he saw but trailed off as he took off his glasses and the digits of his paw and talon that functioned as his thumbs appeared, “two thumbs way up!” he cheered as they shot off like rockets before exploding in fireworks. “Whoo!”
After the excitement of the winterzilla and the pudding over, everyone was gathered in the room Twilight had set aside for the tree. Everyone had bowls full of the holiday pudding and spoons and started to eat. After everyone started to eat the pudding, Twilight turned to Pinkie, “Sorry for failing as a Hearths’ Warming Helper, Pinkie.” she apologized as she sat down with her friends.
“What?!” Pinkie shouted in disbelief and shock, “With no pudding disaster, my gift with the exact ingredients wouldn't have made any sense.” she pointed out which left her friends somewhat confused for a second until they recalled that this Pinkie. “This way, it was perfect!” she said before she went back and started to eat her pudding.
Everyone had a small laugh and shook their heads, “Never change, Pinkie darling.” Rarity said with a smile. She then sighed as she looked at her pudding, “At least Twilight and Pinkie have something to show for their efforts.” she then looked at Applejack apologetically, “I ordered you a fabulous costume made one of a kind Fedora Felt farm hat, Applejack.” she informed what her gift was. She sighed again and looked away, “Alas, it decided it belonged to somebody else.”
Applejack smiled and placed a hand on the enchantress’ shoulder reassuring. She then took off her hat and handed it to Rarity, “Pops said sometimes the hat chooses the person when he entrusted Tallulah to me.” she said as Rarity returned the hat and Applejack put it back on. “Hopefully my intended gift inspired whoever's wearin' it to be the best they can be.” Applejack said as she again placed a reassuring hand on Rarity’s shoulder and smiled at her friend.
Rarity smiled in gratitude for her friends. Rarity then sighed as she looked at her pudding, “Although I believe Soarin would have loved to see you in it for at least one date.”
Applejack stopped eating her pudding and sighed, “Ah guess Ah can’t postpone it any longer,” she sighed a second time, “I broke up with Soarin,” she stated. Before anyone could ask she raised her hand to request silence, “Nothing happened…:” she started to explain only to trail off for a second. After a breath, “and really that’s why it ended. Soarin was always away in the barracks, drilling, training, on tour,” she listed off why Soarin couldn’t be there, “and before we found the school, if Ah wasn’t on some crazy save the world adventure, Ah’m tending mah family’s farm.” she added about herself and her end. “Also Ah know Ah would have put Soarin in a place where he figured that he’d have to choose between me and the Wonderbolts.” Applejack then paused for a breath, “And in that case Ah know he’d pick me.” she said with a tear in the corner of her eye, which she wiped away.
Everyone looked at Applejack in confusion, “But its that a good thing?” Flash asked the question on everyone’s mind. “I mean you don’t often find a guy willing to sacrifice everything for the person he loves.
Applejack shook her head, “Ah fell for the Wonderbolt, the free spirit, and it was such a defining part of his life, even if he didn’t mind the sacrifice, he would’ve turned out to be a shadow of who he is. And if he didn’t commit suicide at some point Ah’d thrown him out or sought another man. And he’d likely sought another woman.” Applejack returned to her pudding, “It wasn’t a good call, but it was the best one.” After a moment the paladin decided to change the topic, “As for Fluttershy and Ah…” she trailed off.
“We're really sorry about your gifts.” the druid finished as she looked to the two dolls that they got for Spike and Rainbow.
Applejack rubbed the back of her head and neck, “We got a bit distracted with Flim and Flam's shenanigans.” Just as Spike picked up his doll the head fell off and rolled. “Commercialism is the greatest gift of all!” the doll said in Flim’s voice. Discord then destroyed both abominable gifts with two zaps from his talon.
With those aberrations reduced to dust, Rainbow was the next to speak as she thought back on her gift, the winterchilla which turned into a winterzilla, “They're better than my gift.” the elementalist declared before she sighed and turned to Fluttershy, “Sorry about the winterzilla.” she added as she dipped her head in guilt.
There was the sound of stomping as the winterzilla arrived with a bowl of pudding big enough to be a hot tub. Once he managed to squeeze through the entrance of the room, he sat down next to Fluttershy and started to eat his pudding, lapping it up like dogs and cats drink water. Fluttershy giggled as she placed a hand on it, “Oh, he's a big sweetheart. And he ended up being really helpful.” Fluttershy said before the winterzilla burped and continued to eat the pudding. “This is his third serving thus far.” she translated for her friends as the winterzilla purred as he ate. Fluttershy then turned back to Rainbow with a giggle, “ You know, it was actually kind of nice to be the person who saved the day for once.” she stated.
“Oh, really?” Discord said as he moved his head to be in front of Rainbow, a smug grin on his face, “You mean a giant beast that only Fluttershy could tame, making her the hero of Hearth's Warming Eve, was a great gift?” Discord asked as he went from side to side of the elementalist. He then snapped his paw as a pedestal grew from the floor under Fluttershy as a winner’s wreath of light red roses appeared around Fluttershy’s shoulders and a first-place trophy appeared in her left hand as confetti fell. “Imagine that,” he said as he leaned against the pedestal with a closed-eyed smug grin.
Rainbow brushed off the confetti that landed on her face and scowled as she pointed at Discord, “You mean you tricked me into putting my friend in danger on purpose so you—?!” she asked before Discord covered her mouth with his talon as he to Fluttershy with his paw. Rainbow looked and saw the winterzilla brush against Fluttershy affectionately as the druid giggled. Once Discord removed his talon, Rainbow offered her hand, “Let's just say it was from both of us.” she offered. Discord nodded and shock Rainbow’s hand with his paw.
As everyone laughed at how things turned out, Applejack shook her head, “I guess Hearths’ Warming Helper was kind of a disaster.” the paladin mused.
“I don't know.” Cadance countered as Shining gave Flurry a spoonful of the pudding. “Magiville always seems to have way more exciting holidays than Kystalopolies,” she informed.
Spike then got up, “There's one gift left,” he said as he turned to Flash. The sentry flew off and returned with his guitar after about a minute. Once he returned, “Flash helped me to compose it.” Spike acknowledge and nodded. Flash then started to play his guitar and Spike sang, “I wanted to get you
Something oh, so rare
A gift to show I care
But nothing can compare
To you, that's easy to see
But I got stressed and overthought
Until the day was shot
And it was all for naught
But now it's clear to me
I'm not gifted at gifting
It's really pretty sad
I tried to show I care
But it turned out bad
I'm not gifted at gifting
So all that's left to say
Is that I really hope my gifting
Didn't ruin your holiday.” Spike sang to Rarity, which brought a tear to her eye.
There was a pause in the vocals before Flash picked up the tempo of the music. “The most magical gift
That I can recall
It could've been big or small
Or even nothing at all
It doesn't matter, you see
If it's from my friends on whom I depend
No matter what you spend
It will be perfect to me
The true gift of gifting
Is what it means inside
We can show we care
Spreading love far and wide
The true gift of gifting
Is totally free
And you're the best there is at givin' it
With the friendship that you give to me
We've all been friends forever
And look how far we've come (how far we've come)
The holiday brings us close
And now it's time for fun (it's now begun)
The greatest gift you give to me
Is more precious than gold
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Never ended, always mended
And it can't be bought or sold
The true gift of gifting
Is what it means inside
We can show we care
Spreading love far and wide
The true gift of gifting
Is totally free
And you're the best there is at givin' it
With the friendship that you give to me.” Spike sang the rest of the song with Flash providing background vocals for it as he played.
Once the song was over, “Oh, Spike.” Rarity said as she blushed and placed a hand on her chest over her heart, “A song is a lovely present.” she said and kissed Spike on his cheek.
Flash snorted, “Oh let’s all give Spike the praise, I only wrote the actual lyrics, composed the music, and played the guitar for it.” he bemoaned. Just then he felt his left ear pulled by a warm aura of magic. “Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!”
The magic was purple, and came from Twilight’s focus gem, “Don’t be such a baby, Spike commissioned you to do it.” she scolded Flash.
“Alright, alright, I’m sorry,” Flash said as Twilight’s focus gem stopped glowing and his ear was freed. After he rubbed his ear, “Well if this was what my fiance did to find a gift for Pinkie, I wonder what she got…” Flash trailed as he saw Twilight dipped her head. Flash laughed as he shook his head with a smile. “Well, Cadance is the princess of romance.” Flash joked, this caused Twilight to puff out her cheeks in a pout, “But I fell in love with the princess of friendship, not romance,” he then moved and sat next to Twilight before he kissed her, “And I am so glad I finally found her.” he added as he pressed his forehead against hers, “You know idea how long I sought this,” he then took Twilight’s hand in his, “The best gift ever.” This caused Twilight to stop pouting and smile. “Besides one missed gift won’t break us so easily.”
Everyone ‘Awed’ at the couple, but neither cared. Just then a light bulb went off over Pinkie’s head, “Ooh, ooh!” she shouted and everyone turned to her, “The Gift Givers told me something like! Oh, what was it?” she asked as she tried to remember what the three said, after a second she recalled what the three said, “The best gift is more precious than gold, but it cannot be sold. When it breaks, it's not ended, for quickly it's mended. It can never be bought yet is easily sought.” Everyone, sans Twilight, was just as confused as Pinkie was over it. Twilight then started to giggle. “What's so funny?” the trickster asked.
Twilight shook her head as she got up and initiated a group hug between her, Pinkie, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow and Fluttershy, “It's a riddle, and the answer is ‘friendship’!” she said the six laughed together.
Cadance and Shining smirked at the sight before Shining leaned into Cadance’s ear to whisper, “Should we tell her the correct answer is ‘love’?”
Cadance giggled, “Not today, besides ‘friendship’ or philia is a type of love.” the two parents then had few sneakers and shared a kiss.
There was another knock on the door, “Who would be here at this hour?” Applejack asked.
“I’ll get it,” Twilight said as she flew off to the front door, which she managed to repair after the whole thing with the winterzilla and the pudding. She opened it to see, “Captain Ragamuffin, what brings you by?” she asked the surprise guest she recognized.
Ragamuffin rubbed the back of his head, “Well, yah see, Ah’m on meh my first tour on land for about year and Ah want’ed ta surprise Rarit-y.”
Twilight smiled, “Well this is a surprise for her, come on in.” Twilight then turned to the other surprise guest and was shocked at the almost uncanny resemblance he had to Rarity. “I am sorry, I didn’t think I got your name.”
The man held out his right hand, “I am Dirk Thistleweed,” he and Twilight shook hands. “I’m here because a patron of my forgot her purchase. I’m also here to find a new place with my roommate.” Dirk said as the handshake end. He then placed his right hand on Ragamuffin’s shoulder, “We rent an apartment in Manahattan but I’m looking to get out of the city.”
“And Ah’m lookin’ for a place tah call home closer to Rarit-y.” Ragamuffin added.
Twilight beckoned the two in, “Well Rarity would love the news” she said to Ragamuffin and then turned to Dirk, “and I am sure your patron would love to have her purchase, who was it again.”
“Applejack.” Dirk answered before he rubbed the back of his head as if he tried to remember something.“Although something about her reminds of someone I heard once, I just can’t place her name.”
Once the two were actually in the castle, their eyes widen in shock at the sight of the pudding. Twilight gave a weak laugh, “Sorry for the mess, we had a little accident with Chancellor Puddinghead’s Hearths’ Warming Eve pudding.”
Ragamuffin whistled at the sight while Dirk actually looked at the pudding. Dirk then turned back to Twilight, “I’ve got to admit never of anyone with the dedication to look it up. Let alone try to make it.” he chuckled.
Twilight shook her head, “Follow me.” she said before she shut the door behind her guest.
Outside, the Gift-Givers watched and smiled, "Another successful Hearths' Warming Eve, girls," Bori said. The three then started to skip in the sky, heading to continue the spread of goodwill and foster the spirit of the season.