Shattered Holidays

by FourShadow


Snow Day!

A few months had passed since the start of the new school year. By now, everyone had daily routines down on lockdown, but were now adjusting themselves to the colder temperatures. As time went on and summer weather left, the fall came and it began to grow cold. And with it already turned December 1st, it was already turning more cold...

In the penthouse belonging to the Dazzlings, the girls were all still fast asleep. The morning light however creeped into the bedroom of one of the Dazzlings, slowly hitting them. Sonata's eyes were still sleepy, even rubbing them she was still tired. She looked out the window and saw some light from the outside. But even more caught her eye; little specs falling with grace, like white fluffy snowflakes... wait a minute. They were snowflakes!

Jumping out of bed, she pulled the curtains opened and gasped.

"Squeeeeeeee!!!! Yes! It's finally December! It's snowing! Whoo-hoo!!!!" Sonata squeaked.

She jumped out of her bed and rushed downstairs to the balcony, just hanging off near their living room. There indeed were tons of flurries hailing down. Already snow was beginning to blanket the town, like a winter wonderland.

"Yes yes yes yes yes!" Sonata squeed. "Oooh!"

Immediately she ran back upstairs and opened up Adagio's bedroom.

"Hey Dagi! It's snowing!"

"Sonata, get out," Adagio groaned into the pillow.

"Okay!" Sonata slammed the door shut. But then she went straight for Aria's room. "Hey Ari! It's snowing today!"

"Sonata. GET OUT OF MY ROOM RIGHT NOW!!!" Aria yelled just before Sonata zipped out, avoiding a boot that was tossed at her bedroom door.

"Geez, Ari, what's got you so grumpy?" Sonata pouted.

"It's Saturday! Now let me sleep in!"

And the door slammed shut with a loud thud.

Sonata pouted. "Party pooper." But she didn't let her grumpy sister put her spirits down. She ran back into her room and opened up her closet. Reaching into the back (and pushing past some older clothes) she found her winter gear; everything she needed. Earmuffs, mittens, coat, pants, boots, everything!

After getting all dressed up, Sonata rushed downstairs and grabbed her spare key before closing the door behind her. She made it down via elevator and ran out into the parking lot where the rest of the cars were mounted. Plenty of snow was about, and enough for what she wanted to do. Thankfully, she hadn't seen anyone walking to the lot to grab their cars and drive out to go anywhere. Outside of the occasional man or woman who brushed the snow off the windshields.

She pushed some piles of snow together, slowly starting to form giant balls. She pushed one into a mounted position, held in place. Then rolling some more, she collected enough to sit on top of that one. And with one roll, she set one more ball of snow on top. Now she just needed to complete it!

Wiping her hand down at the ground where some decorative pebbles used to be, carefully digging and grabbing some black rocks, she set them onto the middle ball to form the belly. And with a few more, she set some onto place to help create a pair of eyes, a nose, and a smile on the snowman. All she needed now was some sticks. And with some careful grabbing from a nearby tree, she found two twigs long enough to form arms for the snowman.

Happy with her handiwork, she turned her head to see some friendly faces come walking down to where she was. Trixie, Octavia, Vinyl, Lyra, Bon Bon, and Amethyst all together in winter gear. Snowpants, gloves, hats, some earmuffs.

"Hey, Sonata!" Lyra waved.

"Hey girls!" Sonata smiled, cheering back.

"So you're enjoying the snow day too?" Bon Bon grinned.

"Yep!"

"Sweet! Hey, wanna build a snowfort?"

"Sure!"

Just like that, they got straight to work. Vinyl and Sonata pushed up some bits of snow off to a clearing away from the cars, and began to set up a wall. Lyra, using her newfound teleportation powers (which she had long since mastered since the Friendship Games) came back with more and more snow to help create walls for the fort. Bon Bon even provided some help by creating more snow to stack on top.

With a team effort, the four girls were standing in front of their finished wall, proud of their handiwork.

"So what should we work on next?" Bon Bon asked.

"Maybe we could--" Sonata didn't finish. A snowball pelted her face, stopping her from talking. "Hey!"

Another one hit her face, and Sonata was slowly getting agitated. And it wasn't just her, Lyra and Bon Bon got hit with snowballs too.

"Hey!"

"Come on, mates! We've already set up barricades in this lot. Lets have ourselves a snowball fight," Octavia grinned. "Losers have to make hot cocoa for everyone. Fair shake?"

"Octavia, come on, you know I'm not one for having a snowball--" Vinyl began. She got hit in the face with a snowball. Standing frozen in place, she wiped the snow off her face and her eyes slowly narrowed as she glared at her friend. "Oh. It. Is. On."

"Then lets battle! For Queen and the delicious sensation of hot chocolate!"

Trixie and Amethyst rose up and threw snowballs at the other side, standing with Octavia. But their foes didn't stay down for long; Lyra and Bon Bon came up and threw some snow shots back at them, nearly hitting them.

"Hey, real quick question! What are the rules on powers?" Amethyst shouted.

"I say they're allowed, but minimally!" Vinyl called, throwing another snowball.

Sonata's team all huddled behind the snow barrier, huddled together.

"We're not gonna win this without a plan," Lyra shivered.

"You're right. What do we do, Sonata?" Bon Bon asked, eyes squinting from the snowball hail-fire above her head.

"Girls." Sonata said with a stern face. She wiped her finger down on the snow, tracing two lines on her face as if it were military paint. "We're going to war."

"Oh this is going to be fun," Lyra grinned before pulling up her mask.

"Vinyl, collect some snowballs! We need arsenals, fast!" Sonata said like a drill seargent.

"Yes ma'am!" Vinyl saluted, immediately going to work.

"Lyra, you got any weapons on you to block some snow?"

"Yes ma'am!" Lyra nodded.

"See if you can draw their fire! We're going to launch a surprise attack!"

"Hai!"

"Yes, hello," Sonata said, forgetting what Lyra had replied with.

Lyra jumped out from the barricade (before adjusting her scarf mask). She whipped out some nunchuks (somehow lodged somewhere in that coat) and she started flailing them around and slashed at the snowballs that came in her direction. But once they were grabbing the attention...

"Make it rain!" Sonata shrieked.

Like catapults, several snowballs were thrown into the air and came raining down on Octavia's team, nearly covering them from head to toe. And it was that exact moment that someone new came to join the fight; struggling to fit her feet in the last boot, she nearly tripped on the ground. And that person was none other than Aria; finally prepared to join the snowy weather.

The middle siren ducked as a snowball came to her direction. "Whoa, hey!" Aria yelled over-top the fight. "What's going on?"

"Aria, we're going to war!"

Aria leaned her head back as she watched a snowball pelt against the wall. Looking back at the field she grinned. This was her type of game. "Oh I want in on that! Let me give you a hand, Octi!"

Aria ran through the open field, dodging the storm coming to join Octavia and her team. She threw her back against the barricade of a wall, right alongside next to Amethyst.

"So girls, what are the rules?"

"We can throw snowballs, but no ice balls, powers are accepted on minimal scale, and if someone gets seriously injured, the game will come to a halt," Amethyst explained.

"Good to know. What's the score, what are we hoping to win from this?"

"Losers owe the winners hot cocoa," Octavia grinned.

"I-I think I c-c-could use that..." Trixie shivered.

The three turned their heads, Trixie was lying on the ground, arm arched up, while another hand held her stomach like she had been shot by a gun.

"S-S-So... cold..."

"We're not going down yet, mate," Octavia smiled. "Now let's kick it up!"

Aria and Sonata both popped up from their respective sides and threw snowballs towards the other opposing team. Both of their teeth were grit, their eyes narrowed, and faces were screaming with determination and that struggle to win. The battle waged on, and neither side was coming close to losing. No one was about to give up just yet.

But one more person came to join them, the final friend in the bunch; Adagio Dazzle. Awake, ready, and confused. "Okay, what is--" Adagio didn't finish her sentence, for right then and there, a snowball came and commit suicide against her face, pelting her.

Everyone gasped, even Sonata. Now she knew something bad was going to happen. Adagio stood still, almost a little too long. She wiped the snow off her face, and glared with an evil grin.

"Oh you want a real snowball battle? Then let's battle."

"Duck and cover!" Sonata cried as she jumped into a nearby snow bank, face first while covering her head.

Adagio collected some snowballs and threw them like a catapult, launching them high into the air like grenades. Several of their friends ducked for cover from the snowball storm, but a few of them were taken out very quickly.

"I fought in World War I and II. None of you have anything on me," Adagio taunted, throwing more and more. And like target beams, they were being shot down very fast, very soon. Octavia got pelted and dropped, Aria got taken out too. And she had one target remaining; Amethyst. "Lets finish this!"

She threw the ball, and it seemed like all time slowed down. Amethyst was too busy focusing on the others she didn't even see the ball coming. Until she slowly turned and saw it coming, and she braced for impact. That is until someone ran out of hiding, and jumped in front of her, taking the shot. It was Trixie.

Her body slammed against the snow, like a bag of potatoes dropping onto hard concrete. She fell onto her back, and her arms flopped. Amethyst dropped to her knees, crying up to the heavens. Why oh why, did she have to fall!? No. She wasn't going to stand down. She sacrificed herself for her, and she was going to win this. And she knew just how.

She quickly scooped up some snow, gathering enough. She tossed it into the air, and clapped her hands as hard as she could. The result created a soundwave which blew the snow at everyone, hitting all of her opponents on the other side. Adagio, Vinyl, Lyra, Bon Bon, all got hit and they all fell to the ground.

"VICTORY!!!!" Amethyst cried to the heavens.

Trixie giggled. "Okay, I think we can stop now. You won."

Adagio's team wiped the snow away from their faces.

"Yes, indeed. Congradulations Amethyst, you won," Adagio chuckled. "I think it's safe to say we're all done with the snowball fight, everyone?"

Aria and Octavia got up with pouty lips.

"Aww. And we were just getting started," Octavia complained.

"Come on, it's freezing out here. Besides, you girls didn't come all the way to the Jigsaw Plaza for a snowball fight, now did you?"

"Well... no. Actually, to be quite honest, we came out here to hang out, if that's alright," Octavia said, clearing her face.

"Fine by me," Aria shrugged.

"Of course. Now how about we all step inside to warm up with some nice hot cocoa?"

Everyone was enthusiastic now.

"Alright. Sonata, the fight's over, you can come out now," Adagio said, staring at her exposed legs sticking out of the snowbank. "Sonata, you okay? ... Sonata?" Adagio was now growing concerned.

"... Oh no," Aria's eyes widened.

Sometime later

Sonata was covered up in a bathrobe, and several blankets, and was blowing her nose into some tissues by her side. Her face and her cheeks were now red, but she was getting plenty of warmth now.

"Hey. Here," Adagio offered.

Sonata sniffled, but smiled. "Thank you."

She accepted the hot soup and sipped on some, enjoying the hot liquid running down. And set down on the little stand next to her was a cup of nice boiled hot cocoa with mini marshmallows, put together by Vinyl and Adagio.

"Maybe next time, don't go jumping into snowbanks with your head exposed?" Adagio asked.

"Agreed," Sonata sniffled.

"Hey, cheer up, you'll get better soon," Octavia smiled, sitting on the couch with Vinyl and Lyra with some hot cocoa.

"You'll be healthy again soon, I promise," Adagio said.

Sonata's only response was another adorable sneeze.