The snow was coming down at a light, but smooth pace in Canterlot City. Over at Crystal Prep Academy, some of the shadowbolts were decorating the hallway for this time of year. The ones decorating were Sugarcoat, Diwata Aino, Orange Sherbet, Said Thunderbolt, Neon Lights and Lightning Blue. Neon and Lightning were hanging streamers from one wall to the other. Diwata asked Orange for the stapler. This was so she can staple the last snowflake onto the bulletin board. They were putting in a lot of hard work, since this will be the first holiday season where Twilight won’t be with the other Shadowbolts. The second they finished, Neon put the ladder aside. They couldn’t believe their eyes.
“We did a great job” Neon said.
“I agree” Orange commented. “I even like the Hanukkah poster you put up, Sugarcoat.”
Sugarcoat thanked her.
She then said “Principal Cadence is going to love this.However, why do I feel like something’s missing?”
“There is” Said Thunderbolt told them. “Holiday music, but I can help fix that.”
Once the music came on, everyone sang a cover of “It’s A Happy Holiday” from the Doodlebops.
Afterwards, Lightning replied “that’s better. It’s too bad Twilight isn’t going to be here to see this.”
“I agree,” Orange said. “Where is she anyway?”
Sugarcoat told them, “she told me she’s spending the holidays with some of her old friends.”
“What friends?” Orange asked.
Over in what resembles Bay Ridge, New York, Twilight finished making hot chocolate. She brought them into the living room for her friends: Minuette, Lemon Hearts, Twinkleshine and Moondancer.
While drinking the hot chocolate, Minuette commented “I still can’t believe you’re spending the holidays with us.”
Twilight told them “hey, when I told my parents about you, they really encouraged me to come.”
Lemon thanked her for coming.
Moondancer added “I agree. I can’t remember the last time the 5 of us were together.”
Twilight replied “it’s such an honor. So, what is it you girls like about the holidays?”
Moondancer told her “it’s the music, like this fan favorite.”
She, Minuette, Lemon and Twinkleshine sang “Let It Snow” together in perfect harmony.
When the song ended, Twilight was clapping.
“Wow,” she said. “That was amazing.”
“We know” Lemon said.
The 5 girls then went back to their hot chocolate. They were having a wonderful time.
Later that evening, Shadowbolt Alizarin Bubblegum was wrapping gifts for Melon Mint and Crystal Lullaby. She wasn’t as upbeat as you want her to be, but in her mind, she could care less. She just wanted to get through her share of the season. A knock gave way at the door. When she opened it, she saw 2 girls wearing coats with their hoods up.
“Hi” she said.
The 2 girls rolled their hoods down to say hi back. To Alizarin’s surprise, those 2 girls were Sonata Dusk and Wallflower Blush. Alizarin asked what they’re doing here.
Sonata answered, “we made this holiday quilt for your school.”
Alizarin replied “thanks. Come on in, out of the cold.”
While enjoying some hot chocolate, Alizarin asked “you sure the blanket’s for the school to have?”
“Yeah” Wallflower answered. “Unless you want to give it to Sunset Shimmer.”
Sonata added “she has the holiday blues and we don’t know why.”
Alizarin commented “that makes two of us.”
Sonata asked “you have holiday blues too?”
Alizarin answered “yeah, but I don’t want to talk about it out loud.”
Wallflower replied “we understand.”
Alizarin thanked them before continuing with her hot chocolate. Sonata and Wallflower looked at each other with worried faces.
Back at Wallflower’s house, Sonata told her “I feel bad for Alizarin. First Sunset gets the holiday blues and now her?”
Wallflower commented “I agree. Just look out the window.”
The 2 girls saw people walking with smiles. Some were even holding hands. They knew the holidays are supposed to be happy times not sad ones.
“We gotta get to the bottom of this” Sonata said.
“I’m with ya” Wallflower commented.
The 2 girls fist bumped each other.
The next morning, Sonata and Wallflower were getting ready for school. The former siren said to the shy gardener “what a night that was. I can’t believe how comfy your bed was.”
“I know,” Wallflower said. “Glad you liked sleeping on it.”
Sonata replied “I know. Now come on, Wallflower. Those cheer up cards ain’t gonna make themselves.”
Wallflower agreed, but the second they stepped outside, they saw the street iced over.
“How are we gonna get to school?” Wallflower asked.
Sonata looked and found 2 old tennis rackets. She broke parts off to turn their shoes into ice skates.
“But then what’ll we do about shoes at school?” Wallflower asked.
Sonata told her, “I got that covered. Come on. We’ll take it slow.”
About 2 blocks over, they were getting the hang of it.
“Hang on,” Sonata said. “We need some music.”
Wallflower got that covered. She turned on “Jingle Bell Rock” by Bobby Helms for them to groove along to while skating to school.
The second they arrived, some of the other wondercolts were already outside. They got a glimpse of Sonata and Wallflower. Sandalwood told them their skates were super cool. Roseluck came over and asked where they got them.
Wallflower answered “Sonata made them out of old tennis rackets. We love to show off some more moves, but we have a few cards to make.”
She and Sonata then went inside to Sonata’s locker. Sonata gave Wallflower her gift. Wallflower opened it to see it was a new pair of green sneakers. They fit her perfectly. She thanked Sonata by hugging her.
“I’m glad you like them.” Wallflower said. “What’s that other gift?”
Sonata told her it’s a new sweater for the princess of friendship.
She then told her “let me change into my new shoes and then we’ll get going.”
While making cheer up cards for Sunset and Alizarin, those 2 were in the following new clothes.
Sonata Dusk: Navy blue t-shirt and sweat jacket, light blue sweatpants and cyan boots
Wallflower Blush: Light green jeans, shirt and jacket along with the green sneakers Sonata gave her
The second they finished, they went to go find Sunset and Alizarin. The 2 girls stumbled upon the eco kids together in one class. They walked in and said hi. The eco-kids said hi back.
“Man” Sandalwood said. “Can you believe what a year this has been?”
“I know” Paisley replied. “We had so many good times.”
The guys shared flashbacks and memories of Camp Everfree and that Carnival.
Sonata then said “yeah. Canterlot High had a ball this year. We love to share more, but Wallflower and I are looking for Sunset Shimmer.”
Sweet Leaf told them, “she’s in the music room.”
Sonata and Wallflower thanked them before leaving. They all waved goodbye.
Over in the music room, Sonata and Wallflower saw Sunset and Alizarin. All 4 girls said hi to each other.
“What are you girls doing here?” The bacon haired girl asked.
The supposed to be upbeat girl told her “I kind of told them about us having the case of the holiday blues.”
The shy gardener told them “you haven’t told us why.”
“Yeah” the former mean siren commented. “We want to know why.”
The supposed to be upbeat girl told them “alright. You girls better step inside so we can close the door.”
The bacon haired girl added “yeah. This is a big story we haven’t shared with anyone before.”