//------------------------------// // Season 2: Episode 11 - The Hearth's Warming Secret // Story: Hamtaro x MLP:FiM - Little Hamsters, Pony Adventures // by RobtheMorpherPony //------------------------------// It was a seemingly normal day in Ponyville, though the Main Six plus Spike were seemingly going over something they will be performing in canterlot in a few days. "Seriously, what are you doing?" Maxwell asked, for once stumped. "We're going over the play that we'll be perfoming in Canterlot. Princess Celestia informs me that your invited to come watch." Twilight said. "What sort of play are you ponies performing again?" Hamtaro asked. "It's a play about the founding of Equestria. You asked why we celebrate Hearth's Warming's Eve once, and we said we'd tell you at some point. Well, now it's that time to tell you." Rainbow Dash said. "So, this play has something to do with Hearth's Warming's Eve?" Bijou asked. "Eeyep." Twilight said. "You know, I still find the similarities between Hearth's Warming's Eve and Christmas to be quite shocking." Bijou said. "Well, Hearth's Warming's Eve is celebrated for a different reason as I've said. And it has everything to do with the founding of Equestria." Twilight said. "What does a winter holiday have to do with what you've said happened during summer?" Maxwell asked. "That's by design, because it was cold before the founding of Equestria was made official." Applejack said. "Indeed. In fact, this would be a great time to tell you the full story behind Hearth's Warming's Eve, as some of the details are toned down for the play." Twilight said. Before the founding of Equestria, the three pony races of Earth Ponies, Pegasi, and Unicorns had a system in place with each other. Unicorns would raise the sun so Pegasi could clear the skies. After the Pegasi cleared the skies, Earth Ponies would gather the crops that were ready to be harvested. The Earth ponies would share their crops with the other two tribes, and the system was working. For a while anyways. Because while this seemingly perfect system was in place, the tribes didn't fully trust each other. Eventually, hatred towards the other tribes began to fester in the Earth Ponies. And the same goes for the Pegasi and Unicorns. "Wait, you mean to tell me, the three Pony tribes let hate start to fester?" Hamtaro asked. "Yes I am Hamtaro. I did say some details were removed in the play version." Twilight answered. "In fact, something that the play overlooks, is the Windigos." Twilight said. "What...are Windigos?" Boss asked. "Windigos are creatures that feed on hate. And the more hate they feed on, the stronger they become. If given too much hate, they would be capable of freezing every living thing on the planet solid." Twilight said. "So, your saying that those things existed back then?" Hamtaro asked. "Yes they did." Twilight said. "But the reason they existed in the first place, is because the distrust between the tribes grew stronger and stronger. It's what ultimately led to all three tribes trying to mark the same land all at the same time." "So, is that when the Windigos appeared?" Boss asked. "Indeed. These Windigos were feeding on the hatred the tribes had with each other. Their power was growing to the absolute limit. In almost freezed every pony solid." Twilight said. "B-but if they got that strong, how were they stopped at all?" Hamtaro asked. "The Friendship Fire." Twilight said. For indeed, while the Windigos had almost froze every pony solid, there was one Unicorn, one Earth Pony, and one Pegasus left. The three of them had actually managed to let the distrust between them erode, but by this point the Windigos were just too strong. So, in what they assumed would be their final moments, the three joined each other as they began to freeze together, thinking of their new friendship all the while. But that was when a miracle occurred. Out of nowhere, the Unicorn felt their magic spark to life, and it unleashed a huge fire that got made into the shape of a heart. The raident heat from this fire drove the Windigos away, and even started to remove their effects on the world. By coming together and settling their differences, the three ponies of different races had defeated the Windigos, and after their fire thawed the tribe leaders, after being told what had happened, the three tribes came together under one banner, and dubbed the new land "Equestria". "The fire then became known as the Friendship Fire and still burns somewhere in the world today. While the location of the friendship fire has been lost to time, one thing is for certain: If it wasn't for that fire, we wouldn't even be here today." Twilight said. Meanwhile... "Ugh...how miserable..." A lone male hamster wearing what looked like a devil costume was trudging through what seemed to be a winter wasteland. "I can't believe this. I find this mysterious looking portal, and I find myself out in the middle of freaking nowhere!" The hamster said. The hamster trudged on, finding his wings unable to function. "If I could, I'd fly past most of this, but this darn cold has frozen my wings solid!" The hamster said. He kept going, but soon found three strange creatures on the ground, barely breathing. "Oh and just what's this? What the hell are these things? As if those pathetic hamsters vanishing when I was getting ready to make their lives miserable and unhappy." The hamster said. Suddenly, the three creatures stirred, and began looking at the hamster. "What the...so, your still alive huh? Well, you should know who your messing with." The hamster said. "I am Spat. And if there's one thing I hate more, it's others being all happy and cuddly with each other." He said. Suddenly the three creatures turned to each other, nodded, before suddenly flying right into Spat. "Wait...wait what are you--" Spat said before suddenly feeling more powerful then he's ever felt before. "...I-I see...yes...yes I see..." He said as he grinned. The three beings reformed in front of him. "...My enemies are here aren't they? And they are with your enemies." Spat said. "I'm not usually one to say this, but I think in this case, the enemy of my enemy, is my friend. We are going to have SO much fun in the future, I can already tell~" Spat suddenly said, before he began to laugh evilly.