On the first day of Hearth’s Warming
Faster...Faster! These were the only two words running through the mare’s head as she ran through the cave. Behind her was a giant serpent, his mouth opening in an attempt to bite down on the pinky pony. She continued to run from the creature, never stopping even though she could feel herself getting more and more tired. Her legs ached, breathing getting more and more ragged as she trailed down the dark cavern; however, her salvation was soon at hand as she caught sight of the cave opening. A grin plastered across her face, she made a leap to the hole in the cliff and out of the cave as the serpent made his greatest Lunge to get at her. Falling only a few feet, the young pony checked her bags. Still here, good. Turning to the serpent in the cave, she let loose a big smile and waved, “ Thanks a lot Mr. Clarke for the exercise, I really needed it.”
“Oh no problem, Pinkie and thank you for delivering your wonderful cakes for me and my family. We really appreciate it.” The serpent said as his four young sons appeared under him.
Turning away from the cave dweller, Pinkie walked into the dark woods of Whitetail. Reaching into the pouch and pulling out the large gem, she took the time to admire its beauty and luxuriousness. She then put the gem back into her pouch and pulled out a parchment and a quill, making a little mark on her list. Looking ahead, she began to hum to herself “ On the first day of hearthswarming, hmhmhmhmhm...”
Skipping along, her travels took her straight into Hoofington where she began to look at every store and shop. Walking along the cold cobblestone lane she came across a particular shop. Estacically she ran in and began to look around, examining all of their wares until she found the right one that she wanted to get. Paying a small fee she walked out of the store and read the sign, “ Pane crazy, we sell windows. You know...Fluttershy is right, window shopping is fun!” the joke, for her, was so funny that it caused her to roll around in giggles. Getting up, she brought out a small notepad and put the joke down for later use. Looking up, she saw a little pet shop. Resisting the urge to sing a catchy ditty about the personalities and different names of a collection of pets, the young mare happily skipped into the shop and went to the owner, “Exuse me, I would like to buy that pigeon.”
“That pigeon mam?”Asked the sales pony.
“Yeppers! The pony I am buying for has all sorts of pets from a-z but I noticed she doesnt have a single P! So I think she should have something to fill the gap.” The mare said as she paid her bits and left. Looking down at the pidgeon as it fluttered around in its cage, Pinkie had an idea “OOOOOOH! I think I will call you ‘Dashie two! The sequel!”Chuckling she made a mark on her list and began to walk, taking note of the footprints that she left in the snow.
“On the second day of hearts warming I gave hmhmhmhmmh...OH THATS PERFECT!!!!” Racing into the bookstore she caused the books to fly out in a flurry of pages.
" Excuse me miss, but would you please be careful of the books! Some of us have just tidied up " The mare, stegger point, a red mane on top looked at Pinkie very sternly.
"Ooops sorry, but I saw three books in here I have just got to buy for my sisters!" Pinkie said with an excited look on her face.
"Oh, I see. Can I do anything to help you with your shopping?" Stegger asked.
"oh no, I'm good." With that Pinkie quickly ran out and looked at her booty.
“ Lets see: ‘ how to study the Somnambulist way’, ‘ The immortal game’, and ‘my first flyers book.” Taking out her long list, she made three check marks. Shaking off some of the snow that had fell upon her coat she looked ahead to the long road ahead, the road lined with stores. Shaking her head, she instead turned her head homeward, to Ponyville. Walking down the road home, she caught the sight of a little store with a small tree. Smiling, she went in and bought two of them alongside an apple gummy rope. Taking out her list, she made some more checks and looked at the last two names. She frowned a little, looking up to the moon,and sighed. It had been a long day and now there was barely any time left for the final two presents. Looking back at her first item, an idea came to her mind...time for some more excerise.
A few hours later found Pinkie walking back into Sugar Cube Corner, tired and weary. Walking up the stairs to her room, she began to sing to herself.
On the first day of heartswarming, I got Rarity-A blue gem from serpents
On the second day I got Fluttershy- a little pidgeon
On the third, fourth, and fifth day I got Twily, Pound, and Dashie-some books
On the sixth day I got AAAAAAPLEJACK- a small Bonzai tree
On the seventh day I got Pumpkin- a little gummy ring
On the eight and ninth day I got Inkie and Blinky- some fancy metorites that fell in the Everfree Forest that Twilight told me to stay away, but I knew they were harmless because my pappy used them before and worked on them and we sold a few years ago to the princess
As she sang, she made sure each present was wrapped and hidden well before falling onto the bed. Gummy, her little aligator crawled onto her belly and looked at her, blinking slowly, “You know Gummy, it is so hard Hearthswarming shopping when you have 9 sisters to buy for!” She then smiled as she patted her pet’s head and fell to sleep.