//------------------------------// // Chapter 6 // Story: Might Be... // by Fat1thatyoulove //------------------------------// Chapter 6 – Heath warming Your shifts between Volt and the little filly comes to its end as you look over the filly's happier face, but for the stallion next to you his voice slowly starts to trail down as he finishes whatever story you've been only slightly listening to. As Volt goes silent for a moment you turn back to him, you notice most of the crowd around you has gone silent and you soon find the reason as you turn your gaze back to the stage of the town hall as you watch a brownish grey mare with silverish grey mane coming up to a microphone looking thing. You squint to it for a moment as you think to yourself, is that really a microphone? Your answer comes as the mare's voice comes over the crowed in a warm welcome, "Good day Ladies and Gentlecolts, I would like to welcome you to Ponyville’s hundred and third annual Hearth Warming Eve celebration." A happy cheering comes over the crowds as the mare's voice continues to ring through the crowd's noise, you even feel yourself participating in the noise as you start to stomp your front hooves to the ground like most of the other ponies. "This year we have a very special starting for today with a short speech by Princess Celestia followed by a showing of the Element's of Harmony." The crowd around you starts to mutter, but the tone holds the excitement as everypony starts to slightly whisper to each other. As the noise starts to end the mare moves from the front of the stage as you watch the familiar taller white mare with the almost rainbow of colors for a mane trotting towards the microphone. You know Celestia is tall, but looking at the mare from a distance is completely different....I could still take her. However a smile crosses your face as you watch Twilight and her friends starting to come up to the stage behind Celestia. The gems on the Element's glow bright as the sun's light reflects into them. You move your eyes over the very familiar ponies as you trace your eyes to Twilight. The only question you really get from looking them over is how the heck is Fluttershy not nervously shaking more. But you hold your eyes to Twilight's pride and sure face as Celestia's voice starts to ring through the crowd. - - - The group of foals Violet resides in doesn't really pay attention to the ponies on the stage, half because they can't see them and half because the conversation about what they should do hasn't come to an end. "Aww...but I always lose snowball fights." The tan colt gives a slight sigh as his words end. Bell on the other hoof pokes his hoof towards him as he laughs, "Come on, look even the filly's not complaining." Violet just blinks to the colt's words not really understanding why he keeps referring to her as 'the filly'. But she pushes his words aside as she the fast pace conversation continues. The earth colt rolls his eyes as he nods, "Fine, but I want Sparky on my team." Bell's eyes widen a little as he groans, his eyes come back to Violet as he cocks his head, "No way, you're on my team." "Oh, ok." The colt quickly changes his attitude as he moves to stand near the unicorn colt as he wiggles his hoof to Sparky, "Alright Sparky, you wanted Viowit to play so you two are a team." The light pegasus looks back to Violet with a shrug as he talks, "K." Bell's voice comes back as he holds he swings his hoof between Violet and Sparky, "Good, then lets play Appleloosa rules, no cover and three games." Sparky nods to the words as Violet blinks a little confused, but her question she hooves out goes unanswered as Futty's voice comes back, "YA, and no flying." A slight girly laugh escapes Bell as he waves his hoof to the colt, "Sparky fly? He's afraid of his own wings." "Am not." Sparky's stuff nosed voice comes back as he flaps his wings causing the small cloud he sat on to disappear into wisp of white as he plants his boot covered hooves to the ground. "OH ya? You couldn't even get a cloud down with your daddy." A sly smile comes over Bell's face as he continues to poke fun at the colt. Sparky shakes his head to the words as he speaks back up, "So, those clouds are high." Bell rolls his hoof as he turns to trot away, "Whatever, lets start...Remember seven steps back." The light orange pegasus nods his head as he takes his steps back. Violet pauses for a moment before she follows after the colt and stands beside him. Sparky turns his eyes to her as he speaks up, "If you get hit with a snowball you're out until the next game ok?" Violet nods her head to the comment as she shifts her head back to the two colts that stand a little ways away. "Ok on three." Futty's voice comes back as he looks between the four ponies. But his voice is stopped as Bell shakes his head, "No, its bad luck to start on an even number, lets go on two." "One...Two!" The colt's count down is short as he quickly rushes his hooves to the snow of the ground as he tries to smash something together. Bell's horn sparks up in a light pink glow as he turns his green eyes to the ground as a small ball starts to form slowly to the snow. Sparky follow's Futty's motions as he plunges his hooves to the snow covered ground with a slight childlike laugh. Violet on the other hoof just stands a little confused as she looks between the three ponies, but her confusion is quickly brought to an end as a cold icy ball strikes against her unexpected face as her eyes go wide. "HA, you're out!" Bell happily laughs as the colt next to him still tries to form something to his hooves. Another snowball comes to Sparky as his face is pelted by the powdered projectile that Bell's magic sends forward. Violet shakes the snow from her face as she looks over Sparky's snow covered face with a slight wheezing laugh. Bell's girly laugh comes back as he playfully teases back to Sparky, "You ready for round two?" He nods his head as he turns back to the light purple filly, "Come on Viowit, just make a snowball like Bwll." Violet blinks to the comment as she thinks over his comment, she knows she's not supposed to use magic...but she doesn't really know another way to make a snowball. Her thoughts are brought to an end though as the earth colt's voice comes back up, "Alright one...two, go!" At the colt's voice Violet's horn reluctantly sparks up in a low blue as the slight bowl like curve comes over her head. The pegasus beside her blinks a little confused to the magic, but he makes a snow ball and quickly tries to toss it towards one of the other two colts. Although he is the first to throw his lunging of his hoof only sends the ball a little ways forwards before it falls short of its targets. Bell and Futty both give a slight laugh as they stop for a moment and look over the sorry excuse for a throw. But the split second of pausing is enough to allow Violet's spell to complete as two perfectly rounded snowballs are sent flying towards the two colts, coating there faces with the unexpected magical toss. There laughs stop as Violet's happy smile and Sparky's laugh come back to them. Bell wipes the snow from his face as he blows to it, "Lucky throw." The colt next to him licks to the snow as he gives a slight laugh, but his voice comes back as the next round starts up. Violet's horn is quick to spark back up at the end of the colt's words as the curved magic above her head comes above her smiling face. Bell's horn sparks up quick with a slight pop as he quickly creates a barely made ball that floats in front of him, but it works out as he sends it towards Violet. The snowball's path is quick from the magic but Violet's horn sparks up in a slightly bright blue glow as the snow ball is stopped from her blue grasp and sent back towards the two colts with a quick speed hitting Bell in the face again coating him in snow. The second spell above her ends as another ball is sent towards Futty doing the same as last time. Sparky lets out a slightly louder laugh as he looks over his two friends, Bell doesn't share the enthusiasm as he cocks his head, "No fair, she just throws mine back." Violet holds her smile as she nods her head to the comment. A laugh escapes the tan earth pony's mouth as he nudges Bell, "How come you don't do that?" "Ya ya ya, start counting." Bell waves the comment off as he starts to glow his horn, Violet follows the colt's motion as she continues to hold her happy smile. But the earth pony's count is brought to a halt as an annoying high pitched voice comes up from behind Violet, "Eww, what are you doing?" The group of filly's move to the middle of the spaced out ponies as they look between the four ponies. "Awww, look now we got more fillies." Bell gives a slight groan as he rolls his eyes. But to his words the pink filly that stands in the center of the group gives a slight laugh as she shakes her head, "Ha ha, you think she's a filly?" Her hoof comes to point at Violet as she continues, "Shes just another colt, dumb and weird." Violet's ear flicks to the word as she continues to listen to the annoying pony's words. But the filly's voice is cut off as Bell rolls his eyes again, "So what Pearl, at least she doesn't cry from a snow ball." The pink filly tilts her head up as she laughs to the comment, "That's because she's weird and dumb like-..."Pearl's voice stops as her eyes go wide as a snowball hits against her face causing her to go silent. Violet's horn loses it's low blue glow as the filly turns her head towards her, the filly's annoying voice has come back a little more high pitched as she stumbles over her words, "Y-you-y-you..." But her voice is stopped as she puts her head up in a puff and starts to trot away with the other few filly's following after her. Bell lets out a laugh followed by Sparky and Futty as they look to Violet. But the filly doesn't really share in their happiness as she feels a little bad for what she did. The light orange pegasus that stands closer to her notices her change in face as his stuff nosed voice comes up, "You shouldn't feel bawd Viowit, Pearl is a meany." The blue unicorn across from her nods to the comment as he takes a step closer, "Hey, show me how to do that snowball catch." Violet blinks to the two foal's words for a moment before she sparks her horn up and nods. End of chapter 6