//------------------------------// // Oh Hearth's Warming Eve Tree... // Story: Hearth's Warming Eve with Doodle Bug and Hoop // by Bambisbb //------------------------------// Doodle Bug jumped onto Hoops' bed, her hooves pressing into the sheets and she squealed, "Hoooooop! It's almost Hearth's Warming Eveeeeee!" Hoop groaned and flailed, trying to knock the mare on top of him off "Off-" "Never! Get up and celebrate, we have to bake cookies and pick a tree, and throw a party that would put Pinkie to sha-" "We can do all of that as soon as you get off of me." Doodle groaned slightly, "Fiiiiine." She stepped off of the bed, landing beside is with a small clack of her hooves. "Thanks, now what did you want to do?" Doodle squealed again and jumped over the bed, knocking Hoop over. "Get a tree. Bake cookies. Throw a party that would put Pinkie to shame." "Doodle. We both know the party thing will never happen...Everypony's still mad that you nearly killed them all last year." "Well the tree needed a star on top and nopony was going to add it anytime soon!" Hoop smiled and shook his head, "I'm glad you're my best friend. Now let's get started on that tree, yea?" Doodle squeaked, a grin spreading over her challenging that of Pinkie Pies'. "Yuppers!" Doodle turned and ran out, leaving the smell of candy canes behind. "What the heck kind of perfume is she using...Wait, why am I asking that? It's Hearth's Warming Eve...She's using a Hearth's Warming Eve perfume..." "I'm not using a perfume, my scent changes with the season! On Nightmare Night I smell like chocolate!" "....Nice to...Know...?" "I know right? On Winter Wrap Up I smell like flowers, on the Summer Sun Celebration, I smell like morning dew, on Running of the Leaves I smell like none other than leaves, on Hearts and Hooves day, I smell like love, and on birthdays I smell like cake!" Doodle grinned and balanced on one of her hind hooves, reaching for the pancake mix. "A little help here before I-" Doodle Bug landed on the ground, "Ow..." She got up and rubbed her flank, "Stupid gravity..." Hoop sighed, "Doodle, you're a Pegasus... Use your wings." "Oh yea!" She giggled and spread out her wings, flying up and grabbing the pancake mix, "Thanks for reminding me!" "I shouldn't have to remind you..." "Oh shushie Hoop! I forget and you have to get over it! Silly!" "You're too cheery...Normally you would have put me in a choke hold for saying that..." "What can I say? I love Hearth's Warming Eve!" She giggled again and got out a bowl, followed by a few other things before she finally started mixing them together. "Oh, I'm gonna make pancakes, and they're gonna be awesome, because I'm awesome~" "You can't sing..." Doodle dropped the spoon, turning around and walking up to Hoop. She grabbed him and yanked him into a choke hold, "Gaa! Do-odleee! St-o-p!" "Tap out!" "Can-n-t! Cho-kin-g!" "Tap out or I'm not letting go!" Hoop gave a choke and tapped her fore legs. "Good boy." Doodle cackled and dropped him, trotting back over to the bowl and continuing to mix it, "So anyway, Fluttershy wanted to know if we wanted to go over there today, did you know she thinks we're dating? Everypony does, but that's silly, I mean, we're best friends...And you friend zoned me..." Hoop was still gasping on the floor, rolling around, "They....What? That's...Crazy..." He panted and slowly stood up, falling back down and landing on his face. "Apparently, not so. Everypony thinks so!" Doodle leaned over slightly, still stirring as she helped the poor guy up, "You're an idiot." She shook her head and pulled the surprisingly small stallion up. Hoop wobbled slightly, "And you're a giant." Doodle gasped lightly and put a hoof over her heart, "Well excuse me for having a father as big as Celestias' plot Canterlot Castle!" Doodle chuckled, and flicked her ear, "Do you hear that?" Hoop raised an eyebrow, "Hear what?" "Exactly! Get to cooking, Lover Boy!" "....You're lucky I'm used to you being crazy...." "Stop complaining and start cooking!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~So many accidents later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I can't believe you almost burnt down the house..." Hoop groaned and rubbed his eyes with his hooves, "Ow ow owwww!" "Hoop! Careful! You have what used to be the garden on your hooves and you're rubbing into your eye and I know carrots are good for your eyes but I don't think they do much good when they're burnt!" Doodle whined, she was obviously upset, she didn't mean to set some stuff on fire, it just happened! Hoop groaned, "Do you really need a tree? I'm scared to bring anything flammable into the house..." "We'll get a unicorn to put a spell on it to make it non-flammable?" Hoop sighed, "Yeah...It could work...Okay, fine. Let's go get one...No big bushy ones!" "Hoop. We both know I'm going to get a big bushy one. And I will hug it and squeeze it and never let it go! Because it shall be mine!" "You need to go to a Mental Hospital..." "Most likely." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~So many accidents later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I can't believe you did that..." "You had a fair share in that too!" "You nearly destroyed Ponyville with a hurricane! Rainbow Dash is looking for you!" "Well she won't find us here, now will they?" "They might! You forget AJ runs this place!" "Well AJ isn't going to let Rainbow get us, now will she?" "She might, you did nearly destroy her farm last year..." "Well those beavers weren't going to leave until I promised them something so I pomised them lots of trees and Sweet Apple Acres was the closest-" "Yeah yeah, let's just get a tree and get out..." Hoop sighed and walked with Doodle Bug around, "This one?" "Nope." "How about this one?" "Are you blind?" Hoop groaned, "How about you just let me pick one?" "Mmmm....No." Doodle chuckled before gasping, "Oh Ceslestia that's perfect!" She squealed and pulled Hoop up to a tree. "Look at this one! It's big, and bushy, and cute as can beee!" Hoop raised his eyebrows, "Cute?" "Yes Hoop! Cute! Cutey Cute Cutey Cute!" She bounced around the tree. Hoop sighed, "I'll never understand you..." Doodle Bug giggled, "Don't worry Hoopy! I won't either!" She giggled and then bounced off to find AJ. "Err, Doodle? Maybe I should-" "No." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~And a few accidents later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "That was completely my fault..." Hoop chuckled nervously. "Yeah...I may have had a bit to do with it..." Doodle sighed, "At least we got our tree though! And have to carry it back ourselves because we made AJ so mad..." "Yea, we wouldn't have to be doing this if she lost a little weight...It's not my problem she looked pregnant..." "Hoop...Never ask a mare when the baby's due...Just...Don't..." "Well sorry! I could have managed my way out of that one, but then you had to knock down the trees..." "It's not my fault they lined them up so if you knocked on over they all came crashing down!" "Doodle...Maybe we shouldn't do Hearth's Warming Eve this year..." Doodle Bug gasped and pushed the tree off of her back and Hoops', slapping Hoop, who just froze with a very confused look on his face. "No! Hoop, we are celebrating Hearth's Warming Eve, it's my favorite holiday, and we're celebrating it, with cookies and milk, and presents, and a tree, and we will make Ponyville love us again!" Hoop raised an eyebrow, "How high are you right now Doodle?" "I'm up there...Now let's go!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~So many accidents later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ".....I don't think Ponyville is going love us!" Doodle shouted as Hoop and her ran from the group of angry ponies, plus animals, and a little dragon. "Really? I didn't seem to notice!" Hoop yelped as Angel Bunny caught up to them. "FASTER!" Doodle Bug was crying like a filly as they dove through the window of their house, glass going everywhere, "BARRICADE THE DOORS AND WINDOWS!" Doodle shouted, pushing the couch against the door. "I got the bedrooms!" Hoop ran off to the rooms. Doodle yelped again as a hoof came crashing the the widow, "Uh, we're not home right now, please leave a message after the beep! BEEP!" The shouting from outside stopped, replaced with lots of, 'Oh's and 'Um's, "Okay then." A voice came, from none other than Rainbow Dash, "Yea, um, Doodle Bug, when you and Hoop get back home, we really need to talk to you, anyway, bye!" Lots of hoof steps...And silence. "H-Hoopy? I think they're gone..." "Well be quiet just in case!" Doodle nodded and slowly walked to the room, staring at Hoop, "We left our tree..." "We can go get a new one! There's plenty of trees in the Everfree Forest!" "Yea...Or..." A smile spread across her face. "We could make a tree..." "How?" "Feathers, Hoop. Feathers, sticks, and love." "You really are high..." "Yup. Now let's go!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~No accidents later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Doodle stepped back and smiled, she wiped the glue off of her muzzle and look at an also glue covered Hoop. "See? We did it!" "It's a weird Hearth's Warming Eve tree...All white and gray feathers..." "But it's still a tree. And it's a special tree! Time to decorate! And get a new window..." "Don't no breaking anything..." "We all know that's impossible." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Several broken decorations later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Not the worst tree..." "Not the best either..." "Still a tree!" Doodle grinned and trotted around, now to get started on the cookies!" "Doodle...You set our oven on fire..." "Oh yea...To Sugar Cube Corner!" "Oh boy..."