We like to interrupt this interesting story to bring you current tradition.
Just because I'm away from home doesn't mean I avoid Christmas. I'm fine with the Nightmare Night replacing my Halloween, but Hearth Warming seems way too forced. Besides, those windbags in the sky ignore me and Box every year. I like to call it immortality.
*ding dong*
I don't remember an ancient castle having a door bell? I push open the foyer door as a gryphon walks inside. She is a mail carrier from her uniform. "I've made a terrible mistake..." she said as she handed my package. Inside is some smoked bacon kit with bacon ready to cook over a fire. As I singed a the paper, I invited her in.
My dungeon room, the foyer, library, and throne room are the only renovated rooms in the entire building. The plumbing here is finally set up since this morning thanks to my Minecraftian powers. Why am I telling you this? Oh yeah it's because I made a lava fireplace in the throne room, made for my bacon.
"A mistake?" I asked registering my guest's statement.
"Yes. My coworkers warned me about the weather. A blizzard to solve global warming! Stupid ponies to be honest. With this weather I won't be able to return home for Hearths Warming. I hope you enjoy your bacon... mister?"
"Lego Craft. Yeah, those windagos are jerks. At first it was forced cheer, now it commercial cheer. Where do you live?"
"Lego Craft? I'm Zippy Glide, daughter of Dive 'Bomb' Glide. So Lego Craft? Like from those children's books?" Zippy asked, with a claw to her chin. I'm currently wearing an itchy snowman sweater and a Santa hat. I could really use a scratch...
"I was unaware of any children's books. But yes I am from some books. Anyway, you were telling me where you live?" I pulled out a map and a quill.
"Why do want to know where I live?" she asked, giving me a burning glare instead of a suspicious look.
"Do you want to be with family or not? I have to be at a friend's house today. Please, where do you live?"
She pounces on me, I would've dropped my items if they didn't return to my inventory. "Are you threatening me?!"
I walked into the room in a red-green striped shirt and elf hat seeing my pale last face with a angry bird-lion shaking dead me in fear. I roll my eyes as I tapped her shoulder. Like a cat, she hissed and flew to the ceiling. "I know how to send you home without going outside. And please, don't do that again. Twice this year I've been scared to literal death."
"Long story short, I sent the gryphon home. I bet she's thanking me right now. Anyway, in the spirit of our similar holidays-"
"Jake, that is still no excuse for being late." Twilight cut me off. I appeared in the middle of our gift exchange with my foot placed exactly where Spike's present was place, sending shards of emerald everywhere, mostly in my leg.
"There wasn't any blizzard outside! Only a small snow storm." Rainbow said with a Daring Doo book with shards on the back cover.
Pinkie had an inflatable tree filled with holes an air. How the air was still in the tree escaped me as the mare hiding behind it caught my attention, in her mouth a candy cane broke and it's hook would've hit the treehouse door if Pinkie hadn't catch the treat in her tongue.
"I got this." Box said as he reversed the area's time with something. Returning everyone's gifts and Pink's tree to normal. "Spike opening gift take two!"
As I take a seat a purple light appears as another me stands in the middle of the circle, falling limp onto Fluttershy who ran for dear life into the kitchen. "I swear, I did not see that coming!"