Twilight smiled to herself as she began to levitate an ornament onto the tree in Ponyville. Despite the fact that she was a princess, that was no reason for her to not participate in the town activities such as tree decorating and helping to make the town ready for Heart’s Warming. As her horn glowed its dark purple hue, she grabbed a star in her magic and began to levitate it to the top.
Here we a come a waffling
Among the leaves so green
Here we a come a waffling
So fair to be seen-
Twilight’s ears perked at the sound of nearby singing and looked on in curiosity as Applejack came in pulling a cart full of waffles. She had an eyebrow arched as she walked to her friend, “Applejack, I think you’re a little bit mistaken. It’s Wassailing, not waffling.”
“Oh Twilight, you just saying that because you ain't ever had an apple family waffle,” Applejack said, pushing the food into Twilight’s mouth.
Twilight let out a muffle objection as the food was thrusted into her. After swallowing the apple waffle, she began, “Applejack, I am pretty sure that it’s wassailing.”
“Ok, Twilight. Supposing that you’re right, then what the buck is wassailing? Because ever since Ah was a little filly, Ah always known it to be waffling,” Applejack responded.
“Well, wassailing is...its...well, its definition is,” Twilight paused and had a look of shock on her face. A slow realization came upon her as she could not remember the definition of wassailing off the top of her head. “I don’t know, but I will find out.”
With a determined huff, Twilight turned and began to walk away from the orange farmer. As she walked down the street to her castle, she began to look over her dictionaries in her head. She lightly shook her head in disbelief that she had forgotten the meaning of such a simple word. Chuckling, she continued her walk until she heard some more singing.
Here I come a waddling
Through the leaves so green
Here I come a waddling
so fair to be seen
Love and joy come to you
and to you
Twilight looked on in shock as Cadence came by, her pregnant stomach on full display. As the lyrics hit Twilight’s ears, she put a hoof to her face and shook her head in annoyance, “Cadence, it’s not waddling, its wassailing!”
“Well, i can’t help it. Look at all of these fruits I brought for the hearth’s warming party,” Cadence smiled.
“Thank you Cadance,” Twilight smiled. Then, with a shake of her head, she added, “But, you still know that it’s wassailing. Not waddling. You are only waddling because you are pregnant right now.”
Tears came to Cadence’s eyes as the words hit her, “O-only because I’m pregnant?”
“Uh oh, mood swing,” gulped Twilight nervously.
“How could you! I thought you were happy that you were going to be an aunt, now you think having this baby ruined me and got me fat. Now I’m hideous!,” cried Cadence as she ran away from the shocked alicorn.
“No Cadence I didn’t say-” Twilight paused as she realized Cadence had already left. Sighing, she looked down to the ground, “Well, at least I can find out what-”
Here we a come a wallowing
among the leaves so green
here we come a wallowing
so fair to be seen
Love and joy come to you-
“I am going to look, and I will not see one of my friends doing something that will make me-” Cautiously, Twilight looked behind her as she saw Rarity walking by, wrapped in some lovely clothes with Fluttershy following close behind.
“Oh, hello Twilight,” Rarity said with a smile. “I was just wallowing in some of my lovely fabric, isn’t it lovely?”
Twilight could only nod, walking away slowly. She didn't feel like getting into another conversation with a friend about semantics. Instead, she chose to walk to her castle, where Spike was just walking out, “Hey Twilight!”
“No time to talk Spike, I need my dictionaries,” Twilight said, walking to the doors.
“Uh, Twilight, don’t you remember? You rented out the last o the dictionaries last night,” Spike said, watching as Twilight fell to her stomach, looking beaten. “Is there a problem?”
“It’s just I was trying to find out the real definition of-”
Before Twilight could begin, she heard a pair of voices singing. One was faintly scratchy while the other was slightly high pitched and squeaky.
Here we come a wassailing
Among the leaves so green
Here he come a wassailing
So fair to be seen
Twilight’s eyes shot up as she turned to look towards the sound of the music, seeing the two ponies walking towards her, “That’s it! That’s the song! Who-”
“Hi Twilight!!!” Pinkie pie giggled, drinking from her big mug. Next to her was Rainbow Dash with an equally big mug of liquid. “Want to come wassailing with us?”
“Oh Pinkie! Thank you so much,” Twilight smiled as she hugged her friends, “But, what does wasailing mean, anyway?”
“Silly Twilight, I thought you knew,” giggled the pink ball of energy. “It means going from house to house, singing songs and sharing in Hearth’s warming cider!”
Rainbow Dash chuckled, “The moment Pinkie told me about it, I knew I had to join in.”
“Of course,” Twilight giggled, “wassailing, it’s Pinkie Pie all over. Give me cup, we are going wassailing!”
“Yay!” Pinkie cheered, giving Twilight a cup. Then, with both legs around her friend's shoulders, she began to sing with a smile on her face.
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