//------------------------------// // Hearts and Hooves Day // Story: CMS: The Third Generation // by RomanceWriter1 //------------------------------// Hearts and Hooves Day It was February when the Cutie Mark Searchers trotted off to school for their last day before it was the Hearts and Hooves Day term then they would need to go back to school a few weeks later. A lot had happened over the months, all the Cutie Mark Searchers except Starshine, celebrated their twelfth birthdays in November while Starshine's was in March. Today, they were excited to be making cards for everypony in their class. "I wish my grandfather Sven was getting a lot better but he just keeps getting worse." Bubble said with a sad voice and she hung her head down. "We wish for our grandfather Magnus as well but he also keeps getting worse." Hugh replied in the same tone as Bubble's then he hung his head down as well. "Come, you two, it's near Hearts and Hooves Day and we should all be happy and cheery!" Starshine squealed with delight then Hugh and Bubble looked at each other then nodded and held their heads high and smiled. "Can't believe we also need to give cards to Poppy and Spar, after they were so mean to us in our first year of primary school." Moonlight grumbled under her breath and the friends all nodded in agreement especially Starshine as she thought Poppy and Spar were her friends before but after they laughed at her and told her that she wouldn't be a beauty queen, she knew that they weren't her actual friends. The Cutie Mark Searchers were her true friends and they would be forever until they grew old! The five friends got to class and sat in their usual seats when their art teacher, Miss Easel walked in with art supplies levitating in front of her. "Good morning, class!" Miss Easel said with her usual cheery voice and everypony said good morning to her as well. "All of class, you will be making cards for all your classmates." Everypony except Poppy and Spar moaned and buried their faces in their desks and covered their faces with their forelegs. Miss Easel put out all the art supplies and everypony got all the materials and started to decorate their cards. Starshine decided to put gems on her card and she tried to figure out which one would go with a red gem. She tried blue and decided that it didn't go too well, then yellow and the same result and tried green and she thought it went well until she noticed that the colours looked more like Hearth's Warming Eve colours. She took off the green gem and looked around for a pink gem and found one on the floor before Poppy came around and snatched it away from her. Starshine looked away from her to avoid any trouble then she walked over to Bubble's desk. "Bubble, do you have any-" Starshine asked and she stopped when she saw Bubble's card. It was filled with heart shaped bubbles that were outlined with dark pink glitter. "That's so beautiful, Bubble!" Moonlight squealed near her and Hugh and Jacinto then joined them. "It's for you, Jacinto." Bubble said smiling at him and he gave a look of surprise because his eyes had widened. "That's really sweet, Bubble, thank you." Jacinto said and when he looked at her, she gave a slight blush. It was home time as the school day was finishing early and the Cutie Mark Searchers went back to the classroom to see what cards they got from their class. Starshine got one from a unicorn colt named Dribble, who sat near her in almost every class except Cooking, Hugh got one from a pegasus filly named Sprinter, who was the best one in athletics when it came to running class, Jacinto got one from Poppy but it was just a gluey mess so he had trouble getting it off his hooves, Moonlight got one from a pegasus colt called Skater, who was good at ice skating and on the skateboard and Bubble got one from Spar and all he wrote was "Happy Hearts and Hooves Day, Ostrich, from Spar". The friends were about to leave when Bubble noticed another card on her desk and she opened it and it had a nice poem but it wasn't signed. "Who is it from?" Starshine asked and Bubble looked at it in confusion. "It doesn't really say." Bubble replied in surprise and confusion. "Oooh, you have a secret admirer!" Moonlight squealed and Hugh and Jacinto put their hooves over her mouth and she still giggled. "I also can't believe that we're getting two filly cousins!" Hugh said with excitement and Jacinto nodded with agreement. "I'm also getting two filly cousins from my Aunt Eloise!" Bubble said and she tried to fly up in excitement but she ended up falling on the ground again and she sighed in defeat. "It's too bad I might not get cousins because my mum doesn't have any brothers or sisters. She was an only foal." Moonlight replied with a sad voice. "So is my mum, ever since her brother and sister died in a fire. I don't really mind not having an aunt or any cousins." Starshine said with little excitement in her voice and the five of them walked all the way home.