A Hearth's Warming Carol

by Little-Miss-Minty

A Very Merry Draconequus

Discord woke up smiling. He got out of bed smiling, and opened the door smiling.

"Merry Hearth's Warming, everypony!" He shouted as soon as he stepped out into the hall.

First, he ran down to the dining room to say a good morning to Luna and Celestia. He saw them sitting at the end of the long table, so Discord, in his happiness, decided to have some fun. He flew up, jumped on the table and slid on his long stomach, barely missing the candelabra in the middle of the table.

"Merry Hearth's Warming, Princesses!" Discord smiled, his face inches away from the two sisters.

"Merry Hearth's Warming, Discord," Luna said, smiling. "How was your night?"

"Oh Luna, you should know." He winked. "It was rather eventful. But I'd rather not explain, today is the day for merrymaking!" Discord conjured up a few sprigs of mistletoe and threw them at Celestia. "Merry Hearth's Warming, Tia!"

Celestia was slightly annoyed at Discord, but she still somehow smiled. She blushed, and responded with, "Merry Hearth's Warming, Discord."

"Merry, merry, merry!" Discord got up and floated around. "Thanks for the wonderful awakening, but I really must go and greet some of my other friends." He grinned even wider. "Good day, Luna, Celestia!"

He snapped his fingers, and teleported to Twilight Sparkle's Castle. It looked wonderful; the sparkling purple and blue outside, adorned in red and green decorations, and beautiful little lights. It looked like a rainbow of festivity. Without a second thought, Discord opened up the door and yelled a loud, "Merry Hearth's Warming, everypony!" Twilight, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Apple Jack, The Cutie Mark Crusaders, and Spike were celebrating Hearth's Warming Morning together. They had a wide assortment of cinnamon rolls, muffins, pastries, bread, and donuts on the dining table, and Pinkie, Spike, and the three fillies were enjoying much of it.

"Merry Hearth's Warming, Discord!" Pinkie said, shoving another donut into her mouth.

"Merry Hearth's Warming, Pinkie! Merry Hearth's Warming to all of you!" Discord said, throwing red and green confetti all over the place.

"Would you like to join us, Discord?" Twilight asked the draconequus.

"Me? Of course! I'd love to!" He made a chair appear next to Fluttershy's and sat on it. For the first time in the morning, he felt a bit of guilt. He leaned over to his best friend. "Fluttershy," Discord said, "I'm sorry, really. I guess I just lost my temper, and it got worse..."

Fluttershy leaned closer to the draconequus. "It's okay, really. Don't worry, Discord."

"But I hate seeing you upset. And I would do anything to prevent your beautiful little eyes from crying, Fluttershy," Discord smiled, a bit of a tear in his eye, himself.

Rainbow Dash leaned closer to Apple Jack, and whispered, "How much you wanna bet we see them making out under the mistletoe, tonight?"

Apple Jack just gave a disapproving glare at Rainbow Dash, but Rarity giggled a little.

"Discord, really, don't worry. We're still friends, we'll always be friends," Fluttershy said. The two friends hugged.

Everypony (and Spike) said an "Awww..."

Discord glared at them all, but Fluttershy said, "I hope you're having a Merry Hearth's Warming, Discord."

"Oh, Fluttershy, this is absolutely the best Hearth's Warming I've ever had. And it's only 9:00 in the morning!" Discord looked around at everypony... Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Apple Jack, and Rainbow Dash; Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Spike; Fluttershy and him. This was the best Hearth's Warming ever.

Apple Bloom held up her cup of apple cider. "Faust bless us, everypony."

Everypony held up their cup, including Discord, and repeated, "Faust bless us, everypony."

Pinkie jumped up with a donut in her hoof. "Best. Hearth's Warming. EVER!"

~~~The End~~~

Author's Note:

I hope you enjoyed! I had tons of fun writing this.
So, if you didn't quite get who was supposed to be who, here's the list I went off of:

Discord: Ebenezer Scrooge

Instead of being obsessed with money, he's more power hungry and chaos-obsessed, I guess. And it's Discord, so you obviously hate him a lot less than Scrooge.

Pinkie Pie: Fred

I think she's a pretty good fit for Fred. And I find it pretty funny that Fred is Scrooge's nephew, and Pinkie and Discord are both fourth-wall-breaking, reality bending, chaos-bringers, so they might as well be related.

Fluttershy: Those guys asking for money from Scrooge

Okay, so this one, by far is the most far-fetched and stretched character resemblance. Fluttershy asks for money for her animals in the beginning, and Discord would hand-wash a thousand animals for Fluttershy by the end, but she plays a pretty large role throughout this book, unlike those not-even-named characters in Charles Dickens' original.

Princess Luna: Jacob Marley

So clearly Jacob Marley had quite a number of past sins (with all those chains... geez...) and I guess that fits Luna pretty well. I made them "Tantabus Chains" because I figured that it fit together pretty well. Jacob Marley has to drag around chains because of his past... Luna tortures herself with the Tantabus for turning into Nightmare Moon; it works.

Rarity: The Ghost of Hearth's Warming Past

The Ghost of Christmas Past is normally depicted quite elegantly, with all her gold and light, so shouldn't Rarity have an equally stylish character? I thought so.

Princess Celestia: Belle

I'm not partial to any Discord ship, but there's a widely accepted headcannon that Discord and Celestia's break-up caused him to go crazy and make Equestria the Chaos Capital of the World, so I figured it worked. I also happen to think that Celestia's regal design is quite beautiful, so a name like "Belle" certainly matches that idea.

Rainbow Dash: The Ghost of Christmas Present

The Ghost of Christmas Present is big, boastful, and bold, and so is Rainbow Dash! I thought this match worked well, except for, of course, that awkward bit when the Ghost becomes old. Since I didn't really want Rainbow to go through something like age, I thought that becoming sick was close enough.

Apple Jack: Bob Cratchit

Apple Jack is hard-working and loves her family, so I thought this was a good fit. Though she doesn't work for Discord, they still know each other.

Apple Bloom: Tiny Tim

Okay, so this one is pretty bad, too. But there really isn't anyone sick or handicapped (as far as we know) in the Apple Family, so who else would I do?

Scootaloo: Ignorance

Scootaloo is pretty ignorant sometimes... right...?

Sweetie Belle: Want

She wanted her cutie mark. She wants to be like Rarity. She wants a lot of things.

Princess Twilight Sparkle: The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come (or Future)

Twilight is the reason Discord falls in "The Return of Harmony". Twilight is the reason Discord falls in "A Hearth's Warming Carol". And also, she was the only one of the Mane 6 that didn't fit one of the characters in A Christmas Carol well. So she's kind of stuck here, representing death. (Or being turned to stone for a thousand years)

Again, I cut some parts, added some parts, and made it more Pony-friendly, but I hope you enjoyed!

Comments

[kurusagi16]

AW! A give this a 5-star rating. Bravo! Bravo! May you write many more wonderful tales.

[Little-Miss-Minty]

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Thank you! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas

[Fluttercheer]

Where Scootaloo is ever ignorant is something you must explain to me.

[Little-Miss-Minty]

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No time in particular. I mostly just wanted to fit all three CMC in, though she might have been better as a Tiny Tim, because her lack of flight despite being a pegasus. I don't know.

[Reid]

How did you predict that one episode