My Little Pony: Ren's Adventures In Equestria

by MaxTV1234

Chapter 40 - Happy Hearth's Warming Eve & A Merry Christmas To All! Pt. 2

"Ahh...I love it when it snows." Kaede sighed in joy.

"Me too. I always enjoy playing around the snow when I was a kid." I added with a grin.

"Y-yeah...it's sorta amusing." Jamie sighed.

"Mm...it's alright." Mason shrugged. We all were at the Ponyville Market place grabbing some 'stuff' for our holiday. It's already Hearth's Warming Eve/Christmas Eve already today, so we should better hurry to spread the Christmas joy around everypony in town. I mean, everypony is gonna love Christmas.

"So what do you guys want for Christmas? Because I got a special one for myself." Carrie grinned.

"Well I was thinking getting a PS5 from Santa." I suggested, getting weird looks from everyone.

"No offense Ren, but the PS5 hasn't been released." Kaede pointed out.

"Well not with that attitude! I know Santa will give us a PS5!" I exclaimed in excitement while Kodi looked at me in confusion.

"What's a PS5?" Kodiak asked curiously.

“It’s an updated version of the PS4. You know, that console I installed several months ago.” I explained.

“Seriously, how many gaming consoles do you even have?” Mason questioned.

“Y-yeah…you have a Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS XL, G-Gameboy A-Advance, Xbox O-One S, and a P-PS$.” Jamie counted. “Seriously, how did your parents afford for these things?”

“Well first off, I get them every year in Christmas. Second, well my dad is a computer engineer while my mom works at a business company. But they’ve gotten those jobs till after I started going to school.” I explained.

Everyone was surprised to hear that on how I gotten those famous gaming consoles.

“That’s…great to hear.” Kaede said, smiling awkwardly.

“And you call yourself an average kid.” Mason sighed. What? I don’t have cool talents like you guys, well except playing ever Mario, Sonic, Kirby, Street Fighters, and any gaming character I can think of.

“Hey guys!” We turned around to see our favorite fillies, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo of the Cutie-Mark Crusaders. “You guys buying things of Hearth’s Warming Eve?” Apple Bloom asked curiously.

“Something like that.” Kaede answered.

“Yeah! We’re buying some food to celebrate both Christmas and Hearth’s Warming Eve!” Carrie added.

“Christmas?” The Crusaders asked in confusion.

“What the hay is that?” Scootaloo questioned.

“It’s an awesome holiday back in our home.” I answered. “It’s like Hearth’s Warming Eve where everyone gets along and have fun and such, though except people gets presents from Santa Claus!”

“Presents?!” The Crusaders gasped.

“Yes.” Mason nodded with a soft smile. “Everyone gets presents…just only for the good children.”

“R-really? What do the bad children get then?” Sweetie Belle asked curiously.

“Well…just a lump of coal, that’s all.” Kaede answered, rubbing her cheek in embarrassment while surprising the fillies. “Though, I’ve been nice despite my step-family’s cruelty towards me.”

“Yeah! I’ve been a good girl every year for Christmas and always gets tons of gifts!” Carrie added. Sooner or later, I noticed some ponies overhearing our conversation and became interested about it. “Though I’ve heard from my last school’s bully gotten a ton of coal! Literally he did!”

“Whoa!” Scootaloo exclaimed.

“Do you think this Santa Claus fella will give us gifts?” Apple Bloom asked in worried.

“I know he would. You three are always good.” I assured, rubbing my head bashfully with a grin. “In fact, I think everypony in town are nice. I mean, I have never encountered a bad pony.”

“You…make a valid point.” Mason couldn’t help but agree with me.

“So what’s this Santa Claus fella about? Is he nice?” Sweetie Belle asked curiously.

“Well of course!” Kaede nodded. “He’s very jolly and goes around the world, delivering 1,000,000 presents to all the children in the world.”

“1,000,000 presents?! That’s crazy!” Apple Bloom exclaimed in shock.

“That’s awesome…but not as awesome as Rainbow Dash!” Scootaloo added. “But still, that’s crazy! Is he magic or something.”

“You bet your biscuits.” I winked.

“Yeah! Ren and the others told about what Christmas was last night, along with the decorations back at the home-ship! It looked amazing!” Kodi added with a smile. “Besides, I’m quite excited to celebrate my first Hearth’s Warming Eve and Christmas!”

“Wow…” Sweetie Belle said in awe before turning to Carrie and asked “Is that true? Does Santa Clause really have magical powers?”

“Yep!” Carrie nodded with a bright smile. “He can fit in through any chimney with no problem, just make sure that the chimney isn’t on fire. Also, leave milk and cookies for him to enjoy. It’ll show your gratitude and pleasure towards him for his hard work.”

“There’s also stocking, candy canes, Christmas Tree, carols! Everything related to Hearth’s Warming Eve.” I exclaimed before saying “Just except for the presents and Santa Claus.”

Everypony around us were joyed and excited to hear everything we described, all except for Jamie as he glanced away sadly, which I took noticed. Man, I know he’s full of depression and such, but can’t he at least try to smile for Christmas? It just makes me sad that someone else isn’t enjoying it.

“Santa Claus? Presents? Yeah right.” Huh? Who said that?

“Wait…have we heard those voices before?” Kodi asked in confusion.

“Oh no…it’s them again.” Apple Bloom sighed. We turned around to see two familiar little fillies that I’ve dealt with before. The ones who kept calling Apple Bloom a ‘blank-flank’ all because she didn’t have a Cutie-Mark. The spoiling princess, Diamond Tiara, and her other rich and wealthy friend, Silver Spoon.

“Oh hey, haven’t seen you girls in a long while.” I said in surprise. Like seriously, why haven’t I’ve seen them around town? I mean, I don’t think its that hard to see two fillies that likes to bully others and try to gain fame.

“Ahh, who are these guys? They look kinda cute.” Kaede said with a smile.

“Why thank you. My daddy says that I’m such an angel.” Diamond Tiara smirked.

“What do you want Diamond Tiara?” Carrie asked, glaring at her. This caused me and Mason to look at her and then at the two fillies, realizing that Carrie must’ve met them at the Ponyville School.

“You know them?” Mason questioned.

“Yeah! They’re a bunch of bullies back at school that loves to taunt everypony because they don’t have Cutie-Marks!” Scootaloo replied, glaring at Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, the former glaring back at her before scoffing “Please, it serves you right to be called blank-flanks, you blank flank.”

Kaede, Jamie, and Mason became confused by that comment she made as I clarified “In other words, she means ponies with no cutie-marks.”

“…I see.” Mason said, sternly looking at the two fillies. “You know, that’s really un-call for, you know.”

“So what? I don’t take orders from a tall walking talking freakshow.” Diamond Tiara said in a smug look, causing Mason to narrow his eyes at her.

“H-hey…that was u-uncalled for. L-let’s try to calm down and-”

“Hey! How about this? Stop talking and I don’t care freak!” Diamond Tiara laughed, causing everypony to glare at the little filly for the name calling.

“Yeah, what she said. We have no time with this.” Silver Spoon added.

Jamie’s expression turned into total depression as he glanced away sadly. Oh crap, she really shut him up.

“Hey, leave my friend out of this.” I said, glaring at the two fillies.

“Yeah! You two have no right to treat someone who can’t defend themselves like that.” Kaede added, glaring at the fillies. “And I take back what I said. You two aren’t cute as all.”

“Whatever. I didn’t like your comment.” Diamond Tiara scoffed while Silver Spoon glanced away nervously. Hmm? Wonder what’s up with her?

“Pfft! Please, since when did you like anything that doesn’t suit you?” Scootaloo said in a deadpan expression.

“Whatever! I’m like a princess! I can get whatever I want! Besides, this Christmas…it sounds like a bunch of baloney!” Diamond Tiara exclaimed before nudging her friend and asked “Right Silver Spoon?”

“Y-yeah…totally.” That…didn’t sound like a sincere answer.

“Hey! You take that back!” Kodi growled.

“What would a mutt like you know? You never celebrated Christmas nor Hearth’s Warming Eve?” Diamond Tiara sneered. “Besides, Santa Claus? Christmas trees? That’s so stupid!”

“It’s not stupid! It’s a tradition our people follow!” I retorted before taking a deep breath.
“Look Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, I know we’ve gotten ourselves in the wrong foot, or hoof, but maybe you girls could try celebrating it with us? I mean, it’ll be a great holiday for everypony in Ponyville to enjoy, am I right folks?”

The crowd murmured in agreement, already eager to try out our holiday.

Diamond Tiara rolled her eyes and said "Seriously? Are you all so simple-minded?"

"Diamond Tiara, you need stop acting mean." Carrie said, glaring at her. "You need to be nice if ya want presents from Santa!"

"She's got a good point you know." I added with a soft grin. "I mean, you should tried being nice to others."

"Or else you're gonna get a lump of coal for your first Christmas." Kaede added.

"Yeah!" I looked over to see Pinkie bouncing into the air with a cheery expression. She's good at jumping around like that.

"Please, Santa Claus doesn't exist." Everyone gasped in shocked upon hearing what she said.

"She didn't." Sweetie Belle muttered.

"She did." Apple Bloom nodded.

"You take that back!" Carrie demanded before being held back by her brother as he said "It's not worth it, sis. Just let it go."

He glared at the two troublemaking fillies with a hard stern glare, causing them to back away as he said "Besides, it's not worth trying to get them to be nice. If these bullies been bullying with you at school, then it shows that they have no heart."

Silver Spoon glanced away sadly while Diamond Tiara rolled her eyes and scoffed "Whatever, I say what I mean. Santa Claus doesn't exist. I mean, a fat human being with magical powers and can fit through any chimney and delivers 1,000,000 presents around the world? That's ridiculous!"

"It's not ridiculous! It's awesome sounding!" Kodi growled.

"Yeah! I say give it a chance!" I added.

Diamond Tiara gave off a smug look and asked "Oh really? Then if Santa exists, then why doesn't he show up in our world?"

"Well because...uhh..." Crap-baskets, she's good.

"Because Santa is magic, remember? So he can travel through worlds or so to deliver any presents to all." Kaede said with a smile, much to my joy. Thanks Kay!

"W-well..." Diamond Tiara shifted nervously, unable to make a comeback.

"You were saying Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon?" Scootaloo gave out a smug smirk at her.

"W-w-whatever! Come on Silver Spoon! Let's go before this nonsense gets in over our heads!" Diamond Tiara exclaimed before letting out a huff and taking her leave with her friend coming along.

"R-right...coming, I guess." Silver Spoon sighed before following after her. I couldn't help but raise a brow at her, wondering about her stuttering. It's like she's acting scared or nervous like Jamie.

"Jeez, those two act like they control the town." Kaede said with an upset look on her face. Carrie pouted and stated "Yeah! When I was started to get along with the Crusaders and everyone else, those two make mean comments at me until my friends and I called them names back."

"I understand why would you do that and I'm impressed by your self-defense..." Mason said with a grin before making a stern look. "But you mustn't call her names, it'll make you no better than her."

"Right...okay, big brother." Carrie nodded in understanding.

"Yeah, besides, bullies really don't mean things like that." I said, much to my friends' confusion. "Well I mean, I had some bullies back when I attended school. They do those things because they have family issues and learned it from them or trying to make themselves feel better."

"I guess you make a valid point." Mason admitted.

"Yeah...that's true." Kaede nodded.

"Why would Diamond Tiara bully us just to make herself better?" Apple Bloom questioned, finding it hard to believe at all. "She always likes being a jerk to everypony."

"Yeah, she even called us names, remember Ren?" Kodi reminded me with a raised brow. I chuckled nervously before patting him on the head and replied "Well true, but I know he and Silver Spoon didn't mean it. Trust me, they'll soon believe in Santa and gain back that Christmas spirit."

"I highly doubt that..." We turned to Jamie, who darkened his face as he said "E-everything she stated...is the t-truth."

"What?" Carrie asked in confusion.

"Christmas is a waste of a holiday. I don't see why it's special..." Jamie muttered with a sad look.

"Jamie..." I said with concern.

"You okay?" Kodi asked.

"P-Please leave me be..." Jamie sighed sadly before walking off, which everypony stepped out of the way and watched him leave.

Jamie...why do you hate Christmas so much? Well maybe not that much, but it seems you're taking it so far. It must be something from his past that caused him to hate Christmas...probably because of his father, right?

"Poor Jamie..." Carrie sighed.

"Yeah, he really has lost that Christmas spirit." Kaede said, sympathizing with him. "There's gotta be something we can do!"

"And fast!" Whoa! Where did Pinkie come from?! She instantly appeared right next to me. Oh right, she's Pinkie Pie. Makes sense. "I mean! How can could not like Christmas and Hearth's Warming Eve so much?! I mean, look at that frowney face of his! It's unacceptable!"

"Pinkie, calm down." Kodi assured. "We're gonna try and figure out how to cheer him up."

"Yeah! Hopefully maybe this Santa Claus fella can cheer him up by getting something what he wants, right?" Sweetie Belle suggested with a small smile.

"That's sounds like a great plan! You think Santa will give us what we want for Christmas?" Scootaloo asked in excitement.

"Of course as long as you write him back to letters to let you know what you guys want for Christmas." I assured with a grin.

"Wow! That's awesome! I gotta do that right now!" Apple Bloom exclaimed before running off, along with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo.

"Hey! Don't leave us hanging!"

"Yeah! We want to help out too!" Those fillies...even though those three are friendly and are determined to find their Cutie-Marks, they can sometimes lead to trouble.

"Umm...Mr. Loodan?" Huh? I looked down to see another filly, one with black mane and tail, along with having a gray coat and grayish purple eyes as he asked "Do you think...maybe Santa will visit Equestria to deliver every toy to everypony?"

I smiled at him and ruffled his hair a bit before replying "Well of course! He's always eager to give out every present to everypony! No matter how old they are!"

Everypony let out a cheer and were once again amazed to hear it.

"Only if anypony is nice...those are who naughty only get a lump of coal." Mason added, crossing his arms. "It'll teach anyone around here in Equestria a lesson about being nice next time."

"Then again, it is good to use for a fireplace at least." Kaede shrugged. "But hey, why not we all decorate Ponyville into the biggest Christmas-themed place in the whole world? It's not too late to do so!"

"Yeah, and hopefully it'll left Jamie spirits back up!" Kodi added.

"So...what do you say everypony?" I asked the crowd, who yelled in joy. "Sounds to me that they said yes."

"Yeah! Come on everypony! Let's decorate Ponyville into the best Christmas-themed town in all of Equestria!" Pinkie exclaimed, and soon, everypony began getting to work.

"Well first we've gotta get some food for the Christmas Feast of ours." Mason reminded us. "Though, I'll go get the groceries myself. You guys help out and paint the town red."

"My thoughts exactly!" I nodded with a grin.

"Well what are we waiting for?! Let's go!" Kodiak exclaimed as we headed over and began helping out Ponyville with decorating the place. Suddenly, I began hearing a certain christmas music playing...which means one thing...a musical number. You can't do anything without a musical number.

"Wait, we're doing one now?" Kaede asked in surprise. "Been a while since we sang a musical number."

"Why not give it a shot Kay?" I offered.

"R-really?" Kaede asked in surprise.

"Sure! You'll do wonderful." I assured.

"Yeah! You can do it Kaede!" Carrie added. Kaede thought for a while before smiling at us and said "Okay! Let's give it a try!"

That Christmas Feeling!

(Kaede):

Were hanging a star above our tree,
And don't it look lovely
The lights and the tinsily sparkling for you

Everypony, including us, starting putting up colorful Christmas lights on the buildings as I saw Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and the Cutie-Mark Crusaders coming over and were ready to help out as Sweetie Belle handed Rarity a giant candy cane stick as she used her magic to find a neat place to put up the place.

Applejack, Big Macintosh, and other ponies brought in a big pine tree and moved it to the center of town, planting it gently. I wonder where they gotten that tree? Maybe from Sweet Apple Acres or the Everfree Forest? Those are the only options I know where they can get trees.

Carrie, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and other fillies began filling the tree with decorations like ornaments, red and green banners, and lights.

Got that Christmas feeling,
I take it everywhere I go
And make that Christmas feeling grow

Rainbow and several Pegasus ponies began flying over and with high speed, perfectly set up big ornaments over at the buildings. Whoa, I gotta say! That's awesome! I also noticed two familiar ponies, Snips and Snails, building two snowman...or snow ponies. Though, the weirdest thing that those two snow ponies looks exactly like them. That's...quite weird, but impressive. But I can do better than that.

So warm by the fireplace we glow,
All cozy and happy
And hang all the stockings in a row with you

I soon began decorating my own snowman with Kodiak helping out by grabbing me some buttons, a carrot, and a hat that he somehow found. Soon, my snowman was finished up and everyone stared at my snowman with curiosity and awe. Well, I don't mean to brag, but I have a great snowman.

Got a Christmas feeling,
I take it every where I go
And make that Christmas feeling grow

I then saw a blast of Christmas lights stringing themselves on some buildings and even Sugarcube Corner before I saw it was Pinkie Pie, using two mini party Cannons around her hooves as...web shooters? She began swinging onto the lights as they let go and stay on the buildings. Okay, I know I shouldn't question her, but how? I mean, who is she? Spider-man?!

It feels like Christmas (Christmas)
Christmas (Christmas)

Holy cow, these ponies really know business. Mr and Mrs. Cake made some delicious figgy pudding, cookies, gingerbread houses and everypony was buying them instantly. I then noticed Fluttershy asking for some animal assistance by a bunch of birds as they grabbed a banner and helped her hang it up. Once they were done, she noticed me afar as I waved happily at her, which made her smile and wave back at me.

Come on I know you don't wanna miss this
Lets make that Christmas feeling grow
Oh, oh, ah
Lets make that Christmasy feeling grow

Soon, Ponyville was completed...all the decorations, the big Christmas Tree and its lighting's, all the delicious cookies, the Christmas stocks, and even the snowman and snowponies were completed. Now Ponyville is now 100% Christmas-themed. Hopefully that there's a Santa Clause in this world. Though it might be farfetch'd because ponies here never seen or heard about him, but I know that he exists. All I gotta do is keep believing. Soon, Rainbow Dash and a black Pegasus with a Mohawk mane style came down with a big Star and planted it on top of the tree the moment Kaede finished the last note of her song.

"Whoa...they work fast." Kaede said, surprised to see all this. "How did I not recognize any of this?"

"Don't know, but all I know that Santa is definitely gonna love this." I replied with a shrug and grin. Hopefully Jamie sees us, maybe it'll make him feel better. Speaking of which, where is he right now? You would think he would've seen all the beautiful decorations and such?

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Later
Jamie's POV

I still don't see why everyone likes this holiday so much? It's just...pointless. I mean, I don't want to offend everyone but...Christmas was never a good holiday for me. It's not that I hate any of the Christmas traditions, there's someone back then that never celebrated with me...

Well, I'll easily take this Christmas thing off my mind while I read this book about the many different arts in these magic spells.

"Hey Jamie!" Huh? Spike? Twilight? I turned around to see them entering the place as Spike continued "Wasn't expecting you to show you to be in here."

"I...I just wanted to research, that's all." Actually, I'm just lying so that I have to be involve in this holiday.

"Well the town never looked better than ever!" Spike exclaimed, hopping off my bed as he continued "There was singing! There were cookies! And tons of decorations! You should've seen it! Everypony helped out if it wasn't for Twilight's amazing organization skills."

"Spike, please." Twilight pleaded, blushing from his comment. Organization skills? Oh so she's an organizer. That's pretty good.

"Yeah...that's nice." I replied before copying down some notes into my journal. Twilight and Spike soon noticed me ignoring them as the latter asked "Uhh...Jamie? Are you even listening to us?"

"Yes." I said, not paying attention to them at all. Twilight and Spike looked at each other in confusion before walking over to the table as Twilight asked "Jamie, you know you don't have to be like this."

"B-be like what?" I asked, not taking my eyes off the book.

"We saw what happened back at the town's square." I froze before looking at Twilight with shock. Was she watching me?!

"Yeah, and we saw how really bummed out when Diamond Tiara told you back off." Spike added. "Seriously, that pony really is a pain in the-"

"Spike!" Twilight scolded, glaring at him for almost saying THAT word.

"I-I meant to say, plot! Honest!" Spike assured with a sheepish smile. I highly doubt people or ponies would even dare to say that.

"Anyway..." Twilight cleared my throat before turning back to me in concern. "So Jamie, care to tell us what's in your mind?"

"N-nothing...honest." I assured. "I'm....not a fan of Christmas, that's all."

"But how could you say that?! What about the presents, the gingerbread houses, and the decorations?! Those sound awesome!" Spike exclaimed with an exciting grin. "I mean, I don't think Equestria ever gotten gifts on Hearth's Warming!"

"W-well..."

"Well even so, I want all my friends to enjoy the holidays. Ren, Kaede, Mason, Carrie, Kodiak a everypony else are already finished making the town 100% Christmas-related or whatever Pinkie meant, but we can't celebrate it without you." Twilight said with a concern expression. I turned to her with a sad look as I replied "I-I...I can't. I told you, Christmas is not my thing."

"But why? Surely we'll understand." Twilight assured.

"B-but..."

"Hey, it's okay. I promise." Twilight put her hoof next to my hand, much to my embarrassment. I blushed a bit as she continued "Me, Spike, and everypony else will understand how you feel. Not everyone has a good experience with Hearth's Warming. To be fair...this will be my first Hearth's Warming Eve holiday to do with my friends in my entire life."

"Really?" I asked incredulous.

"Yeah, remember when I said that I didn't have that much friends back in Canterlot when I was a filly?" I nodded, remembering what she told me when I first awoken in Equestria. "Well, the only time I take a break from all that reading and such was Hearth's Warming Eve with my family. It's always that amazing with spending time with my family, me and my brother always love playing in the snow while my mom and dad prepares for some delicious feast. It's the best."

"I-I see..." I said, glancing down in sadness. Family....that was something I never had in my entire life.

"Uh oh." Spike muttered. "Uhh....Twilight? I think you made him more upset than usual."

"N-no no, I'm fine. Just...uncomfortable." I replied sadly.

"Jamie....please. We're here for you." Twilight softly smiled at me, causing me to grin back at her. Twilight...that look she's giving me. It means that she really does care. I.....I don't know what to say at all.

"....A-Alright." I nodded as I took a deep breath, ready to tell them my reason for disliking Christmas. "It's just...I never celebrate it with my father."

"Your father?" Spike asked curiously.

"Yes, my father never comes every year when I was a child. I...I just want to celebrate Christmas with him so badly, but he never bothers to show up for Christmas. To even spend time with me and my sisters for the holidays." I explained as my expression started turning sad. "Then one night, I decided to write a letter to Santa on what I wanted for Christmas. I asked him to have my father to come and celebrate with us, but the next day on Christmas Day...It was just me and my sisters that showed up that day. My father never showed up."

Twilight and Spike gasped, feeling terribly bad for me. It was the right thing to tell them...I can't keep hiding this feeling anymore. I just...want to tell people about it...but I was too much of a coward to even say anything.

"Jamie..." Twilight muttered in shock. "I...I'm so sorry that your wish never came true."

"It's alright...Besides, we never had a close relationship. So it's understandable." I sighed, glancing down in sadness. "Since that day, I never celebrated Christmas...all because my own father wouldn't come."

"Wow...that's really depressing." Spike admitted, feeling bad for me.

"Jamie...I'm so sorry." Twilight apologized.

"No, it's okay. I...I just never had a real Christmas with my entire family. All I just wanted for Christmas was maybe spend a chance with my entire family. Me, my sisters, and my father. I love all my sisters, but my dad always focuses on his work and cares more about his fortunes than any of us." I explained.

"But what about your mother?" Spike questioned, causing me to feel depressed and look away from them, not eager to share any of that information.

"Spike!" Twilight scolded, glaring at him.

"What?! I was just curious!" Spike retorted.

Twilight shook her head before turning back to me with a soft smile and said "Jamie...I'm sorry that you didn't get what you wanted for Christmas. I know maybe there's a chance maybe your wish will come true."

"How? I'm trapped in your world and there's no return, right? I mean, there's a possibility that Princess Celestia is looking for a clue, but all I know that there's no going back to our world...at least not yet." I sighed.

"But...you have us." Twilight smiled before hugging me, causing me to blush like a red tomato. "I understand how you feel. I only have my family, but I had no friends because I didn't care about friendship at all. But when I came to Ponyville and met Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, Ren, Mason, Carrie, Kaede, Kodiak, and you...It made me fill in this empty void in my heart. Something I've been missing for my whole entire life."

"Twilight..." I muttered in surprise before softly smiling at her. "Thank you..."

"Huh..." We looked over at Spike, who looked at us in astonishment, mostly at me.

"What?" I asked in confusion.

"Nothing except...well you two make a cute couple." Spike admitted, causing us to widened our eyes in shock as we looked at each other for a minute before yelling "We are not a couple!"

"Jeez! Sorry! Gosh, you didn't have to yell at me like that!" Spike said as me and Twilight ended our hug and glanced away nervously while I blushed. Wait...oh my glob...I-I actually hugged a girl!...Well more like a mare, but still! "Besides, I can imagine you and Ren hugging, Twilight."

"Spike!" Twilight scolded.

"Ren? What about him?" I asked curiously.

"Oh right, back then, she once had a crush on him due to his courage, naivety, determination, and kindness towards-" Spike's mouth was immediately zipped, like literally as his mouth was now zipped in some zip-up spell. Twilight gave him an angry glare before sighing and turning to me with a soft and nervous grin.

"It's...true. I once had a crush on him once, but I gave that up. I realized that he and Fluttershy belonged to each other since she always had his eyes and always encouraged her." Twilight explained. "So it's not a big deal anymore."

"I-I see...." I nodded before frowning a bit. Ren somehow won her heart? But then decline once she learned that Fluttershy really liked him more than her? I guess Ren really is something if he somehow manages to win any mare's heart. He's like...the complete opposite of me. I wished that I had that true strength...

"BLEH!" Huh? Spike spat out a scroll, flying into my hands. Ew, ew, ew!

"A letter?" Twilight questioned before levitating the scroll out of my hands as I tried to get the saliva off of me. Ugh, I just hope Twilight has something to clean this off. Soon, Twilight opened up the scroll and began reading the contents of the scroll before letting out a gasp. "Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are coming to Ponyville to celebrate Christmas and Hearth's Warming!"

"What!?" I exclaimed in shock. "They're coming all the way here to Ponyville?!"

"Yep!" Twilight nodded.

"But wait, how do they even know about your world's holiday?" Spike questioned with a raised brow.

Twilight blushed a bit and said "W-well...I may have told about it to the princess before we started the Hearth's Warming Eve play."

"Y-you did?" I asked in surprise.

"Yeah, while you guys were rehearsing. I guess it slipped my mind." Twilight giggled nervously.

“W-well…I’m guess I’m happy to hear that the princesses’ are coming here to celebrate it.” I said with a soft grin.

“Are you kidding?! Of course we should be happy! The princess are coming this way!” Twilight exclaimed.

“Uh oh…another Twilight melt-down.” Spike muttered in a deadpan expression. I looked at him with confusion as Twilight began pacing around back and forth as she exclaimed “We gotta make everything right! Jamie! You need to hurry and get used to the Christmas spirit and go check out on the other places to see if they’re ready!”
“T-Twilight…please calm down.” I said in worried. Twilight looked back at me with an extremely worried grin as she exclaimed “Calm?! I am calm Jamie! Now excuse me, I gotta go and check on Ren and the others to see if they complete that Christmas feast!”

“Christmas Feast?” I questioned until she shoved a clipboard in my arms and exclaimed “I gotta go! Spike! Watch over the library while I’m gone! Bye!”

With that, she zoomed out of the library, leaving me bewildered by her attitude while Spike shook his head and sighed. I turned to him and asked “Does…that always happen?”

“Yeah, but you guess used to it. Good thing she didn’t try putting on a ‘Want-It, Need-It’ spell on something in order to solve a friendship problem again.” Spike shrugged, much to my confusion.

“Want-It, Need-It spell? Why would she do something like that?”

“Long story, but right now, it’s best if you went over to do that check-up list before Twilight gets back.”

“…Alright.” I sighed before closing my journal before taking my leave. Oh well, let’s get this over with. Besides, it’ll help take my minds off of things and let me think about some things whether or not if I want to join the others on Hearth’s Warming and Christmas or not…

---

Later

Alright…I guess I’ll admit…these ponies know how to work hard on the holidays. I was busy over at a giant Christmas Tree as the sun soon started descending. It’s a good thing Rarity and Kaede made me this warm winter coat in case of something like this ever happened. They’re very nice to me, but is this a way to lower my guard? I don’t wanna doubt my friends…but…

“Ugh…how stupid is everypony around here?” Huh? I turned around to see Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon walking over as the former was gawking at the Christmas Tree and exclaimed “I mean, seriously? Are they taking this dumb holiday for reals? Even my own daddy is taking a liking to it!”

“W-well…it does sound like a fun holiday…” Silver Spoon admitted. Huh, she sounded nervous. I wonder why? Unless…she’s unsure about this holiday?

“Come on Silver Spoon, how are we supposed to believe in some made-up holiday about some fat magical man who can deliver a 1,000,000 presents in one night?! That’s so stupid!”

“W-well…”

“What? What is it?” Diamond Tiara demanded.

“N-nothing…Nothing at all…” Silver Spoon sighed sadly. I couldn’t help but sympathized with her. She’s feeling unsure, sad, and doubtful that if Santa does exist, would he get her what she wants for Christmas?

“Whatever.” Diamond Tiara rolled her eyes. “Besides, if I still don’t see the point. Everypony deciding to go to that alien space-ship of theirs? How repulsive. We’ll celebrate Hearth’s Warming besides that dumb old Christmas of theirs.”

“But…it would be nice to-”
“Not the point Silver Spoon!” Diamond Tiara exclaimed, causing Silver Spoon to glanced away nervously. I clenched my fists in anger at her, angry that Diamond Tiara is being mean and doesn’t understand her feelings.

“Oh what’s the point? I’ll simply just throw my own banquet back at the mansion, that’ll show those human freaks who’s in charge.” Diamond Tiara laughed.

I suddenly grew more upset at her arrogance since she seemed to be the wealthy type obviously. Thinking that she’s above others and she can do whatever she wants. Well I had enough!
“Hey!” I shouted angrily, gaining the two fillies attention as Diamond Tiara gave out a smug look and said “Oh look, it’s that human that we made cry. What do you want?”

“Y-you should stop discouraging Christmas! You should at least try it for yourself!” I exclaimed.

“What would you know? You weren’t all that excited for it.” She pointed out. “Besides, me and Silver Spoon won’t bother to celebrate some made-up holiday that isn’t even a part of our world.”

I winced upon being mentioning that as I took a deep breath and said “Look…tell me Diamond Tiara, why don’t you try it? I mean, i-it’s a great traditional holiday humans celebrate. All about…the season of giving and spending time with their…f-family.” Which is ironic for me because I dislike Christmas in the first place.

“That’s just a bunch of phoney-baloney! That’s just something so stupid and ridiculous that Ren Loodan made up! After all, he’s an idiot.” Diamond Tiara scoffed.

“Look, Ren may be…childish, but he always have our backs and keeps us back up.” I added, placing my hand on my chest. “I…I want to have that courage.”

“Of course he’s childish! He ruined my perfect dress and cute-ceanera!”

I do not know what’s this ‘cute-ceanera’ is, but it sounds something childish. Though, I highly doubt Ren would’ve ruined her dress.

“But Diamond Tiara, it’s just a dress.” Silver Spoon pointed out, causing the pink filly to glare at her, much to her surprise. “W-which was extremely perfect and amazing!”

“Thank you.” Diamond Tiara smiled before glaring back at me, causing me to flinch. “So if you got something else to say, why not say it now or we’ll just walk away, not eager to celebrate this Christmas holiday of yours.”

“But…you girls should at least believe in Santa!” I yelled, causing me to cover my mouth with the clipboard in my hands as Silver Spoon looked at me in surprise while Diamond Tiara raised a brow and asked “What?”

“W-well…you’re right. Everything that Ren and Carrie described about Santa claus is well…crazy. But you should at least believe in him, you’ll give you whatever you want if you believe and such…or else you’ll just get coal for your first Christmas.” I said with a sad frown before smiling a bit, feeling…determined about this as I continued “B-Besides…I’m sure one of you are really eager to try it out.”

“Oh please, like who would try to celebrate it?” Diamond Tiara rolled her eyes while Silver Spoon glanced away nervously.

“Y-yeah…” Silver Spoon added, feeling unsure about it.

“Silver Spoon…” I called, gaining her attention. “D-do you…believe in Santa?”

“I…” Silver Spoon looked back at Diamond Tiara as she sighed and replied “I don’t know…”

I looked at her for a while, realizing that her friend was forcing her not to give out an answer. “I-I see…”

“Well either way, we shall be going home. Let’s go Silver Spoon. Let’s go celebrate OUR holiday.” Diamond Tiara said before taking her leave. Silver Spoon looks down on the ground, feeling sad and upset about this. I looked at her with a sad look before walking over and asked “Hey Silver Spoon.”

“Huh?” She looked at me in confusion before asking “W-what is it?”

“It’s okay to believe in him. Truth be told…I once believed in Santa.” I said with a soft smile.

“You did?” She asked me in surprise.

“Yes…Y-you see…I once asked him to one day have my father come to Christmas with us…but he never came at all that Christmas morning. It’s understandable since my father is rather arrogant. Though, today, I think my wish towards Santa is starting to come to light.” I said, slowly smiling. My time during here in Equestria for the past two to three months…spending time with Twilight, Ren, Spike, Kodi, and co. They…they treat me like a real friend. They’re…my real friends.

“How come?” Silver Spoon asked.

“Y-you’ll see…anyway, c-can you do me a favor please?” I asked curiously.

“Huh? What do you mean?” Silver Spoon gave me a confused look as I replied “There’s going to be a party tonight. Maybe you could try convincing Diamond Tiara to come. Please?”

Silver Spoon thought for a while before smiling “I’ll try at least, but…why are you helping?”
“L-let’s just say…I-I’ll have some issues about Christmas as well.” I explained sadly before softly smiling. “Anyway, thanks for listening to me.”

“I-it was nothing. Anyway, I gotta hurry before Diamond Tiara noticed me gone. Bye!”

With that, she took her leave and ran off to catch up to her friend. I let out a sigh and wondered about what I said back there. Was I…trying to encourage them to like Christmas? Well…I want to try this out one more time, for their sake.

“Jamie!” Huh? I turned around to see Spike racing towards me, before stopping and trying to catch his breath.

“S-Spike? What is it?” I asked curiously.

“Twilight just came back from the home-ship. Ren and the others finished up making that Christmas feast and wants everypony to come in. Even you.” Spike answered, much to my surprise.

“M-me?” I asked incredulous.

“Yeah! They’re planning a Christmas party at their home so that they can make you feel happy and try to lift your spirits back up after the little skirmish with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.” They…did this for me? Why…that’s so thoughtful of them.

“R-really? For…me?”

“Yeah! Twilight and the others are waiting for you to come! Besides, the princesses are about to show up! So let’s go!” Spike grabbed my tie and began dragging me over back to the home-ship.

“W-whoa! Please! Stop! Be careful with my tie!” I exclaimed, almost feeling like I’m about to be choked.

“Sorry!” Spike apologized. So everyone made this Christmas party because of me? Nobody ever done anything nice for me except for the butlers, maids, and my sisters. Maybe my wish did came true?

---

Later
We soon arrived in front of the home-ship, seeing the entrance being decorated with an inflatable Santa Claus, which makes me begs the question on how on earth did they get that?

"Well, here we go." Spike said with a smile before turning to me and asked "You ready?"

I glanced at him nervously before taking some thought into it. Do you I really want to do this? Well I have to...for them, right? I-I mean...not literally...but...

"Uhh...Jamie? Are you feeling alright?" I flinched upon hearing my name being called as I turned to Spike, who raised a brow at me in confusion.

"Y-yeah...I-I guess." I nodded with a soft and nervous smile.

"Alright, let's go." Spike smiled before we entered into the home-ship, finding everypony inside as they noticed us and became joyed to see us.

"Jamie! You came!" Twilight called, walking over to me with a smile. "I knew that you would come!"

"Y-yeah...I thought about it for a while..." I nodded.

"Really? What is it?" Twilight asked.

"I..." What could this answer I want to be? No...I already have the answer. "I've decided...to give it one more try."

Twilight smiled happily at me, glad to see what my answer was.

"Glad to hear that, Jamie!" I was immediately patted on the back by Ren, who grinned happily as he said "I'm glad to hear that you'll finally got that Christmas spirit! Along with Hearth's Warming Eve!"

"Here, here!" Carrie added as the rest of my friends came over.

"Yeah! So what made you change your mind?" Kodi asked.

"W-well...let's just say I met somepony else who else have troubles adjusting to Christmas." I replied with a meek smile.

"Really?" Applejack asked incredulous. "It wouldn't be Diamond Tiara?"

"...Yeah." I nodded.

"So you somehow managed to convince her to come here and enjoy Christmas?" Mason questioned.

"No...just her friend, Silver Spoon."

"Silver Spoon? Isn't she that gray pony with that silver spoon for a Cutie-Mark and wears those glasses?" Kaede asked. I nodded as Fluttershy asked "So what did she say?"

"She says that she'll love to come here and will try to convince her to come to the party." I answered.

"Well that was sorta nice of her." Rarity said, a little surprise to hear that. "Though I thought she wouldn't since she is friends with Diamond Tiara."

"Well even if she is friends with her, I can't help but wonder about her attitude earlier." Ren said, rubbing his chin as we walked over to the punch table, where Pinkie stuffed her entire face into it. Umm...should I tell her that's sorta disgusting?...No, I'll let her do her stuff. "But after hearing this from Jamie, I guess that she might be lonely and scared of not making friends due to her reputation at school."

"Yeah, that is true." Carrie nodded, starting to feel bad for her. "I just hope that Santa will give her a present for her."

"I know that he will." Mason assured with a grin, causing Carrie to smile.

"So when will they show up?" Rainbow asked curiously.

"I...don't know." I shrugged.

"Well I hope soon! Because this punch ain't gonna drink itself!" Pinkie exclaimed, drinking up the punch again before taking her head out of it and asked "Want some?"

"Uhh...I think I'm good, thank you." I decline politely with a nervous grin.

"Well I hope they don't arrive late because who knows when the princesses' will-"

"Will what Twilight?" Twilight froze upon hearing that voice as we turned around to see two balls of light floating down in the center of the party, and suddenly, two tall ponies appeared. One was quite majestic, with a rainbow mane flowing magical and has golden accessories while the other was small and had dark blue hair, also having her hair flow magical. The thing I noticed is that their Cutie-Marks was that the older one had a sun while the other had a moon.

Everypony gasped in shock before bowing down at the two princesses, along with me and the others.

"It's quite alright everypony, there's no need to bow." Princess Celestia insist. "We come to enjoy the party, that's all."

"Tis is true." The other one who I think is Princess Luna nodded in agreement. According to the History of Equestria, it's says that these two are the rulers of Equestria and have been keeping watch of it for 1,000 years. So are these two immortal? Is immortality exists in this world?

Soon, we stopped bowing as everypony, even the fillies, were amazed and stared in awe to see the two princesses.

"Hey Celeste! Lulu! What's up?" Ren asked with a grin.

"We're thou doing alright, Ren Loodan." Princess Luna replied with a smile before asking "But Celeste? Lulu? Are those supposed to be shorter versions of our names?"

"Yeah. Since we are friends." I assured with a grin. Princess Luna blushed and said "I-I see."

Princess Celestia chuckled at her sister's reaction before turning to Twilight, who apparently was smiling nervously at her. "So anyway Twilight, what was it you were saying before our arrival?"

"W-well...umm...nothing! Just glad to see you both! That's all Princess Celestia and Princess Luna!" Twilight chuckled nervously while Princess Celestia simply smiled and said "I see."

She soon turned to me with a curious glance and asked "Ahh, so you must be Jamie Watson. The new human who has awoken from the pod of the home-ship, correct?"

"Ah!" I gasped before clearing my throat, feeling quite nervous being in front of one of the rulers of Equestria. Alright Jamie, just stay calm and stay calm. "Y-y-yes ma'am! I-I mean your highness! I am J-J-Jamie Watson!"

Dang it...

"Well it is nice to meet you at last. I am sorry if we didn't meet each other last night for the Hearth's Warming Eve play. I had important business to attend while my sister was busy with her task as well." Princess Celestia smiled.

...Just roll with it for now.

"Y-yes, I see." I chuckled nervously.

"So your highness's, what brings you both here to Ponyville?" Mason questioned politely.

"We heard about this holiday called 'Christmas' and we were thou curious to learn much about it." Princess Luna explained.

"H-huh? How did you know?" Ren asked in surprise.

"We've explored in the realms of dreams and heard about this Christmas you human thou talked about." Princess Luna explained, causing Ren to smile sheepishly at that.

"I-I see..." Realm of dreams? What could she mean by that?

"Though it's amazing that you two came!" Kaede said with a smile. "I hope you enjoy the desserts. Mason and I worked very hard on it."

"Same here. Though I only worked on the cake." Ren added, much to Princess Celestia's delight.

"Really? Could you take me to the desserts, Ren?" Princess Celestia asked excitedly.

"Sure." Ren nodded before he and the princess went off, leaving us bewildered by the princess's sudden behavior.

"What just happened?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Yeah, why did she act so suddenly like that?" Fluttershy added. Princess Luna shook her head while smiling and replied "My sister has quite a fondness towards cakes. Trust me, it's an unbreakable habit of hers."

"That's alright." Twilight sighed with a smile. "At least she's enjoying the party so much at least. Like there's nothing gonna wrong or anything like that!"

"Calm down Twilight!" Kodi said with a concern look.

"Yeah! It's a Christmas party and we all should enjoy it!" Carrie giggled before turning to the night princess and said "Come on Luna! Let's go play some Christmas games!"

Princess Luna simply smiled and said "Ha ha ha! Let us, young Carrie."

With that, she and Princess Luna took their leave while we watched with smiles.

"It seems those two are getting closer than ever." Rarity smiled.

"Yeah..." I nodded before seeing what time it was. It was already 9:00 P.M. Where could Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara be? "Hey girls, I'll be right b-back."

"Huh? Where are you going Jamie?" Kaede asked.

"Just to go and get Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara." I answered, much to their surprise.

"Why them? Those two hate us!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"Plus, those two always bullied the girls a lot." Applejack added, feeling upset about that.

"But like Ren said, they're bullying o-others because of some problems they're having. B-besides...isn't Christmas and Hearth's Warming Eve about being with everyone?"

The girls looked at each other in wonder as Fluttershy said "Jamie is right, you know. Besides, Ren and the others worked very hard on this party along with everypony else. So its fair for everypony to enjoy."

"Well...you do raise a good point." Rarity agreed.

"Whatever! Just don't come crying to me when those two refuse to come!" Rainbow scoffed, causing me to frown at her for not having faith on those two. I'm going to try to get them to enjoy Christmas...after all, they're having the same issues as I had.

"Anyway...I'm gonna go. Be right back. See ya you guys." I wished them goodbye before taking my leave. I put on my winter coat, hat, mittens, and scarf before heading out and went to go look for those two fillies. I...just want to at least understand why they should accept Christmas.

---

After asking some directions from a few ponies who still were out here in town, just closing down shop and heading out to the party, I managed to find Diamond Tiara's home, which was a big mansion with a hedge maze to the side. I managed to go through the gates and knocked on the door, waiting for a minute until it was answered by a grayish amber colored pony with light azure eyes with a dark gray with lighter mane and tail.

"Ahh, what's this? You must be one of those humans my daughter and her friend mentioned?" He asked in surprise before forming a grin and said "Pleased to meet you."

"N-nice to meet you too sir and happy Hearth's Warming Eve and Merry C-Christmas." I bowed and smiled at him.

"Oh right! Happy Hearth's Warming Eve as well." He chuckled with a grin. "Though, I have heard about this Christmas from my little angel about it. Although, she seemed really upset and has been trapped in her room with her friend. I awfully feel bad for her."

"I...I see. Anyway sir-"

"Oh please, call me Filthy Rich." F-Filthy Rich?! That's more of an expression than a name! "I don't mean to brag, but I'm one of Ponyville's richest ponies."

"I see." I said with a sigh. Well, hopefully this pony isn't such a terrible man like my father. "So anyway...I wished to bring your daughter and her friend to a Christmas party back at my home. I wished for her to at least try to make her smile at least."

"Well...I see why not. After all, it might cheer up her sour attitude." Filthy Rich smiled before allowing me inside and directed me upstairs to a large door. "Just past these doors are my little angel's room. Please knock first, you know its very rude to barge in."

"I-I understand, Mr. Rich." I said with a nod.

"Mr. Rich? Mr. Rich was my father, you can just call me Filthy Rich." I couldn't but grin at him, not because of his name being funny, but because of his politeness. I guess I stand corrected. "Anyway, please be nice to each other."

"Y-yes sir." I nodded before realizing something. "Oh by the way, why didn't you go to the party? Almost everypony was there."

"I was until Diamond Tiara didn't want to go, and even her friend tried to convince, but she kept refusing to do it due to not believing in this Santa Claus figure." Filthy Rich explained, causing me to frown. She's still in denial? I-I guess it'll be a hard time to convince her...but...at least I'll try. That'll be something that Ren would do, right?

"I...see. Alright, thank you Filthy Rich." I replied.

"Anytime...umm...oh my. I do not think you introduced yourself to me."

"My name is Jamie Watson. Sorry if I-I haven't introduce myself." I said, feeling embarrassed about it.

"No no, it's okay. Thanks for letting me know Jamie." He then began walking away before I turned around and faced the doors. You know, it's quite weird...Diamond Tiara acts like she's far above than everypony else due to her status of being, well rich, so why does her father acts so nice? Hmm...she must've gotten that attitude from somewhere. Maybe her mother?...No, I'm just assuming things. I can't know until I find out myself.

Soon, I began knocking on the door before it was answered by Silver Spoon herself.

"M-Mr. Watson!" Silver Spoon gasped before we heard some groaning from inside, presumably Diamond Tiara as I whispered "P-Please quiet down. I-I don't think Diamond Tiara is in the mood to see me or any of my friends."

"Yeah...so what is it?" Silver Spoon asked in a quiet voice to make sure her friend doesn't hear me.

"I-I came by to see what was taking so long. I mean, you girls took a very long time until I realized that Diamond Tiara is still in denial, correct?" I guessed with a sad look.

"Yeah..." Silver Spoon nodded. "I want to go to the party, even without her...but...I'll feel lonely because she's the only friend I got."

"Really?" I asked incredulous.

"Yeah, since she and I belonged in wealthy families and our parents are friendly with each other, we became good friends and I tried to act smug like her so that I can impress her." Silver Spoon admitted. "I...I'm just scared because after everything we've done to the fillies and Carrie, I...I don't think they'll be friendly with me."

"...I see." I sighed. "I understand how it feels without a friend. Though, I can tell the others how you feel when you're around Diamond Tiara-"

"No please!" Silver Spoon pleaded. "I...I don't want to hurt Diamond Tiara's feelings. I'll tell her myself how I feel everyday when we bully somepony else, but...I guess until the time is right when she goes too far."

I thought for a while, thinking that maybe I should keep it a secret from the others. Well Ren already knows that she probably doesn't like bullying, along with Diamond Tiara due to bullies having family issues or something to make them feel better. So...I guess I'll hold onto her word. I-I mean, that's what friends do, right?

"O-Okay. I promise." I assured.

"Pinkie promise?" Silver Spoon asked.

"P-Pinkie promise?" I asked, which she nodded. Well, I've read a lot about a Pinkie Promise, so I know how to do it. "Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a needle in my eye."

Silver Spoon blinked in confusion at what I said, which I noticed. "What?"

"Well...close enough..." What?! What do you mean close enough?! I read about pinkie promises like a thousand times! How can I get it wrong?! "But anyway, okay."

"You're welcome. N-now could you maybe please allow me so that I could talk with D-Diamond Tiara?" I asked, which Silver Spoon nodded without hesitation as she allowed me as I looked around, my curiosity rising upon seeing her big pink bedroom. You know, she must really like pink. Soon, I noticed a big lump on the bed, which I identified as Diamond Tiara.

"M-Miss Tiara?" I called, gaining her attention as she came out of the blanket and became irritated to see me again.

"Oh great, you again." Diamond Tiara scoffed. "What do you want?"

"I...I was wondering why aren't you i-in the p-party." I said with a nervous grin.

"Are you deaf or something?! I said that I won't go to that made-up holiday of a party!" Diamond Tiara exclaimed. "Santa Claus doesn't exist!"

"...Diamond Tiara, I know that you don't like any of us, but I still think you should enjoy the holiday." I said with a serious look, causing her to look at me with confusion. "Truth be told, I didn't like Christmas because my father never celebrated it with me back when I was a kid. But now...that was in the past. I want to try it out one more time...with everyone. Besides, your own friend wishes to celebrate Christmas and hopefully tries to get a present."

"Your point?" Diamond Tiara asked.

"Silver Spoon wants to go to the party Ren and the other set up. But she can't without you, it'll make her feel lonely." Diamond Tiara widened her eyes in shock before looking at Silver Spoon, who glanced away sadly.

"I-Is that true, Silver Spoon?" Diamond Tiara asked.

"Y-yes. Sorry if I didn't tell you why, Diamond Tiara." Silver Spoon sighed.

"See? She wants to celebrate this holiday with you. So please...give her a chance and come to the party." I said seriously before nervously grinning and asked "P-pretty please?"

Diamond Tiara thought for a while until she sighed heavily and said "Fine...only because of Silver Spoon."

Me and Silver Spoon looked at each other and smiled happily to hear this.

"But still! I still think Santa Claus still doesn't exist!" Diamond Tiara exclaimed.

"Y-yeah...I get it." I sighed. Oh well, at least she'll go to the party at least.

"Come on! Let's hurry before we miss it!" Silver Spoon insisted, bouncing around happily. Diamond Tiara got out of her bed and couldn't help but smile softly at her and said "Indeed Silver Spoon! Indeed!"

She and her friend then bump their rumps together and chanted "Bump! Bump! Sugar rump!"

...No comment. I guess it's their own way of what friends do...

---

Later, Filthy Rich became excited that his own daughter finally decided to go to the Christmas party as we hurried over to the home-ship, where the gang were shocked to see me finally convinced the two to come join us, well one of them was excited but the other was still in denial that Christmas is still made-up, along with Santa Claus.

"I'm still surprised that you let her come here." Mason said, looking at me with a serious expression.

"W-well...I-I just felt l-like e-everypony deserved to come and should e-enjoy the holidays...t-together." I replied nervously.

"But still, that was very thoughtful of you Jamie." Kaede smiled.

"Indeed." Princess Celestia agreed. "I think a lesson has been learned tonight, right Jamie?"

"Y-yes Princess Celestia." I nodded with a soft grin. "I learned that maybe back then...that just because you had a bad experience with something because you never received it doesn't mean you should dislike it. You should keep trying until you learned to like it. Besides...I-I already made my wish for Christmas come true...b-being here with the people that cares about me."

"Ahh, Jamie." Fluttershy smiled.

"Gotta admit, that's a really nice gift, James." Ren smiled.

"Yeah, and we're glad that everypony is here." Rainbow smiled before all my friends hugged me tightly, much to my surprise. They really do care about me. That's...all I ever wanted for Christmas.

"And a perfect lesson about friendship has been learned." Princess Celestia smiled before taking a bite of a slice of velvet cake, much to her delight.

"And of course you would enjoy a slice of cake, dear sister." Princess Luna rolled her eyes with a smirk on her face while Princess Celestia blushed and smiled sheepishly.

"Ugh, so how long till this dumb party ends again?" Diamond Tiara asked, already getting tired.

"Well actually, we got one more surprise for ya." Ren grinned.

"Really? What is it Ren?" Kodi asked curiously. Ren gestured us all to follow him as we all headed outside and back into town as we all stood at the giant Christmas Tree.

"What's the point of bringing us back here again?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"For this! Paralyze!" Ren took out the Hacking Gun and shot 'Paralyze' at the star, causing it to glow and all the decorations to glow as well, lighting them up.

"Oooh!...Ahhh!..." Everypony stared at it in awe, amazed by the lights.

"Wow! It's so amazing!" Carrie exclaimed in amazement.

"Wowie-zowie! How did I not think of that?!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"So this is thou Christmas tree?" Princess Luna gazed at it with a smile. "We admit that thou Christmas Tree is quite elegant."

"Thanks princess. We worked mighty hard on it." Applejack smiled.

"And I'll say this Christmas really was worth something." Rarity smiled.

"Indeed it was, Rarity. Indeed it was." Mason nodded. Soon, snow began falling down, much to our surprise.

"S-snow?" Spike asked in confusion.

"But how?! I don't remember scheduling a snow storm tonight on Hearth's Warming Eve?!" Rainbow exclaimed.

"So then...who?" Fluttershy asked in confusion. Suddenly, we began to hear some bells ringing as we all looked around in confusion.

"What the? What was that?" Kodi wondered.

"Ho ho ho!" That laugh...it can't be..."Ho ho ho!"

"Santa?" Ren asked in shocked and awe before they looked up to see a silhouette figure riding a sled and a bunch of reindeer.

"H-he is real..." Diamond Tiara gasped.

"Woo-hoo! He's real! He's real! He's real!" Pinkie chanted, bouncing around happily with a smile on her face. "I knew it! I knew it! I knew it!"

"Yay!" Fluttershy cheered quietly.

"Unbelievable..." Twilight said, her eyes sparkling in amazement.

"Awesome!" Spike cheered.

"I had a feeling he might come." Princess Celestia smirked, much to my confusion. Does that mean that she anticipated this? Or maybe...she planned this?

"I don't believe it..." Diamond Tiara slumped down in sadness. "He...He was real all along and yet I kept denying him. No, I kept denying Christmas."

"Diamond Tiara..." Silver Spoon walked over and smiled at her as she said "It doesn't matter. Even so, I'm glad that you finally accepted it. Besides, I'm glad to finally celebrate both Hearth's Warming and Christmas with you."

"You...you really mean it?" Silver Spoon nodded, causing Diamond Tiara smile happily as they both hugged each other, causing me to smile happily.

"Is...Diamond Tiara acting...nice?" Apple Bloom asked in shock.

"I guess this Christmas really is the season of giving and bringing everypony together." Sweetie Belle added, also shocked about this.

"Yeah, but I guess they deserved this moment." Scootaloo rolled her eyes.

"Well either way, I'm happy for them." Carrie smiled, much to the crusader's shock. Soon, something began falling down as they landed in our hands and hooves, causing us all to gasp in amazement.

"P-Presents?!" Spike exclaimed in excitement.

"This...is....amazing!" Pinkie shouted, jumping high into the air and letting out a 'Woo-hoo' in the process.

Soon, Twilight opened up her present first and out came something that made her gasped in shock.

"A-A-A Guide To Be The Perfect Unicorn Mage?! Amazing!" Twilight shouted. Our friends and everypony else began opening up their presents, also shocked once they found out their gifts as well.

"A-A new dress!" Rarity shouted. "And it's made by a special kind of fabric that nopony has ever came across! This is fabulous!"

"Sweet! A Wonderbolt goggles!" Rainbow grinned, trying them with with a grin on her face.

"And a new hat. Neat." Applejack smirked, trying out her new cowboy hat, which looked exactly like her original one.

"A new bowl for Angel?! Yay!" Fluttershy cheered.

"No way....it's a Playstation 5!" Ren exclaimed happily, showing off his new PS5 box set, much to our shock.

"No way! But that console hasn't been released yet!" I exclaimed.

"Ha ha ha, awesome!" Ren grinned.

"A sewing kit? I always wanted one of my own!" Kaede exclaimed.

"Yay! A new dollhouse!" Carrie showed off her barbie dollhouse, much to the crusader's amazement and jealousy.

"Hmm...a new sheath to keep my bamboo sword. Neat." Mason smiled. Soon, everypony opened their presents, revealing new antiques, toys, and such. I looked over at the perfect wrapped blue gift box as I slowly opened it, causing me to gasp in surprise.

"A whole batch of notebooks! Yes! With these, I can never run out of writing down info!" I exclaimed in amazement while my friends either gave me weird looks, and smirks.

"Books...why am I not surprise by that?" Rainbow Dash asked herself.

Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon also received gifts, revealing a sparkling tiara for the pink filly and a new pony doll for the grey filly.

"A tiara? But why? I thought that when you're naughty that you get coal?" Diamond Tiara asked herself.

"Maybe because you did something nice for once." Silver Spoon suggested with a smile. "That you finally understood my feelings and came to the party with me, along with finally believing in Santa the moment we saw him."

"...I guess so. Thanks." Diamond Tiara smiled before she hugged her best friend.

"So...does anypony else think that this is a sign that maybe Diamond Tiara is changing?" Scootaloo asked her friends, who thought for a while until they bluntly said "No!"

"Yeah, me too." Scootaloo shrugged.

I continued to look over my new notebooks while thinking upon what I just witnessed. Santa Claus really does exist...but I want to know how on earth did someone like him got here in Equestria?...Huh? I noticed something else inside the box as I took it out, revealing a note. Is this from...Santa?

Dear Jamie, I am so glad that you're finally believing in the spirit of Christmas and Hearth's Warming Eve again. As well as celebrating this holiday with your new friends, along with learning your lesson about it. Also, thank you for making Diamond Tiara believe in me. Even though she done a lot of bad things, she did one nice thing for her friend, Silver Spoon. It's just an exception, and I think somepony like her deserved it. Until next year, I bid you farewell until next Christmas and Hearth's Warming Eve. - Sincerely yours, Santa Claus.

....No way. I gotten myself a letter from Santa Claus himself! I can't wait for the others to see it and...

POOF!

What the?! It just disappeared right in front of my eyes! No!...Oh well...

"This is the best Hearth's Warming Eve ever!" Twilight cheered.

"Yeah! For my first Hearth's Warming Eve and Christmas, this truly has been great so far!" Kodi added with a chuckle.

"Dang right!" Ren agreed, still excited for his PS5.

"Well I know one thing..." Princess Celestia and her sister looked at each other with smiles on their faces as she announced "I shall make Christmas a new holiday for Equestria to enjoy. Like Ren and his friends stated, it's for everypony to enjoy! So everypony around Equestra should enjoy it as well, either with their friends and family."

"Indeed." Princess Luna nodded in agreement.

"Y-yeah...me too." I nodded as my friends came over and hugged me tightly, feeling happy not about their gifts, but everyone being here. If it wasn't for Twilight, I...I guess I-I wouldn't enjoy it once again. Besides, maybe I wasn't able to get my father to celebrate with me. He can take a hike at least, I got these people and ponies with me...my friends.

Suddenly, music started ringing around the area, much to my confusion.

"Umm...where is that music coming?" I asked in confusion.

"Uh oh! It looks like another musical number!" Ren smiled.

"Musical number?"

"Yeah, apparently it's a thing here in this world." Mason explained. "Though, I'll never figure out who's playing that music."

"Duh! The writers of our show!" Pinkie answered, much of our confusion.

"What?" Carrie asked in confusion.

"Nothing!" Pinkie assured with a giggle.

"Well...come on everypony! Let's do it together!" Kaede said with a smile, which everyone agreed.

"Yeah! What do you say Jamie?" Ren asked, extending his hand in front of me. I looked at it for a while before softly smiling and accepting it before saying "Yeah. I'm ready."

Soon, the music began playing a familiar Christmas song from a certain band. I think it was called NSYNC. Haven't heard their music before, but I heard they make good music. But you know, maybe singing it won't be bad. I got my friends by my side, and besides...it would be nice to sing at least.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hearth's Warming Eve!

(Ren):

Merry Christmas, Happy Hearth's Warming Eve
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Happy Hearth's Warming Eve

(Twilight):
We've been waiting all year for this night
And the snow is glistening on the trees outside

(Kaede):
And all the stockings are hung by the fire side
Waiting for Santa to arrive

(Jamie):
And all the love will show
'Cause everypony knows
It's Christmastime and
All the fillies will see
The gifts under the tree
It's the best time of the year for the family

(Choir):
It's a wonderful feeling
Feel the love in the room
From the floor to the ceiling
It's that time of year
Christmastime is here
And with the blessings from above
Celestia sends you his love
And everybody's okay
Merry Christmas, Happy Hearth's Warming Eve
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Happy Hearth's Warming Eve!

(Carrie):
Bells are ringing
It's time to scream and shout (scream and shout)
And everypony's playing cause school's out

(Mason):
Celebrating this special time we share
Happiness cause love is in the air

(Rarity):
And all the love will show
'Cause everypony knows
It's Christmastime and
All the fillies will see
The gifts under the tree
It's the best time of the year for the family

(Choir):
It's a wonderful feeling
Feel the love in the room
From the floor to the ceiling
It's that time of year
Christmastime is here
And with the blessings from above
Celestia sends you his love
And everthing's okay
Merry Christmas, Happy Hearth's Warming Eve
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Happy Hearth's Warming Eve

Merry Christmas, Happy Hearth's Warming Eve
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Happy Hearth's Warming Eve!

(Fluttershy):
No matter what your holiday
It's a time to celebrate

(Rainbow Dash):
And put your worries aside (worries aside)
And open up your mind (open up your mind)

(Jamie):
See the world right by your side
It's Christmastime

(Choir):
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Happy Hearth's Warming Eve
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Happy Hearth's Warming Eve!

It's a wonderful feeling
Feel the love in the room
From the floor to the ceiling
It's that time of year
Christmastime is here
And with the blessings from above
Celestia sends you his love
And everything's okay
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Happy Hearth's Warming Eve
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Happy Hearth's Warming Eve
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Happy Hearth's Warming Eve!

As soon as we finished the song, we all hugged each other and looked at the beautiful night sky, seeing the snow still falling down to us.

"And that folks is how to sing a Christmas song." Ren said, causing everypony to laugh.

"You said it Ren. You said it." Rainbow nodded.

"And I'm glad to celebrate it with you all." Twilight added with a smile before looking at me as I smiled and said "Same here Twilight."

This is what I wanted. Attention and love...that's what my hearts want. I'm so happy to finally...make friends for the first time in my entire life.

Author's Note:

How did you guys like this two part special? I'll get the next chapter out in a few days or so. So wait patiently. Also, the songs I've used are from Phineas and Ferb for the first and Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays was from NSYNC. I just found this song just several days ago and it was extremely catchy, so I had to put this one!

By the way, let the credits roll!

P.S. - The original ending apparently got copyrighted, so I chose this new one and it's peaceful. By the way, I do not own this theme, it belongs to the person who uploaded this on Youtube. Enjoy! Until time, bye-onara!

Comments

[Bumblebee16]

Now that is awesome!!!!!!

[The Taios]

now that was a great way to end christmas on a high note.

[dar88]

ah that was a nice ending for a xmas special ..... wait who that aaah no jack leave santa alone bad jack bad