After going on Iron Will’s Cruise of the Princesses, Star Tracker finds himself in the awkward position of being an honorary former member of the Sparkle family. Hearth’s Warming is just around the corner, and gift-giving is tough when you’re not even sure if the person you’re buying for counts as a sister or a stranger. What’s a colt to do?
Overthink it, of course.
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Written for 2018's Jinglemas!, as a Secret Santa gift for ChillyKitty.
Now available in Spanish, courtesy of SPANIARD KIWI.
Chapters (1)
"What are we going to do? It's almost time to close the store and we still have these hats that nopony likes."
"Relax, Loose Change. There still are a few minutes left in Hearth's Warming shopping time, and I put one of them out as bait earlier. As long as there are stallions, we have nothing--"
The door to the store slammed open and Star Tracker dashed to the counter, slamming down a huge bag of bits. "Those... hats... still... for... sale?"
Season's Greetings smiled and produced a box. "Yes. Would you like the optional wrapping for just a few bits more?"
Cute story! I have to feel for Star Tracker, but it's nice that it worked out in the end, with a little Help and Frustration from his friends.
9374235 The same is (sadly) even more true with flower shops on February 14...
As I said before - a very sweet tale, perfect for the season. Nice work.
...I'd add in my previous commentary again, but I forgot to copy it.
This sentence amused me greatly.
I feel like this story has a lesson that would have helped me this past December.
Well this was a cute one shot
With that level of overthinking, he definitely qualifies as an honorary Sparkle. Lovely little story. Glad I finally read it.
This was so good. It made me slightly uncomfortable just to imagine it, yet also pity the person who's stuck doing that because he doesn't get it.
And that was a really sweet ending.
This was really sweet and touching. I really liked how you characterized Star Tracker, and enter spacing is a dialogue with narration descriptions of his friends was really nice.
Very charming story!
Not gonna lie, I did not expect that to go so well.
I’m, like, two years late to this party. Lovely story!
Happy Hearth’s Warming, 2021, Chris!
Just rewatched the episode that Star Tracker was in and was wondering if there was any fic about him that isn't horrible. This is relatable, as I also gifted a hat to an artist I admire after overthinking it 3000 times. And very sweet.