Bureaucracy can be boring, especially to a young filly.
Babysitting can be annoying, particularly to a changeling general.
When unfortunate circumstances force Princess Flurry Heart and Prince Pharynx into each other’s company—on Hearth’s Warming, no less—the two find that even if initial plans fall through, the resulting backup may not be all that bad.
This Breezie story was written for Yoshikage Kira as a part of Jinglemas 2021! For more information about Jinglemas, check out our group!
Cover art put together by Shakespearicles
And now with a reading by Nailah!
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As someone who also enjoys borrowing lil' Pexy and loves when Pharynx is forced to interact when creatures so very unlike him, I give this story a ten out of ten! Wonderful job, you captured Phar and Flurry perfectly, and made it adorable to boot!
Aww this was a very cute story and a very unique some sort of friends forever pair up between flurry heart and pharynx she was pretty disappointed that apex can not playing with her but thorax had a plan to get his brother to play with her instead sure it did not go very well at first but things getting better with both of them though again it's adorable seen them like that this was pretty good keep on the good work merry Christmas and happy holidays
Smiled the whole time.
'Mister General' is the best thing. And of course I don't mind! I'm a firm believer in communal artwork creation, inspiring others to create art after being inspired by yours. That's the basis for fanfiction, after all.
Though I was slightly disappointed that he was just a mention cameo...I kinda wanted to see his rambunctious personality written in your style.
Maybe next time. 
I love the subtle lore building on Ocellus further introducing tree decorations, and I also thought your take on an older Flurry who can talk was very nice. I can definitely see Pharynx getting strong-hoofed into situations by smol ponies, just as he was so many times by smol buggos in KoLB.
Overall, a fun, quick read!
Thanks for writing it! Never too much Thorax, Pharynx and buggos to be had.
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To be totally honest, when I got the prompt (Flurry and Pharynx), my original idea did include Apex. Would've been the other way around— the Bug Bros+Apex would've gone to the CE and somehow Pharynx would've gotten saddled looking after BOTH Flurry and Apex (Crystal Guards be saying "Heck no, we do this every day."). But I wouldn't have been able to think of the right way to do it, execute it, get it edited, AND find some appropriate cover art in the time I was allowed (only 8 hours!). If this had been my first Jinglemas prompt, you bet your butt I would have come up with something fun for Apex to be included in (with some good art, too).
Apex was adorable to read, would certainly be fun to write (if I can get him right).
Maybe one of these days I'll get a chance to write him when I'm not totally wrapped up in DaD.
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Y'know, I didn't even think of the idea of it being Friends Forever-esque. That's kind of a fun idea.
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Thanks! This was certainly an odd pair, but it seems like I did something right!
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You definitely did! It was so adorable!
I read your response to NavelColt, btw. I'd also love to see how you write Apex, I bet you'd do a great job. Plus I wouldn't feel as awkward being the only person who "stole" the lil' guy from NavelColt-
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We’ve certainly been getting quite a slew of Pharynx fics, haven’t we?
That was absolutely perfect in every way possible! I couldn't have asked for a better gift! Every little bit of character was amazing.
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I for one am glad
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I'm so glad you like it! Merry Jinglemas!
SOOOOO CUUUUUUUTE
LOVE THE APEX CAMEO
D’AWW THAT’S ADORABLE!
So who won?
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Roll a die of any size. Evens, Flurry, odds, Pharynx.
"Mister General" is just the cutest thing -- which, given the cuteness in the rest of the fic, is saying something.
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That coverart is really good!
A very cute heartwarming story
Adorable.
This was absolutely adorable. Loved to see a talking Flurry, and how much she teases poor Pharynx. xD
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I'm terribad with names and he suggested yours. Would you be okay with that?
Hey, Melody, just wanted to slide in here and verify if you'd be okay in LD and I officially using 'Pexy' as Calor's nickname for Apex in a collab he and I are currently writing.
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Oh yeah, that's fine! I do have a not-story-canon-but-in-blogs-canon thing where only one specific buggo uses the nickname, but I'm happy to let you use it, Apex was your OC first, and they're separate stories from mine anyway! And ohmygosh-a fic involving Calor interacting with Apex?! That would be the most cavity-inducing fic of yours yet!!! I can't wait to see it!!!
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Thanks! Yeah, separate fanons so that's all fine. Yup, the collab is a future fic, taking place a few years after KoLB. It explores Thorax and Calor's relationship and their parent dynamic with Apex. I'll be sure to ready the ambulance for you.
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I shall definitely need it! Here's a little sneak peek of my inevitable reaction: D'awwwwwwwwwwwww!
S’ok.
An oddball ghost happened across your fic and read it. Have a review!