Day 6, Hearthswarming Day:
With a gentle stir, her senses soon began to return to little Flurry Heart, the bright sunlight flickering with the shimmer of snow falling from above, the warm and comfortable feeling of the silky sheets she slept curled up beneath, the sounds of laughter from the kitchen, the scent of delicious Biscuits and Hayvy cooking on the stovetop... All of the indicators of her favorite day of the year! Hearthswarming was finally here!
Throwing off her blankets and hopping out of bed so fast she almost fell to the ground, she giggled and screamed as she bolted out of her room to give her greeting to her parents, friends, family and all else whom she would encounter that day during the festivities!
The entire day was such a wonderful blur of joyful playing, laughter, gift giving, spreading cheer and visiting with loved ones, it was truly a day for Flurry Heart to remember for the rest of her life!
Back in the eerie, hollow and desolate cage that she resided within; Cozy Glow brooded away. There were no decorations, no gifts, no tree to tuck them under. She was fine with no caroling, no sparkling lights, no fancy feasts. She plotted and planned and schemed her revenge! She didn't need cookies or candy canes or sappy stories! All she needed was time to plot the perfect escape so she may exact her revenge upon those that humiliated her!
Pacing circles within her prison, she continued to ruminate aloud, "I don't need other ponies or presents or potlucks or pictu...", pausing as her gaze fell upon the previously discarded ball of crumpled up paper that was just outside of her cage.
After a few moments' pause, she slowly moved to stand at the edge of her cage and reached out to the poor letter she had previously wrecked and rejected. Her hoof getting closer and closer to the letter, she pressed her body against the bars of the cage to get every last bit of reach she could manage, yet it felt like it was juuuuust too far away!
"Why did I have to throw you so far, you stupid thing?!", she grumbled to herself as she strained as hard as she could. After exhaling her breath, she felt as though she might soon squeeze through the very bars holding her back, her hoof made purchase, and she laughed in celebration before quickly withdrawing it back into the cage with her, "Hah! Got you!"
She hastily unfurled it once more and placed the crease-covered paper upon the floor of her prison, smoothing it out as best as she could, she gazed upon the colored pencil-covered side and just stared at it.
She stared at it, looking over every stroke, every little erase spot from a mistake, every color used. She just... Stared.
After what felt like an eternity, the echoing of one of Cerberus' long howls shattered the silence, causing Cozy Glow to jump in surprise and grab the photo, possessively squeezing it to her chest.
It was hers, and none shall ever take it from her!
The End
i disagree that cozy is truly rotten and irredeemable i believe she can be redeemed one day but good story anyway
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I mean... How do you interpret the ending? It might have just been her first step in the direction of redemption, if you think about it!
11785309 I don't think about that sorry about that but good point thanks by the way I hope you have a good day
Thanks so much for writing this for me. First of all, I'm so impressed at the length of this story - how much time it must has taken you!
Onto the story itself:
This line! All in my feels! A small spark of hope for a possible redemption for Cozy
Thanks for taking the time to write this for me, and I'm glad to hear you enjoyed writing it as well! Happy Holidays to you
Shame... This story deserves more likes.
I appreciate that you have Flurry make a deliberate determined effort to reach Cozy Glow at considerable cost to her own convenience.
I appreciate that you show her character as having a reason for rejecting friendship even though we aren't told exactly what it is.
I appreciate that this doesn't overly exaggerate the character we saw in the show the way some fics do.:pinkiesad:
The dialogue was a bit simplistic but everything else, from character to scenery to plot, is done really well.
In some cases I actually think the simplicity works better for the characters in the end, as you are telling a story about children, and they won't all be deep philosophical thinkers.
A truly wonderful read. I only wish it had gotten more appreciation.
11785309 i should let you know i'm making an anime and cozy glow's is in it and her real name is cozetta glasgow and if you want to know what made my cozy so evil think of shadow the hedgehog backstory but turned up to 11 so yeah cozetta loses her friends her mom and her clan making her as much as she knows the lost of her kind and if you want to know what her kind is descended from the Crystal Empire who interbred with pegasi and who started her on her road to Reformation i think it should be Cadence and her daughter