> How Discord Stole Winter Wrap-Up
>  by Sonicsuns
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> How Discord Stole Winter Wrap-Up
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Every pony in Ponyville thought winter was done
But Discord, who lived far from Ponyville, said "The party's just begun!"
For Discord loved winter, the whole winter way
Now please don't ask why, for he'll tell you all day
'Twas partly the chaos of finding new gifts
And partly the drama of endless snowdrifts
But the primary reason he wanted more snow
Was to spend time with Flutters, his heart all aglow

But he couldn't admit it, that curious beast
He stared down at the ponies, and his forehead grew creased
Staring down from his realm with a sour, wild frown
At the warm lighted windows below in their town

For he knew that the ponies prepared for the day
When the traces of winter would be swept away
"And they'll take all the snow" he said with a sneer
"That cursed winter wrap-up. It comes every year!"

They'd start pushing clouds out to welcome the sun
They'd start melting snowdrifts (and calling it fun)
No more sleet! No more ice! No more wintery chills
No more show shoes or skiing or sledding on hills

No more holiday parties, the kind he liked best
When Fluttershy (sweeter than all of the rest)
Would sit there beside him, and give him a smile
That would send his heart fluttering quite a long while!

But on winter wrap-up, that troublesome day
She'd quickly get busy, with no time to play
Waking up critters both mighty and small
So that Discord felt he got no kindness at all

And there had been a time, maybe five years ago
When he'd offered to help with the wrapping-up show
But they told him "No Magic!" and Discord was stunned
He went back to his realm then, feeling quite shunned

All these things he remembered this wrapping-up eve
And he felt such frustration you'd scarcely believe
He wanted to show his dear Flutters his heart
To tell her "You're lovely, a true work of art"
But that was too much for a creature so proud
The chance of rejection could not be allowed
He was scared that his feelings might not be returned
He knew he was strange; he felt sure he'd be spurned

So the only way forward  (he thought in his mind)
The surest of ways to be near one so kind
Was to keep away changes, let nothing be new
Then maybe there'd be some more time just for two

So he growled, with his bird talon nervously drumming
"I must find some way to keep springtime from coming!
For tomorrow, I know, all the ponies below
Will wrap away winter, and put on a show!
And they'll sing! And they'll sing! And they'll SING! SING! SING! SING!"
And the more Discord thought of this big wrap-up sing
The more Discord thought "I must stop this whole thing!
Why, for two thousand years I've put up with it now.
I must stop springtime from coming, but how?"

Then he had an idea, an awful idea.
Discord had a terrible, awful idea!

"I'll use all my magic!" he shouted aloud
"And I'll cover the town with a monstrous cloud!
It will snow. It will snow. It will SNOW! SNOW! SNOW! SNOW!
It will block all the streets of the town far below.
It will snow all night long and then all through the day.
As for wrapping up winter, there won't be a way!"

So he called up a blizzard of terrible force
(With a helping of chocolatey rainfall, of course)
And it snowed and it snowed and it snowed all around
'Till a trace of the ponies could scarcely be found!

"Ah-ha-ha!" chortled Discord in impish delight
Then he went to see Flutters, snowed in for the night.
With a snap of his claw he was there in a flash
But instead of dear Flutters, he found Rainbow Dash!

"Oh Dashie!" said Discord, "This is a surprise.
Shouldn't you be above, maybe clearing the skies?"
"Don't play games!" she replied, "I know just what you've done.
You called up a blizzard. You thought it'd be fun!"
"Well it's hardly a crime to play games with the sky.
Don't bother me now. Where is dear Fluttershy?"
"She's gone!" said the pony
"She's gone? Where'd she go?"
"She went to help animals stuck in the snow!"
And there on the table she'd left them a note
"I've gone out to help critters. I'm bringing my coat"
"Oh my word!" shouted Discord, "She'll freeze half to death!"
Rainbow Dash said "I'll find her!" and then she just left.

And just for a moment Discord stood alone
He didn't intend this. How could he have known?
His heart filled with sorrow and he started to cry
Had he brought deadly dangers to dear Fluttershy?
He had hoped that more winter would bring them more time
More nice chats with hot cocoa, the flavor sublime
The kindest of ponies could warm Discord's heart
"Well I've got to do something!" he said with a start

So he opened the door and he looked up above
For it wasn't just chaos that held Discord's love
Then he grew, and he grew, and he GREW! GREW! GREW! GREW!
And he said to the chocolatey blizzard "You're through!"
Then he blew it away with a great burst of air
And he cleared all the paths till the roadways were bare

And he shouted "It's time! Winter Wrap-Up starts now!"
And the ponies rejoiced; Applejack grabbed a plow
Pinkie Pie baked a cake; Sweetie Belle sang a song
And Discord found Flutters and said "I was wrong.
I'm so sorry, dear Flutters. I called up the storm
I was lonely, and feeling so deeply forlorn
Can you ever forgive me?" he asked with a tear
Then she smiled and said "I forgive you, my dear."

And what happened then? Well the ponies all say
That Discord's small heart grew three sizes that day!
And every year hence he has helped with the rest
Wrapping up winter, for ponies know best