It's Hearth's Warming Eve, the most festive, joyful time of the year! Everypony is busy merry-making, getting ready for another grand Hearth's Warming Celebration, or just reveling in the spirit of the season.

Everypony, that is, except for Gusty, who's more full of bah-humbug than goodwill.

All she wanted was a quiet Hearth's Warming at home with Gingerbread. What she's got instead is an impromptu trip to Canterlot, an overactive, bratty filly on her hooves, a snobby brother-in-law, a special somepony who's too busy prepping for the holiday festivities to spend any quality time with her, and -worst of all!- a whole host of her own personal ghosts chasing her.

With everything suddenly beyond her control, it's going to take everything Gusty's got to find the true magic of Hearth's Warming Eve in the world around her and in her own heart.

Notes: This takes place shortly after the events of Currents. It will definitely make more sense if you read that first!

The vast majority of the characters in this story are imported from G1, with a few OCs tossed in to the mix.

"What do you call an earth pony with a horn?"

"I don't know, what?"

"Gusty!"

It was an old joke, one that had never been funny. A unicorn's magic was a huge part of their daily life, after all, and what was a unicorn without proper magic?

Apparently, a joke.

Author's note: This is a two part side story to "We're Gonna Get There Soon". It takes place directly after the chapter entitled "Sunshine" and can stand alone, though it will make slightly more sense in conjunction with "We're Gonna Get There Soon."

"Currents" is meant to be a character study; I had mentioned in a blog post that I intended to flesh out a couple G1 ponies that I find interesting. This is a small part of their story.

And yes, it is intended to be bleak and end exactly as it does.

"Derpy..." He knew he needed to say something, but, well...Words had never really been Thunderlane's strong suit. Taking a quick moment to think on what would be the right thing, he hunched down next to her, resting his cheek on his own forelegs as he peered at her. "I'm glad you're not part a my family."

Her muffled sob was a very clear indication that that was decidedly not what she wanted to hear.

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This is a much longer follow up to How Sweet It Is. It will definitely make more sense if you read that first!

When Rainbow Dash makes some changes to the Ponyville Weather Crew's weekly team meetings and implements a snack duty rotation, a certain clutzy pegasus finds herself with some major problems -- The main one being the fact that she can't cook to save her life.

With her scheduled snack date fast approaching, poor Derpy has no clue what do, other than fail miserably and get laughed at, as per usual.

Fortunately, it's Thunderlane to the rescue!

Author's note:

This is my first ever finished Pony-fic and I'm excited about it. However, I'm the only one who proofed it, so if you find any mistakes or errors, please don't be shy about telling me! I love comments in any form.

Also, this did not start its life as a shipfic...But somehow became one anyway.

Anywho, enjoy!