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"The Christmas Holiday Pony Club" Chapter 1: Minty's Sad Day
It was a cold winter's afternoon. The snow was falling gently onto Ponyville, covering the town and surrounding areas with a soft blanket of powder white. Most of the Ponyville ponies stayed indoors hanging out with friends at the Cotton Candy Café, sharing stories of Holiday's past and sipping hot chocolate while watching the snowfall from the gray bellowing winter clouds.
One such pony was doing just that. Her white and pink stripped hair covered her mint green face as she lay hunched over a round orange table, her hoof wrapped around her cup of.not hot chocolate, but minty green hot chocolate. It was more like a hot white chocolate that was died green with food coloring and a hint of fresh mint leaves on top. Minty was known for being an oddball kind of pony, but this time, oddly enough; she was being solemn and deep in thought. Even her cup of 'mint white chocolate coco' wasn't one of Minty's odd things, it seemed an everyday liking to her.
Minty sighed as her soft mint green eyes caught the sight of three winter holiday ponies playing outside in the snow. They were all dressed in their winter best as they frolicked in the snow.
Mittens looked over at the window in which Minty was sitting next to. Nudging her friend Snowflake, "Hey, what's up with Minty? She seems bummed about something."
"Yeah, you're right. It isn't like her to act in such a way. I wonder what's wrong?" Snowflake replied.
A white bodied, white and red strip haired pony with a candy cane as her cutie mark came sneaking up behind the two unexpecting ponies. In her hooves she carried a bucket full of snow and dumped it all over her two friend ponies.
"Ahhhh." Mittens cried as the snow trickled down her neck under her scarf.
"Hey!" Snowflake snorted as the snow hit her bare back.
"I couldn't help it," said Candy Cane. The two ponies shook off the snow and continued to stare at Minty who was still looking down in the dumps. "I know what's wrong with Minty."
"You do?" the two ponies said in unison.
"Yep," Candy Cane began. "It's all about this." She held up a piece of paper that read:
Attention all ponies of Dream Valley, Flutter Valley, Garden Friends and Ponyville,
After long debate, Stockings, the first Christmas Holiday pony, has announced the first annual Christmas Holiday Pony Club. This club is for Christmas themed ponies only. If you are one of these ponies you may come to Dream Castle to be enrolled into the club.
The requirements are as follows:
1) You must have a holiday/Christmas themed symbol/cutie mark
2) You have to be a winter born pony
3) You must have a name that has something to do with winter or
Christmas
4) You can have either one or more of these rules to apply for the
club
Any pony that does not apply to these rules cannot join. If you have a problem with this, take it up with Stockings or Majesty in Dream Castle, Dream Valley.
Thank you and have a wonderful holiday season.
Stockings President of Christmas Holiday Pony Club * * * * * * * *
"Ohhh." Mittens and Snowflake said in amazement.
"We didn't receive one of those," Snowflake said.
"Well, I guess the mailer figured I'd be telling you guys about it too anyway. Saves him a trip more, I guess."
"Is Winter Snow eligible?" Mittens asked.
"Pretty much. She has all the characteristics that the club is asking for," Candy Cane said as she looked to Minty again, who looked now to be crying, her head covered by her mane and arms. "I'm worried that Minty may have gotten one of these notices by mistake or found one extra on the ground."
"What do you mean, 'by mistake'?" a grayish-green bodied, white haired pony named Winter Snow said as she came walking up the snow covered coble stone path. "She's got a green body, white hair, green eyes, and to top it off mints as her cutie mark. Mints are for Christmas aren't they?"
"Well, yes, but to not what Stockings wants. I talked to her a few days ago about Minty's cutie mark and she clearly states, 'Regular round mints don't make a Christmas Holiday Pony member.' Even I don't understand it. I mean I have peppermint candy canes as my cutie mark. You'd figure Minty's mints would be Christmassy."
"Maybe we should have a talk with Stockings. This just isn't right," Snowflake added.
Meanwhile in the Cotton Candy Café.
"Minty, what's wrong?" Pinkie Pie said as she walked up next to her.
With a sniffle, "Just this," she slid the announcement paper to Pinkie Pie. She quickly read it.
"Oh, I'd say you would be able to join if you go over there."
"I don't think I'm eligible cause of this," she pointed to the fine print, which read:
"The club excludes Ponyville's Minty. Her mints do not make her a club member."
"What!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed, catching the attention of everyone else in the Café.
"What's up, Pinkie?" Sunny Daze asked.
"Stockings, from Dream Valley, said our Minty isn't allowed to join the club cause her cutie mark of mints aren't Christmas like," Pinkie Pie said.
"That's absurd!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed as she made her way through the group. "Who is this Stockings anyway? I've never seen her before."
"She lives in Dream Valley with all the other ponies that live there," Winter Snow added as she and the other three holiday ponies walked in the Café with her.
"Why would this Stockings say such a thing about Minty when she has never met her?" Razzaroo asked.
"I don't know, but us holiday ponies are going to go find out," Winter Snow said.
Mittens looked at Minty's announcement, "Candy Cane's announcement never said this at the bottom of her paper. Where did you get this, Minty?"
"In my mail box of course," Minty said with a sniffle, Wysteria handed her a tissue.
"That's so mean of her," Sparkleworks commented.
"Well, shouldn't we all go ask." Sweetberry asked.
"Me," Kimono said as she had just walked into the Café.
"Kimono, just the pony we were about to go see," Rainbow Dash said.
"I figured that ya'll would want to go see me when I received the Christmas Holiday Pony Club announcement myself."
"Did everyone get one?" Pinkie Pie asked looking at everyone in the room. Everyone raised a hoof each holding an announcement paper.
"So, what seems to be the trouble here?" Kimono asked.
"It's all about this, Kimono," Candy Cane replied as she handed her Minty's announcement paper.
"Oh, let me think about this for a moment," Kimono said after reading the paper and the fine print at the bottom. She thought long and hard about this and soon came up with the only solution she could. "You'll just have to take it up with Stockings or Majesty about this. All of you were going to do this anyway, right?" Everyone nodded their heads with a smile, but Minty, she was too upset to smile or nod her head.
"Don't worry, Minty. We'll get this all figured out for you," Candy Cane said.
Meanwhile in Dream Castle.
"How could you not allow Ponyville Minty to join?" Majesty asked in frustration.
"I have nothing against her, it's just that her mint cutie mark just doesn't seem Holiday or Christmas like to me," Stockings explained.
"What about the color of Minty?"
"I'm not counting color as a means to join. If I did there would be more white and green ponies joining the club when they were never winter born ponies or even have a holiday/winter style symbol. Why in the world would I ever use color to choice who and who cannot join? I think that's just wrong."
"Well, I find it wrong that you won't let Minty join. She's green, white and pink hair, green eyes, and mints as her cutie mark, what else is there that says, 'I'm Christmassy like'?"
Stockings sighed, "Do you think the Ponyville ponies will come in to talk about this?"
"YOU wrote that in the announcements and rumor has it you wrote a special announcement paper to Minty to see this 'fine print' you added," Majesty added, her eyes looking angry. "How could you do this to little silly Minty?" She shook her head. "I could have the means to cancel this little 'club' just because of this. No pony should ever be eliminated from any club that is made. There are so many of us, why push out Minty and only her?"
Stockings turned her head and glared over her shoulder. "I'd better prepare an explanation about this before they get here," she said, walking away from Majesty.
"Oh no you won't!" Majesty demanded, she ran towards her, but Stockings ran after that hearing Majesty run to her. "Come back here! It's better if you explain yourself here instead so I can tell them what happened!" Majesty's voice echoed through the thrown room as Stockings ran down the hall to the outside courtyard, ignoring Majesty's yells.
"The Christmas Holiday Pony Club" Chapter 1: Minty's Sad Day
It was a cold winter's afternoon. The snow was falling gently onto Ponyville, covering the town and surrounding areas with a soft blanket of powder white. Most of the Ponyville ponies stayed indoors hanging out with friends at the Cotton Candy Café, sharing stories of Holiday's past and sipping hot chocolate while watching the snowfall from the gray bellowing winter clouds.
One such pony was doing just that. Her white and pink stripped hair covered her mint green face as she lay hunched over a round orange table, her hoof wrapped around her cup of.not hot chocolate, but minty green hot chocolate. It was more like a hot white chocolate that was died green with food coloring and a hint of fresh mint leaves on top. Minty was known for being an oddball kind of pony, but this time, oddly enough; she was being solemn and deep in thought. Even her cup of 'mint white chocolate coco' wasn't one of Minty's odd things, it seemed an everyday liking to her.
Minty sighed as her soft mint green eyes caught the sight of three winter holiday ponies playing outside in the snow. They were all dressed in their winter best as they frolicked in the snow.
Mittens looked over at the window in which Minty was sitting next to. Nudging her friend Snowflake, "Hey, what's up with Minty? She seems bummed about something."
"Yeah, you're right. It isn't like her to act in such a way. I wonder what's wrong?" Snowflake replied.
A white bodied, white and red strip haired pony with a candy cane as her cutie mark came sneaking up behind the two unexpecting ponies. In her hooves she carried a bucket full of snow and dumped it all over her two friend ponies.
"Ahhhh." Mittens cried as the snow trickled down her neck under her scarf.
"Hey!" Snowflake snorted as the snow hit her bare back.
"I couldn't help it," said Candy Cane. The two ponies shook off the snow and continued to stare at Minty who was still looking down in the dumps. "I know what's wrong with Minty."
"You do?" the two ponies said in unison.
"Yep," Candy Cane began. "It's all about this." She held up a piece of paper that read:
Attention all ponies of Dream Valley, Flutter Valley, Garden Friends and Ponyville,
After long debate, Stockings, the first Christmas Holiday pony, has announced the first annual Christmas Holiday Pony Club. This club is for Christmas themed ponies only. If you are one of these ponies you may come to Dream Castle to be enrolled into the club.
The requirements are as follows:
1) You must have a holiday/Christmas themed symbol/cutie mark
2) You have to be a winter born pony
3) You must have a name that has something to do with winter or
Christmas
4) You can have either one or more of these rules to apply for the
club
Any pony that does not apply to these rules cannot join. If you have a problem with this, take it up with Stockings or Majesty in Dream Castle, Dream Valley.
Thank you and have a wonderful holiday season.
Stockings President of Christmas Holiday Pony Club * * * * * * * *
"Ohhh." Mittens and Snowflake said in amazement.
"We didn't receive one of those," Snowflake said.
"Well, I guess the mailer figured I'd be telling you guys about it too anyway. Saves him a trip more, I guess."
"Is Winter Snow eligible?" Mittens asked.
"Pretty much. She has all the characteristics that the club is asking for," Candy Cane said as she looked to Minty again, who looked now to be crying, her head covered by her mane and arms. "I'm worried that Minty may have gotten one of these notices by mistake or found one extra on the ground."
"What do you mean, 'by mistake'?" a grayish-green bodied, white haired pony named Winter Snow said as she came walking up the snow covered coble stone path. "She's got a green body, white hair, green eyes, and to top it off mints as her cutie mark. Mints are for Christmas aren't they?"
"Well, yes, but to not what Stockings wants. I talked to her a few days ago about Minty's cutie mark and she clearly states, 'Regular round mints don't make a Christmas Holiday Pony member.' Even I don't understand it. I mean I have peppermint candy canes as my cutie mark. You'd figure Minty's mints would be Christmassy."
"Maybe we should have a talk with Stockings. This just isn't right," Snowflake added.
Meanwhile in the Cotton Candy Café.
"Minty, what's wrong?" Pinkie Pie said as she walked up next to her.
With a sniffle, "Just this," she slid the announcement paper to Pinkie Pie. She quickly read it.
"Oh, I'd say you would be able to join if you go over there."
"I don't think I'm eligible cause of this," she pointed to the fine print, which read:
"The club excludes Ponyville's Minty. Her mints do not make her a club member."
"What!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed, catching the attention of everyone else in the Café.
"What's up, Pinkie?" Sunny Daze asked.
"Stockings, from Dream Valley, said our Minty isn't allowed to join the club cause her cutie mark of mints aren't Christmas like," Pinkie Pie said.
"That's absurd!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed as she made her way through the group. "Who is this Stockings anyway? I've never seen her before."
"She lives in Dream Valley with all the other ponies that live there," Winter Snow added as she and the other three holiday ponies walked in the Café with her.
"Why would this Stockings say such a thing about Minty when she has never met her?" Razzaroo asked.
"I don't know, but us holiday ponies are going to go find out," Winter Snow said.
Mittens looked at Minty's announcement, "Candy Cane's announcement never said this at the bottom of her paper. Where did you get this, Minty?"
"In my mail box of course," Minty said with a sniffle, Wysteria handed her a tissue.
"That's so mean of her," Sparkleworks commented.
"Well, shouldn't we all go ask." Sweetberry asked.
"Me," Kimono said as she had just walked into the Café.
"Kimono, just the pony we were about to go see," Rainbow Dash said.
"I figured that ya'll would want to go see me when I received the Christmas Holiday Pony Club announcement myself."
"Did everyone get one?" Pinkie Pie asked looking at everyone in the room. Everyone raised a hoof each holding an announcement paper.
"So, what seems to be the trouble here?" Kimono asked.
"It's all about this, Kimono," Candy Cane replied as she handed her Minty's announcement paper.
"Oh, let me think about this for a moment," Kimono said after reading the paper and the fine print at the bottom. She thought long and hard about this and soon came up with the only solution she could. "You'll just have to take it up with Stockings or Majesty about this. All of you were going to do this anyway, right?" Everyone nodded their heads with a smile, but Minty, she was too upset to smile or nod her head.
"Don't worry, Minty. We'll get this all figured out for you," Candy Cane said.
Meanwhile in Dream Castle.
"How could you not allow Ponyville Minty to join?" Majesty asked in frustration.
"I have nothing against her, it's just that her mint cutie mark just doesn't seem Holiday or Christmas like to me," Stockings explained.
"What about the color of Minty?"
"I'm not counting color as a means to join. If I did there would be more white and green ponies joining the club when they were never winter born ponies or even have a holiday/winter style symbol. Why in the world would I ever use color to choice who and who cannot join? I think that's just wrong."
"Well, I find it wrong that you won't let Minty join. She's green, white and pink hair, green eyes, and mints as her cutie mark, what else is there that says, 'I'm Christmassy like'?"
Stockings sighed, "Do you think the Ponyville ponies will come in to talk about this?"
"YOU wrote that in the announcements and rumor has it you wrote a special announcement paper to Minty to see this 'fine print' you added," Majesty added, her eyes looking angry. "How could you do this to little silly Minty?" She shook her head. "I could have the means to cancel this little 'club' just because of this. No pony should ever be eliminated from any club that is made. There are so many of us, why push out Minty and only her?"
Stockings turned her head and glared over her shoulder. "I'd better prepare an explanation about this before they get here," she said, walking away from Majesty.
"Oh no you won't!" Majesty demanded, she ran towards her, but Stockings ran after that hearing Majesty run to her. "Come back here! It's better if you explain yourself here instead so I can tell them what happened!" Majesty's voice echoed through the thrown room as Stockings ran down the hall to the outside courtyard, ignoring Majesty's yells.