"Good morning Spike," Twilight yawned.

Spike is still asleep on his bed dreaming. It was only a week from Heart's Warming eve. Twilight shakes Spike back and forth. He slowly opens his eyes.

"Twilight, can I go back to sleep, it too early to wake up?" he asked.

"We need to head to the train station."

"For who?"

"My family, remember where going to Canterlot to see my family this holiday," Twilight reminded. She has never been with her family in a very long time. She never saw them ever since she left Canterlot. She finally got the chance to see them again. They invited her for the Hearth's Warming family reunion. It was just her, Spike, and her family.

Twilight ran to the bathroom and turned on the water. Ones the tub was filled she jumped in and washed herself. She wanted to make her appliance just right. She was too excited to see her family again. Every Hearth's Warming she would spend time in Ponyville with her friends. It never felt the same spending time with the same ponies over and over.

After her bath she levitated her brush and starts brushing her hair. She looks in the mirror and smiles. Staring in the mirror she imagined herself with her family again. Then she walks right out of the bathroom to find Spike on his bed asleep. Twilight uses magic to pull the covers out from under him. He spends into the air and lands on the floor float on his stomach.

"Ouch, why did you do that?" Spike asked rubbing himself.

"The train is leaving in an hour. You can sleep on the train but now I want you to pack. Where going in 30 minutes. If you're going to sleep than you can stay here."

"Fine I'm up. I'm going to pack. Twilight did you pack yesterday?"

"Yes, I was too excited to wait."

"You're excited like Pinkie Pie," Spike told Twilight

"I am. I'm going to wait for you downstairs." Twilight runs downstairs and levitates a book to herself and starts reading. About 30 minutes later Spike came down.

"I'm ready."
"Just in time Spike, now we can go to Cant-," Twilight was interrupted by a knock at the door. Twilight opens the door and there was a yellow stallion with a blue shirt on. He was a mail pony

"Telegram for Twilight Sparkle," he said.

"That's me."

The mail pony gives the letter to Twilight and walks off. Twilight opens the letter and starts reading:

Dear Twilight

Something came up this Hearth's Warming and I'm sorry that you have to hear. There is too much going on right now. Twilight, we can't have you here right now. I'm sorry that you were looking forward for a Hearth's Warming holiday for your family. I know it's hard but you still have your friends to hang out with.

Love

Mom

Twilight's tears fall onto the ground. She wipes her face with her hoof. Spike walks outside.

"Twilight, what's wrong?" he asked trying to comfort her.

"This letter, Mom said that they're too busy this holiday."

"That's ok, you have your friends. They are kind of your family." Spike suggested

"But I spend time with them every year. Every once in awhile Spike, I want to do something different. This was my only chance to do that."

"We don't get whatever we want sometimes. This is just life."

"I want to meet new ponies and spend time with them this holiday. I was going to do that in Canterlot but I can't do that," Twilight yelled her anger

Twilight ignores Spike and goes back inside the library. She unpacks her stuff and lies down in her bed. She starts getting flashback with her family. She thought of the time when she was a young filly opening presents on Hearth's Warming day. It was snowing outside and the fireplace was on. Her parents always loved her and her brother, Shining Armor. Princess Celestia gave her a present for being her private student. She loved the old days when she was growing up. Now today she sees that her brother is spending Hearth's Warming in the Crystal Empire this year because he's hosting a party there with Princess Cadence. With her family, it was all spread out in Equestria.

There was a sudden knock at the door. Twilight opens her eyes and looks at the time. It was 3:00 in the afternoon. She must have fallen asleep when having a flashback. Also she never had enough sleep last night because she was too excited to wake up and go to Canterlot. Twilight get out of bed to go answer the door.

"Yes?" she said while opening the door. There was no pony there. All there was a package as big as a bucket. Twilight levitates the box and sets it in the middle of the library. She finds a note in the middle of the room. She picks it up and it was from Spike.

Went to the store, be back in an hour.

Spike

She levitates a knife and slices the tape on top. She opens the box; there were lots of packing peanuts inside. She reaches her hooves inside the box and finds something that was very round. She slowly took it out and found was a snow globe. She sets it on the floor and looks at it.

Inside the snow globe appeared to be a tiny village with ponies frozen in place. There was snow on the ground and it seemed like it was a nice little town. Twilight wonders: what will it be like to have a life like this? She asked herself. Twilight looks inside the box and finds a key that went into the snow globe. She puts it in the small hole in the globe. She looks at it more and decides to dust it off. She levitates a towel and wiped it clean.

Twilight looks at the box to find out who was the sender. There was no ponies name on it or address. I don't know the sender so who send it to me? I love the gift. I'm going to keep it right by my bed for just this Hearth's Warming holiday. She thought.

Twilight levitates the snow globe right by her bed and walks back down to the library to work on studies. Spike comes home after 50 minutes. Twilight works on her studies for the rest of the day in sadness because of her family. When she looked at the clock it was 2 in the morning. It was time to hit the hay. She went upstairs and walked passed her snow globe. She walks up to it and thought maybe it played music. She used magic to wind up the globe. Then once she couldn't wind it up anymore she let go. It started to snow inside of the globe and started play beautiful music. Twilight lay down in her bed and fell asleep because of the music. To Twilight it was the most beautiful present she ever got. But she is about to find out there is more to it then she thinks.