Hello everypony and welcome to my My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Hearth's Warming fanfiction A Hearth's Warming Carol. I know the title's not that creative, but I need to get a whole fanfiction done in *checks calendar* a little more than 16 days, if you count Christmas that is. So, I'll get into more about stories and updating at the bottom. For now, just sit back, relax, and enjoy the first chapter of A Hearth's Warming Carol."

Disclaimer: I do not own MLP:Fim or A Christmas Carol. Mlp:Fim belongs to Hasbro and A Christmas Carol belongs to Charles Dickens.

Welcome all you Bronies and Pegasisters young and old, to a story you may think you know. You may have heard of the story of Ebenezer Scrooge and how he hated Christmas with all his heart, but then his heart changed about both Christmas and life the night he was visited be three ghosts of past, present, and future. You may have thought Scrooge was the only one who this miracle could happen to, but you are wrong, for there is one more.

This is the story of a draconequus, and how in one Hearth's Warming night, he went from a bah humbug himself, to a lover of all thing Hearth's Warming, and all because of three helpful "ghosts" and one kind pegasus. This is how it began.

The night was bitter and so cold that if anypony even lifted a hoof outside, they might have turned into an ice cube. The wind could be heard howling for miles and it was destroying any tree that wasn't firmly planted by the earth ponies. In this wind there were many little snowflakes, gliding across the path the wind made. There were so many of them however that the flakes looked like one giant white wall.

Thankfully though, everypony was tucked away in their home, putting the finishing touches on their decorations both homemade and store bought. Families were sitting around fires, enjoying the heat it brought them, and fillies and colts were grabbing presents with their names on them, shaking the object until they had a good idea of what it was.

Our six favorite ponies were even enjoying this cold Hearth's arming night.

Twilight and Spike were opening their presents early like they do every year. Spike smiled in delight when he pulled out a bag full of gems, and Twilight squealed in happiness when she got a stack full of books. They gave each other a smile, knowing that they each got each other exactly what they wanted.

Rainbow Dash was sitting on a carpet near the fire reading Daring Do and the Ring of Destiny for the seventeenth time. She kept looking at the clock and back at the presents though, not really concentrating on the book. Her eyes wandered towards the rectangular shaped present wrapped in red paper. She hoped it was the next book in series. She couldn't wait another second to find out what happened next.

Rarity was putting the finishing touches on decorations in the boutique, wanting it all to be perfect. She was hosting a Hearth's Warming party for all her friends tomorrow and she wanted to get it right. She did stop for a moment when she heard Sweetie Belle's snoring though. Rarity let out a small smile then went back to work.

It was anything but calm at Sugar Cube Corner. Pinkie Pie was flying across the kitchen grabbing eggs from the fridge with her hooves while using her tail to grab the sugar. She had to finish all the food by tomorrow if there was going to be anything to eat at Rarity's party. Not be able to have any cupcakes! Just the thought itself made Pinkie shiver. She wouldn't let horrible thoughts like those stop her though; she simply smiled and hopped over to the mixing bowl, adding in the ingredients.

Applejack was reading the Hearth's Warming story to Apple Bloom. She was using funny voices for the characters, which made Apple Bloom giggle nonstop. It didn't help when Applejack decided to start a one pony play and began acting out all the parts. In the end they forgot about the story all together and both of the Apple sister's were a laughing heap on the floor.

Finally, there was the last of our six, Fluttershy. She was, like Rarity, decorating her house for Hearth's Warming. However, instead of doing it alone, her animal friends were helping her. Angel was hanging up stockings, the birds were placing reefs on the windows and the front door, and the mice and squirrels were putting decorations up on the wall, using chairs and other objects to get the decoration high enough. As for Fluttershy herself, after making sure her little critters were okay handling the decorations, she went to finishing wrapping her presents.

As she finished the last present she let out a sigh of relief, the fire basking her in a soft orange glow. She took in the warmth the fire provided, knowing this was once again going to be a successful Hearth's Warming.

The flash of light behind her proved that theory wrong of course.

She let out a squeak and flew behind the nearby couch, her wings covering her eyes as she crouched into a ball. "Huh," she heard a deep voice say, "I was sure she was here." Fluttershy uncovered her eyes and sat up out of her previous ball like position.

Wait she thought to herself, I know that voice. She poked her head above the couch and smiled in at the sight she saw. It was a tall creature with a dragon foot and the hoof of a deer. He had the tail of a serpent with a white tuft of fur at the end. His hands were a paw and a claw, while he had the blue wing of a pony and a purple bat wing next to it on his back. Brown fur was seen on his body until the head and neck where it turned grey. His head was pony shaped, although his features were anything but. Upon his head were an antler and a goat horn, followed by a black mane on the back of his neck. His eyebrows were as white as the snow falling outside and he had a goatee to match. There was a fang that came out of the top of his mouth also. And to wrap it all up, he had yellow eyes with bright red pupils and with the fire's light illuminating them, it almost looked like they were glowing.

However, no matter how monstrous this creature may have seemed, the pegasus was more than happy to see this creature. "Discord," she shouted, although with her voice, it was no more than a whisper, "I'm so happy you're here!" She jumped onto him giving him a hug. He blushed a little but hugged her back none the less. He pulled her back after a couple of seconds and looked into her teal eyes. Fluttershy had to stay flying to keep level.

"Well of course I'm here Fluttershy. I wouldn't miss our regular Tuesday tea after all." She looked at him strangely, the confusion clear on her face.

"Um Discord," she muttered, "you do know that it's Thursday night… Right?"

Discord looked shocked and flashed on a wrist watch, which he studied intensely. "That can't be right. It says right here that its 12:23 on Tuesday after- Oh, that's right. I forgot that when dimension traveling; you need to carry the pi. How could I forget such a simple rule?" He kept babbling on about nonsense that Fluttershy didn't really understand. Although, after being friends with the Lord of Chaos for so long, she learned not to question it. She looked around and saw most of her animal friends hiding behind objects and decorations scattered across the room. She flew over to them individually, coaxing them out of hiding.

"Well then Fluttershy," she turned around at the sound of his voice, "looks like I'll be going. See you Tuesday." He flashed on a red and purple polka dotted Hawaiian shirt with shorts to match. He had a suitcase in his paw and was positioning his claw to snap himself out. Before he could snap away though, Fluttershy stopped him.

"Discord, wait! Don't you want to stay for Hearth's Warming?" The words of the holiday made him stiffen. In an instant, his previous attire was off and he was back to looking like his draconequus self. He slowly turned to meet her gaze. However, the yellow pegasus saw hatred in his eyes, not delight like before.

"Hearth's Warming?" He practically spit the words out as if they were venom and Fluttershy took a step back. She hadn't seen him this mad since the incident at the Grand Galloping Gala. Her critters could also tell things were going downhill. Out of the corner of her eye, Fluttershy saw them all go back into hiding.

"Y-yes." She stuttered. "You, you d-do know what Hearth's Warming is, r-right?"

"Of course I know about the horrid holiday!" Fluttershy shrank down to the ground, fear racing through her heart. She was so frightened that she didn't notice a shadow appear in the window.

Discord looked at his friends eyes once again and saw that they were filled with fear. He felt his own heart tighten and he took a deep breath to calm himself. He hadn't intended to scare her. He hadn't wanted to scare her as much as the first time they met or during the Tirek incident. He swallowed the lump that formed in his throat and tried again.

"Of course I know about Hearth's Warming." He gritted his teeth, forcing himself to speak the words. "But I just happen to find it a holiday that should have never existed." He turned around so his back was facing her. He didn't want to see the fear in Fluttershy's eyes any longer.

Fluttershy cocked her head at him and slowly stood up, her hooves shaking a little in the process. She spread her wings and flew in front of him so he was looking at her. "Why do you not like Hearth's Warming?" She questioned.

He just grunted and moved around her, trying to get to the door. "It doesn't matter why, all that matters is that I do not and will not like this holiday. Ever." Fluttershy tried to stop him by putting a hoof on his shoulder but he simply moved away. She was going to speak, try to let him tell her why he hated Hearth's Warming, but Discord cut her off before she could finish the first word. "No convincing will change my mind either." He turned his mismatched head a little to see Fluttershy and the pain could clearly be seen on her face.

He felt a different kind of pain tear through his heart seeing the horrible look on her face. However, he chose to try and ignore it by walking towards the door. "Goodnight Fluttershy." He muttered barley loud enough for her to hear him.

"But Discord, I have a pr-"

"Goodnight Fluttershy." And with those last departing word, the cottage door flew open and Discord disappeared in a flash.

Fluttershy was in so much shock she didn't even notice the snow pile appearing in the cottage. Her animals did however and went to try and close the door. With a gasp and a heavy heart, Fluttershy went to help her friends.

After the door was successfully closed, she turned to the fire and let out a sigh. A few tears escaping her teal eyes when she thought of Discord. She chocked back a sob and sat by the blazing fire, hoping it might help the cold she felt and her heart. And it did, or at least it helped one of those things.

With her back to the window, Fluttershy never noticed the shadowy figure flying off. The pony saw what had happened between the two friends and she flew to the only place she could think of. The trip was hard with the wind and snow pelting her, and although she had a cloak on, the cold did seep through and made her coat cold to the touch, but the cold had never truly bothered her.

After a while, if she squinted hard enough she could see a crystal tree in the distance, also known as Twilight's Castle. The mare flew down and landed on the front step to the castle, her cloak flapping with the wind behind her. Without knocking, she used her magic and threw the doors open.

Twilight looked up from the book she was reading. It was one of the new ones that Spike had gotten her. In front of her, she could see a figure hidden by a black cloak that was whipping around the pony's body due to the wind. She saw the doors to the front of the castle glow blue then snap shut with a loud bang. Twilight turned and looked at Spike, who didn't wake up from his nap though, which wasn't in the least bit surprising.

"Twilight Sparkle!" The loud voice thundered and bounced off all the empty hallways. Twilight's attention snapped back to the mare, who pulled the hood off her head to reveal Luna, The Princess of the Night.

When Luna heard how loud she had spoken, she cleared her throat and tried again, being quiet like Fluttershy, with help from Twilight, taught her to do. "Twilight Sparkle, I need your help."

Hello everypony, GamerFan369! Welcome to my MLP:FiM Hearth's Warming special A Hearth's Warming Carol. I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter of the story. Please leave a review, I would love to hear what you guys think about the story and what you think I could improve on. Sorry if characters seem a little OOC, I am trying my best to keep them in character, but it's kind of hard to do when you are basing the character off a different character form another story. And if you hadn't noticed already, there will be Fluttercord in this. It won't be to extreme because I'm not the best at writing romance, but I still hope you like it.

This next part is for people reading this who are reading my Mario fanfiction Memories of Love so if you haven't read that Mario fanfiction of mine, don't read this. I am so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so sorry I haven't updated in so long. I am trying to finish the chapter. I will explain in more detail on my profile so if you want to know why, go check that out.

So anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and please leave a review. I will get the next chapter out ASAP since I want to get this story done by Christmas. Also could somepony tell me if ponies use tree during Hearth's Warming, I couldn't tell. Until then…

Peace! GamerFan369