My Little Pony: The Reason For the Season

Chapter 10

Hearth Warming/Christmas 2000

Neo was invited to Canterlot Castle to spend Hearth Warming Eve with Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, since this was going to be Neo's first Hearth Warming in Equestria, they wanted to make it as special as possible for him. Neo was walking down the hallway, looking for Princess Luna's room, Princess Celestia told him that Luna was waiting to see him in her room. As Neo walked down the hallway to Luna's room, he passed by a balcony and saw the moon, Neo stopped and looked at the moon, Neo felt religious and went outside on the balcony. Neo sat out on the balcony and he sang a Christmas song as he looked up at the night sky and the moon ("O Holy Night" The Home Alone Version), looking up at the night sky and the moon made him think of the night Jesus was born.

As Neo was singing his song out on the balcony, Princess Luna came out of her room, wondering where he was, she went to the throne room and asked Princess Celestia where Neo was and Celestia told her that Neo was going to Luna's room to see her, then both Celestia and Luna went to look for Neo. Then they both heard Neo's voice coming from the balcony, Celestia and Luna saw Neo sitting out on the balcony, looking up at the sky and singing his song. They listened to his song and they thought the song was beautiful, they loved hearing Neo sing, especially Princess Luna. They came out to the balcony and Neo was so into his song, he didn't hear them, right when Neo finished his song, Neo heard a voice behind him say, "That was a beautiful song." Neo looked behind him and saw Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, they were smiling at him, Neo felt a little embarrassed, Luna said to Neo, "I loved your song, it was very sweet." Neo said, "Thank you Luna, I'm sorry if I kept you waiting." Luna said, "That's okay, I'm just happy you're here."

Luna sat down next to Neo and Princess Celestia said, "I'll leave you two alone so you can catch up, I wish you two a wonderful night." She gave Neo a kiss on the cheek, which made him blush. Neo felt another dose of happiness soar through his body, he thought that Princess Celestia truly was an angel, then Princess Celestia went back inside, leaving Neo and Princess Luna out on the balcony to spend time together.

Both Neo and Princess Luna looked up at the night sky, then Luna looked at Neo with a smile, she said to him, "So Neo, are you having a nice Hearth Warming?" Neo said, "Yes, it's wonderful, it's a lot like Christmas." Luna knew about Christmas from Celestia after hearing about Neo's Christmas pageant, Neo looked up at the sky and said, "Oh Luna, you make such beautiful nights." Luna giggled and said, "Oh you, aren't you sweet." Then she thought to herself and said, "Neo, would you sing me a song?" Neo said, "Okay, what would you like me to sing for you?" Luna said, "Please sing me that song you were singing when my sister and I found you out here, I loved it." Neo said, "Okay, you can sing with me if you want." Luna smiled and said, "I would love to." Then Neo began singing a song for Luna ("O Holy Night" by the Ray Conniff Singers), Luna loved the song and she even moved her head along to the melody, when Neo got to the last verse of the song, Luna sang along with him. She sang in such a beautiful voice, she sounded like an angel, then they both finished the song, Luna felt very happy and she loved the song, Neo said, "Oh Luna, you have such a lovely voice, you sound just like an angel." Luna giggled and blushed, she said, "Oh thank you, you're such a sweet boy."

Luna put her wing around Neo and they sat out on the balcony a little bit longer, Luna held Neo close beside her with her wing around him. Then she noticed how late it was, she said, "Oh my goodness, it's about your bedtime." Neo said, "Really?" Luna nodded and said, "Yes indeed, as princess of the night, I must see that you get a good night's sleep, you have a big day tomorrow to spend with your friends." Neo said, "You're right." Luna said, "Will you please come with me, I'll take you to your room for the night." Princess Luna went inside the castle with Neo walking beside her, as they walked, Luna looked at him with a smile. Luna looked so beautiful, Neo loved the movement of her starry mane waving like a flag, it made her seem so beautiful and majestic, she took him to his room for the night, she kindly opened the door for him and he walked into the room.

Luna said she had to go attend her nightly duties as usual, but Neo wanted to sing one more song for her, she said she would love that, Neo sang another song for her ("Count Your Blessings" by the Ray Conniff Singers), Luna really loved this song, it was truly a wonderful message she could spread to other ponies. When he finished the song, she said, "That was a wonderful song, thank you for singing it to me, now it's time for bed." Neo gave Luna a big hug, she hugged him back and they shared a big hug, as they hugged, Neo said, "I love you Luna." She sweetly replied, "I love you too my love." Then Neo looked into Luna's eyes for a few seconds, her eyes were so beautiful, then Luna gave Neo a kiss on the cheek, making Neo blush bright red, he could see hearts floating around him. Then she said in sweet voice, "Good night, and merry Hearth Warming to you my love." Neo replied, "Good night my beautiful princess, and merry Christmas to you."

She giggled sweetly and she walked out of the room, she stopped, looked back at him, she smiled and winked at him, then she walked out of the room. Being kissed by a pony princess was the most wonderful thing he ever felt, and with that, Neo went to sleep very fast, as he slept, he played the song he sang for Luna in his mind ("Count Your Blessings" by the Ray Conniff Singers). As Neo slept, Princess Luna came back into his room, she walked over to his bed and looked at him sleeping, she smiled at the sleeping boy and said, "Merry Hearth Warming my love, I hope you have fun with you friends,"

Then she closed her eyes, her horn glowed, then Neo's body glowed, then a bright pink light surrounded Neo for a second, then when the light disappeared, Neo was gone, he was no longer in the bed. Luna's horn stopped glowing, then she looked at the empty bed and said, "I'll see you very soon my love." And she walked out of the room with a cheerful smile and continued on with her nightly duties.

The next morning, Neo woke up, but he saw that he was no longer in Canterlot Castle, he was in his room at the Castle of Friendship, at first he was wondering how he got there. He assumed that Princess Celestia or Princess Luna somehow sent him home while he was asleep, but either way, he was happy to be home and now he could go spend Hearth Warming Day with his friends. Neo got up and began walking down the hall in the castle, at first it was quiet, he didn't hear a sound, he was wondering if his friends were even here. When he got into the throne room, it was dark and quiet inside.

Then suddenly, the lights came on and loud voices shouted, "SURPRISE!" Neo looked around the room, the room was full of ponies, they were all smiling at him, then he saw the mane 6 trotting over to him, they said to him, "Merry Hearth Warming Neo." Neo said, "You... you did all this for me?" Twilight said, "Of course, we planned it out while you were at Canterlot Castle, we wanted to give you the best Hearth Warming you've ever had, so Pinkie Pie planned this party for you." Pinkie Pie grinned at Neo and said, "What do you think Neo, do you like the party, huh, huh?" Neo said, "I love it Pinkie, you're the best party pony ever." He gave Pinkie Pie a big hug, Pinkie Pie hugged him back and the rest of the mane 6 hugged him as well.

Then the mane 6 took Neo over to a pile of gifts, he had so many gifts, not just from the mane 6 but from other ponies as well, he had gifts from Lyra, Bon Bon, Derpy Hooves, Cheerilee, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Big Macintosh, Octavia, Vinyl Scratch, Mr. and Mrs. Cake, the Spa ponies, and the Mayor Mare. There were also gifts for him from Princess Cadence and Shining Armor, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, there was one gift that was delivered to the castle from earth by Neo's human friends, it was the only gift that was unwrapped, the gift was a solar powered go-cart, now Neo could ride around town without walking all the time. Neo also got a new camcorder as a Christmas gift from one of his human friends from earth. Neo took out the camcorder and started filming with it, he wanted to film this Hearth Warming day and be able to see it over and over again.

Neo tried to get all his friends on camera, at first the ponies didn't know what he was doing, he explained that he was filming them so they he could watch and remember this day, then he said that after filming, the film goes onto a tape that can be watched over and over again, then they understood and they all tried to be on camera just for him. Pinkie Pie did a bunch of crazy stuff for the camera, Fluttershy was a little camera shy, but she got the courage to appear on the camera for a second just for Neo. Neo tried out all the buttons on the camcorder, Rainbow Dash did a lot for the camera as well, Twilight got on the camera plenty of times, the Cutie Mark Crusaders got on camera plenty of times, they loved being on camera, Applejack did a lot of countryisms for the camera and Rarity showed off her beautiful self for the camera. Fluttershy got up her courage later to appear on camera more.

After filming, Pinkie Pie had Neo sit down and have some Hearth Warming treats, the ponies were having so much fun at the castle, and they could see that Neo was having so much fun, Neo couldn't believe that the ponies went through all this trouble and came to this castle just for him. For once in 10 years, Neo was finally having a wonderful Christmas with friends, to show how wonderful this Christmas was for him, he sang a song for his friends ("Feliz Navidad" by Jose Feliciano), the ponies listened to Neo sing his song, they all danced or moved their heads to the melody of the song.

When Neo finished the song, all the ponies clapped for Neo, then the mane 6 and Spike came over to Neo, they all gave him a big group hug and said, "Merry Hearth Warming Neo." Neo looked over and saw Princess Luna standing at the entrance to the throne room, she was smiling at him, she winked at him and grinned. Neo said, "Thank you Luna."

Then Neo hugged his friends and said, "Merry Christmas girls, I love you all so much." They replied, "We love you too." As they hugged, Neo thanked God for all the wonderful friends he had, he knew that this was truly the most wonderful Christmas he has ever had.

End of chapter 10. The End.