Prologue

With the holiday season coming up, you may think everyone should be happy, right? Well, not everyone is happy about it. After watching a certain video, I've been curious. What did happen to Sunset Shimmer's parents? Also, what if it at one point stopped her from enjoying the holidays? This is what I think would've happened.

Chapter One- Holidays Are Here

The snow was coming down at a light, but smooth pace in Canterlot City. Over at Crystal Prep Academy, some of the shadowbolts were decorating the hallway for this time of year. The ones decorating were Sugarcoat, Diwata Aino, Orange Sherbet, Said Thunderbolt, Neon Lights and Lightning Blue. Neon and Lightning were hanging streamers from one wall to the other. Diwata asked Orange for the stapler. This was so she can staple the last snowflake onto the bulletin board.

They were putting in a lot of hard work, since this will be the first holiday season where Twilight won't be with the other Shadowbolts. The second they finished, Neon put the ladder aside. They couldn't believe their eyes.

"We did a great job" Neon said.

"I agree" Orange commented. "I even like the hanukkah poster you put up, Sugarcoat."

Sugarcoat thanked her.

She then said "Principal Cadence is going to love this. We never worked hard on anything like this before. However, why do I feel like something's missing?"

"Because there is" Said Thunderbolt told them. "Holiday music, but I can help fix that."

Once the music came on, everyone sang a cover of "It's A Happy Holiday" from the doodlebops.

Afterwards, Lightning replied "that's better. It's too bad Twilight isn't going to be here to see this."

"I agree" Orange said. "Where is she anyway?"

Sugarcoat told them, "she told me she's spending the holidays with some of her old friends."

"What friends?" Orange asked.

Over in what resembles Bay Ridge, New York, Twilight finished making hot chocolate. She brought them into the living room for her friends: Minuette, Lemon Hearts, Twinkleshine and Moondancer.

While drinking the hot chocolate, Minuette commented "I still can't believe you're spending the holidays with us."

Twilight told them "hey, when I told my parents about you, they really encouraged me to come."

Lemon thanked her for coming.

Moondancer added "I agree. I can't remember the last time the 5 of us were together."

Twilight replied "it's such an honor. So, what is it you girls like about the holidays?"

Moondancer told her "it's the music, like this fan favorite."

She, Minuette, Lemon and Twinkleshine sang "Let It Snow" together in perfect harmony. When the song ended, Twilight was clapping.

"Wow" she said. "That was amazing."

"We know" Lemon said.

The 5 girls then went back to their hot chocolate. They were having a wonderful time.

Later that evening, Alizarin Bubblegum, one of the Crystal Prep Shadowbolts, was wrapping gifts for Melon Mint and Crystal Lullaby. She wasn't as upbeat as you want her to be, but in her mind, she could care less. She just wanted to get through her share of the season. A knock gave way at the door. When she opened it, she saw 2 girls wearing coats with their hoods up.

"Hi" she said.

The 2 girls rolled their hoods down to say hi back. To Alizarin's surprise, those 2 girls were Sonata Dusk and Wallflower Blush. Alizarin asked what they're doing here.

Sonata answered, "we made this holiday quilt for your school."

Alizarin replied "thanks. Come on in out of the cold."

While enjoying some hot chocolate, Alizarin asked "you sure the blanket's for the school?"

"Yeah" Wallflower answered. "Unless you want to give it to Sunset Shimmer."

Sonata added "she has the holiday blues and we don't know why."

Alizarin commented "that makes two of us."

Sonata asked "you have holiday blues too?"

Alizarin answered "yeah, but I don't want to talk about it out loud."

Wallflower replied "we understand. Not everyone feels comfortable with sharing personal thoughts out loud".

Alizarin thanked them before continuing with her hot chocolate. Sonata and Wallflower looked at each other with worried faces.

Back at Wallflower's house, Sonata told her "I feel bad for Alizarin. First Sunset gets the holiday blues and now her?"

Wallflower commented "I agree. Just look out the window."

The 2 girls saw people walking with smiles. Some were even holding hands. They knew the holidays are supposed to be happy times not sad ones.

"We gotta get to the bottom of this" Sonata said.

"I'm with ya" Wallflower commented.

The 2 girls fist bumped each other.