Meanwhile with Patch as he was pacing around in the castle.
Spike's voice was then heard. "I can't wait to give Rarity her gift. It'll be just as special and beautiful and amazing as she is. Just imagine when she opens it and sees... Uh, sees... I have no idea what to get her!" he then said before he started to cry emotionally.
"You forgot to think about what to get Rarity before switching names?" Patch asked him.
"Wah! Who told you about that?!" Spike yelped.
"I could tell by how you asked Twilight about what she was getting her secret pony." Patch said.
"Do you always have to be so smart?" Spike sighed.
"Maybe," Patch smirked playfully before sighing. "The only question for me is what am I going to get Cherry for Hearth's Warming."
"Cherry's your pony, huh?" Spike replied. "Hmm... That's a good question. Does she even like anything?"
Patch began to wonder that himself as Cherry was an interesting case.
Meanwhile...
"What am I gonna get Patch?" Cherry wondered to herself. "A bone? A chew toy? Ugh... Who knew shopping for a mutt would be hard?"
"I'm sure the yaks will know." Pinkie Pie smiled.
"I better not regret this, Pinkie Pie." Cherry replied.
"You won't, I promise." Pinkie Pie smiled.
Cherry just let out a sharp sigh. They soon came into Yakyakistan.
"Ugh... It smells like Drell's office in here..." Cherry grumbled as they wandered through and she looked around, not watching where she was going. "How much longer are we gonna be here? Everyone looks like they wanna hurt me."
"Don't worry, we just have to find Prince Rutherford." Pinkie Pie told her.
"If you say so..." Cherry said before she bumped into someone which made her squeak before falling on the ground.
"Yojan! Is that good angle for optimal smashing?!" Prince Rutherford glared.
The yak mentioned let out a small whimper.
"Guess who?" Pinkie Pie smiled as she came onto Prince Rutherford's back.
"You'll never guess." Cherry said as she stood on the yak prince's right side.
"Yojan?" Prince Rutherford guessed.
"No, silly!" Pinkie Pie smiled.
"Ingville? Tormand?" Prince Rutherford continued. "No, no, wait! Grimhorn!"
"Nope-ity, nope, nein, and nyet! It's me!" Pinkie Pie smiled.
Prince Rutherford soon removed some hair to look at her before smiling to her. "Aww, Prince Rutherford knew it Pink Pony all along! Yaks best at guessing."
"Uh, yeah..." Cherry said.
"Yaks best at everything! That's why I'm here. Sorry to interrupt Snilldar Fest, but I need help," Pinkie Pie smiled to Prince Rutherford. "Can you tell me where to find... BEST GIFT EVER?!" she then imitated the yaks in a booming voice that echoed throughout the land.
"Not here!" Prince Rutherford told her. "Follow this way!"
"Um, okay?" Cherry said.
They soon went into a tent to privately talk about this.
"Prince Rutherford about to tell honorary yak friend something very top secret." Prince Rutherford said.
"Honorary yak friend listening," Pinkie Pie smiled. "And Cherry won't tell, right, Cherry?"
"Whatever." Cherry replied.
"Yaks best at all things except one," Prince Rutherford revealed. "Yaks not best at giving gifts."
"What?!" Cherry panicked.
"I know! It hard to believe!" Prince Rutherford said as he clamped her mouth shut with his hooves.
"How are we gonna figure out how to give Twilight and Patch the best Hearth's Warming gifts ever?!" Pinkie Pie cried out.
"Oh, no worry, honorary yak and friend," Prince Rutherford replied. "Prince Rutherford keep secret map in perfectly organized files."
"That's a relief." Cherry said.
Prince Rutherford soon went to get them a way to a secret place they had not seen before. "Best gift givers up northern pass, where sky shimmers and glows. There, secret gift giver grove. Only yak princes and pink honorary yak and friend know." he then informed.
"Okay, we won't tell anyone," Cherry told him. "Right, Pinkie Pie?"
"Our lips are sealed," Pinkie Pie smiled before literally zipping their lips as they began to walk out of the tent before she shouted happily. "Time for our top-secret quest to the Gift Givers!"
"Way to keep it a secret, Pinkie Pie." Cherry sighed.
"Come along, Cherry," Pinkie Pie smiled. "Adventure awaits!"
"Oh, joy. An adventure." Cherry rolled her eyes.
"I knew you'd love it!" Pinkie Pie beamed.
Cherry groaned slightly as she walked with Pinkie Pie to see the secret gift givers as they left Yakyakistan. "I wonder how the others are doing?"
Meanwhile...
"All right, man, you can do this," Jake told Spike as they wandered through town. "You gotta think with your heart if you wanna impress this girl for... Heart Warming... Or whatever you guys call it."
"Hearth's Warming, and you're right." Spike said.
"Besides, how hard could it be to decide the perfect gift for one unicorn like Rarity?" Jake asked.
"You might have a point... I just want this to be special." Spike said as he really cared about Rarity more than the other ponies he knew.
They soon began to see many things Rarity would like.
"Yeah, this is definitely the way to a girl's heart," Jake smirked. "I know a lot about the ladies."
"Yeah, but there's just too many to choose!" Spike panicked.
"Chill out, little dude, it's gonna be alright," Jake told him out of comfort like a big brother offering advice to his little brother. "Maybe you could make her a present?"
"What could I make her though?!" Spike replied.
"Something sparkly?" Jake guessed.
"Yeah... Rarity does like sparkly stuff..." Spike smiled to that.
"See?" Jake smiled back.
"Jake, you must have a lot of girlfriends back home." Spike sighed.
"Uh... Yeah... Sure..." Jake replied as he thought about the times he tried to impress a girl he really liked who was known as Rose Killdragonosa, and where she did become his girlfriend after the Dark Dragon's defeat.
"You okay?" Spike asked.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, just thinking," Jake smiled. "Trust me, Spike, I'll help you out."
"Wow, you sound like a big brother." Spike smiled back to that.
"Well, I do have a little sibling back home." Jake smiled back.
"He must feel lucky." Spike said.
"She," Jake corrected before rolling his eyes a little. "My little sister, Haley."
"Whoa, must be tough to spend time with her then." Spike said.
"You have no idea, especially when she reminds me that 'girls mature faster than boys'." Jake rolled his eyes about his little sister who he saw as a giant pain in the butt.
"Whoa." Spike said.
"I guess that's just siblings for ya." Jake shrugged.
"Yeah, I guess..." Spike replied. "I guess I wouldn't really know."
"What do you mean?" Jake asked.
"Well... It's weird to explain, I mean, I know I have family, but I never really saw anyone as annoying," Spike shrugged. "Twilight was always like a big sister to me though since she hatched me."
"She hatched you?" Jake asked. "Didn't your parents hatch you?"
"It's complicated," Spike said. "You see, when I was an egg, Princess Celestia's guards found me to give to Twilight as a school entrance exam so she could go to the School of Gifted Unicorns, and when she did, she was able to hatch me, and then I was born, and she was able to become Princess Celestia's student."
"Whoa." Jake said.
"Mm-hmm." Spike nodded.
"Kinda reminds me of when I had to chase down a griffin egg for Gramps." Jake replied.
"Why were you chasing after a griffin egg?" Spike asked.
"I had to take care of it after the Huntsclan tried to take it," Jake replied. "After it got lost, I had to go after it, and trust me, it was not as easy as it sounds."
"Whoa." Jake said.
"It's tough being me sometimes." Jake sighed.
"I think I can relate." Spike replied as he had a tough time being around Ponyville sometimes.
"So, should we start?" Jake asked.
"Yeah, I just need something extra special." Spike replied.
"Brand-new top-of-the-line sewing equipment?" A pony vendor asked.
"A priceless rhinestone necklace?" A second pony vendor asked.
"A sculpture of Rarity made from smaller sculptures of Rarity?" A third pony vendor asked.
"Oooh... Wow! Awesome! Shopping for Rarity," Spike gasped to all of those options. "Slight problem. She likes lots of stuff, but nothing is special enough!"
'Wow, he's got it real bad,' Jake thought to himself. 'I wonder how the others are doing?'
Atticus was helping Twilight the best he could.
"The ideal gift for Pinkie Pie needs to be A: unique, B: specific to her personality, and C: food-based." Twilight told Atticus.
"Perfect, so then what are we thinking?" Atticus asked. "Cupcakes?"
"Nah... Cookies?" Twilight replied.
"Pies?" Atticus replied.
"Pastries...?" Twilight then tried.
"Pudding?" Atticus and Twilight asked.
That seemed to spark an idea instantly.
"Wait! Puuuuuuuuuuuudding!" Twilight gasped as she soon flew over to a book and opened it instantly. "'After defeating the Windigos, the Earth pony, Pegasi, and unicorn nations prepared the first Hearth's Warming meal together. Chancellor Pudding Head made a pudding so delicious, legends were written about it'! This is it! Unique, totally Pinkie, the most incredible dessert ever!"
"Perfect! So, what are the ingredients?" Atticus asked.
"Hmm... Let's find that recipe." Twilight decided, trying not to have a breakdown.
"Calm down, Twilight before you go crazy." Atticus advised.
"Don't worry; as long as the book has the recipe, I'll be fine." Twilight assured him as she looked into the book.
Atticus smiled as he decided to help her out the best that he could.
Meanwhile...
"Ah've narrowed down my choices for Spike to fire-dancing sticks, or a Power Ponies comic. Unenchanted, Ah think." Applejack said as she showed Clark.
"I think you should go with the Power Ponies comic." Clark said.
"Let's hope it's not enchanted like last time." Applejack replied.
"Do I wanna know?" Clark asked.
"Long story, Clark." Applejack smiled bashfully.
"I've got time." Clark smiled back.
"Well, all right, Ah'll tell ya real quick," Applejack replied. "Spike got this one Power Ponies comic, and somehow, while we were helpin' Princess Celestia, we ended up in the world of the Power Ponies and we had to stop The Mane-iac."
"Let me guess; her power was her mane, right?" Clark guessed.
"Pretty much, yeah," Applejack replied. "Ah believe Cherry compared her to someone named Sedusa from Townsville or The Wicked Wedgie Woman from some comic book she used ta read called Captain Underpants."
"So then how did you the girls and Spike get out of the comic and how did you stop The Mane-iac?" Clark asked.
"We had to use our new powers that Spike told us about," Applejack replied. "Surprisingly, Spike saved the day though."
"Really? What powers did he have?" Clark asked.
"Uh... He was more of just the sidekick actually." Applejack replied.
"Whoa." Clark said.
"Ah'm sure ya would've loved that little adventure," Applejack said. "Somethin' tells me ya know a thing or two about comic book superheroes."
"Well, yeah, because I was once a superhero myself," Clark said. "My cutie mark is a dead giveaway."
"Heh... Right..." Applejack smiled bashfully to her coltfriend.
"So, how do you think Rainbow Dash and the others are doing?" Clark asked.
"Ah just hope it's goin' well." Applejack replied.
Meanwhile with Rainbow Dash and Patch...
"There must be something special I can give to Cherry." Patch said to himself.
"Candle for Fluttershy, present done." Rainbow Dash said as she came out of a store with a grey candle as she bought it for Fluttershy.
"That's a unique looking candle." Patch commented.
"Yeah, it is." Rainbow Dash had to admit.
"You can't honestly be serious." Discord's voice said as his face appeared on the candle.
"Discord?!" Patch gasped.
"Ghost candle!" Rainbow Dash panicked and threw the candle.
And where the candle soon hit a tree before sliding down to the snow.
"Discord, is that you?" Patch asked the candle.
"Are you talking to a candle?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"It wouldn't be the first time." Patch replied.
"Yes, it is, Patch," Discord told the former Dalmatian as he stood up and dusted off the bow on his candle form before looking to Rainbow Dash. "And a candle is what you get somepony when you don't know what to get that pony."
"What do you want, Discord?" Rainbow Dash groaned to the draconequus.
"Fluttershy told me about this Hearth's whatever-it's-called," Discord replied as he soon threw the candle away in a trash can. "I may not be invited, but I wanted to make sure she gets a quality gift."
"I tried to ask her what she likes, but she likes everything." Rainbow Dash told him as she took the candle out of the trash can.
"And I still need to try and figure out what Cherry likes." Patch added.
"Well, Fluttershy says that, but her real friends know what she actually likes." Discord commented.
"I've known her a lot longer than you have." Rainbow Dash replied.
Discord soon vanished before reappearing as a ringmaster as he made sheep jump through a hoop. "Then you must surely know that lit candles around adorably flammable animals make her nervous, don't you?" he then asked her.
Rainbow Dash looked to the candle before tossing it aside with a growl. "Fine. I'll get her something else."
"And as for you, Patch." Discord said.
"What is it?" Patch groaned.
"You know Cherry well enough, don't you?" Discord asked.
"I know from Atticus since I live with him." Patch defended.
"So then you should know what she likes from what Atticus has told you, right?" Discord asked.
"Well, of course," Patch replied. "Hmm... Uh... Well... Cherry likes to write poetry in the cemetery..."
"So?" Discord smirked as he brought out a timer, knowing Patch would figure out the answer soon.
"Um... She also likes German chocolate..." Patch replied, trying to see if he really knew Cherry well enough. "Uh... She loves Tim Burton movies, like Beetlejuice or Edward Scissorhands!"
"Yes, but what does she like most of all?" Discord asked as the timer was close to going off.
"Uhh...?!" Patch's eyes widened as he began to feel pressured.
Discord kept waiting to hear an answer.
"Fine... What do you want, Discord?" Patch sighed in defeat.
Discord smirked. "Come with me, and I shall help you both with Cherry and Fluttershy."
"Um, okay." Patch said.
"Perhaps I'll tag along to steer you in the right direction." Discord smirked as he took them in the air with a pilot cap as he steered a wheel like he drove an imaginary car in the sky.
"Ugh, I wonder if Rartiy and the others are having a better time?" Patch groaned.
Meanwhile with Rarity and Darla who came with her to pick up the gift that was for Applejack.
"Thank you for coming along with me, darling." Rarity said.
"Of course, Rarity," Darla smiled. "I look up to you."
They were shown in a long line to the counter.
"Ooh... I hate long lines..." Darla pouted, but she would be patient the best that she could.
The stallion in front of them soon left and it was now their turn before they knew it. Rarity soon rang the counter bell, and where the mail pony in front of them was none other than Derpy Hooves.
"Derpy!" Darla smiled to the pegasus.
"Oh, hi, Rarity," Derpy smiled to Rarity and Darla. "How can I help you?"
"I expected a package today, and I was wondering where that might be?" Rarity replied.
"Oh, okay. Uh, let's check," Derpy said. "Name?"
"Uh, Rarity?" Rarity told her.
"Oh! Here we go!" Derpy smiled once she took a look. "Your package was delivered to Sweet Apple Acres."
"What?!" Darla panicked. "No, no, no, no, no, it wasn't supposed to go there!"
"It was supposed to be delivered to Rarity's Boutique!" Rarity added.
"Um... okay... but... Now, the package was for Applejack, and she is at Sweet Apple Acres." Derpy replied.
Rarity let out a small growl, trying not to lose her temper. "Yes, it's for Applejack, but I will be delivering it."
"Uh... That's my job." Derpy replied.
"You were supposed to deliver the package to Rarity's Boutique so then she would give Applejack her present!" Darla told her.
"What if she opens it?! It shouldn't go to Sweet Apple Acres!" Derpy then panicked before taking another look. "Oh! Wait! It went to Sweet Acorn Orchard instead!" she then laughed before wiping her forehead with her wing. "Oh, well, that's a relief."
"How is that a relief?! That's farther away from Rarity's Boutique!" Darla panicked.
"Because Applejack's not in Sweet Acorn Orchard," Derpy replied. "Do you want me to get the package and deliver it to her?"
"NO!" Rarity told her before clearing her throat as that seemed crude of her. "Uh, may I have the address for Sweet Acorn Orchard? I think I'll just collect the package myself."
"Are you sure? 'Cuz I would be happy to-" Derpy replied.
"You have helped so much already." Rarity told her.
"Yes, you've helped so much." Darla added.
Derpy smiled to them and decided to take a break from her shift once they left, and which was bad news for the pony that just came up to the counter.
Meanwhile with Mo and Fluttershy...
Mo looked around as Fluttershy wandered with her as they explored the shopping center they were in. "Now, what to give Atticus?" she then pondered to herself.
They soon saw a Daring Do book.
"Ooh..." Mo smiled to the book.
"Oh, no! There's only a few left!" A pony cried out before rushing off to get everyone else's attention.
"There's only a few left of what?" Mo asked.
Other ponies soon rushed off over to a post to see another pony selling something to get their attention.
"Fillies and gentlecolts, we want you all to have the best holiday your bits can buy!" The pony smiled to them as he gave something to a mare, accepting her money. "But there are only a limited number left!"
"Limited number of what?" Fluttershy and Mo asked.
"Why, you don't know about Holly the Hearth Warmer?" The pony next to them asked.
The others gasped upon hearing that like it was a crime.
"You seem like somepony looking for a gift for a very special friend." The pony vendor said to Fluttershy and Mo.
"Oh, we are; I'm looking for a gift for my special somepony." Mo smiled before seeing something similar about the pony vendor.
"A friend who wouldn't want to miss out on the must-have gift everypony is talking about?" The pony replied.
"She certainly wouldn't wanna miss out on that." Fluttershy smiled.
"A truly awesome friend who deserves something 20% cooler than any other gift out there?" The pony continued.
"Hmm..." Mo hummed while looking suspicious at the pony vendor.
"That sounds just like her!" Fluttershy smiled to the vendor.
"Well, look no further! This is it!" The pony vendor replied as he showed them.
"That looks like a deformed Cabbage Patch Kid," Mo commented. "And you seem like somepony I met at a carnival."
"Oh? Is that right?" The pony vendor replied innocently.
Mo soon saw the color mane of the vendor pony before looking back at the pony that was next to them which had the same mane color and where they both had the same wig and fake mustache before she took the pony vendor's fake mustache off which caused everyone to gasp, but not more than Fluttershy as she knew exactly who the pony vendor.
"Flam!" Fluttershy gasped.
"I'm Flim!" The 'pony vendor' told her.
"And I'm guessing the pony with the same fake mustache is your twin brother Flam, right?" Mo guessed.
Flim and Flam began to look nervous.
"I should've known," Mo glared to the con artists. "You two are con artists AKA conponies!"
"Blasphemy!" Flim and Flam cried out.
"Oh, for goodness sake..." Mo face-hoofed. She soon pulled the string from the stuffed toy to hear what its recording of what it was recorded to say.
'I love buying an expensive toy!' The doll exclaimed in Flim's voice.
This caused everyone to glare at Flim and Flam. The two con artist ponies smiled nervously before going to hide.
"Fluttershy, I'm so sorry." Mo comforted the pegasus who was tricked.
"I almost bought it." Fluttershy told her.
"Luckily I was here," Mo said. "Let's get you something better than a cheap knock-off doll."
They soon saw the pony that was selling the Daring Do book from one of the stands as she came over with two books.
"Hmm,... Maybe Atticus would like a Daring Do book..." Mo smiled. "He loves to read, especially with an adventure involved."
"Here you go, you two," The pony smiled back as she gave Fluttershy and Mo each a Daring Do book. "On the house."
"Wow, thank you!" Mo smiled to the pony. "Thank you so much! Happy Hearth's Warming!"
"Happy Hearth's Warming." The pony replied happily.
"That was so thoughtful." Fluttershy smiled.
"This is going to be a great holiday." Mo smiled back.
"It certainly is." Fluttershy smiled back.
They soon walked off together with their presents for the Hearth's Warming Helpers.