Meanwhile back with Rainbow Dash, Patch, and Discord...
"Ooh, it feels a little colder around here." Patch commented.
Rainbow Dash was about to go into shop.
"Oh, goodness no!" Discord's voice said to her.
This caused Rainbow Dash to groan out of annoyance before going to a spa to get a spa day for Fluttershy.
"Even worse!" Discord continued.
"Oh, come on! Fluttershy would love a spa day!" Rainbow Dash replied.
"Really?" Discord replied t o her. "Love the stress of deciding which treatment to get? Love worrying that she's not relaxing enough? Or relaxing too much? And what about all those sweet animals she's left alone?! So much to worry about, and all because of you."
"Seriously?" Patch asked.
"She's Fluttershy!" Rainbow Dash replied. "Everything makes her worry!"
"Now you sound like somepony who knows her!" Discord smirked. He soon saw Patch about to buy something.
Patch took a look at the chocolate on display and licked his lips as it looked very tasty.
"Now, Patch, are you going to buy that for Cherry or are you just hungry?" Discord scolded.
"I'm gonna try one to see if it's creamy enough," Patch replied. "Cherry really loves sweet and creamy chocolates."
"Hmm... True..." Discord nodded.
Patch soon popped the chocolate in his mouth since he was now able to eat some thanks to special help from the others. "Mm..." he then blinked, getting used to the taste before grunting as he didn't like it and soon spit it out. "Ugh! That must be toffee..." He soon saw a know-it-all look in Discord's eyes. "What?!" he then grunted as he rubbed his tongue from the bitter taste. "You have a better idea on a present for Cherry?"
"Yes, something that isn't food." Discord smirked.
"Oh, and I suppose you also have a present idea for Fluttershy too, right?" Patch asked.
"Oh, and you honestly expect me to tell you what I got Cherry and Fluttershy so that you can one-up me?" Discord harrumphed. "Well, I have half a mind to stop you entirely."
"Good, please stop helping." Rainbow Dash told him.
"Well, I suppose I could tell you what my backup present was." Discord smirked.
"Great. Still helping." Rainbow Dash deadpanned.
"It would've made a lovely addition to her animal sanctuary, but you have to be the fastest pony in Equestria to even have a chance of-" Discord replied.
"Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa," Rainbow Dash soon said, giving in after a while. "You're talking to the fastest pony in Equestria! If there's some fast animal out there Fluttershy would love, I'm the one who can get it."
"And as for your backup present for Cherry?" Patch asked.
"I guess the nicest and most loyal friend would only be ever to find it." Discord smirked.
"... I am loyal... I'm a dog..." Patch replied. "So then I'm guessing you'll help us then?"
"Oh, I just don't know." Discord replied innocently.
"Please." Patch begged as he did the puppy dog eyes.
"I'm calling it! Dibs!" Rainbow Dash cried out.
"If you insist." Discord smirked before snapping his fingers to summon a portal and took them along with him.
Meanwhile with Rarity and Darla...
"I think this is the place, Rarity." Darla said as they came up to a sign that looked like an acorn.
"I believe you are right, Darla." Rarity replied.
They soon came up to the house and knocked on the door. A couple soon came to the door, seeing them.
"Uh, is this Sweet Acorn Orchard?" Rarity asked.
"It is, but we've never had no pony like you visit before." The mare replied.
"Oh, um, well, you see, a package was sent here." Darla told the mare.
"Oh, that was from you?" The stallion replied.
"So it did arrive!" Rarity smiled in relief. "Uh, if I could just-"
"We don't know how to thank you!" The mare replied.
"Uh, thank her? I'm afraid we don't understand." Darla said.
"Perhaps you should come inside?" The mare suggested.
"Um, okay." Darla said.
They soon came inside to sit down and discuss this.
"I was just sayin' to Butternut I wish we knew who our Hearth's Warming miracle was." The stallion smiled as they had some tea.
"Oak Nut and I couldn't believe it when we opened it," The mare added. "Pistachio said right away whoever sent it just got him."
"Says when he put it on, he could feel his destiny." The stallion then added.
"Is he in the house right now?" Darla asked.
"But of course." Butternut replied.
"To... Become an acorn farmer?" Rarity soon asked.
"A farmer?! Filly, please!" A pony scoffed as he soon came down. "This is a Fedora Felt original! Look at this bold stitching. These daring textures. It's a whole new take on western chic. There is no way I would wear it in the grove!"
"So then you knew your destiny was to be more than just an acorn farmer?" Darla guessed the pony's destiny.
"We don't know where he got his fashion sense." Butternut commented.
"Heh. Far as we know, a hat's a hat." Oak Nut added.
"Except when it's art." Pistachio said to them.
"You sure do have a taste for fashion." Darla smiled at Pistachio.
"Oh, thank you." Pistachio smiled back to her.
"Yes," Butternut added. "Thank you, Rarity."
"Rarity? The Rarity?!" Pistachio gasped to the unicorn fashionista once he knew who she was.
"The one and only." Darla smiled.
"You have to stay for lunch!" Pistachio begged Rarity. "I won't take no for an answer!"
"Oh, well, I, uh... I would be delighted." Rarity replied.
"I guess we could stay for lunch." Darla smiled.
Pistachio felt very thrilled to hear this. "Are you Rarity's sister?" he then asked.
"Oh, no, no, I'm more of a little helper." Darla smiled.
"It's true, although I find her as another sister." Rarity added.
Darla smiled as she felt touched to hear that.
Meanwhile, Drell and Hilda strolled around Ponyville with Ambrose before they looked over as they spotted a familiar family going towards The Castle of Friendship.
"50 bucks says they find Twilight going Twi-Crazy or however they call it." Drell told Hilda.
"Twily-nanas?" Hilda replied.'
"That was it." Drell then said.
"Yeah I agree," Hilda smiled. "And I think Atticus just might get it too."
Meanwhile inside the castle...
"The recipe for Chancellor Pudding Head's magical pudding was filed under 'Magical Spells', not 'Recipes'," Twilight looked like she was about to have a nervous breakdown. "Only took four hours to figure that out. Let's see. Nutmeg, sugarplums, gingerbread, candy canes..." she then began to read. "'Warning – To avoid untold culinary devastation, each ingredient must be measured with exact care'," she then laughed insanely. "Book, have you met me?!"
"We're finally going to get through this and then I'm gonna finally get Mo's present." Atticus said before laughing insanely.
There was then a knock on the door before a certain family came to visit the Princess of Friendship.
"Happy Hearth's Warming!" Shining Armor and Cadence announced.
"What are you two doing here so soon?" Atticus asked.
"Your scroll said you were coming tomorrow." Twilight added.
"Uh, the scroll we sent yesterday?" Cadence replied.
"Yesterday. Right," Twilight smiled nervously as she shared a hug with her brother. "Welcome! Uh, what are you doing?"
"It looks like he's inspecting us or something." Atticus said as he saw Shining Armor looking at him and Twilight closely.
"Uh... What're you doing?" Twilight asked her brother.
"Decorations not up. Frazzled mane. Determined look. I've seen this before," Shining Armor smirked to his sister. "What are you obsessing about this time, Twily?"
"Obsessing? I'm not obsessing over anything." Twilight told him.
"Yeah, she's completely, absolutely not obsessing over anything," Atticus added before seeing Shining Armor doing the same thing to him. "And neither am I."
Drell and Hilda soon came in next.
"Drell!" Atticus yelped.
"Hi." Drell smirked.
"What are you and Hilda doing here?" Atticus asked.
"I just thought I'd come check on you." Drell replied.
Ambrose and Flurry Heart soon looked to each other as they babbled together.
"Oh, look at who else is here." Hilda smiled.
"Hey, Ambrose," Atticus greeted the baby warlock. He soon saw Drell doing what Shining Armor was doing. "You're making me nervous!" Atticus told Drell.
"Looks like he's caught what your sister's Twily-nanas." Drell smirked to the male unicorn.
"I was not going Twily-nanas!" Twilight replied.
"Uh-huh." Drell smirked as he looked at the decorations that weren't up.
"Okay, maybe a little Twily-nanas..." Twilight replied nervously.
"Twily-nanas... I'm gonna have to remember that one." Atticus chuckled as that sounded funny.
Drell smirked as he made a mirror appear in front of Atticus and Twilight. "So why aren't the decorations up then?" He smirked.
"Don't look at me!" Atticus yelped, covering his face with a hoof.
"Well...?" Drell smirked at Atticus and Twilight, waiting for an explanation.
"Erm... Why don't you guys come inside?" Twilight suggested.
"That's not answering the question." Hilda said as she came in with Ambrose.
"Come inside!" Twilight repeated nervously.
"Mm-hmm..." Hilda hid a small smirk of her own as she carried her infant son.
"Let me guess; you wanted all of us to decorate together, right?" Drell smirked at Twilight.
"Um, right! Of course!" Twilight smiled nervously.
"Oh, that sounds wonderful," Cadence smiled to that. "We could start decorating right aw-"
"After I finish one quick errand. Just a few ingredients. Nothing to obsess about here!" Twilight laughed nervously before taking Atticus over as they teleported away together. "Make yourselves at home. Be right back! Promise!"
"Oh, yeah, they're definitely obsessing over something." Drell smirked.
"You said it, sir." Shining Armor agreed.
Meanwhile with Rainbow Dash, Patch, and Discord...
"Ooh... Chilly..." Patch shook chills along the new path.
"Not too cold for ya, is it?" Rainbow Dash asked him.
"Nah, it'll be worth it once we find whatever creature we're looking for Fluttershy and find the other present that Discord had in mind for Cherry." Patch said.
"All right." Rainbow Dash replied.
Discord soon came after them as he looked like he was ready to go skiing.
"Could you try to make less noise?" Rainbow Dash groaned to the draconequus.
"Of course!" Discord whispered before snapping his fingers as he put them all in ninja outfits. "We'll move silently. Blend into the shadows. The winterchilla will never hear us coming."
"Can you first tell us what we're looking for?" Patch asked.
"I just told you... The winterchilla." Discord said.
"What's a winterchilla?" Patch asked Rainbow Dash.
Rainbow Dash shrugged as she didn't seem to know.
"Small, adorable, fuzzy, and fast, but they're so rare, there's no telling where they-" Discord informed before looking over as he spotted a creature. "Oh, there's one right there!"
"That was easy," Patch smiled. "Rainbow Dash, do your thing."
"Now, if you're going to get it, I think the first move is to-" Discord instructed.
"Be super fast?" Rainbow Dash smirked before zipping off and catching the creature.
"Yep, basically that," Patch said before looking to Discord. "So what about Cherry's present?"
"Hmm... Fine..." Discord replied before taking out a special looking gem.
"Wow... What is that?" Patch asked.
"It's a very special gem called The Power Tourmaline," Discord told him. "With this gemstone, it can make the user use special abilities and master them instantly as if they were a strong and powerful being like Trixie Lulamoon claims herself to be."
"Wow," Patch smiled. "This is perfect."
"It's very powerful and special." Discord replied as he handed Patch the large gemstone.
"I can already tell." Patch smiled.
Discord gave a small smile back.
Back with Jake and Spike...
"Ya know, my mom usually likes homemade stuff for special occasions like for Mother's Day." Jake suggested to Spike.
"You must be lucky to have both of your parents." Spike said as he gluing some glitter on an umbrella.
"Oh... Sorry, dude... I didn't mean to hurt your feelings..." Jake said as he forgot that Spike was an orphan.
"It's alright; I still have my dad and older sister." Spike told him.
"Well... That's good," Jake replied. "Hmm... A glitter umbrella?"
"Making a gift is way more personal than buying it," Spike replied before blowing on the umbrella. "Rarity loves things that take time and effort. I'm sure this one will be the one that works..." he then let out a yawn.
"You okay?" Jake asked him.
"I'm fine. Really," Spike replied wearily. "I just... Need to stay focused... And..." he then suddenly fell asleep.
Some glitter soon fell on Spike. Jake soon decided to help out the best he could and decided to let Spike get some sleep. But Spike's window seemed to have other plans as it opened as a gust of wind blew the glitter everywhere.
"Oh, man, I better fix that." Jake said to himself. He soon saw all the glitter was now scattered everywhere in the room. Jake decided to clean up for Spike as he wore himself out trying to get the perfect gift for Rarity, and he knew that Spike would have to make a different gift for Rarity.
Pinkie Pie and Cherry continued their journey to meet the best gift givers in the world.
"How much closer?" Cherry asked Pinkie Pie.
"We're almost there, Cherry, my Pinkie Sense can feel it." Pinkie Pie smiled.
"That's what you said a hundred miles ago!" Cherry replied.
The polar bear that gave them a ride soon stopped as they came to a very mystical looking place.
"It looks like the North Pole." Cherry commented.
"Looks like we made it." Pinkie Pie smiled.
"Thank goodness..." Cherry replied. "Reminds me of Santa's Workshop around here."
The polar bear soon left and they waved him off as they came up to a cozy looking cottage.
"By Blitzen's beard, it took you long enough!" An elderly female reindeer said before pulling Cherry and Pinkie Pie inside.
"Did you know we were coming?" Cherry asked, looking confused.
"Of course, Cherry, I know everything." The elderly reindeer replied.
"Oh, don't be silly," A reindeer faun smirked as she walked over. "You only know what's already happened, but you don't know what she's about to ask."
"What am I about to ask?" Cherry tested only for the faun to speak in unison with her which surprised her. "How did you know I was gonna say that?!"
"Cool." Pinkie Pie smiled.
"Eerie if you ask me." Cherry replied.
"I knew you'd love it!" Pinkie Pie smiled.
"Will you two stop showing off?" A middle-aged reindeer chuckled as she came downstairs. "They don't have all Hearth's Warming."
"She's right." Cherry said.
"Who are you reindeer?" Pinkie Pie asked.
"Aurora." The elderly reindeer replied.
"Bori." The middle-aged reindeer added.
"Alice." The reindeer faun concluded.
"The Gift Givers of the Grove!" The three reindeer then announced together.
"Wait, your names are individually similar to the lights in the sky?" Cherry asked.
"Huh... I never thought about that." Alice replied.
"I guess you could say that." Aurora smiled to Cherry.
"So, do you three know the perfect gifts that me and Pinkie Pie can give to our secret ponies?" Cherry asked.
"Mm-hmm!" Bori and Alice replied.
"What about those matching hats?" Aurora suggested. "They were so cute."
"Yeah, but that was before-" Cherry started.
"Before Pinkie Pie had to get just one gift for Twilight," Bori replied. "Try to keep up, Aurora."
"I'm gonna get that box Pinkie is gonna say she likes." Alice suggested.
"Aurora remembers gifts that have already happened. Alice knows the gifts that are going to happen. I just stay in the moment and keep the two of them in line." Bori informed.
"My head hurts." Cherry groaned.
"I knew you were going to say that!" Bori told Cherry.
Cherry just face-hoofed, pushing her glasses up slightly.
"The best gift is more precious than gold, but it cannot be sold." Aurora smiled as she took out wrapping paper.
"When it breaks, it's not ended, for quickly it's mended." Bori added as she cut some ribbon before making a bow.
"It can never be bought yet is easily sought," Alice added as she accidentally knocked down a box tower before catching one of the boxes in her hooves. "Ah! Here we go!"
Cherry looked confused of why the three reindeer randomly said a riddle. The three reindeer then prepared a couple of presents for Cherry and Pinkie Pie to take with them.
"What's with the riddle?" Cherry asked them.
"It's part of our tradition." Aurora replied.
"Um, okay." Cherry said.
"Ooh! I like that box!" Pinkie Pie marveled.
"Told ya." Alice smirked to the older reindeer.
"Nice box." Cherry said as she looked at the box for the present she would give Patch.
"I was sure you'd like it." Alice replied to her.
"So, what about the presents that are supposed to be in the boxes?" Cherry asked.
"And spoil the surprise?" Alice replied.
"But they're not for us." Cherry said.
"Maybe you should wait when your secret ponies get their presents so you'll all be surprised." Alice replied.
"Fine." Cherry rolled her eyes.
Alice giggled.
"It was interesting meeting you guys." Cherry said to the reindeer.
Pinkie Pie soon took a peak in the presents. "The perfect gifts! Wow!" She beamed at the glowing light inside of the presents.
Cherry soon took a peak into the presents and saw what the glowing light inside the presents was and looked confused, and where so did Pinkie Pie.
"We don't get it." Pinkie Pie and Cherry told the reindeer.
"You will." Alice replied as she used her antlers to cover up the presents and bring them to Cherry and Pinkie Pie's possession.
"Um, okay?" Cherry said, looking slightly confused.
The three reindeer just smiled.
"You are very different from the reindeer I've met before." Cherry said to them.
Meanwhile with Rarity and Darla...
"It's really nice to meet you, Pistachio." Darla smiled.
"Yes, it really is, but we must be going." Rarity added.
"It's a shame you got to leave." Butternut said to them.
"Oh, you've been so generous, but we must get home for a previous engagement," Rarity replied. "I'll be keeping an eye on you, Pistachio. I have the feeling you've got quite the future in fashion."
Rarity and Darla both soon started to make their way out of Sweet Acorn Orchard as Pistachio and his parents waved them goodbye before his parents went back inside and Pistachio found this now the right time to talk to Rarity and Darla alone.
"Rarity! Rarity!" Pistachio called out as he rushed to catch up with the fashionista pony. "I love my parents, but... They don't understand that we just had lunch with one of the most famous ponies in Equestria."
"Oh, I don't know about most famous." Rarity giggled to that.
"I know you didn't send a Fedora Felt original to some nopony you've never met from Nowhere, Equestria," Pistachio replied. "I'm sure this is actually for somepony special, so... If you want it back, I get it."
Rarity accepted it before she and Darla nodded to each other as they already knew who was destined to wear the fashionable hat.
"Pistachio, you're right... The hat is indeed for somepony very special," Darla replied before giving the hat back. "And he's right here."
"Darla is quite right," Rarity smiled. "And we couldn't bear to see him part with it."
"Oh, thank Celestia!" Pistachio gasped happily. "Because I did not want to give this up!"
"Happy Hearth's Warming, Pistachio." Darla smiled.
"But if I hear you call yourself a nopony again, you shan't be my guest for Fashion Week in Manehattan." Rarity told him with a smile.
Darla smiled back as that sounded very nice as she looked happy for Pistachio.
"W-What—? S-Seriou—? Wha—?!" Pistachio gushed out of excitement and shock.
Darla and Rarity soon hugged him before leaving for real this time. Pistachio smiled as they left.
"Sorry, Applejack." Rarity whispered to herself.
Darla frowned before getting an idea, and where it involved using her Moon Power to create something for Rarity to give to Applejack. Rarity walked off before looking over and Darla just gave an innocent smile.
"Darla, what are you up to?" Rarity asked.
"Oh... Just something to make a nice Hearth's Warming for everybody." Darla smiled bashfully.
"That's wonderful." Rarity smiled back.
They soon walked off as it was about time to meet back at the Castle of Friendship.