Meanwhile in the Castle of Friendship's kitchen...
Ambrose and Flurry Heart seemed to be playing together on the floor until their mothers picked them up, and where they soon walked into the kitchen as Atticus and Twilight were adding ingredients into Twilight's present for Pinkie Pie.
"Flurry loved sledding." Cadence said.
"Too bad her aunt wasn't there." Shining Armor replied.
"Shh." Twilight told him as Atticus added a drop of an elixir into the recipe.
"Hello~..." Drell smirked.
"Gah!" Atticus yelped. "Drell, you scared me!"
"You're welcome." Drell smirked.
Ambrose and Flurry Heart both soon looked like what Twilight and Atticus was doing was fun. They seemed to babble together like they both had an idea.
"There! Ingredients measured exactly." Twilight smiled.
"That looks like a cake made by The Three Good Fairies." Atticus commented about the way the cake looked.
"Now, what were you saying?" Twilight asked her brother and sister-in-law.
"Hi, remember us?" Shining Armor replied. "We came all the way from the Crystal Empire for some quality family time?"
"Okay, I did get a little stressed about Hearth's Warming this year." Twilight smiled bashfully.
Ambrose and Flurry Heart soon teleported out of their mother's hold and had sacks of flour in their mothers' grip so they wouldn't notice they were gone while they had some fun adding more ingredients.
"What? You? Never!" Shining Armor laughed playfully to his sister.
"So our friends decided we should do a Hearth's Warming Helper and give one pony a present to save time." Atticus soon said.
After hearing all of that, Shining Armor and Cadence laughed.
"What?" Twilight asked them.
"Let me guess; you got super worried about making sure the present was perfect and went all Twily-nanas, didn't you?" Shining Armor smirked.
"I wasn't Twily-nanas!" Twilight defended.
Shining Armor then gave his sister a look.
"Okay, fine, a little Twily-nanas." Twilight smiled sheepishly.
"And you weren't the only one that went Twily-nanas." Drell smirked as he looked at Atticus.
Atticus was just sweating nervously with a sheepish grin on his face.
"You look like Sabrina when she got her first EEP." Hilda commented.
"Uh, a private message from the Netherworld?" Atticus asked.
"Exactly," Hilda nodded. "Anyway, we understand how similar you are to Twilight; you should have just told us you two needed help."
"Twilight, we know you get overwhelmed," Cadence added. "You should have just told us. We could've helped."
"You're not disappointed in me, are you?" Atticus asked Drell.
"You and your friends could never disappoint me." Drell reassured, showing he had changed, though somewhat, since he was able to finally marry Hilda.
Unknown to any of them, Ambrose and Flurry Heart had added more ingredients which was a bad thing.
"The good news is Pinkie's present is almost done, and it's just friends and family and a calm, quiet Hearth's Warming Eve." Twilight said to her family.
"And now time for me to make Mo's present." Atticus smiled.
"Is that your geode?" Hilda asked.
"Huh? Oh, no, no," Atticus replied as he had some stones. "These are special gemstones I found. I'm hoping to make some nice jewelry for Mo. I know she's not into fashion much, but I thought she'd like her own necklaces and rings instead of having to borrow from her mother all the time for special occasion. Especially these emeralds, they look like her eyes."
"They really do." Hilda smiled.
"I also made some cupcakes to go with the baking that Twilight's been doing." Atticus said.
"You're so sweet." Hilda smiled to him.
Atticus soon used his magic to make the jewelry for Mo with the stones he found. Twilight then went to leave with her family since her present for Pinkie Pie was about done and it was almost time for the others to meet up. Unfortunately, Pinkie Pie's present was starting to overflow.
Meanwhile with Patch, Rainbow Dash, and Discord...
"There it is, Patch, let's go." Rainbow Dash smiled.
"Thanks for the help, Discord." Patch smiled at the spirit of chaos and disharmony.
"Goodbye. Enjoy your exclusive pony-only holiday gathering. I'll just be home, spending quality time with... Myself." Discord replied tearfully before walking off with a double of himself.
Rainbow Dash soon saw Patch looking at her with puppy dog eyes and she already knew why.
"Uh... We wouldn't have these gifts without you, so... If you wanna join, Fluttershy would love having you, and I wouldn't totally hate it." Rainbow Dash soon said to Discord once she gave in to the puppy dog eyes.
"Great! Awesome! In that case-" Discord smiled before looking over. "Oh, look! Sunset! It's officially Hearth's Warming Eve!"
"Yep." Patch smiled back.
The winterchilla soon grunted and jumped from Rainbow Dash's hooves.
"What is it doing?" Rainbow Dash asked.
The winterchilla soon growled and seemed to turn into a monster.
"Oh. Uh, did I forget to mention that the winterchilla transforms into a winterzilla when the sun sets?" Discord replied.
"How could you forget something as simple as that?!" Patch panicked.
"I'm afraid I wasn't thinking straight." Discord smiled sheepishly.
"I suggest that we run!" Patch screamed.
The others were soon coming up to the Castle of Friendship to exchange gifts.
"So, how was your gift shopping?" Darla asked the others.
Some of the others seemed to stammer about that.
"Riveting." Darla commented as Fluttershy soon knocked on the door.
Jake soon came to the door and answered it for Spike. "Oh. Hey, girls." he then greeted.
"Ooh!" Fluttershy gasped at first.
"The name's Jake Long, I'm the American Dragon, visiting Equestria." Jake said to them.
"Whew." Fluttershy sighed.
"Where's Spike?" Applejack asked.
"Poor guy tuckered himself out," Jake replied. "I thought I'd let him get some rest."
"Jake... I should get the door..." Spike said, drowsily before gasping to the ponies at the door and waved nervously.
"You sure look shiny, Spike." Darla said.
"Did you get attacked by a party?" Pinkie Pie asked.
"I fell asleep. On somepony's present." Spike crossed his arms.
"So, can we come in?" Darla asked.
"RUN!" Twilight's voice called out.
"Twilight?" Darla blinked.
"The pudding is coming!" Atticus and Twilight cried out as they ran with Shining Armor, Cadence, Drell, and Hilda.
"The pudding is coming?" Jake asked out of confusion.
"Uh... I think that's what they mean." Darla pointed behind him as it seemed like a pudding flood was coming from inside of the castle.
"Whoa, that's new." Jake commented.
"Run! The winterzilla is coming!" Rainbow Dash and Patch soon cried out.
"Winter what now?" Jake replied.
"It's right behind us; you'll soon find out what it is!" Patch told him.
They soon saw the winterzilla which looked a bit frightening as it ran after Rainbow Dash, Patch, and Discord. Twilight and Atticus soon used their horns to protect everyone as the winterzilla crashed into the castle as Jake looked a bit horrified. The winterzilla soon roared and blew their shields away.
"What's that?" Patch asked, referring to the overgrown pudding.
"Magic pudding! What is that?!" Twilight replied.
"A winterchilla!" Rainbow Dash told her.
"They turn into winterzillas after dark!" Twilight face-hoofed.
"Does everyone else know that?!" Patch asked.
The winterzilla snarled before smiling once it saw Spike.
"You like the sparkly?" Twilight smirked as that gave her an idea before she levitated Spike with her horn's magic and waved him around to lure the creature. "Just follow it this way!"
"Hey, that was pretty smart of ya." Jake smiled to Twilight.
"Is this honestly the best plan we can come up with?!" Spike complained as he didn't like this at all.
"How else are we going to get the Winterzilla out?" Atticus asked.
Spike just groaned as he hated this already. Discord was soon sitting in a recliner, eating some popcorn.
"Seriously, Discord?" Mo asked.
"Can't you do something?!" Rainbow Dash called out.
"I did!" Discord replied before turning into a ribbon on the winterzilla's ear. "This is Fluttershy's gift."
"What?!" Patch and Rainbow Dash glared.
"You wanted them to give her a creature that turns into that?!" Atticus added
"A little help, please!" Rarity cried out as she was soon grabbed by the pudding which seemed to come alive.
"I've got this!" Shining Armor offered.
"Which one of us can fly, darling?" Cadence reminded her husband before flying in the air and used her horn to free Rarity.
"Go, Cadence!" Hilda cheered.
Cadence saved Rarity and soon put her on a safe height from the living pudding.
"Your mom sure is something." Shining Armor smiled to Flurry Heart before going to take her to safety in his own way since he didn't have wings like his wife or daughter, and where even without wings, he was able to get Flurry Heart to where Cadence and Rarity were.
"Nice save, Shining Armor." Drell commented.
"Thanks!" Shining Armor smiled.
"You're not so bad yourself." Cadence giggled to her husband.
The Winterzilla was soon heard roaring as it was almost outside, but as it tripped on the steps outside, the Winterzilla looked back inside and looked like it wanted to eat the garland and decorations as they were sparkly.
"No! Not that sparkly, this sparkly!" Twilight cried out, using Spike as bait.
The winterzilla soon flicked him away as he was more interested in the decorations. Jake soon flew off and tried to get the Winterzilla out. The winterzilla glared to him.
"All right, dude, you're gonna wish you never messed with the American Dragon." Jake glared back.
The Winterzilla soon swatted him aside like he was a pest.
"Oh, so that's how you wanna play it, huh?" Jake huffed. "How about barbecue winterzilla?" he then took a deep breath so that he could breathe fire.
The Winterzilla soon flicked him away like a fly out just as Jake let out his fire. The others yelped from the fire as it soon got out. The winterzilla soon ducked out of the way to avoid getting burnt.
"How are we supposed to stop this thing?" Jake asked.
"Uh, Fluttershy, you love animals, any ideas?" Cherry suggested.
"Well, I'm glad one of you said it!" Discord replied like he was waiting for someone to ask that question.
"Oh, my..." Fluttershy whispered.
"Go on, Fluttershy; you're the one that can handle the Winterzilla." Mo said.
"Um... Excuse me?" Fluttershy tried to speak up.
The winterzilla roared viciously, blowing her away.
"Well, that was rude." Mo said.
Fluttershy soon began to look aggressive.
"Everybody panic!" Drell cried out from Fluttershy's aggression.
"This is supposed to be the happiest time of year!" Fluttershy glared to the winterzilla. "So if this is how you plan on behaving, you can march yourself right back to where you came from!"
The Winterzilla soon looked sad and soon cried and soon told her something out of sadness.
"Awww. Your family is gone for the holidays, and you're all alone?" Flutterhsy soon asked.
The winterzilla sadly nodded.
"I'm so sorry. If you calm down, I'm sure you could join us." Fluttershy soothed.
That seemed to cheer the Winterzilla up. Pinkie Pie soon shrieked as the pudding was still coming to attack them.
"I don't remember this in the recipe!" Atticus said as he used his magic with Twilight to stop it.
"Quick, we better get to safety." Mo said.
"You guys go, I'll protect all of you." Drell decided out of determination like a protector/guardian.
Most of the group was soon with Shining Armor, Cadence, and Flurry Heart.
"Drell?" Hilda asked as she came with Ambrose in her arm.
"Hilda, stay back, and let me handle this." Drell told his wife.
"Okay." Hilda told him.
Drell soon nuzzle her. Hilda kissed him before going off with the others.
"All right, pudding, you're going down!" Drell glared to the dessert.
The pudding seemed to attack him as it wrapped around him like a tentacle. Drell glared from that, looking mildly annoyed.
"Uh, maybe leave the baking to me next time." Pinkie Pie suggested to Twilight as she was in a Princess Celestia floaty.
Drell soon magicked up a spoon, put in the pudding, and soon began to eat it with a smirk. "Hmm... Not bad." he had to admit.
"Ooh! Let me try," Pinkie Pie smiled as she soon tried some. "Actually, it's pretty good."
"Chancellor Puddinghead's recipe." Twilight smiled back.
"Now, that's an impressive dessert!" Pinkie Pie smiled back.
"It's your Hearth's Warming present!" Twilight told her.
"Really? That's so thoughtful." Pinkie Pie sounded touched.
"It took a lot of research, but Atticus and I-" Twilight started as the pudding was about to grab her from behind.
"Twilight!" Atticus gasped.
Shining Armor soon zapped the pudding with his horn. "Maybe focus on the task at hoof, Twily?" he then suggested to his little sister.
"Yeah, that way we can try to find a way to stop this magic dessert!" Drell added..
The winterzilla began to whimper from the attacking pudding.
"I've been attacked by a lot in my day, but never pudding." Jake commented.
"Right. The recipe needed to be exact," Twilight said to herself. "I think Flurry Heart added something while I wasn't looking, but I have no idea what to add to adjust it. A teaspoon of nutmeg, three sugarplums, extra-"
"Gingerbread? Four more candy canes?" Pinkie Pie guessed.
"Wait, how do you know the recipe?" Twilight asked her.
"It's Pinkie Pie, don't question it?" Atticus commented.
Pinkie Pie soon thought back to what Alice told her before beaming with the present in her hooves. "Happy Hearth's Warming, Twilight! I'm your Hearth's Warming Helper!" she then beamed before diving into the pudding trail, and where the extra ingredients that Twilight needed were shown floating in the pudding.
A bright glow soon came over the pudding and it was soon non-sentient and back to a normal dessert mess. Twilight lifted Pinkie Pie out of the pudding with her horn and soon hugged her out of thanks. This caused everyone to cheer as the pudding was then stopped. Even the winterzilla looked happy.
"Uh, a bit reindeer ex machina, but... Two thumbs way up! Whoo!" Discord smiled after rating on a checklist, making giant thumbs appear before they took off like rockets and exploded into fireworks.