Meanwhile, Rarity walks across a trail in an oak forest.
And soon, came across an acorn sign and reads the address.
She went up to the door, and knocks on it.
And then a tan colored farming couple named Oak Nut and Butternut opened the door and appeared.
"Uh, is this Sweet Acorn Orchard?" Rarity asked.
"It is." Butternut answered. "But we've never had no pony like you visit before."
"Rarity." Rarity introduced herself. "Uh, pleasure. I'm actually here about a package that was recently deliv-"
"Oh, that was from you?" Oak Nut asked.
Rarity sighed in relief. "So it did arrive!" She chuckled as the couple strangely teared up. "Uh, if I could just-"
"We don't know how to thank you!" Butternut suddenly hugged her.
"Thank me?" Rarity questioned.
They brought Rarity inside, and offered her some tea.
"I was just sayin' Butternut I wish we knew who our Hearth's Warming miracle was." Oak Nut said.
"Oak Nut and I couldn't believe it when we opened it." Butternut said. "Pistachio said right away whoever sent it just got him."
"Says when he put it on, he could feel destiny." Oak Nut added.
"As an... acorn farmer?" Rarity asked.
A voice scoffed. "A farmer?!"
Rarity looks up and sees their son Pistachio who has pale tan coat and pistachio green mane and tail and eyes. And Cutie Mark of a pistachio, which hints his name. And is wearing blue color hat which is the hat for Applejack.
"Filly, please!" Pistachio said. "This is a Fedora Felt original!" He got down the ladder. "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!" And he hugs the hat.
"We don't know where he got his fashion sense." Butternut said to Rarity.
"Heh. Far as we know, a hat's a hat." Oak Nut said.
"Except when it's art." Pistachio added.
"Thank you, Rarity." Butternut said.
Pistachio's eyes widen. 'Rarity? The Rarity?" He went up to her.
"Mm-hmm." Rarity nodded.
"You have to stay for lunch!" Pistachio offered. "I won't take no for an answer!"
The family of 3 had begging smiles, and Rarity felt that a couple hours won't hurt.
"Oh, well, I, uh... I would be delighted." Rarity smiled.
Back in Twilight's castle, Twilight emerges from her library with a book and bit of a messed up mane. But has finally found the recipe for Puddinghead's pudding.
"The recipe for Chancellor Puddinghead's magical pudding was filed under "Magical Spells" not "Recipes"." Twilight said as she walked. "Only took 4 hours to figure that out." She then looks like the ingredients. "Let's see. Nutmeg, sugarplums, gingerbread, candy canes... "She then reads a section. "Warning - To avoid untold culinary devastation, each ingredient must be measured with exact care." She laughed. "Book, have you met me?!"
And then there was a Shave and a Haircut tune knock on the door.
Twilight opens the doors, and then Cadance, Shining Armor with Flurry in a blue star jacket. And with Blue, Jay, Jr and Echo appeared.
"Happy Hearth's Warming!" They said.
And Flurry squeals happily of seeing her aunt.
But Twilight had a more of a panic surprise than happy. "But you're early. Your scroll said you were coming tomorrow."
"Uh, the scroll we sent yesterday?" Cadance questioned as Shining hugged his sister.
"Twilight, did you not hear us when we were going to meet them at the station?" Blue asked.
"Meet them?" Twilight raised a brow and then her eyes widen.
10 minutes earlier.
Blue enters the library as Twilight was looking through the book.
"Hey, Twilight, were gonna head to the station to meet Cadance, Shining Armor and Flurry." Blue said. "You coming?"
"Be there in a minute, I'll meet you there!" Twilight said not completely listening.
Twilight brought her senses back.
"Yesterday. Right." Twilight remembered. "Welcome!" She gestured to the hall which still was left off where she finished.
Shining Armor then place his right hoof on Twilight's forehead to feel her temperature.
"Uh, what are you doing?" Twilight asked.
"Decorations not up." Shining Armor smirked. "Frazzled mane. Determined look. I've seen this before." He has seen this way too many times to recognized it. "What are obsessing about this time, Twily?" Knowing his sister too well."
"Nothing!" Twilight jumped.
"So, decorations aren't up because...?" Shining Armor asked.
"Uh, I thought it would be more fun if we decorated it together!" Twilight said in a slight lie.
"Oh, that sounds wonderful." Cadance smiled. "We could start decorating right aw-"
"After I finish one quick errand." Twilight quickly said. "Just a few ingredients. Nothing to obsess about here!" She laughed. "Make yourselves at home. Be right back! Promise!"
"Twilight!" Revvit called. "There you are! Do you have any idea how long I've been looking-"
But then Twilight teleported away before he could finished.
Revvit sighed and shook his head. "I leave her for one minute, and she goes crazy."
And then he heads to the kitchen and murmurs as he goes. "Man, Twilight big crazy- I can't even!"
And then he enters the kitchen and slams the door making the others flinched.
"She's definitely freaking out about something." Cadance said to her husband.
"Oh, yeah." Shining Armor agreeing.
"YA THINK!" Revvit's yelled muffled.
"So, Echo when's Skull gonna be here?" Blue asked her sister.
"He should be be tonight." Echo said. "He said there's he had to do first."
"Um, Cadance. I bought Flurry a present earlier." Jr said holding out a wrapped present.
"Oh, you're so sweet, Flurry can open it tonight." Cadance smiled.
"Hey, Jr, why don't you put the present by the tree?" Blue said.
"Okay." Jr said and went off.
"If it's alright, we also brought something for Jr." Shining said.
"Flurry picked it." Cadance said.
"Oh, thank you." Blue smiled.
Meanwhile, in the far north Pinkie treks across the mountain peaks.
Struggles to move through a blizzard and was flung back, and uses an anchor to keep going.
And then finally rides a Polar Bear to a ridge and sees a house ahead.
She hops off, and waves to the Polar Bear as he leaves.
And Pinkie approaches the house, but just before she was about to knock on the door, an elderly blue color Reindeer appeared.
"By Blitzen's Beard, it took you long enough!" She complained.
She then hooks her hoof over Pinkie's scarf and pulls her inside. And inside there were wrapped presents everywhere.
"Are you sure you were expecting me?" Pinkie asked. "My name is-"
"Pinkie Pie." The Reindeer said. "I know. Because I know everything."
"Oh, don't be silly." Said a younger Reindeer appearing from behind a present in a sand color coat and blue hair. "You only know what's already happened. But you don't what she's about to ask."
"What am I about to ask?" Pinkie and the Reindeer asked and said and Pinkie shook her head. "How did you know I was gonna say that?!"
And then a pink Reindeer flew down mixing a bowl. "Will you 2 stop showing off? She doesn't have all Hearth's Warming."
"Who are you Reindeer?" Pinkie asked.
"Aurora." The elderly Reindeer introduced.
"Bori." The pink Reindeer introduced.
"Alice." The younger Reindeer introduced.
"The Gift Givers of the Grove!" They all said.
"Ooh!" Pinkie clapped her hooves. "And you can help give Twilight the best gift ever?!"
"Mm-hmm!" Bori and Alice nodded.
"What about those matching hats?" Aurora asked. "They were so cute."
"Well, that was-"
"Before she had to get just one gift for Twilight." Bori finished. "Try to keep up, Aurora."
"I'm gonna get that box Pinkie is gonna say she likes." Alice said and flew off as Bori sets the bowl down.
"Aurora remembers gifts that have already happened." Bori explained. "Alice knows the gifts that are going to happen. I just stay in the moment and keep the 2 of them in line. Speaking of, I believe we have a request for a gift."
And then Bori and Aurora went off and grab a few things.
"The best gift is more precious then gold, but it cannot be sold." Aurora said in a riddle and grabs a roll of wrapping paper with her magical antlers.
"When it breaks, it's not ended, for quickly it's mended." Bori said as well and makes a bow.
"It can never be bought yet is easily sought." Alice said. "Ah! Here we go." And then grabs a box.
And they soon came back, and wrapped the present up.
"Ooh! I like that box!" Pinkie smiled.
"Told ya." Alice remarked.
Pinkie opens the lid and looks inside. And there was a bright glow.
"The perfect gift!" Pinkie smiled. "Wow! I don't get it." She sat down.
Alice placed the lid back on the present. "You will."
And the present was handed to Pinkie.
Back in Rainbow Falls, Applejack and Fluttershy appeared Flim and Flam.
"We said no refunds!" Flim said.
Applejack clears her throat and glared.
"Oh. You." Flim groaned.
"What are y'all thievin' fools doin' with these dolls and that ridiculous getup?" Applejack demanded. "Don't you have a resort to run?"
"It's off-season." Flim explained and removes the wig, glasses and mustache. "Besides, we're planning an expansion."
"And expansions cost bits." Flam smugly smiles holding out some bits.
And then they brought the covers down, and a scale model of their resort is shown.
"Flim and Flam's Fro-Yo Flume Ride!" The 2 brothers announced.
"Well, that sounds fu-"
Applejack held Fluttershy back. "It ain't no excuse for sellin' cheap dolls to ponies."
Flim brought an arm around Fluttershy. "Were just giving ponies what they want."
"Shopping for the perfect gift is stressful." Flam added.
"Oh, that's true." Fluttershy said.
The 2 brothers zipped off and then came back with a crate of more Holly dolls.
"You want to get something that really stands out." Flim said.
"I do." Fluttershy smiled and approached them.
Applejack groans and smacks herself.
"And when you tell your friend you got then the hottest gift in Rainbow Falls, what'll they say?" Flam asked and offered a Holly.
"Woo-hoo"?" Fluttershy guested.
Applejack bluntly taps a Holly doll.
"The more you spend, the more your friend knows you love them!" It spoke.
And then the box tilts over and fall to the ground.
Fluttershy then realized she was been tricked.
"Oh, right." Fluttershy tucking away her bits. "They really are good at selling things."
"You may not like it." Flim said.
"But technically, we're not doing anything wrong." Flam added. "Even if they are easy to fool at this time.
"Ponies are desperate for the right."
"And who are you to tell them this isn't it?" Flam asked Applejack.
"If ponies get tired of Holly after a few days..." Flim said.
"...or she falls apart, who really got hurt?" Flam added.
"Nopony!" They both said.
And then Flim pushed them outside. "Don't let the curtain hit ya on the way out!" And disappeared.
"Of course Rainbow Dash wouldn't want this!" Fluttershy angrily said of being tricked. "I'm so mad, I could just... kick!" She then lightly taps her hoof on a small rock. And she made a painful sound.
But Applejack is more mad at Flim and Flam's tricks. "Convincin' to buy that doll ain't in the holiday spirit!"
"But Flim and Flam have a point." Fluttershy added. "We can't tell ponies what to buy."
Applejack looks around seeing other ponies getting things.
"Huh." Applejack having an idea. "But maybe we can show 'em!"
Meanwhile, Rainbow was following a small set of footprints in the snow in a forest.
And then footsteps crunching through the snow was heard as Discord walked wearing snowshoes. And then trips and fells face-plants in the snow.
"Guh. Could you make less noise?" Rainbow asked annoyed.
Discord lifts his head having a snow Santa hat and beard and then fell off.
"Of course!" Discord snapped his fingers.
And then Rainbow was in a white snow ninja suit. And Discord was in a black suit.
"We'll move silently." Discord said and threw a smoke bomb and then appeared from the trees behind Rainbow.
"Blend into the shadows." Discord got onto a branch. "The Winterchilla will never hear us coming."
Rainbow lowers her mask. "Winterchilla?"
"Small, adorable, fuzzy, and fast." Discord described. "But they're so rare, there's no telling where they- Oh, there's one right there!"
On a rock close by, was a Winterchilla which looks similar to that of a Chinchilla.
"Now, if you're going to get it, I think the first move is to-"
And then Rainbow quickly zips off, and came back with the Winterchilla resting on her hoof. "Be super fast?"
Discord shrugged.
Back over with Spike, after finally coming to his senses. He decided to make a present for Rarity.
And is currently working on an umbrella and adds glue to each section. And picks glitter on the glue to make it sparkle.
"Making a gift is way more personal than buying it." Spike said and blew some glitter on it. "Rarity loves things that take time and effort. I'm sure this one will be the one that works." And then he yawns from possibly the stress earlier. "I just need to... stay focused and..."
He then fell asleep and drops some glitter as he was now glowing.
Meanwhile, Flim and Flam were still selling Holly dolls to a new crowd of ponies.
"Have a wonderful holiday." Flim said. "And remember, no refunds." He hands one to a pony. "Next!"
And then Fluttershy and Applejack appeared next to Flam.
"What are you doing here?" Flam asked.
"Same as everybody else." Applejack said.
And she got to the counter, and placed some bits. "I want a Hearth's Warmer. In fact, I want 3!"
"Seriously?" Flim confusedly asked.
"After I saw my friend here with hers, I knew I had to buy some for my granny, my brother, and my little sister!" Applejack said overacted.
"Yeah, yeah, great story." Flim hands her a bag. "Next!"
And then Fluttershy approached doing her part. "But, Applejack, your granny, brother, and your sister, they are all so different. How can the same doll be the right gift for all of them?"
The other ponies murmured.
And Flam panicked realizing what was going on.
"But, Fluttershy, this is the must-have gift of the season." Applejack went on.
"Just because it's must-have for one pony doesn't mean it's must-have for everypony, does it?" Fluttershy went on as well.
"That's true! I guess I need put more thought into getting the right gift for each pony." Applejack said. "Can I return these?"
"NO REFUNDS!" The 2 brothers yelled.
The ponies turn to Flam and his fake mustache peels off.
"Oh, uh, you want 'em?" Applejack turned to a Unicorn. "I'm gonna pick out gifts that are just as special as the ponies they're for."
"I... think I'm gonna do some more shopping, too." Minty Bubblegum said and left.
And then the other ponies started to leave.
"Now, hang on a moment!" Flim ran out. "Wait! Come back!"
"We'll give you a great deal!" Flam said.
"Buy one, get one free?!" The 2 brothers yelled out.
And then they ran off after some ponies.
Applejack happily sighs. "The sweet sounds of the season."
Author's Note:
Aurora, Bori and Alice almost sounds like the Auroraborialis also known as the Northern Lights.
And a Winterchilla might be some sort of Equestrian relative of the Chinchilla perhaps.
And doesn't Minty Bubblegum look similar to Minuette?
And I might've added a few extra things.
And lastly, stay tuned for tomorrow's final chapter.