Akito was bright red, a little brighter than his mother's coat and he had a magnifying glass for his cutie mark. Vincent was a forest green color and had a paintbrush and paint can as his cutie mark. Estelle was light magenta and had pink ballet slippers as her cutie mark. Eloise was bright fuchsia and appeared to have a blank flank.
"Uh, Eloise?" Ditto asked. "Why is your flank blank while the others have cutie marks?"
Eloise looked to see that she was indeed a blank flank.
"She doesn't have acutie mark, I guess she doesn't know what her special talent is yet," Mo said. "That's what cutie marks mean, they symbolize your super special talent. Like Akito is a very intellectual boy with detective skills like his father, Vincent is a brilliant painter, and Estelle is a gifted dancer."
"I guess I really don't know what my talent is." Eloise frowned.
"Other than driving an entire hotel crazy." Akito muttered.
"Akito!" Atticus called sharply.
"Well, she does!" Akito replied in sudden nervous defense.
Cherry and Forte came out to Equestria first in their forms. Simon and Felicity followed. Simon appeared to be a dull gray with a skull and crossbones cutie mark. Felicity was a pale yellow and had a flashing green musical note cutie mark like her father.
"Okay, now that the gang's all here, let's go get to Twilight's castle." Atticus said.
"Can we sing while we make our way to her castle?" Eloise smiled.
"Sure, sweetie, whatever will make you happy." Mo smiled back to her niece by marriage as they passed the several colorful ponies on the way.
"Ponies' voices fill the night~" The Fudo family sang. "Hearth's Warming Eve is here once again, Happy hearts so full and bright, Hearth's Warming Eve is here once again, Oh, what a sight, Look at the light, All for tonight, Hearth's Warming Eve is here once again!~"
Misdreavus floated up to the clouds as there was gentle snow arriving thanks to the pegasi. "Clouds arranged 'til they're just so"
"Hearth's Warming Eve is here once again~" the pegasi sang with the Ghost Pokemon.
"Gonna make some awesome snow~" Boots flew as she was shown with an older Fluttershy and Discord.
"Hearth's Warming Eve is here once again~" the pegasi sang.
"The chill wind blows, Making a show, Snowflakes aglow~" Boots, Fluttershy, and Discord sang together.
"Hearth's Warming Eve is here once again~!" The ponies sang as they all got everything ready for the holiday, two of which were a happy couple kissing under neath a mistletoe.
Estelle gave a polite smile, but hung her head in sadness and jealousy that those two had found love, but she had not.
"A day that's filled with songs to sing~" Cheese Sandwich sang as he came through town with the Cake twins now on his back as they gave out invitations to the passing ponies to a party.
"Ding-dong, ding-dong-ding~" The ponies sang as many of them accepted the invites.
"Cakes we shall bring~" An older Apple Bloom sang as she and her family all brought Apple-related food to the castle.
"Ding-dong, ding-dong-ding so busy making merry, Windigos should all be wary~" The ponies sang.
"As our mighty voices carry~" The stallions sang.
"Hearth's Warming Eve is here once again~" The ponies sang.
"Decorations we shall make~" an older Sweetie Bell sang, pitch perfect as always ever since she was a little filly.
"Hearth's Warming Eve is here once again!~" The ponies sang.
"Not one mistake, Don't let that break, Oh, goodness' sake!" Sweetie Bell got nervous as an older Derpy had bumped into one decoration and made it fall on the solid ground.
"Hearth's Warming Eve is here once a—, Happy, happy Hearth's Warming Eve, Happy, happy Hearth's Warming Eve~" Cherry even sang with much gusto with Felicity and Forte.
"Hearth's Warming Eve is here once again!" Simon even sang, surprising everyone.
"Did Simon just sing?" Patch asked.
"I think so, Dad." Scruffy said.
"Darla and Urchin not coming?" Cherry asked.
"They're gonna stay at the Plaza for the holidays this year," Atticus replied. "They'd come with us, but Darla's in her late stages now and can't travel that much."
"Understood, let's just hope Eloise behaves herself..." Cherry nodded, knowing how much of a ruffian the little girl could be, especially when running around the hotel when her parents were away and it was just her and Nanny.
"Oh, darlings, it's been way too long..." An older Rarity was shown with a smile, she appeared to be wearing glasses now and her mane was a lot longer and even curlier than it used to be.
"Rarity!" The others beamed to the white unicorn fashionista mare.
"It's so great to see you again!" Atticus smiled.
"Come inside, we're all expecting you," Rarity smiled. "Especially the little ones."
They all then went inside the castle as the decorations were all put up and also to welcome their guests into their first time celebrating Hearth's Warming after hearing so much about it in the past.
"So, Rarity, did you finally get to tie the knot with somepony?" Forte asked.
"Oh, well, yes, I did..." Rarity chuckled as she turned bright pink in the cheeks. "Believe it or not, but Spikey Wikey recommended him. Come in, you can meet everypony."
The others smiled as they were invited inside.
Sweetie Bell wore a shimmering emerald green gown that complimented her eyes and she sat on the piano, she looked so grown up and mature, besides getting older, but she looked so much different than a filly who was anxious to get her cutie mark.
"Sweetie Bell, is that you?" Mo asked.
"The one and only," Sweetie Bell smiled. "I hope you all stay for carols, I'm going to sing."
"Wow, this castle is so big." Estelle smiled as she looked around.
"It's bigger than I expected or could even dream of." Akito agreed.
"Wow!" Eloise was the most blown away since she had never been inside a castle before.
The others walked in as they looked with wide wonder.
Flurry Heart excitedly sat at the top of the staircase as she watched the others come in. "Aunty Twilight, Uncle Flash, they're here!"
"We'll be just a minute!" Twilight's voice called out.
"Don't worry, Flurry, this shouldn't take long." Midnight's voice said.
"I hope not..." Flurry Heart looked as energetic and easily excited as Pinkie Pie on a good day.
Shining Armor and Cadence came to their daughter as they were already ready themselves. After a little while, Twilight Sparkle, Flash Sentry, and Midnight Sparkle all came downstairs to join the party.
"So, this is little Midnight Sparkle, huh?" Atticus took a look at the filly with the couple.
"Mm-hmm," Flash smiled. "Princess Midnight."
"Salutations." Midnight emerged from her parents and gave a royal bow to the guests she had heard so much about.
"It's nice to finally meet you." Mo smiled.
Midnight smiled back politely.
"It's so good to see you," Twilight smiled to her guests. "It feels like it's been far too many moons since we last met up."
"It sure has." Atticus smiled.
Twilight and Flash both then saw that the Fudos and Fortes had brought their children as well and couldn't wait to meet them.
"Who do we have here?" Flash asked.
The adults encouraged their children to go and introduce themselves.
"My name is Akito." Akito introduced himself.
"And I'm Estelle, his twin sister as you can already guess." Estelle introduced herself next.
"And I'm Vincent, their older brother." Vincent introduced himself last before their pets and Pokemon came out to show themselves.
"Oh, and who are you?" Flash noticed another child with the Fudo family.
"I am Eloise, I am six." the girl gave her usual introduction whenever meeting someone new.
"She's actually my niece," Atticus explained. "Her parents are far away for now."
"Well, it's nice to have some more company." Twilight smiled.
Eloise smiled back. The Pokemon and pets then came out.
"What are those things?!" Flash looked surpried at the Pokemon.
"Wow, real live pocket monsters!" Midnight beamed. "I read about them in one of my books from my birthday, I can't believe they're actually real!"
"Same here, I thought they only existed in Pony Tales." Twilight said.
The Pokemon smiled to the ponies.
"Why, it's a Larvitar, Misdreavus, Vulpix, Teddiursa, and even a Ditto!" Midnight smiled from memory.
"Wow, somepony has been doing her studying on Pokemon." Akito smiled.
"I knew they had to be real," Midnight grinned. "I've hoped day and night I'd meet some in person someday and you brought them to me! Ooh, this is gonna be the best Hearth's Warming ever!"
"Indeed it is." Vincent nodded.
Estelle smiled, happy for Midnight, but couldn't help feel jealous again as there were happy couples in the castle.
"Oh, I am Felicity and this is my little brother Simon." Felicity introduced, realizing they hadn't been introduced yet.
Twilight and Flash smiled to them.
'Why don't you little ponies go into that room?" Twilight gestured to an open doorway. "There's lots of kids in there, maybe you should go in there so we boring grown-ups don't bore you." she then added the last bit with a joking giggle since kids felt trapped whenever adults talked with their friends.
"Okay!" The kids smiled.
'Estelle, my dear niece.' A familiar voice said from the mind.
"Hmm...?" Estelle's sapphire eyes darted all around before she joined the others into the kids' room. "Uncle Sombra?"
'Yes, my dear; I can help you get rid of this jealousy.' Sombra's voice told her.
Estelle went to a private corner so she could be only with her thoughts so nopony would think she was crazy. 'How's that, Uncle Sombra?' she asked in her mind, slightly excited.
'There's a spell in a spell book that can make sure that this holiday gets skipped entirely; I mean, after all, if you can't have a lover to be with you on Hearth's Warming Eve, then why should anyone else?' Sombra's voice asked.
Estelle thought about it, normally she would be against anything evil, but her great-uncle had a point, she then narrowed her eyes in determination. Vincent had Jenny, Akito had Emi, and even Felicity had Chip. "Yeah, you're right..." she sounded more assertive and determined now.
'Then go out into the Everfree Forest, and continue on until you've reached The Castle of the Two Sisters,' Sombra's voice told her. 'Once inside, go into the library and find a spell book with a star on it; once you've found it, turn to page 30, and that where the spell is, but of course, you'll need to use your powers to get the ingredients for the spell to work.'
'Yes, Uncle Sombra...' Estelle replied.
'Good girl...' Sombra's voice grinned darkly.
The kids then came into the room to meet the others who were closer to around their age. Pound and Pumpkin Cake and more were among the many fillies and colts. Estelle sneaked out the room with her magic as she teleported out and rushed off to the Everfree Forest. The others looked in happiness and wonder as there were many activities going on. Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich stood with the little kids as they chaperoned due to being like little ones themselves with their eccentric behavior.
"Uh, Strawberry, I think you overdid it with the glitter." Cheese Sandwich chuckled to a filly who was covered in colorful sparkles and only a pair of green eyes with thick eyelashes were visible.
The filly sniffled and then let out a loud sneeze which made the glitter fly off to show a hot pink colored earth filly with frizzy red violet mane.
"Maybe just a little." Strawberry giggled.
Pinkie smiled, then saw the new kids which made her grin even bigger.
"Ooh! New friends!" Strawberry dashed over with a big grin that could rival Pinkie Pie's. "HELLO!"
"Hi." The visitors smiled.