There was a cold wind blowing.
"Who are you?" Estelle's eyes widened at the cloaked, horned figure before them.
"I am the Spirit of Hearth's Warming Yet to Come." The cloaked, horned figure replied.
"Are you here to show us what future Hearth's Warming Eves are like?" Snowfall asked with a nervous smile.
"No, for there are no more Heath's Warming Eves for me to show." The Spirit of Hearth's Warming Yet to Come answered.
"Why not?" Estelle asked, scared.
"Snowfall will succeed in erasing the holiday, as she wished." The ghost replied.
"And what happens?" Snowfall asked, feeling terrified herself.
"And w-what happens to the future in Ponyville due to me casting the same spell?" Estelle asked the same way.
"I see a cold wind blowing through, I see days neither fun nor free, I see a future caused by you, I see a path not meant to be, The future should be filled with magic, Dreams and wishes brought to life, But the days ahead are dark and tragic, No time for hope when all is strife, Whatever might have been, All the dreams that ponies share, Because of you, Snowfall Frost and Estelle Fudo, Now the future is a cold nightmare~" The ghost sang menacingly to them about their selfish desires.
Two Windigos flew past Snowfall and Estelle up in the sky and flying right up into the clouds.
"Windigos?" Snowfall and Estelle asked, concerned. "They aren't real, it's just an old filly's story."
"They are all too real, ladies, and your actions will allow them to return," The Spirit of Hearth's Warming Yet to Come replied. "The future of Equestria shall be bathed in a blanket of eternal snow!"
"No! We never meant for this to happen!" Snowfall cried out.
"It's true! We didn't understand!" Estelle cried out. "We didn't know how important Hearth's Warming Eve was!"
"Spirit, I haven't cast the spell yet, is there still time?!" Snowfall added. "I'M SORRY!"
"Me as well, I'm so sorry; I should have never casted that spell!" Estelle cried. "I was just so jealous of everyone else that had their own special somepony that I thought that if I didn't have one, then no one could, I should never listened to my Uncle Sombra! Please tell me that there is still a way to stop this future from happening, please! I'M SORRY FOR CASTING THE SPELL!"
Suddenly, their voices echoed and they were moved elsewhere as their eyes were shut from the stinging pain of their guilt for their heinous misdeeds. Then, somehow for them, they were transported right out of the future.
The window opened in Snowfall's shop and there were bells ringing. "There's still time!" Snowfall realized what this could only mean. She then looked behind her with a smile to tell Estelle the good news.
"Time?" The filly asked.
"Yes, there's still time for us to make things right, we gotta get to the party!" Snowfall smiled.
"Yeah!" Estelle nodded, having a feeling she would return at the end of this story.
With that, the unicorn mare and alicorn filly quickly hurried to the party to where the Spirit of Hearth's Warming Presents had shown them as they hoped to make it on time and where they did, luckily and thankfully enough, and where they had brought presents with them, unfortunately, they were in a hurry. As soon as they got to the building where the party was, Snowfall knocked on the front door. The door then opened.
"Oh, my." Merry sounded surprised.
'Snowfall Frost?" Flutterholly asked.
"Estelle and I hoped we weren't too late for the party." Snowfall said sheepishly.
"We brought presents." Estelle added the same way before using her magic to levitate the presents they both brought.
There was then a record-needle scratch heard from nowhere.
Snowdash gave out a spit-take as she saw how generous her superior was behaving. "Boss?!"
"I was wrong earlier, about Hearth's Warming Eve," Snowfall smiled gently. "It's not all about singing and presents. The singing and presents are all about celebrating the ponies in our lives. The ponies we should listen to more often: our friends."
"Yeah, so we brought you all gifts." Estelle said, levitating one of their gifts over to Snowdash.
"Wow," Snowdash smiled and ripped hers open to see what it could be. "Dragon toenail? Uh... Thanks?"
"We were in a hurry," Snowfall replied apologetically. "I'll do better next time."
"Ha. You kidding? No one's ever given me dragon toenail before!" Snowdash then suddenly smiled. "It's awesome! Now come get some egg nog!"
Estelle was about to join them, but then felt a something pulling her towards the door, telling her it was time for her to go. "Oh, no, I don't wanna leave yet, please, noooooo!" she cried out as she was being pulled out the door against her own free will.
"'And from then on, it was always said of all the Hearth's Warming Eve celebrations, Snowfall's was the Hearth's Warmingest. The End'." Twilight concluded her narration as she closed the book.
The kids cheered and clapped for Twilight since she read the book.
"Read it again, read it again!" Flurry Heart begged.
"Maybe next time." Twilght smiled gently to her biological niece.
Then out of nowhere, Estelle appeared back in Twilight's castle.
"That was a wonderful story, Aunt Twilight." Jasper smiled.
The other ponies smiled and nodded in agreement.
"It was more of an experience for me..." Estelle said, feeling a little dizzy.
A clock then tolled some times which caught everyone's attention.
"Well, it sounds like it's everypony's bedtime." Twilight remarked.
"Aww!" The kids pouted before a sudden gust of wind with the snow blow stronger blew the window open.
They then instantly shivered.
"Goodness!" Flash panicked at the cold breezes.
Twilight began to use all of her magic just to close the windows.
"I-I have to go." Estelle said, about to go out and try to cast a counter spell.
"Estelle, no, it's freezing out, you could capture death out there." Mo held her daughter back, grabbing onto her tail.
"Mom, let go!" Estelle yelped.
"Why do you need to go out there anyway?" Mo asked.
"BECAUSE THE WINDIGOS ARE COMING, AND IT'S ALL MY FAULT!" Estelle cried.
"The Windigos are coming?!" Twilight asked.
The other kids gasped and screamed, running around in fear, crying for their moms and dads to come protect them.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to summon them with the same spell Snowfall Frost almost cast; I was just jealous." Estelle frowned as tears started to fill up in her eyes.
"Spike, Matches, get the little ones to the shelter," Twilight said to the dragon couple. "We grown-ups have some work to do."
"Aw, Mother, let us help!" Midnight pouted.
"I'm sorry, sweetie, but your mother is right," Flash said to their daughter. "It's best that you kids stay away, you could get seriously hurt."
"But we want to help!" Jasper told them.
"Jasper, you should stay with the others, this could get risky, we'll talk about this later." Sweetie Belle told her nephew.
"But-" The kids said.
"Come on, guys, let's get you settled in." Spike said to the young fillies and colts.
"Go along, Estelle." Mo said to her daughter.
Estelle frowned with tears in her eyes as she was ushered with the other kids. As soon as all the kids, the pets, and Pokemon were all placed in a room for safety, the adults all went out to fight off the Windigos. Cheese Sandwich decided to stay and chaperon the little ones as the adults were off. Strawberry Pie clung to him as she watched Pinkie Pie go with the others. Pumpkin was wailing while Pound tried to calm his sister down.
"This is all my fault, if I hadn't gotten jealous, then I wouldn't have listened to Uncle Sombra and cast the spell." Estelle frowned.
"What is wrong, Estelle?" Felicity asked her cousin.
"Felicity, this is all my fault," Estelle cried. "It was me who summoned the Windigos and cast a spell in the Castle of the Two Sisters! Uncle Sombra told me to do it!"
"Maman told me to never listen to this King Sombra..." Felicity frowned.
"Well, Dad never told me or Akito or Vincent about him," Estelle frowned. "Now it's up to me to fix the problem I caused."
"Estelle, you cannot," Felicity told her. "It is too dangerous for us little ones, we have to stay with Monsieur Fromage Sandwich."
"Well, we can't just sit here and do nothing; we've got to go and help them defeat the Windigos." Flurry Heart said.
"I've caused this, I have to do it." Estelle insisted.
"Oh, you shouldn't do it alone..." A pegasus filly with wonky eyes said. "We should go with you."
"Yeah, who says kid power isn't as strong as grown-up power?" Pound asked as he flexed one of his hoof muscles.
"Pound's right." Akito responded the same way.
"Of when this is over, we should see which one of us is strongest." Pound smiled at Akito.
"You're so on." Akito smirked to the male Cake twin.
Pound chuckled. "Nopony can beat me in hoof-wrestling."
"We'll find out which one of you is strongest after we all defeat the Windigos." Pumpkin said.
"Yeah, yeah." Pound replied.
"Daddy, what if Mama doesn't come back?" Strawberry Pie sniffled.
"Yes, she will." Cheese Sandwich assured his daughter.
"Come on, we better go out there now and help defeat the Windigos." Vincent said.
The others nodded and found a way to escape the childrens' shelter.
"I know your parents might get mad at me, but you kids are right, we can't just sit here and do nothing." Cheese Sandwich said.
"Thanks, Uncle Cheese." Midnight smiled to the orange earth stallion.
Cheese Sandwich smiled back before helping the children get out of the shelter and out the castle.