"…and named their new land…"

"Equestria!"

There were cheers as the streamers popped out and the bells started ringing, having every pony, even a draconequus, in the audience singing.

"Oh, the fire of friendship lives in our hearts… As long as it burns, we cannot drift apart… Though quarrels arise, their numbers are few… Laughter and singing will see us through… Will see us though… We are a circle of pony friends… A circle of friends, we'll be 'til the very end!"

Backstage was crowded as the girls got out of their costumes.

"Best Hearth's Warming Eve ever!" Pinkie bounced around.

"I must say, this has been one miraculous holiday this year." said Rarity.

"It sure was…" Twilight went up to Fluttershy to put a hoof around her. The others followed suit as they embraced her.

"Hey, where's Discord?" Rainbow noticed, "He should be in this too, you know."

Just then, the very draconequus popped in and was giving them all a huge hug, "Why, all you had to do was ask!"

While the rest of the gang was gagging by his tight squeeze, Fluttershy found herself blushing by how close he was to her.

When he finally let them go, Fluttershy mentioned, "Oh, I hope it wasn't too upsetting for you…"

"Surprisingly, it never occurred to me that all I did throughout the play was focus on you…" He told it straight to her, "And I am so proud of you! You conquered the stage like it was no big deal!"

"It did feel good, but it helped knowing you were out there watching and the girls being by my side."

He held his arms out and they hugged for the longest time before he moved away to take out a small gifted box.

"What's this?"

"Well, I would think you of all ponies would know a present when you see one." he did a chuckle.

"I know that, just… I thought curing me was your gift?"

"It was, but I wanted to give you something you can hold. Go on."

She slowly took it and unwrapped it to see a snow-globe, but there was nothing in the middle. She looked at him with confusion, but she could see he was smirking.

"You have to shake it." he instructed.

She did as he said, and then, in a swirling of snow, she could see moving figures of her and Discord playing in the snow, from building a snow-pony to making snow angels, ice skating, throwing snow balls, and having all kinds of winter fun, just him and her… She was nearly crying with tears of joy and had to cry in his fur.

"You… you don't like it?"

"No! No… it's a beautiful present, one I'll cherish forever… but it would be better if we did them in real life…"

He could only laugh and stroked her mane, "Actually, this is part one of your present…"

She look at him with wide eyes, "There's more?"

"Of course, you honestly thought I would get you no more than one thing?"

"Well, what is this next part, then?"

"I'm so glad you asked. It's for you and all of our friends…"

"Really?!"

"Yes! You go get them and I'll meet you by the front doors."

"What?"

"Trust me on this one."

"I do, it's just strange you would want us to go outside."

"Darling, everything with me is strange, you know that, but I can promise you won't be disappointed. None of you will be."

"Alright…" she started to go, but then pulled a fast one by kissing his cheek and flew out before he had the chance to catch her.

A few minutes later, the Mane Six and Spike were making their way to the doors.

Pinkie jumped up and down, being very excited, "Ooh! What do you think he's going to give us?!"

"Better be something good." stated RD.

"Whatever it is, he's bound to surprise us." said Twilight.

"He is, after all, full of surprises himself." pointed Rarity.

"No kidding. Who would have ever thought he had a deep secret of a bad childhood involving this holiday?" AJ gestured.

"It's so sad, but at least I'm glad we finally had gotten through to him and because of that, we had managed to save Fluttershy." Twilight beamed.

"If anything, you saved me, too…" said a deep voice.

They turned around to see him and he went in front of them to put a hand on the door.

He continued, "By being more open about myself, I can gain more trust from the friends I've made. But yes, by helping me, we helped another to make sure she stayed with us for another day…" he found himself staring at Fluttershy as she did, too.

Twilight cleared her throat to bring them back.

"Right, your present." he pushed and opened the doors.

The gang gasped as they saw before them a red sleigh and four reindeer hooked on to it. They moved towards it and Fluttershy, Applejack, and Twilight were starting to pet the reindeer as Rarity, Rainbow, Spike, and Pinkie started getting into the sleigh. Discord himself got in the front, taking hold the reins while saying, "Ho-ho!" The other three managed to get in and joined them. Discord had Fluttershy sitting in the front with him.

"And check out the nifty features I putted in! We got a hot cocoa maker and a cookie dispenser!" he pushed a button and a gingerbread came out. Pinkie Pie immediately seized it.

"So is this thing supposed to move?" Rainbow questioned.

He smirked and turned back to face her, "Oh, it does more than move… Hang on tight."

"Hang… on tight?" Twilight had her brow up.

"You'll see…" he gave the command to the reindeer and they started moving. They gradually sped up.

"Uh, Discord… we're going awfully fast, aren't we?" Fluttershy said in concern.

"Yeah, don't you think we might slow down?" Spike pointed out.

But the reindeer just kept on running.

"Discord, this is serious. We could hurt some pony!" Twilight declared.

"Not to worry! We won't be near any pony!"

"Then what do you think you're doing?!" she shouted the last part as she sudden felt a jolt and looked down to see they were taking off!

The others expressions were just as jaw-dropping to see the sleigh being lifted into the air like this. Even the Canterlot ponies were shocked to see a flying sleigh above their heads.

On the castle watchtower as Luna was raising her moon, she, too, saw the sleigh and who was all in it. She could only smile, knowing she had fulfilled her mission the previous night and was pleased to know she got to help a friend in need.

Once they were out of Canterlot's view, the group felt relaxed as they watched from a pegasus' eye view. They saw lights from distant towns across Equestria. It was a beautiful sight to behold.

"I can't believe I'm about to say this, but is just totally awesome!" RD proclaimed.

"Marvelous, absolutely marvelous!"

"Wow…" Spike breathed.

"Yeah… wow…" AJ agreed in a dumbfounded manner.

"I'll say it again: best Hearth's Warming Eve ever!" Pinkie waved her hooves in the air.

"I got to say, Discord: you really know how to give a present." Twilight complimented.

"He does, doesn't he?" Fluttershy looked up to him, smiling.

He returned that smile as he kept on driving, then turned back to ask, "Shall I offer you ladies a ride home?"

"If you don't mind, but could you go back to Canterlot?" Twilight asked, "My brother and Cadence are going to visit my parents tomorrow morning and since Spike and I were in the pageant, we were going stay there for the night to go see them."

"But you can drop me off back in Pony-Ville," said Applejack, "I need to finish wrapping my presents to my family before tomorrow."

"Me, too." said Rarity, "My family always celebrate the next day with a dinner."

"The Cakes and I have a party to host for any Pony-Ville residents who don't have any family to go celebrate with."

"What about you, Miss Dash?"

"If it's not too much trouble, think you can drop me off in Cloudsdale? As long as we're close, I want to surprise my dad."

"Just let me get this straight: I need to drop off the princess and dragon in Canterlot, Rainbow Dash in Cloudsdale, and the other three in Pony-Ville?"

The girls did random agreements.

"Alright, here we go!" he signaled the reindeer to turn back.

In the next few moments, the group members were dropped off one by one and each goodbye took a while as they wished each other a Happy Hearth's Warming Eve and hugged before a member would go. When Pinkie Pie was the last one, it was just Fluttershy and Discord.

"So… I take it you want to head back to the cottage?"

"Yes, but… not right now. I rather just stay up here with you…"

"But what about your critters?"

"Oh, most of them are hibernating anyway, so it gets pretty lonely. Even Angel sleeps longer in the winter, so there's really no one there…" Then, an idea occurred to her, "Would you like to spend tomorrow with me?"

"Really?"

"Well… I don't have any family coming over to visit me and you heard the girls: they wouldn't be able to visit me either, but if you not too busy…"

"Too busy? Sweetheart, my plan was just to sleep though the whole thing! But I'm happy that's changed, so of course I'd be honored to spend tomorrow with you!"

She wrapped her hooves around him and tightly embraced him. When he landed the sleigh in front of the snow-covered cottage, she was getting off when she noticed he was staying in.

"Aren't you coming?"

"But I thought…?"

"It's too cold to be going anywhere else and I got a fire going. Wouldn't you rather warm up first?"

He could only smile at her as he released the reindeer, giving them carrots before he followed her into the house.

The fire was ablaze as a pony was wrapped around in a draconequus' tail.

"You know something, Fluttershy?"

"What, Discord?"

"I think I'm going to like this holiday."

She giggled and kissed his cheek, only for him to move her chin to kiss him on the lips.

What started as a bad local holiday turned into something more joyous, giving him a good reason to celebrate after all…

AN: And there you have it, something short, sweet, and simple. While I do wish this was longer but that's how it was. Happy Hearth's Warming Eve, everypony!