"So... you weren't going to tell me?" The pink pegasus had tears in her eyes, feeling like a tiny filly again as she looked up at her mother.

"Dearest..." There was sorrow in Queen Haven's eyes, and Pipp didn't even need to hear what she'd say next. She already knew she was right. But her mother spoke anyway. "Before today, it wouldn't have mattered."

Apple Jack is hosting the Hearths Warming eve party for her friends this year, and suddenly the Apple family barn is teeming with warmth, and cheer, and high spirits. But even amid a crowd of friends and family, and the most wonderful holiday party of the season, Apple Jack finds that something is missing.

Meanwile, a storm is blowing in from the north, and the weather team has been called in for reinforcements.