Loki and I

Hearth's Warming Eve (S1 E25) [Part 1]

I leap out of bed and scream, jumping on Zoe who's in her sleeping bag. "Zoe, Zoe, Zoe, wake up, wake up!"

Zoe groans and pulls the sleeping bag over her head. "No..."

"But... But it's Hearth's Warming Eve!" I cry, "And... and you know what that means!"

Zoe sighs. "Tomorrow is Hearth's Warming-"

"Tomorrow is Hearth's Warming!" I squeal, bouncing around the room, Flufflepuff joining me with a gasp. "And there's gonna be presents and food and presents-"

"I think you already said presents-"

"And food and fun and presents!" I squeak in delight, doing a little dance with Flufflepuff. "Are you as excited as I am?" I ask to no one in particular.

"Not even close, and that's excited," Zoe grins, yawning and stretching out of her sleeping bag.

"And... because it's a special occasion..." I trail off, putting my hooves behind my back, looking all innocent like. Zoe looks at me, confused. "You know..." I try to hint to her.

"Oh, right. Presents," Zoe says obliviously.

"I was thinking more along the lines of our friend... who is, you know, staying at the castle?"

She stares at me, confused. "... Joe?"

I pull my hair, tackling Zoe to the ground so she's laying on her back, my nose pressed up against her. "Loki, Zoe. I mean Loki," I say seriously, looking her in the eye.

Zoe bursts out laughing. "I know, I was playing dumb. So, you wanna see Loki later, then?"

"Actually, I was wondering..." I trail off, jumping off of her to let her stand up.

"If we would turn him back into a pony?" Zoe says blankly, raising a sarcastic eyebrow at me and petting Flufflepuff, who appears out of nowhere.

I nod bashfully. "And-"

"And make him crash with us at the party," Zoe finishes for me.

I nod again, smiling stupidly. She knows me so well.

Zoe grins and heads off into the bathroom to get ready. I brush my mane as I wait, and think about Loki for a minute. The other day, when we went to the Wonderbolts race, how was he able to use his magic? Was he just holding back this whole time? Maybe he was just pretending he couldn't use it. But if he was saving it for something important, I don't think changing your outfit is that something.

Zoe comes back out after a few minutes with her mane smelling like blueberries (don't ask how I know), a piece of holly in her mane tucked behind her ear and a red choker necklace with green swirls on it and a yellow bell that tinkles whenever she moves. It's kinda cute, actually.

"Ta- Da!" She squees, standing on her hind legs and spreading her arms apart.

"Awesome!" I whoop, jumping around her in celebration with Flufflepuff joining in, doing small prances.

Zoe laughs and materialises a soft, red Santa hat with her magic and plops it in my head. I stop jumping and sit on my ass to stare up pointlessly at the hat. Flufflepuff bumps into me, looks put off only for a second, then leaps over me, gasping and continues bounding around the room excitedly.

"Ooh," I murmur, taking off the woollen red hat and stroking it against my face, staring into space. I do that for a few minutes until I realise Zoe's standing in front of me, waving a hoof at my face to try and snap me out of... whatever I was in. "ONWARDS!" I screech out suddenly, making Zoe jump back in shock.