I was hoping I wasn't too late for the party? I brought gifts. [record needle scratch]
RDRainbow Dash (As Snowdash)
[spit-take] Boss?!
SStarlight (As Snowfall Frost)
I was wrong earlier, about Hearth's Warming Eve. 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.
RDRainbow Dash (As Snowdash)
Wow. [rip] Dragon toenail? Uh... thanks?
SStarlight (As Snowfall Frost)
I was in a hurry. I'll do better next time.
RDRainbow Dash (As Snowdash)
Ha. You kidding? No one's ever given me dragon toenail before! It's awesome! Now come get some eggnog!
So I may have switched all the Filly Guide cookies for joke cookies that were supposed to make ponies' mouths rainbow but somehow turned everypony into mindless cookie-eating zombies instead! I figure we just hide out here until the effects wear off, and as long as nopony else eats the cookies, we'll be fine.
RRarity
That's lovely, darling, except for one thing... [droning] We've already eaten theeeeeeeeeemmmmm...
Cogeria... persuadere... fiducia... hmm. Ah! Of course! Fiducia Compelus needs a trigger. [amplified] Ponies! Hear my voice and listen! Pinkie, kitchen. Rarity, Applejack, library. Fluttershy, stay here. Rainbow Dash, find somewhere inside the castle and set up a place where we can chillax.
They are? Uh, I mean, heh, come on! Of course they are! That's why I didn't bring you here to impress you! I wanted to make sure you had a chance to, heh, say "hello" to your old pal... Spike!
The truth is, I know you're not a little filly anymore. But it's just... the last time we did all of those things together, I... I didn't realize it was gonna be the last last time. I loved doing those things with you. It's hard for me to let that go.