Celestia(VO): There's nothing in this world quite so amazing as the first winter's snow.
The first few flakes falling from the sky, signifying great change.
The time for the land to rest
The animals, to dream
And the ponies of Equestria to relax and play
Knowing another year has successfully reached its eve
holiday celebrations
peaceful nights of rest
Brisk laughter in the day
All brought forth by a single, powdery fragment.
Some may scoff at the idea, that something so small could hold so much power.
But they are the ones who have forgotten how the snowflake came to be.
Windith: The eve following the spring sunrise, the rain pegasi
will bring forth the snow-melting showers from the south
can anypony tell me the southern nation that allows equestria to collect
their warm-front cloud system?
Cirrus?
Cirrus: uh...Ande...
Zibber...
Windith: Camelu.
Cirrus: Oh. Yeah.
Cumulo Nimbus: Wherever it is, they need to hurry up and go get the front. It's. Freezing.
Windith: They couldn't produce the rain yet even if they were back with the weather system.
the land still needs time to rest. That's the only reason we create winter to help
rejuvenate the soil for the earth ponies below.
Nimbus: Well I'm sick of waiting
Windith: you won't have to wait much longer the springs sunrise is only two days away
then you won't have to see a speck of snow for a whole year!
On that note how is everyone coming along with their spring sunrise
presentations? Is everypony and their partner ready to present their seasonal
gifts to the princesses?
Snowdrop?
How is your project coming?
Snowdrop: My... uh... my project?
Windith: Yes, are you and your partner ready to present? Snowdrop: My partner...?
Windith: Do you not have a partner still?
Snowdrop, this isn't just a small school project. This is the one hundreth
spring sunrise under the princesses' rule
They've honored us with the opportunity to show what Cloudsdale's future can create
to invigorate the seasons
Have you even begun your work?
Classmate: Ms. Windith is going to make somepony work with her again, isn't she
Classmate2: It's not like she can make anything when she can't see in front of her own face...
Classmate3: We worked with her last time, you do it!
Snowdrop: Of... course I've started!
I've actually been working on something for a while now.
...by myself, because it's a...
A surprise! Nimbus: A surprise? Snowdrop: Uhuh. A surprise.
That's why I wanted to work alone--
Windith: Alright everypony, be careful going home. Remember to bring in your projects for
a final work day.
The princesses arrive in two days!
Are you sure you'll be ready
working by yourself can't be easy
I can still place you in another group, you'll get credit.
Snowdrop: Oh. No!
I have something really good planned, Ms. Windith. You'll see!
But, it has to be a surprise. It has to!
Windith: Alright then...
be careful going home. I know you know you know your way but the last blizzard of
the year's always the worst Snowdrop: I will!
Really good surprise... Sure.
I can't go to the spring sunrise.
I just can't.
A useless foal like me could never make anything for spring.
The princesses would just laugh at me, and...
You can wish on them?
Primrose: Yes. Once there was a time you couldn't, when stars were rare.
But when the princesses came, the stars began to come out every night.
I bet if you listened you could hear them twinkle.
Snowdrop: No I couldn't...
Primrose: You listen better than anypony I know.
Snowdrop: All I hear is quiet.
I'd rather see them.
Do you think if I wished hard enough they'd let me see them?
Primrose: It's better to save your wishes, Snowdrop,
for something you really need.
Snowdrop: Don't I really need my eyes?
Primrose: No, not you.
You're too special for that. Snowdrop: I am?
Primrose: Who else can discover an entire cloud's shape without denting the surface?
Only one little filly's wings and hooves are careful enough to do that.
And I bet if you listened you would hear the stars twinkling at night.
You're a special filly my Snowdrop.
Don't worry. You won't need your eyes to find your place in the world.
Snowdrop: I think I hear the twinkles...
Twinkles...
What good are twinkles.
You can't wish on twinkles...
I don't know if one of you is out there tonight
in all the snow...
I don't think you are...
But, please, if you are... I...
I wish... I hope... I dream... I pray.
By the princesses' rule, light my way. Please, I...
I just want to show I can do something for once.
Everyone else says I can't do anything
But I just...
But... that wasn't snow.
Snow... snow is...
Primrose(VO): You listen better than anypony I know.
Snowdrop(VO): Tell me more about the stars
Primrose(VO): Well there are all sorts of stars
All different shapes and sizes
But they all have little points at their edges
When they sparkle, their shapes shift
They leave little glowing spaces, only for a moment.
And the few that streak across the sky and fall to the earth
The shooting stars
Those are the ones you make your strongest wishes on, because they can carry them through.
Primrose: Snowdrop! What are you doing!?
It's freezing! Come inside.
Snowdrop: Mother... Mother, look!
Celestia: Thank you all very much your hard work.
After a long winter, it is wonderful to see so many young filly's and colts
bring us such wonderful ideas to make the seasons shine.
Now, we can only choose one for the centenial symbol, but...
Snowdrop: Wait!
Classmate1: She's here?
Classmate2: She didn't show up to class at all yesterday.
Classmate3: I thought Ms. Windith excused her.
Windith: Snowdrop?
Primrose: Forgive us the interruption, your highnesses, it's just--
Snowdrop: I've been working so hard! Please, I have a gift for the seasons to and-
Nimbus: Doubt that.
Celestia: May we see it?
Cirrus: You brought snow? Nimbus: And just one little dot of it!
Classmate2: Maybe she grabbed the wrong thing on her way here?
Classmate1: Why would you bring snow to the spring sunrise?
Snowdrop: It's not snow, I made a star.
Cirrus: A star? You can't make stars. It doesn't even look like one!
Snowdrop: Maybe it doesn't look like one but it's still a star!
It's a star for winter!
I can't see what the stars look like out there.
Just like I can't see what spring looks like
But I can hear it all, and I heard the snow twinkling just like the stars do every night!
So they should be able to grant wishes too, shouldn't they?
Winter's been giving us a gift this entire time and we've jsut been ignore it!
Celebrating spring is good
But, winter can't be all bad if it gives us these.
It may be cold and dark...
But that doesn't mean there isn't any good to it.
Maybe winter is sad that everypony doesn't like it.
So maybe we need to make wishes on the winter snow
just like how we wish on the night stars
Maybe then we can have a happy winter instead
We already have a happy spring, and summer, and fall.
Can't winter be happy too?
Because, winter is important.
Even if it seems useless, it can give us wonderful things, so...
Luna: May we see your wishing snow?
Celestia: Could you make us some more?
Celestia(VO): the following year's snowfall was one
of the most celebrated events in equestrian history
Winter's blessings had at last been discovered.
From then on, snows were gentle
behaving the weather team's wishes.
Foals could play Ponies could see beyond the icy chill.
and a new sort of starfall could bring everypony sweat dreams.
Luna: Is it really the last one we have?
Celestia: It has been over a thousand years, sister.
And she only made so many.
Luna: Can we not save it?
Celestia: You know she wouldn't've wanted that.
Luna: But she... I.. I never got to.
Celestia: I am sorry for that. I know she was a dear friend to you.
Luna: The only one who truly knew my night...
Celestia: She still knows it Luna, You know that.
Guard: Princess, the weather captains are waiting for your signal.
Luna(VO): Thank you, my friend.
for everything you gave
And every wish you never knew came true.
Goodbye...