Dear Princess Twilight Sparkle,
It obviously slipped your mind to mention how important hosting parties was to Pinkie. Not that it was an important thing to tell me or anything. No, not at all.
Ugh. I’m sorry, its just been a stressful weekend and I wish I could have done things differently. I came up with this great ‘bright’ idea to give Gilda and Dash an I’m Sorry I Got You in Trouble Party. Didn’t have the party and almost ended my friendship with the friendliest girl in the universe. Ughhh…. I swear I’ll take being hit with Elements of Harmony again over what happened.
Dash and Gilda weren’t really mad at me it turns out, even though they lashed out pretty hard initially. They had just both been really frustrated with situation. Gilda was annoyed that she got caught and Dash was playing the blame game to avoid feeling like she screwed up. She blamed herself for giving into Gilda, Gilda for stealing, me for getting them in trouble and herself again for being angry at me. Neither were punished too horribly, Dash got off with just a mark on her record and her dad grounded her for a couple of weeks. (By the way. COOLEST DAD EVER!) Gilda’s parent didn’t care, but she does have to serve a substantial amount of community service.
Turns out I could have just left the situation alone and it would have turned out just fine, but I had to go and stick my horn where it wasn’t needed. Mmmmmm… You have no idea how good it is to say that. I’ve been stuck watching every idiom for the past few years just so I don’t sound like some sort of freak… not that that matters anymore after the whole demon thing.
So I wanted to plan this party for Dash and Gilda and went about doing everything I thought I would need to do. Word of advice, never say no to Pinkie helping you with a party. She’s pretty sensitive about being thee party planner, and didn’t exactly handle being told I wanted to plan one without her very well. I didn’t mean to be rude, I just wanted to do this on my own. I got Dash and Gilda in trouble, so I wanted to show them that I had messed up and was trying to fix it.
Okay, you got me. I also refused because I wanted to prove that I could do this friendship thing without others help. That I was just as good of friends as everyone else. Ugh… I can just see how ironic that statement is just writing it. Yeah, I screwed up.
I’m worried for Pinkie. She’s as obsessed with parties as I am with showing that I’m a good friend. She might be afraid that someone else will steal her destiny. She became so lost when I told her she couldn’t help with the party. She was more than a just a little hurt when she learned I was throwing a party and didn’t want her help, something changed inside of her. I hurt her bad and I wish I could do something to make it up.
I should probably tell you exactly what happened. After I told her I wanted to do it on my own, none of the girls saw her over the weekend. We were more than a little worried on Monday when none of us even received so much as a text from her. During lunch, we took a trip to SugerCube Corner. The Cakes were really worried about her and were relieved when the saw us. We went up to her room… it was bizarre to say the least.
Pinkie’s hair lay flat against her head and she had a party set up with a bunch of stuff toys, a bag of flower and a pile of rocks. Pinkie seemed so out of it, so lost. A banner was hanging in her room with “WE’RE SORRY WE GOT YOU IN TROUBLE!” written on it. When we talked to her, she responded by talking through the flour, rocks and other ‘party guests.’ It… well… I deserved everything she said.
Rarity and Applejack were somehow able to get through to her and I said I was sorry. I had no idea that she cared so much about planning all of her friends parties. Her hair perked up a little and she seemed happier, (at least, she wasn’t talking to us through Madame La Flour, you were right about her having an imagination). I feel so horrible, I don’t even know if Pinkie still wants to be my friend anymore.
I’m just one big giant screw up. First I run away, I make everyone hate me, turn myself into a demon, then try and take over the world. When I finally do make some friends, I let them down, get them in trouble and hurt them in the worst ways possible. It might just be better if I come home and face Princess Celestia’s wrath. Banished to the sun doesn’t sound too bad right now.
UGH! Just listening to myself wants to make me throw up. I don’t really want that Twilight, but this friendship thing is just harder than I expected it to be. So far I’ve done nothing but fail everyone. Any advice for your failing student would be great.
Sunset Shimmer
P.S Saturday work for tea? I’m free all day.