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// Sometimes Worrying is A Reasonable Response, The Cynic Becomes Innocent 
// Story: Surprise Party For Pinkie Gone Terribly Wrong 
// by BritneyPony 
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Time was flying by and the remaining party of friends was getting nervous. Twilight was nervously looking at the clock, Fluttershy was worried with Twilight's facial expressions, and Rainbow was sulking in her chair.

After the clock hit 21 minutes, Dash exploded "Unbelievable! Leave it up to AJ to do something like this!"

Twilight was still anxious, but she couldn't help but reply to Rainbow's comment. "What is that suppose to mean Dash? This is nothing like AJ! Why on Equestria is she not back yet?!"

Dash cleverly retorted. "How am I suppose to know? Why don't you go ask her yourself?"

This ignited Twilight into a frenzy of anxiety, causing her to rush up to Dash's seat. "You think?! Oh.. I hope she's okay. This is totally unlike her."

Dash was completely transparent, only causing Twilight more concern. "Twilight, I think the two of them are fine. You're weirding me out. So, please cut it out."

Twilight started pacing around the throne table after this. "Oh, what do we do? What do we do?"

Fluttershy nervously watched as Twilight became more frustrated and eventually her face elicited a response from Twilight.

"What do you think I should do Fluttershy?!"

Fluttershy timidly suggested "U-um maybe go to the bakery and see for yourself.." Fluttershy didn't really know how to calm Twilight down at these moments.

"That's a great idea! I'll be right back! Don't worry! I'm sure the two just got into an argument or something. I'll go there, resolve it, and bring everyone but Pinkie back. Nooo need to worry."

Dash rolled her eyes. "Then stop worrying."

That comment caused Twilight to pause briefly and then run outside the castle.

Rainbow slouched back in her chair. "Good lord, Twilight is such a worrywort."

"U-um, do you think she'll be alright?"

"No need to worry Fluttershy. This is just Twilight reacting to things not going as planned."

"I mean, do you think AJ, Rarity, and Pinkie are okay?"

The question reminded Rainbow of what she had done. "Look I don't know and frankly I don't want to think about it. I'm sure they're just taking longer than they should. This is Pinkie we're talking about." 

"I suppose..."

"There's really only one thing I'm unsure of right now."

"What's that?"

"For the love of Celestia, where is Spike? I expected him to be up by now."

"He's probably just tired after staying up so late to help Twilight with this schedule."

"Wow, things could not be going worse today. Pinkie's having an emotional breakdown, Rarity just had to go fix it up herself, AJ is taking her time, and now Twilight's in a frenzy. Not to mention, we only were able to complete so much of the decorations without Rarity's help!"

Rainbow's frustration triggered a slightly frustrated response from Fluttershy. "You caused this all to happen, remember?"

"Augh! Don't remind me! It's bad enough that everything else has happened."

"Sorry.. That was rude of me."

"It's alright.. In the mean time, I'm gonna snooze off in my throne chair. Wake me up when they all get back."

Fluttershy nodded and not long after the pegasus dozzed off. 

Fluttershy was concerned, but chose to keep company with angel and watch him draw some art. The bunny was a bit ansy with Fluttershy. The animal never liked receiving limited attention. 

As for Twilight, she took to the skys, high tailing it straight to the bakery. This was no laughing matter. They were supposed to start the party at 2 o'clock and it was already 10:30. If this party was supposed to happen tonight, she needed her friends to hurry.

Pinkie foresaw one of two things happening. Either Twilight or Rainbow would show up, which meant she had to take to the balcony and cut them off before they came in contact with Mr. and Mrs. Cake. Little did Pinkie know, her plans were going off without a hitch.

By the time Twilight was coming by, Pinkie had already tucked AJ in her bed with Rarity. The two babified friends unintentionally wound up hugging each other in their sleep. They were too adorable and Pinkie would have loved to just watch the two jewels sleep, but she had anger to satiate. So, she had quietly walked out to the balcony and closed the door behind her. 

About a minute outside she spotted Twilight and took a deep breath. That was close. If I had stepped out a moment later, she would've missed the alicorn. Without a second to lose, Pinkie called out to Twilight. 

"Twilight! Woo Hoo!! Over here Twilight!"

Twilight quickly spotted her friend and flew down. "Pinkie! Oh how I am glad to see you? Where's Rarity and Applejack? They left to find you and they haven't come-"

Pinkie interjected with her normal joyful demeanor. "Twilight, Twilight, calm down silly. They already left a couple minutes ago."

"Oh.." Twilight took a deep breath. "That's good. I was getting worried for a second there." To Twilight, everything seemed okay now. Pinkie was even acting as her normal self.

After a pause of relief, Twilight turned around "Well, I'll be heading out then. I'll see you in a-"

Pinkie cut in again. "Wait, wait silly. I haven't even had an opportunity to give you my apology cupcake."

Twilight expression quite rapidly to curiosity. "Apology cupcake?"

"Yeah! I made one for each of you! I felt bad after yesterday and well.. Dash was right. I was being a baby. I don't know what you all are up to, but I trust that you're not abandoning me. I sorta took up a lot of time apologizing to Rarity and AJ and held them up. I'm sorry about that."

Twilight fell for Pinkie's story hook line and sinker. The alicorn had a tender expression of joy on her face. "You didn't have to do that Pinkie. But I really appreciate it. You know, I could deliver these to the rest of our friends if you want."

Pinkie spoke up in what seemed like panic. "No. No, that's not necessary. I wouldn't want to keep you all from what you're doing. I-I would like to give them their cupcakes in person. That reminds me, I almost forgot to show you my apology card."

"Aww, you really went above and beyond Pinkie. You didn't have to do any of this."

"Nonesense! I couldn't fall short of apologizing to my very best friends."

Twilight walked up to the cupcake that was intended for her. It was a dark blue cupcake with several star shaped designs on it. "Wow Pinkie, you spare no detail. Thank you again for this. You really went beyond what you needed to do."

At that moment, Pinkie opened the door and shoved the cupcake in Twilight's mouth, causing her to swallow it whole. Right before the effects took over, Pinkie closed the balcony door. 

In the millisecond before Twilight's regression started, she saw her two friends babified in Pinkie's bed. Only one thought went through her head before it was over. 'Oh no..' After that Twilight was shrinking to the ripe age of 6 months. The regression took less than a minute and much about the alicorn princess changed in that time span. Her memories of her friends and family remained in tact, but new memories also flooded into her brain. She now saw Pinkie has her normal babysitter and believed her remaining four close friends as well as the Cake Twins were her regular playmates.

Pinkie was successful. She regressed Twilight without anypony interjecting. As Pinkie pondered on her great success, the baby alicorn looked around worried. She couldn't see anypony at her height and she wanted her babysitter. Pinkie saw this and used her natural babysitter charm, popping up behind Twilight "How's my wittle baby alicorn doing?"

"Pinkie!" Twilight motioned for a hug. She was so happy! She wasn't alone. Her friend and babysitter was just being silly. 

"Hey Twilight, I think I know what you'd like!"

Twilight adorably tilted her head "Huh?"

"Mister Smartypants!" Pinkie pulled out the stuffed animal from her closet. She made a little 'trip' to the castle last night and stole the stuffed animal for exactly this purpose.

Twilight's expression instantly changed to one of joy. "Smaw-tay Pans!" The foal grabbed the toy from Pinkie's hoof and started suckling on it. 

"Awwwww, such a good baby girl. Well, somepony still needs a new diap-y today!" 

Twilight didn't really pay attention to Pinkie. She was too immersed in her favorite toy.

Pinkie gave a motherly smile. "Foals will be foals." The pink party pony applied yet another quick diaper change and rested Twilight in her bed with Rarity and AJ. 

Pinkie was almost certain that the next pony would be Rainbow and she fully intended to stop the act for her pegasus friend. Rainbow deserved a special introduction into foalhood.