Elements of Harmony, Jr.

by Ironhoof

Pinkie's Surprise Party

“Twilight.” a small voice whispers.

“…zzz…”

“… Twilight.” the voice said a little louder.

“ZzZz… Zz”

“TWILIGHT!!!”

“Woah! I’m up, I’m up! Now what did you want… Pinkie Pie?”

The purple unicorn turned and looked towards the window. There, Pinkie was hanging through, a bright smile plastered across her face. Twilight sat down and rubbed one of her eyes, irritated that she was woken up.

“What do you want Pinkie? It’s…” the purple unicorn looked at the clock, “It’s 4:45 in the morning. The sun isn’t even up yet.”

“Oh I know but there’s a new pony in town AND he owns the NEW party store and I was wondering if you’d come with me to the GRAND OPENING!!” the party pony said in a breath, hopping through Twilight’s window and bouncing around her.

Twilight gave a weary smile, slightly amused at her friend’s boundless energy. “Sure Pinkie, I’d love to go. When is it?”
Pinkie Pie’s eyes shimmered with excitement. “It starts at 10!” she replied.

One of the purple unicorn’s eyes twitched. “So why did you wake me up now?”

“Because I figured that way we’re guaranteed the first spots in line!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed, raising her hoofs for emphasis, which in turn caused confetti to pop out.

“… Sure, why not?” Twilight rhetorically asked. She got up and prodded her assistant, Spike. “Spike, wake up, I need to go and I need you to do your chores when you get up.”

The small purple dragon grumbled in his sleep and turned away. Twilight rolled her eyes and decided to leave a note for him. After words, the two mares left the library and headed to where Pinkie said the new shop was.

“Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh I’m so excited!!!”
The pink party pony was bouncing around, occasionally stopping to shoot her party canon or to make the sleeping Twilight dance. It was about 9:57 in the morning and there was already a small group of ponies in front of the shop. Most were fillies and colts that dragged their parents along, causing Pinkie and Twilight to stick out among them. Soon, all the ponies turned towards the town clock and counted down.

“10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2…”

“ONE!!” Pinkie Pie shouted.

As if on cue, slots in front of the store opened up to allow trumpets through. Then, the sound of a speaker turned on as a mauve colored stallion with a purple, curly mane walked out to greet the crowd.

“Welcome everpony, to the grand opening of…” the stallion’s horn glowed a deep purple as his magic grabbed a piece of cloth, “THE SURPRISE PARTY STORE!” he shouted. The second he said the name, the trumpets blared and confetti showered the group, causing Twilight to jump up in surprise and be caught by a gleaming Pinkie Pie. Soon, the crowd of ponies were trampling over each other, trying to get inside the building.

Next thing the purple mare knew, she was flopping on her friend’s back as Pinkie started galloping around the store, ‘oohing’ and ‘awwing’ at everything. Eventually, the unicorn managed to get off her friend’s back. When she did though, she regretted it. Twilight landed on her stomach, and just as she was trying to get back on her hooves, a small group of colts ran over her. She simply let out a weary sigh and walked over to a bench to lie on.

Meanwhile, the energetic party pony was zipping around, looking for new party supplies to try out. Pinkie already had a basket full of party poppers, streamers, hats, and a few recipes she wanted to try.

“Oh my gosh! That’s the BIGGEST cake I’ve ever seen!” she said, stopping to look at a towering cake covered in pranking devices.

“As impressive as it is, it’s a shame to say it’s a fake.” a voice said behind the mare. When Pinkie Pie turned around, she saw the stallion from earlier. He gave her a cheery smile and held out a hoof, “Hello, my name’s Surprise, owner and manager of this store. And you, my zippy mare, are?”

Pinkie Pie giggled and held out her hoof. “My name’s Pinkie Pie. I’m known as the party pony of Ponyville… OH MY GOSH I ALMOST FORGOT!” she screamed.

Surprise gave her a quizzical look. “Forgot what?”

“You’re a new pony in town! That means you need a PARTY!!” she exclaimed, her blue eyes sparkling.

The stallion gave a chuckle. “Very well then,” he agreed, “we can use my backroom to hold it, just let me know if you need anything.” Surprise gave Pinkie Pie a wink before disappearing in a magical flash of confetti, streamers, and a pop.

Pinkie Pie just stared at where the unicorn was a few seconds ago. “Does he… have a crush on me?” she thought. Suddenly, she felt her face become flushed. ”TWILIGHT!” the mare ran, calling her friend’s name.

“Well I think it’s sweet if he does like you Pinkie. After all, what’s wrong with having a coltfriend?” Rarity asked, putting the spoon she was using for her tea down. Twilight called their fashion friend for advice, seeing as how she had more knowledge on the subject of dating.

The party pony took a gulp of her drink, thinking of how to respond. After letting out a burp, she thought of one. “Well there’s nothing wrong with it, I guess. It’s just that no pony has ever seen to have a crush on me.”

Twilight looked up from the book she was reading. “Hasn’t there every been any colts you’ve liked Pinkie?”

“Not colts exactly…” Pinkie’s cheeks became red from blushing.

Rarity’s cheeks puffed out as she was trying not to spit her drink out. After gulping it back down, the white unicorn cleared her throat. “Well, have you ever at least dated anypony, mare or colt?”

Pinkie Pie thought for a moment. “Mmm yea, yea there was a colt I did go on a date with when I was younger.”

“What happened after your guys’ date?” Twilight asked, sitting in between her friends.

“After we got back to the farm, my dad chased him off. It was actually kind of funny.” Pinkie giggled at the memory.

Rarity walked around the table and sat on Pinkie’s other side. “Do you think this stallion’s cute?” she asked her friend. Pinkie Pie nodded. “So then, why not just go on a date with him? Just you two on a little outing.” Pinkie looked at her hooves, the wheels in her head turning as she thought about it.

“What about his party?” she asked. The look on her face showed the disappointment of not throwing a party.

“Rarity put a hoof to her chin. “How about your guys’ date is the party? Just not as… vivacious.”

The pink party pony of Ponyville seemed to like the idea. She grabbed both her friends in a tight hug. “Thank you thank you thank you!” she said. Then, in a blink of an eye, she was out the door and headed towards the party store.

Surprise was in the backroom of his store, checking inventory and moving items around. As he was humming to himself, his left ear flicked. The stallion’s eyes snapped forward and started looking around. A playful grin started to spread across his face when he saw the big three display presents in a corner.

“And here I thought everypony left…” when Surprised looked at the right package, his tail involuntarily snapped. His horn glowed as his magic encased the top of the display, “so what do you think you’re doing in there?” He lifted up the lid and looked in, expecting to see a pony hiding. But what he saw were all the small the items the display holds. “I could’ve sworn…”

“HI SURPRISE!”

The unicorn snapped around, shocked at the voice. He soon came snout to snout with Pinkie. When he saw who it was, he immediately relaxed.

“Hi there Pinkie. What can I help you with?” he asked, leading them to a bench they could lay on.

“What were you doing looking in the box?” she retorted.

“Oh well, umm, I could’ve sworn there was some pony hiding in there. See I have like this ‘special sense’ that tells me when certain things are gonna happen.”

Pinkie’s eyes lit up at the mention of this. She started jumping around the bench Surprise was laying on. “Oh my gosh I know EXACTLY what you mean!”

“You do?” Surprise asked quizzically.

The pink mare stopped in front of the unicorn and started nodding her head vigorously. “Yeah. I call it my Pinkie Sense!”

Surprise busted into laughter at the coincidence of everything, before he remembered his question from earlier. “So, Pinkie, why are you here? I mean it’s late after all and I figured everypony would be home or out with friends.”

“Well… umm… there was something I wanted to ask you.” Pinkie replied, a blush forming on her face.

The stallion got down from the bench and sat down in front of Pinkie Pie. He lifted her chin up and gently rubbed his snout against her own. “So ask.”

“I was wondering, if maybe, perhaps… umm… ifyouwouldliketogoonadatewithmesometime?” Pinkie asked, the last part coming out quickly and in one breath. She was about to let out a sigh of relief for asking, but remembered she still needed an answer.

“Sure, any particular time and place?” the unicorn asked, giving the mare a sweet smile.

“Oh, umm… How about at Sugarcube Corner tomorrow for lunch?”

Surprise nuzzled the pink pony in front of him and whispered an ‘I’d love to’ in her ear. Pinkie’s previous calm demeanor gave way to the biggest smile imaginable and she started zipping around the room. When she was about to leave to go tell her friends, she quickly turned and gave Surprise a devious smile.

“By the way, I was in the middle box.” she said with a wink before leaving. The unicorn gave her a curious look before opening the middle display box. Inside, there was an imprint of what looked like a pony curled up and was hiding. Surprise gave a little chuckle before closing the two boxes and finishing up his work.

Ding-Ding

“Hello? Pinkie Pie?”

Surprise looked around the front room of Sugarcube Corner. He breathed in the aromas of the building and sighed contently. He walked up to the counter and leaned to the side, seeing if he could look past the doors to the kitchen. When he noticed the bell, he rang it. Suddenly, there came a crashing sound from the kitchen and Pinkie rolled out, covered in flour. As soon as Pinkie opened her eyes, they became wide with realization.

“Surprise! Oh my gosh I totally got lost and forgot our date! I’m so sorry!” Pinkie said. She quickly got up and started brushing the flour off herself. Surprise simply snickered and levitated a towel over to the mare. After Pinkie got all cleaned up, she sat Surprise down and quickly left to the kitchen. She came back carrying a try with two drinks and some oatmeal cookies. After Pinkie sat down, the two ponies smiled at each other. Soon, though, there was awkwardness in the air as one pony would look at the other then quickly look somewhere else.

Eventually, Surprise cleared his throat. “So then, Pinkie, interesting place to pick for a date. Is this your store or something?”

“Hmm? Oh, well, kinda. The Cakes own the bakery; when I moved to Ponyville, they took me in and allowed me to work here and live here as well.” Pinkie replied, taking a sip of her drink. She let loose a little burp, causing some confetti and a popping noise to come out her mouth. When Surprise started giggling, Pinkie blushed a little bit. “Sorry. I know I can be weird sometimes.” she said.

“Hehe. I don’t think you’re weird. I actually think it’s cute. I’ve never met another pony that can do even a quarter of the things you can do. Makes me wonder how you do it.”

This time it was Pinkie’s turn to laugh. “Oh, well that’s my little secret. So what about you, what made you decide to open up a store?”

“Well when I was younger, I was a, different, unicorn.”

The pink mare looked puzzled. “Different? How so?”

Surprise got up and sat next to Pinkie. He then proceeded to clear the plate that had the cookies on it, then his horn started to glow. The center of the plate started to glow and swirl, soon there was an image on it. It took Pinkie a few seconds to realize that the image was Surprise as a young colt. Surprise then proceeded to tell his story:

“Well, most young unicorns are usually interested in getting to learn how to use magic. I wasn’t, I spent most of my time making ponies smile or laugh. I’d go around and tell funny stories, throw small parties for ponies, and do other things along those lines. It was while I was trying to make filly smile that I found out I was different. She lost her pet puppy, and I trying to make her smile, I was telling her stories about how he alright and still happy. Well that wasn’t working, but I noticed a hat a few hoof steps away and remembered hearing about ‘magic tricks’ some earth ponies can do. So I levitated the hat over and concentrated on trying to make the filly happy. Soon, there was a small bark and a squeal, and when I opened my eyes, the filly’s puppy’s head poked out of the hat and the young pony was hopping around with excitement. I was so overcome with happiness for the two that I wanted a way to show them, suddenly my horn glowed and from it shot out confetti, streamers, balloons, treats, and even music. That’s when I got my cutie mark and realize my magic has the ability to make any pony happy in anyway, whether they lost something or just need a small pick me up, my magic never fails.”

When Surprise finished his story, his magic faded and the plate returned to normal. He noticed Pinkie was starting to have tears go down her face. The stallion nudged his date, and when she looked at him, he closed one his nostrils and sharply blew out, making confetti and streamers fly out. The sight made Pinkie Pie laugh, so hard that she fell off her chair and on to the ground. Suddenly, the mare got an idea.

“Hey, Surprise.”

“Yea?”

“Wanna go prank somepony?”

“Hmm, sure!”

Pinkie and Surprise were hiding in a bush, waiting for their unsuspecting victim. Pinkie had a devious smile that also showed excitement. Surprise was a little uneasy. He’s pulled pranks before, but they were usually harmless and in good fun. The unicorn decided to voice his opinion.

“Hey, Pinkie, are you sure this is a good prank. I don’t think your friend would appreciate it.”

“Don’t worry, it’ll be funny. If things look like they’ll get out of hand, just run back to your store.” The pink pony gave her nervous coltfriend a reassuring nuzzle. Looking back from their hiding spot, she made a slight gasp. “Here she comes! This is gonna be awesome!”

“Applejack I don’t think you should be apple buckin’”

“And why not Quest? Ah can still do it just like Big Mac can.”

“Well I just worry. After all, you are, well, you know.”

“Ah do know. And it ain’t gonna stop me from doin’ mah chores. Now, y’all are welcome ta help if you want.”

Soon, the orange mare and the pony she was talking to came into view. Pinkie couldn’t stop snickering while putting the small container of glue into her saddlebags. Applejack and the unknown stallion exchanged conversation a little bit, and then the farm pony bucked the tree and gave the stallion a smug look. The smug look soon turned into one of confusion, as the some of the apples in the tree didn’t fall into the buckets. Again, Applejack kicked the tree, and again the apples didn’t fall, they didn’t even move.

Pinkie Pie couldn’t contain it anymore. Her snickering soon turned into exploding laughter. Surprise on the other hoof, was starting to panic when he saw Applejack’s emerald eyes look in their direction and she snorted.

“PINKIE PIE!!” the mare shouted, charging at the bush. The party pony let out a gasp, grabbed her date’s tail, and shot off towards Ponyville. The stallion that was with Applejack was left in the dust, a look of surprise at how fast his marefriend could run. Surprise, whose eyes have been closed so far, decided to open them, and regretted it. Applejack was half a pony length away, a look of anger and annoyance on her face. “WHEN AH GET MY HOOVES ON Y’ALL, AH’M GONNA… AH’M GONNA… WELL I DON’T KNOW YET BUT AH’M GONNA DO SOMETHIN’ FIERCE!” Applejack roared.

Surprise started to panic. Suddenly, he got an idea. He closed his eyes while concentrating on his teleportation spell; it was difficult while they were moving and bouncing. But with a stroke of luck, it worked. Soon he and Pinkie disappeared in a puff of multicolored smoke and balloons. The sudden teleportation caused Applejack to run head first into Carrot Top’s stand and send her carrots flying everywhere. The farm pony was left lying there, sheepishly smiling at an upset Carrot Top.

“Wooo! That was fun, wasn’t it?” Pinkie Pie exclaimed, hopping around an exhausted Surprise. After catching his breath, the unicorn started laughing himself.

“You know, that was probably the most fun I’ve had in years! Thank you for such a wonderful date!” The stallion grabbed the bubbly mare and gave her a big hug. “I never would’ve thought of something like gluing apples to their branches.”

Pinkie wrapped her hooves around Surprise’s neck and returned the hug. “Told you it was gonna be fun! Although, you teleporting us to your shop was pretty cool!”

When the two ponies released each other, the awkward silence settled again. Surprise was rubbing his front hooves together nervously while Pinkie was looking around, taking occasional glances at the stallion. Surprise was the one to break the silence.

“Well then, I guess I’ll see you around?” he asked. The pink mare gave him a nod. Then, the two ponies gave each other one last hug before Pinkie Pie headed back home.

It was the next day, around noon, when Surprise decided to pay Pinkie Pie a visit at Sugarcube Corner. He had his saddles packed, planning for the two to go on a picnic. Today was the day he decided to establish his relationship with the party mare. When the unicorn entered the shop, he saw Mrs. Cake at the counter. When she noticed Surprise, she gave him a warm welcome.

“Why hello, Surprise. Can I help you?”

“Hello, Mrs. Cake, I was wondering if Pinkie was around?”

Mrs. Cake’s trademark smile went down slightly. “Oh, I’m sorry. Rainbow Dash came by earlier and Pinkie went with her.”

“Oh, alright then. I guess I’ll come back tomorrow…” Surprise replied, disappointed. He turned to leave and head back to his shop. Just as he reached, Mrs. Cake called out to the stallion.

“Oh! I almost forgot! Pinkie wanted me to give you this cupcake she baked for when you came by today.” Mrs. Cake left the room, only to return momentarily with a single cupcake on a plate. She placed the plate on the table next to Surprise, then left to work in the kitchen.

The unicorn sat down and stared at the baked treat. The dough of it matched his coat color, while the frosting matched Pinkie’s coat color. But what caught his attention was what was written. In rose red frosting, the words “I ♥ You” were there. Surprise’s heart started beating faster, excitement overflowing inside him. He was snapped to attention from Mrs. Cake.

“Is everything alright dearie?” she asked while re-stocking the displays.

Surprise gave her a smile and carefully levitated the cupcake. “Everything’s perfect, Mrs. Cake. Thank you.” With that, the unicorn left the store and started bouncing back to his own. That night, Surprise couldn’t sleep. He was thinking about Pinkie Pie and the cupcake.

She likes me. She really does. This is the most wonderful thing in my life! I just hope she wants to be my marefriend… Darn it! I’m being silly, why wouldn’t she want to if she loves me? There’s no possible way she’d hurt me. It’s decided, tomorrow, I’ll ask Pinkie to be my marefriend and nothing will stop me!

The next morning, Surprise got up bright and early, determined to ask Pinkie his question. He ran all the way through Ponyville, much to the annoyance of the shoppers. When he saw Sugarcube Corner, he ran faster. Soon, the stallion busted through the door. His determination faded away to shyness when he noticed the look from Mr. and Mrs. Cake, and the few ponies eating inside the bakery.

“Umm, sorry for barging in, but… I was wondering if Pinkie Pie was here?” the mauve stallion asked.

The Cakes shook their heads. “Sorry, Surprise. She left with her friends for a breakfast picnic.” Mr. Cake replied.

The unicorn’s eye twitched. He calmed down after a little bit, thanked the Cakes, and then left for the park.

“I’m sorry, Applejack. I promise to make up for the prank from a few days ago.” Pinkie Pie apologized. Applejack had tied her up and was now getting the apology she demanded.

The farm pony gave a curt nod. “Apology accepted, Pinkie. But Ah think as part of yer punishment, y’all can stay tied up fer a little while longer.”

Their other friends giggled at the two mare’s antics. Suddenly, they all looked in the direction from which they heard a voice calling.

“Pinkie Pie!” Surprise called. Soon he found the six mares. When he approached, though, he only saw five. Almost instantly, he felt an impact to his side as he was tackled by a pink blur. The next thing he knew, Surprise was being cuddled by Pinkie. Applejack on the other hoof was baffled. When she looked back to where she had Pinkie tied up, Fluttershy was there instead. The yellow pegasus gave the farm pony a smile while blushing, causing Applejack to lay down and sigh in defeat.

“Ohhh, Surprise! I’ve missed you!” Pinkie said, rubbing her nose against his. Surprise blushed at the gesture.

“I’ve missed you too Pinkie.” Surprise replied, nuzzling her back. Soon, he remembered his promise. “Hey, Pinkie Pie, I have a question.”

“Mmhmm?” she asked.

“Would you… would be my marefriend?” the stallion asked. The five mares off to the side could be heard giggling and ‘awwwing’. Pinkie, otherwise, got off Surprise and sat there staring him right in the eyes. She appeared speechless for once. Surprise sat back up and waved a hoof in front of her. “Umm, Pinkie? Are you alright?”

The party pony seemed to say something, but it was too low to be heard. Surprise leaned forward to hear better. “I’m sorry, what was that?” he asked. This time, instead of giving an answer, the pink mare jumped forward and planted a kiss on Surprise’s lips. When she broke the connection, she leaned forward and whispered a ‘yes’ in his ear. Then, she asked her own question: “Would you like to spend time together tonight, at your place?” Surprise nodded vigorously. They made their plans and gave each other a final kiss before they parted.

Surprise spent the day rearranging his room, making sure there was enough space for him and his new marefriend. That one thought kept running through his head and making his heart skip a beat. He had so many plans for tonight that he had no idea what was going to happen. When night finally came, he waited for Pinkie. She bounced towards his shop with the basket of food like she planned.

The new couple made their way up to Surprise’s room. The area was lit with candles and had the romantic ambiance that the stallion thought would be appropriate. Pinkie placed the basket on the rug, then proceeded to snuggle up on Surprise. Eventually, the two ponies started getting sleepy. Surprise offered Pinkie Pie to stay the night, to which she accepted. When the couple got comfortable in his bed, they started telling jokes and exchanging kisses. Finally, they fell asleep, holding one another and nuzzling each other.

The next morning, Surprise woke up and snickered. Usually the first thing he saw was one of his walls or his ceiling. This time, his view was taken up by an adorable, sleeping pink pony. Sadly his view time was ended, for his snickering woke up Pinkie Pie. The mare smiled at her coltfriend and nuzzled him.

“Morning!” she said.

“Morning, Pinkie” Surprise responded. “Is there anything you wanted for breakfast?”

Pinkie sat up and thought for a moment. “Mmmm, how about something from Sugarcube Corner?”

“Sounds good. Let’s go.” Surprise said. After they left the shop and Surprise locked it, they nuzzled one another and wrapped their tails around each other’s. Soon, they made their way towards the bakery, happily skipping together.

“Thank you! Hope you have a fun party young lady!” Surprise said, rubbing a small unicorn filly’s head. The filly and her mother left the store, and just as Surprise was about to go restock some displays, his marefriend bounced through the door. “Hey, sweetie, what’s up?” he asked, nuzzling Pinkie.

The normally perky mare seemed a little uneasy today. “Hey, Surprise. I was wondering if I could talk to you real quick, alone?”

“Uhh, alright. Hey, Starshine, could you look after the shop for a few minutes?” the stallion asked a mare that was helping a few customers. She gave a quick nod then went back to helping. Surprise and Pinkie headed up the stairs in the backroom to the stallion’s bedroom. When they reached the room, the pink mare jumped onto the bed and patted the place next to her.

Surprise jumped up and lied down next to her. They shared a small moment together, nuzzling and kissing each other. When the unicorn looked into Pinkie’s eyes, he knew something was different.

“Pinkie Pie, what’s wrong?”

“Surprise… I’m pregnant.” the mare replied.

The stallion was speechless. Pinkie on the other hoof started to have tears roll down her cheeks. Soon, both ponies were crying, but they were tears of joy.

“Oh this is wonderful! When did you find out?” Surprise asked.

Pinkie rested her head against his shoulders. “Well, a few days ago, I wasn’t feeling that good. Twilight came by to pick up some treats, and when she noticed me getting sick. So she took me to the doctors, and that’s when we found out I was pregnant. I waited until today to tell you because I wasn’t sure how you’d react.”

“Oh, Pinkie.” Surprise kissed her forehead. “No matter what, I’ll love you. This is just… unexpected. But wonderful nonetheless.”

The party pony looked up at her coltfriend and rubbed their noses together. “Thank you, Surprise. I love you too. I guess I should probably get going, the Cakes need my help and you need to go back to running your store.”

“Aww, but I wanted to spend some time with you.” Surprise replied jokingly while walking Pinkie outside the store.

“Maybe tonight honey.” the mare said with a flirtatious tone. They gave each other one last kiss before Pinkie trotted back towards Sugarcube Corner and Surprise went back into his store.

“Thanks for coming to this picnic girls.” Twilight said, levitating a sandwich from a plate. It was a nice day in Ponyville, so the unicorn thought it’d be nice to go an afternoon picnic with her friends. Unfortunately, four of her friends had their attention split with their children. Frostfyre, Rarity’s son, had just learned to walk and she was now trying to teach him to speak; Applejack and Fluttershy’s children were just trying to learn how to walk, and Rainbow Dash’s daughter was still crawling around and needed almost all of RD’s attention.

Pinkie Pie, although she didn’t have her child yet, wasn’t as talkative or hyper as her usual self. Actually, she looked like she was in pain. She was holding her stomach and her eyes were scrunched up.

Twilight sat down next to her friend and placed a hoof on her shoulder. “Pinkie, are you alright?”

The pink mare shook her head vigorously. “I think I need to go to the hospital. I’ll go get Surprise then head over there.”

“I think you need to go straight to the hospital. Don’t worry, I’ll go get surprise. Would you guys mind watching Glide?” Rainbow asked. When they nodded, she took off towards the stallion’s shop. The other four ponies immediately grabbed their children and then rushed Pinkie Pie towards the hospital.

Surprise and Rainbow Dash bursted through the hospital door. The pegasus flew over to her friends and daughter, picking her up and playing with her while the stallion ran up to Nurse Redheart’s counter.

“Where’s is she? Which room is Pinkie Pie in? What’s wrong with her?” he asked in one breath. After the nurse’s brain processed what he asked, she grabbed the clipboard that had Pinkie’s information on it and read it off to Surprise.

“She’s in the birthing room; she went into labor about an hour ago. I’m assuming you’re her coltfriend?” Redheart asked. When Surprise vigorously nodded his head, the nurse led him to the room where Pinkie was giving birth.

When Surprise entered the room, the first thing he noticed was his marefriend lying on the hospital bed, panting and sweating from the effort. The unicorn walked up and grabbed her hoof. The two smiled at one another and Surprise leaned forward and gave Pinkie a kiss. “You can do this, sweetheart.” he whispered.

The mare nodded, and when the doctor urged her to continue pushing, Pinkie clenched her teeth and started pushing again. After a few moments, the sound of crying could be heard in the room. Pinkie and Surprise looked at the doctor, who was now holding a small, purple unicorn.

“It’s a colt. Congratulations you two.” he said, handing the foal to Pinkie. When Surprise looked over, he noticed a small pair of forest green eyes staring back at him. The colt then started laughing, his curly, light purple mane bouncing slightly. Soon, a nurse came by and asked if they decided on a name for the foal. Pinkie looked a little puzzled, she didn’t think of any. Surprise nuzzled the baby and asked, “What about Cheerie Pie?”

“That’s a beautiful name.” Pinkie replied, kissing her son. The nurse wrote the name down while another came by to take the foal to be examined. Soon, Pinkie Pie and Surprise were relocated to another room.

It was around evening time when the couple’s friends came into the room. Pinkie and Surprise themselves were lying on the bed, playing with their new son. Pinkie looked up and welcomed the group.

“How are you guys doing?” Fluttershy asked, looking over and smiling at Cheerie.

“I’m alright. A little tired, but happy with the way things turned out.” Pinkie replied while leaning against Surprise. At that moment, the Cakes walked in, making Pinkie remember what her and her stallion were talking about. “Oh! Mr. and Mrs. Cake, there was something I wanted to tell you.”

“And what was that deary?” Mrs. Cake asked.

“I’ve decided to move in with Surprise. But I also wanted to keep working at the bakery, so I wanted to know if you guys wouldn’t mind.”

Mr. Cake walked up and placed a hoof on Pinkie’s shoulder. “Of course that’s fine. We just want you to be happy Pinkie, we love you like our daughter.” That statement brought tears to the pink pony’s eyes as her and the Cakes shared a group hug. Sadly, they had to get back to the bakery and put their own children to bed. Just then, a nurse walked into the room and shooed their friends out. Again, the couple was left alone with their now sleeping son. Pinkie let out a yawn and cuddled closer Surprise.

“Goodnight, Surprise.” the party pony said.

“Goodnight, sweetheart.” the unicorn said, giving Pinkie a kiss before falling asleep.