//------------------------------// // Tonight's The Night Pt.3: PARTY TIME! // Story: Raising a Human Daughter // by unleashedtwilight //------------------------------// Entering the library, I could see that Mom was gift wrapping something. “Hi Mom!” I exclaim catching her off guard. She kind of just threw the box and caught it with her magic before it hit the ground. “Jeez, everypony is jumpy today…” Mom just huffed quickly wrapping up the gift before speaking. “Did you help out Fluttershy at all?” “Yeah I helped a little bit… She said I shouldn’t be working so hard today though.” I said before looking at Mom for a moment. “You look really stressed Mom…” “Oh don’t worry about me, sweetie. I have everything under control!” Mom smiled sheepishly before another hair stuck out of her mane. “Are you sure?” “Absolutely!” “What about that thing you were helping Rarity with?” “Oh… um…” Mom said blushing a bit. “We asked Discord and he… fixed it in a second…” I just laughed a bit when she said that. “See? I told you that he was awesome!” “Even if he did something as simple as repairing an outfit, I still plan on keeping my eye on him.” “Rarity didn’t make it sound so simple…” Suddenly the sound of a burping dragon could be heard from upstairs. “Huh?” I say looking up at Spike. “Got a letter from Princess Celestia!” Spike said entering the room holding the scroll. He then opened the scroll to read it. “Huh?” “What is it Spike?” Mom asked looking at the scroll herself. “It’s for Crystal…” She said before reading it over. “It says that she and her sister are going to be here for Crystal’s cute-ceañera tonight…” Mom said before a few more hairs started to stick out of her mane. “Really?... They’re coming to see me?” I ask starting to get nervous myself. “Okay… Don’t panic.” she stammered talking to herself while pacing around in the room. “It’ll all be fine! It’s just the two most well known princesses coming to my daughter’s party!” She said twitching a bit. “The same party that Discord is planning a surprise for…” without another word she teleported out of the library… probably to where Discord was. “Hmm…” I said thinking to myself. “Is something wrong Crystal?” Spike asked looking up at me. “Oh it’s nothing…” I giggled a bit. “Just something silly I was thinking about.” “What’s up?” “Well… is it bad that I’m wondering what Princess Celestia was planning to give me at my party…?” I smile blushing a bit. Spike just laughed a bit. “There’s nothing wrong with that at all! After all it’s pretty exciting, so I can understand how you feel.” I smiled back and hugged him tight. “Oh you’re right! I’m just so excited!” Spike groaned a bit getting hugged. “E-Easy Crystal!” I just laughed letting go. “Sorry Spike… I just can’t wait!!” I smile levitating myself, floating around the room. ------------------------------------------- “What do you mean you can’t go!?” Applebloom exclaimed at Diamond Tiara from her front door. “Yeah, you already promised Crystal!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed right after. “I know what I promised!” Diamond Tiara snapped. “It’s just that when my mother told Twilight I could go, she lied…” “Can’t you stand up to her??” Scootaloo asked in aggravation. “I know she’s your mother and everything, but this is just unfair!” “You know I can’t do that…” Diamond Tiara sulked lowering her head. “But what she’s doin’ is wrong!” Applebloom exclaimed. “You gotta show her that you’re not just a little filly!” Applebloom said walking up to her, followed by the others. “We know you Diamond Tiara, and you weren’t always like this before…” “Maybe not with you…” Diamond Tiara sighed. “But with my mother, it’s just always been this way.” “Well that needs to change!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed. “I may not know much about gems like my sister does, but I know for a fact that diamonds are hard to break!” “Yeah--! Wait what?” Scootaloo asked looking at Sweetie Belle in confusion. “Because her name is ‘Diamond’ Tiara?” Sweetie Belle mused. “But what if I do try to stand up to her and it backfires on me?” “We’ll be there to support you if you want… we want things to be better for you too.” Sweetie Belle said walking up to Diamond Tiara closer. “Plus you know Crystal wants you to be there…” Diamond Tiara just looked at the three fillies and nodded. “Alright. I’ll do it.” The others just smiled at DT. “We’ll be right there with you.” Sweetie Belle said before Diamond Tiara went inside, letting them follow. “Diamond Tiara??” Spoiled Rich said coming into the room. “Who was at the door?” She asked until she saw the group of ponies. “What are they doing here!?” “T-they’re here because they want me to go to Crystal’s party too.” Diamond Tiara stammered a bit, obviously looking nervous. “I already told you that you are not allowed to go to that party!” Spoiled shouted. “But she’s my friend! And they’re my friends!” Diamond Tiara shouted back. “Out of the question.” Spoiled Rich said flatly. “Wha?” “Out. Of. The. Question!” She yelled this time. “You should not even be associating with their kind let alone become friends with them!” “Why not!? Because you don’t have any friends, that means I have to be just like you!?” Diamond Tiara snapped. Her mother just looked at her in shock, the other girls just gasped at what she said. “I will not be known as the mother whose daughter is friends with blank flanks!” “Well I don’t want to be known as your daughter!!” Diamond Tiara shouted back causing even her own mother to gasp. “You spend all of your life acting like a ‘high horse’, that you don’t bother focusing on things more important!” she said walking toward Spoiled Rich, making her back up a little bit. “I’m going to my friend’s party! Do I make myself clear Mother!?” Diamond Tiara said panting in anger. Spoiled Rich just slowly nodded before walking away into the next room, defeated by her own daughter. The other girls just looked at Diamond Tiara with their mouths agape. “That was awesome!” Scootaloo said finally breaking the silence. “You really think so?” DT asked smiling a bit. “Of course!” Applebloom exclaimed. “You couldn’t just let her control you all your life!” “Yeah Diamond Tiara.” Sweetie Belle continued. “This was way overdue… honestly I don’t see how anypony could be that cruel to anyone!” “Honestly I should be thanking you. All of you.” Diamond Tiara smiled hugging the three in a group hug. “You three were there with me, and I really needed it… thank you.” “Anything for a friend.” ------------------------------------------------------- “An amusement park!?” I shouted at Discord. “What do you think? Do you think she’ll love it?” Discord said before turning on one of the rollercoasters… the side of the coaster had Crystal’s face on it. “And also a petting zoo for Fluttershy.” he said pointing at the petting zoo that had a Fluttershy cut out next to it. “Don’t you think this is a bit… oh what’s the word… overkill!?” I exclaimed looking over the park. “And where is this amusement park going to be placed!?” “In the center of town of course!” Discord chuckled. “It’s modelled perfectly so most houses don’t get destroyed.” “ ‘Most’ ?” I asked groaning a bit. “Oh have a sense of humor. I was only joking.” Discord chuckled a bit. “Besides, I wouldn’t want to upset Princess Twilight Sparkle, right?” “Please stop calling me that…” I groaned in irritation. “You don’t need to add the princess title to my name.” “Well whatever. The amusement park is ready for everyone to enjoy!” He said before teleporting on one of the rides to test it out himself. “Oh, and what was it that you got for a present?” “Wait, is that what this is about?” I asked looking up at him. “You’re just trying to get a better gift than us?” “I don’t have the slightest idea of what you’re talking about.” Discord smirked before going down a hill on the rollercoaster. “Look, even if you try to get a better gift, I can promise you that it won’t matter to her. I know for a fact that she’ll love everyone’s gift equally.” “And you’re positive about that?” Discord said before teleporting back to me. “She is basically the same age as a filly. And most fillies do like these sorts of things.” “Well my daughter isn’t ‘most’ fillies. She cares about everypony regardless.” “Well, we’ll just see at the party tonight now won’t we?” he said before looking at the time. “Speaking of which, Luna must be raising her moon by now… You should probably get back to Crystal.” he smirked before snapping his fingers, teleporting me out of the giant ball and into my library. “Ugh…!” I groan banging my head on the wall. “This is going to be a disaster!” I stop and look around the room. “Wait where’s Crystal?” “She went upstairs to try on the dress that Rarity dropped off…” Spike said coming from upstairs. “Wait what!?” “Yeah… Rarity came to drop it off and I guess she thought you’d be the one to answer the door.” Spike said rubbing the back of his head. “I guess I should’ve opened the door myself… sorry.” “No no, it’s fine… she was supposed to wear her dress before the party anyways. I guess I just wanted to see her reaction myself…” I sighed looking up the stairs, waiting for Crystal to come back down. “How long has she been up there?” “I don’t know. Maybe ten minutes?” Spike shrugged. “Maybe I should go check on her…” I say heading upstairs to the room. “Crystal…? Are you okay in there sweetie?” “Yeah, I’m okay Mom!” Crystal answered from in the room. “How’s the dress?” I asked feeling a little nervous. “Does it fit you okay?” “It fits perfect Mom!” she answered again. “Hang on, let me show you.” She slowly opened the door and walked out with the dress on. It was a white dress with her cutie mark stitched into the top part of the dress... I don’t know what it was but I was actually crying a bit when I saw her. “It looks perfect…” I said smiling wiping tears from my eyes. “Mom…? Are you okay?” Crystal asked walking up to me to hug me. “Yes sweetheart, I’m just so happy to see you like this… You know what? There’s one more thing I want you to have.” I said taking the box I had originally wrapped giving it to her. “A little something before the party starts.” Crystal smiled unwrapping the gift, opening the box. She reached inside to pull out what was inside… pulling out a crystal heart necklace. “You got this for me…?” Crystal asked holding the necklace starting to cry a little bit. I nodded, before putting the necklace on her. “I love it!!” She exclaimed before pulling me in for a tight hug. She sounded like she was really crying… “Thank you so much Mom… Thank you for everything… I love you so much…!” she said hugging me tighter. “Every thank you in the world can never pay you back for everything you did for me…!” I smile wiping her tears. “There’s nothing in the world I wouldn’t do for you now.” I said kissing her cheek. “Now come on… we should head to Sugarcube Corner.” ----------------------------------------- I was walking outside with Mom and Spike, really excited for the party! I was practically jumping up and down I was so excited! “Calm down Crystal.” Mom laughed a bit. “You might scare somepony with all your excitement.” “Can you blame her? It’s her cute-ceañera!” Spike said following close behind. “You look amazing in the dress by the way, Crystal… I think Rarity did an awesome job with it!” “Eheheh… yeah.” Mom said giggling a bit looking to the side. “Huh?” when she looked, she could see Princess Celestia’s chariot was already here. Mom just gulped and looked back at the ball in the air that Discord had made. “It’ll be fine. It’ll all be fine! It has to be fine!” “Do you need some water, Mom?” I asked looking kind of worried about her. “You haven’t calmed down at all today.” “Trust me Crystal. You have no need to worry about me.” Mom giggled nervously. “I’ll be okay.” “Well… if you say so.” I take a deep breath and slowly open the door to Sugarcube Corner. It was dark and everything was silent. “Hello--” “Surprise!!” Everypony yelled as the lights flickered back on. There were so many ponies in one room! Then out of nowhere, Pinkie Pie fired her party cannon launching confetti over the entire room. The entire room was decorated. Food was placed on the tables and-- “Holy cow! That cake is huge!” I exclaim looking at the tall stacked cake that just barely misses the ceiling. “And wait until you hear the music!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed pointing at a white unicorn with purple shades. She slammed a record into place and music started to fill the room. Pinkie Pie then dimmed the lights letting a disco ball hang down followed by flashing lights. “LET’S PARTY!!!” Pinkie Pie yelled before pulling me to the dance floor along with the other crusaders, Diamond Tiara, and Silver Spoon who were already there. “Crystal!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed as she and the others went to group hug me. “Wow… you look great!” She said looking over my dress that Rarity had made. “And is that a new necklace?” Diamond Tiara asked looking at it. “Yeah, Mom gave it to me.” I smiled brightly listening to the music. “Heh…” “somethin’ wrong?” Applebloom asked. “Well I want to dance but with all these ponies, I guess I’m a little nervous…” I blush rubbing the back of my head. “Don’t be ridiculous!” Scootaloo exclaimed before pulling me to dance with her. “We’re all friends here, right? You don’t gotta be nervous around us! Plus you should see how your Mom dances.” scootaloo chuckles a bit. Mom overhearing that kind of just blushes in embarrassment. I just laughed a bit before looking at everypony in the party who were already dancing and enjoying the party. Some ponies were eating, socializing with others… So why am I so nervous? “Come on Crystal!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed starting to dance herself. I take a deep breath and smile before starting to dance with everypony else. “Let’s Party!” I yelled as the music blasted. I could also see Princess Celestia talking to some ponies in a different part of the room while her sister Luna was bobbing her head to the music for a bit… until she started dancing herself. Suddenly out of nowhere, everyone and everything from the party was teleported outside of Sugarcube Corner. The music was still playing while everypony looked around in confusion until some of them looked up at Discord who was right below the ball. “Hello Crystal! Are you ready for your surprise??” Discord exclaimed in excitement. “Are you kidding?? I’ve been excited to see it all day!” I exclaimed back. Mom just looked at the two of us with a look of concern on her face. Then, above Discord, the giant ball he had made starting to crack until it broke open… revealing a giant amusement park! The park itself slowly lowered down onto the ground. “Is that a roller coaster with my face on it!!??” I exclaimed staring at the giant roller coaster. “It is indeed!” Discord cheered before teleporting me to the coaster. “Care to go for a ride my dear?” “Wait! I want my friends to come with me too!” I say looking back at the crusaders, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon catching up to me. Princess Celestia looked up at the roller coaster before looking back at her sister, looking concerned herself. “This ride is safe, right Discord?” Celestia asked. “Of course it is Celestia.” Discord bowed. “I took the liberty of testing these rides myself.” “This looks awesome!!” Rainbow Dash yelled flying down to us. “I’m joinin’ in!” She exclaimed getting in one of the seats with Scootaloo. I quickly run to the seat in the front. “Mom! Come on!” I call out waving to her. “Wha-- me??” Mom asked looking up at the ride. “Yeah!” Mom just gulped looking at the ride before finally coming over to my seat with me. All of my friends along with a few other ponies went into the ride as well. Discord teleported down to a control panel dressed up as an operator. “Alright everypony! Keep your hooves, hands, and feet inside the ride at all times!” he said before lowering the bars. The ride slowly started moving and immediately up a tall hill. Looking back I could see Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo looking really excited. While Fluttershy was shaking like a leaf. “Hey!” “Huh?” I responded looking at a light green unicorn. “Oh hello. Have we ever met?” “I never really got the chance to… my friend Bon Bon told me about you but I’ve always been so busy!” The green pony laughed a bit. “I’m Lyra by the way!” “Oh yeah!” I exclaimed. “Bon Bon told me about you before! I’m sorry we couldn’t meet sooner.” “Hey can you do me a favor?” Lyra asked. “What kind of favor?” “Well I’ve never really seen them before, but I kind of figured you wouldn’t mind… Um… do you think I could see your haaaaaAAAAAAAA--!!” without realizing it, we had reached the top of the coaster and started going down! Everyone, included me were screaming! Seeing everypony with their hooves in the air, I did the same thing and raised my hands to the air while screaming. The roller coaster was made perfectly around the houses so none of them got hit. There were multiple twists and turns to the ride, it was awesome! I look over at Mom who looked like she was enjoying herself too. “This is the greatest night of my life!!” I exclaimed into the night. --------------------------------------- After a couple of hours on multiple different rides and even going to the petting zoo, Pinkie Pie pulled out a megaphone and turned it on. “Alright everypony! It’s time for presents! Come back inside for the present opening, cake, and ice cream!” Pinkie exclaimed. Soon everypony that were on rides eventually stopped and went back into Sugarcube Corner. Everypony sat down while Pinkie dragged me to the front of the room and shut off all the music. There was a bunch of presents that were lying around… although in the corner of my eye, I could see one of the boxes moving slightly. I just smile before running over to the shaking box to open it. The box was barely closed but I could tell why. As soon as I opened the box, I could see a little brown puppy wagging its tail looking up at me. “Cocoa!” I smiled picking her up with her licking me. “Cocoa?” Mom asked before looking back at Fluttershy who just responded with a sheepish smile. “I promise to take good care of her and play with her everyday!” I said petting Cocoa. “Why don’t I hold onto her while you open the rest of your presents sweetie.” Mom said before levitating Cocoa over to her. I look over at the other presents and notice a book that just kind of sticks out. “Huh?” I ask going over to the book to pick it up. It had a quill attached to the side of it. Looking at the cover, it didn’t have any words… Just Princess Celestia’s cutie mark. I open the book to look through it. “Wait a second… I wrote this down before!” I exclaimed looking at the book. Princess Celestia walked over to me and smiled. “This would be my gift to you, Crystal. It’s a way of keeping in contact with Sunset Shimmer.” “Wait, but I thought the portal was closed… you mean I can still talk to her with this?” I asked looking through the pages. Celestia just nodded in response. “I wonder if she’s there right now…” I quickly grab the quill and open to a blank page, starting to write in it. “Sunset? Are you there?” I write down on the book waiting for a response. I waited for a minute but it looked like nobody was there. “I guess she’s not there…” I said before closing the book. “Give her some time…” Celestia said placing a hoof on my back. “For now, why don’t you see what other presents you got?” “Yeah…” Mom continued. “After everything that’s happened, she’s probably still trying to sort herself out.” “I guess you’re right…” I just close the book and hold onto it while opening the rest of the presents. A lot of the presents I got were really amazing. Some ponies even gave me some money. Everypony looked like they had an amazing time… this really was the biggest party ever… and it was amazing!! ------------------------------------------------- After a while, everypony looked like they were getting tired. They all started leaving after saying their goodbyes and congratulations. I just yawned looking tired myself. “Looks like somepony needs some rest…” Mom smiled before levitating me onto her back for me to rest on while also levitating Cocoa. “Come on… let’s get some sleep.” She said carrying me back home to the library while Spike followed. “Did you have a good time?” she asked heading to the library. “It was the best night of my life!” I half exclaimed before yawning again. Mom just giggled a bit before opening the door to the library, and bringing me to my bed. “Sweet dreams Crystal.” She said before kissing my cheek again and leaving the room. I was about to just fall asleep like I planned to… until I saw the book that Celestia gave me started glowing and flashing. “Huh?” I go to pick up the book and open it. “Princess Celestia…? Is that really you?” the text said appearing in front of me. Sunset! I quickly grab the quill, taking the book back with me me in bed and started writing in it. “Hi Sunset! It’s me, Crystal!” “Crystal? Why do you have… No nevermind. How are you doing?” “I’m doing great! Pinkie Pie set up a big party for me getting my cutie mark! So many ponies were there and Discord even made a big roller coaster!” “Wait, Discord?? I know he’s a teacher here… but I always remembered Discord just causing chaos in Equestria! I didn’t see it for myself of course, but I knew about it.” “Well he’s really nice now! In fact he’s one of my friends!” “Goodness Crystal… You really do make friends with just about everyone… you even gave me a chance after what I almost did to you… sorry for that by the way.” “I already forgive you Sunset… And I do want to be friends with you too.” “Well if you’re serious about that, then I’m really happy to hear it… Maybe I should try my best to change for the better.” “I know you can be better. Everyone can have a good heart!” I just yawn again after writing that. “I should go to sleep Sunset… I’m really tired. I’ll talk to you tomorrow, okay?” “Alright. Goodnight Crystal.” With that I just put the book down and close my eyes to sleep. . . . . . . . . . “I’LL KILL YOU!!” I just shot my eyes open panting hard, looking around the room. “Not again… what is going on…?”