//------------------------------// // A Party With the Princess of Friendship // Story: A Rose's Journey // by VioletRose13 //------------------------------// A few weeks had passed. Violet Rose was now working for a local grocer, helping him stock food at his stand and cleaning up afterwards. Violet was a very hard worker and she was usually done unnaturally quickly. Whenever she wasn’t at work, she kept to herself most of the time and she didn’t socialize with other ponies very much, but that was how she liked it. She always preferred her own company and doing certain things her way. Most of the other ponies of Ponyville were very curious about Violet Rose, especially Princess Twilight Sparkle and her circle of friends. They all wanted to get to know Violet better and introduce her to other ponies, but they all had different ways on how to go about it. One day, they all finally came to an agreement; they decided to invite Violet Rose to their School of Friendship for a party with the students and lots of other friends from beyond Equestria. It was the day of the party; it seems Pinkie Pie, Ponyville’s premiere party planner, had outdone herself yet again. Everypony and every creature had arrived and they were having a wonderful time, talking and laughing and making friends. Twilight had been scanning the crowds, hoping to catch a glimpse of Violet Rose but so far, she had no luck. “Any sign of this mysterious new pony yet?” A light blue Pegasus mare with a rainbow mane asked the Alicorn. “Not yet, Rainbow Dash.” Twilight replied, still keeping a lookout. “I sure hope she got the invitation.” “Don’t worry, Twilight! She got it, I made sure of that.” A bubbly pink Earth pony said as she hopped over to her friend. Suddenly, Twilight saw it: a small speck of purple trotting towards the school. The Alicorn’s face brightened as she recognized the face of the pony. “There she is.” She said before getting out a microphone and clearing her throat. “Everypony and every creature, please welcome Violet Rose, a small town pony from Seaward Shoals. Let’s all honor her and properly welcome her to Ponyville.” The orchid purple unicorn suddenly froze as the guests all directed their attention to her. After a long moment of silence, Violet smirked and blushed in embarrassment the moment every guest started applauding for her; she had no idea what this as all about. “I’m so glad you could make it, Violet.” The Princess of Friendship said as she and her friends galloped towards Violet. “Uh… wouldn’t miss it, Princess.” Violet said with a nervous chuckle. “Allow me to introduce my other friends.” Twilight said. “This is Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Spike, Starlight Glimmer, and Sunset Shimmer.” “Nice to meet you all. If you don’t mind me asking this… what’s all this about?” “We just wanted to invite you to a party, silly.” Pinkie Pie said. “And make friends.” Violet was about to open her mouth to speak when she heard a female voice she didn’t recognize say, “Princess Twilight?” The group of ponies all turned their heads and saw a pony with a dark purple coat, deep pink hair, and something that looked like the broken stub of a unicorn horn on top of her head approach. Twilight’s eyes widened. “Tempest!” She cried as she went over to greet the stranger. “It’s good to see you, Twilight. I missed you and the rest of your friends.” The pony said sheepishly. “Fizzlepop Berrytwist! You’ve returned!” Pinkie Pie yelled, wrapping her hooves around the pony in a somewhat strangling hug. “Still the most awesome name EVER!!” “It-it’s, uh, good… to see you too, Pinkie Pie.” The mare said, desperately struggling to breathe before the pink pony finally let go. “It has been too long, darling.” Rarity cheered. “Yay, you’re back.” Fluttershy whispered. “Good to see you again.” Rainbow Dash said. “Sure is.” Applejack added with a wink. “We missed you.” A little dragon named Spike said excitedly. “Uh, hi.” Starlight Glimmer said. “I’m Starlight Glimmer.” “Oh, one of the Princess’s students, right?” Tempest inquired with a smile. “Yep. That’s me.” Starlight said, shaking the mare’s hoof. “Oh! And this is Sunset Shimmer, another student of Twilight.” “Nice to meet you.” Sunset said in a friendly tone. “Nice to meet you, too.” Tempest replied with a nod before turning her head to see Violet Rose. “And who’s this?” Tempest approached the young mare who took a few steps away from her in fear. “Oh, Tempest. This is Violet Rose; she’s new in Ponyville.” Twilight introduced. “Violet, this is Tempest Shadow.” “Nice to meet you.” Tempest said as nicely as she could. Violet hesitantly took the mare’s hoof and stuttered, “It’s, uh, nice to… meet you too.” Tempest gave Violet a kind smile before turning back to Twilight and saying, “Wow, this is some party.” “Thank you. It’s in honor of our School of Friendship.” Twilight said, proudly showing off the school building. “A School of Friendship? Whoa. You… really have come a long way, haven’t you?” “Yes, the school is amazing. Hey, would you like to meet some of the students?” “I’d love to.” Before Violet could sneak away however, Twilight said to her, “You should join us, Violet. It would good for you to socialize.” “Uh… okay.” Violet said as she reluctantly followed the group, not wanting to start a scene. ‘Good for me to socialize? Seriously, Princess? What are you, my grandma?’ She thought, rolling her eyes in annoyance. “Eeeeee! Oh my Celestia! It’s them! It’s really THEM!!” A random voice screamed as ponies started to make way for some unknown group. Twilight turned around and saw that a group of three stallions was approaching; everyone recognized these ponies as Deep Bass, Guitar Shred, and Hard Rock aka, the Applewood Vampires. The Princess gasped when the leader of the group, Guitar Shred, removed his sunglasses, looked her in the eyes, and said to her, “Hi there. Sorry we’re late; we got lost in traffic.” “We need to set up for our sound check for the show.” Deep Bass added. “Sorry, Princess; we didn’t mean to disturb you.” Hard Rock said. “Oh, you gentlecolts aren’t disturbing anypony.” Princess Twilight said politely. “I’m so glad you all came, Mr. Shred, Mr. Bass, and Mr. Rock. Just in time, too. I was starting to worry you three might not show up.” “Are you kidding? We wouldn’t miss this for the world!” Guitar Shred said excitedly. Violet stared with wide eyes at the three stallions; the Applewood Vampires were her favorite band in all of Equestria, but she never once thought she would ever get to meet them in the flesh. Depp Bass noticed the young mare staring at them and said, “Hey, guys. Looks like a fan filly.” Guitar Shred and Hard Rock all turned to face Violet and she felt the color almost drain out of her face when she met their gaze. They smiled politely at her. “Uh… h-h-h-h-h-h-hello.” The young mare nervously, feeling her legs shaking underneath her. “Hello. What’s your name, kid?” Hard Rock asked politely. “Um, V-V-Violet Rose.” “Nice to meet you, Miss Violet Rose.” Guitar Shred said as he shook the young mare’s hoof. “You’re a fan?” She nodded and smiled shyly. “It’s always a pleasure to meet a fan.” Deep Bass said; Hard Rock and Guitar Shred agreed. Violet’s joy was short lived however when the skies grew dark and the party fell silent after a deafening boom was heard.