RD placed two cupcakes on her plate, Pinkie took five and placed two on RD's plate.
"Really Pinkie it's fine. I don't need four cupcakes." She said. Pinkie just smiled.
"Ok, I think we have a new rule for the pillow fights." Twilight said rubbing her head.
"What you mean?" RD asked innocently while high fiving Fluttershy. Twilight stared at them and said
"No shielding yourself the entire time." RD shrugged.
"I'll find a loop hole for that easily." She whispered to Fluttershy, who giggled. AJ came back with 6 kegs along with a barrel.
"Made a special batch'a cider for the sleepover. Figured it'd go well with the cupcakes." She said as she began to fill a keg. She slid the cider to RD, who stopped it with her hoof.
"Nice! This day just gets better and better!" Rainbow said with a smile. Applejack filled the rest of the kegs and passed them out accordingly.
"So now what?" Pinkie asked. RD shrugged and sipped her cider.
"Don't know, it's too dark now to do anything outside, and I am NOT doing makeovers." She said. The others laughed. Rarity seemed upset, but she'd live.
"How about ghost stories?" Twilight suggested. Pinkie nearly exploded on that.
"Ooh! I have one that's so good, you guys won't be able to..." She began, but RD cut her off.
"If it's the one about you being serial killer, we've heard it already... Several times." She said. RD sipped her cider as Pinkie sat back down with a disappointed look. Pinkie always told that story, how she made ponies to cupcakes. Once even involving her.
"Well I'm for the stories. I think it would be interesting." Rarity commented. Fluttershy just played with a cupcake and nodded.
"It's agreed then. Who wants to go first?" Twilight said. RD volunteered, anxious to begin her story.
...
I went back into the house, I was freezing. I cupped my hands and blew into them. Rubbing them quickly to warm them up. I took off my coat and hung it up, followed by my snow cap. I walked over to my couch and turned on the TV. As stupid dumb luck would have, it was a movie presentation of a father daughter movie. I turned the television off and checked my phone. 6:13. I don't know why I'm so concerned with the time these days, always focusing on how many hours are left, and how long it is until sunset. It was starting to get dark out, so I turned on my porch light as I went to get my mail. I had completely forgotten about until just now. There wasn't anything particularly interesting. Just some bills and an ad for a car company. There was a note from my doctor recommending a visit later this week to check on my mental health. I proceeded to throw it away. All those statistics that said it would help didn't matter to me. That was taken by people with normal lives, not of people who lost their parents, their brother, and Pegasus they came to love like a daughter. How could they? I was the only person who had gone through that. I sat back down in my chair and decided to just turn that movie back on for the heck of it. Not like it mattered, I was gonna be depressed in the morning anyway.
"He looked into the eyes of the evil pony, yes... He was surely dead now. No longer would his eyes be able to put him in a trance to murder others. He was free, and he was going to go home."Rainbow looked around the room, lighted only by a candle in the center of the table. The others appeared to be terrified, Rarity looked behind her as though something was behind her.
"But that was when he heard the monsters again... He suddenly made a horrifying recognition... The monsters would not vanish on their own. With haste, he grabbed his lantern and ran with all his speed. A monster roared and screeched as it came. The pony ran faster, and faster, but the sounds were getting closer. In the distance he saw the exit, and sprinted. A monster was visible now, and chased without pause. Farcry began to hyperventilate as the exit drew near..." RD looked around, Fluttershy was covering her eyes and trembling, Twilight was holding onto Spike for dear life (he was too), Pinkie's teeth were chattering like a woodpecker, Applejack was breathing loudly, and Rarity was looking all over the room with fear.
"That's when he felt it, the burning, ripping pain of claws digging into his flesh. He shouted in pain and kicked the monster. He dropped his lantern as blood fell from his wound. He reached the exit and slammed it shut. Almost instantly, there was growling, and scratching on the door. In panic, he turned, and ran away from the castle. He didn't know how far away the village was, but he didn't care, he was getting out of there. Even if he died while doing it. The End." Rainbow sat back and chuckled.
"Pretty scary huh?" She said with a smile. There was just silence. She laughed. Twilight slowly let go of Spike, and tried to get a grip on herself.
"So uh... Who's ready for bed?" She asked with a nervous smile.
"Aw come on! It wasn't that bad was it?" Rainbow asked. The silent, frightened stares from the others answered her question.
"I'm ready, I wanna go to bed." Fluttershy said, still trembling.
"Me too, night everypony!" Pinkie said as she rushed up the stairs.
"Uh Twilight, you mind if I sleep with you guys tonight?" Spike asked, while still holding onto her.
"Sure Spike, come on." Twilight lifted the dragon onto her back and went upstairs. RD sighed and followed them up.
"You think ya may have gone just a little overboard with that story Rainbow Dash?" Applejack said as she followed her upstairs. Rainbow shrugged and said ;
"I don't know, why?"
"Well for one thing Spike decided NOT to sleep alone." Rarity said as she looked behind her again.
"Can we please not talk about it? That part where where that one pony imploded makes me..." Fluttershy started, but whimpered and looked down. AJ went to comfort her as RD scratched her head. Maybe she had gone a little too far.
"Sorry guys." She said sheepishly.
"It's okay Rainbow, I just um... I uh... Was scared." Fluttershy said. The others chuckled as they reached the top floor. Pinkie was just getting into her sleeping bag while Twilight was already in hers, and clutching Spike tightly.
"Sorry again guys, I guess I went too far." RD said as she slipped into her sleeping bag. The others comforted her and told her it was alright. Rainbow took off her dad's baseball cap and placed it next to her. Everyone wished her a happy birthday one more time before the lights went out. Rainbow smiled as she closed her eyes. It really had been the best birthday ever.
...
I sat in my chair and covered my face. This was terrible. I had blown my fuse at work today. The FNG made fun of me and my daughter. He said that she was probably an ugly whore who ate crap because she was stupid enough to think it was chocolate. That was the last straw. You could shoot and paralyze me and I wouldn't care. But make fun of Dashie, and you're in trouble. I swear I could hear his bones crack when I attacked him. When I was done, there was blood pouring out of his right eye and his arm looked horribly disfigured. The boss came around and informed me I would be laid off with no pay until January 18th. Until then, I wasn't allowed to go near that place. I checked my phone's calendar, which said it was December 12th. At least Christmas was only two weeks away. It's just too happy of a holiday for me to be sad. I wonder if Dashie has had Hearts Warming yet. Probably not if her birthday had only been 13 days ago. 6 and a half there. But still, I didn't know when her real birthday was, just when I found her. Maybe her birthday and Hearts Warming were only a few days apart. I doubt it though. I guess I'll just write in my journals while I'm being laid off. I have nothing better to do other then stare at the trees, but who wants to do that?