//------------------------------// // The Party Goes On // Story: Spinel's New Best Friend // by luckyboys121 //------------------------------// Pinkie and Spinel simply held each other and giggled for some time before Spinel finally sat her down saying, "So new best friend, what's you're name?" "I'm Pinkie Pie but you can just call me Pinkie, and it's a pleasure to be your new best friend Spinel," said Pinkie beaming. Spinel's smile seemed to waver though as she said, "Pinkie... Pink." For a moment Spinel simply stood in silence as she a wave of emotions she didn't understand tried to push it's way to the surface. "Um, you OK Spinel?" asked Pinkie concerned at this sudden turn. At hearing her words Spinel snapped back to reality as she said, "Oh, it's nothing Pinkie, so what do want to do first? Play a game, sing a song, tell jokes?" "OOHHH! LET'S SING A SONG!" said Pinkie as she suddenly popped up next to Spinel and pulled out a tuning fork from her hair. She struck it resulting in them both going, "OOOOOHHHHHH!" This song was interrupted though as Twilight finally spoke up saying, "WAIT A SECOND!" This caused Pinkie and Spinel to stare in confusion as Pinkie said, "What?" "WHAT!? WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT!? WHO AND WHAT IS SHE!?" asked Twilight in a mix of worry for her friends safety and annoyance at her lack of concern. "AND WHY ARE WE IGNORING THE GOWN I MADE YOU!?" said Rarity holding up the dress Spinel's gem had been attached too, and causing Twilight to shigh in continued annoyance. "Oh sorry girls, I guess I should introduce you," she then gestured her hooves to the girl next to her saying, "This is my new friend Spinel." "A pleasure," said Spinel with a smile as she bowed to the group before her. Pinkie smiled at her saying, "And Spinel, these are some of my other friends. Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Princess Twilight Sparkle." "OHHH A PRINCESS!" said Spinel as she excitedly approached Twilight with stars in her eyes, as while she wasn't a gem... in fact she started to realize that there wasn't any other gems around her at all, her code stated that she should recognize the authority of those around her. She then gave her an official royal greeting as she put her arms in front of herself in the traditional diamond salute saying, "Greetings Princess, I'm Spinel Facet-4G2A Cut-3YT. It is an honor to meet you and I look forward to being friends with your friend Pinkie for many years." "Well I ahh.." stammered Twilight as she didn't expect such a formal greeting from this... whatever she was. Thankfully Rainbow Dash then flew between them with an intimidating glare as she said, "Alright pal, so what's your deal, and where did you come from?" Spinal didn't seem phased as she said, "Well, my 'deal' is that it's my job to be best friends with the one who wakes me up, and that's Pinkie! As for where I cam from...." Spinel then paused in thought for a second before saying, "Hmm, guess I don't remember. This must be my first time taking form." "Taking form?" asked Fluttershy as she cautiously approached. "Well yeah, you know the physical form generated by my Gem," said Spinel as she tapped the heart on her chest. "I mean, I know none of you are Gems, but you must at least have heard of them right?" Rarity confusedly levitated her saddle bag over to Spinel and opened it up saying, "You mean like these darling?" Spinel gazed at the stones inside as she said, "No nothing like these. These are just a collection of minerals without a spark." "Spark?" asked Rarity. "Wow... you really don't know anything about Gems," said Spinel with a smile as Rarity stepped forward to protest, only to be stopped by Applejack biting her tail. "The spark is what we call the energy and data implanted in a Gem while the're forming that gives them life when the're finished forming. Without that spark a Gem is just a lifeless rock." Twilight thought about asking more questions, but she wasn't sure to ask as Spinel was being vague as she seemed to eager to go back to Pinkie and she assumed all of this should be common knowledge. Applejack stopped her though as she stepped forward saying, "So Spinel, this is a nice talk and all, but I think you and your new friend should get acquainted while we talk." "OK!" said Spinel excitedly as she jogged back to Pinkie. The girls then huddled up as Applejack said, "You making any sense out of this Twilight?" "Maybe... I mean the idea of a sentient gemstone isn't that far fetched, especially if this 'spark' she's talking about is magic," said Twilight. "But why would she want to be Pinkie's best friend?" asked Rarity. "Because everyone is Pinkie's best friend," said Rainbow flatly. "Not helping Dash," replied Applejack equally flat. "Well... she might just be a creature that thrives on companionship, like a dog or a bear," said Fluttershy with a smile. "Hmm, I suppose that's possible, there are several creatures both magical and non magical in nature that like to form such bounds," said Twilight. "So then... you think it's safe to trust her?" asked Applejack. They were interrupted though as they suddenly heard a crash and turned to see several destroyed cakes, rubber chicken, and stream of confetti all over the floor as Twilight said, "WHAT THE HAY IT'S ONLY BEEN THIRTY SECONDS!" 30 seconds ago "So what do you want to do Pinkie?" asked Spinel excitedly. "Well... I was just thinking about what you said about just forming today so that means it's technically your Birthday too, so I figured we could have an old fashioned Goof Off to see who can entertain the other the most on their special day!" said Pinkie as she grabbed her party cannon. "I don't know what most of those words mean but it sounds fun, so OK!" said Spinel excitedly as she shifted her hands into matching canons. After an absurd level of goofiness that would be impossible for any mere mortal to describe. "And so that's what happened," said Pinkie excitedly. The others stared at the two and the wreckage they caused, still not understanding the specifics of how this happened, before Rainbow Dash spoke up saying, "So wait, who won the Goof Off?" "WE TIED!" they both yelled excitedly before breaking out into a fit of giggles. Twilight then sighed as she said, "Yeah she's safe... well as safe as having someone else just like Pinkie will be." Twilight then went back to her seat to eat the cupcake she had been in the middle of when all this started. "Wait, isn't your insane science mind curious about what she is though?" asked Rainbow Dash, surprised that Twilight was simply walking away from this. "Oh I am, in fact I'm already mentally planning to comb through my books for anything she mentioned and write Princess Celestia about it," she said before taking a bite of the cupcake and looking at Spinel doing a little dance as Pinkie giggled. "But I feel like asking her more questions is gonna get us no where... at least right now when she's just gonna keep giving us quick answers so she can go back to playing with Pinkie." Rainbow Dash then shrugged as she said, "That's fair," before returning to her own plate as the other girls reluctantly did the same. Later that night As Pinkie entered her room with Spinel she said, "Wow! This really was the best Birthday Ever! I am pooped." "Happy to help," said Spinel with a smile, somewhat awkward as she didn't know what the word, 'pooped' meant. She then looked around saying, "Are you sure it's OK for me to stay in your private chambers?" While she didn't mind having more time with her best friend, her data told her that usually Spinels are given separate rooms far away from their owners so that they can work without fear of distraction. "Of course, I mean you don't have anywhere else to go, and Mr. and Mrs. Cakes let me have sleepovers all time and when you think about it, having a roommate is just like a sleepover that never ends," said Pinkie with a smile. Spinel smiled as she thought, "Pooped, sleep, she certainly uses a lot of words I don't know... my new best friend must be a genius or something!" She then smiled excitedly as she said, "Golly, thanks Pinkie." "No problem, what are best friends for," she then yawned before plopping in bed as she clapped her hooves together to turn off the light. "Goodnight Spinel," she said sleepily. "Goodnight Pinkie," replied Spinel with a smile. Pinkie smiled back before closing her eyes. She laid in bed for a few moments before realizing something was wrong as she opened her eyes to see Spinel standing in front of her smiling as she asked, "What are you doing? Is it some kind of game?" "Umm, well I'm trying to sleep," said Pinkie, "Don't you want to sleep too, I mean you must be as tired as I am after all the playing?" Spinel just looked confused as she said, "What is sleep?" "Hm," said Pinkie confused. Pinkie thought to herself, "Never thought I'd have to explain something like this to anycreature, but I guess there's all kinds of creatures out their and some of them might not need sleep." She then continued saying, "Well it's what creatures like ponies do when their tired." "Is it fun?" asked Spinel. "Well, it can be, if you have a good dream," said Pinkie as she got excited before saying, "One time I had this dream where I was a pink hedgehog who could run really fast and I was friends with a big cat and a cute rabbit girl and we fought an army of robot!" "WOWEEE!" said Spinel as stars formed in her eyes. "I want to try sleeping! How do you do it?" Pinkie giggled as she said, "It's easy, just lay down next to me here and close your eyes." Spinel smiled as she excitedly hopped under the covers and closed her eyes saying, "Now what?" "Well now you just keep your eyes closed until you fall asleep... now sometimes it takes awhile so don't worry if you can't-" began Pinkie before she was cut off by the sound of Spinel snoring. Pinkie simply grinned as she whispered, "Sleep tight new best friend," before she too fell asleep and they soon found themselves unconsciously cuddling each other.