//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 - Aint No Party Like a Pinkie Party // Story: Music is Magic // by Jacker //------------------------------// Chapter 2 - Aint No Party Like a Pinkie Party If there was one constant in Ponyville, it was definitely Pinkie's parties. She had been having one nearly every day since as far back as anyone can remember, or at least from what Vinyl was told, and she was showing no signs of stopping. She'd celebrate literally anything, any excuse was fine. Baby took its first steps? Pinkie party time! Got a new carriage? Hell yeah that deserves a party! Won a twenty bit lottery? Let's get drunk! Honestly, the musical mare didn't even know what tonight's party was about. Nobody really minded though, because the thing about Pinkie parties were that they were fun as all get out. No matter how crappy your day, they were bound to cheer you up. They never got stale either, for the pink party pony was always finding new ways to mix it up. Sometimes she'd pull hilarious pranks on the guests, other times she'd bring in live entertainment, and of course, the location always varied. It made Ponyville fun, it made Pinkie happy making others happy, and best of all: it gave Vinyl a source of income. A win-win-win. Tonight's party was in the ballroom of the new Ponyville community center, and it was perfect. There was plenty of space for everyone, a kitchen right next to it, a bar counter, a freaking massive mana battery that could be charged and take care of the entire magical energy cost of the night without ever needing to be recharged, and as Vinyl soon found out; it had bitchin' acoustics. After playing a bit of one of her newest remixes, Vinyl was sure she'd never want to listen to it any other place. Vinyl checked the time, the clock reading nine. It wasn't usual for Pinkie to hold a party this late, but Vinyl guessed she wanted it to be a little more... mature then her usual get outs again, her having done a few before and apparently really liking them. It was adult only, and though Pinkie's normal balloon and streamer get up could be seen about the room, she had also fully stocked the bar with a crazy amount of alcohol. Dear Lord Celestia, there was going to be a puke flood of biblical proportions if Ponyville was as full of lightweights as she suspected. Sure, Pinkie had alcoholic beverages at her parties before, but they were never really based around it. This was probably going to be a lot wilder than any she had thrown before, even the adult themed ones. Vinyl had no problems with this. A few minutes later came the guests. She saw Doctor Hooves, or just 'the Doctor' as he was sometimes called enter with Derpy Hooves (last name coincidental... for now), the two looking a bit close. Definitely a couple, though an odd one, the Doctor being a quirky, eccentric genius and Derpy being well.... a bit of a goof. Heh, maybe odd just attracted odd. The one thing that they had in common though was that they were both very kind, and Vinyl could look past any quirk for that personality quality. Then came the town's five most famous residents (not including Pinkie), the rest of the Elements of Harmony. Vinyl admitted she had a bit of envy for them at first, but it soon laxed when she realized just how humble they were about it. Plus, Pinkie was just plain cool, and as cliche as it sounded, any friends of that crazy party pony were friends of her's. The five of them already seemed to be a bit buzzed, probably having pre-gamed beforehand. Vinyl stifled a laugh at that. Oh if only Celestia could see her golden student now. Next came her two favorite ponies, Lyra and Bon Bon, also standing trotting close together she might add. Nopony payed them heed at their apparent couple status, and Vinyl was certainly fine with that. She loved how liberal Ponyville was, such the polar opposite from her home city of Canterlot. However, their openness about being filly foolers wasn't all what Vinyl liked about them. Bon Bon made awesome candy and just had this motherly air about her, and Lyra well.. Lyra was freaking crazy. She'd often rant hours on end about creatures called humans (Vinyl never heard of em'), and for a full day one time Vinyl had watched her attempting to walk around on just her two hind legs. Needless to say, it was god damned hilarious. Oh, and she was also sick nasty at the lyre. After that came.... wait, what the hell was he doing here? She always thought Spike was supposed to be a baby dragon. Then again, he was fairly mature. Maybe he could handle himself around an adult crowd and stay out of the liquor. Then it hit her; that's what he was probably here for. The poor little guy must have been the caretaker of Twilight and her four friends. Meh, well at least they were being watched out for. More guests began to shuffle in, and soon the community center was packed. Vinyl had been playing some light music as for now. It wasn't good to just throw everyone into something nuts right away. You had to allow them to adjust, mingle for a bit, and then you smacked them in the face with something awesome. It was even better that alcohol was in the mix. Vinyl grinned. This was going to be a freaking awesome night. However, something seemed to be missing from the picture... It then hit her. Octavia! "Awww man, I hope she's still coming," Vinyl thought. "I did tell her the time, right?" She then thought a second, nearly facehoofing afterwards. "Crap, no I didn't!" She sighed. Why did she have to be so dumb sometimes? No matter though, Octavia could probably just ask someone or look at the fliers around town. No harm, no foul. Soon after, Vinyl saw Pinkie walking over towards her DJ station. She grinned at that. The pink mare was probably getting ready to really start the party. As Vinyl eagerly waited in anticipation, Pinky grabbed the microphone sitting atop the music mare's station, throwing a wink towards her as she did so. She then turned towards the crowd. "Hey everypony!" She said, her amplified voice quickly ringing threw the room. The mingling of the party guests ceased as this as each turned to give her their undivided attention, them likely already knowing just what was about to be announced, and that was the start to a great- "Whoever brought the purple carriage, you left your lantern on." In the crowd, Vinyl could barely make out Derpy Hooves eeping before making her way outside. The DJ pony couldn't tell if the young mare was buzzed or if she naturally walked so awkwardly. She could also practically sense the entire crowd giving a collective, dissapointed 'awwwwwww.' A beat. Pinkie then grinned. "And also, is everypony ready to KICK THIS PARTY INTO HIGH GEAR?" And the crowd roared in approval. "Let me hear a HELL YEAH!" "HELL YEAH!" "I can't HEAR YOU!" Pinkie Pie screamed, her grin widening. "HELL YEAH!" The crowd replied, somehow amplifying their volume even louder. "That's what I'm talking about, everypony!" Pinkie beamed. "Now, who here wants Vinyl to drop one of her sick tracks!?" The crowd cheered yet again. God, Vinyl loved this so damned much. "Play that cool one you played last week that was all cool and stuff!" she heard Bon Bon yell. "Yeah, play it!" Lyra chimed in. Vinyl glanced towards the microphone at that before smiling Pinkie's way. The party pony got the message, handing it to the DJ. "Hmmm... not sure what you guys are talking about...." she said, before flipping a switch to start just the track they wanted. "You mean, THIS ONE?!" It wasn't one of Vinyl's particularly favorite tracks, RnB was just... meh to her, though Colt Jon sure could get a crowd riled up. If she had to give him anything, she could give him that. Immediately, the vibe of the room had gone from controlled talking and light drinking to a frenzy. "Wooooooo yeah!" "Come on everypony, let's dance!" "Wait, let's take a shot together first, Twilight!" "I wouldn't mind joining... if it's alright with you guys..." Vinyl had just kicked the bee hive, and now everypony's adrenaline was pumping, them all ready to start being active as all get out. The musical mare then smiled. She loved this part of any party the most. A second later, the dance floor was in full swing, everypony doing their own thing, even if they couldn't dance worth a crap. That was another thing she loved about Ponyville, everypony who was everypony just let everypony else be their pony selves, even if they were making asses of themselves like Doctor Hooves currently was. "Come on Derpy, to the dance floor! Allonz-y!" "Doctor! What are you doing?! You know you can't dance!" Derpy cried, just getting back inside. Doctor Hooves rolled his eyes. "Oh just come here and dance with me, you beautiful cock-eyed bubble-flanked adorable little-" Yeah, the Doctor was definitely drunk. She then turned and saw Lyra wasn't far behind him in the shot department. "Check it out, Bon Bon! I'm dancing on two hooves! TWO HOOVES! Just like humans used to do kind of!" "Hahaha! You're so crazy Lyra." The teal pony grinned. "You know you love it!" "Did I forget to add that in?" Bon Bon said with a smile before actually trying out the two-hoofed dance herself. Lord, she must have been pretty drunk too. Normally, Bon Bon was a bit uptight about Lyra's antics. She then turned over towards the shot table where Rainbow Dash was currently holding both Fluttershy and Twilight in her arms. "Do you guys know..." she slurred, before hiccuping slightly. "Woah... hehe, lost my train of thought. Anyway, do you guys know you're my very best friends?! I mean seriously...." She then hiccuped again. "We've been through so much crazy crap together... we are like... we're like freaking...." She let go of them both before bringing two hooves together. "We are like this. We're like two... really close hooves... all close and stuff." She then simpered. "I'm getting all sappy aren't I?" "Oh you bet your biscuit you are," Applejack said with a chuckle, walking over towards her. "But that's alright, a little alcohol can do that to anyone, even you." "Saaaaaaaay," Rainbow Dash said suspiciously, pointing a hoof at Applejack. "How come you're not all...." She hiccuped again. "Bucked up?" Applejack quirked an eyebrow with a smirk. "I grew up on a farm, remember? Let's just say we don't... buy our liquor." "Hah! I kneeeeew you guys drank moonshine!" Rainbow Dash teased. "Oh, hush up. You know you'd give anything for our special cider." The rainbow haired mare's jaw dropped to the floor. "Y-You mean to tell me there's a-alcoholic Apple Family Farms cider?" Vinyl could have sworn she had seen tears forming in the corners of her widened eyes. Heh. The musical mare sort of wanted a little of whatever that was for herself. The Apples did have the best cider in all of Equestria. Good honest (hehe) hard work really did them good, especially when faced against sleazebags like the Flim Flam Brothers who had rolled in a few months ago. They had one good thing about them, and that was the really catchy song they got everyone singing. Vinyl always had a soft spot for old school big band music. She swore, sometimes it was as if Ponyville rehearsed the songs they sang beforehand and failed to invite her to the practices. The party went on for an hour and was showing no signs of stopping, it becoming increasingly chaotic and drunken, though not to the point where anything was getting damaged. Vinyl still had nightmares of the time some drunken idiot had almost spilled beer all over her new amp. Speaking of which, the thought of beer was getting to her head at this point. With that, she decided to leave her DJ station for a tic to grab an ice cold glass of it. She sighed as she looked out at the crowd. Octavia still hadn't shown up. Was she just not interested.... or had she finally found inspiration and was currently writing some godly piece of classical music? Her eyebrows then narrowed in confusion. Wait, why was she so concerned that Octavia wasn't coming anyway? She was barely friends with her... she had no real interest in the classical pony... right? She grunted, trying to shrug it off. She didn't even like classical music that much. It was too intricate for her, and though some of it was very beautiful, it just didn't bring about the feeling that Vinyl always desired, that intense primal feeling that only more modern music could, especially dubstep and to her, hard rock. Though musical preferences didn't really matter in a relationship that much, they could tell a bit about a pony. Octavia was classical music. She was a calculated, eloquent, dignified, and a bit uptight, everything that the impulsive Free Bird Vinyl Scratch was not. "Opposites do attract though..." She shook her head incredulously, rolling her eyes. She then grunted inwardly and finally put the thought aside. Along the way to the bar, she caught sight of Doctor Hooves standing in front of somewhat jealous looking Derpy and a group of mares, slurring out a somewhat riveting tale, though honestly Vinyl really had no idea what he was talking about. Apparently the Doctor was some sort of time travelling... time lord pony thing, though whatever he used to travel was currently in disrepair for the moment. "So there I was, the Pandorica in my grasp, my hearts thumping like no tomorrow!" the Doctor said dramatically. "And above me were a thousand ships, spaceships(!), filled with all sorts of nasty creatures just ready to take it away from me; Daleks, Cybermen, you name it!" "Woaaaah!" "Spaceships!? That's so awesome!" One of the mares looked a bit confused. "Wait, what's a Dalek?" The Doctor thought for a moment. "A Dalek is...." he paused, thinking a bit more. "It's a really nasty creature of pure hate that lives inside of a..." He put on a comical grin. "A giant pepper shaker." The mares laughed at that, all except Derpy. "Doctor, how do you make up such crazy stuff?" Rainbow Dash asked. The Doctor narrowed his eyes. "Trust me, I'm not joking! And they're scarier than they sound!" Rainbow Dash smirked. "Giant pepper shakers? What could they do, make you sneeze to death?" The group chuckled. Derpy shook her head. "The Doctor's right, though, I've seen one myself! They're really weird looking, talk like robots and have these crazy death-ray laser things!" A few gasps of horror could be heard. The Doctor smiled at that. "Anyway, so I knew I had to do something to distract them while I figured out a way to open the Pandorica, so do you wanna know what I did?!" "Hell yeah!" "Keep going, Doctor!" "What'd you do?! What'd you do?! Tell me, tell me, tell me!!!!" Pinkie beamed, bouncing. "I whipped out my sonic screwdriver," the Doctor said, actually doing so in the present and turning on the device, it emitting a strange whir, everpony gazing at it with fascination. "Put it on microphone mode, stood atop a slab of rock and called into the heavens, 'Helllllooooooo Stone Henge. My lord, I've drawn quite a crowd, and I know why! Whoever takes the Pandorica takes the universe, but bad news everyone, because guess who's here!'" The Doctor giggled drunkenly with a smile. "It was me. I was there. Anyway, so then I said, 'So, if any of you have any plans on taking the Pandorica, TONIGHT(!!!), just remember who's standing in your way! Remember every black day I've ever beaten you, and then... AND THEN!'" the Doctor cried, slamming a drunken hoof on the ground. "'Do the smart thing, and let somebody else try first!'" The mares let out a series of cheers at that. The Doctor then comically puffed out his chest. "Yes, I'm such a badass." The group giggled at this display. "So what happened?" The Doctor laughed at that. "You're not going to believe this, but they actually turned tail and went to go argue about who was going to try to take the piss out of me! Bloody idiots!" "Seriously!?" "Awww man, that's so awesome!" Rainbow Dash beamed. The group broke out into laughter before breaking out into chatter among themselves. Derpy then put on a slight smirk, and Vinyl could barely make out her whispering the the Doctor, "aren't you going to tell the part about how they tricked you with those... those watcha call em... Centurion look alikes-" "Shhhhhh," the Doctor whispered, straightening his bow tie. "Don't make me ruin my street cred." Derpy rolled her eyes in two different directions. "God damn that's cool," Vinyl thought, gazing at them, as if the Doctor's tale of beating back space aliens meant nothing. With that, the DJ pony grabbed a bottle of Blue Luna beer before cracking it open with a nearby bottle opener and taking a swig. She cringed slightly at the taste. This was a new beer to her, but she was sure like most other beer she could get used to it in time. She wondered if the princess minded having a brand named after her. Then again, she had seen her rocking out at the royal wedding. She probably was the more... wild of the two pony princesses. She was to Celestia as Vinyl was to... She groaned inwardly. There she went again, thinking about the classical pony. Why couldn't she get her off her mind? And right then, as if to heed her mind's call, she spotted Octavia out of the corner of her eyes standing at the doorway.... ...In a somewhat formal attire, looking at the drunken crowd in a disturbed manner, Bon Bon currently taking a shot off Lyra while the Doctor and Derpy began making out on the dance floor as Rainbow Dash, Twilight, and Applejack sang along with the profane music currently playing... ....Eloquent, civil, refined Octavia, who to her knowledge had never been to this kind of Pinkie party before... ...And of course, right then Colt Jon blasted the lyrics, "They need an excuse, to suck our cocks!" Drunken Twilight and company were actually still singing along, too. Octavia's eyes widened in horror, and so did Vinyl's. "Awwww crap. Why did I have to put that song on again?!"