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// Something "Borrowed" - Feefers 
// Story: May - 2012 (T.W.G.) 
// by The Writer's Group 
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Author: Feefers


Prompt: Pinkie Pie goes shopping for party supplies.


Title: Something “Borrowed”




Pinkie Pie looked up in wonder at Princess Celestia.
“I can  handle this your Majesty!” She saluted with one hoof.
Princess Celestia nodded, her head drooping softly, her eyelids half flitting.
“Thank you my little pony, make sure you get everything on the list, “ Said Princess Celestia looking to the scroll Pinkie now held.
“You can count on me!” Pinkie Pie saluted again with the other hoof, floating for a second before falling forwards slightly.
“Woaaah! “ She almost fell into Princess Celestia, but she had serenely slipped aside.
“Sorry princess, I will get on to this now!” Pinkie Pie picked herself up off the ground starting to trot away.
Princess Celestia watched as the small pink pony vanished from the side street into town.
She had a knot of discomfort as she whimpered softly, smashing her hoof into the sidewalk.

“Hello!” Pinkie Pie said, a bright happy beam on her face.
The giraffe looked back at her blankly.
“I see you are new here!  What’s your name?” Pinkie Pie asked shuffling closer to the giraffe.
“Drifter.” The giraffe replied looking to the small pink pony shuffling closer still.
“Oooooh because you travel from place to place selling things, like driftwood on a river?” Pinkie Pie asked, smiling as she already knew.
Drifter blinked slightly taking a second look at the pony before nodding, “That is pretty accurate actually.”
“Oooh so I’m planning a party and have you maybe whilst been drifting found anything awesomes I could have Mister Drifter?” She asked sweetly.
The giraffe was quite puzzled but dug around his wares pulling out a small silver plate.
“This I found in a far off land, the natives cut fruit and left it on the plate waiting for them to dry before eating them.” Drifter placed the plate down.
“Ooooooh!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed examining the plate carefully, “That’s pretty fancy!  Buuuuuut not quite what I was after.”
“Uh … what are you after?” Drifter asked taking the plate back.
“I need, uh... what’s this?” Pinkie Pie handed Drifter the list from Princess Celestia.
“Plastic fork?” Drifter looked at the first item on the list.
Pinkie Pie nodded.
“Well I can’t sell you that, it’s contraband here;” Drifter muttered, “So you can have my plastic fork.”
He looked to the next item sighing heavily, “Contraband, banned, contraband, illegal and oh hey... worthless.”
He gathered up the items into a large burlap sack for Pinkie Pie.
“That’ll be … nothing at all, please just go.” He frowned.
“Nuh uh!  Not until I get a smile from you!” Pinkie Pie said beaming widely.
“Oh you are kidding, please?” Drifter looked to the Pinkie Pony her face breaking into an even wider smile.
He rolled his eyes and forced a false smile onto it, ponies were so easy to trick, so few of them actually knew how to lie.
“Thanks mister!” Pinkie Pie said trotting off with her bag.

Pinkie Pie slinked back into the alleyway, unseen by the passing throng of ponies appearing back at Princess Celestia.
“You managed to get it all?” Princess Celestia stood up shaking herself slightly stretching her wings.
“It’s all in the bag Princess!” Pinkie Pie said.
“Thank you my dear.” Princess Celestia said, flying off and taking the bag with her.