//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Pinkie Pie Parenthood Party // Story: Super Sonic Rainboom // by Starkeeper_Ponyfic //------------------------------// Rainbow stretched her legs and yawned as she opened her eyes. The sun was a hooflength from the horizon, which was just starting to turn yellow. She lifted her wing slightly to see Sonic still curled up. He peeked his eyes out at the sudden influx of light, murmured, and stretched with a hearty yawn. Rainbow grinned slightly, before wincing at a shrill voice calling her name. “Hi, Rainbow Dash!” Pinkie Pie called loudly. “How are you doing!?” Sonic whimpered, covering his ears, and Rainbow glared down at Pinkie. “Could you maybe not be so loud? This cloud isn’t that high off the ground,” Rainbow grumbled as she gently got Sonic onto her back. “And you hurt Sonic’s ears.” Pinkie winced. “Sorry, Rainbow. Didn’t mean to do that. But, uh... who’s Sonic?” Rainbow flew down. “Sonic, this is Pinkie Pie. Pinkie, this is Sonic, my newly adopted son.” Pinkie’s mouth flew open as she gazed at Sonic. “Uh... hi?” Sonic mumbled. Pinkie squealed and raced off, running through the entirety of Ponyville if the dust cloud was to be believed. “Mama? Wha wazzat?” Sonic asked. Rainbow sighed. “Sonic... that was Pinkie Pie. Don’t question it.” “Okay!” Sonic nodded sagely. Fluttershy hummed softly as she tended to the birds in the trees nearby, before a voice squealed suddenly, “HIFLUTTERSHYCANIUSEYOURHOUSEFORAPARTY!?” Fluttershy yelped in fear and darted into the closest tree. She meekly poked her head out and laughed shakily. “...oh, it’s just you, Pinkie,” she mumbled before dropping to the ground. “Could you, um, maybe, um, repeat that, please? But, um, more slowly, and more quietly?” Pinkie nodded. “Okie-dokie-lokie! Can I use your house for a party I need to host?” Fluttershy blinked. “...What kind of party, exactly?” Pinkie shrugged. “Uh, guess you’d call it a parenthood party?” “This is about Rainbow and Sonic, isn’t it?” Fluttershy guessed with a giggle. “Yupperoni!” Pinkie confirmed. “How’d ya know?” “Rainbow brought Sonic to me a few hours ago to see what he was, and then she went to take a nap after he called her Mama... oh, and I got a video of it! Now I can tease Rainbow with her reaction any time,” Fluttershy giggled. Pinkie grinned back.  “But, yes, so long as you don’t invite too many ponies then you can use my yard and kitchen for your party,” Fluttershy allowed. “YAY!” Pinkie cried, sending Fluttershy back into the tree. “Oops.” Fluttershy chuckled and dropped down as Pinkie darted off squealing. “EEEEEEEEEEEE!” The ear-splitting squeal tore through Sweet Apple Acres. Applejack’s hackles raised as she turned to face the source, only to relax when she realized it was Pinkie Pie. “Howdy, Pinkie,” she sighed. “What brings y-” “PARTY AT FLUTTERSHY’S AT SUNSET OKAY BYE!” Pinkie blabbed out before smacking a piece of paper onto Applejack’s face and rushing off. “...What in tarnation just happened?” Applejack wondered as she pulled the paper off. The paper was an invitation proclaiming a “Parenthood Party” at Fluttershy’s cottage at sunset. Beneath it was a stick pony drawn in crayon that she could only assume was Rainbow Dash and a blue circle on her back. Applejack froze. “...Well, I at least gotta see what the hay’s goin’ on!” Applejack decided. She darted into the house and grabbed one of the quilts she’d made before checking the sun and deciding she had the time to make a cinnamon apple cake. Flour, sugar, eggs, a few spices, and a heap of apples covered the kitchen counter as Applejack baked and hummed a quiet tune. Rarity sighed happily to herself. “Why, Rarity, you are such a talent! This new ensemble is certain to get you noticed by a Canterlot fashion label!” she squealed. Somepony decided to join her with a loud shriek of excitement before pounding on the door to the Carousel Boutique. Rarity cautiously opened the door. “Um, yes?” she asked before a pink hoof shoved a piece of paper onto her face. “PARTY AT FLUTTERSHY’S GOTTA GO GET THE GUEST OF HONOR SEE YOU THERE!” Pinkie exclaimed impatiently. “What in the name of-” Rarity began to ask Pinkie what she thought she was doing when the party planner darted away. Rarity inspected the piece of paper Pinkie had stuck onto her face. “...I’m being invited to a Parenthood Party?” she mumbled. “And is that Rainbow Dash?” Rarity stared at the invitation in confusion before turning to a very sour-looking Opalescence. “Well... I don’t suppose my curiosity will allow me to just ignore this, will it?” she chuckled. “...Now, what to wear, and what to bring?” Rainbow sighed at the bewildered, frightened, and straight up hostile glares she and Sonic were getting. She’d kind of expected it... but she didn’t like it. Especially not the ones directed specifically at Sonic. A sudden flash of pink crossed Rainbow’s vision. “Okie-dokie-lokie, Rainbow Dash!” Pinkie proclaimed proudly. “All invitations to the Parenthood Party have been dee-livered! Except for yours! So it’s at sunset at Fluttershy’s house! And Sonic’s invited too, obviously!” Rainbow just nodded blankly as Pinkie bounced off giddily. “Well, whaddya say we go for a fly before the party, Sonic?” Rainbow asked. “Ye!” Sonic beamed. Rainbow chuckled at his enthusiasm as he gripped her mane. She took off, making sure to be careful to keep a steady pace and remain mostly level with the ground. Eventually the sun approached the horizon and Rainbow turned into a steady glide toward Fluttershy’s house. “Perfect timing, Rainbow!” Fluttershy commended Rainbow as she landed. “We were just about to get started.” “Made a cinnamon apple cake for ya!” Applejack said. “‘Course, also tryna figure out why Pinkie’s invitation had you of all ponies on it.” “I was, admittedly, wondering the same thing,” Rarity added. She was dressed in an ornate blue gown with a golden collar. Rainbow sighed. “Alright, so, this little guy is Sonic. Sonic, this is Applejack and Rarity.” “Hi Appajack! Hi Rariry!” Sonic waved. Applejack grinned and waved back while Rarity consulted a slip of paper with a confused stare. “Sonic here fell out of the sky in front of me,” Rainbow explained. “I brought him to Fluttershy because I had no idea what he was, and we spent an hour looking through her encyclopedia collection with no luck.” “That did not change during your nap, unfortunately,” Fluttershy sighed. “Anyway, I named him Sonic because pretty much all I knew about him was that he liked to go fast, he called me Mama and I’m just rolling with it, then Pinkie found out and decided she needed to have a party over it,” Rainbow summarized. “And all of this happened today.” “Huh. Wouldn’t take ya for a parental type, Rainbow,” Applejack teased. “You try saying no to a toddler who’s got similar base traits to you!” Rainbow protested. “I mean, we’re both primarily blue creatures who like to go fast, what was I supposed to say?” “Eh, fair ‘nuff,” Applejack decided. Rarity giggled. “Why, that’s so sweet! I love it!” “I love Mama!” Sonic proclaimed proudly. “Aww, how precious!” Applejack crooned. “Well, I got y’all a nice quilt.” She gestured to a quilt embroidered with apples and trees. “Heh, thanks,” Rainbow grinned. “Oh, I got a book of bedtime stories, just in case!” Fluttershy offered. “Uh, thanks, I guess...” Rainbow mumbled hesitantly. Fluttershy giggled. “They’re the action hero type of bedtime stories,” she reassured Rainbow. “Well, okay,” Rainbow chuckled. “Here, have an amulet!” Pinkie offered. “It’ll, uh, let him walk on clouds. Since he’s not a pegasus. Obviously. He doesn’t have wings.” “Hey, that’s pretty useful! Thanks, Pinkie!” Rainbow replied. “...Where’d you get it?” “I can’t tell,” Pinkie joked. “Or I’ll be sent to the Island of Perpetual Tickling!” “Nooo!” Sonic cried with a goofy grin. Rarity pulled out a simple pouch that jingled with bits. “I... well, I wasn’t quite certain what to get so I just got you a purse with about fifty bits... business has been a little slow lately, probably because ponies are saving up for the Summer Sun Celebration next month, so I can’t really give much more.” “Hey, don’t worry about it,” Rainbow insisted. “It’s the thought that counts. And I appreciate it.” “Well, let’s get this party properly started!” Pinkie exclaimed. “Yay!” Fluttershy replied quietly. Much fun was had as the sun descended and day drifted into night, the Mare in the Moon watching from the stars. As Rainbow flew a sleeping Sonic up to her home, she reflected on the previous day. If she’d known missing a nap on her day off would have led to this kind of change... Well, she might have done it a lot earlier, honestly.