//------------------------------// // Chapter 12: Drinking Pony Is Best Pony // Story: Major Problems // by asmariamoon //------------------------------// Major Problems By Asmaria Moon Chapter 12 Drinking Pony Is Best Pony Trixie and Twilight finished off their drinks a little bit slower than everypony else, but before everypony got a chance to complain, Trixie was calling over the waitress to order another round. A few minutes later, everypony had full drinks in front of them again. Vinyl and Octavia almost immediately threw their heads back and swallowed their shots, and Pinkie and Dash were having an official race of who could finish their drink fastest, while Fluttershy, Twilight, and Trixie just sipped their drinks slowly, savoring the flavor as they watched Dash slam her glass to the table just seconds before Pinkie did the same. "Way to go, Rainbow!" Fluttershy cheered, then gave her marefriend a peck on the cheek, causing Dash to blush. "Wait!" Pinkie exclaimed, shooting up from the task of licking the sugar from the rim of her glass again. "You two are marefriends?" Pinkie asked. "Ummm... how'd you know, Pinkie?" Fluttershy asked, moving slightly away from Dash just in case Pinkie was uncomfortable with mares liking mares. "Ummm... Pinkie Sense! Yeah, that's it. Pinkie Sense." Pinkie said. Trixie's Trixie Sense told her that Pinkie was hiding something, but she didn't press, because of the fact that the usual outcome when she did press Pinkie for information was being more confused than when she started, and an enormous headache. "Well, ummm... yes, we are. I hope that doesn't bother you at all, Pinkie." Fluttershy said. "Of course not, Fluttershy! I might even be into mares myself, I really don't know though, because I haven't found someone who I want to party that way with yet. Well, I mean, Dashie's awesome, but I guess she's taken now, isn't she?" Pinkie said, giggling. "Yes, she is." Fluttershy said, nuzzling up against Dash's neck. "I mean, don't get me wrong, Pinkie. You're one of my absolute best friends, but now that I have Rainbow, I'm not letting her go, not even for you." she said. "Don't worry, Fluttershy, I promise I wouldn't dream of taking her from you." Pinkie said. Her eyes widened suddenly, as a thought hit her. "Hey! You know what we should do? We should throw a party celebrating the two of you getting together!" Pinkie exclaimed. "Naw, we've been together for weeks. There's two people here that just got together yesterday though." Dash said, smiling. "Oh, no way! Who?" Pinkie asked, looking frantically around the bar. Trixie giggled at this. The pink pony was almost too good at seeing through some things, but horrible at seeing through others. "She is talking about Trixie and Twilight, Pinkie." Trixie said, smiling. "Oh! You two are together, too? That's great! I'll have to gather supplies tomorrow! Let's see, I'll need streamers, and balloons, and confetti, and a big banner, and..." Pinkie started, and Trixie slowly tuned her out as she felt a headache starting to grow. "Pinkie, do you think that you can make your list after you get home? Trixie is starting to get a headache again." Trixie said. "Sorry, Trixie, I'm just so super-duper-excited for you and Twilight!" Pinkie said. "Hey! We should invite everypony in Ponyville!" she exclaimed. "Pinkie, that would be a very bad idea. Not everypony is going to share your excitement. In fact, there are some ponies that think that mare-on-mare relationships are unnatural or wrong for some reason." Twilight said. "Twilight's right, Pinkie. Plus, telling everypony in Ponyville that they're invited to a party to celebrate Trixie and Twilight's budding relationship would be effectively outing them to a lot of ponies who don't know they have a relationship, and that's something that should be done slowly and at the time of Trixie and Twilight's choosing. Coming out is a very personal thing, Pinkie." Fluttershy said. "I'm sorry, guys. I didn't know all that stuff. Trixie and Twilight can choose who comes to the party." Pinkie said. Trixie got the feeling that the party-loving mare was doing something she'd never done before, relinquishing the guest list to them. "Of course, we'll have to invite Rarity and Applejack, though we should probably go and talk to them beforehoof to tell them in person." Trixie said. "That sounds like a good idea, because I'm not sure how they'd take it if it wasn't coming directly from us." Twilight said. "To be honest, I'm not sure how they'll take it if it was coming directly from us, either. I'm kind of nervous, are you sure we should tell them now?" Twilight asked, turning to Trixie. "We don't have to right now if you don't want to, but likely, the longer we wait, the worse the reaction will be if it is a bad one, and if it's a good one, they'll wonder why we didn't tell them sooner." Trixie said. "No, we'll tell them tomorrow. I just have to have faith in us, and in our friends." Twilight said, smiling as her eyes twinkled with determination. "And of course, Vinyl and Octavia are invited, if you want to come." she said, looking across the table at them. "We'd love to come, wouldn't we, dear?" Octavia asked, turning to Vinyl. "You know it! I've always heard about Pinkie's parties, but never got the chance to actually go to one. Something tells me this'll be beyond awesome!" Vinyl said. Pinkie bounced on all four hooves "Yay! DJ Pon3 is coming to one of my parties! Trust me, it'll be super fun! Did you want me to try and find some Jura for tomorrow, Octavia?" Pinkie asked. "If you can, that would be great, Pinkie, but if you cannot, then I can do without." Octavia said. "Kay! I'll look around and see if I can find a bottle."Pinkie said. "What time should the party be, girls? Three? And should it be at Sugarcube Corner?" she asked. "That sounds good, Pinkie." Trixie said. "Ummm... I don't mean to push or anything, but.... ummm... are we invited?" Fluttershy asked. "Well, duh, Fluttershy! Of course you're invited! It was Dashie who gave me the idea, after all." Pinkie said. "Trixie wouldn't even think of excluding you two, Fluttershy." Trixie said. Fluttershy smiled at Trixie. "I'm so happy to have such great friends." Fluttershy said. "And we're happy to have you for our friend as well, Fluttershy." Trixie said, taking a last sip from her Bacolti and carrot cola. Twilight and Fluttershy were just about finished with their drinks as well, so Trixie called for the waitress to order another round. "No more for me, please. I've gotta fly myself and Rainbow home tonight." Fluttershy said. "Come on, 'Shy, don't be a party pooper! We can walk home." Dash said. "But Rainbow, we can't walk to your house." Fluttershy objected. "But we can walk to yours." Dash said, winking. "Okay, you've convinced me, Rainbow. I'll have another round." Fluttershy said, smiling as she unfolded her right wing and laid it across Dash's back as the waitress walked away. In return, Dash nuzzled up against Fluttershy's neck. "Awwwww, you two look so cute together!" Pinkie said, giggling. Fluttershy blushed a bit at this, but pulled Dash closer to herself with her wing. Dash reached up with her muzzle and nuzzled just under Fluttershy's ear, making it twitch. "They most certainly do, Pinkie." Octavia said, smiling. "Kinda makes you wish we were that sweet, huh, babe?" Vinyl asked. "Vinyl, that kind of cuteness requires a knowledge of how to be romantic, and let's face it, you wouldn't know romance if it hit you over the head with a bouquet of flowers." Octavia said, smirking. Pfffff, you obviously don't know me at all, Octy. When I was in Fillydelphia, I was, like, the most romantic mare there." Vinyl said, grinning back at Octavia. "Yeah? Prove it! Say something that will make me want to kiss you in front of all these ponies I'll bet you the tab that you cannot. If you do, I'll pay, but if you don't, you pay." Octavia said. "You're so on, babe." Vinyl said, spitting on her hoof and extending it towards Octavia. Octavia simply looked at Vinyl's saliva-covered hoof in disgust. "Dear, that is the opposite of romantic. You have precisely ten seconds to woo me, or you lose." Octavia said. Vinyl only smirked more, then leaned towards Octavia and said, "You know, I've always loved how you play your cello. It really shows how much skill you have that you're able to play using only hooves." Octavia's eyes went wide as if she never expected to hear such things from her marefriend, then leaned toward Vinyl and kissed her deeply. Vinyl only smiled when she finally broke the kiss. "I told you, babe." Vinyl said, smiling wider. "I must admit, I never expected to lose that bet, but I am pleasantly surprised that I did." Octavia said. "Well, anytime you need to be pleasantly surprised, all you need to do is ask." Vinyl said. "After all, it's practically my job to break through the barriers that society builds up by making assumptions." "Vinyl, your job is to be a DJ." Octavia stated. "Yes, one of the very few DJ ponies in all of Equestria. The type of music with the most demand is classical, and, no offense, hun, but that's pretty much dominated by rich bastards who only ever step foot out of their mansions in order to put on concerts. Most of them, present company excluded, of course, do it only for the money. They don't know the artistry that goes into playing with your whole entire soul, and they wouldn't know good music if it smashed a guitar over their pompous heads. You and me, babe, we're a part of a revolution! Techno will smash the music world to pieces and leave it begging for more! It's gonna turn classical music into its kinky slave!" Vinyl exclaimed, standing up on her hind hooves and slamming her forehooves against the table, making it shake. "Please, Vinyl, you're scaring the sane ponies." Octavia said, nudging her marefriend with a forehoof. "Octy, there's a fine line between genius and insanity. Most ponies trot on one side or the other. I, on the other hoof, canter merrily back and forth over it." Vinyl said, smiling again. "No, dear, I believe that you are most definitely planted firmly on the insane side." "Shows what you know. If I were insane, could I do this?" Vinyl asked, moving closer to Octavia and licking a long path from the bottom of her neck to just below her ear., making Octavia blush heavily. "Yes. Yes, you could. In fact, it's practically a requirement to do that in public." Octavia stated flatly, looking around to see all of the bar patrons she didn't know looking at herself and Vinyl. "Yeah? Well, they can just buck off, cause I'm not embarrassed to express my love for you, babe." Vinyl said after following Octavia's eyes. "Vinyl, that is one of the sweetest things I have heard you say, on par with what you said about my cello playing." Octavia said, leaning over and nuzzling herself against Vinyl's neck. "I told you, didn't I? I can be romantic when I want to be, I just don't like to show it off." Vinyl said. "You not being a show-off? That's a first." Octavia said. The waitress finally returned with the next round, floating the drinks to rest in front of everypony. "Sorry about the wait, we had to find another bottle of Jura. It's not every day that we get requests for something so rare." the waitress said. "Don't worry about it. Sorry if I'm troubling you." Octavia said. "Oh, it's no trouble at all. I'm just glad somepony's actually ordering it, we don't keep it in stock for nothing, but a lot of ponies just go for a beer or something." the waitress said, her face showing an expression of disgust. "I know, right? I really don't understand how anypony can drink that swill." Octavia said, turning up her nose. "Babe, if you're done flirting with your new marefriend, we've got shots to bomb." Vinyl said, nudging Octavia. "Vinyl, sometimes you can be so rude, it's infuriating. I was not flirting, and you know it." Octavia said, glaring at Vinyl. "Yeah, yeah. You can't toss your drink back when you're flapping your mouth like that, Octy." Vinyl said. Octavia sighed and scooted her shot glass onto her forehoof. She and Vinyl again tossed back their drinks in perfect synchronization, slamming the glasses down on the table at the exact same time. Pinkie and Dash were having yet another race to see who could finish their drink first, and Fluttershy was cheering Dash on with a series of quiet "Yay!" sounds. Dash slammed her empty glass down on the table just seconds before Pinkie did the same. "Yes! I'm 2 for nothing, baby!" Dash said, moving her forelegs in a robotic fashion. "Actually, Rainbow, not to be rude or anything, but that's 2 for 1." Fluttershy corrected. "That first drink doesn't count, cause it wasn't official. It was like an exhibition match." Dash argued. "What do you think, Pinkie?" Fluttershy asked. "Dashie's right. That wasn't a real race, it was more like practice." Pinkie said. "Well, okay, if you say so." Fluttershy said as she tried what Dash had taught her, tipping her glass as far back as possible without spilling any of her margarita. Trixie and Twilight were downing their drinks faster as well, and were leaning up against each other for support as their balance was a little bit off. Trixie was pretty sure that everypony was just about as buzzed as she was. Not wanting to get so drunk that she was acting like a complete fool, she spoke up after finishing her drink. "Well, Trixie doesn't know about everypony else, but she feels she's had enough to drink. On top of that, she's extremely tired." she said, her words slurring together just enough to be noticeable. "Yeah, I agree, Trixie. We should probably call it a night." Twilight said. "It was very nice meeting you, Vinyl and Octavia. Trixie will see you at the party tomorrow?" Trixie asked. "We'll be there. Sugarcube Corner at 3, right?" Vinyl asked. "Yep! I can't wait to see you guys there! You'll get to meet Rarity and Applejack too!" Pinkie said, somehow bouncing faster than usual. Trixie suspected that it might have something to do with all the sugar she'd licked off the rim of her drinks. Octavia called over the waitress to take care of the tab as the rest of the table stretched from having stood still for so long. Trixie and Twilight said their goodbyes to the others, then walked back towards Twilight's library tree together. After giving her marefriend a goodnight kiss at her front door, Trixie headed back to her own house. Author's Notes: Not much to say about this one, except I need to limit Pinkie's fourth wall privileges after what happened at the beginning. Hope everypony has a happy New Year's Eve tomorrow.