Unknowing Citizens: Ponyville Parties
Chapter 1: The Party Sisters and The Prophet
Bam charged through the streets of Ponyville, in perceived urgent need of finding her eldest sister to inform her of the great news she had just heard. It took little time for Bam to find Pinkie, having been able to pick her sister out of a crowd for well over a few years now.
“Pinkie! Pinkie! Pinkie!” Bam called out to her, doing her best to bounce after her sister the same way Pinkie moved near everywhere.
Pinkie turned around at the mention of her name, and a smile instantly grew as she saw her littlest sister come bounding up to her, as happy as Pinkie had ever seen her.
“Heya Bamo. What’s shakin bacon baby sis?” Pinkie asked her sister, ruffling Bam’s hair a little in the process.
Bam instantly reached up and held Pinkie’s hoof as she prepared to tell her sister the best news she had heard in the past month.
“Octy’s coming to Ponyville soon!” bam cried up, squeeing at the end as she thought of being able to see her older sister again after her very long tour with Vinyl Scratch and Sweetie Belle across Equestria.
“Really?! Ohmygosh Bamo! We have to throw her a super duper uber party! When is she coming back?” Pinkie immediately spurted back at Bam, as excited to see her other sister as Bam was.
“She, Scratchy, and Sweetie Belle are doing a Double Grand Finale Tour Show with Feather Blaster just outside Ponyville in 3 days!” Bam told her sister, glad Pinkie was as excited for all this as she was.
“Well then Bamo, we have little time to get ready. Let’s stop the shakin and get to bakin!” Pinkie picked up her little sister and immediately carted the both of them off back to Sugarcube Corner to prepare the party to end all parties.
***
“Ugh. Sometimes this is a lot harder to adapt to than I thought it would be.” Breeze Rider groaned as he woke up from the bed in Fluttershy’s cottage, the bed proving to be far less comfortable than sleeping on a cloud today.
“You okay Breezy?” Fluttershy called up the stairs of her cottage, her voice instantly doing the job of 10 cups of coffee at waking Breeze Rider.
“I’m fine Flutters. Just had a bit of an uncomfortable sleep. I can still sort of feel my wings from time to time.
Occasionally gives me a hard time sleeping on things that aren’t clouds. I am a Pegasus by nature after all.” Breeze Rider answered Fluttershy as he proceeded down the stairs and into the kitchen to see his beautiful wife.
No matter how many times Breeze Rider saw Fluttershy every day, she was always the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. 4 years ago Breeze Rider and Fluttershy had been married by Rarity, and every day since then had been nothing short of a blessing for Breeze Rider.
“Sweet Celestia. How is it you always find time to look so beautiful Fluttershy and still manage to be such an amazing mare in so many other ways?” Breeze Rider teased Fluttershy as he came up behind her and nuzzled her.
“Oh you. You always know just what to say don’t you?” Fluttershy giggled at Breeze Rider and nuzzled him back.
“Another upside of being a prophet I suppose.” Breeze Rider winked as he told Fluttershy that, the joke having long since been established among them.
“That old bit again? What brought that up?” Fluttershy asked, wondering why Breeze Rider would be mentioning his visions again after so long.
Breeze Rider contemplated his answer for a few moments while he munched on fresh banana bread for breakfast, and then decided it was best to tell Fluttershy the truth.
“To be honest, I’m starting to have visions I can’t control again. Just like the vision about my accident.” Breeze Rider breathed heavily as he told Fluttershy this, still worried he’d cause her un-necessary worry.
Fluttershy turned right around, her eyes wide and worried. Breeze Rider sighed as he prepared himself for the inevitable questions.
“You are? When did these start? What’s in them? What should we do?” Fluttershy quickly asked Breeze Rider, flying over to him and holding him.
Breeze Rider enjoyed Fluttershy’s embrace for a few moments before answering her with exactly as much information as he had it.
“I’ve started having them in my dreams since about a month ago. Very little I can decipher is in them. There’s a lot of heat and fire. Magical Fire I can tell because it is dark blue and black as well as it seems to have a life all its own. I hear various voices, few of which I’ve ever heard before. I specifically heard the names Rafiq, Zuli, Clockwork, and Blaze Bringer though. I have no context for their names either. I think we should inform those who can best give me tips. Twilight might know something. Aunt Celestia too. I feel certain that one of them or both have mentioned Rafiq and or Zuli before. I think that’s the best we can do for now with so little to go on.” Breese Rider told his wife, hoping he’d alleviated some of Fluttershy’s worries with his forethought in this matter.
Once Breeze Rider heard Fluttershy sigh and release her grip on his hoof some, he felt certain he’d helped her mind at least a bit.
“Okay. Well, we can always see Twilight anytime. The problem will be informing Princess Celestia. She’s always very busy.” Fluttershy put her hoof on her chin as she hovered in the air to think.
Before Breeze Rider could move to make any more suggestions, a knock on the cottage’s door resounded through their minds and their house.
“Who could that be this early in the morning?” Fluttershy asked, flying slowly over to the door as Breeze Rider trotted alongside her to it.
***
“This is our singing tell-you-all
We hope it tells you well
You're invited to a party
'Cause we think you're really swell”
“Octy’s coming home three days from now
So help us celebrate
The snacks will be delicious
The music first-rate”
“There will be friends and bands
Feather Blaster, Octave Swell
And when the party's over
We'll gather 'round for a family hug”
“No need to bring a gift
Being there with friends will be enough
Parties mean having fun with friends
Not getting lots of stuff”
“It won't be the same without you both
So we hope that you say Yay
So, please, oh please R.S.V.P
And come, and be our friends!”
Pinkie Pie and Bam finished at the same time, both clearly tired but still possessing the maniacal energy all of Pinkie’s family seemed to have.
Breeze Rider and Fluttershy both turned to look at each other for a short moment before answering, both of them beyond used to Pinkie and her very original way of doing most everything.
“Well, how can I refuse an invitation that great eh Pinkie? Bam?” Breeze Rider spoke up, smiling as he sat on his haunches at the antics of the ponies he sometimes called his bosses.
“You’ll really come Breeze Rider?” Bam perked up when Breeze Rider answered her, the younger sister of Pinkie still getting occasionally starstruck by Breeze Rider’s status as a former Wonderbolt.
“Absolutely. What kind of employee would I be if I didn’t come by parties my bosses explicitly invite me to?” Breeze Rider chuckled at the statement, both Pinkie and Bam never having gotten used to having a former Wonderbolt work for them occasionally.
“You’ll come too then I suppose Fluttershy?” Pinkie asked, knowing that neither Breeze Rider nor Fluttershy ever liked to speak for the couple.
“Oh. Absolutely Pinkie. Who else is coming?” Fluttershy asked, landing gently beside Breeze Rider as she did.
“Well, we invited you two first.” Bam began, knowing that she and her sister were so well in tune that they could explain all this together in their sleep.
“Next up is Rarity since Sweetie Belle is coming too, though I’m pretty certain she already knows that.” Pinkie continued, knowing just what to say and when to compliment Bam in this answer.
“Then pretty much everypony else in Ponyville and Cloudsdale! Feather Blaster is coming too, and they’re gonna be performing a joint finale with Octave Swell!” Bam finished, beginning to jump up and down as she did, becoming near the perfect copy of her sister.
“Sounds like an excellent event and guest list girls. We’ll see you there okay?” Fluttershy replied, nodding to Breeze Rider as she did so.
“Definitely. Now, if you’ll please excuse us, we’re off to visit Aunt Celestia for a very important catch-up session.” Breeze Rider concluded as he walked slowly around Pinkie and Bam to look for a cloud that was low enough for him to use.