“Pinkie, can you please sit still?” questioned the purple unicorn; even though it was futile considering the pink party pony’s lifestyle. It was a bright and sunny day in the land of Equestria and even more so in the quaint little town of Ponyville.
“Oh Twilight, you silly filly! I can’t sit still; I’ve got a massive project I need to do” replied the energetic pony known as Pinkie Pie, currently bouncing up and down while Twilight trotted next to her. “I need to get enough ingredients for Pound and Pumpkin Cake. We’re going to make cupcakes you know.”
“But this will be quick; I already have Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy coming so that just leaves you. I’m sure the twins can wait for cupcakes for a few hours.”
“Hmm,” Pinkie said as she stopped her bouncing and went for a trot instead. “Sorry, I Pinkie Promised I’d be back lickety-split, but I’m free tomorrow.”
“Ugh, now I have to reschedule with the others now” moaned Twilight; slightly irritated by the pink earth pony. “Fine, I’ll see you tomorrow then.”
“Okie-Dokie-Lokie!” shouted Pinkie as she resumed bouncing over to Sugarcube Corner.
“In the Library!”
“Okie”
“At 10 o’clock!”
“Dokie”
“BRING FOOD WITH YOU!”
“LOKIE!”
And with that, Pinkie sped off leaving Twilight in the middle of the town square. “I seriously can’t understand what that mare is thinking” she said. It was then that she realised that a crowd appeared to watch their shouting contest and some of the ponies gave Twilight an annoyed glare. “Umm...sorry?” she said while giving them the best awkward poker face a pony could have. She decided that walking through the crowd of angry ponies would be a bad idea so she opted for the simple teleport spell that has saved her flank many times. So with a simple *POP* she disappeared and reappeared in another part of town and trotted off to tell her friends about the plan changes.
The next day Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy and Spike (after being forced to by Twilight and convincing himself that stories are better than being bored), sat in the middle of the library with a book in front of Twilight.
“Ugh! I’m so bored! It feels like we’ve been sitting here for hours, I need to stretch my wings and practise for the Wonderbolts!” whined a very impatient Rainbow Dash (although not as much as Rarity whined when she got taken).
“Simmer down suga’cube, It’s only been 15 minutes” Applejack said.
“Now now, I’m sure she is just busy; with the Cake twins and all that” reasoned a mildly bored Rarity.
Twilight added “Well wherever she is, I’m pretty sure she-”
“HIYA GUYS! Watcha’ up to!” Before Twilight could finish, Pinkie popped up behind her while the group jumped a bit and Fluttershy let out a soft “Eep!” and covered her head with her hooves.
“Pinkie dear...give us...a bit more... warning...next time” Rarity gasped between breathes as she clutched her chest as did the others, with the exception of Fluttershy who kept cowering under her hooves and Spike who managed to hang on to the ceiling upside down like a cat.
“Okie-dokie-lokie! So what are we doing again?” Pinkie asked, just before her tail started to twitch signalling that something was going to fall.
“QUICK EVERYPONY! P-SENSE MANOUVER ALPHA 42! DUCK AND COVER!” screamed Twilight who knew now to trust the all-seeing ‘Pinkie Sense’. So they did ‘duck and cover’. Unfortunately for Twilight she was too busy giving out orders, she didn’t bother to look up as Spike fell from the ceiling and landed on her with a *thump*.
“Oh! Hiya Spike, why were you hanging upside down?” Pinkie said with her trademark grin.
“Oooooh, My back” Twilight moaned which signalled Spike to get off her. She stood up and her back gave a *crack* as the bones slid back into place. “My back.”
“Umm, do you need a doctor darling or shall I have Aloe and Lotus fix you up a soothing massage?” asked a concerned Rarity who walked out of her hiding place underneath the doorway arch.
“No, No. I’ll be fine, I think.” Just then a book fell on her crushing her even more “Actually Rarity why not, set me up with a massage” Twilight asked her as she stood up and prompted them all to sit back down once the coast was clear and Rarity made a mental note to make a reservation at the local spa.
“So exactly why am I here and not out practising?” Rainbow Dash said raring to go outside.
“Well, remember when we found out that Dash’s Sonic Rainboom gave us all our Cutie Marks” Twilight started. The group all nodded back. “Well I was wondering what life was like for each of us before the rainboom.” The rest of them gave her an understanding nod of approval.
“Soooo whut’s the book fer then?” Applejack asked.
“Well, while we each tell the stories, Spike here” She motioned to him and he waved back at them. “Is going to write it all down in the book with titles to separate each story with breaks in between so he doesn’t get claw cramps” Twilight explained.
“Oh yeah I remember,” Spike started. “Last time I got claw cramps was before you went all crazy with the doll and pretty much all of Ponyville fought each other annnd maybe I should stop there” he said after he got a glare from Twilight and stifled giggles from the others.
“Anyway, who wants to start us off?” Twilight asked.
“Ooh! Ooh! Pick me! Pick me!” Pinkie said raising her hoof up and bouncing up and down like a school filly who wants sweets or wants to know about how somepony got their Cutie Mark, and destroying the town in the process of obtaining said Cutie Mark.
“Sure Pinkie, go ahead. Spike get ready to write” Twilight said motioning the young dragon to start writing.
“Let me start from the day when my dad started to teach me how to farm rocks” and with that, Pinkie went to tell them all about the Pie family rock farm and her story before the Sonic Rainboom.