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// Chapter 8 
// Story: Life and Death 
// by Timstro59 
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	As Tim approached the party, he began to hear the distinctive sound of drum and bass. A sure-fire way of letting him know who was talking care of the music, it was no-pony other than Vinyl Scratch, also known to a lesser extent as DJ Pon-3. As he got to the point of no return, meaning when Pinkie saw him, he closed his eyes and braced himself expecting a wall of fur to come crashing down on him. The expected wall of fur stayed upright and he opened up his eyes to see Pinkie standing in front of him. She calmly said “Welcome to the party. We’ve got a dance floor, with the totally awesome beats of the Scratch master. There are drinks over by the bar. Nothing strong, but enough to have you wobbling if you drink too much,” She stopped to giggle as she noticed a slightly drunk Rainbow Dash trying to get an orange Pegasus stallion to go home with her, “Anyway, there’s also some sweets over there” she pointed at another table, with an absolute ton of cakes, cupcakes and muffins. Most of the muffins were gone as a grey Pegasus mare was over by them, practically stuffing her face with them. Pinkie continued, “This party is for you, so try to enjoy yourself.” Tim then replied “Thank you Pinkie” She smiled then hopped off.
He kind of wandered around for a while, occasionally sparking up conversations some ponies, which stopped to ask if he was related to any of the royal family, He politely declined any relation to any royalty, and then politely excused himself. He stopped and wondered how far Rainbow got with the Stallion. He walked over to Applejack and asked “Where’s Rainbow?”, she replied, “’Ah think she left with sum orange stallion in tow. No tellin’ what their goin’ ta do.” Tim laughed, “I have an idea.” Applejack made a motion to ask, but stopped as she realized. “oh, ‘ah think ‘ah see what’cha mean.”  She proceeded to laugh too. Tim said through his laughs “She’s going to be surprised when she wakes up.” Applejack doubled her laughs. Tim then asked, “Have you seen Twilight?” Applejack stopped laughing, then thought for a moment, “’Ah haven’t seen her yet, ‘ah don’t think she came over.”
Tim proceeded to wander around the party for a bit more, then he stopped by the bar to get a few drinks to loosen him up a bit, as he was still a bundle of nerves. After a few drinks of something apple flavored, he found himself wobbling heavily, he went over to find Pinkie, he found her and said “You said the drinks weren’t strong. I only had 5 drinks and now I can barely walk straight.” He heard a voice ask him “What are you doing?” he looked over to see who asked the question, and to his surprise it was Pinkie. Tim confused asked “What are you doing over there, aren't you over here?” he looked back over at the Pinkie he was talking to, only to see that he was talking to a pink chair. “Huh?” He rubbed his eyes. “What?” Tim just sat his rear down, and gaped in confusion. Pinkie laughed and said “I told you those drinks were strong.” Tim just curled his face in annoyance, and then shrugged, and in his head he said “It’s just Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie.”
He felt his mane start standing up as he felt a surge of magical power. A blue Unicorn mare flashed into existence next to him, for some reason not startling him at all, but drawing a yelp of surprise from the mare, who jumped back in surprise. Tim then looked through his drunkenly blurred eyes to see the mare was familiar. “Oh, hi Trixie. Did Twilight teach a new trick?” He slurred slightly as he spoke. She calmed down enough to say, “Yes, Twilight taught me a new trick.” Tim simply said “Awesome.” Before drunkenly attempting a thumbs up, only to realize that, “Oh yeah, I’m a pony.” He thought in his head. Trixie was a little confused “What are you doing?” Tim drunkenly replied with a laugh “I have no idea. By the way, do you know any spells that can sober you up quickly?” She replied “Yes I know one, do you need it right now?” he said “It would be nice to be able to walk without worrying about awkwardly falling over onto somepony.” Trixie asked “Have you fallen yet?” He replied “not yet, but don’t want to sit here until I sober up.” Trixie laughed then said “Hold still, this will hurt.” Tim closed his eyes and gritted his teeth. Trixies horn started to glow an aqua blue color as she powered up her spell, she released it onto him, and he curled over in pain, gritting his teeth through the pain, not letting himself scream. Then suddenly the pain stopped, and he felt that his mind was perfectly clear-headed. He stood up and tried to walk, he smiled as he knew he was completely sober, he stumbled slightly as he walked. Well, mostly sober.
Trixie gathered a crowd around her as she began to put on one of her shows. Tim was sitting down fairly close to the stage, so if she called for a volunteer, he would be her first choice. Much to his dismay, she called for a volunteer and she had indeed called on him. He walked up onto the stage, and she proclaimed that she could turn a stallion into a mare and back again. His eyes widened as he recognized what she was going to do. The crowd cheered her on as if she was “The Great and Powerful Trixie” which she probably still was. He began to feel a tingling sensation all over his body as Trixie began to power up her spell, her brow curved in onto itself as she began to struggle with the spell, he saw a look in her eyes that said “I can’t do it.” She didn't say it out loud, but he could see it on her face. Tim then started to feed power into her, his horns own glow masked by the aqua blue aura around him, She looked up at him a bit surprised, but the look was quickly subdued as she realized the he was helping her.
She, with her renewed strength, completed the spell. And “Tina” found it amazing that even after such an expenditure of energy Trixie was still able to keep her composure and her breath. The crowd cheered with an enthusiasm the Tina didn’t know was possible, and Trixie was eating it all up. Tina thought “You deserve it after what you’ve gone through.” She smiled, and Trixie came over and whispered into her ear, “I’m still quite winded after that spell, do you mind helping me again?” Tina smiled again and nodded. Trixie then turned to the crowd and shouted “Once more.” She began again, surrounded Tina in magic again, and Tina began feeding power into Trixie again, her aura masked by Trixies.  The spell was completed easier than last time, thanks to the help from Tim. Trixie thanked him for his assistance, and whispered into his ear “I truly thank you for helping me with that spell. I’ll find a way to repay you later.” Tim smiled and started to walk off the stage. Trixie then shouted “A round of cheering for the newest member of our Ponyville family.” The crowd cheered with a renewed enthusiasm. Tim blushed very heavily as he walked off stage.
As he reached the floor, he felt a tingle around the base of his neck. He began to look around for the source of the energy. He saw that the source was coming from an empty part of the room. He walked over to it, maintaining a distance from it. He began to think, “Maybe its Twilight coming to visit the party?”  A part of him said, “No, Something else is coming.” He wondered where exactly that thought came from, when a small sphere of magical light appeared. As he looked at it, it began to grow larger and brighter. The ponies at the party didn't notice, as they were being distracted by Trixies show. It had reached a size about 3 meters wide when it collapsed in on itself, creating a loud explosion, but it didn’t actually explode. It was just light and sound, LOTS of sound. Everypony turned around a saw 3 figures standing were the light was. They weren’t friendly.