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// A Party Invitation 
// Story: So, You've Grown Wings 
// by Steel Resolve 
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"Rarity, your feathers are making it hard to breath." a quiet voice said.

"Oh, my goodness Fluttershy, I am so sorry. They seem to have a life of their own." Rarity said, quite embarrassed at the faux pas.

"So you have them too? I tried flying over here and my wings were much bigger, much stronger, than ever. I flew way up high... then I got scared and fell. When I fell, the ground just caved in. I felt the impact, but it was like I just... absorbed it somehow."

"You poor dear! Your wings locked up again?"

"Yes, I don't know what is happening, it's very startling."

"I would imagine so... did anything else happen?"

"Ditzy was saying something about my hair glowing..."

Rarity grabbed a brush from a nearby stand "Hold still a moment Fluttershy, I have a theory." She parted Fluttershy long bangs and there on her forehead was a small budding horn, as one would see on a unicorn filly.

"As I thought, Fluttershy I don't know how or why but you and I have much more in common than a shared love of fine haute couture and spa treatments now. It also seems the next time we visit you should take them up on their horn filing services." Rarity chuckled a bit, remembering Lotus telling her about her sister's mistake.

"What do you mean, Rarity?"

"I mean if you like you could take lessons from Twilight now on basic spell casting, you've grown a horn dear."

"I've grown a horn, and giant wings... oh my." Fluttershy looked lost and a little frightened.

"It's not all bad dear, I've always wanted to join royalty. I just never imagined it would be quite this way."

"Don't tell me you've gotten back together with that Blueblood..."

"Oh no dear, perish the thought! No I mean the only ponies I know of with wings and a horn, excluding spells of course, are the princesses." Rarity's eyes flashed a bit, Princess Rarity, it had a nice ring to it.

Fluttershy quailed, court appearances, audiences, and the press... No, never again. "Rarity, we should ask Twilight about this, it can't be normal to just change race. I mean that should be impossible..."

Something had clicked in Fluttershy's head, Pinkie's party invitation. She had discounted the party theme as Pinkie being Pinkie, and yet here sat two ponies who seemed to be Alicorns for all intents and purposes. Wings? Check. Horns? Check.

"Rarity we should definitely check with Twilight about this, Pinkie Pie sent me an invitation today, she called it-" Here Fluttershy pulled out the invitation she had tucked away. "her "I woke up this morning and now I'm an Alicorn" party."

"Oh I hadn't gotten an invitation for that, I wonder if Miss Doo is running late?"

"Ditzy had a satchel stuffed with them, Pinkie invited everypony in Ponyville."

"Oh how lovely, I do love Pinkie's parties. Even if she does get a bit trying at times."

Fluttershy nodded. "The party is not the point, my point is three of us have become something we weren't yesterday. The last time that happened we were all suffering from poison joke. What causes you to suddenly change into an Alicorn? We need Twilight to figure this out. We should also go talk to Pinkie Pie, Twilight may want to study all of us." Fluttershy shuddered a bit at that, but this was all too odd, somepony needed to explain what was going on.

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Pinkie Pie hummed happily as party decorations flew around the room covered in a soft pink glow. Dashie was off trying to see how quickly she could fly around the world, but she'd promised to be back in time for the party. The Cakes had stammered they were going to visit Cup's mother for a while and had left Pinkie in charge of things for a few weeks.

She toyed with the idea of trying to shift space on the inside of the shop, she expected a lot of guests and it might be useful to have more space for ponies to party in. She wondered just how many people did live in Equestria and how much she would have to twist space to fit them all. She knew it was possible, after all that blue box Doctor Hooves showed up in at times was huge on the inside. Did she remember to send him an invitation? Was he a part of everypony in Equestria? She'd better check.

There was a knock on the front door. Pinkie opened it with a thought.

"Pinkie Pie? Hello?" Rarity's voice drifted into the room.

"Come in silly filly! I am in here, getting the party ready!"

Rarity and Fluttershy walked into the room. 

"The room was decorated with a typical but twisted Pinkie Pie flair. Colorful streamers of dried entrails fluttered around on the ceiling, brightly painted skulls of all sizes were attached to the walls, and organs done up in pastels filled with helium were tied to the backs of chairs. The tables and chairs were made of bones and the preserved flesh of past ponies."

Pinkie I swear to Celestia... stop messing with the storyline, we're not doing grimdark here.

"You're no fun!"

The room was decorated with what you would normally expect of any of Pinkie's parties. The most noticeable difference was the common theme of all the decorations. Paper wings and tacks taped to each balloon, the balloons were separated by about a foot between. Popped balloons on the ground pointed out the reason for the separation, taping sharp objects onto balloons seemed an unwise idea. The "Pin the tail on the pony" game had been modified, the tails pile now included felt wings and horns. The Pinata had similar modifications.

Pinkie smiled so widely it seemed she must have been using magic to make it fit her face as Fluttershy and Rarity walked in. "OHMYGOSH both of you too? Dashie is gonna be so happy when she gets back!"