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// A Party of Four 
// Story: Of Parties and Laughter 
// by Steel Resolve 
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Pinkie Pie attended to last minute details, everything had to be just right. These were very important guests. Pinkie really wanted to show them a good time. The time had nearly come, she gave a last appraisal of the affair. Maybe one or two more shots from the party canon? At the appointed time of the invitation she looked up.

"Hello! I'm so glad you arrived, I've planned so many games for us! I just felt so bad when Twilight told me I had to make it up to you!" Pinkie's mane was flat and lifeless, however she had a hopeful smile on her face. She could do this. She would make it all better again.

"I never knew I was hurting anypony, Twilight told me I "desecrate all you stood for."  I am so sorry, I want everypony to be my friend, I just never even realized what I was doing!"

She looked resolute, holding her head high in determination. There had been wrongs committed, and they would be attoned for. "That's no excuse though, when you hurt somepony you apologize! Then you try to make up for the hurt."

She gave a little pleading look to nopony in particular, hoping for understanding. Her eyes, normally joyful, had become teary. A hitch had developed in her voice as she explained herself. "You see I never really consider my actions, my mind just sort of leaps from here to there with no real regard for where it's been or going. Sometimes when you rush around you miss friends you could have right there! I never should have ignored any of you, you make everypony's life so wonderful and you never get any real credit for it."

She addressed her first guest. This was the one she had offended most often in her life. "I know I weird you out sometimes, I don't know how I do what I do, Twilight says it's impossible. I'm guessing you allow it somehow? You seem to really like me, even if I do avoid and ignore you all the time. You're a true friend, to keep being nice to me when I was not nice back! Thank you for that, I wouldn't know what to do if I couldn't be myself, and I don't know how I could be Pinkie if I couldn't be Pinkie."

She turned to the second guest. She was only vaguely familiar with the existence of this guest, but apparently she had been quite rude. "Twilight says everything I do is against you, I don't mean to oppose you, you seem nice. Twilight seems to be a friend of yours and I trust her, I want to be your friend too! I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings."

She turned to her last guest. Her mane flattened even more, and she wore a hang dog expression. This one... she felt so bad about hurting this guest. "She said she had no idea how my Pinkie sense didn't make you burst into flames too! I don't know how it works, I'm sorry if it upsets you! I don't mean to make anypony angry at me!"

Her mane re-inflated with an audible poof. "Anyway, I hope we can all be good friends now, I don't know how I do what I do, but I want to thank you all for allowing it, I love you all!"

She began pouring cups of punch, and set them in front of three empty chairs. Three place settings were on the table. In neat hoof-writing the names of her guests were written.

"Physics (Guest of honor)"

"Common Sense"

"Causality"

A calender could be seen on the wall. Red Ink marked a date for next Tuesday. "Party for the fourth wall, everypony on the internet invited!"