//------------------------------// // Chapter 5: Party Animal // Story: Through the Amulet // by TasteTheSun //------------------------------// Sugarcube Corner (along with some of the other buildings in this town) looked really odd, considering the fact that it looked like a slice of cake, but again just looking at it screamed 'not real' in my mind. But to be honest with you, I don't know what is real anymore. As Pinkie opened the door to let me in, I was greeted to a sent of frosting and cake. I looked around and found a bunch of desserts on display, which could only mean one thing, I was in a bakery. Pinkie Pie trotted up to the counter, rang a bell, and then hollored into the kitchen. "Hey Mr. and Mrs. Cake, could you please bring up one of your most yummy and delicious cakes you have, I'm having having another party," wow, really?, the baker's last name is cake, how ironic. "Sure thing Pinkie, will bring one up soon." said a voice in the kitchen. "Goody, now we got the cake ready, which means that we need decorations!" she said as she motioned me to follow. When we got up to the second floor of the place, the whole room was kind of a mess. There were streamers, confedi, and a few deflated balloons on the floor. I noticed a bed with balloons floating next to it at one end of the circular room and I wondered if this was the baker's room. I asked Pinkie and she giggled and told me that this was her room, figures. "Its also where I host most of my parties at," again, figures. She then went bouncing towords the closet and began throwing junk out of it. "Now I know I put it in here somewhere, oh here it is," she said as she pulled out a canon from the closet. She aimed it at a table close by, pressed a button and the next thing I know, the table was draped in a cloth with silverware on it. My mind was boggled when I saw what just happened. As for Pinkie Pie, she repeated the process of shooting her canon at certain areas, decorating them with party decore and food. In no time at all, the room was party perfect. At least that's what Pinkie Pie told me. "Now I need to go and invite my friends over and then its party time!" She went bouncing down the stairs. It then struck me that she was leaving me all alone with nothing to do. "Hey Pinkie, wait-" I was cut off by the sound of the door slamming shut. Great. ••• It felt like an etirnety being in that room when really it has probably been hour that has passed. I was lying on the ground staring up at the cielling just thinking about this place. I quickly got bored of that too. I felt like on the verge screaming, and I was going to do it if the front door hadn't opened. I hoped it was Pinkie, but I couldn't tell since I could hear roughly about six different voices down stairs. I quickly got up and made sure I looked presentable. Egh, good enough. The first pony I saw coming up the stairs was Pinkie Pie, carrying a cake on her back. She was followed by five other ponies who also brought food, which was good considering how hungry I was becoming. They were all as happy as Pinkie was. "Everypony, meet our new best friend Stevie Marks!" Pinkie cheered. Everyone else just starred at me with confused looks "Huh, I never heard of a name like that before," the flying, rainbow maned one said. One pony stepped up and crazily shook my hoof. "Well howdy partner, nice of ya ta come ta our lil' town. The name's Applejack!" Oh my gosh, she sounds like most of the people back in Scottsville. At least I had a small piece of home with me. Just then, I was lifted off the ground by my hoof and into the air and was again shaken crazily. "The name's Dash, Rainbow Dash. The most awesome pony around!" "That's very nice, but could you do me a favor and PUT ME DOWN!!!" I shrieked at the flying rainbow mare. "Oops, sorry," she said before letting go. "NO WAIT! OOF!" I landed with a hard thud on the floor. "Oh my, are you alright?" I heard one pony whisper. "Yea, don't worry about it, I'm alright. What's your name?" I asked getting up off the ground while looking at a yellow pegasus. "Uhm, it's Fluttershy," she whispered in for whatever reason. "Hm, nice name." She seemed to have smiled at that, but I couldn't tell since her pink hair was covering most of her face. Just then, Pinkie pie spun me around to stare at a white, purple maned unicorn. "This is Rarity, she is really god at making pretty dresses," Pinkie said. Rarity approached me on the other side with a lovestruck face. "My, aren't you a handsome brown stallion," she said with a fine, elegant tone in her voice. She did seem rather attractive. Wait a minute, I'm in love with Jenny, I'm in love with Jenny, I'm in love with Jenny, I'm in love with Jenny!!! I said repeatedly to myself. "Yea, he's a funny pony who... DOESN'T HAVE HIS CUTIE MARK?!?" Pinkie said in great shock as everyone else. I just stood there very confused. "What's a cutie mark?" I asked. "It's a symbol that shows your special talent," Pinkie said as she turned to show three balloons on her flank. I looked around and noticed that they all had a picture on their flanks. I turned to check mine and it was blank. I covered it up with my tale while I felt my face beginning to blush. "Woo wee, Ah can't wait ta tell Applebloom an' her friends about ya," Applejack said cheerfully. "Uhm yea... and who might you be?" I nervously said trying to change the subject while turning my attention to the lavender alicorn. She smiled and opened her mouth to speak, but before she could get anything from her mouth, Pinkie Pie cutted in. "And this is Twilight! She's a princess, FYI!" "Really?!" "Well duh! Wings, horn!" "So only alicorns can be royalty?" The two shared glances of confusion from the question. Finally, Twilight managed to speak. "I guess, but I'm not really sure, I'll have to look into that. Anyway, it's really nice to meet you Stevie" She said as she gently shook my hoof. About time I got one of those. "Well this has been nice getting to know you all, but why don't we get this party started!" "Now your talking! Lets party!" Pinkie said excitedly as she went and turned on some music. Everyone in the room started to dance to it. I would have joined them if my stomach would stop rumbleling. Just then, Pinkie Pie came up to me with a cupcake. "Here, have a cupcake!" "Ya read my mind Pinkie!" I said as I took the delicious looking pastry and took a bite from it. "Mmm, not bad, but I can't quite place the flavor. Is it blueberry?" I asked her. "No," "Bananna nut?" "He he, nope!" "I give up, what is it?" "A daffodile and vanilla cupcake!" My eyes went wide when she told me what was in it. I started getting a flashback of a similar situation. *** It was a warm spring day at Scottsville Elementary School, and Mike and I were laying on the grass at the playground starving to death. "Uh, how long until its lunch time?" Mike complained. I looked at my watch to check. "Twenty-five minutes," "And how long have we've been since we've came out here?" "Five," "Well it feels longer than that. I'm starving!" "Me too, but lunch is still an hour away, and plus, there's no food out here," We both sat up and looked around. Then Mike shot me an evil looking glare. "Why don't we eat the grass. It's a plant and we eat plants, and I bet they put dozens of blades of these in the salad at lunch!" he suggested. "Mike, that's the craziest thing I've ever heard," "You don't hear cows complaining," he did make a good point. Now we were only eight at the time, so we didn't know better. We then ripped the blades of grass out of the ground and began eating it. It tasted horrible, but all vegetables didn't taste good, so we kept on eating. It wasn't until our stomachs began to feel weird. Then suddenly, we start puking our guts out for almost a minute! When we were done, we laid back on the ground in pure agony. All the other little kids and teachers came to us to see what had happened. When one of the teachers asked what was wrong, we both looked at each other before turning back towards the teacher. "Don't... eat... the... grass!" we both said in perfect unison as we laid there starring at the blue sky. *** The feelings I felt back then were rushing back that I rushed towards the nearest window and spat out the cupcake from my mouth. "UUUHH!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE GRASS AGAIN, OH MY GOSH!!!" I was wiping off the remains of the dessert when I noticed all six ponies were starring at me. "Oh uh, I'm really sorry Pinkie, it's just that I'm uh... Daffodil intolerant," They all gasped when I said that. "Oh my, I'm so sorry, oh I should have asked you if you were daffodil intolerant. Oh what kind of horrible friend am I who would try and hurt their friends," Pinkie Pie said in a worried tone. "Pinkie it's ok, you didn't mean it, it's nobody's fault here," I said trying to cheer her up. "Well alright, I pinkie promise never to do something like that again." That was easy. "Well now that that's takin care of, why don't ya try some of ma homemade apple pie! That is if yer not allowed ta have apples," Applejack suggested. "What's in it?" I asked. "Uh apples," she said, giving me a look telling me what a stupid question. I gave her a suspicious look before taking a piece of the pie. When I put it in my mouth, it was a burst of amazing flavor. The nice, warm, delicious delicacy was nothing my mouth had ever tasted before swallowing. "Applejack, this is the most amazing pie in the history of pies!" I complemented before taking the whole thing and scooping up pieces into my hoof and placing it into my mouth. "Glad ya like it," she said as I noticed that I had finished the whole thing. "That was amazing," I laid back on the ground and patted my stomach. Everyone laughed at the sight before going back to their partying fun. ••• We partied until the late hours of the night, and everyone already said goodbye and went home. Applejack was waving goodbye before disappearing into the night. Only Pinkie Pie, Twilight, and myself were left. "Boy, that was some party," I said. "I'm glad you liked it, and again sorry for the cupcake," Pinkie said apologeticly. "Pinkie, I told you I forgive you." She smiled at that. "Well, I better get going." "Will we get to see you again Stevie? It's been a lot of fun," Twilight asked. I stood there for a while thinking until I came to a conclusion. "I garantee it," I said with a reassuring smile. With hug and a wave goodbye, I left them and headed back to where I hid the amulet. Lucky for me there was a full moon out tonight, which did help light the way. It took a while, but I finally made it to the rock. I dug the amulet, cleaned it off and said the spell. The amulet began to glow. It glow brighter brighter until I got sucked into it. I had that light, flying feeling again until suddenly, my face hits the floor. I have been having a lot of pain lately. I got up and looked around and saw my bed, my dresser, my desk. I was back in my room. Looking down, I had my original human body, and right in front of me on the ground was the blue and gold amulet. I checked the clock on my wall and the time hasn't changed at all since I left. I look down at the amulet and the timer reseted. I'd have to say that was one epic jorney. Then Twilight's words rang in my head about seeing them again. I looked at the amulet and smiled. "I garentee it." ••• Questions, comments, complements, Any errors are accepted, Always room for improvement! Be sure to like and follow both here and twitter (@Pony3T)