“Ok, one more second,” Rainbow Dash peered over the hedge, “She’s coming, pull it, Pinkie!”
From the tug of a simple rope, a bucket filled with honey was disturbed. It fell from its stand onto the unsuspecting unicorn. “Aargh!” she growled, “Pinkie, Rainbow! You two get over here and help me!” The now sticky unicorn mare heard snickering and two ponies running. Waiting for the two pranksters to get some distance, the unicorn mare gave a small, wry, smile. “Do you know where they could be heading now?” she asked, “I wouldn’t want my mane to have been sacrificed for nothing.”
“That was great Rarity; they should be heading back to Sugarcube Corner now.”
Rarity smiled, brushing a small glob of honey out of her mane, she said, “Aww good, if you need me, I’ll be at the spa.” With that, she grabbed a towel and proceeded to wipe off some excess honey before heading towards the spa.
Hidden away, a voice chuckled, “Phase one, complete.”
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“And then Rarity was all like “Aaaarghh,” Pinkie giggled, “did you see that Dashie!”
“Yeah I did Pinkie, we just did that, I filled that bucket this morning."
Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash were happy that their latest prank ended in victory. After retreating from Rarity’s rage, the pair decided to make their escape to Sugarcube Corner for some cupcakes and planning.
“I know we just did it, but it was so funny that we should always remember it.” Pinkie Pie’s smile reached from ear to ear. She bounced high into the air, leaving ponies awestruck at her blatant disregard for physics, gravity, and the balance of nature.
The pair continued to laugh and joke until they entered Sugarcube Corner, where they met a trio of small fillies in matching capes.
"How much sugar do we need? I can’t hold much more." Sweetie Belle trembled under the weight of several bags of sugar. The other two Cutie Mark Crusaders were bartering with the Cakes.
"Just a little bit more," Scootaloo answered, "We need more for those ponies, they said to get as much as we can get." She turned back towards the Cakes and continued to barter.
Pinkie snuck into the kitchen to swipe a few cupcakes, leaving Rainbow Dash with the Crusaders. She sat down at a table and waited; her fan would notice her soon.
Pinkie returned and placed a few cupcakes on the table, before grabbing two and stuffing them into her mouth. Mouth full of cupcake, Pinkie said, “Wegh neeeh a goo srank,” she chewed a few times before swallowing, “Honey is good and all, I mean really, really good and all, but Rarity already had one Sweetie in her life.”
Rainbow Dash grabbed a single cupcake and bit down in a messy but less impolite manner. Pausing to swallow the cupcake in her mouth, she pointed towards the Crusaders and smirked. “We haven’t done anything with those three; it could just be something simple.”
Pinkie gasped and tore out of the room, rushing for the door. Leaving a befuddled Rainbow to get noticed by the now sugar laden Cutie Mark Crusaders. Sweetie Belle and Applebloom both smiled and twirled their hooves in Rainbow’s direction. In unison both Crusaders called, “Oh Scoootaaaloooo.”
Scootaloo turned around with a bag of sugar in her mouth, which was promptly forgotten as she saw her idol sitting quietly just behind her. Scootaloo rushed over to Rainbow’s table, barely touching the floor as she hopped towards her idol.
“Rainbow Dash, Hi! What are you doing here?” Scootaloo continued to hop up and down, waiting for a response.
Rainbow chuckled and pushed three cupcakes over to the three fillies, she smiled and said, “Cupcakes and chilling out, Do you three want some?”
Three blurs reached out and swiped the cupcakes. Once the smoke cleared three smiling fillies were stuffing their faces with delicious pastries. “These are great!” They cheered in unison. They ravenously scarfed down their sweets, leaving only happy smiles on their faces.
They thanked Rainbow and pulled Scootaloo back towards the abandoned sugar bags, until Applebloom starts to pant and gasp. She pushed off her sugar bag and retreated towards the bakery’s bathroom. Scootaloo and Sweetie exchanged quizzical looks before mimicking their friend’s action.
Rainbow doubled over on laughter, reaching out from behind her back she produced a bottle and placed it on the table. Pinkie bounced back in with saddlebags full of rubber chickens and dictionaries. She examined the scene and frowned, “Aww, you didn’t even let me help,” she looked at the bottle that Rainbow placed on the table and gasped, “Rainbow, did you use…”
Rainbow raised a hoof to stop Pinkie, Quickly wiping a tear from her eye she said, “Just a drop, doesn’t burn after a drink,” She leaned back in her chair, “I did all the time in flight camp, it was all in good fun.”
Pinkie seemed satisfied and nodded, pausing to grab the bottle and place it inside her saddlebags. Grabbing on more cupcake, she pulled Rainbow out of the bakery, leaving only traces of their most recent prank. The Cutie Mark Crusaders pushed the restroom door open and searched for the two mares. Finding nothing left in the bakery, they gave a collective sigh and wiped sweat off their foreheads. They stumbled across the forgotten sugar bags, finding nothing more to gather from Sugarcube Corner, they placed the bags on their backs and walked out the door.
“Now, those ponies should be round here somewhere,” Applebloom said,” Scootaloo, how many bits did they say we can keep?”
Scootaloo pulled out a few shiny bits and placed them on the ground, “one…two…three, six bits left, two for each of us,” She pushed two bits to each of her friends and smiled, “Not too shabby, for what we had to do. Hay, the payment could’ve been seeing Rainbow Dash for all I cared.”
“If that was all you wanted, we would’ve gotten you enough bits for just the sugar,”
The three fillies searched for the mysterious voice, but they couldn’t find anypony.
“Nah, were good with these bits thanks,” Applebloom said, “Come on out and get your sugar, what’s it for anyway?”
Applebloom tried to push off the bags off her back, but they were enveloped by an aura of magic and pulled all in random directions.
The voice chuckled,” Sorry girls, can’t have you finding us before anypony else does, but the sugar is for a little party im planning. You girls can go, thanks for the help.”
“A party,” Scootaloo asked,” Who is it for?” She motioned to where a few bags of sugar used to be, “And why did we need get you sugar?”
“Oh, well the party is for a few special ponies,” she paused for a few moments, causing the already impatient Scootaloo to tap her hoof against the ground, “And all that sugar is for a BIG surprise, you fillies can come if you want.”
“I don’t know,” Sweetie said, “Where is the party at?” She worried what Rarity would say if she said she would be at a party that she didn’t even know the location to.
A small map floated towards the fillies, “This is the location of where the party is being held. We believe it’s called Sweet Apple Acres.”
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“Oh this is gonna be so fun Dashie!” Pinkie whispered in excitement, “Did you need to use all the pocket dictionaries though?”
“Yeah yeah, the more we have the funnier this’ll be,” she turned towards her friend and smiled, “I mean, it’s not like most of those dictionaries were Twilight’s or something.”
“Ugh, yeah, not all twilights,” Pinkie laughed nervously,” It’s not like I borrowed them, and promised to return them soon.”
“SSHHH, they’re coming,” Rainbow whispered, peering out from behind their hiding place, “Are the spring loaded traps ready?”
“Yep! I mean what kind of pony would I be if I didn’t set the traps? I mean it wouldn’t mean im a bad pony, but I wouldn’t be a good pony if I didn’t have a good prank every now and again.”
“Pinkie, pull it!” Rainbow cut off her friends chatter. Pinkie nodded quickly and pulled on the rope, launching rubber chickens high into the air. As they soared overhead they began to release their payloads. Soft, paperback dictionaries fell from the sky, landing on a light green and orange maned colt. He cowered against the onslaught, while the dictionaries landed harmlessly on top of him.
“Trixie!” the young colt shouted, “Please help me!”
The young colt’s friend, Snails, stared blankly at his friend for a few moments. He watched his friend cower as the last of the books fell, landing squarely on his head. “Uggghhhhh, Snips, those were just books, and you have one on stuck on your horn.”
Snips took his hooves off his eyes and looked up; no more demonic shapes were coming for him. He stood up and looked around; he was standing in the middle of a book battlefield. He pulled off the dictionary stuck onto his horn. He turned towards his friends and smiled sheepishly. “Sorry,” he said, “I was having another Ursa flashback.”
His friend smiled and patted his friend’s back. “It’s alright… I still have those.”
Snips eyes brightened, “You do? I thought I was the only one.”
“Nahhh, you just got scared is all,”
Snips returned his smile and looked at his fetlock, “Oh gosh, we have to get you to that party,” He began pushing Snails,
“Twist is gonna be there, and you want to have a good date, you gotta be there early.”
Snail’s blank expression changed into a deep scarlet blush, He chuckled as Snips pushed him away, Leaving Pinkie and Rainbow to smile and watch the Snips drag a smiling Snails by his tail.
“Awwwww,” Pinkie sighed,” Isn’t that just the cutest thing Dashie?” she pulled Rainbow into a hug and sighed, “I remember my first crush, he was so sweet and such a good listener, it was a shame he had to leave,”
Rainbow forced herself out of the choking hug Pinkie was giving her, “Wait, you’ve had a coltfriend before? I always thought you were dating sugar.”
Pinkie smiled and winked at Rainbow,” I never had a coltfriend, and I was dating sugar, but then he started making me sick,” she sighed softly, “We agreed to just be friends after last time.”
Rolling her eyes, Rainbow said “Friends, right.” She picked up one of the small dictionaries and glanced at it, “Uggghhhhh, never enough Daring Doo.”
Pinkie pulled herself from her remembrance and smiled, “And what about you Rainbow? Have you ever dated anyone?”
Rainbow groaned, seemingly annoyed at the question, “Why would I ever need a colt or mare to date, Im saving myself for the wonderbolts,” she pulled Pinkie close to her, “And no pony else.”
“Aww really Dashie, it’s not fun when you don’t have someone to hug and share laughs with.”
Rainbow shrugged and dropped the dictionary on the ground, “I’ve never really needed one, why start now?”
“Oh well, what should we do now, we got a lot of ponies today,” Pinkie smiled and bounced up and down, “You know what this calls for?”
“A party?” Rainbow said, smirking.
“PARTY!” Pinkie cheered, throwing confetti into the air,” And those two colts will lead us to a possibly super splendiferous party!” Pinkie grabbed Rainbow Dash and dragged her by her tail, “Come on, we don’t want to get there too late, they might run out of sweets, and I was hoping to say Hi to him.”
“So what you’re saying is you want to go to a party to go talk to the food?” Rainbow asked, hoping that wasn’t what her friend wanted to do.
Pinkie nodded, causing Rainbow Dash to sigh and put a hoof over her face. “Fine,” Rainbow said,” Just save me one of those cupcakes, sugar and I could get reacquainted again.”
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By the time they arrived they realized Snips and Snails led them to Sweet Apple Acres. The party was in full swing, ponies danced and chatted, leaving the pair unnoticed as they walked in. Pinkie rushed past several dancing ponies in search of a snack table. Rainbow flew into the air, searching for her friends. She couldn’t find any of them, not even Applejack. She sighed and landed in the midst of the party.
Pinkie pushed past a couple of dancing mares and shoved a cupcake into Rainbow’s hooves, “Sugar, you remember rainbow,” She laughed,” She couldn’t visit you in a while because….”
Rainbow paused for a moment, trying to interpret her pink friend’s statement. “Oh,” she realized, “I needed to not see you so much, can’t have too much of you.”
Pinkie laughed and pulled Rainbow deeper into the crowd, “Come on, I think I saw Twilight around her.”
It was true. Twilight sat on a lone bale of hay with her nose buried in a book. She looked up and saw Pinkie pulling Rainbow towards her. She closed the book and said, “Hey girls, great party isn’t it? I didn’t think you girls would be here.”
Pinkie gasped, “And miss this party?” She threw her hooves into the air, “Twilight, I thought you knew me better.”
Smiling softly at her friend’s antics, Twilight said, “Good point,” She rested a hoof on her head and sighed,” Oh yeah, somepony wanted to see both of you.”
“OOOOOH, somepony wants to see us Dashie,” Pinkie cheered, “Isn’t this exciting Dashie, Oh I’m SO excited.” Pinkie’s cheering caused many ponies to stare at the pair. Rainbow facehoofed and pulled Pinkie in the direction Twilight was pointing.
Rainbow pulled the pink mass of excitement behind her for several moments, she searched for any pony, but she was alone with apple trees and Pinkie. She spit out Pinkie’s tail and looked around one last time before saying, “Didn’t Twilight say there was somepony here?”
Pinkie smiled at Rainbow and said, “Twilight said a lot of ponies were a lot of places, she never said where the one would be exactly.” She rushed behind a tree and called, “Ooh Hello, mysterious pony?”
Pinkie pushed aside bushes, she climbed inside trees, she pulled up rocks, but wasn’t able to find a single sign of anypony nearby. The area was peaceful, calming in fact. Were it not for the fact that they were looking for somepony, Pinkie would throw a peaceful party here. She remembered that last time she had a peaceful party; those poor, poor stallions. “Oh well!” She thought; their wedding was great!
“Oh hello girls, we were expecting you to get her,” the voice resonated through the orchard; both Pinkie and Rainbow could not perceive where the voice was coming from. They both gave each other confused looks as the voice continued, “We were hoping we could find you at an earlier point, but we couldn’t get you alone,” They heard a faint hissing and gossamer wisps of purplish gas started flowing into the orchard. “Like we have now…”
Rainbow struggled against the gas; she didn’t know what it would do. But she needed to be alert, what if was a poison joke gas? She wouldn’t be able to fly very well, she’d be stuck not being able to do what she loved. She held her breath; she couldn’t breathe in the gas if she didn’t breathe. She looked for a way out of the gas but found none. She put a hoof to her mouth and yawned, a deep yawn that resonated, causing her to breathe in. Her eyes opened in terror. “Oh no,” She thought,” What’s it going to do to me?” She struggled for a few more moments, attempting to stave off whatever affects the gas held over her. She slowly collapsed on the ground, unconscious.
Pinkie enjoyed this, whatever this was. She laughed when the voice started talking, even when it started sounding like a meanie. She laughed when the gas started. Breathing in enough of it to make her a little dizzy, she laughed at the feeling it gave her. “This is fun!” she thought, “I should do whatever this is again!” she yawned and curled into a ball, “Right after this nap.”
The gas dissipated quickly, a few figures trotted up and gathered the now unconscious mares. They all smiled and looked at their leader. The leader, for their part, stood tall, pulled out a checklist. “Phase two, compete.” they all quickly studied the checklist before grabbing the mares and their things. Their leader smiled and said,” If we hurry up here, we can move phase three to thirty minutes earlier.”
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(something something something) Credit: Mlp:Fim to Hasbro and Lauren Faust, and the element of pancakes/editing: Catface