Chapter 3 – Perils Of Sleeping Through A Pinkie Pie Party
The party was still going on in the town outside while Luna slept. Ponies were still playing party games, singing, dancing, and raiding the snack and beverage tables. Although the party was a very happy place, Pinkie Pie was a bit upset… Luna had left very shortly after arriving and she didn’t even get to try any games or snacks. Thinking on it while pacing around the streets of Canterlot, she noticed a rainbow tail hanging from the side of a building, and got an idea.
Pinkie had grabbed several bottles of Applejack’s hard cider before making her way up to where Rainbow Dash was sleeping. Placing the bottles down on the roof, she snuck up on Dash and yelled, “Surprise!”
Rainbow Dash was awoken by the exclamation and instantly lifted off into the air to hover and look around for the source of the yell. Some snickering caught her attention coming from the rooftop, so she looked down and spied Pinkie Pie struggling not to collapse into a laughing fit. Sighing, Dash lowered herself back down to the rooftop to speak with Pinkie. After landing, Pinkie finally couldn’t hold it anymore and broke into a fit of giggles and laughter.
A few minutes later Pinkie finally calmed down enough to allow Rainbow to talk.
“Pinkie. Why did you have to wake me up? I was having a nice little nap up here.” Rainbow asked, stifling a yawn.
“Hey Rainbow! I was wondering where you were when I noticed your tail sticking over the side of the building so I decided to come up here and see if you wanted a drink!” Pinkie rapidly stated.
“Oh? Well, I guess I could go for a drink. What type of punch was there?” Rainbow asked.
Giggling, Pinkie replied, “Silly Dashie. I’m not talking about punch.” Pinkie moved to the side, revealing the numerous bottles of AJ’s hard cider sitting behind her.
Rainbow’s eyes widened when she seen the label on the bottles. “I didn’t know AJ brought the good stuff!” She exclaimed before diving toward the nearest bottle and starting to drink the wonderful golden liquid.
Pinkie was just smiling off to the side as she watched Dash down several more bottles. ‘All going according to plan.’ She silently thought to herself.
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“Are you shure this is ok Pinkie? I don’t wanna get in trouble or anything.” Rainbow Dash said as she unsteadily followed Pinkie into the castle.
“Of course it’s ok Dashie! Princess Luna loves seeing you preform aerobatic stunts! So I figured why not show her how much you have improved recently?” Pinkie said with a grin.
Now normally, Rainbow would know something was up with that logic… but in her inebriated state, she couldn’t tell. Nodding to what Pinkie said, she just continued to unsteadily fly and walk after Pinkie toward Princess Luna’s room.
The guards were still around town enjoying the party and Celestia had since returned as well after getting called away earlier. The pair slowly made their way to the door and pushed it open. Lying on the large bed in the corner of the room was Princess Luna, still asleep. Pinkie turned to Dash pulled her into a hug, and secretly placing a note on her back, before producing a record player from nowhere and giving it to Dash.
“Now get in there and show Princess Luna why you are the best flier in Equestria.” Pinkie said before pushing Dash through the door and closing it.
Shakily standing there with just a record player held in one foreleg, she eventually made her way over to a table sitting in the middle of the room. Placing the record player down, she fumbled getting it started for a while before she eventually got it going. It was just starting on the silent portion before the actual music started so Rainbow made sure it was as loud as it could go and started to hover, waiting for her queue.
The music started with an earsplitting guitar riff before continuing with the song. The instant it started, Dash started to fly around the room pulling off different stunts in the confined space. Bumping into various things and barely avoiding crashing the whole time. Eventually she got into a slight, unsteady rhythm.
Luna shot up in bed after the start of the song, looking around to find out what was going on. After blinking a few times, she noticed Rainbow Dash flying around her room and doing various stunts. Just staring at the scene before her, she couldn’t decide what to do. Why was Rainbow Dash in her room, playing music, and trying to pull off various stunts? Why did she wake me up at… 5pm?! Why can’t she just get some sleep without being woken up? Why is she letting this continue when she could stop it easily enough?
After a moment’s though, Luna reached out with her magic and turned off the record player. The abrupt stop to the music broke Rainbow Dash’s concentration and led to her crashing into a nearby dresser. Getting out of bed, Luna walked over to check on Dash. She was fast asleep and smelled very strongly of alcohol. Deciding that she couldn’t leave the intoxicated pegasus laying on her floor, Luna gently picked her up to take her to one of the nearby guest rooms.
After lifting her out into the hall, Luna noticed a piece of paper taped to Rainbow Dash’s back. Curious about what it was, she picked the note up and looked at the front of it. It simply read ‘Luna’. While still walking toward the guest room with Dash levitating beside her, she opened the letter and began to read.
Princess Luna,
It is not nice to sleep through a Pinkie Pie party. Don’t do it again.
-- Pinkie Pie
Just blinking at the absurdity of it all, Luna closed the note and teleported it back to a desk in her room. Finally reaching the guest room door, she gently opened it and levitated Rainbow Dash over to the bed before covering her and turning off the light. Thankful that that was taken care of, she groggily walked back to her room to hopefully get back to sleep. She stumbled through her door and made her way into bed before promptly passing out again.