//------------------------------// // Chapter 7: Gifts are Worth Getting // Story: Miniature Magick // by Pixel Berry //------------------------------// The party was in full swing. At first the townsponies were a little confused, since first, I was a completely new spices, and second, my size was something to be surprised about. But Pinkie stopped the amused stares by starting the record. It was no surprise that the first mare to walk up to us was 'the' Lyra Heartstrings. At first she just starred at me, then flooded me with questions about humans. 'No surprise.' I thought. But before I could answer any of her questions, Bon Bon stepped in, stopping the unicorn, and dragging her away from us. It was about a half an hour at the party, everypony was either dancing, eating, or just chatting. I was sitting on the center table, bored out of my mind. Not to be Ms. Lame'o here, but I don't really like parties. It's either I don't go to parties that often, or when I do, I just sit in the corner, messing with my phone. Pinkie wanted me to dance, but Twilight didn't want me to be crushed on the dance floor. 'Not like I wanted to anyways.' And most of the time I stayed on the center table. I thought of going to Twilight's room and just wait until the party was over, but Pinkie had other plans. She gathered everypony to the table I was sitting on and came up with a few small presents and one big one. 'Damn!' I thought as I saw the huge box. Obviously, the box was towering over me and I got a little curious what would be in it. "P-Pinkie? What are these?" I asked. "There presents silly!" "What I mea was, really, why?" "Well, since your a new species, I had to throw you a 'Welcome-to-Equestria-new-creature!' party. And while I was setting up I realized that you didn't get any alternate-dimension-warming gifts from anypony. And me and my friends got you some." Pinkie explained, ending with a grin. "R-really? Thanks." I said with a small smile. I walked over to one of the small presents, seeing a rectangular-shaped box that had a stripped patterned wrapping. I picked it up, while also sitting down, legs crossed, also seeing a small tag saying that it was from Rarity. I quickly unwrapped it, seeing the box was white. I opened the lid, seeing a pair of pink fluffy pajama pants and a loose t-shirt you would wear with your PJ's. The shirt had all six of there cutie marks. "Thanks' Rarity. I was rather worried that I would have to wear my clothes again to go to sleep." "Oh, no worries darling. I heard from Lyra that humans need pajamas to sleep and that seemed like the perfect gift." "Well, Thanks' again." I got up and walked to the next box. I saw that the box was slightly bigger than me, and that the box also had some holes as well. Before I unwrapped it, Fluttershy interrupted me. "Um, Avery? Can you, um, get on the box? Th-then pull the bow, please? I mean if you want to, that is..." "Oh! Ok then?" I then got levitated by Twilight on top of the box. I counted to three in my head then yanked the bow on top. What I didn't expect was the box to give out on me, making me squeak in surprise. I didn't know what I was on, but it was alive and fluffy. I looked to see that I was sitting on a white mouse, like a horse. The mouse looked up at me, giving me a confused glance, I just shrugged in response. "H-his name is Buttons, he's super sweet and kind. I know that you'll be the best of friends." Fluttershy explained. "Thank you, Fluttershy." I scratched Button's ear, which made him lift his back paw, making the other six giggle at the sight. I quickly got off of Button, and walked to the next present. Button also followed. I saw that the next present was in the shape of a picture frame. The wrapping was plain blue with a red and yellow stripped string around it. I gently undid the string, then shredded the wrapping like a wild girl. When I was finally finished unwrapping it, I saw that it was a signed photo of Rainbow Dash. Somehow, The photo was taken at the right moment when Rainbow does her signature Sonic Rainboom, with her having a accomplished grin on her muzzle. It was signed 'Reach for the Sky!' and stamped on was Rainbow Dashes' cutie mark. "Thanks' Rainbow." "No prob." We fist/hoove bumped and then continued on with the other gifts. I walked to the next present, which was in the shape of a book. The wrapping was colored violet and the bow was pink. I effortlessly unwrapped the gift, seeing the first Daring Do Book of the series. "Really, Twilight? I thought you were going to give me a book on Equestrian History or something." "Well, you seemed like the type that might like books that appeal to your adventurous personality." Twilight explained. "Well, thanks' for the book, I might not be able to put it down when I start reading." I stated. "Oh believe me, that book is so worth it." Rainbow butted in. I hopped off the book and went to the next gift. This one had a green wrapping and tied with a red bow. I quickly unwrapped it to see a tiny, but puffy quilt. The quilt itself had apple imprints on the green-colored squares on the quilt, I also saw a mini wrapped Zap Apple Jam container. "We had to use one o' Apple Blooms' toy jars to put the Zap Apple jam inside." Applejack Stated. "It's ok, AJ. I really appreciate it though." I snuggled the quilt. "It's so soft~." I quickly placed the quilt and mini-jar on the table and went to the last gift, that was also the biggest. The box was just pink itself. I tried to unwrap it, but it would take longer than usual. (let's just say it was too big for me to unwrap on my own) Pinkie gladly insisted on unwrapping the huge gift, and what I saw, stunned me for life. Right before my very eyes, stood a doll-house. The stun look, still on my face. Seeing Pinkie, with a huge grin on her face watched as I touched the house, to see if it was real. 'Damn!' "H-how did you make this?" I asked Pinkie. 'First, did she even make it? And second, why does it look so familiar?' "Well~. Oneday,whenitwastimefortheBreeziestoflyby,someofthemgotlostandsoFluttershysavedthemandbroughtthemhometoheal.Buttheytookwaytoolongtoheal,soithought'hey!Whydon'ticreateasuper-duperhouseinwhichtheBreeziescanhealfaster.Butbythetimeiwasfinishedmakingthis,itwastimefortheBreeziestogobackhome.IwasreallysadthattheycouldtrymyBreezieMansionbutsomethingtoldmetokeepthehouse.AtfirstIthoughtthatitwasbecausetheBreezieswouldcomeback,butmyPinkiesensestoldmethatanewponyiscomingtoPonyville,buttheyitwasn'tpony,itwasyou.WhenisawyououtthewindowiknewthatihadtomakeyouaSuperSupriseParty,butIdidn'tknowthatyoucanreadmindsoverakabillionmilesaway,sothewholesuprisethingwasblownoff." Pinkie explained in one breath, in which I was wondering how she could do that. Anyways! After a snapped out of my thinking trance, I finally decided to check the inside of the mini house. The front was a porch with a small fence in, as I got up the stairs, I saw I one sided door so I opened it slowly, feeling nervous going inside. (don't know why though) As I opened the door, the lights inside turned on automatically. I saw that the front door lead me to the hallway, it was simple, but nice. There was a flight of stairs on my left, and the doorframe to the living room to my right, and as I walked down the hall, there was a closet on my left, and at the end, it lead me to the kitchen. I went back down the hall to the living room, seeing two very familiar chairs with a end table between the two furniture's. There was a fireplace next to the doorframe and a painting of the house on the edge of a cliff and right next to the house was a waterfall. 'Dammit! Why does this look so familiar?' I thought. Seeing the bedroom last, I walked back out of the dollhouse, seeing six mares with warm smiles on there muzzles. "So~? Do you like it? Doyadoyadoyadoya?" Pinkie asked. "I love it Pinkie." I answered. I ran towards Pinkie, with her for-hooves wide open, hiving her a hug. It surprised me that she didn't give a bone-crushing hug, but a soft gentle hug. "Thank you." I whispered. "Your welcome." Pinkie whispered back. ~ Everything went back to full swing after the gift giving. Everypony as either dancing, chatting, snacking, or playing games. I was still perched on the center table of the library, now eating a potato chip that was bigger than me and drinking some of Pinkie's punch with a thimble. I asked what was in the drink, but Rarity told me that I didn't what to know. Either way, I loved it. It had the fruit and sugar inside, (obviously!) but there was something in the mix I couldn't quite describe. I saw that some ponies had the same drink as well. (or maybe that was the only drink in this party) I was sitting on my phone, having one of the headphones around my neck, listening to some PMV's I saves in my phone. I was listening to Crusaders by BlackGryph0n and Baasik. I didn't see that there was a cross-eyed mare coming my way. And she had a cup of fruit punch in her hoof. "Hey! Miss- Whoops!" The gray mare tripped on a plastic cup and the drink splashed on me and my phone. I felt an electric shock throughout my body. Feeling the electricity and pain all over. "GAHHH!!!!" I screamed in pain. Next thing I knew, I was fading, hearing nothing but the mares voice. "Whoops. My bad."