//------------------------------// // Let's get this party started // Story: My Little Pony: Return of the Primal Fear // by Lizardsareradical //------------------------------// Chapter 18: Let's get this party started "How are you doing Coocoo with that book?" Twilight asked her research partner looking away from a book on Equestrian artifacts. Her, Coocoodrill and Spike were in the Starswirl the Bearded wing in the Canterlot archives for several hours now, and the sun was going down. Twilight made a lot of progress though. She managed to learn all about both the Amulet of Alteration and the Heart of Resurrection after recognizing that Trixie had the former and Anvillain the latter. Both items once belonged to Cosmus as some of his favorite artifacts to play with. Coocoodrill got his face out of The Book of the Malign to answer his friend in a surprisingly indifferent manner. "Actually not too bad for reading a book on how to rot an entire forest, make somepony my eternal thrall, summon a Draconequss, turn somepony inside out, and last but not least, instantly make a pony instantly go caput." The green unicorn quickly moved his hoof across his neck, made a small gagging sound, and made his head go limp with his tongue stuck out. "Ugh." Was the only thing Twilight could say as she looked away slightly disgusted. But she was assured Coocoodrill would never use any of those wicked spells; and even if he did want to, he wouldn't be able to due to his magical problems. The green stallion got the cue and got back to reading. As he turned the page, he noticed the title of a spell named "Visage of Nightmares". He slowly and thoroughly read the description of the spell, and then quickly closed the book and calling. "TWI! I found what we were looking for!" Twilight looked back and walked towards the stallion. Half of her mind thought it would be something completely irrelevant, but the other half wanted to hear what he was going to say. "What is it?" The purple mare asked her friend a little curious, but a little annoyed. "Better not be some kind other gross spell though." She shivered at the thought of an inside out spell. Coocoodrill shook his head in innocence and intrigue. "No, no Twi. I'm serious about this. According to this book, Cosmus used a spell known as "Visage of Nightmares". According to what the description says, the caster would get a strong connection to the Mara and can see the deepest fears of ponies and other sentient creatures." He opened the book again to take a second look, making sure Twilight couldn't see the pages. "Is there more?" Twilight inquired, wondering why he wouldn't let her see. "You bet. It also allows the user to create this purple mist that messes with the minds of anyone inside the mist that makes them see their greatest fears. And knowing this guy, he also spent his time learning mind readings spells and illusions. As a bonus, the caster's body becomes some sort of mallabill…mallieball…" "Malleable." Twilight corrected him impatiently. "Yeah that. The caster becomes body some sort of malleable substance that can allow him to grow tendrils, melt, and change size and such. And to top it all off, they can absorb ponies and other such beings to increase their own power." He made a small but nervous chuckle. "Quadruple whammy on our parts." "Is there more?" Twilight asked, concerned about any other possible abilities of the fallen prince. She tried to get another look at the twisted book but Coocoo kept the book away from her. "Sorry Twi." The green unicorn apologized in a slightly stern manner. "But Celesty said I have to be extra careful with this book. Nothing personal." Twilight was about to question his logic, but went against it. When she thought about it, it made sense for one of Equestria's worst spell casters to be the one to read the book, and even if he could use them, due to his magical problems, things would probably turn out for the better. She also remembered what that book did to the once beloved Cosmus. What would such power do to the Element of Magic herself? She'd rather not know. But as she was contemplating all this, Coocoodrill spoke up. "Weeeeell that's my work done!" Coocoo announced as he stretched his hooves and neck. "I'm gonna go to that party Blueblood's doing." He then looked towards Twilight. "You coming to?" Twilight thought for a bit. She already decided that she should research the Elements of Respect, Caring and Tolerance. Such knowledge could be useful for finding a weakness to defeat Screameater with. She took a deep and remorseful breath. "Sorry. Got some more work to do." Coocoodrill looked at her with concerned eyes. "Are you sure Twi?" Twilight immediately felt bad about her decision, but had to stick with it. "I'm sure." She forced herself to smile. "Go have fun. I'm sure Pinkie and the others are there too." The green unicorn analyzed what she said for a second, then immediately perked up to a gleeful mood. "Alright! Suit yourself!" As he was walking out, he saw the baby dragon fast asleep at one of the tables. He couldn't help but make a playful yet warm hearted comment. "Hey Twi look. We bored this little guy to sleep." He saw a nearby checkerboard blanket and placed it on "Spike". Twilight turned and saw the stallion placing the blanket on the dragon and softly chuckled. "Hey Coocoo. Didn't you promise not to treat him like a little baby anymore?" The loony unicorn just did an innocent shrug. "Sorry. Force of habit." He then had a flash of realization about the Book of the Malign. He remembered Celestia distinctly telling him to be careful with it, and he was more than willing to listen to her. "Before I leave can you close your eyes, cover your ears and look away for a minute? Gotta hide the Book 'o' Evil." Coocoodrill politely requested, making a sheepish grin and hoping not to offend. Twilight complied and counted down. She could hear a little scuttling but it wasn't very discernable. After a minute, she looked back and he was gone, with no evidence of the book around. She looked around for a book on Cosmus she was sure would have the three newer Elements mentioned and saw it next to her sleeping dragon assistant. As she went for the book, she saw that "Spike" was shivering a bit. She used her magic to make the blanket wrap around him like an infant. When she saw that he was comfortable now, she proceeded to read in peace. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It was only a few minutes before Blueblood's party began and already many of Equestria's elite were already there. As expected, they were all wearing fancy uniforms; the stallions had nice suits and the mares had lavish dresses. Some ponies were there to meet close friends, others wanted to see the princesses, knowing that both were invited and some just had nothing better to do with their lives. But some on the other hand had no idea why Blueblood was acting like this all of a sudden. A light blue unicorn mare was at the gates waiting for them to open. She then saw a platinum bit from the corner of her eye. She couldn't resist. "Looks like my lucky day and somebody's unlucky day." She said to herself as she picked it up with her magic. She then saw another bit not too far away and went to get that bit. She then saw another and another and another. After getting what was worth a hundred bits, she saw a blue hoof with a handkerchief muffle her. Not long after, she felt woozy and her eyes shut. "Nobles." Trixie commented to herself shaking her head in pity as she threw away the rag. "Can never get enough money." She then took a good look at the sleeping body and used her amulet to change herself into the wealthy unicorn. She then felt the mane of her new form for it felt unusual. To her dismay, she was actually wearing a wig. The pony she was impersonating was bald. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pinkie Pie was bouncing up and down waiting for the party gates to open. She was also one of the few ponies who didn't dress up. She had the widest smile she could possibly make. She was speaking to a random pompous stallion in an extremely hyper manner. "This is going to be so exciting! I'm excited, are you excited? This Blueblood guy is superdeetacular for inviting all of us! I remember my friend Rarity, she's a unicorn, said that he's just a pompous, stuck up! But maybe he was just having a bad day that night at the Gala cause from I can tell from this invitation of this card of him surfing with the term "cowabunga" on it, he seems to be a very laid back person! Maybe that's why he was supposedly so mean that one night! Perhaps he didn't like tuxedos? But anyways, what does "cowabunga" mean anyways?" The stallion just stared at her strangely and quickly walked away without a comment. As she was about to follow him, she felt a tap on her shoulder. She bolted around and saw Coocoodrill right behind her. "Heya Pinks! You here for this awesome non-formal party?" He asked delightfully, though emphasizing the non-formal part in slight annoyance as he noticed everybody else around him wearing suave suits, elegant dresses, and worst of all…the occasional pair of pants. Coocoo shivered at the look of pants. Pinkie waved her hoof in front of him and he snapped back to reality. She then started to joyously speak again. "Sure am Coocoo! Can't wait until those doors open! I came here with Fluttershy and Rarity! I wonder where they are right now." Both ponies looked around for a bit. "We're over here." Pinkie Pie and Coocoodrill looked to their right and saw Rarity speaking to them, with Fluttershy right next to her. They were only ten feet away from the two eccentric ponies. Rarity was wearing her Grand Galloping Gala dress while Fluttershy was wearing nothing. In fact, all the guests but Pinkie Pie, Coocoodrill and Fluttershy were dressed formally. Coocoodrill then counted the three mares and then subtracted Applejack, Blubayou, Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash in his mind. He realized one of the Elements was missing, "Wait one moment. Where's Baldy?" Coocoodrill asked the group not exactly worried, but concerned. Who would ever miss a party as bodaciously radical…scratch that…BO-RADICAL as a mad chill prince's manor? Fluttershy made a little squeak and hid her face under her mane. The pink earth pony could easily tell she was blushing, and had a feeling why. She was considering to comment on it, but somepony called out in shock. "IT'S CELESTIA...AND LUNA!" Somepony from the crowd called out. All the ponies turned to see the two regal princesses riding on a chariot pulled by the royal guards of both sisters. Everypony clapped for them as they rode over towards them. The chariot came to a halt and the alicorns stepped out. "Greetings Everypony!" Celestia called out to the group happy to see all of them. "Yes! Art thou ready to do the boogie?" Luna exclaimed practicing the more "modern" language. Everypony stopped clapping and looked at her in silence. "What does boogie mean?" One noblemare questioned the two princesses confused. A lot of the other elite ponies were also puzzled with such a word. Pinkie could only gasp in horror. Luna just looked away awkwardly and whispered to her sister. "Sister. I still question why we are here. As we have noticed the last few days, our nephew has gone a little…unusual. Must we feed into his activities?" She spoke in deep concern for her nephew. "Do not worry sister." Celestia reassured her. "He's just going through a phase. He'll be over it by the end of the week." All of a sudden, loud techno beats started playing from the gates, dry ice created a thick fog and blue and red lasers flashed and flickered. From the fog, the guests could see Blueblood's silhouette bobbing his head to the music playing. "Hey you all! We bouncing off the walls! We all gonna jam until we tip and fall! Stick around and revel in the sound! This party's gonna rock all leaps and boundssssss!" The music and laser show suddenly went off. "WELCOME ALL TO LE CASA DE BLUEBLOOD!" He called out to the crowd as the fog began to fade away, revealing that he was wearing sunglasses and several blue and red glowing necklaces around his neck. He lifted his forehooves into the air, expecting them to cheer wildly. To his dismay, only the pink mare and green unicorn cheered wildly for him. The rest just looked at him dumbstruck at what they just saw. Rarity had her jaw on the ground in shock and bewilderment. "On second thought…" Celestia whispered to her sister's ear. "…a little therapy would hurt him." "Blueblood" took a good look at his audience. Aw man! Only two ponies ready to party? What part of "non-formal" do these guys not get? He then spoke aloud to his guests. "Well if it isn't all my greatest friends, aunties and Elements of Harmony. I would love to ramble on about the weather, economy or something boring like that, but I am a stallion of action not words. So onwards to my manor, where they'll be food, drink, and DJ PON3!" He then used his magic to lift Rarity's jaw back up. "So let this fiesta of awesomeness begin!" He started dance-trotting back into his manor as the music went back on. Both Pinkie Pie and Coocoodrill followed him. One well dressed brown earth stallion was bobbing his head to the music. But when the others looked at him, he quickly awkwardly stopped and ran towards the manor in defiance of his wealth. The rest just shrugged and followed. What has gone into that jerk? Rarity wondered to herself as she walked towards the great manor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All the citizens of Berrybash Bottom were at a long table in the middle of town, which had all sorts of berry made food products. Blubayou was sitting at the very end of the table, with his parents, Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Chromewing sitting with him. All of the other ponies were hollering out in joy, knowing that the lost child was back with them. Before anybody could eat, Bluebarry stood on his two hind legs to speak up. "Before we begin this bountiful feast, let's remember this day as the day that the great alicorns granted our wish for the return of my son. His form may have been altered, but he is still me and my wife's child. Today, we celebrate the return of BLUBAYOU!" Everyone in the crowd cheered for the long lost amphibipony. Applejack patted Blu on the back with a warm smile. "But before we begin ya'll." Bluebarry added to his speech. "Let us take down his gravestone." A mare quickly got up and bucked a grave saying "R.I.P little Blu" down. "Don't forget to take out the little memorial too." Chromewing said pointing to a large plaque that listed the unheard goodbyes to the infant. Two stallions got up and took it down. Razzi then chimed in. "And let's get rid of them offerings to the dark spirit that has once taken this colt so it won't come back to take more foals." A bunch of ponies ran to the corner of the settlement to grab bowls of berries in front of a wooden pegasus skeleton. All the ponies threw away the rotten food and bucked the wood sculpture to pieces. With that all done, Bluebarry gestured the feast to begin and everypony dug into all the pies, muffins, tarts and other assorted foods. Blubayou looked at everything surrounding him and got a feeling that he had never felt before; the feeling of belonging and being loved by others. He shed a tear of joy as he got a piece of blackberry pie, loving every moment of his new life. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Greetings everyone in the ever grand empire of Equestria! I shall now announce the beginning of a new reign! My reign as your king! Bow down or live a never ending nightmare!" "No! Too blunt!" Screameater criticized his own domination speech disappointed as he was trying to write a good one down. He crumpled up the paper and threw it behind him. "I remember I had a really intimidating one 492 years ago. If only I can remember." He began to pace in circles, trying in vain to come up with a good introduction to his eventual tyrannical takeover. As he pace around, he saw something that made him regret many of his actions. In between the glowing Element of Harmony spheres of Caring and Respect, the Element of Tolerance was now glowing bright green. Screameater began to panic in his mind. Oh Tartarus no, no, NO! How could this happen? I made that mongrel of a minion as hideous as possible, how can he have found it? He then began to realize how he raised him wrong. Oh crud, instead of treating him like a mere servant, I SHOULD'VE SPOILED THE BRAT! Make him refuse to put up with stuff. Yeah. Or maybe I shouldn't have educated him at all and make him as dumb as a bucket of bricks. That might've also worked. The dark alicorn then realized how futile his hindsight was and began to shout in pure, unbridled rage, flailing his tentacles in the air and stomping on the ground with all four hooves. "CRUD, CRUD, FEATHERS, FEATHERS, FLANK, CRUD, FLANK, FLANK, FEATHERS, FLANK, CRUD, CHILD OF A DIAMOND…!" He looked at the entranceway and noticed that a unicorn Mara was staring at him, probably wondering what was going on in its master's head right now. It was magically holding a glass of water and a green apple. It just placed the snack on the desk and ran off as soon as possible. "Uh…" Was the only thing Screameater could mutter after the Mara left, replacing his anger with discombobulation. He slowly grabbed the apple and took munched on it. As he was eating his happy food, he thought about the current situation. So that blasted Blubayou found his element huh? Alright, that's a setback. But I have Trixie, Anvillain, and my "son" at a party where hopefully at least one of the pure of hearts will go to. If they can capture at least one of them, the elements would be incomplete. And as a bonus, if I can get at least one of my siblings, It would take all nine of the Elements of Harmony to take me out. But...there would only be eight of them to destroy. They could never win! He then let out a sickeningly sinister laugh. Screameater then used his magical power to contact "Blueblood". After a little waiting, the Mara answered him. "Yo whaddup Screamy? Need anything bro?" Blueblood replied to the telepathic message in a carefree and upbeat mood. Screameater deeply grumbled in annoyance before answering. "First of all, don't call me "Screamy". Second of all, did any of the pure of hearts come to your party? Third, did you rendezvous with Trixie yet? " "Ronda-what?" Screameater just groaned and continued his telepathic conversation. "I meant meet her yet? For the teleportation upgrade for you so you can capture the princesses?" He spoke to his servant in a condescending manner, as if he was completely incompetent. "Yeah, yeah! Don't worry "Daddy-O"! I'm gonna meet her right…" Screameater heard a distinct flushing sound in his head, but unsure of what it was. "…now. Catcha later!" As the spell ended, Screameater was puzzled about one thing his servant said, rubbing his chin with a pitch black tentacle. "Daddy-O?" He repeated to himself stumped. He walked around in a circle and then lied down on the smooth floor, still thinking about the meaning of the word, and the point of such a word. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Blueblood" walked out of the restroom in his manor with a sigh of relief. As he was shaking off a piece of toilet paper on his right hind leg, he saw a light blue unicorn mare with a large, overdone mane. Without even meeting her at the party on downstairs, he knew who it was. "Well whatya know? I'm meeting my own maker!" The Mara called out to her in a teasing manner, laughing a little. The mare ran to him and covered his mouth, putting her hoof to her mouth and making an annoyed "sh" sound. "Don't blow Trixie's cover you…" The disguised mare then facehooved herself a she realized what she said. "But anyways foolish one, I'm going to grant you the ability to be able to teleport to Phobos, along with one of those princesses. Got it?" The royal Mara could only nod and snicker. "Foolish one? That all ya got? Mamma, my flank can make a better insult!" He then noticed his creator's stern face and immediately straightened up stoically. "B-b-but YES! I understand ma'm!" Trixie just rolled her eyes as her horn made an unusual deep red aura. The aura surrounded "Blueblood" for a bit like a thin, scarlet rope. It then absorbed into his skin, in a bright light. He quickly tested it out by teleporting in an orange flash. When he appeared, he was two feet away, on his hind legs and his left forehoof on the wall for him to lean on. "That felt good." The stallion said in a lax manner as he cracked his neck, making an audible snap. He then let out a sigh of relaxation. Trixie just fidgeted in disgust at the cracking sound. But out of the corner of her eye, she saw a white unicorn with a purple mane, blue eyes and wearing a beautiful dress. The disguised mare immediately recognized her as somepony named Rarity she humiliated a while back in Ponyville. By the look of it, she was looking for Blueblood. Trixie poked the Mara and he managed to notice her. "Blueblood" feigned coughing and then waved his forearms around with a big wide smile. "And then he said…" He paused for dramatic effect. "THE ARISTOCRATS!" He then got down on his fours, and made a bam-dum-tsh sound with his hooves. Trixie was not at all amused. He then awkwardly whistled, but then made a smug grin and looked at the blue mare from under his sunglasses. "Stay beautiful." He then ruffled the mare's mane, causing the wig to fall to the ground. Trixie made a fake gasp of horror and slapped the prince across the face, making a loud smack. The mare then lifted the wig and walked away, nose in the air as the white stallion rubbed his stinging cheek, groaning in pain. When the blue unicorn was out of sight, Rarity walked up to the unicorn with a look that meant serious business. She greeted him in a formal yet extremely uncomfortable manner. "Hello Blueblood." "Hey…there." Blueblood replied uncomfortably looking away. He then came up with an idea of what to say. "So bet you wanted to hear that awesome joke I just told that bald chick huh?" Rarity just glared daggers at him, but he continued anyways. "Alright, so a bunch of nobleponies go to this talent agent to show her their act. Though skeptic, the agent decides to see it. When she watches it, the show involves nine fillies and nine colts who to her dismay…" "Enough of that now." Rarity demanded, knowing he was trying to change a certain subject. But she wanted answers. "Blueblood" tried to not notice her tone. "What's the matter? Heard this one before? You could've…" "Enough!" The mare barked at him, causing the Mara to step back. "I have questions for you and you are going to answer them." She was glaring at him worse than that time at the Gala. "Blueblood's" face let out a shocked gasp as he put a hoof on her shoulder. "Oh my Aunties! I swear I will pay for…" "No! No! No! A different question!" Rarity angrily interrupted him, shaking his hoof off of her. The false stallion was beginning to feel grateful that the music downstairs was so loud. The prince let out a sigh of relief. "Alright then, shoot." The prince told her feigning interest. What's this mare up to? Rarity's tone didn't simmer a bit at the prince's acceptance. "Would you like to explain your sudden change? Hmmm?" The royal stallion just joyously laughed. "What is the matter with me being a little different? A better and chiller stallion? Somepony everypony wants to know and love? Or at least do my best?" Rarity was dumbstruck by his answer, denying that someone so shallow could just have a total personality change almost overnight. The imposter noticed her blank expression and spoke up. "Is that a good enough answer for you…?" He tried to think of her name. This got Rarity aggressive again. "Do you even know my name you…" She tried to think of a good insult. "…Royal pain!" She groaned to herself for using that lame of a term, especially one she just heard her mailpony/new friend say to no effect. He was taken aback by this and scurried to think of a possible name she might have. "Hmmmmm?" He then pointed to her still with a positive attitude. "You look like a Toola-Roola to me!" "IT'S RARITY!" She answered back to him, furious at him. "Don't you remember from the Gala? I was wearing this exact same dress!" By now, Blueblood was starting to act more aggressively. "I'm starting not to like you attitude missy. Not like you were very nice to start with..." "DON'T YOU?" The fraud knew he was cornered now, so he decided to take full advantage of it. He just lifted both hooves in the air and made an overly comedic shrug, cross eyed, tongue sticking out and speaking in a voice as if he was half seal. "NOPE! I DON'T THINK SO!" Rarity was disgusted by this stallion's immaturity. But she now had a feeling that this wasn't the Blueblood she knew and once sought after. Remembering Trixie giving the Mara mouths with some sort of amulet, she wondered what such an amulet could also do. She then wondered why these Mara, Trixie, Anvillain and that revolting Blubayou if their master didn't even have any power. There had to be a first victim, and she was sure who it was. She stared at him straight in the eyes and spoke only three words to him in a threatening whisper. "You're not Blueblood." The Mara looked at the pony in front of him with a blank stare right into her eyes. Within a second, his eyes turned pure orange as he opened his mouth grotesquely wide. Before Rarity could scream, the Mara spewed out a purple mist from his jaws. Rarity dozed a little bit then went off to a deep sleep. The Mara regained his composure when went back to his normal Blueblood look. He lifted the shaking mare with his magic, opened a closet and tossed her in. He then two a few breathers and got back to his care free attitude before sliding down the stair railings. "No! Sapphire! Don't call me fat!" Rarity muttered as she experienced a horrible nightmare. "DON'T CALL ME FAT!" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "And that's how I learned the Elements were PC." Coocoodrill finished his anecdote as he feasted on a giant chocolate chip cookie. He then started another subject. "Sooooo? One question. Why is your name Fancy Pants but you don't wear pants?" The regal stallion was a little stunned by the strange question. But he managed to politely answer. "Well dear boy, it's just a name. Not a big deal." He then lowered his voice a bit. "Besides, I absolutely loathe those things. Just so itchy." The green stallion immediately knew what he meant. "Yeah I get ya! I hate pants! Hate it! Hate it! Hate it! They creep me out so much." Fancy Pant shifted his eyes a little creep out. "What's so scary about pants?" He had a feeling he would regret his question. Coocoodrill swallowed the rest of the cookie whole, swallowed and then softly spoke as if he was stalking a berserk gorilla during a great hunt. "I heard from this guy, from this guy, from this girl that she knew a guy who wore pants." "So?" "The pants…ate his entire lower body." Coocoo ominously told him with. "It then ate his upper body, leaving no evidence of his disappearance. I can never look at pants the same again." Fancy Pants resisted the urge to laugh at such a preposterous conspiracy. He remembered such a story as an urban legend he once heard while off in the East. But he decided to humble him. "That sounds like and absolutely ludicrously horrendous fate that beseeched that poor pony." The pants phobic could only nod solemnly, wishing well to that poor pony eaten by their own trousers. He then looked behind himself and noticed a familiar teal pegasus stallion walking towards them. "Yo what's up baldy? Ain't this party cracka lacka?" Coocoodrill asked Paramail back to his energetic and upbeat mood. Paramail looked around. There was DJ PON-3 as the DJ. The dancefloor was quite barren save for Pinkie Pie and some wealthy stallion, both dancing like crazy. Celestia and Luna were at two throne Blueblood ordered and were talking amongst themselves about what he could guess was politics. The rest of the wealthy ponies were just talking to themselves about money, art and berating other ponies. He saw a rich mare snicker while pointing to his head. He groaned a bit. Aw c'mon! I still have a mane! It's just a streak going down from my forehead to the back of my neck. Hmph! Bet half of them wear wigs anyways. "Equestria to Paramail!" Coocoodrill called out waving his hoof in front the pegasus. Paramail jumped back to reality and quickly answered. "Oh yeah! Hey Coocoo. Hey…" "Fancy Pants and a pleasure to meet you." "Fancy Pants. Sorry I'm like an hour late." He rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Turns out being an Element of Harmony isn't an excuse to get of work early." As he was about to reply to the crazy unicorn's question, he noticed Fluttershy outside in the courtyard sitting in front of a lake. He felt his heart skip a beat. Fancy Pants looked where he was looking and noticed the pegasus too. He remembered her from when a party at the courtyard he was in was interrupted by a birthday bash; A splendid night indeed. He could Immediately tell that the pegasus stallion had a thing for the mare. He spoke up about formally and calmly. "Do you like that pegasus lady outside Mr. Baldy?" Paramail got out of his little trance again. "Who? Fluttershy?" Fancy Pants nodded. "If that's her name, then yes that is who I am referring to. Do you?" He could hear Coocoo snicker and elbowed him, making him straighten up. Paramail looked away embarrassed. "Yes." The looney unicorn spoke up. "By why it's so obvi…" He was then muted by a spell the formal pony casted. He just shrugged and began to devour some cake, silently munching and gulping down the desserts. "Then why don't you speak to her? Ask her for a dance. It's what a true gentlecolt would do." Fancy Pants suggested to the stallion. "Baldy" looked at the unicorn confused. "With this techno music? Forget it! This is definitely not her cup of…" He was interrupted by Fancy raising his hoof. "Don't worry Mr. Baldy…" He gave the teal pony an assuring smile. "I'll handle it." The pegasus took two breathers and then flew off, giving a thankful nod to Fancy Pants. He nodded back, un-muted Coocoodrill and walked towards the DJ. As Coocoodrill swallowed down an entire strawberry cake, he saw the fancy pony whispering something to the DJ. The DJ just gave him a "You're joking right?" look and shook her head. Fancy Pants then magically summoned a bag of bits onto her back. She then quickly nodded, got a CD and by what he could see, thanking him. Fancy Pants then walked back to the green unicorn. "Teach me your methods of diplomacy." Coocoodrill said to the stallion, awed by his glorious charisma. Fancy Pants only nodded. "Indeed I shall."