//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Melody of sadness ad the luck of happiness (Rewritten/new) // Story: Party for one, Party for all // by darkmage1997 //------------------------------// It was a perfect sunny day in the magical land of Equestria. The birds were chirping, the townsfolk were happy, and the skies were beautiful. It was the perfect day for a pony to go on a picnic with their friends. One of these ponies was Ponyville's very own super party pony, Pinkie Pie. She was the town party planning master, and needed little to no reason for a party. She was preparing to bring some cupcakes she made earlier in the week to the swimming hole where she and her friends all agreed to meet up at a play around in the water. "OK Mr. and Mrs. Cake, I'm heading out now!" she called to her employers/landlords. "Ok dearie, you just be careful now," called Mrs.Cake, who was a blue earth pony with a pinkish red mane and tail and three cupcakes formed as a triangle on her flank. "Don't you worry Mrs.Cake! I'll be back a little later," Pinkie reassured her. "Ok, have fun Pinkie!" called Mr.Cake, who was an earth pony like his wife, except he was bright orange with a regular orange mane and tail and a triangle formed of carrot cakes on his flank. "Ok! Be back soon!" Pinkie called while hopping happily away to meet her friends. She loved her friends very much, even though she considers all of Ponyville her friend, she has a special place in her heart for her Element of Harmony friends. While on the way out of town, Pinkie Pie decided to take the scenic route to the swimming hole. However, as she was hopping, she heard a faint sound that shouldn't be, the sound of a small filly crying. She then quietly trotted up to where the crying was coming from. "Is somepony there? It's ok, you don't need to be scared." Pinkie said in a soft tone as not to scare whoever was crying. All she got was faint whimpering as a response. She then listened carefully, and she could tell it was coming from the bushes. When she peered into the bushes, she was shocked at what she saw. It was two little ape like creatures. They were hairless all over, except for the blonde mane on the top of one of their heads and the other had long brown hair. She also noticed they were wearing clothing, The blonde one was wearing a sapphire blue dress, and had strange but matching blue shoes on it's hind legs. And the brown haired one was wearing what appeared to be the type of dress you'd see royalty wearing. "Hey, are you two ok?" Pinkie asked in a soft tone trying to soothe the creatures. When the creatures looked up to see Pinkie looking at her, they yelped and immediately scooted back trying to get away. This made Pinkie's eyes water up. As she extended her forelegs to try and comfort the creatures, the creatures began shaking like a leaf. "P-p-please, d-d-don't h-h-hurt m-m-me!" the blonde haired creature, obviously the filly that was crying, said with fear in her crystal blue eyes. "I-I-I can guarantee neither of us t-t-taste good at all!" the brown haired creature said, who also sounded like a filly. This made Pinkie look on at her in sadness. Then she remembered something from her fillyhood. "Shh, it's ok, I won't hurt either of you, and I promise nopony will ever hurt you." she said in a soft and caring tone, which seemed to help calm the creatures down, but they was still shaking a bit. "Good, now come over and let me try to help you," she said trying to calm the creatures down as best she can. The creatures looked at each other and back to her surprised. "R-r-really? Y-you w-want to help us?" the blonde creature asked with confusion in her voice, but from Pinkie's perspective, she had surprise in her voice, as if she was never cared for or shown any love before. "Yes, I want nothing more than to try to help you two. Also want to be your friend." Pinkie said with reassuring happiness in her voice. To say that the creatures was overcome with happiness would be an understatement. They had tears of shear happiness stinging their eyes as they ran up and gave Pinkie the tightest hug they could give. "Shh, it's ok, sweetie, don't cry." Pinkie said while rubbing their backs soothingly. "I-I-I'm not crying out of sadness, it's just my caretakers would yell at me for even thinking of trying to make friends." the blonde creature said burying her head into Pinkie's chest fur crying her eyes out. "A-and my M-mommy and D-daddy said that friendship would never help me be a good queen!" the brunette creature said before burying her face into Pinkies chest fur again. This made Pinkie gasp with shock. 'The poor little cupcakes. Wait, caretakers? That would mean, the blonde one is an orphan! And queen? That means this brown haired one is a princess! Pinkie Pie thought to herself with tears stinging her eyes. "Shh, it's ok, those mean meanie pants' of caretakers or parents won't ever hurt you two again. I promise." Pinkie said trying to calm her down. "My name is Pinkie Pie, and I love making new friends and throwing parties! What're your names?" Pinkie said introducing herself. "M-my name is Melody Smith and I'm 4 years old" the blonde creature said, now with no trace of fear when she first met Pinkie Pie. "It's nice to meet you Pinkie Pie." Melody said feeling more comfortable around her new pink friend. "And m-my name is Princess Clover Harver. It's nice to meet the both of you!" the brown haired creature said calming down. "Oh, and please don't bow to me, I don't like my role." she asked the two. "Well, it's nice to you too Melody and Clover, and you can just call me Pinkie, all my friends call me that!" Pinkie said with happiness. "Hey, would you two like to come and meet my 6 closest bestest best friends in the world?! I am sure as cupcakes they'll all love you two!" Pinkie said with excitement gaining a small giggle from Melody and Clover. "Ok, Pinkie, but what if they aren't as welcoming towards us as you were?" Melody said with worry in her voice. This made Clover nervous as well. "Yeah, and what if they're all affected by my bad luck?" Clover asked with fear in her voice. "Oh don't worry your cute little wittle heads. They're all super duper nice! And I don't think anything bad will happen, so don't you worry," Pinkie said reassuring Melody and Clover, Clover was confused at how Pinkie was so sure. "But how can you know for certain we'll be safe?" Clover asked curiously. "I have this sixth sense that allows me to tell if there is danger, or if something good, like a rainbow will happen! I call it, my 'Pinkie Sense!" Clover nodded in understanding. "GREAT! And I'm sure my friend Twilight can tell us what kind of creature you two are, and maybe I can ask Rarity to make you two another set of clothes?" Pinkie asked her small friend. "Ok, that would be lovely, thank you," said Melody in the cutest voice Pinkie has ever heard in her life. "If she can she make something with a clover design, I would love that!" Clover added. "Oh I'm sure Rarity can make a clover design! She is amazing when it comes to designing outfits! Anyhow we're going to go to the swimming hole to meet up with all my friends, so let's go!" Pinkie said bouncing happily away with Melody and Clover following close behind.