Rainbow Unicorn: Friendship is Magic

by Hopeful_Ink_Hoof


Pinkie Pie Party Power

"Okay," Rainbow said as she walked. "So... things didn't go quite as quickly and easily as I originally expected."

Spike cleared his throat.

"Yeah, yeah. I won't forget about your emerald. Just relax."

"Don't worry," Spike stated. "I'll make sure you'll remember."

"Whatever." Rainbow rolled her eyes, shaking her head. "Anyway, we are done with the supervising, and everything seems like it will be ready with time to spare for the celebration. What do you say we stop off by the..." she let out a sigh "...library, get a little rest, and send a letter to the princess letting her know how everything is going? After, we can find out where the party is."

"I don't know about the letter part," Spike said as he moved to face her. "I mean, would it even do any good? Considering Princess Celestia is supposed to be here first thing in the morning...well... before morning actually... would she even be in her room to get the letter from us?"

Rainbow stopped, thinking about that.

"I suppose you have a point," Rainbow conceded. "Still, she must have some way of reaching her in case of an emergency, right?"

"But this isn't an emergency."

"Yeah." She let out a sigh. "I guess there's not really a reason to message her. I would feel better if we could though."

"Why?"

"I don't know. Maybe I'm just a little on edge. She is trusting me with this."

"And you're doing fine," Spike stated, placing a claw on the back of her neck gently. "Like you said, everything is going to be ready in time. Besides, you'll get to see her plenty once the sun is raised for the celebration."

"Thanks," Rainbow Burst said with a smile. She then narrowed her eyes. "And if you tell anypony about this..."

"Yeah, yeah. I know." Spike gave a wave of his claw. "Massive prank or whatever."

"I don't think you sound properly intimidated at the idea."

"Oh, sorry." Spike rolled his eyes before letting out cough.

"Oh no," he said sarcastically. "Please mighty and powerful Rainbow Burst. I promise upon my strength and honor as a dragon that none shall learn your secrets from me. All I ask is that you grant me the mercy of being spared from the wrath of your great and magnificent powers."

"That's more like it," Rainbow said with a grin. "Glad to see you properly humbled and intimidated by the awesomeness of my power. For I am Rainbow Burst, and even fierce and ferocious dragons shall cower before me."

The two laughed as they continued walking. The sound drew the attention of some of the ponies around, watching curiously a moment. Some even made sure to move out of the way, not wanting to be knocked over by the distracted pair.

Rainbow was still smiling, chuckling to herself silently as they reached the exterior of what looked like a giant tree.

"There it is," Spike called out, pointing at it.

"What?" Rainbow looked at the tree, eyebrows pressed close and nose scrunched as she stared at it. "Are you saying that this" -- she motioned at the tree -- "is the library?"

"I think so," Spike replied. "I mean, it does have the sign there and is about the right place."

"It's a tree. Who thinks to put a library in a tree?"

"Well..." Spike said as he rubbed his chin before grinning. "It is supposed to be the local branch." He then started laughing, nearly falling off Rainbow's back in the process.

"Really?" Rainbow asked, using her magic to keep him from falling. "Seriously?"

"Oh, come on," Spike said, still chuckling. "It was funny."

"Not that funny." Rainbow gave a shake of her head. "Let's just check it out already."

Spike hopped off and took the lead. Gripping the knob, he pushed it open and stepped inside first. Rainbow followed shortly after, shutting the door behind her and looking around.

The place looked pretty.... dark.

"Any idea where the light switch is?"

"SURPRISE!" a bunch of voices shouted as the lights suddenly came on.

There standing in the middle of the library stood a lot of ponies. So many, it was hard to count them all. Rainbow thought a few of them looked familiar from walking around town.

One of the ponies, a pink unicorn with puffy pink mane (literally) popped up in front of Rainbow with a grin.

"Hi. I'm Pinkie Pie and I threw this party just for you." She motioned at the party going around her before turning back.

"So were you surprised?" She took a step closer. "Huh?" She moved closer still. "Were ya, were ya?"

Pinkie Pie was now pressed face to face with Rainbow Burst, staring at her with a wide grin. It made Rainbow uncomfortable to have a pony she had never met before so close. More so when the pony in question seemed to be grinning far too enthusiastically.

"Yeah," Rainbow finally managed to say. "I was surprised alright." She looked around. "Like... seriously surprised. Like... 'how did you get this all set up' surprised."

"Great," Pinkie squealed, bouncing up and down. "I'm so glad to hear it.

"See, I saw you when you first got here. Remember? You were all 'hi' and I was all" -- she let out a gasp -- "remember? See, I've never seen you before, and if I've never seen you before that means you must be new here because I know everypony -- and I mean everypony -- in Ponyville."

Rainbow found that a little disturbing.

...Okay. More than a little.

"And if you're new, that meant you haven't met anyone yet. If you hadn't met anyone, that meant you didn't have any friends, and that made me sad. But then I remember hearing you say that you wanted to have a party while you were here. So I had an idea and that's why I went" -- she let out a gasp again.

"I must throw you a super duper ginormous welcome party and invited all of Ponyville. See?"

She grabbed four other ponies to pull them close: Applejack, Flowershy, Rarity, and Twilight Comet

"And now, you have lots and lots of new friends."

"Thanks," Rainbow said. "...I guess?" She looked around at all the ponies. "I mean... I... appreciate it and all, but..."

"Don't worry," Pinkie said, grabbing Rainbow and pulling her over to a table. "Here." She then shoved a cupcake into her mouth.

Rainbow had wanted to say that she was not going to be in town for more than a day or two, so a welcome party like this seemed kind of unnecessary. After all, those kinds of parties were normally for highly esteemed guests or for ponies that were moving into a new place. Rainbow was not really one to see herself as an "esteemed guest," especially in this situation. That would be Princess Celestia. Neither was Rainbow moving to Ponyville. She was just here to oversee things for the celebration. Once that was done, she would be heading back to Canterlot the day or so after.

Certainly she would not really be staying long enough to get to know these ponies as friends.

Still it felt... nice. Weird, but nice. It almost felt like she had found... something. Something important? Almost like she had discovered something she had never even realized was missing.

"You okay?" Spike asked, breaking Rainbow from her thoughts.

"...Yeah.." she said slowly before grinning. "Yeah I'm fine, Spike. It's just... these cupcakes are really good." She took another big bite out of it.

Spike stared at her, raising an eyebrow curiously. Still, this did not really seem like the time or place to pursue the matter.

"Come on," Rainbow stated as she grabbed the young dragon. "This party is for us after all, so may as well live it up."