//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: Surprise! // Story: Surprise! Surprise! // by Angel Star //------------------------------// I walked with Margaret and Pinkie Pie for what felt like hours. I was just too busy thinking about what they were going to show me. I swear, if this is a prank I'm going to get back at them SO hard! We kept walking, and I noticed that we were already outside of Ponyville going towards where the forest is. Oh gosh! Where the heck are they leading me!? I thought, as I was walking with a nervous look on my face. Finally deciding to ask where the HECK we were going, I asked, "Uh, Margaret? Pinkie? Where are you taking me?" Pinkie responded, "Oh silly! We can't tell you, it's a surprise! It wouldn't be a surprise if we told you." Then Margaret turned to me and said, "Yeah! Plus, don't worry. I know what your thinking, and I Pinkie promise you that this isn't a prank." I raised an eyebrow and said, "Margaret? What the hay is a Pinkie promise?" It was Pinkie's turn to talk as she said, "OH!!! A Pinkie promise is a promise that you can never ever, absolutely NEVER break! If you break it, you'll lose your friend's trust FOREVERRRRRR!!!! "Oh…um, ok." Was all I could say, because I was at a loss for words when she came centimeters away from my face. I mean jeez! Has she ever heard of personal space?…..Guess not. We kept walking, and came across a familiar looking cottage that I seen earlier that day. As we were walking past it, I thought, I wonder who lives in there. It's a nice place, and there seems to be lots of animals that like it around there. Pinkie Pie noticed me looking at the cottage and said, "If your wondering who lives there, thats where my friend Fluttershy lives. She's usually very shy, and lives with a ton of animals. But don't worry about that, we'll come back to that later!" "And why would-" Before I could finish, Margaret stopped us and looked towards me. "Alright Angel. What you are about to see will blow your mind, and help you realize just how awesome of a friend I can be. Behold…" She pulled back some shrubbery that was in the way, and what I saw…well, she was right. My mind was blown… "A house?" I said, as I stared in awe. The house itself had a simple design, but I still liked it either way. It was a two-story house that was painted white, and had a dark brown trim. The door was a light brown color, and had a peeky hole so I could see who's outside. The front of the house was decorated with white lilies, and yellow daisy flowers. It was a sight that surely surprised me. "Yup! And guess what? It's all yours!" Margaret said, with a smile on her face. "Whoa! What? Really?! Wow, thanks Margaret!" Oh my gosh! My own house! This is just too good to be true!- Wait a second…I know my friend better than anyone else. Knowing her, she always puts catches on the generous things she does for me. "Hold on Margaret." I said, as I turned to look at her. "What? What's wrong? Don't you like it?" "I do, it's just…whats the catch?" "Catch?" She said, as she raised an eyebrow at me. "Yes. Knowing you, you always put catches on the stuff you give me. Like that one time you gave me a jar of cookies, the catch was that you get almost all of them, and that I was left with almost none. Or when you gave me a book that contained a lot of awesome spells, the catch was that I only got to learn one spell from that entire book. Do you see what I'm talking about?" She looked at me nervously and said, "I, well…you see….um…" Then she finally gave up. "Alright, you caught me. There is a catch to this." I knew it! "Ok, what is it?" "Well, the catch is since I got the house with my money, and set up everything…the catch is that I'm moving in with you." "What?" I wasn't sure if I heard that right. "I'm moving in with you." She repeated, giving me a nervous smile. At that point, all the questions came out. "WHAT!!!?? Why? What about your old house? And plus I'll ask again, WHY???!!" She said, "Whoa! Calm down! First off, I wanted to move in with you because your my friend, and I figured you could get lonely all the way out here. Second, I sold my old house to get you this new house. Another reason why I want to move in with you since I have no where else to go. Finally, I wanted to be closer to the Everfree Forest, because of all the Poison Joke that it has!" Confused, I asked, "Poison Joke? Why would you want Poison Joke?" She answers, "Because that stuff makes REALLY good prank material! Pinkie told me that her and her friends touched it accidentally one time, and they all had different problems!" "Yeah! That stuff turned my tongue really fat so I couldn't talk. It was not fun!" Pinkie Pie said. There was one part I still couldn't believe though, and that was what Margaret said on HOW she got the house she's giving me. "Well, ok. And Margaret? There's something that I can't get over, it's something that you said." "What is it?" She asked. "It's that you sold your own home just to get me this one? Margaret, you didn't have to do that." I said, giving her a sympathetic look. She looked at the ground and said, "Well, I wanted to. You are my friend after all! I smiled. "Thanks." "No problem!" She said. "Now why don't we show you inside?" She said, as we headed towards the house. "Sure!" We walked inside the house, and it was surprisingly dark inside. "Why are all the lights turned off?" I asked lighting my horn and trying to find the light switch. "Not sure. Try looking for the light switch." Said Margaret who was lighting up her horn. I managed to find the light switch and gave them a 'found it!' and when I turned it on, I was greeted with… "SURPRISE!!!" I literally jumped so high that my head hit the ceiling, and my horn got stuck. "Uh, guys? A little help…" Margaret levitated me down, and I asked, "What the hay is all this?" Pinkie Pie bursted with excitement in front of me and said, "It's your 'Welcome To Ponyville Party!' Impressed, I said, "Wow! Thanks Pinkie." She giggled, and said, "Your welcome!" Then she went off to go mingle with the guests. "Pinkie Pie did one heck of a job with this party! Practically almost all of Ponyville is in here!" I said, looking at all the guests. "I know right? Thats Pinkie Pie for ya!" Said Margaret. My eyes wandered all around when I noticed something on a nearby table. I spotted something so awesome, so good that I couldn't resist it no matter what. My eyes widened at the sight, and my mouth started watering. It was the most beautiful sight ever… It was CAKE!!! "M-Margaret? Is that what I think it is?" I asked her, while I felt my legs shaking a little from pure excitement. "Yup! Why? Do you wanna try some?" She asked me. "DO I!!!!" After the party died down, and it was practically only Margaret, Pinkie, and I left, I turned to them with a wide grin on my face and said, "THAT WAS THE BEST PARTY EVER!!!!" "Glad you liked it!" Said Pinkie. "Man! I still can't get over how many pieces of cake you had." Said Margaret in awe. "Yeah, well when it comes to cake I'm known for eating a LOT of it!" "But you know, were not done yet." Said Margaret, heading towards the door. "There's more?!" I exclaimed. "Yup! We still haven't shown you your neighbor yet." "Oh yeah. Does she happen to be the one Pinkie was talking about?" "Yup! Come on lets go meet her. You wanna come Pinkie?" "Of coarse I do!" She exclaimed. So we headed out the door to go meet Fluttershy. We managed to get to the cozy looking cottage, and walked up to Fluttershy's door. "Hey Fluttershy! You home? I wanna show you something!" Said Pinkie, as she knocked on the door. "Hold on Pinkie, I'll be right there." Said a voice from inside, who I assume was Fluttershy's. Then again, who ELSE would it be? The door opened up revealing a pink maned, yellow pegasus mare with butterflies for a cutie mark. She was surprised to see Margaret and me standing alongside Pinkie Pie. Wanting to be polite I said, "Hey there! You must be Fluttershy! Pinkie Pie told me all about you." I wore a welcoming smile on my face. Fluttershy seemed nervous around us and asked in a soft voice, "Pinkie Pie? Are they what you wanted to show me?" "Yupperoony! Meet your new neighbors!" "Neighbors?" "Yuppity yup, yup! They live just beyond that path filled with shrubbery!" Pinkie said pointing to where our house was. "I just threw one of them a 'Welcome To Ponyville Party!' "Thats nice…" She finally gathered up enough courage to speak to us and asked, "So w-what are your names?" Margaret was the first to talk. "I'm Margaret. I used to live within Ponyville, but I had to sell my house in order to get my friend here her house. Since I have no where to go, we're housemates now. Get it? It's like roommates, but I instead put house instead of room!" "I think she gets it Margaret." I said giving her an annoyed look. "Anyways, my name's Angel Star but you can just call me Angel." "Oh! I have a pet bunny named Angel." She said as her face was lighting up. "Wait, you have a pet rabbit? I LOVE rabbits! And practically any animal that ever exists." I said with a huge smile on my face. And yes, I'm a huge animal lover. Huh. Is that why Margaret got a house way out here? So I could be closer to this wonderful pegasus pony who loves animals just as much as I do?…...Nah, it had to be the Poison Joke thing. Well, at least it's a win-win situation. Margaret gets her pranking tool, and I get to be around all these animals! "You love animals too? Oh thats so wonderful! Maybe you could come and help me feed them sometime." She said giving me a pleasant smile. "Sure! I'll be happy to help, and maybe I'll get to see your pet rabbit Angel." "Well, it was nice meeting you two. Take care!" Fluttershy said, as she was smiling sweetly at us. "It was nice meeting you too! Bye Fluttershy!" Margaret said, as we all waved bye to each other. Well this day was certainly one of the weirdest, most awesome, and most pleasant days I have ever experienced. Even though I would like to stay up some more, it was getting late so it was time to head home. Pinkie Pie already went home after helping us clean everything up. I was so exhausted, that I literally just wanted to fall down on the floor and take a nap. We headed upstairs and after getting ready for bed, we each got into our bedroom and got into our beds. Once we were settled in, I was about ready to go into dreamland when Margaret said, "Hey Angel, you still awake?" "No." I joked. Margaret chuckled a bit and said, "I really liked spending time with you today. Selling my house was all worth it in the end wasn't it?" "Yes, yes it was." I said, looking up at the ceiling. "Thanks for everything Margaret, and sorry that I assumed this was a prank at first." "Don't worry about it! It's all in the past now." She replied. "Well goodnight Angel. See ya in the morning." "Goodnight Margaret." I then shut my eyes and got whisked away into dreamland.