Chapter 30 - A Pinkie Pegasus?
*Joshua’s P.O.V.*
It was a beautiful day at school two days later. Mommy sent a letter telling me about what happened at Rainbow Falls. It looked like she was happy she got her cheerleading right. She said that she was going to be picking me and Nyx up from school today after it was over.
Miss Cheerilee was teaching us a math lesson in multiplication, my favorite thing in math, near the end of the school day. The school bell rang after Miss Cheerilee gave us our homework for today. Diamond Tiara was surprised to see that I lost my pony ears when I came into the class room today, but while we were leaving, and while Nyx was in the bathroom, she came up to me. I was afraid something would happen.
“Were those pony ears real or were they just a figment of my imagination?” she said walking around me.
I ignored her, but she kept going.
“Couldn’t handle being a pony, could you?” she said, “Too confusing, or...”
“Diamond Tiara, don’t bother him.”
I was surprised to hear Silver Spoon behind us. Diamond Tiara was too. She trotted up and stood in between me and Diamond Tiara.
“Whose side are you on Silver Spoon?” she asked her friend.
“Come on Di,” Silver Spoon said, “He's not worth it. Don't you see he's not reacting to your words?”
“Fine,” Diamond Tiara said. She then turned to me, “And you,” she pointed a hoof at me, “Don’t think you’re off the hook.” She then turned around and walked away. Silver Spoon was about to walk off but I stopped her.
“Silver Spoon?” I said to her.
“What?" she replied.
"Thanks," I said with a smile. Her eyes looked left and right for a bit then back at me.
"Whatever," she said, "But don't go thinking it means anything, got it?"
"Whatever you say," I replied. Silver Spoon then turned back around and walked after Diamond Tiara. I was still smiling even after she left. She did something nice for once. It might not have meant anything to her, but it did to me.
“Hey little brother,” I heard Nyx call, “Is Twilight here yet?” I looked down the road and saw Mommy coming.
“There she is,” I pointed.
“Hello you two,” she said as we came up and hugged her.
“Hi Mom,” I said, "Why didn't Spike come and pick us up?"
“He wrote to me and said that he caught a bit of a cold last night,” she said sadly, “He should be fine in a couple days.”
“Poor Spike,” I said.
“Well, let’s get going you two,” Mom said. I climbed onto Nyx’s back and we started going back to the library. “Oh yeah, Pinkie Pie stopped me on the way over here. She said that she has somepony she wants you to meet Joshua.”
“Okay,” I said. I began to wonder what this pony would look like.
“So how was the slumber party last night you two?” Mom asked us.
“It was a lot of fun,” Nyx said, “We played a lot of games before dinner, and after dinner we made Dinky a member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders.”
“She was really happy about it too,” I added, “I really had fun last night.”
“I’m glad to hear that Joshua,” Mom said. We soon were walking through Ponyville market, then we heard a voice.
“Hey Twilight!”
It was Pinkie. She was standing outside Sugarcube Corner with a big smile on her face.
“Hey Pinkie,” Mom said, “How’s it going?”
“It’s going great!” Pinkie said, “The friend I want Joshie to meet is here too!”
I looked around us, but didn’t see anyone else.
“Where?” I asked Pinkie.
“She’s right here!”
I looked back at Pinkie and saw that she had opened up a pair of white wings.
“Pinkie?” I asked her, “When did you grow wings?” Pinkie giggled.
“That’s not me,” she said, “It’s my friend!” She bounced back and I saw a white pegasus mare with a yellow mane and tail that was poofy like Pinkie’s. She had purple eyes and a cutie mark like Pinkie’s, but the balloons were all purple.
“Hi there!” she said, “I’m Surprise! It’s nice to meet you Joshie! Pinkie told me a lot about you! I’ve always wanted to meet a human too!”
“You look a lot like Pinkie,” I said looking at her. Surprise giggled.
“I know! And we both like parties too! It’s like she’s my Earth pony twin!”
“You sound like her too,” I said.
“Yep!” Pinkie said, “I was surprised myself when I first met her...”
Read Surprise, Surprise for the full story...
“...so even though the two of us started on the wrong hoof, we became great friends in the end,” Pinkie finished.
“That’s a great story,” I said, “I really hope I can visit Cloudsdale someday.”
“Speaking of Cloudsdale,” Surprise said, “I need to get back home. It was great meeting you Joshie! See ya in Cloudsdale someday?”
“Sure Surprise,” I said. She then bounced up to me and picked me up in a hug.
“See ya Surprise!” Pinkie said as Surprise flew away.
“Well, we need to get going Pinkie,” Mom said, “See you around okay?”
“Okie-dokie-lokie!” Pinkie said, “Bye Twilight! Bye Nyxie! Bye Joshie!” She then bounced back inside Sugarcube Corner, and Mom, Nyx, and I went back to the library. When we entered in, I felt something land on my head.
“Owlowisius, is that you?” I asked.
“Who.”
“You. Is that you?”
“Who.”
“Never mind,” I said.