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// Party - FierceRainbow 
// Story: The Twinkie Group Collab! 
// by Drizzle Quill 
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Author: FierceRainbow


Prompt: Party





The steady beating of the loud music still played in Pinkie Pie's head, humming the tune cheerily as she swept the confetti, party hats and other various bits of rubbish of the floor. Parties were always fun, but the cleaning up bit was always such a bore. After every party she would invite ponies to stay longer, maybe chip in if they felt like it, then settle back and relax together, just the two of them. But no pony ever did. Still, that was okay, and it was no good to jump to conclusion just because they didn't want to spend some extra time with her, she'd learned that lesson hard at her last birthday. She shuddered at the memory.

Just as Pinkie was beginning to tug down some of the colorful streamers, a loud knock rung through the bakery. Normally she would rush past the Cakes to answer, but she had work to do, no matter how silly and boring that sounded.

Sure enough, Pinkie Pie could heard the jangle as the pony came in. They would soon buy their treat and leave, although it didn't make sense for them to turn up after the party had finished, there were always plenty of yummy snacks then! Maybe they didn't like crowds, and got scared by all the loud noises and ponies, so much they wouldn't even attend, like Fluttershy when she first arrived in Ponyville. Poor filly, she'd have to find out who they were to throw them a party. If she left, she could get a glimpse  of them.

Pinkie flung open the door, which was met by a loud 'ouch' and steady 'thonk' of a pony hitting something hard. She looked down to see Twilight lying on the floor, cradling a sore, red nose.

"Oh my gosh, Twilight, I'm so sorry!" she reached down a hoof to help her friend up. "I didn't see you, I was going to the greet the sad, shy pony who- wait, is that you?"

"What?" said Twilight, her voice somewhat muffled. "No, I just came to pick up a book I left here, just in case I needed to read, a book is always a handy things to have on you."

"You silly filly, you don't bring a book to a party," Pinkie laughed, before fixing her with a serious look, or as serious as she could manage. "But I have your book, I think. It looks really interesting!" She turned back inside, heading towards the chair the dark volume rested upon.

"You think quantum physics is interesting?" Twilight seemed confused as she followed her.

Pinkie Pie gently grasped the spine of her book to her, who quickly caught it with her unicorn magic. "Yeah, but I didn't get a chance to read it. Oh well!"

She turned back to her job at hoof, pulling down a streamer and bundling it into a ball. When she turned around, Twilight was still there, watching her.

"This place looks so empty," she said, seemingly sad, which made Pinkie frown. "I've never really seen the aftermath of a party much before."

"Yeah, this bit isn't so fun," Pinkie sighed, feeling the sadness leaking out of her. "Ponies never want to stay here with me anyway, so I'm quite use to being alone at the end."

A soft smile, different to the many bright, beaming one Pinkie normally received, yet still special, graced Twilight's face. "Do you want to read quantum physics with me?"

Pinkie grinned. "Sounds great!"