//------------------------------// // Chapter 15 // Story: New Year's Kiss // by Luvbuttonmash //------------------------------// "Pinkie Pie, are y-you okay?" Fluttershy asked, still behind Rarity. "Why wouldn't I be? Everything's just fine," Pinkie said, rolling herself to the other side of the bed. "Awe, sugarcube. You gotta talk to us. So you're grounded. It doesn't mean you can't have fun without your phone," Applejack said. "Applejack, darling, it's the 21st century. There is no such thing as fun without your phone," Rarity said. "And you're not making this situation any better," Rainbow glared at her. She walked over to the skde Pinkie was on and kneeled down to her level."C'mon, let's play some basketball. That always cheers me up when I'm down." "I don't know, Rainbow. I'm just not in the mood," Pinkie said, flipping herself over. Fluttershy, despite the fact she was scared, decided to climb on the bed and rub Pinkie's back. "It's okay, Pinkie. I'll bet you'll be ungrounded by the time you and Cheese's party starts," Fluttershy assured her. "How long are ya grounded for anyway?" Applejack asked. "I got a week left," Pinkie sakd, her frown becoming longer. "Aw shoot! A week ain't nothing compared to what Granny Smith does to punish us. Pure horror, I tell ya," Applejack said. "Well, it's something to me. Now I can't go to school," Pinkie said. "You can go to school, Pinkie. Unless she grounded you from that, which would be totally awesome!" Rainbow said. "You have to come outside, Pinkie. No sunlight is bad for you," Rarity said, walking towards her curtains and opening them, giving the room a less gloomy mood. "I don't want to and I don't have to!" Pinkie said, pouting. She grabbed one of her pillows and put it on her face. "You wanna do this the hard way? Then we'll do it the hard way! Applejack, the feather," Rainbow said, holding her hand out. Applejack lifted her hat up and grabbed a feather from her head, placing it in Rainbow's hand. She lifted her shirt up, to the point where her stomach was visible. "One last chance, Pinkie," Rainbow said. "Never!" Pinkie said through the pillow. "Alright...."Rainbow started at the belly button. Pinkie's toes wiggled in discomfort, and her legs moved slightly to the right side of her bed. She then drew a circle on her stomach several times, causing Pinkie to move her arms away from the bed and on to Dash's. Fluttershy took that opportunity to remove the pillow. Pinkie's face was starting to get red, meaning she was trying to hold in a laugh. The crew knew exactly what to do. They started tickling her everywhere, making sure she didn't move from that one spot. She couldn't hold it any more. She started to laugh loudly at the fact that all her friends were tickling her. She tried to make them stop, but four against one was tough. Applejack was the first to stop. Flutter shy was the next. Rarity tried to keep going by rubbing her fingers softly and gently on Pinkie's legs, but they kept moving randomly, and she gave up. This gave Pinkie a chance to take Dash out on her own. "I'm coming for you, Dashie!" She said, sitting up and tackling her. They wrestled with the feather for a moment as the other three were cheering for Pinkie. "Hey!" Rainbow shouted. After what seemed like hours, Pinkie finally pinned her down on the bed. She was on top of her, and she grabbed the feather. This time she pulled her shirt up and started to tickle her with it. Rainbow couldn't stop laughing. "P-Pinkie! S-Stop it!" She managed to say between laughs. Pinkie started to smile again, and started to tickle with both her fingers and the feather, which made Rainbow laugh harder. Their friends started to laugh along at their mischief. All seemed fine with Pinkie, and the results started to show. Pinkie's hair started to inflate again, and a big smile grew across her face. Everyone looked around in awe as they saw the room becoming pink again, like her mood. "Alright, that's enough ticklin' for a day," Applejack said, taking the feather from Pinkie. All of them laughed together, and they brought themselves into a hug. "Thank you guys so much for cheering me up," Pinkie said. "You're back!" Cheese yelled out in the hall as he saw a pink-haired bouncing girl run towards him. "Sure am!" Pinkie said. The whole school turned their heads to the other side of the hallway and lighted up at her appearance. Everything was better when Pinkie was around. "Pinkie!" They all shouted and turned to greet her. She waved and said hi to all of them as she passed by, but there was only one person she was interested in to see. She jumped on him and gave him a big hug. Cheese spun her around twice, then put her down."Feelin better?" He asked. "Better than ever! Even though I got my phone taken away, it doesn't mean I'm not allowed to have fun! There's no punishment that says that when it comes to me!" Pinkie said. "I see! So can we work on the party now?" Cheese asked. "Of course we can, you big dummy!" Pinkie said, petting his hair. "Awesome!" He replied with a big smile. The two skipped to class arm and arm. "Ya know Cheesie, I'm really glad I don't have my phone," Pinkie said. "Why?" "Because it gives me more of a chance to hang out with the second best party planner in the whole wide world," she replied. "And who might that be?" Cheese asked. "You."