“I’m so glad you showed up! Come in, come in.”
Twilight held the front door to her library home open as her pink pony friend bounced onto the premises. Pinkie leapt into the center of the room and pulled out a pair of shades, placing them over her eyes. “Not a problem at all, silly filly! You know I love a party.”
Twilight giggled at her friend’s enthusiasm. “Except for the part where it isn’t a party…just a movie night.”
“Oh. Close enough!” Pinkie removed the shades and tossed them away, a crack filling the room as they crash-landed in the corner. “Well then my booky-wooky friend, race ya upstairs!” And with that, the party pony charged up the stairs to the second floor before dive bombing into one of the blue bean bag chairs that her friend had set up in front of a little television set.
“Nice landing, Pinkie Pie.” Pinkie lifted her head out of the cushy seat to see who else had showed up to the night’s event. Rainbow Dash sat next to her, smirking at the pink pony from on top of a green beanbag. Looking past her, Pinkie saw Fluttershy shuffling through a few DVD cases, trying to see if there was anything that might be too scary… judging by the huge stack of rejected DVDs next to her, there were a lot.
Twilight chose that moment to head upstairs, walking towards her friends. “It looks like this is everypony. Applejack has some last minute harvesting to do, and Rarity has to watch Sweetie Belle today. So…” Twilight looked to the side and levitated a scroll and quill over to her, a magic glow coming from her horn. Next to a crudely drawn picture of Twilight and her friends, she drew a big check mark. “Invite friends…check! Ooo, my first movie night is going to be a blast!” She inspected the scroll again. “Next step is…snacks! Oh no, I forgot the popcorn! Be right back, everypony!”
Twilight turned to go down the stairs when she noticed her pink friend following behind her. “Uh…can I help you, Pinkie Pie?”
“I’m coming to help with the snacks! You know it’s not popcorn without the Pinkie touch.” Pinkie Pie raised a hoof up and gently poked Twilight on her nose, proving her point.
“Err…thanks, but no thanks. Last time you touched my food, it ended up chocolate-coated, buried in a mountain of sprinkles, and somehow glued to the ceiling. Just stay here, please. I’ll be back in a moment!” With that, the unicorn fled downstairs to hurriedly throw together something to eat. Pinkie shrugged and bounced over to Fluttershy, who looked up in surprise when her pink friend landed right in front of her.
“Whatcha recommend, Fluttershy?” Without waiting for an answer, Pinkie dug through the DVD pile, randomly tossing DVDs aside. “Oooooh, how about Nightmare Moon on Oak Street?”
Fluttershy hid herself behind her hair. “No, no thank you…sorry…but that’s just too scary…”
“Come on, Fluttershy,” Rainbow Dash chimed in. “I’ve always wanted to see that one!”
“Meep…well…uh…maybe later…sorry…”
Pinkie tossed the case back into the pile and brought out another. “How about a comedy? Nopony can say no to a good giggle! Or a long laugh. Or a silly smile.” To prove her point, Pinkie put on a goofy face. Fluttershy giggled at her friend‘s antics.
“Well…okay. Would that be okay with you, Rainbow?”
“Yeah, sure, whatever.”
“Yay!” Pinkie cheered. She leapt into her blue beanbag chair right as Twilight returned, carrying bowls of popcorn for everyone.
“Pick something?” The unicorn asked, handing out a bowl to everypony in the room.
Pinkie held out the case they’d chosen. “10 seconds or less!”
“Ooh, I loved that one,” Twilight said with a smile. “Okay by me.” She grabbed her checklist again, scrawling big checks next to pictures of food and a television. “Let’s get this show on the road!”
“Ouch, that’s gotta hurt!”
Rainbow Dash was getting into the movie, which had just come to a fight scene. Swinging a few fake jabs, she was grinning ear to ear as it played. The movie had been really funny, but the laughter had ceased when one of the main cast had to duke it out with an assassin. Well, most of them had ceased laughing.
Pinkie was still giggling up a storm, laughing more with each jab. Twilight gave her friend a confused expression. “Uh…Pinkie? The funny parts over for now.” It did nothing to silence her chuckling though, with their other friends starting to take notice.
“Hee! It’s just so funny! The way he falls down after that hit! HA!” Pinkie giggled some more, shoveling some more popcorn into her mouth. “This is a riot!”
Twilight scratched her head. “Hmmmm… curious. Even the more serious moments are funny to you.” Twilight’s face lit up as inspiration hit. “I’ve got it! After this, how about we try something even more somber?”
“If you don’t mind me asking…how somber?” Fluttershy questioned.
“For a proper test, we’ll need something really sad. How about…of mice and mares?”
Fluttershy’s expression fell. “Oh nonononono, I’ve already read the book…I’m sorry but, I couldn’t…”
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. “C’mon, even I’m curious. I’ll give you my popcorn, Fluttershy. You can put up with one less-positive movie, right?”
“…Well…I suppose so.”
“Excellent!” Twilight exclaimed. “After this is over, the experiment can begin!”
“You are all so weird,” Pinkie quipped, right before burrowing her head into her popcorn.
“Noooooo! Kenny!” Fluttershy was in tears, and her friends weren’t holding up so well either. Even Rainbow Dash was looking a little uneasy. Pinkie, however, let out another laugh.
“Why so frowny, ponies? Hee! One second he’s there and the next, FLOP!” Pinkie said. The others broke away from the movie long enough to give her a curious look.
“Well…” Twilight started, “That’s definitely odd.” The unicorn scribbled a few notes on a sheet of parchment she’d grabbed during the intermission. “I guess the next thing to test would be…horror.”
Fluttershy’s expression paled as she slowly got out of her seat, backing towards the stairs. “W-well, it’s been fun everypony…but, uh…I think Angel needs feeding…sorry…”
The yellow Pegasus ended up bumping right into Rainbow Dash, who’d snuck up from behind by flying over her. “Come on, Fluttershy! One more can’t hurt.”
“But…”
“No buts, pony!” The cyan Pegasus began nudging her friend gently back into her seat. “Plus, you gotta see the movie I brought!” Rainbow Dash quickly skimmed through the DVD pile before selecting one: Mareanormal Activity.
“Not that one!” Fluttershy exclaimed. Twilight levitated a piece of popcorn into her mouth, the tasty treat silencing the meek pony’s protests.
“Ooh, I’ve always wanted to see this! Nothing’s too scary wary for the Pinkie Pie!” The pink pony said with a grin. She inhaled whatever popcorn was left in the bowl and turned to Twilight to ask for more, wearing her bowl as an impromptu hat. A few refills and a calmed down Fluttershy later, the next movie began.
Rainbow Dash and Twilight were busy trying to coax Fluttershy out of the closet she‘d flown into. Meanwhile, Pinkie was rolling around on the ground in hysterics. “Those faces that demon thingy keeps making! HAH!”
Twilight remembered the point of them playing the movie and turned to her pink friend. “Hmmm…it’s true, NOTHING bothers you.” The unicorn scribbled some more notes on her pad. “Well, I think now’s a good point to end the movie night on…maybe we should have just let Fluttershy go home.”
Pinkie got up, placing her popcorn bowl on her back. “Awwww, a little scare isn’t a bad thing. It builds character!” She walked over to join her friends around the closet. “Mind if I finish the popcorn Twilight? It’s so good!”
“Sure, if you help us get Fluttershy out.”
“Oh, that’s easy!” The pink pony stepped over to the closet and began pawing at it, scratching noises filling the room. “Fluuuuutershhhhhhhy… Flllllluuuuutteershhhhhyyyy…” The closet door was visibly shaking, the pony holding it shut getting frightened. “…Boo.”
“Aiiiieeeee!” The yellow pegasus rocketed out of the door and down the stairs, sending all her friends into an out of control spin. Pinkie tottered about and felt her popcorn bowl fall off her back, crashing onto the floor. She stopped herself and saw her precious snack food littered all over the ground.
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
Pinkie bent down, grasping a few pieces of popcorn in her hooves. She raised them to the sky. “WHHHHHHY CELESTIA, WHHHHHHHHY!”
Twilight and Rainbow looked at their friend and restrained their giggles. “Oh my,” Twi said, “I guess she does have a weakness.” She grabbed the checklist from earlier and placed a large check next to a scribbling of the word ‘fun’. “Well, thanks for coming everypony! Now, let’s get Pinkie some popcorn to take home and make sure Fluttershy hasn’t gotten herself locked in my kitchen pantry.”