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// Chapter 4 - Pinkie's Pre-Party Planning Extravaganza 
// Story: Wild @ Heart 
// by ChromeRegios 
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PInkie Pie had been dealing with numerous customers at Sugercube Corner for the last hour and a half. She knew that Daring Do had come home just a couple days ago, but she had been so busy that even with the new equipment the Cake's had procured weren't fast enough to keep up with the demand, especially with school underway and the numerous hungry students looking for something a bit more substantial than what the school offered. Ducking back inside after handing out some cupcakes she grabs her notepad, hidden underneath a bag of flour to review what she had learned about Sky.

"Hrmmmm....young colt....intelligent but lacking in education...likes food in plentiful amounts.....likes jungle settings.....and a loincloth...Rarity had been complaining about that since he showed up...well at least shes got him in something more appropriate, don't need another incident like what happened at the train station..."

She held the pen in her mouth as she tried to think of something else before sparing a quick glance at a nearby mirror...the Cake's never questioned why she put it there but then again this is Pinkie Pie. Taking a look around and knowing the coast was clear she taps the mirror in a strange pattern that only she could reproduce and then smiles waiting for the image to change. When it did a more pony like version of herself was looking back.

"Oh hey Pinkie Pie! I was just thinking that another of me needed some party advice out there in the wide-wide universe of fiction! What could i help you with...wait..unless *Gasp!* you are planning a weird specialized party! Oh that sounds like so much fun!"

The anthro Pinkie Pie could only nod more and more with a huge smile on her face.. "Yes I am, I was wondering if you had any special ideas for a jungle themed party.....all the ideas I have Twilight says I can't use since Fluttershy can't train that many animals on short notice. Where am I going ot get a jungle on short notice anyway?"

The pony Pinkie holds a hoof to her muzzle before exclaiming "That's it! You don't NEED a jungle....you just need my Party cannon! Jungle Deluxe edition." She adds with a wink to the readers.

Anthro Pinkie grins extra big at that and smiles. "Sounds great...could you express that to me?" *Ding-Dong!* The buzzer went, only used after-hours or for deliveries during the day. "I'll get it!" She sings out and heads over to the door as her pony self calls out in a similar manner. "Already diiid! And give her a banana nut muffin as a thank-you!"

Anthro Pinkie opens the door to reveal a pony version of Derpy...fluttering somewhat as she gets many stares while rubbing the back of her head with a hoof. "Uhm... I think I went to the wrong address...Are you?...A. P. P.?"

Anthro Pinkie Pie grins wide. "Yupperoonie! You have a package for me?"

Derpy nods and quickly brings out a large box covered in wrapping paper and a huge bow. The tag said 'To Twilight from a dear friend.' Pinkie pie shakes her head. "No...that's a package for YOUR Twilight... not for me."

Derpy puts the package back and this time brings out the correct one, with a grin she hoofs it over as Anthro Pinkie Pie hands her a muffin. "And here you go! One outstanding muffin for one amazing delivery!"

Derpy smiles and flies off eating her muffin before she seemingly disappears. The locals all just shaking their heads and going on with their day muttering 'Pinkie is being Pinkie'. Bringing the package inside she quickly tears it open revealing the special Deluxe Jungle party cannon, there was only a simple instruction of keeping it watered and nothing else. As Anthro Pinkie Pie pondered why that is the bell rang again revealing Anthro Derpy fluttering softly at the door. "Here's your mail Pinkie!"

With that done she turns and flies off...high and slightly to the right but in the general direction she intended to go. Many of the residents scratched their heads seeing not one but TWO versions of their lovable mail-mare and eventually giving up this time.

Pinkie Pie grinned and went off to water the cannon. "Oh I am going to ENJOY using this!"

The following day shows Lightning, Sky and Ivory heading to art class near the gymnasium as a certain pink mare scopes out the place to determine where best to setup and use her cannon. Just because she is normally seen wheeling in her cannon sporadically and firing it without any seeming aim didn't mean she didn't occasionally take the time to plan out where to aim ahead of time, and sometimes certain settings needed the utmost aim for the best effect. about five minutes into her looking around behind the bleachers was she interrupted by a sound of somepony talking in somewhat broken but understandable Equish.

"What funny pink pony doing here?" Asks Sky as he watches Pinkie doing...well science hasn't quite figured out what it is shes doing but they're working on it (Donate to the 'Figure out what pinkie Pie does' fund  today!)

Pinkie looks back at Sky, not even fazed by his presence or how he got there seemingly without making a sound as she briefly explains. "I am looking for the appropriate entry vector for a variety of jungle themed party implements that are fired out of my cannon at a acceptable but lower than lethal velocity while ensuring maximum coverage of the space provided and desired for the sole use of partying. What are you doing?"

Sky cocks his head and eats a banana while pondering what she just said and then just shrugs somewhat giving up, he didn't understand all of the big funny words the pink pony had just said. "I eat banana!"

The sound of a mare sounding quite irritated yet worried could be heard now, "Sky! Get back here! Your supposed to be in class!"

With that Sky shot up and hurried back, albeit in a non-traditional manner, but then again the underside of a set of bleachers was quite challenging to traverse normally. Pinkie got back to work without a second glance though, the bleachers were no good, the angle was all wrong and wouldn't disperse everything appropriately. without bunching up things where they wouldn't be seen or interacted with. Her search would take a good 5 minutes before finding the optimal firing location and then she left, now she just needed some maracas, a trampoline and a pool filled with blue-colored tropical gelatin for her introduction to the party seen that evening. She also had distributed the invitations, every gym locker, every bookbag and every unguarded book within the bags had numerous invitations crammed within Pinkie-style. She went home feeling quite happy and ready for her big entrance, her favorite party-store should have the right outfit too, it just needed a slight alteration to be perfect, so a quick trip to Rarity's was all she needed! With that the pink party-mare of Ponyville quickly got to it, it was going to be one wild party, and she always made sure they were memorable, her scrapbook made sure of it!