//------------------------------// // 170. Pinkie Pride - Part 1 // Story: Blaze the Pony Tale // by Wolven5 //------------------------------// Cheers, bright lights, music, laughter, fireworks! The town of Appleloosa cut loose and partied hard, as their benefactor watched from afar the results of his work. He was an orange earth pony, tall and lanky with a distinctly colt-ish face, a curly brown tail, green eyes furrowed, his cutie-mark was a grilled-cheese sandwich cut in half yet the melted cheese bridging the two, forming an accordion-likeness. He wore around his shoulders and neck a serape-poncho with a design from Mexicolt, a western-esque fedora, he carried in his mouth a noise-maker as though it were a pipe, and on his back rode a rubber chicken wearing a tiny bowler hat. “Well Boneless, looks like our work here is done…” The rubber chicken, Boneless, just swayed back a bit as its owner started on his way. “Yup, them Appleloosans ne’er partied so hard, thanks to me. Cheese. Cheese Sandwich…” Then the pony, Cheese Sandwich, suddenly felt a familiar ‘boing’ sensation reverberate through his body, then his neck got rattly, and he felt his grilled-cheese/accordion cutie-mark, extend and contract, making his hat fall off to reveal his curly wild mane and him hop up, “Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!” His serape opened up like a parachute allowing him to float downwards as he smiled, “That was a doozy!” Upon landing, he put his hat back on and reverted to his previous manner, “Well Boneless… looks like our next party’s gonna be in… Ponyvillle! Wait…!” More sensations followed as he noted them, “Shuddery shoulders, criss-crossing eyes, happy hooves!” The sensations ceased, and Cheese Sandwich raised a brow in intrigue, “Well… Seems like there’s more than a party-planning waiting for me in Ponyville… Ain’t there, old friend?” Soarin felt odd today as he walked through Ponyville. He felt like it was a happy occasion yet something nagged at his mind but he couldn’t for the life of him figure out what it was. Still, the bright n’ shiny-ness seemed to be going around as he saw some ponies out and about smiling, and for some reason he saw a trail of confetti, glitter, streamers, and balloons about, a little unicorn filly hopping happily as she grabbed one of the balloons. Stopping by a purple earth pony mare with berries and grapes for a cutie-mark he knew, Soarin asked, “Hey Berry Punch, what’s with all the party-stuff?” “Take a look for yourself!” Berry Punch pointed towards a bridge and surprise-surprise o’er it came Ponyville’s favorite party-pony, Pinkie Pie, wearing her saddlebags as she trotted along merrily. Every single day there’s something new you can plan for Every single day there’s something wonderful to do But nothing makes me happy like a day where I can say ‘Today I planned a party and it’s just for you!’ “How’s it going, today, Pinkie?” asked the streamer-vendor pony Pinkie trotted up to. “Great, thanks! Got any streamers today?” Pinkie opened her bag as the vendor brought a roll of lavender streamer up. “You betcha! Big party planned?” “Don’t’cha know it?” Pinkie giggled as she went along. Don’t have much time to gather all the things I need If I’m really gonna make this party fly For today’s another day when all of Ponyville will say… The locals all joined in! There goes the Super Party Pony Pinkie Pie! “So Pinkie’s planning another party, she practically does every day,” Soarin shrugged. “Soarin! Don’t you know what - or rather who - the party is for?!” Berry Punch looked aghast! “Well, it seems like a big one considering everypony’s getting excited about,” Soarin observed. “Soarin! Today is Rainbow Dash’s birthday!” Berry Punch clarified, and Soarin felt his heart skip a beat, his eye twitch as his pupils shrank to pinpricks before he responded. “...WHAT?!?!?” He grabbed Berry Punch’s cheeks, as the panic took hold, “My Dashie’s birthday?! I-I-I- Why didn’t anypony tell me sooner?!?! I don’t even have a gift!!” “Well, whatever you do, I’d advise it be quick,” Berry Punch pointed out Pinkie getting a rainbow of paint from a local art vendor and a banner from another vendor, and as Pinkie moved through the marketplace ponies followed in anticipation. Every single day there’s something new we can plan for Every single day there’s something wonderful to try! `Cuz nothing makes us happy like a day that we can say Today there’ll be a party planned by Pinkie Pie! Soarin flew up onto the roof of a house and grimaced in worry as he saw all his friends in front of Sugarcube Corner watching Pinkie paint a banner, among them his Dashie!! “I gotta find a good gift pronto!” Soarin zoomed off, as the song came in for a flourish. There’s no other pony like her, no pony that could be As great (As great!) As fun (As fun!) As our Super Party Pony Pinkie…!!! Everypony marveled and cheered and laughed as Midnight and Blueblood levitated the banner Pinkie had just finished for all to see and Pinkie exploded a burst of balloons and confetti! “OOH! I am so-so-so excited,” Pinkie geeked out, “because today I’m planning the birthday bash of… RAINBOW DASH!!!” “Yeah!” Rainbow examined the banner’s likeness of her and nodded in satisfaction before zipping down to dbl-brohoof Pinkie, only for the party pony o grasp onto Rainbow’s hooves and put on an oddly-serious demeanor. “Rainbow Dash.” “Yes, Pinkie?” “You realize that by enlisting me as your party planner, I guarantee that this is going to be the funnest, most fantabulous, superbial party in Ponyville?” “Uh, yeah? I guess-” Rainbow felt Pinkie’s hoof over her mouth, “No guesses! Parties are no picnic!” “Oh, I like a nice picnic-party,” Fluttershy commented, Big Mac nodding, only for the two of them to get a growly stink eye from Pinkie. “Parties. Are. Serious,” Pinkie insisted, her friends a little put-off by Pinkie’s behavior as she swore, “And you have my certified ‘Pinkie Party Promise’ that you will have the best birthday party EVER!” “...OK!” Rainbow smiled nervously, Pinkie hopping about. “Great! Now who’s ready to join this Super Duper Party Pony to plan this super duper par-tay?!” “I am…” The voice was so tense it cut through the merry mirth like a knife through a birthday cake and everypony gasped as they saw a mysterious pony leaning against a building, blowing a noise-maker. “Who’re you, st-” Pinkie started, only for Midnight to interrupt and bar her way. “Oh great!” he said with unusual animosity, “Look who walked into town; you’ve got a fat lot of nerve showing your face around here!” Almost at once, Big Mac, Thunderlane, Blueblood, and even Spike were at Midnight’s sides, all of them looking ready for a fight. “We got a problem here, Midnight?” Thunderlane asked with a snorting glare towards the stranger. “Yeah, who is this guy?!” Spike punched his palm, ready for a scrap. Midnight’s answer took them all completely by surprise, “Ha-HA! An old friend!” “HUH?!” everypony said in a collective jaw-drop as Midnight and the stranger approached the other. “Cheese Sandwich, you crazy colt, where the Buckin’ Haydes have you been lately?” Midnight and Cheese Sandwich brohoofed. "You two know each other?” asked Twilight, coming over. “Do we know each other?! Ha-ha, Cheese here has got to be the most totally awesome party-planner of all Equestria!" Midnight cheered before sheepishly adding, "He planned out my sixteenth birthday!” “And it so happens, my little ponies,” Cheese Sandwich spoke up, “that my Cheesy Sense was a-tinglin’, tellin’ me a party was in the works…” “A Cheesy Sense?” Pinkie popped up in front of Cheese, “Ah! Double-amazing, I have a Pinkie Sense!” “Yes, I sensed you did,” Cheese said curtly, “and as my good princely friend pointed out, I happen to be the premiere party-planner in all of Equestria - If there’s a party in need, there I’ll be, be it wing-ding, hoe-down, hootenanny, or shindig I’m your pony!” “A pair of party-planner ponies n Ponyville?!” Pinkie hopped with bright eyes, “What could be more perfect?!” “I’ll tell you what - Making this party epic!” Rainbow cut in, tired of not being the center of attention. “`Cuz this isn’t just any birthday. It’s also the anniversary of the day I moved to Ponyville!” “My word, Rainbow Dash,” Blueblood commented as he and Rarity shared an excited look. “It’s your… your… Birth-aversary!” declared Rarity. “Exactly!” Rainbow floated down to the two party-ponies, “So whattya say, party-planners?” “Oh I think we can do it!” Pinkie hopped excitably when Cheese seemed to bring things to a halt by saying, “Oh, I don’t think so…” *COLLECTIVE GASP* “I....” Cheese Sandwich reared up onto his hind legs, throwing away his poncho, hat, and rubber chicken, revealing the yellow shirt he was wearing underneath, the broody exterior he’d displayed earlier gone, replaced by a happy-go-lucky party pony easily Pinkie Pie’s match, “KNOW so! “After all…” He got ready to go and…! The Super Duper Party Pony, That Pony is me! I always knew that was the kind of pony I would be! “Me too!” “C’mon, everypony! Who here likes to party?!” Cheese exclaimed before throwing his foreleg around a senior earth pony’s shoulder. “Ha-ha! You do! I can tell!” When I was but a little colt I just wanted to play! “Like me!” But everypony told me “Cheese that fun just wastes the day”! “As if!” But when I threw a part and I busted out some moves… “Uh-huh!” Them ponies finally saw the Light and got into the groove! “You know it!” The Super Duper Party Pony, that pony is me! “And me!” You’ll never meet another Party Pony quite like Cheese! “Uh, Pinkie?” “Hey good lookin’, want some mayonnaise?” My parties are all off the hook, I never plan them by the book They start out fun, then Whoops y-daisy! Everypony just gets crazy! Bored of snacks made by your mom? How `bout a giant party-bomb? Huge pinatas filled with cake Or dive into my fruit-punch lake! “Geronimo…!” *SPLASH* The Super Duper Party Pony, that pony is me! You’ll never meet another Party Pony quite like Cheese! “Go on, kid! Take it for a spin!” Cheese opened a box revealing a saddled hippo. “Golly! Thanks mister!” cheered the happy colt who hopped on. Oh when I throw a Cheese party be sure to not be lame And miss my pie-fights, wacky kites, and streamers in your mane! Fizzy drinks, Haywaiian shirts, and brie fondue delight! You know that with Cheese Sandwich, You’ll be partying all night! “C’mon, everypony!” Rainbow called. “Let’s party down with Cheese!” cheered Midnight. “You’re really a certified party-planner?” Fluttershy asked as everypony mobbed him. “That’s right! That’s my guarantee!” assured Cheese. The Super Duper Party Pony, that pony is me…! As she watched the crowd of excited ponies carry Cheese off, Pinkie felt her balloony spirit deflate. But what about the super party pony named Pinkie…?