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// A Party for Aria 
// Story: Pinkie's Three Parties 
// by Shimmer Shy 
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   The next day, Pinkie Pie was prepared to plan Aria's party. All the supplies she needed were in her wagon, including her party cannon. She began setting up at about the same time as yesterday. Her scribbled note getting stuffed into Aria's locker, and Pinkie dragging her wagon to the band room.
She knew today might be a slight bit harder. Aria didn't really seem like the partying type. Neither did Adagio, for that matter, but Pinkie guessed that she'd gotten lucky.
She picked up her party cannon and looked around the room. "Hmm...where would be the perfect spot?" she asked herself.
"Hey Pinkie." a voice behind her said, startling Pinkie. She turned around.
"Oh, hey, Dashie." she smiled, waving. "What brings you here?"
"Just picking up my guitar. What are you doing here?" Rainbow Dash replied.
"Aria's 'Welcome to Canterlot High' party." Pinkie turned back to examining the room.
"Need any help?" Rainbow asked, picking up her blue guitar.
"Well...I can't seem to find where to put my party cannon."
"I thought you didn't have one. Why don't you just put it there?" Rainbow pointed to a corner of the room.
"If I put it there, the corner across from it won't get decorated. Never mind. I'm sure I can solve this problem." Pinkie said, ignoring her friend's first sentence.
"OK, then. Sorry, I've gotta go. Wish I could stay to see how this turns out!" Rainbow left with a wave.
"Maybe that would be the best spot..." Pinkie thought as soon as she was gone, setting it up in the corner.



Aria wasn't having any better luck than Adagio with fitting in. By the time she got to the hallway of her locker, everyone was already gone. This didn't bother her, though. She didn't like any of them anyway.
The purple siren first noticed the slip of paper wedged in between the holes of her locker. Curious, she uncrumpled it and read it.
Why would anyone want me to meet them in the band room? She thought, then shrugged. Can't hurt to check it out. She crumpled the paper back up again and threw it to the ground, heading to the band room.
Just before she turned the corner, Derpy spotted the paper behind her and picked it up.
"Hey, don't litter!" she shouted after her. Aria ignored her, of course.



Pinkie looked around at her work happily. Well, hers and her cannon's. That corner really was the best place for it.
Outside, she heard footsteps and someone about to open the door, and she jumped behind a table.
The door opened and..."Surprise!!" Pinkie jumped up and shouted, just barely surprising Aria.
"What's this?" Aria asked, looking around.
"It's your party, welcoming you to Canterlot High!" Pinkie exclaimed, putting a pink and blue striped party hat on both of their heads.
"And what if I don't want you to throw me a party?" Aria crossed her arms.
Hearing this, Pinkie frowned just a bit. No one had ever turned down one of her parties. But she had been expecting this, so she regained her smile.
"At least try it." she tried.
"Look, I'm kinda busy..." Aria was about to turn around, but stopped when she saw Pinkie's face. She was giving her the 'Don't Leave Me' look that reminded her of Sonata. Every time she saw it, she just couldn't say no.
"Fine." she finally sighed, making Pinkie smile wide and pull her into the room.
After a minute or two, Pinkie asked, "Hey, I know I was kinda against you in the Battle of the Bands, but could we be friends?"
Aria hadn't expected to hear this from her. The only friends she had at the moment were Adagio and Sonata. Plus everyone else was afraid of her. Sure, it was nice that this overly-energetic girl threw a party for her, but she thought it was because she felt bad or something.
"I guess." Aria replied, trying to sound untouched. But Pinkie Pie caught on. Two down, one to go.