//------------------------------// // Chapter 8: Let the party begin! // Story: Birthday Bonanza // by darkmage1997 //------------------------------// The pool party went off without a hitch. The kids were all swimming in the pool, while the adults watched over them. Toby was carefully wading through the water, when someone splashed water at him, "Whoops, sorry Sweetie Pie," Toby looked up to see Silver Spoon, and blushed heavily at her swimsuit, "Is something wrong Toby?" Silver Spoon asked, approaching him and pressing her body against his. "N-no, nothings wrong," Toby replied, blushing at the feel of her body against his. "Well, if you want, I would like for you to rub some sun tan oil on me back," Silver Spoon said. Toby blushed even heavier at the offer, but then he felt an ominous pressure. Turning, he saw that Kelly, Crystal, and the other human girls were giving off a horribly intimidating dark aura. Toby could have sworn that their skin was turning an X-Ray green to the point where their skeletons showed. Silver Spoon saw the frightened look on Toby's face, and turned his attention back to her, "Toby, don't worry about them. I want you to rub the oil on my back," Silver Spoon said, grabbing his arm, and dragging him back to her spot by the pool. Meanwhile, the titans had Silver blindfolded as he wielded a kendo stick, "Ok Silver, you're getting close to the melon!" Raiden said, as he and the others guided him towards the melon. "You're right on top of it dude!" Icezer called. With a mighty swing, Silver struck the melon, splitting it in two. "Did I get it?" Silver asked, taking off his blindfold to see that he had split the watermelon. "Can I try?" Heaven asked. "Well, I don't see the harm in letting you do so," Mark said, giving his daughter the blindfold, "And here's the stick," he gave Heaven the stick, as Stealth set out another watermelon. "Now we spin you around," Brian said, spinning Heaven around until she was dizzy, and clumsily walked as she was directed by her family. After a few minutes of walking, Heaven had successfully smashed the watermelon. Taking a piece of the smashed watermelon, Heaven started nibbling away at it. "What's all this?" Luna asked, as Eric and Sarah set up some speakers and a microphone, along with some instruments. "Well, back on Earth, we had this thing called karaoke," Eric replied. "And what pray tell is this 'karaoke' that you speak of?" Luna asked. "Well, you go on stage, choose a song to sing, and then you sing the lyrics as the song progresses," Sarah explained. "They figured some of us may want to try and sing, you know, for some entertainment," Elijah said. "Interesting," Luna commented, as she skimmed through the song book, looking at the various songs. She soon came across one by the name of "Ghostbusters Theme Song", "This 'Ghostbusters' song sounds interesting," she commented. "Well, I thought that should be a must in the list," Eric replied. "And there are other songs I think the kids will enjoy," Sarah added, as Luna and the other ponies scanned the song list. "We want to sing too," Pinkie commented. "Well, just choose the song you want, then submit your entry. Once you're called up, that'll be your chance to sing," Eric explained, giving them some scraps of paper. They each wrote their names and the song they wanted to sing. "Hey kids!" Twilight called, catching the attention of all the children, "We're setting up karaoke, would any of you like to sing?" the lavender alicorn asked, giving the book of songs to the children. And one by one, each child selected one song to sing, with the exception of Mavis and Serenity, since they didn't want a lot of unwanted attention. "Ok, so we'll begin karaoke in a little bit, but when you here your names being drawn, come on up," Eric said, as the children went back to what they were originally doing.