//------------------------------// // Chapter 26: Party // Story: The Alchemist // by Mr_Hippopotomonstroses //------------------------------// Chapter 26: Party I was outside with Ditto. I made a knife and gave it to him. "Hey Ditto." "What?" "Here." "What do I do with this?" "Cut your palm." "Why?" "Just do it." He cut his palm. I put my hand over his palm and blue particles appeared and I healed his hand. I told him to cut it again and cut something else on his body but not tell me. I turned around and wait for him to say to turn around. Then I looked at him and tried to heal him. He was healed but two cuts appeared on me. One on my palm and one on my arm. "Hey that's where I cut myself." "Seems like if I heal you but don't know what to heal I absorb your injuries. Good to know." "Is that what you wanted to test out before?" "Yeah." "Want to go into town?" "Sure why not." We began to walk into town. The town seemed a little down. It was weird. I found the girls. They just smiled in our direction. Even they seemed a little down. "Why does the town look so sad?" "Everypony is a little stressed from the attacks from the creatures with those weapons." "Ah the horsemen." "Yes those." "Wish we could help with that." I was just thinking and I smiled. "We can help." "Huh?" "I know exactly what to do." "What are you two going to do?" "Everything. Pinkie." "Yes?" "Prepare a party." "How big?" "The size of the entire town." She grew a big comical smile and ran off. "Girls help her out." "Where are you going?" "Going to go make some things. Get this party going." I left with Ditto. I knew how to get this town going again. Ditto and I got to work on some things. ~One Hour Later~ I was coming back to the town with Ditto. The entire town had balloons and streamers. The entire placed looked festive. The town was less down and more curious of what was going on. I just got to the girls. "Party decorations looking great Pinkie." "Thanks!" "Why did you want us to do this?" "Relax I have a plan." "Okay. Now what?" "Pinkie?" "Yes?" "This party has an entire town as its guests. We need food. Help me make some?" "Sure!" Pinkie zoomed of. "Girls, go help serve the food and put out some games or things to do." "Okay." They left. "Ditto put these in place near the center of town. And think of a song to play on your phone." "Song?" "These ponies use songs as a method of expression. So put a song that has to do with partying. Good luck!" "Okay." Pinkie and I got to work on cooking and baking and preparing. We had several ponies that came and ate. Over tie more and more came. Fluttershy and rainbow Dash helped serve some food to ponies outside. We served food for about three hours straight. By then it was about mid day. Pinkie and I just made extra food for about forty minutes in case any one came and wanted more. Once we finished we left outside and played some games with the girls. I had fun for about an hour. Then I helped Ditto set up the finale that would be at set off an night. He showed me the song he found on his phone. I smiled. it would be perfect. Once it around three o'clock we set the music. It slowly started to play. The ponies were listening I to the strange new music. One it started they were getting into the beat and rhythm of the music. They began to dance, everyone was having the best of times. Halfway through the song we had finishing setting up the finale but it was still some time until night. "We have to do something to fill in until night comes around." "And something to calm them down slightly for the night." I snapped my fingers. "I know just what to do." The song finished and some time passed. Ditto and I started to use water and air alchemy. Together we began to move the clouds over the town. The clod began to take shape of a giant disc. The ponies just stared. The girls were looking at us. Once we had the clouds in place I knew what to do. I flew up and began to change the environment and temperature. It would be nice to see this if it came naturally but it was still nice it it was made by alchemy. I went back down. The clods slightly parted as you could see bright soft light of green and pink. The sun had begun to lower to the point where the clouds that didn't show the lights in the sky were a brilliant shade of orange. All the ponies just stared at the sky. "What did you do?" "Oh you know some temperature and environmental change to make it look like the northern lights." "Northern lights?" "Oh right. I'll tell you some other time. But the one thing I can tell you is that the northern lights are much more beautiful than this." "If they are better than this I would love to see them." "Any one would love to see them." The light show was enough to calm the town down slightly, yet it wasn't dark out. What else can I do? I thought about it. I touched the ground and made myself a chair and a cello. "What are you doing?" "I'm going to play a song. Why, what does it look like i'm doing?" I began to play a new tune. Everyone just sat and listened. I think I even saw a few tears be shed from my playing the cello. The song slowly came to an end as it was finally dark out. Once it was night we could set off our finale. The ponies were almost ready to leave when a whistling noise their attention. The whistling came from a small light that flew up into the sky. The small ball of light then exploded as it showed bright yellow colors. "Fire works. The best finale ever." "Agreed." Ditto and I began to set multiple as the town stared in awe. I even gave away fire works so ponies could light them up. Everyone was having so much fun. The fireworks lasted for two hours. By the time everything was over it was eleven. Every one in town was eating the last of their food and just watching the night sky. Not long after that every one in town fell asleep. They all fell asleep, the greater concentration of them were near the center of the town, near the food, or near the fireworks. Even Ditto and I fell asleep. This was, as far as I knew, the best day in my life.