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// Pinkie Pie and More Plans 
// Story: Tales of Troubled Teens 
// by ActivistVictor 
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Monday August 17, 8:00 PM

“Ugh” Pocket Pair said as he awoke with a start. “What happened? One minute I put my head down to relax and the next... I was having this horrible dream. Sunset Shimmer came into one of my online poker rooms and put me on tilt so bad that that I blew through my whole bankroll. Man, I think I would die of embarassment if something like that were to happen to me in real life." However, he then remembered Sunset's threat and said "but if I don't do something about this Sunset problem FAST, I might just die in general.  What time is it?” he said looking whipping out his phone and noticing the message Applejack had sent him."

"Huh, what's this," He said opening it and reading it. After he had finished, he said "Well, I'm glad Applejack wants to help and all, but considering that I'm still grounded and I sure as heck can't go to Sugarcube Corner tonight. I better let her know I can't go" he said as he typed and sent a reply message to her text. After doing so, he said,  "Now, since I can't meet up with Applejack and ...RALPH" he said sticking his tongue out at the name, "if I want to prevent this Sunset issue from getting too out of hand, I better get moving on is ASAP."He then turned and nudged his cat Princess and said. “Hey Princess, you awake?” and recieved no response. He nudged her again and said "Hey Princess, you awake?" a little louder, and still recieved no resonse. He then shouted "HEY PRINCESS, ARE YOU AWAKE?"

“Mow ow,” Princess said groggily.  

“Oh, well I guess you are now” Pocket Pair said, “But in any case that's good. We have a LOT of work to do to deal with the Sunset issue, and since I overslept, we do NOT have much time. Have you used the litterbox recently?”

“Mow ow,” Princess said. 

“ok, well then go and take care of that and come back,” Pocket Pair said. “we have a long night ahead of us and I don't want you leaving in the middle of an important train of thought because you have to take care of an issue.”

“Mow ow,” Princess said, and she jumped off the bed and walked towards the door. However, on her way, she ran into a shelf and a force of the impact with it caused a clown mask that was sitting on it to fall off and land on her head. 

Pocket Pair, after seeing Princess was unharmed by the impact, burst out in laughter. "HA ha hahahah! he said. Princess, you look just like Dick The Clown!"

Princess, after fumbling with the mask for a few seconds, flung it off and hissed at Pocket Pair before she walked out of the room in anger. 

Pocket Pair, stopping laughing, said “Hey, come on Princess, I wasn't laughing at your pain, I was just laughing at the situation. I knew you were ok, honest." He then burst into laughter again as he thought of the image of Princes wearing the clown mask. "Hehehe" he chuckled, "Boy did Princess look hilarious in that clown mask. Why, it fit her so well that, if I didn’t know better I would have sworn she was another cat entirely when she was wearing it." He continued laughed a little bit more, but stopped suddenly as an idea dawned on him. “Wait a minute.. another cat entirely? THAT'S IT! Why didn’t I think of this before!? A disguise! If I go to school dressed as a clown, Sunset will not know who I am and will continue looking for me in order to dole out her revenge scheme. As a result, eventually, when she fails to find me and becomes bored with searching, she'll forget about the whole issue, and move on to the next person who insults her, and I'll be in the clear. It’s PERFECT!”

However, he then thought about his plan and and said, “Well, perfect except for one thing, actually obtaining the supplies I need. I mean yes I have a mask but that old thing probably doesn't even fit anymore, and even if it does I'd still need clown clothes and shoes to complete the illusion, lest I risk Sunset seeing through it. But just how am I supposed to get clown supplies anyways? The party store is out because I'm grounded and can't leave the house tonight, and Amazon,com is out because there's no way they'd be able to deliver me the necessary items to me in a short enough time to avoid encountering Sunset tomorrow. So just what am I going to do?”

However, his eyes then lit up and he said, “Wait a Minute! Party store! Party! Party Planning committee! I distinctly remember Canterlot High having  party planning committee, and what's more, I know full well they should have the necessary clown supplies because the person in charge hosted a masquerade clown ball in the gym just this last spring before the Spring Fling. I'll bet, if I contact the person in charge of this party planning committee and tell them I need their help, they should be able to get the clown supplies before tomorrow and give them to me before class starts so I can don them before Sunset can start her revenge. It's not a guarantee that this will work, but given how things are going, this seems like it's the only realistic option I have at this point.  I just hope they have a pair of size 10 clown shoes handy for me to wear..." He said as he went to his computer and looked up the party planing committee of CHS on Google.  

Upon finding the website he needed, he quickly opened it and was immediately greeted by a  shower of confetti covered the screen and a pink skinned girl with pink curly hair, a purple skirt with balloons on it, and a blue sleeved white shirt with a pink heart in the middle of it jumping onto the screen out of the confetti explosion. “HI!" she said, “I’m Pinkie Pie, head of the Canterlot High party planning committee and if you’re here, that means I’m probably going to throw a party just for you. Will you be surprised? Huh? Will ya, WILL YA?"

"Heh, oh boy, this isn't cheesy at all." Pocket Pair said sarcasticaly.

The animated Pinkie, as if sensing his lack of impression with the intro, said, "And if you plan your party right now, I'll make sure to bring enough poker table to host a texas hold'em tournament for you! Won't that be GREAT?!”

Pocket Pair, upon registering what he had heard, widened his eyes and said "Woah woah woah woah WAIT A MINUTE! Did that preprogrammed animated person on the school’s website just suggest bringing a POKER table to a party they were hosting? No, they couldn't have, I must have just heard wrong..."

"If you heard wrong, just let me say that again for you...," the animated Pinkie said, "Plan your party right now and recieve enough poker tables to host your very own TEXAS HOLD'EM TOURNAMENT!."

"Ok, I guess I WASN'T hearing things!" Pocket Pair exclaimed, "Why, if I didn't know better, i'd say this person knew I of all people was going to use this website and crafted the welcome message specifically to suit me. But that's impossible isn't it? There's no way anyone could have anticipated all of that is there?" he said looking at the screen again, and shuddering as Pinkie Pie winked at him. "UGH. Well, enough focusing on this creepyness for now! I need to find this Pinkie Pie person's contact information as soon as possible, so I can get the hell on with my plan and the hell OFF of this website. Now where are you contact info....?" he said looking around the screen.

However, his concentration was quickly broken as the animated Pinkie said, “oh, my right ear is a twitching, and when that happens it means you need to know my contact information right away so you can get clown supplies from me to fulfill some convoluted plan. So, since you need to know that information so much, then you'll be happy to know that you can  contact me at partychick@gmail.com, or on my cell phone at 555-par-tyyy”

“Ok, now this is just CREEPY!" Pocket Pair said," 

“Oh, you want creepy? Come back on halloween then silly!" Pinkie said before giggling, and Pocket Pair responded by quickly grabbed his mouse and closing his browser as fast as he could in response to that last statement. 

“Ok, What the actual FUCK was that about?" Pocket Pair said. “There is NO WAY, NO HOW, someone could have known I was going to say creepy like that just now. Either this Pinkie Pie person is psychic, or whoever made this website is one of the biggest creepers PERIOD!" He then looked at his phone and heard Pinkie Pie recited her number again in his head, and said "Well, creeper or not, I need her  help, so here goes nothing!" before he grabbed his phone and began dialing Pinkie's number.

……………….

Applejack, angry and stressed, walked into Sugarcube corner and quickly looked around for Ralph. “Dangit, where is that British bastard at? Ah know P Pair said he was busy so ah don't expect him to be here. But Ralph has NO excuse not to show up to this meetin, especially considerin that date he forced me to agree to just so he;d come to it."

Just then, Ralph walked in and waved to her before saying, "Hey good looking, what's cooking?"

“There ya are!” Applejack said exasperated, “What in the hay took ya so long to get here?”

“Oh, nothing," Ralph said, "I just got lost in thought thinking about you…and me... together... between the sheets!"

“RALPH,” Applejack snapped. “We all have serious matter we neeed to discuss here, and ah'll let ya know now if ya'll make ANY more of them crass jokes here tonight the only think that will be between anythin else is mah foot goin in between your legs kickin ya in the balls!"

“Ok, ok ok, I won't make any more of those jokes then!” Ralph said annoyed, “Jeez farm girl, don’t get your knickers in a bundle here now! After all, you don't want to spoil ME doing that to you now do you love?”

"Whatever," Applejack said rolling her eyes at him and dismissing him with a wave "Well, P Pair was gonna meet us here, but he's still grounded so obviously he isn't exactly gonna be able to make it here today. So, we need to get started on makin plans and brainstormin RIGHT NOW to make up for our time constraint if we're gonna solve htis before we leave here today."

"Ok, fine." Ralph said, "But not before I get me a good old a strawberry milkshake. I simple CANNOT pass up on one of those considering I'm in this restaurant right now."
Applejack, highly irritated, said "Gah, alright fine, get yer stupid milkshake," before muttering under her breath "stupid faggit,"as she waved and got the attention of a pink haired pink skinned waitress wearing a blue sleeved white shirt with a purple heart in the middle who quickly noticed them and came bounding towards their table. Applejack, suddenly realzing who she was, said, "Wait a minute, oh no, it's!"

"Hi, I’m Pinkie Pie," Pinkie Pie shouted as she bounded over and landed next to their table, "And welcome to Sugarcube Corner. Home of the very first sugarcube shake and best dining establishment in the city of Canterlot. May I take your order?"

"Uh… one strawberry milkshake.” Applejack said as she looked down.

“Oh, ok, that'll be $5.99" Pinkie Pie said, "Will you be paying in cash or..." she said, before she stopped talking and got a shocked expression on her face. "Hey, wait a minute,” Pinkie Pie said pointing to Applejack, “Don’t I know you from somewhere?”

“oh, he he,” Applejack chuckled nervously, “no, ah highly doubt it. Ah personally have never seen ya before in mah life!”

“Are you sure?" Pinkie Pie said prying, "Because you look like this one friend I used to have who name was..."

"Hey, look!" Applejack said pointing across the room, "There's a balloon being blown up over there!"

"Balloon! WHERE!?" Pinkie Pie said, bounding away in uncontrollable excitement to find the non-existant balloon.

“What the bollocks was that all about?” Ralph said turning to Applejack. 

“Ah haven't the slightest idea what yer talkin about!" Applejack said playing innocent.

"Are you sure, because from the way you acted it sure sounded like you do." Ralph said.

"Well, ah DON'T," Applejack said, "So ya'll can just drop the issue and move on! Besides, we got more important things to focus on here than some pink haired party fanatic at the moment, we have a friend to help. So quit gettin distracted and let's pool our brains to try and think of ways to stop Sunset Shimmer's evil plan.”

"Ok, fine, a deal is a deal after all," Ralph said, and they both then sat in thought for awhile and said nothing. Ralph however, eventually broke the silence and said , "what about going to the Principals regarding this issue? Surely they could do something about it if they really wanted to.”

“Hm, that might work,” Applejack said. “Ah mean ah don't know so much about that Principal Tirek fellow as he sure seemsd like he is more focused on holdin power and gettin recognition than actually carin about the well bein of his students, but Vice Principal Celestia sure might give a damn about what's goin on here, even if Sunset does have her wrapped around her finger tighter than a saddle is wrapped around a saddle on a horse.”

“Ok, good, glad I thought about it,” Ralph said. “And on the subject of telling people in authority about this issue, what about talking to that teacher of the class Pocket Pair shares with Sunset,  Miss Cheerilee I think her name was... After all, she was the one who gave Sunset detention today, surely she must not think she's a pure and innocent angel who can do no wrong like most of the rest of the school does.”

“Ah don’t see any reason why not,” Applejack said. “Ah mean after all, the more people we tell about this, the more likely someone is to actually try and do something about it when we tell em. And besides, as you said Miss Cheerilee gave Sunset detention today,  so if anyone is likely to believe us at face value when we tell them about Sunset's evil plot it's definately her! Ah just hope she believes the MAGNITUDE of what Sunset is planning when we talk to her all about it and doesn't just brush it off."

“Well, whatever she does, I think I've already contributed my part on this issue.” Ralph said, “After all, I just suggested three people we could tell about this issue tomorrow and I think that more than qualifies as helping out Pocket Pair. Certainly that is enough to call it a night and actually order some food isn't it Applejack?"

“Fine, ah guess it is." Applejack said, "Ah mean sure ah wish we could do more but ah think tellin those in charge is definately the right place to start attackin the issue."

"Good," Ralph said, "Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to get me a strawberry milkshake," before he raised his hand and got the attention of Pinkie Pie. "Hey, miss, we need to be served."

"Ralph, wait don't," Applejack interjected, but it was futile as Pinkie had already seen his waving and was on her way over.

"Hey," she said angrily to Applejack as she returned to the table, "There wasn't a balloon over there, just 13 cents and a lllipop on the floor, a cheery one if my taste buds say so."

Applejack rolling her eyes, turned to Ralph and said "Can ya'll just get yer order already Ralph?"

"Ok, sure," Ralph said turning towards Pinkie Pie. "I'll take one strawberry shake, over easy please."

"Okie dokey lokey," Pinkie said before she bounded over to the counter and hopped over it in one leap. She then fumbled around behind the counter for a bit presumably making a milkshake although by the noises being made Ralph and Applejack were skeptical, before she proceeded to hop back over the counter, bound over to Ralph and Applejack, and present them with a half empty glass full of strawberry milkshake. "Here you are, one strawberry milkshake" she said smiling.

"Hey," Ralph said he looked at the shake as she put the shake down in front of them, "This shake is half empty!"

“Hmm, is that so?” Pinkie said picking it up and looking at it for a second, before saying, “I'm going to respectfully disagree with you on that opinion. It's not half empty, it's half full!"

“What are you saying?" Ralph said, "It's half empty, because half of the glss which SHOULD be filled with liquid is instead filled with gaseous air!"

“Well there’s your problem,” Pinkie Pie said, “you’re just a negative nelly , always looking at the glass hald empty. You should seriously start thinking about life more positively mister.”

“Ok, let me reiterate myself," Ralph said, quickly losing patience, "why is half of the glass, which SHOULD be filled with milkshake, instead filled with nothing but air?"

“Oh, I’m sorry,” Pinkie said, “It’s just that the freezer hasn’t been working lately so I  wasn't sure if your shake was cold enough for you to drink.  So I decided to test it out and see if it WAS cold enough and took a big long sip from your glass, and I thought it was cold enough because my head immediately started hurting and I thought it was brain freeze, but I wasn't sure so the only way to find out was to take enough big long sip and see if the feeling got worse, and so I took another sip and it did get worse and I was like oh boy, this shake is cold enough, but then my head hurt so bad from the brain freeze I had to do something about it, so I found a big bottle of tabasco sauce and I..."

“Ok, we get it,” Ralph said “Just... just go and refill the milkshake glass and please stop being so random."

“Ok, sure, can do” Pinkie said, “and she picked up the shake and turned around to take them to the counter. However, before she got anywhere she suddenly gasped and said "Hey, wait a minute! I know where I know you from!" Pinkie said turning to face Applejack.

"Ah most certainly think ya DON'T!," Applejack said turning her head down.

"I most certainly think I DO," Pinkie retorted, "You’re Applejack. One of the girls I used to hang out with freshman year!”

“Friends... freshman year," Applejack said nervously, "ah’m sorry, but ah'v never seen ya before in mah life. Ya'll must have the wrong person."

“No, I’m pretty sure I DON'T,” Pinkie Pie said. “I NEVER forget faces, at least not unless I eat too much candy, but even then my memory loss only lasts about an hour, and I haven't eaten any candy since I ate sixteen bags of M&M's before my shift started. SO I'm pretty sure I'm right when I say you're Applejack, one of four girls I used to hang out with Freshman yer, the others being Rarity, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash. We all used to be very good friends," Pinkie said giddily, before her eyes narrowed and she said, "At least until the Spring Fling, when you decided to run for Princess of the Spring Fling, and then you..."

“PINKIE PIE, SHUT IT,” Applejack said snapped at her angrily. “AINT NONE OF THAT STUFF YA'LL ARE SAYIN APPLIES TO ME BECAUSE AH AINT APPLEJACK, SO WILL YA'LL JUST GET THE DAMN MILKSHAKE AND LEAVE ME ALONE?"

“Oh,  so THAT’S how it's gonna be huh?” Pinkie said, “you’re gonna lie now?  Try and play innocent because you don't want to take the heat... The old Applejack would never EVER lie... I'm glad to see you’ve changed so much for the better AJ.”

“HEY,” Applejack snapped, “Ya'll are NOT a close friend so ya'll do NOT refer to me as AJ! THe name's Applejack to you, and ah want ya'll to refer to me as that from now on... ah mean... ah horseapples!" she said suddenly realizing she blew her cover.

“HA,I told you, you ARE Applejack, I KNEW IT!" Pinkie exclaimed. 

“Ok fine, so ya'll knew who ah was! Good for you!" Applejack said angrily. “ya'll will  have to forgive me fer bein skeptical a little earlier, it's just that ya'll always seemed one too many bolts short of a John Deere tractor to even remember what you had fer lunch the day before, let alone a bunch of specific details about a supposed frienddship from Freshman year.”

“HEY, THAT'S MEAN!,” Pinkie shouted. 

“oh AH’M sorry," Applejack said sarcastically, "It's just ah thought it was OK for people to be mean in relationships around here. After all, YOU and YOU FRIENDS were the one who all abandonded me in mah time of need like a bunch of backstabin FAGGOTS!"

“What?!" Pinkie shouted, "We abandoned YOU? YOU LIAR, we weren't the ones who abandoned YOU, you were..." but she quickly stopped shouting as her phone rang in her pocket. “Oh" she said suddenly more giddy, "This is for me,  excuse me for a minute will you?" she said before she opened her phone and accepted the call. “hi, this is Sugarcube corner, the best place to grab a tasty treat in the town of Canterlot,what would you like today?........Yes this is Pinkie Pie head of the party planning committee speaking, who is this?..... Wait, did I hear your name right, it sounded like your name was some sort of fruit and I just want to make sure my appetitie isn't making me delirious….ok, that's what I thought you said, just wanted to make sure. Hey, since we're talking  about fruits, have you ever considered changing your last name from pear to kumquat? Doesn’t that word just roll off the tongue nicely? Kumquat kumquat KUMQUAT!..... oh, yes I have clown costumes, why do you need them? Are you planning some sort of special spooky Halloween party? Can I come!...... a disguise? Are you playing hide and seek or something? Can I be it? I always do much love to be it!.......oh, hiding from Sunset Shimmer? Well a clown suit isn’t going to protect you from her silly, she’ll see right through your attempt to hide from her in an instant……ok, I’ll bring them anyways, but I still think you're making a mistake. Where should I meet you with the supplies and when?....... yes, I’m free before school tomorrow, and yes I can bring them to you then. Just one question, when you say you want to meet in the dimly lit dead end hallway, do you mean the one that the janitor Discord never fixes the lights in because he claims it’s saving energy and protecting the planet, but REALLY  its’ because he likes dressing up as monsters and scaring people in the hallway just to get a good laugh at other people's expense?..... ok, just wanted to make sure I had the right dimly lit hallway. I’ll see you there tomorrow with the clown costumes. But in any case right now I have to go, I’m currently in the middle of an argument with someone and I'm TOTALLY winning. See you later, bye!” She said before she hung up and put her phone away.

“Ok, where were we?” she said turning to Applejack, but saw Applejack and Ralph had  paid for their food and left the restaurant in the time she had been talking on the phone. “Humph," she groaned "typical Applejack, running away from things when the heat gets too intense like a scared little bitch. Some things NEVER change….”

………………..

“Phew,” Pocket Pair said as he put his phone away. “glad that worked out so well. With Pinkie Pie bringing the goods tomorrow, I’ll have no reason to worry about Sunset messing me over anymore and can consider myself home free.”

“mow ow,” Princess said.

“Yes this plan will actually work! Since why do my plans NOT work?" Pocket Pair said.

"Mow ow," Princess said.

“Ok, so maybe my girlfriend plan didn't work out as good as planned..." Pocket Pair said. 

“mow ow,” Princess said.

"Ok, it failed miserably!" Pocket Pair said, "But this plan won't fail miserably. And besides, considering the fact that my parents didn't listen to me and agree to help me out of this, it's not like I have much of a choice as to what I decide to do now do I? This plan will work... it has to. And now that all that is sorted out, I can finally relax a little. And what better way to relax, than to play a good old poker tournament on PokerStars.net!" He said before he got on his computer and logged into the software. After doing so, he played for a few hours before he got tired, turned off the computer, and quickly fell into a relief-filled sleep next to his cat Princess.