//------------------------------// // Meeting Pinkie // Story: What the frick?! // by Cool writer //------------------------------// "Lyra!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed. "It's so good to see that you're back from that other world! Who are they?" She asked, gesturing to us former humans. "Are they staying here? Ohmygosh! I need to throw them a "welcome to Ponyville" party! And a "welcome to Equestria" party! I need to go get some flugelhorns!" Pinkie exclaimed, rushing off with a quick "gottago, seeyoulater!" I looked at Lyra. "Is she always like that?" I asked. Lyra nodded. "Yep. And we wouldn't have it any other way around here." Bonbon said. "Awe, That was sweet Bonbon." I smiled. "Well, the alternative is everyone being jerks." Bonbon explained. "One time, Twilight was... It's a long story." She giggled. I thought about it for a moment, then remembered an episode we saw. "Oh yeah!" I exclaimed. "The one where their marks got all switched up, I remember that." Bonbon gave me a funny look. Then she remembered. "Oh right! Hey, let's not go talking about how your world has the ability to stalk our world, OK?" Bonbon more demanded than asked. "Wasn't planning on it." Lyra said. I nodded in agreement. "Hey, wait a second: How do you know about that?" I asked. "The portal Lyra crossed through didn't close completely, leaving a "one way window" into your world, and for some reason it was following Lyra." Bonbon explained. Lyra blushed heavily. "How long were you watching?" Lyra asked. "Not long." Bonbon said, a sly grin on her face. "Bonbon, how long were you watching." Lyra asked again, gravely. "Long enough, now let's get something to eat." Bonbon smiled, going into the gingerbread house building. "Yay!" Lacey exclaimed, zipping in after her. "Hey! What did you see??? THIS CONVERSATION WON'T BE AVOIDED!!!" "Probably gonna' be grass on a plate." Muttered Jake. I feel in next to Jake. "Cheer up, there are loads of people who'd sell their souls for this chance! Look on the bright side." I said. "And that would be?" He asked passive-aggressively. "That you're not a social outcast anymore. You're normal again." Lyra joined in. His ears drooped, and he looked like has was about to say something angry, but didn't. We found a large booth, and sat down, except Bonbon. "I'll go order, what does everypony-" Jake winced noticeably. "- Want?" Bonbon asked. I thought about it, before I said: "I'll take a plain-" "Stop!" Pinkie shouted, appearing next to me. "You can't have anything plain on your first day in Ponyville! You need the purple-chocolate-surprise!" "... Then I guess We'll take a few of those." I said, trying not to think too hard about how Pinkie got under the table, and popped out so quickly. "Alright then, I'll go order." Bonbon said, turning around and walking to the counter... that Pinkie was already behind... HOW??? Bonbon ordered and was soon back at the booth sitting next to Lyra. "So, what do we do next?" I asked. Lyra thought for a moment, then she giggled and looked at Pinkie. "Why do you need to ask?" Pinkie asked. "You're gonna be here for a while, so I'm gonna...!" She inhaled deeply. "Throw you a WELCOME TO PONYVILLE PARTY!!!" She whooped, pulling her trademark party cannon from just out of view, and firing it off in an explosion of confetti. I we all started laughing.... except for Jake "I can't pronounce my last name," and hey: speaking of names... "I was thinking, what are we going to call ourselves?" I asked aloud. "Lyra can fit as a human or pony name, but I don't think 'Emma' will go over very well here." "Not to mention Jake." Lyra nodded. Jake sat up from his slouching position, and slammed his for hooves on the table. "Oooooh no!" He exclaimed, just quiet enough to be polite to the other patrons, but just loud enough to get across his anger. "Being one of these stupid things is enough, I am not- and let me repeat, NOT going to get some stupid pony name to go with it!" He refolded his hooves, and fell back into the same slouch he was in before. "Well you're gonna have to." Bonbon said. "Celestia tasked me with integrating you into Equestria, and that means-" "When did she do that?" Lyra asked, confused. "When she told us to house them, as I was saying-" "She didn't tell you to do anything." Lacey corrected. "When a princess asks you to do something, it's them saying 'do it' in a nice way." Bonbon explained in a nice (slight condescending) voice. We finished our cupcakes (which were very good, might I add), and were rushed out by Pinkie, she said something about "getting ready for tonight," which I guess was Pinkie speak for "preparing the party." And we were given a tour of the town from Bonbon and Lyra. But when we got home though... Oh boy, here we go...