//------------------------------// // Chapter 6-Parties and pranks // Story: Baldy, Girly and Yachiru in Equestria // by Skiddlez //------------------------------// Ikkaku and Yumichika were exhausted after their first day of work. “MAN! That Big Mac fellow is incredibly strong!” “Yes, Ikkaku, but didn’t you say he worked on a farm? It’s only natural that farmers gain incredible strength by ploughing.” “What were you doing?” “Well, I’m working at the library and teaching this ‘Twilight Sparkle’ how to use Kido.” Ikkaku just looked nonplussed. “Why?” “Apparently, it’s like no other magic she has seen, so she’s currently reading a small book called-“ “-Basic Kido- draw out your hidden potential.” Yumichika had explained that Kido relied on incantation to work. He had also explained that the postures in the book weren’t necessary, as Kido just came from the horn. From what she had read, this was a book for bipedal creatures- the postures called for things like left-and-right ‘hands’ whatever they were. Lyra had talked about humans having hands with fingers, which could grab doorknobs rather than using their mouths for that. This proved it- these new ponies were the creatures that Celestia had asked her to look for. But first, Kido. Twilight skimmed the book for an easy-to-use spell, finding it at the first chapter-Low Level Kido 1-20. Hado 4, Byakurai, didn’t need a lengthy incantation like some of the others. All she had to do to cast the spell was call out its level and class of spell, then the name. “Hado 4, Byakurai!” A thin beam of white lightning shot straight from her horn and into the target she was practicing with-one of Rarity’s old models for dresses. Time for the next challenge. A higher level now, one that was low to midlevel. Hado 31, Shakkaho, warned first-time practitioners to use the incantation before casting, as, even at mid range level, the Hado could still explode. I know they’re only concerned that I don’t blow myself up using this, but do I really have to say all this? Twilight decided to be cautious and say the full chant. “Ye lord! Mask of flesh and blood, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of man! Inferno and pandemonium, the sea barrier surges, march on to the south! Hado 31, Shakkaho!” An orb of crimson energy shot from her horn and completely destroyed the target in a large explosion. That could kill a pony in one hit… maybe its time to look into Bakudo. Bakudo was for incapacitating the target rather than killing it. Just as she was about to try the lowest level she could see, Pinkie Pie walked out of her book. “AHHHHH! Don’t do that Pinkie!” “Do what?” “Don’t- uggh, never mind. Anyway, it’s good to see you! Where were you?” “Oh, just blowing up mountains with my new ability!” Ever since Pinkie Pie had gained ‘Hot-blood’, whatever that was, she had been training and making up increasingly ridiculous lies about where she had been. Twilight had started ignoring her when she had started talking about beating up a Freezer. “Anyway, there are some new ponies in town, aren’t there?” “Wha- how did you know about them?” “Silly filly, I read the previous chapters!” Twilight briefly considered asking Pinkie about what the buck she was talking about, but decided against it. “Anyway, I’ve planned a super-duper-awesome-AMAZING party for them! AndyouhavetocomeitsgoingtobesomuchfunandohmigoshtheyhaveafillytheyresoresponsibleandOHtheyvegotcoolcutiemarksandtheresgoingtobeadinosaurANDmygiantmecha-“ “Alright, I’ll come!” Yumichika and Ikkaku were now walking to the sweetshop they had seen on the way through town, if only to shut Yachiru up and get her off of Ikkaku’s head. “Alright! Finally!” “It looks like a gingerbread house. Do you think its edible?” “YAYSWEETSCANDYCHOCOLATEDRINKS-“ Ikkaku just shoved a hoof into Yachiru’s mouth and left it at that. They entered the store to discover that the place was completely dark. “I thought they were open this early in the day.” Suddenly the lights flicked on. “SURPRISE!” Ikkaku and Yumichika were shocked, while Yachiru just screamed ‘CANDY!” and dove at the food table. A pink mare with a party balloons cutie mark greeted them. ‘HImynamesPinkiePieandthisissocoolisntitandOHMIGOSHcoolCutieMarkhowdyougetthatWOWyourebaldthatsweirdyoureprettylikeRaritythatscoolreallyyouvegotfeathersinyoureyesdoesntthathurt-‘ Ikkaku had finally found what he always looked for in a party- booze. He started gravitating to the large vat. “Hey, can I have a drink?” “Eeyup.” Ikkaku took the drink gratefully and took a sip. His eyes opened comically wide. This was some of the strongest liquor he had ever had. Tasted like apples. This party was going to rock. Yumichika was engaging in a contest of wills, the like of which he had never done before- keeping his cool around this ’Rarity’. As soon as they made eye contact, they were mutual enemies in beauty, each watching the other in case they did something unbeautiful. And if they did, the contest winner would claim, rightfully, the title of the most beautiful. He was not going to lose this battle. Twilight was looking for Yachiru. Where was the filly? Last she had seen of her, she’d been eating the snack table along with Pinkie Pie… Oh Celestia. “Please tell me she didn’t go with Pinkie Pie, PLEASE!” She was already starting to grin menacingly at the thought of the horrors they would do together. Lyra and Bon-Bon were walking peacefully home- they stayed out of curiosity over who were these new ponies, but they didn’t really feel like partying all night- they had jobs to go to the next morning. Opening the flat and turning on the lights, they both jaw-dropped. SOMEPONY had painted their walls a lurid bright pink. Confetti was sprinkled everywhere and someone had put the statue of Discord right in the middle of the kitchen. Finally, Lyra decided to offer her opinion on it. ‘Well, that’s a pretty good imitation.” The two burst out laughing at the prank. Princess Luna was checking the vault with a puzzled frown. The vault was where the most potentially dangerous ponies-serial killers, chaos mongerers and other no good scum were placed. In the very centre of the vault, Discord was surrounded by stone walls covered in a permanent barrier to prevent arguments freeing Discord. Somepony had walked into the vaults, traumatised the guards, ignored the magical defences and had taken Discord with them. Every single inmate was, inexplicably, wearing a party hat. In the place where Discord had rested, there was a small note saying IOU 1 Discord. At times like these, Luna turned to obscene amounts of chocolate to take her mind off it. The only question was where had all the party hats come from. ‘It wa-wa-wasn’t my fault, Princess!” The shopkeeper cowered away from the Princess of the Moon, who appeared to have chocolate smeared around her mouth. “SO THOU SAYEST THAT THINE WARES BEING TAKEN BY YOUR OWN VOALITION WERE NOT THINE FAULT?” yelled Luna in the full Canterlot voice. “It wa-was the p-p-p-p-p-PINK DEMON! IT WAS PINK! SO VERY PINK!” the poor colt simply broke down, trying to back away into the wall. “It’s okay. If thou were forced to do this, no blame applies to thou.” Luna felt a little bit guilty that the Canterlot voice had been deployed at this storekeeper, who had been attacked by a pink demon and coerced into giving her his whole stock of party hats, and had then been pied in the face. “We need your supply of chocolate, and we will pay for it in full.” She said, to make the loss of party hats a bit more profitable to him. ‘That was so much fun!” “Next time, I’ll show you how to break the fourth wall!” “YAY!” Thanks for reading! Please leave a comment as to what you think, criticism helps!