Short Scraps and Explosions

by shortskirtsandexplosions

I Remember Rainbow Dash pt 7

[SCRKKKK!]
[Static.]
[SCRKKKK!]
[More static, snow.]
[SCRKKKK!]
[Pink curly hair, close up.]
“-is thing worki-?”
[SCRKKKK!]
[A pair of blinking eyes.]
“Oooh! The red light is on! That means it's--”
[SCRKKKK!]
[A cockeyed, shaky view of the Town Hall interior.]
[Party streamers and confetti.]
“Heeheehee—This makes my head's so heavy! I wonder if this is what Twilight feels like--”
[SCRKKKK!]
[A bobbing, weaving perspective that limps through a sea of chatting, partying ponies.]
[Tilting up—spotting a white banner that reads 'Hooray For Rainbow Dash'.]
[Dipping back down—only to BUMP into a brown colt's hourglass'd flank.]
“Owch! Watch where you point that thing!”
“Ooops! Sorry Doc! Hee hee! Hey, you're on time for a change--”
[SCRKKKK!]
[A light yellow filly with blue-and-pink hair blinks awkwardly.]
“Uhmmm—Pinkie Pie? What the heck is that on your head?”
“It's a helmet cam, Bon Bon! And I'm wearing it!”
“Okay---Er....Why?”
“To record everyone at the party giving their best wishes to Rainbow Dash, you silly filly!”
“Oh, well that makes—Wait. Why is it a wide angle lens--?”
[SCRKKKK!]
[Creeping up on a purple dragon standing on a stack of books to reach the top of a catering table.]
“Snkkkt-hahaha! Have enough punch—Spike?”
“Huh? What? Pinkiiiiie! Get that thing away!”
“What's the matter? Will I catch you doing something bad?”
“I mean it! You're gonna drop the thing in the bowl and get it all wet!”
“Better not go water behind a tree later! Ponyville can't handle another forest fire! Hehe--!”
“PINKIE P--”
[SCRKKKK!]
[A lopsided view of the various shadowed partygoers clopping about the floor of the Town Hall.]
[SCRKKKK!]
[Pounding music with a deaffening bass beat.]
[Zooming in on a white Unicorn bobbing her blue mane'd head over a turntable.]
“Wooohooo! Yeah! Deejay! Kick it! Kick it like a stubborn cat!”
[SCRKKKK!]
[A close-up, side-scrolling macrolens of several piles of cakes, candies, and pies.]
“Ooooooooooooh! Be slow my beating insulin....”
[SCRKKKK!]
[A white bunny hoardes a cookie, glances over its shoulder, and nibbles mischievously on the sweet edible.]
[The camera creeps in slowly.]
“Now Angel Bunny—what did your Auntie Fluttershy tell you--?”
[The bunny looks at the camera, hisses, and launches a stack of paper plates—BAP!]
“ACKIES! When bunnies attack! Yowsers--”
[SCRKKKK!]
[Two colorful fillies stand side by side, blinking, their backs to the DJ Table.]
“What did you say, Pinkie Pie? We can hardly hear you--”
“Do you have any words to say to the coolest Pegasus ever?”
“Hahah—You're serious?”
“As serious as I'll ever be!”
“That's a tall order, Pinkie Pie.”
“Come on! Won't you do it for Dashieeeee?”
“Ughhh—FINE. So what, we just--?”
“I know! Why don't you introduce yourselves first?”
“Oh, you're going to edit this thi--?”
[SCRKKKK!]
[The same two colorful fillies, smiling picture-perfectly.]
“Heeeeeeeey Rainbow Dasssssh! It's me, Lyra!”
“And Colgate!”
“And we just wanna say this party rocks—And we can't think of a better reason to be here than for the most dazzling flier in all of Ponyville!”
“The stuff you do to keep our weather in check is totally cool! We can look forward to sunny skies, thanks to you.”
“So—Uh--Here's the future, and many more awesome moments to come, Rainbow.”
“Yeah—Uh—Cheers. Ahem. H-How was that, Pinkie Pie?”
“You forgot to mention how cute Gummy's new hat it!”
“I uh---er....What?”
“Who's Gummy--?”
[SCRKKKK!]
[A doubly pink Earth Pony grins from behind a table, blushing and doing her best to shamefully hide a half-eaten slice of cake atop a paper plate.]
“Ahem—Hello, Ms. Dash. This is Cherilee, local teacher at Ponyville Elementary. And I've certainly heard a lot about you. I can't think of a place I'd rather be than at a celebration of the only recorded pony to perform the Sonic Rainboom—not once, but twice apparently! Hehhehheh. If you're up for it, I think you would make a marvelous visiting speaker to tell the young Earth Ponies in my class all about Cloudsdalian life. Give me a call!--Er--And, uhm—Congratulations on being so....uhh....p-popular? Heeheehee...”
[SCRKKKK!]
[Rarity walks up from sprucing up a few disorderly banners along the side wall of the Town Hall.]
“Oh, hello Pinkie. Would you terribly mind if you—Gaaah-Haah-Haaah! Oh dear—Do get that dreadful thing away from me!”
“Rarity? What's the matter? If you're allergic to latex, you should have said something before I ordered all of these balloons, silly filly!”
“No—Not that! The CAMERA! This place is so crowded and I am an absolute mess!”
“But you look fine--”
“Not NOW! Pinkie! Ohhhh-Must find a mirror! Must find a--”
“Don't go in the bathroom! It's slippery! I think Sweetie Bell ate too much cake--”
[SCRKKKK!]
[A light azure Pegasus with a lightning bolt for a cutie mark sips from some punch and raises an eyebrow at the camera.]
“How would you survive without Rainbow Dash, Pinkie? She's like your main filly?”
“Jee, I dunno—“
[Tilting over to reveal the rainbow colored life of the party walking by.]
“--Hey Dashie! How would I survive without you?”
“I dunno, I'm like your 'main filly'.”
[SCRKKKK!]
[The white unicorn behind the turntable lifts her blue goggles to reveal a pair of sly red peepers.]
“Hey there, Rainbow Dash. DJPON3 here, rockin' the tunes like you're rockin' the skies over Equestria daily. Keep the thunderclouds away and the Sonic Rainbooms coming, girl. YOU.....Are the True Rhythm of the Night, Pegasistahhh. PEACE!”
[SCRKKKK!]
[A middle aged mare and stallion lean against each other near the back of the Town Hall, where several caterers are restocking a row of tables.]
“Hello, Miss Dash. I'm Mrs. Cake.”
“And I'm Mr. Cake.”
“And we think you're a swell girl for all the joy you bring to Sugarcube Corner—as well as to the otherwise lonely days of our beloved Pinkamena here.”
“And I.........I th-think I had too much punch. *HIC*.”
“Confound it, Lemon! What have I told you about takin' a sip while on the job?”
“I only had one glass, Marble--!”
[SCRKKKK!]
[Apple Bloom smiles wide while Sweetie Bell leans against her flank.]
“Ah always figure'd that the Sonic Rainboom was just a legend! But then mah big sister tells me that she saw the Sonic Rainboom before her very own green peepers in Cloudsdale! Then, on top of that, I hear that she secretly saw yet ANOTHER Sonic Rainboom when she was just a young filly—and it was because of Rain'bo Dash's cool explosion that my sister found her cutie mark! Ah mean, how is that even fair? AJ wasn't even supposed to be in Cloudsdale during the second Rainboom! Not that Ah'm secretly wantin' her to fall through a cloud and bust a leg or something—But Ah just wish that the Cutie Mark Crusaders could see a Rainboom, if only once—Then maybe we'd all finally find our callin'! Ain't that right, Sweetie Bell?”
“Unnnnnngh......So....Much.... .... ...Caaaaaake....”
“Er—What she means to say is—We're both happy for Rain'bo Dash! And we'd think it would be really, really, really awesome if she'd let us take a gander at her super dazzlin' Rainboom! Then who knows what would happen! We all know Scootaloo agrees with meh! Say—Just where is she anyways? Ah thought she'd be here at the party--”
“Hckkk-BLEEWACKCJKCKKK!”
“Ewwww! Sweetie Belle! For Land's Sake! Not on the floor--”
[SCRKKKK!]
[Rarity cradles a twitching Sweetie Belle, holding the young filly's hair as she sticks her head into a bucket and wretches.]
[The young adult Unicorn glances up, then all but collapses—covering her face with a hoof.]
“Good heavens, Pinkie Pie! Now's even worse timing--!”
[SCRKKKK!]
[Twilight Sparkle side-trots in and out of frame, eyeing the camera and squinting.]
[A pair of potted plants are almost perfectly lined up behind the shot.]
“Is.... ...Is...Is everything lined up--?”
“Why do you want some boring plants to be in the background?”
“It's all about symmetry, Pinkie Pie. I want this to look professional.”
“Why not just have a wide angle of the party behind you? Then it'll look fun!”
“Pinkieeee.... ...This is from the heart—From me to Rainbow Dash. You have plenty of other shots of the party by now, I'm sure.”
“It's from the heart from you to Rainbow Dash, then why all the notecards?”
“Hey! I'm facilitating! Now be sure my horn isn't dipping out of frame----And you're not recoring right now, are you?”
“Uhhhh---”
“Pinkie Piiiiieee?”
“Okie Dokie Lok--”
[SCRKKKK!]
[Twilight Sparkle smiles between two phallic plants mimicking her alicorn extension.]
“Rainbow Dash. My friend. My colleague. My source of--”
(“HEADS UPPPP!”)
[A flock of streamers fly waywardly into the violet Unicorn's face.]
“Aaaugh! What—ppff—pffft--pleh--PLEH--CUT!”
[SCRKKKK!]
[Twilight Sparkle, sitting identically as before, only with a few stray hairs loose and one eybrow twitching.]
“Rainbow Dash. My friend. My colleague. My source of inspiration and loyalty. If it weren't for you in my life—an explosion of courage and gritty Clousdalian guile—I would not be where I am, I would not be so close to Princess Celestia, and I would not be enjoying such a heavenly life here in Ponyville. So, from me to you, I just want to say in all sincerity that I really feel--”
[SCRKKKK!]
[Heavy static and white streams of snow whip past the image of a pink bathroom.]
[A tiny, googly-eyed alligator blinks in frame from the edge of a frothing bathtub.]
“Oh fiddlesticks! Gummmmmmy! Stop playing with the camera! Auntie Pinkie Pie needs that for Rainbow Dash's SUPER DUPER SECRET SURPRISE PARTY tonight! Gimme back--”
[SCRKKKK!]
[Twilight Sparkle, smiling and breathing confidently.]
“--and I think you can understand that I mean these words from the very depths of my being, and that you will benefit from hearing them as you grow into the beautiful, self-respecting Pegasus you've always been destined to be. Always your special and loving friend, Twilight Sparkle. Pinkie Pie—did you get that--?”
[SCRKKKK!]
[A lampshade blurs in and out of focus.]
“Mmmf-Mmmmmff-Hrmmmff!”
[The lampshade rises to reveal a purple baby dragon peering out from beneath.]
“Ahem—You want me to say a few words to Rainbow Dash?”
“Abso-Tap-Dancing-Lutely, Spikey old buddie old pal!”
“Did Rainbow Dash really ask for this—Or was this all your idea?”
“Oh come on! Play along! She's gonna love this!”
“Hmmmmm—All right. But get my good side!”
“Hey, I've got just the thing to help you out—!”
[SCRKKKK!]
[Spike poses besides an ice sculpture of a flying Pegasus.]
[He 'handsomely' strokes a pathetically fake mustache sported beneath his nose.]
“And so it was on a cloudy afternoon that Twilight and I stumbled upon the coolest pony ever to grace the skies! And in ten seconds flat, that afternoon was no longer cloudy—Because the most dependable Pegasus in the history of Ponyville was there to do her job, and do it so well that it left Twilight speechless! And believe—you—me, that is not an easy task!”
“You can say that again! Heeheehee--”
“Pinkie Pie! I thought this was MY turn to speak!”
“Oh, I'm sorry for interrupting you and your mustache! Please, you may both continue.”
“Ahem. And when Nightmare Moon first showed her frightening visage upon the balconies of this very building, did Rainbow Dash run away from her? No! She chased her out of the building like a burning comet tail, ready to smoke down any and all evil that would threaten Equestria---”
[The camera pans over Spike's head to show a mountain of yellowish dessert.]
“Mmmmmm---Cheesecaaaaaaaake. So.... ...Gorgeous---”
“Pinkie Pie?”
“Are you even filming me anymore--”
“Say, do you think Princess Luna is an expert on baking cheesecake? I mean, she did spend nearly a thousand years on the--”
“That's it! I'm done--”
[SCRKKKK!]
[Several ponies are dancing and swaying happily in the foreground as a deep bass beat throbs throughout the Town Hall building.]
[The camera zooms in and tilts from the DJ, to Scootaloo and Apple Bloom excitedly chatting, to several socializing ponies at the catering table, and finally on the image of Rainbow Dash and a little white dot.]
[On an even closer zoom, the little white dot turns out to be a white bunny rabbit. With a sly look, it pantomimes in front of Rainbow Dash. After several motions and gestures, the conniving she-bunny smiles and blinks curiously up at the Blue Pegasus.]
[Zooming in on Rainbow Dash; the Sonic Rainboomer grins wickedly, glances over her shoulder, and leans her snout down to whisper something conspiratorially into Angel's ear--]
[Suddenly there is a peach-and-pink blur encompassing the entirety of the camera.]
“HIYA PINKIE PIE! Whatcha filmin'--?”
“AACKIES! PINK BATS! PINK BATS ATTACKING MEEEE!”
“N-N-No! Pinkie Pie--”
“AAAAH!”
“Pinkie Pie—It's just me! Scootaloo! Don't--”
[The entire party flips on its side and rolls back with four fuchsia hooves rising up into view, floundering.]
[SCRKKKK!]
[Scootaloo grins wide, flexing her wings as the party rocks on in the background.]
“Words to give to Rainbow Dash? Ohhhhh—Where do I begin? I almost believe that the same Sonic Rainboom that got her and her friends together also affected me! I-I mean.....I-I know I wasn't foaled yet by the first time she performed it. But—yanno--circle of life and everything! I was destined to be here tonight—celebrating the coolest wing'd pony ever! I just know it! Yanno—Come to think of it—the first Sonic Rainboom was eight years ago, right? Well, my parents married a little over eight years ago. So that means they must have been having their honeymoon right when--”
“Whoops! Would you look at that?! Just ran out of tape!”
“Huh?”
“Gotta go switch! Nice words there, Scootaloo! Catch ya later!”
“You're lying! I see the red light and it's still on—”
[SCRKKKKK!]
[Fluttershy hides her face behind her mane and digs at the tile bashfully with a wayward hoof.]
“Come onnnnn, Fluttershy! Just a few words! For Dashieeee!”
“Mmmm........ ....hrmmm....”
“Pretty please? With sugarcubes on top?”
“P-Pinkie.....mrmm.....y-you know how much I hate cameras....”
“Awww—Fluttershy, it's okay! This is all between friends! It's not like it's going up on Canterlot Broadcasting or what hoof you!”
“I-I'm just n-not a fan of......of b-being exposed like this....”
“Pfft! You call this exposure, girl? Aren't you the one who volunteered to go up on stage later to deliver the most super sweet poem to the crowd in honor of Rainbow Dash?”
“Eeep!....D-Don't remind me. I'm still scared about that--”
“Auntie Pinkie Pie won't let you look silly! Come on! Live a little!”
“Mmmm.....mmmm-All right.......Ermm....Wh-Where do I look?”
“At the red light above my helmet. Seeeeee?
[SCRKKKK!]
[Fluttershy gently tosses her pink mane back and squirms slightly as she half-faces the camera, her flank to a corner of the Town Hall.]
“H-Hello, Rainbow Dash. It's m-me....Your friend. Fl-Fluttershy. Uhm....I-I'm sorry that I'm so nervous in front of cameras. B-But it's worth it if it means being able to g-give you this message. And the message is...uhm... .... ...th-that I'm v-very glad that you are a part of my life. I-I always have been glad—Ever since the day that you helped me discover my love for animals—My love for everything, actually. Up in Cloudsdale, I should have felt like I was at h-home. But I wasn't. I was too scared to admit it, too sc-scared to show anyone how I really felt. So I t-tried to fit in. I tried to be normal—and it didn't work. And then I saw you—I saw you challenge two mean colts to defend m-me and my feelings. And I realized that....th-that's okay if you can't be normal. You can b-be something better than normal. For you, I guess that's what it means to be 'cool'. But I don't see myself as cool—Much rather, I think that I'm.....I-I'm unique—er—in my own way. And I think that makes the t-two of us similar. It always has....D-Don't you think? As l-long as we are alive....I-I think we will have that connection—Just like you have a connection with all of the rest of the girls—Twilight, Rarity, Apple Jack, P-Pinkie Pie—And it's so wonderful, Rainbow Dash. It really is... .... .... ....Whew... ...Mmm....Mmm-Pinkie Pie? Was th-that fine?”
“Heeeee—It was more than fine, Fluttershy! I can barely hold this camera up! I think I want to hug you foreverrrrrrr.”
“Hey. Uhm. Uh—H-Have you seen wh-where Angel Bunny went--?”
[The camera suddenly lurches straight into Fluttershy's face as two pink hooves wrap around her neck in a fierce embrace.]
“FOREVAHHHH!”
“Eeeep! TurnitoffTurnitoffTurnitoffTurnitoff--!”
[SCRKKKK!]
[Rarity stumbles into frame, focusing the camera from the raging party to her panting self.]
[The image of the white Unicorn draws closer as the camerapony gallops towards her.]
“Rarity! Where'd you go?”
“Nnnnghh—Whew! Had to carry Sweetie Bell home. She's an absolute mess! But she is doing reasonably better than earlier; and that's good, at least. I daresay, if my parents knew how lactose intolerant she was ahead of time, they would have named her something a little less innocuous. Pinkie Pie—tell me—did I miss anything?”
“Only your chance of a lifetime to leave a super awesome message on camera for our most bodacious Pegasus friend!”
“Oh darling, are you still going on with that charade? ... ... ... ... ...And did I just hear you utter 'bodacious'? That is soooooo 'Cherilee'.”
“Come on, Queen Filly of the Frillies! Don't be a party pooper like your little si--”
“FINE! I suppose my mane is as orderly as it's going to get after all that's happened tonight. Ahem. Alright then. Let's do this and do this right.”
“Ready when you are--”
[SCRKKKK!]
[Rarity straightens her blue bangs and stands straight and proud. Her blue eyes sparkle as she smiles dashingly into the camera and dramatically murmurs.]
“Rainbow Dash—darling--brave source of support and the sparkling prism of my life—On the evening that we celebrate the impact you've made on all our lives, I would very jubilantly wish to say--”
(“CAN I HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION!”)
[Twilight Sparkle looms in the partying background, raising a pair of ringing bells telekinetically into the air and filling the air with a shrill chime.]
(“I've just cornered this bizarred Pegasus with the most dazzling mane of colors—And I think it's only fitting that we get her to say a few choice words to us before she has a chance to run away!”)
[The camera rocks and shakes as the entire room explodes in cheers and hooves-stomping.]
[An annoyed Rarity tosses her arms, groans, and stomps out of frame as the camera zooms in on a table.]
[A yelping blue Pegasus is fiercely hoisted onto the top of the table as the music dies down and a thick crowd of whistling and whooping ponies close in around her and a victoriously grinning Twilight.]
[The camera zooms in as the whole place throbs with a gathered chant, joined in by the bearer of the helmeted lens.]
“SPEECH! SPEECH! SPEECH! SPEECH! SPEECH!”
[Rainbow Dash blurs in and out of focus—finally appearing as a blushing, eye rolling pony. She motions to Twilight Sparkle, murmurs something, and is handed a magically floating glass of punch.]
[The camera pans out slightly as the Pegasus stands up on the table—balancing her bipedal position with two outstretched wings.]
“Dear Ponies of all shapes and colors and horns and feathers! Welcome to what has to be the most awesome day of my life. Why is it the most awesome day of my life? Even more awesome than the day I mesmerized ALL of Cloudsdale with—not my first—but my second ever Sonic Rainboom of cloud kicking glory....?”

“It's because this also so happens to be the most pathetic day of my life!” Rainbow Dash gives a devil-may-care-grin as she leers above all of the Ponyvilleans gathered below her. “Because where else can a pony stand unladylike on top of a catering table before all of her admirers and not be the first one drunk at the party!”

A series of chuckles and giggles fill the room. Twilight Sparkle smiles—strung somewhere between humored and proud. Pinkie Pie bounces up and down through the crowded sea, the red-blinking camera lurching on her helmet'd skull. Rarity sashays up from the side, sipping from a dainty glass and smirking gently up at her multi-colored friend. Fluttershy trots up besides the white Unicorn and grins bashfully.

“So—Let me be the first—and last—pony to declare that this night is not even halfway over! Because the only person to even bother out-partying me under the table is Pinkie Pie! And she's on camera duty over there! Heeeeey—Hey-Hey-Hey let's give her a hoof, everypony! After all—I may be the dashing and super rad life of the party—but Pinkie Pie is the obvious mastermind of this whole debacle. So let's hear it for the stupid fuzzhead, yes? Yes??”

Several fillies and colts clap and pound the floor. A cyclone of cheers and whoops narrow in on the twice-blushing Earth Pony.

“Heeheehee!” She hakes her camera-mounted skull. “After this, I'm gonna take up guerilla journalism in the Zebrahara!”

“Yeah, whatever, ya cotton candy ball of dreams.” Rainbow Dash drones. Laughter and chuckles as she raises her glass of punch even higher. “Yanno, when I did the second Sonic Rainboom—Some say it was to win the Young Flier's Contest at Cloudsdale. The fact of the matter was—I did it all to save Ponyville's most elegant and eligible bachlorette fashionista! You know the one I'm talking about—She's the pretty one right over there who looks like a diamond store collided with a box of Blueberry Pop Tarts. How 'bout a hoof for Rarity—the one responsible for making Town Hall tonight look like anything but the usual boring stale box of dust that it normally is! Give it up for her, everypony!”

Cheers and cauterwauling. Rarity merely rolls her eyes, takes another sip of the delicious pink quaff and smiles rosily. As the applause and enthralled murmurs die down, Rainbow Dash cranes her neck and smirkingly utters:

“Am I embarassing you too hard, Countess Dramacula?”

Rarity gulps and shakes her elegant head. “I'm about four glasses beyond—urp—that, darling.” The ring of ponies around her laugh and turn back up to face Rainbow Dash as the Unicorn herself snorts a laugh of her own. Twilight shakes her head and grins helplessly—until the spotlight suddenly falls on her blinking face.

“And—of course—This night would not be what it is today without everyone's favorite bookmongering neer-do-best of merry sorcery--” Rainbow Dash goes cross-eyed at her own words. “The one person responsible for making me dredge up this upside down vocabulary by pen-point-to-the-jugular over the last twenty-four insane hours.” More chuckles. “She's the real reason we're all here—Not me. Fillies and gentlecolts, I give you the wilting violet of elemental harmony, that sparkity spark of...uhm....sparkles--”

“Just say my name and get it over with.” The Unicorn drones.

“Twilight Sparkle, everypony! Give her a round of applause before she kills me in front of a Town Hall full of witnesses! Thanks all around...”

Twilight waves a hoof dismissively, blushing as the crowd roars, cheers, and settles in time for her to playfully frown up at the blue Pegasus. “You know—If you wanted this to be a roast, it should really be going in the opposite direction.”

“That's an awfully bold statement coming from the main character.”

“The main what now?” Twilight makes a frazzled face.

“AND!” Rainbow Dash grins towards the gazing crowd, waving her punch glass high. “To every pony whom my Sonic Friendboom has impressed, to every Ponyvillean whose skies I clear, to every filly who thinks my hair is unkempt, to every one of those same fillies who goes to the nearest salon the next day and buys six different hair dyes...” Chuckles and snickers. Rainbow Dash gazes across the crowd until her violet eyes fall on the image of Fluttershy. “....to every sweet soul too humble and kind to bother being exposed to the spotlight....” Fluttershy smiles sweetly. Rainbow Dash briefly smirks back—a wink, and then she gazes beyond. “....and to every living soul in this crazy-headed place who was pyschotic enough to come waltzing into this party and celebrating some port-a-potty colored Pegasus whom they hardly know but were pulled here all the same by the smell of Mr. and Mrs. Cake's irresistibly scrumptious baking...” A few louder laughs from the crowd there. “.....I thank you all, from the bottom of what Twilight Sparkle says is my heart, but on a long work day without morning oats—I know better what to call it.” She smirks. A deep breath. “As for the rest of you—Eat. My. Dust.”

A cackling noise, and then a round of hooves-pounding-to-tile. Rarity suddenly howls above the raising noise. “Are you just going to stand there—Drying up the room like some Celestia-forsaken dumb rock?”

“QUIET YOU!” Rainbow Dash tilts her head straight back and tips her glass ceiling-ward, swiftly and maddeningly emptying the entire contents of the punch chalace down her gullet. Rarity laughs and claps madly. The crowd whistles and cheers her on as she tips, tips, tips back—and finally flutters her wings at the end of the massive gulp. A huge belch, and she raises the empty glass as she flies down from the table, smirking devilishly and pumping a hoof in the re-confetti'd air. “And THAT—fillies and gentlecolts—is the OFFICIAL start of the PARTY! BRAAAP! Unngh—Bring it on, kidneys! Rghh!”

“YEAHH! WOOO!” Pinkie Pie cartwheels, nearly flinging the helmet-cam off her fluffy head with a climactic forward flip. “You heard her! DJ—Hit it! Dance till you can prance no more!”

The following are notes I took for the chapter as whole. The fic was never written beyond this. Vimbert snapped this self-absorbed lemur back to reality, and End of Ponies was born "from the ashes" as t'were.

Notes
*Series of videotaped interviews*

Pony: How would you survive without Rainbow Dash? She's like your main filly!
Pinkie Pie: Jee, I dunno. Hey Dashie—How would I survive without you?
Rainbow Dash: I dunno, I'm like your main filly.

Fluttershy – Angel cameo / is almost too shy to speak before camera / is reminded about the poem she's going to give on stage and is goaded to speak

*Angel and Rainbow Dash seen chatting, scheming*

-Apple Jack is late, 'tending to some last minute business'
-Angel the bunny communicates something (psst psst psst) with Rainbow, snickering
-Spike gets return letter from Celestia; Rainbow fidgets
-Apple Jack shows up, grumpy, confronts Rainbow about oversaturated crops
-Twilight confronts Rainbow on nature of sent letter / Twilight: Muffins? You had me mail Princess Celestia a paid advertisement about muffins? / Twilight: What gives—I thought she liked crackers. / Twilight: Who? / Rainbow: Ditzyyyyy—errrr--ehheheh / Twilight: You realize what this means? / Rainbow: So what? Muffins are.....uh.....good. Gotta be better than what the Princess already eats. Just what does she eat, anyways? Solar hay?
-Captain of Flight Team shows up, looking for Rainbow Dash per Rose Heart's request
-Hoity Toity storms in, outraged over gemstone delivery / Rainbow shoves Ditzy Doo his way / “Great party, Mr. Squirrel!” “Ditzy! What are you doing here?” “Oh I put my little filly to bed, all two of her.” / “Pretend he's a flock of Winter birds and guide him WEST”
-Twilight and Apple Jack put on heat, Pinkie is perplexed
-Ditzy Doo delivers message to Rarity; Rarity has nervous breakdown
-At fever pitch, Fluttershy prepares to give a poem in Rainbow Dash's honor / Rainbow waits in giggling anticipation; Pinkie is confused
-Fake Angel loses her head; Fluttershy is shocked—Rainbow Dash and the real Angel snicker / Fluttershy realizes the fake Angel is a stuffed dummy, but is nonetheless moved to tears by the shock of the prank / Angel points guiltily at Rainbow Dash
-Entire party is glaring at Rainbow Dash / Pinkie Pie rushes to shoulder Fluttershy's sobbing (perhaps Rarity's too) / Rainbow Dash: Come onnnn, Fluttershy! Didn't you say you loved it when I did pranks?
-Rainbow Dash: How could this get any worse?
-Stu Leaves is wheeled in—lamed from the race from earlier / “Hey! I know you!”
-Apple Jack LETS LOOSE on Rainbow Dash
-Zecora and Tetramun cameo(?)
-Rainbow Dash leaves in a huff; Scootaloo follows / Rainbow Dash makes to leave on her own, puts on Scootaloo's goggles backwards, and slams into a tree / Rainbow relents to letting Scootaloo tag along

-Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo on a cloud at night / cuddling under the stars / Rainbow Dash monologues as Scootaloo falls asleep

Rainbow Dash: My mother died—and when I was born, it was only because she gave everything she could to make sure that I could live. And I have lived—as well as I could live, as well as anypony could ever hope to live. Idiots might call me 'half-wing' or wutcrap, but that doesn't bother me like it used to. I'm the coolest, most awesome, most butt-kickingest Pegasus in all of Equestria. I'm right as rain in my life, so long as I remember that. So long as I remember her.

(return to theme)

Princess Celestia: Even without your friends, isn't it enough that you'll remember all the things that you are proud of?
Rainbow Dash: No it's not! (emotionally) No....It's not.

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[Tay the Chemist]

By the way, what was going to happen to Trixie?