It's a month and a half before New Years Eve, and Pinkie Pie is planning a party for all of her classmates. Only, she needs help. Since her friends are occupied, who can help her?
Five girls were sitting at a table in Sugar Cube Corner, talking about the party Pinkie was planning.
"I'm already behind schedule! The dance is coming up soon, and everyone's counting on ME, PINKIE PIE!" Pinkie said, worried about the upcoming New Years Bash.
"Pinkie, it's not even Thanksgiving yet," Rainbow Dash said, spinning a soccerball on her finger.
"Yeah. Yer worryin' for nothin', Pinks," Applejack said, finishing an apple.
"I do have something to worry about! I haven't even started on the invitations yet!" Pinkie yelled.
"Darling, you're stressing over nothing. Just get someone who is willing to help you. You are friends with everyone in Canterlot High," Rarity said, putting the finishing touches on her nails.
"Why can't you guys help me?" she asked, crossing her arms.
"I have a soccer game to beat. It's the last one of the year and I have to practice everyday after school," Rainbow said, putting the spinning ball down.
"And those apples ain't gonna harvest themselves," Applejack said.
"And I promised Sweetie Belle that I would help her make her dress. And you know how that goes," Rarity said, drying her wet nail polish.
"And I have to work at the animal shelter after school," Fluttershy said," I'd just hate to leave them alone."
Pinkie sighed. None of her best friends could help her.
"Well, I can't do this by myself. Who's gonna help me?" Pinkie asked. All of her friends shrugged.
"Oh I wish there was a way we could-" a jingling of a bell caught all the girls attention. A tall boy with a black hat and poncho with a case in his hand walked towards the counter.
"Pinkie, I think you just found your answer," Rarity said, standing and walking towards the tall boy.
"Excuse me young man, could you please help us?" she asked. The boy looked towards her direction.
"What's wrong?" the boy asked.
"Well, my friend needs help throwing a party and-"
"A party?" the boy interrupted.
"Yes. Will you be so kind to assist her?" Rarity asked, pointing at the pink-haired girl.
He recognized that hair from anywhere.
"I'll do it," he replied.
"Oh thank goodness! By the way, what is your name?" Rarity asked.
"Cheese," he said, "Cheese Sandwich."
Wonderful!" Rarity said. "Pinkie Pie! I found your assistant!" She motioned him towards the table. "His name is Cheese Sandwich."
Nice to meet you all," Cheese said, taking his hat off. His hair was almost as curly as Pinkie Pie's. His eyes emerald. His shirt a loud yellow with a cheese sandwich cut in half.
"Ooh! I love cheese sandwiches!" Pinkie said, "what's in the case?"
"Oh," Cheese said. He opened it and out came an accordion.
"Can you play anything?" Pinkie asked, her eyes filled with excitement.
"Of course!" Cheese said, and played a piece of polka. Pinkie started to hum and dance to the tune.
"Well that isn't weird at all," Rainbow said sarcastically.
"What do you mean? It's just Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie," Fluttershy said.
"I get exactly what you're sayin' Rainbow. Don't you see anything weird about that Cheese Sandwich guy?" Applejack asked, her head going back and forth from Pinkie to Cheese.
"We don't know him yet. Maybe he's different. You never know," Rarity said, still staring at the two.
And all of this was not heard, for pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich were in their own world.
"Okay. Do you go to Canterlot High?" Pinkie asked the boy.
The two left Sugarcube Corner after thirty minutes of Polka dancing, and neither of them were tired out. Pinkie decided that she needed to get to know her assistant before he started assisting her.
"I'm starting tomorrow," Cheese replied.
"Great! so we can meet in the library tomorrow! Or tonight, if you want," Pinkie said, twisting her poofy hair.
"Whatever works for you Pinkie," Cheese said, scratching hks equally curly head.
"Okay, how about tonight at six?" Pinkie asked. "We could meet in the library and start on the invitations."
"Um, I don't know where that's at," Cheese said.
"Duh! I'll take you there myself!" Pinkie said, elbowing him.
"Right."
"Okay. This is my last question: have you planned any parties by yourself before?" Pinkie asked.
"Oh, you don't even know. I planned parties throughout my old town, and trust me, they were epic," Cheese replied.
"Oh really?" Pinkie said with her eyes squinted.
"Yep. They call me the "Super Duper Party Person" from where I'm from," Cheese said.
"Is that so?" Pinkie said. Cheese nodded.
"With are minds combined,.we'll make this party even more epic," Pinkie said.
"Incredibly epic?" Cheese asked.
Pinkie stopped. "Even better than that."
"Supe Duper terrifically incredibly awesome?"
"That times ten!" Pinkie screamed. Both were so excited to plan thks party.
"C'mon Cheesie! We gotta plan this party now!" Pinkie said, and she grabbed his hand and ran toward the library.
In the background, four girls were following this duo.
"So what was that about him bein' different from Pinkie?" Applejack said to Rarity.
"So he planned parties when he was in his old town. Big deal," she replied.
"Oh, and that 'Super Duper Party Person' was nothing either, right?" Rainbow smirked.
"We still have little information girls. Why are we following them anyway?" Fluttershy asked.
"Okay Cheesie. What do you think the color scheme should be?" Pinkie said. The two have been in the library for an hour now, telling each other funny jokes and laughing quietly.
"Hmm..Well, I thought since it's the end of the year, we should go bold. Nothing clichéd like that gold,silver and black type of party," Cheese replied, drawing on a notebook.
"So it should be-"
"Orange-themed!" Pinkie said, and Cheese just looked at her. "You don't like it?"
"It's like you read my mind," he replied.
"I have a sense of these things. I call Pinkie Sense," Pinkie said.
"Really?! I thought I was the only one who had those! Only I call it Cheesy Sense," Cheese said excitedly.
"Wow! That's awesome. But we need another color. I think it should be-"
"Purple?" Cheese questioned.
"Yep," Pinkie said, "purple it is. So now that we have the color scheme, we need come up with a real theme."
The two thought of what their theme should be. An invisible lightbulb popped on top of Pinkie's head.
"I GOT IT!" She yelled, and the librarian told her to be quiet.
"Oops. Sorry," she said in a whisper.
"So what did you come up with?" Cheese asked.
"Okay. So I'm thinking it should be something fancy to start off the new year. So, the theme should be, as Rarity would call it, New Year Chic!" Pinkie yelled again. This time the librarian gave her a stern warning.
"Ooh. Very fancy," Cheese said in a fake voice, and Pinkie giggled.
"Let's get started on the invitations. It's almost seven thirty and I'm hungry. You don't want to talk to a cranky girl, do you?" Pinkie said, and they both started on the invitations. They quickly did each one of them, Pinkie Pie telling him the names to write down. After five minutes, they were done.
"Well, should we mail these out?" Cheese asked.
"Not yet. I'll let you know when to mail them out," Pinkie said, and she stuffed the invitations neatly into her bag.
"So we're done here," Cheese said.
"Yep, for now. You wanna grab something to eat?" Pinkie asked him.
"Sure," he said. They walked out of the library, then Pinkie started to skip towards their next destination.
"C'mon Cheesie! Stop being a slowpoke!" Pinkie yelled. Cheese was approximately six feet away from her. "Race you to Sugarcube Corner!"
"You're on!" Cheese said, and they both raced to the little bakery.
From flips to zooming to the place, Pinkie was the one who won.
"Good race, Cheesie! You were one second away from beating me!" Pinkie said.
"You had a head start! I'll win next time!" Cheese said, and they both went inside.
"Hi Mrs.Cake! I'll take your finest lemon-berry muffin surprise, please!" Pinkie said.
"I'll get that for you dear. And what about you, young man?" She asked. He was still looking at the menu.
"A cotton candy sugar cupcake," he said.
"Ooh! My favorite!" Pinkie squealed.
"Coming right up!" Mrs.Cake said, and she disappeared into the other room. Cheese and Pinkie sat down at the table next to the window.
"Meet me tomorrow at the gym after school," Pinkie said,"I'll bring the balloons, you bring the streamers. That's what we'll start off with. Then, we can imagine where everything will go."
"Okay. I'll meet you there," Cheese said.
"Here you go," Mrs.Cake said, serving the cupcake and muffin they ordered. They both ate it in two bites.
"Well someone's hungry," Mrs.Cake said.
After a few minutes of planning their schedule, they said their goodbyes and walked to the directions of the their homes.
"Well that was somethin'" Applejack said with a raised eyebrow.
"A 'Cheesy Sense'? What in the world is that supposed to be?" Rainbow questioned.
All four of the girls were standing at a safe distance away from two crazy people.
"This is really weird. How can he," Rarity pointed out at Cheese Sandwich,"be her?" Her finger moved to Pinkie Pie."We simply cannot have two crazy party people! Do you know what could happen?!"
"I think that it's nice Pinkie found someone that can connect to her level of crazy," Fluttershy said in a soft voice. Everyone looked back at her, and she sat down and hid in her arms.
"Maybe we should stop following them and act normal. As if we didn't see a thing or know anything about Cheese. After all, he seems like a nice boy," Rarity suggested.
"Alright fine. I gotta go home anyway. Granny Smith's bakin' some zap apple pie and I want a piece," Applejack said.
"Okay," Rainbow said,"it's nine anyways. I gotta go too."
"Bye girls! Me and Fluttershy will stay a little longer," Rarity shouted.
"Um, okay," Rainbow said. She grabbed her soccer ball from off the ground and left.
"Now Fluttershy, you know that we are not done spying on them right?"
"But you said that we were," Fluttershy replied.
"That was just a little white lie. You know I can't resist this, right?"
"Right."
"Good. So you will help me with Pinkie Pie, my friend." Rarity said, and Fluttershy nodded. She knew that Rarity had to do this.
She was playing matchmaker again.
"And this time, she will get her man," Rarity said.
The next day was a Friday. Everyone would be talking about how they would spend their weekends. Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich already knew what they were going to do. Right now, they were in the gym/auditorium with Pinkie's other five friends. Just because they said that they couldn't help, doesn't mean that they weren't going to contribute to the party planning at all, and they knew that.
"I'll help with some of the caterin'. We have bunches of apples waitin' to be baked into delicious treats," Applejack said.
"I'll help with the decorations. Well, designing them, of course. But I have a question: why orange and purple?" Rarity asked, confused about their choice.
"We wanted a bold color scheme! It would be much more than just plain old traditional colors," Pinkie replied.
"Maybe I can rock out my sick guitar skills as a show," Rainbow said, playing on an air guitar.
"Are you sure, Rainbow? We already have Flash's band in mind," Pinkie said.
"Come on, Pinkie. With me and Sunset over here, you don't even need that stupid band. No offense, Flash," Rainbow said, looking towards the direction of Flash.
"None taken. My band's songs are getting worst each time we play anyway," Flash replied, crossing his arms.
"Well, I guess we've got three out of twenty and counting things done on our to-do list," Pinkie said, taking out two sheets of paper full of things her and Cheese needed to take care of.
"So what's next on our list, Pinks?" Cheese asked.
"Okay. Even though we have treats from Applejack, we still need more food. AND we need to figure out what activities everyone's gonna play. This is the last party of the year guys. We can't just dance. We also need to rent out a place for the party. Probably Vinyl's house, seeing that she literally has the BIGGEST BACKYARD EVER," Pinkie Pie said, imagining the yard that had a dance floor, a DJ station, room for refreshments and activities, and the small hot tub in the corner that she used occasionally to relax while listening to music.
"Umm, who's Vinyl?" Cheese asked, and Pinkie gasped.
"You seriously don't know who that is?! She is the best DJ in the school. Probably in all of CANTERLOT! She competed in so many DJ competitions, even beating the legendary Neon Lights once or twice! She is AMAZING!" Pinkie squealed as the others looked at her fangirling.
"OH! I know her! Shes the one who never takes off her headphones!" Cheese said.
"Yeah! And she's-"
"Can we move on?" Rainbow Dash interrupted, and they both looked at her.
"Oh! Right! Got off track there..um..so we should also get Twilight! Maybe she's willing to come back from Equestria!" Pinkie said. Flash smiled at that idea. Maybe he could share the traditional kiss with her when the clock strikes twelve.
"I doubt that. She probably only comes when there's a crisis or something. Besides, maybe she's celebrating New Year's Eve with our counterparts," Fluttershy said, and Pinkie frowned, and so did Flash.
"You're right. She probably won't come. Oh well. Now all we have to do is make the decorations, actually cater the food, mail out the invitations, plan the festivities, get Rainbow and Sunset to practice their guitar routine, put up the decorations..." The list went on until Applejack stopped her.
"We get it, Pinkie. We have a lot to do and we can't waste a minute of it. But how are ya gonna have time to do all of this? With Thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner, you'll be surrounded by family. And I don't think your family is the type that plans parties," Applejack said to her,"I believe with your two wacky minds combined you can do this, but I just think you need a bit more help than just us."
Pinkie and Cheese pondered on what Applejack said, with, of course, a crazy way of doing it. Breaking the fourth wall by walking on walls and not falling down, Cheese finally came up with a solution.
"I got it! Maybe if we get one more person who doesn't have anything to do, we can finish planning the party by at least two hours before it starts, making enough time for us to get ready to greet our classmates," Cheese said, standing on the ceiling. The rest of the confused student looked up with crazy looks on their faces.
"What the heck?!" Rainbow said, trying to figure out how in the world are they doing this.
"I..I have no words. This is crazier than the time Pinkie got sad because we weren't friends anymore," Rarity said.
"Don't bring back the memories! I can still see her slow encounter with madness," Fluttershy said, shaking in her chair.
The two got down from the wall and ventured on their quest to get another volunteer. The others looked back at them with the crazy looks still on their faces.
"And the crazy part about all of this is that they didn't even notice they were on a wall," Applejack said. Fluttershy still shook at the memory of Pinkamena, the mad version of Pinkie Pie.
"Calm down, Fluttershy. We all promised to keep Pinkie happy after that...scene. Trust me, you won't see her like that for a long time," Rainbow said, trying to comfort the trembling girl.
"Guys, I gotta go. Me and the band have to work on some more songs. This, is gonna be dreadful," Flash said, walking out of the auditorium.
"C'mon guys, let's get started," Applejack said, and the girls walked out of the auditorium as well, starting on their individual plans.
"Let's go, Fluttershy. I think they went that way," Rarity whispered to her still trembling friend.
It was a Saturday afternoon when Cheese Sandwich and Pinkie Pie were sitting on a bench, jotting down more ideas for the New Years Eve Party.
"Maybe we should add more streamers and confetti! I can buy one of those party cannons! You got 300 bucks?" Pinkie asked.
"Um, no. But I got 20 dollars for lunch. How about it?" Cheese asked, his stomach starting to growl.
"Sure! Maybe even taste testing for the party!" Pinkie said, getting excited as usual.
"Anything to make me full," Cheese said. They both got off the bench, he walking and she skipping, and went to the ice cream shop around the corner.
"They have every flavor in the whole world!" Pinkie squealed. They went inside, the bell ringing to symbolize that a customer came in. They both walked up to the counter, and a yellow skinned girl with blue and pink hair walked up to it as well.
"Hey, Pinkie. What can I get ya?" she asked.
"Which one do you want to taste first?" Pinkie asked Cheese.
"The rainbow one," Cheese said,"it's my favorite."
"Ooh! Mine too!" Pinkie squealed.
"Bowl or cone?" The girl asked.
"Cones!" They both said simultaneously. She scooped the rainbow colored ice cream into two cones and gave it to them.
"Is that all?"
"We would also like every flavor you got!" Pinkie said.
"Um, okay?" She said, confused.
"Don't worry Bon Bon, we're not gonna eat it all by ourselves. It's for the party we're planning! Remember?" She said
"Oh yeah. That's coming right up," Bon Bon said. She gathered all of the buckets and put them in a cooler with ice inside, and she brought it around to the other side of the counter.
Out of breath, she asked if that was all.
"Yep," Cheese replied.
"That will be*huff* $112.50," she said.
"I only got 20 bucks," Cheese said, handing her his money.
"Don't worry Cheese! I got it covered," Pinkie took out a debit card and gave it to Bon Bon, who gladly slid it inside of the appropriate slot and gave it back to Pinkie.
"Are you sure you'll be able to carry-" Bon Bon watched in amazement as Cheese picked the cooler up and set it on his head with no problem.
"I'm sure," he said, balancing the tilted cooler.
"Thanks for the ice cream Bon Bon!" Pinkie said and waved her goodbye. Then they were out of the store.
"B-but how?!" She said to herself. She looked down at the glass counter and saw that there was no ice cream.
"Uh-oh," she said and ran to the back room to get some more.
Pinkie's and Cheese's stomachs were full of the delicious ice cream they tasted for the party.
"So....much...ice cream," Cheese moaned.
"I'll just go and put the rest in the freezer in the garage," Pinkie slowly got up and tried to carried the cooler outside.
"Let me help," Cheese said. He got up as well and helped Pinkie place the ice cream into the freezer. After they were done, they slid down to the ground and laid their heads on the freezer.
"Best. Day. Ever," Pinkie said. Her head slowly fell on Cheese's lap, and she fell asleep.
"Best day ever indeed Pinkie. Best day ever indeed," Cheese said, and he fell asleep as well.
"Wasn't that so adorable Fluttershy?" Rarity asked, walking away from Pinkie's garage.
"I guess so. I think it's still a bad idea that we're spying on them," she replied.
"It's our job to! We have to make sure nothing goes wrong!" Rarity said.
"Why?" Fluttershy asked.
"Because I have a very romantic plan for them. All we need to do is get them in a romantic setting, and they'll have to ask each other out!" Rarity exclaimed.
"You're sounding like your sister again, Rarity," Fluttershy said.
"Perhaps I am. But it is a swell idea, isn't it, Fluttershy?" Rarity asked her nervous friend.
"I guess," Fluttershy said.
"Splendid! Then it's settled. I'll get my sister and her friends to create the romantic setting, and then we will watch and see what happens!" Rarity squealed.
"Won't the girls question why those two?" Fluttershy asked.
"Of course I won't tell them. I'll just say it's for someone very special," Rarity said.
"Oh, um, okay," Fluttershy said,"I'll just go home then," she started to go home and waved to her friend.
"This is going to be amazing!" Rarity said to herself.
Rarity went into her house to see her sister and her friends thinking of ways to get their special marks.
"Girls? Can I ask you to do something for me?" Rarity asked.
"What is it, sis?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"I was just wanted to ask if you would like to create a romantic setting at the park?" She asked politely.
"Who's it for?" Applebloom asked.
"Oh, just for someone very special," Rarity said, her finger touching Sweetie's nose.
She gasped," YES! 100% Yes! Girls, it's finally happening!" Sweetie said jumping up and down. Scootaloo rolled her eyes.
"What is she talking about?" Rarity asked.
"She just thinks that romantic setting is for her and Button, the boy she likes," Scootaloo said.
"But it isn't-" Rarity started.
"Don't say anythin' to her about it. Who is it really for?" Applebloom asked.
"I cannot tell," Rarity said in her stern voice.
"The we aren't doin' it," Applebloom said.
"Fine. I'll tell you. It's for..." Rarity started. She didn't want to blurt it out.
"Tell us!" They both exclaimed. Sweetie Belle stopped jumping.
"What's going on?" She asked.
All three were looking at Rarity. She had to say something or they wouldn't do it.
"Sis?" Sweetie asked.
"PINKIE PIE AND CHEESE SANDWICH!" Rarity exclaimed. She covered her mouth, regretting what she just did.
"Why didn't you just say so?" Applebloom asked.
"I...um...have to go now! Thanks girls for your help!" Rarity said, and she ran upstairs to her room.
"I guess we should get started," Scootaloo said.
Sweetie was about to cry,"why not me?"
"Maybe...because ya already like him and he can't resist ya?" Applebloom said questionably.
"Yeah! Maybe that's it! Let's get to work!" Sweetie squealed, and Applebloom and Scootaloo looked at each other, then shrugged it off.
2 hours later, Cheese woke up from his nap to see Pinkie still snuggled on his lap. He yawned and looked at the beautiful sunset outside of the garage. It was only 5 o'clock in the evening. He laid his arm on Pinkie's, using the other one to check his phone for any messages. It was only his mother saying to come home in an hour. He looked at the time it was sent.
"Eh, I got thirty minutes," he said to himself. He sat his phone down on the floor and stared at the colorful sky and sun.
"It's nothing like home," a bland voice said. Cheese jumped a little. He studied around to see a gray-skinned girl with real eyes, purple hair, and a dark blue dress with a black belt around it.
"Who are you?" Cheese asked the motionless creature.
"Pinkie Pie's sister, Maud Pie," she said in the same emotionless voice.
"Oh, I didn't know Pinkie had a sister," he said.
"She actually has three. I seem to be her favorite," Maud said,"she seems to be pretty fond of you."
"Really?" Cheese asked.
"Yeah. I know Pinkie thinks I don't listen to her, but even though that doesn't stop her from talking, she talks about you a lot," Maud said, walking closer to the other two teenagers.
"Oh...what does she say about me?" Cheese said.
"Well, she says that you're energetic and always ready to take a challenge. She thinks you're awesome playing the accordion, and she believes you're the perfect helper for the party she's planning," she said in the same voice.
"Oh. Well that's a nice thing to say," Cheese said.
"I think so to," Maud said,"well, I have to go and finish my homework. And Boulder really wants those crackers, and I have to get them to him. See you later, Cheese."
"Bye," he said. Before she left, though, she told him one more thing.
"Don't tell Pinkie I told you this, but she also thinks you're pretty cute," she said, and then she was no longer in their presence. Cheese blushed real hard at that statement, looking at Pinkie Pie, she still sleeping on his lap like an angel. He tapped her on the shoulder lightly, hoping that would wake her up. She shot right up to sitting position.
"W-wha?" She murmured.
"Pinkie, I gotta go," Cheese said, his face still blushing.
"Why? Everything okay?" She asked.
"Yeah. My mom just wants me home," Cheese said.
"You're sure about that? Because your face is getting red. Are you coming down with something?" Pinkie asked, concerned.
Cheese was even more nervous. He blushed harder. "Nah, I'll just go now," he got up and walked out of the garage.
"Bye Cheesie!" Pinkie yelled.
"Bye Pinkie!" Cheese said nervously. When he was out of sight, Pinkie got up as well, only to see that Cheese's phone was still on the floor. She picked it up and tried to find Cheese, but he was no where in sight. She checked his phone to see what time it was, only to see that the wallpaper was a picture that Cheese took of both of them making silly faces. Pinkie felt the same flow of redness flush across her face.
"How nice," she said. She put the phone in her pocket and walked through the door leading to her house.
Pinkie was on her bed, thinking of more ideas for the upcoming party. There was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" Pinkie said in her cheerful voice.
The person revealed herself and walked into the room. Pinkie Pie looked up from her notepad.
"Oh, hi Maud!" Pinkie said.
"Mom wants you to help her start decorating the house for Thanksgiving. She knows how you like decorating,"Maud said in her usual bland voice.
"Oke-doke-lokey!" Pinkie said, and she got up from her bed. She went to the closet where she kept all of her decorations for different occasions. Rarity organized it last time she was here, but it started to get cluttered again. Pinkie searched around for the particular set of Thanksgiving supplies and started to work, which only took about five minutes. After she was done, her curls were partly covered in smoke, mostly because she was cleaning up the ashes from the fire in the fireplace. She wiped her sweat from her forehead, and decided she needed to wash her hair. As she was drying it off, Maud came in the bathroom with a phone in her hand.
"Isn't this Cheese's phone?" Maud asked.
"Yeah. How'd you know?" Pinkie asked, shaking her head to get the rest of the water out.
"I talked to him earlier while you were sleeping on his lap," she replied.
"What we're you guys talking about?" Pinkie asked, stepping out of the bathroom and into her room.
"Oh, just about the sunset," Maud said, rolling her eyes.
"Is that all?" Pinkie asked, looking at her questionably.
"Yep, pretty much," Maud said. Pinkie squinted her eyes at her sister, and then she let it go. Whatever Maud was hiding probably was for a good reason.
"Okay," she said suspiciously. Maud threw the phone back on Pinkie's bed and walked out of the room. After a few minutes of jotting stuff down in her note pad, she decided to call it a night and put it on the dresser. She climbed into her bed and shut the lights off. The only thing illuminating the room was Pinkie holding Cheese's phone, her looking at the picture and smiling. She sat the phone down on the dresser and fell asleep, making sure that was the last thing she saw.
It was Monday, two days before the school was out for Thanksgiving weekend. Lots of students were talking about the food they were going to eat and how they were going to survive Black Friday, the craziest day of the year. It was lunch time, and Pinkie and Cheese spent it talking and laughing at each other's jokes. The rest of the group watched them closely.
"They've been spendin' a lot of time together," Applejack said.
"Yeah. She only texted me 500 times this morning. That's half of her usual morning texts," Rainbow Dash added.
"Maybe she just likes talking to him," Sunset said, picking at her food.
"More than us? I don't think so sweetie," Rarity said, slightly offended.
Fluttershy turned her around to face her. "It's okay, Rarity. Maybe we left too early and missed something."
"Oh I don't think so. They haven't talked to each other yesterday," Rarity said.
"Um, what are you guys talking about?" Rainbow asked suspiciously.
"Oh, nothing, Rainbow. You don't have to worry about it," Rarity said. Rainbow raised an eyebrow.
"Are you sure?" She said.
"Of course I'm sure!" Rarity said, putting a big smile on her face. Rainbow looked at her weirdly, then turned back around to eat her apple.
"Sugarcube, you know you can tell us anythin', right?" Applejack asked.
"Yes I do know that, Applejack," she replied.
"I think we both know what's going on," Sunset said with a smirk on her face.
As if on cue, all three of the girls said,"You're playing match maker again."
"No I'm...not," Rarity said, slightly blushing at the fact that her fellow friends knew what she was doing.
"We do not want a mess like last time, Rarity. You better do good on this one," Rainbow said.
"How about not messing with this AT ALL," Applejack said, giving Rarity a sharp glare.
"I promise that this is going to work! Just look at them," the whole table turned back to the table where the two sat, Pinkie twirling her curls and Cheese's hand on his face, having that gushing look on it.
"Maybe Rarity's right about this one guys. They look like they're a couple," Fluttershy said. Everyone looked at her.
"Maybe Fluttershy's on to something. But you still shouldn't be spying on them. Let's just let it go and see what happens," Sunset said.
Rarity whimpered,"But I already have Sweetie Belle and her friends working on a romantic scene."
Rainbow smacked her hand on her head."I give up."
"Ya see! That's why your plans always fail. Ya take it too fast, Rarity," Applejack said.
"I agree. Your plans lead to catastrophic consequences," Fluttershy said.
"But you spied with me!" Rarity said, crossing her arms.
"You dragged me everywhere you went," she replied.
"You too? Fluttershy..." Rainbow said.
"Did you not hear what I just said?!" Fluttershy quietly shouted. Rainbow glared at her. "Sorry," she said, and she sank in her seat.
"Anyway, I still raise my hand to leaving them alone," Sunset said.
"Well maybe I should just ask them what kind of couple they are," Rarity said, and she got up from her seat and started to walk over to the two.
"RARITY WAIT!!" The whole table screamed. Rainbow got up and blocked her from going near the table.
"Out of my way, Ms. Dash," Rarity said, and attempted to push her to the side, but the rest of the girls pulled her back. By now half of the cafeteria was watching the quarrel between the four girls and Rarity.
"Rarity, stop trying to DO THIS!" Applejack yelled, struggling to keep Rarity away from the table.
"Must...match....COUPLES!" Rarity shouted. She bit Applejack's and Sunset's fingers, then she got out of Fluttershy's grip.
"OW!" Sunset and Applejack said in unison, then cafeteria became intrigued of the forming conflict.
Rarity ran to the table with crazy eyes and looked at both Cheese and Pinkie.
"Oh! Hi Rarity!" Pinkie said, smiling.
"Hello, fellow friends," Rarity said, and she sat between them."So what's so funny?"
"Cheesie was telling me some jokes he heard from his old town! They're so funny!" Pinkie said.
"That's nice! Well then, I just came to ask you guys a question!" Rarity said loudly.
"What is it?" Cheese asked.
"RARITY!" Applejack shouted across the cafeteria. She started to run towards the table.
"I was just wondering if you two were-" before Rarity could finish, Applejack jumped on the table and pushed Rarity away from it with her. They both laid on the floor.
"Ew! Floor dirt!" Rarity said, and she instantly got up."Why would you do such a thing, Applejack?!"
"Ya can't just invade someone's privacy, Rarity! Let them handle it!" Applejack said, holding her hand out at the two.
"Well I can't help it! I actually LIKE helping people with their crushes!" Rarity said.
"How about you help yourself! Oh wait, ya can't because you keep helping other people with their own problems! Learn to stop meddling in other people's business!" Applejack yelled.
As the two bickered, the whole cafeteria watch in horror as they saw what was going on, not knowing exactly what they were talking about.
Before things got ugly, Fluttershy ran towards them and tried to pull them apart.
"STOP!" She yelled, and the two stopped bickering, but turned away from each other, both crossing their arms.
"Now, is that any way to talk to a friend?" Fluttershy asked.
Both sighed,"No."
"Good. Now you both have to apologize to each other."
Applejack and Rarity looked at each other, and then they apologized.
"Now Rarity, no more spying. Understand?" Fluttershy said.
"But-" Applejack gave her a glare. "Fine. I guess I should cancel my plans." Rarity walked over to her sister's table to tell them the news.
"And Applejack, that was horrible what you said about Rarity being single," Fluttershy said.
"But-" Applejack started, but she knew Fluttershy was on the verge of giving her, "The Stare."
"I know," she said.
"Let's just finish eating our lunch, alright?" Fluttershy asked, and Applejack nodded her head.
"Come on, Pinkie. We need to talk," she said.
"Why? There's nothing to-" Pinkie saw the state forming, and she quickly stopped herself,"Okey-dokey-lokey!"
"Good," Fluttershy said, and she dragged Pinkie out of the cafeteria.
"Um, what was that all about?" Cheese asked Applejack.
"Oh, just some stuff about you and Pinkie, that's all," Applejack said.
Cheese's eyes went wide, and a blush started to form on his face."W-what stuff?" He asked.
"Um...I said to much! Gotta go, uh, eat!" Applejack said, and she ran back to the table.
Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie walked to an empty hallway to talk about what was happening.
"What was that fight all about?" Pinkie asked, scratching her hair.
"Oh, you know, just Rarity matchmaking again," Fluttershy said, looking at the floor.
"Who?" Pinkie asked.
"Huh?" Fluttershy asked.
"Who is she matchmaking?" Pinkie asked again.
"I'd rather not tell," Fluttershy said.
"Tell me, Fluttershy," Pinkie said.
"I don't think I should," Fluttershy said.
"Why not?" Pinkie asked.
"Because it involves..well..you," Fluttershy said.
"Me? But I don't like any-" Pinkie stopped mid-sentence as she thought about who Rarity might be matching her up with.
Pinkie and Cheese were at Vinyl's house getting everything placed for the upcoming party.
"Hey Pinkie, you sure this is a good destination for the party?" Cheese asked, setting up some streamers.
"Why? You got another suggestion?" Pinkie asked, jumping up and down to get the other set of streamers on to the high ceiling.
"Well, my uncle just bought a ballroom downtown, and I was thinking that we could use it," Cheese said,"so, you know, it wouldn't be less of a New Years Party."
"You do have a point there, Cheesie," Pinkie said, and then she stopped jumping,"Let's check it out!"
"Okay!" Cheese said excitedly, for he hadn't seen the inside of the ballroom himself. Both he and Pinkie put the streamers in the bag and told Vinyl about the change of destination. Then they were on their way to the building.
The car ride was surprisingly silent. Usually, the two would pass the time by playing "I Spy" or singing songs on the radio. But, instead, Cheese kept his eyes straight on the road, and Pinkie was looking out the car window. Neither talked to each other for five minutes. After, Pinkie had gotten bored and decided to turn the radio on. She then heard a familiar tune blasting through the car speakers.
"Hey! I'm on the radio!" Pinkie squealed.
"That's you?" Cheese asked, eyes still on the road.
"Well, me and my friends. Wait 'til they hear about this!" Pinkie took out her phone and texted her five friends about what was going on. By the time she was done, Cheese had stopped at a red light. Pinkie was humming to the music of the song.
"How'd you get on the radio?" Cheese asked curiously. Pinkie shrugged.
"Probably Principal Celestia's doing," Pinkie said, twirling her hair with her fingers, again. She had been doing that a lot lately, and she was starting to wonder why. The biggest question on her mind was why around Cheese. She looked at him, but his eyes were still on the road, waiting for the light to turn green.
"Cheesie?" Pinkie asksd.
"Yeah Pinks?" he said, starting to get a little nervous.
"Can you look at me for a sec?" Pinkie asked. She was trying to test something.
Cheese slowly moved his head towards Pinkie. His eyes met with hers. They stared at each other for a few moments. Pinkie scooted over in her seat to get closer to Cheese. She started to raise her head up towards his when a honk startled them both. Cheese turned back to the road and started to drive again. Pinkie scooted back into her seat quietly, trying her best to get the blush off of her face.
"Oh no," Pinkie whispered to herself. She never had this feeling before. Her head was in HIS scarf. She had just noticed that small detail. She remembered that Cheese gave her his scarf because her face started to turn red from the cold, or so they both thought. She never returned it because of the smell. It was comforting to her, and she soon had forgot about whose it was. She looked at Cheese again without moving her head, and then straight at the road. Things were getting more awkward between them nowadays. It wasn't the same as the first day they met. Pinkie took out her phone and started to text Rarity.
"PLEASE come to the ballroom downtown now," Pinkie sent, and she put her phone back in her pocket.
After about twenty more minutes of silence, they finally made it to the ballroom. They both got out of the car and into the building. Cheese pulled a key out of his pocket to unlock the doors of the building. When they were both inside, they saw a hallway leading to bathrooms of the opposite sexes. In the middle was a sleek wooden desk and a chair. on opposite sides of the desk were doors, possibly leading to the ballroom. Pinkie and Cheese went through the opposite door, leading to the big room itself.
"Cheesie, it's amazing!" Pinkie yelled, admiring the decor and the hanging chandelier. The room was your typical golden-like ballroom with two balconies on each sides of the room. In the back was a stage for perfoming. It had dark purple curtains surrounding it. Pinkie spun around the room on the slippery floor.
"Careful, Pinkie. My uncle just waxed these floors," Cheese said. He took his jacket off and put it on the chair outside.
"Don't worry about me, Cheesie. I'll be just-" just then, she couldn't control her moves. Just as she was about to fall on her face, Cheese slid across the floor to save Pinkie from falling. He grabbed Pinkie by the arms and they both slid together on the floor.
"We're skating, Cheesie!" Pinkke squealed, and Cheese laughed. They were both laughing and anddoing tricks in the air. Pinkie jumped high in the air and did a flip. She fell in Cheese's arms, and they both laughed. As soon as the laughing stopled, they both looked at each other the same way they looked in the car. Pinkie smiled a bit, and Cheese did too. Pinkie raised her head up to Cheese's again,and they both started to lean into each other...
"Pinkie! I'm here! What's-" Rarity looked at Cheese and Pinkie getting ready to kiss each other, but for some reason she knew it was too soon.
"PINKIE!" She yelled. Pinkie and Cheese both looked at Rarity, startled. Cheese accidentally dropped Pinkie to the floor.
"Pinkie! You okay?" Cheese asked, holding a hand out for Pinkie to grab.
"Yeah, I'm alright," Pinkie said.
"Oh dear," Rarity said, looking at the two party animals.
"Oh! I mean, 'sup," Pinkie said, her arm resting on Cheese's shoulder. She slipped, again, and Cheese caught her, again.
"Um, you texted me darling, remember?" Rarity said, holding out her phone.
"Oh! Right. Hey Cheesie, can you get the decorations from the car? I gotta talk to Rarity for a sec," Pinkie asked.
"Sure!" Cheese left out of the building to get all of the supplies to decorate the ballroom.
"Pinkie Pie! WHAT in the world were you thinking?!" Rarity slightly yelled at her, which startled Pinkie.
"What do you mean? We were just feet skating," Pinkie said, sliding over to Rarity.
"What I mean is, you were just about to kiss Cheese!" Rarity said.
"What? No I wasn't," Pinkie said, scratching her head.
"Then why did you text me?" Rarity asked.
"Because, um, I honestly forgot why."
"Listen, Pinkie. I promised Fluttershy that I wouldn't meddle in you and Cheese's relationship. So of this is about-"
"Wh-what relationship? We don't have a relationship! Unless of course you mean friends then otherwise MAYBE but yeah that's pretty much it. It's not like we're dating or anything. That would be ridiculous! I don't like him, well not like that. I mean it could happen but I did mention to my sister that he was- that doesn't matter! What matters is the party and I want the party to have a sorta fun setting but a romantic setting so what I'm asking is..." she sighed,"What is exactly romance?"
Rarity stared at Pinkie as if she just had a seizure."What?"
"Well, Cheese said that New Year's Eve is one of the most romantic nights of the year. Lots fo people propose to their "significant other," or they kiss once the clock strikes twelve for the new year. I want to create that kind of setting for one of the balconies," Pinkie said.
"Well, this is a rather beautiful place. And I think that you should create a romantic setting but, how could you not know what romance is?" Rarity asked.
"Well, I..never had it," Pinkie said quietly, looking down at the floor.
"YOU HAVEN'T?!" Rarity said in shock. She fainted right after Pinkie prepared to catch her from her fall. She rose up again to her feet and hugged Pinkie.
"You've never had a date?" Rarity asked. Pinkie shook her head.
"A hug from a teenage boy?" Pinkie shook her head again.
"A kiss?" Rarity asked. Pinkie shook her head a third time.
"Oh you poor baby!" Rarity hugged her tight again. Just then, Cheese came back from the car and set all the stuff down from the floor.
"I got all the-" Cheese looked at Rarity and Pinkie hugging."Uhh," he said nervously.
Rarity turned around to see Cheese staring at them."Oh! Everything's okay, darling. Just some girl talk, that's all." Rarity stopped hugging Pinkie and smiled."I guess I will see you guys later. Oh, and Pinkie, if you want to make things romantic around the balcony, try getting some roses and those heart-shaped flowers I saw at the flower shop. But be careful, though. They cost a lot of money. It's supposed to give you your heart's desire. Toodles!" Rarity walked to the direction of Cheese and whispered,"Take care of her."
"Wha?" Cheese quietly asked himself. And then she was out the door.
"So, um, we should really get the decorations up now!" Pinkie said.
"Yeah!" Cheese grabbed some streamers and threw it at Pinkie, along with some tape. She caught it and started to hange them up in between windows, twisting them all the while. Cheese did the other side until the both met the ends of the walls. Then they started the walls up high. Grabbing ladders that reached the limit, they did the same thing that they did before. Then they started on the balloons. Both of them blew balloon uo and tied them together, keeping them down by stuffing them in a heavy trash can. After blowing all of the balloons up, Pinkie scattered them in the air, making sure it covered wall to wall. After they were done, they sat down on the chairs.
"That, took a lot. I think I'm out of breath fron blowing all of those balloons, Pinks," Cheese said, laughing.
"Yeah. Maybe it's time to call it a day. Ready to go?" Pinkie asked Cheese.
"Yeah, I'm ready," Cheese said. They got out of the seats and and headed out the door. But the door wouldn't open.
"Um, Cheese, you got the keys, right?" Pinkie asked nervously.
" Yeah, they're right here," Cheese took the keys out of his pocket and tried to unlock the door. It wouldn't unlock.
"Uh-oh," Cheese said.
"What do you mean uh-oh?" Pinkie asked, feeling even more nervojs than before.
"Lock's jammed. We're stuck in here," Cheese said. Pinkie's stomach started to growl.
"But I'm hungry," Pinkie said, starting to get scared.
"Don't worry. We still have our phones, right?" Cheese took out his phone and tried to turn it on, but it was dead.
"Oh no," Pinkie quickly took out her phone and turned it on. It only had 10% left on it."Okay. I'll call for help. I have enough battery to call for help."
"Good. And I have some chips we can snack on while we wait!" Cheese said, digging through his bag to find them. Pinkie sat down on the desk and looked for numbers to call.
"Please don't tell me we're gonna be stuck here! Especially since anything can happen." Pinkie looked at Cheese digging in his bag for chips.
As Pinkie and Cheese waited for someone to come and get them, they ate some snacks Cheese put in his bag. Pinkie was getting nervous being around Cheese alone. She has done it before and never felt nervous about it, but this time she was. It felt weird to her. She kept looking at Cheese until he started to look at her. The only noise in the room was the sound of chips being crunched by teeth.
"So Cheesie, we gotta go to the flower shop so we can get some roses," Pinkie said with her mouth full of chips.
"Where would we put them? On a table?" Cheese asked.
"Well, I was thinking about what you said about New Years Eve being so romantic and," Pinkie said,"And I wanted to create a romantic area on the balcony."
"Oh," Cheese said, putting his chip bag down."Well, what did you have in mind, exactly?"
"Rarity suggested that we should decorate it with roses and hearts so, you know, it would be romantic when someone kisses another person," Pinkie said.
"Well, that is pretty romantic," Cheese said. Then it was silent again. Only the clock on the wall made noise. They both just stared at the outside. It started to rain. Hard.
"Hey Cheese, you got an umbrella?" Pinkie asked nervously.
"It's in my trunk," Cheese said, looking at his car. It started thundering and lightning shot through the skies. Pinkie wasn't at all scared until she could've sworn she felt a shake. After another flash of lightning shot throught the sky, she quickly grabbed on to Cheese and turned her face away from the doors.
So this is what a hug from a boy feels like, Pinkie thought to herself. Cheese let his arm grab on to her waist.
I think I like it, she thought.
"Hey Cheesie?" Pinkie said.
"Yeah?"
"Have you ever been kissed before?" Pinkie asked.
"Well..um..yeah I have," Cheese said quietly.
"Can you tell me about it?" Pinkie asked.
"Huh?"
"You know..whether you liked it or not, when was it, who was it, where was it. Just details about it," Pinkie said, her eyes looking at Cheese's.
"Well, it was at a middle school dance. I was 13 then. Her name was Rodacious. And I thought the kiss was...okay. Nothing spectacular or anything," Cheese said.
"Oh. That's nice," Pinkie said. It was quiet, again. Rarity should be coming back any minute now. Five minutes passed by when Cheese spoke again.
"Hey Pinkie," Cheese said.
"Yeah?" Pinkie asked, sitting up straight.
"Ever had your first kiss?" He asked.
"Well, no,"Pinkie said, looking down on the floor."I never thought of kisses or hugs from other boys, unlike other teenagers do. It's just not in my nature. I didn't even know what romance meant until Rarity told me a few hours ago! And besides, I have so mamy friends that I don't like like that so, yeah."
"So you don't have a crush on anyone?" Cheese asked.
"I wouldn't say that," Pinkie said, watching her thumbs twirl around back and forth.
"So you do have a crush," Cheese said.
"I'll tell you this much. Maybe," Pinkie said, smiling.
"You gotta tell me who," Cheese said.
"I'm keeping my lips sealed," Pinkie said, zipping her lips shut.
"Come on. Please?" Cheese begged, but Pinkie shook her head.
"Pleeaasse?" Cheese asked. He had puppy eyes and his bottom lip puckered out.
"Fine, I'll tell you. I just can't can't say no to that face. It's-" Just then, there was a knock at the door. Both turned around to Rarity in a raincoat holding an umbrella. She waved at both of them and to a bobby pin out of her hair. She put it inside of the lock, twisted it to the correct side, and the door instantly popped open.
"Saved by the knock," Pinkie whispered.
"Well, this was an awkward situation, now wasn't it?" Rarity said, and she put the bobby pin back in place."Come on you two. It's almost eight o'clock and I have dresses to make."
The three came out of the doors and went to their cars. On their way home, Cheese brought up that question again.
"So, who's your crush?" Cheese asked.
"Sorry, my lips are sealed again. Can't tell," Pinkie zipped up her lips again and looked straight at the road.
"No fair! you said you would tell me," Cheese said, pouting.
"That time has passed. Now we must go home and eat dinner," Pinkie said, slightly smiling.
Cheese sighed." Fine, but I will get it out of you."
"I would love to see you try," Pinkie smirked. Cheese stopped the car.
"Hey! Don't kick me out of the car!" Pinkie said, frowning.
"But this is your home," Cheese said, pointing at the window. Pinkie looked out of it to see her comfy yet bland home sitting on the ground.
"Oh, sorry," Pinkie said. She got out the car and held her bookbag over her head."See ya, Cheesie!"
"Bye!" Cheese said. He waited until Pinkie was in the house to drive off.
"What a day," Cheese said, and he sighed. He drove to a fast food restaurant and got a cheeseburger with fries and some water, then he was on his way home himself.
Yet, while he was eating, he still could not stop thinking about the pink-haired girl that he always seemed to hang around with.
It was Saturday. The day after Black Friday. Everyone in the school would be at the mall to buy dresses and suits for the upcoming dance. The Mane Six were checking out some dresses at Beauti Dressè, one of the most popular boutiques in Canterlot. Sunset and Fluttershy started trying on dresses first.
"I honestly don't understand why we have to be here. I have materials at home so I can make you all the dresses you want!" Rarity complained, stting down on a bench in the dressing room.
"Rarity, these are dresses done by professionals. Not to say you're not one, but we don't want ya to spend yer time makin' us dresses, Sugarcube," Applejack said, patting Rarity on the back.
"But I'm an up and coming fashionista! I MUST make dresses!" Rarity said, looking at the rack full of dresses. She walked towards it and picked a dress out. It was a sparkling purple with fake gems sewn in on the top half, a purple belt separating the two halves.
"This dress, I could do better. It needs more glammer! And possibly more ruffles," She ssid, looking at the long dress.
"Not everything has to be short, Rarity. You gotta learn how to accept others' fashion styles," Rainbow said, sitting next to Applejack.
"What do you guys think?" Fluttershy asked. It was a strapless pink dress matching her hair color, with a bit of poofiness at the bottom of the dress.
"It's just not..well, you, darling," Rarity said. She quickly ran to pick out another dress for her.
"So Pinkie, is the ballroom ready yet?" Applejack asked, taling her hat off.
"Almost! All we need to do is get some more tables, food, and flowers!" Pinkie said.
"Well, ya already know I'll provode the food, Sugarcube," Applejack said.
"So, do any of you have dates yet?" Fluttershy asked. Everyone shook their heads.
"No one's asked me yet," Sunset said, crossing her arms," But I understand why."
"Don't worry, Sunset. You won't be lonely. I'll be with you throughout the whole dance," Fluttershy said, smiling.
"Thanks, Flutters. I really appreciate it," Sunset said, smiling as well.
"Welp, I may not have a date to the dance, but I do know who might have one," Applejack said, looking straight at Rainbow Dash.
"Me? Oh, no no no. Me and whole team are going together in our soccer uniforms. It may not be fancy, but it's better than nothin'," Rainbow said.
"I'll bet ya five bucks that she'll be asked to dance by Soarin," Applejack whispered to Pinkie. She laughed.
"You're on!" Pinkie said cheerfully.
"What? What'd she say?" Rainbow asked, concerned.
"Don't worry about it, Rainbow. You'll figure it out out sooner or later," Applejack said, laughing.
"Okay! I'm back with another dress!" Rarity said. She gave the dress to Fluttershy and pushed her into one of the stalls.
"How 'bout you, Rarity? Got anyone to take you to the dance?" Applejack asked.
"Well, um, no. Not exactly. I mean some people asked me but I rejected them gently, of course," Rarity said nervously.
"Why? Got someone else in mind who you wanna take to the dance?" Sunset asked.
"Um...noo?" Rarity said, slightly blushing.
"Ooh! Someone has a crush!" Pinkie said, poking Rarity in the sides.
"What?! That's preposterous! I do not have a crush!" Rarity said, crossing her arms yet still blushing.
"She sure does!" Rainbow said.
"Oh shut up, Rainbow! We all know you have a crush on Soarin!" Rarity said, her cheeks getting brighter.
"Don't change the subject, Rarity! Even I know it's obvious that you have a crush on Thunderlane!" Rainbow said.
"What do you guys think?" Fluttershy asked, twirling around in her dress.
"I think it's nice, Flutters! You're rockin that light pink!" Pinkie said, checking out the dress Fluttershy had on.
"Well, I could could make it look a little bit better, but other than that, I think it looks great on you," Rarity said.
"Thanks Rarity. And maybe you should ask him out," Fluttershy said.
"Who?" Rarity asked.
"THUNDERLANE," Everyone said and groaned.
"But the girl is not supposed to ask out the boy! It should be the other way around. It just feels awkward to me," Rarity said, rubbing her arm.
"Trust me, Rarity. He's not gonna ask you out. His life will revolve around sports unless a girl walks in and takes him," Rainbow said. Everyone looked at her."What? I see him on the field. He's very competitive."
"Ugh! Fine! I'll ask him out, Alright?" Rarity said, getting very annoyed.
"Well, we got one out of the way. Next?" Applejack said.
"How about you and Caramel? I see the way he looks at you," Rarity said, smiling at her. Everyone oooed after she said that.
"Y'all shut your mouths. Nothin's goin' on with me and him. We're just friends," Applejack said, slightly blushing.
"What? I think you guys would make a cute couple!" Pinkie said, smiling.
"Just like you and Cheese?" Rainbow said, smirking.
"Welp, that's my cue to go now! See you guys later!" Pinkie said. She grabbed her stuff and started out the door, but Rarity blocked the doorway.
"No, Pinkie. You're going to tell us what's going on between you and Cheese. Then we'll tell you all you need to know. Okay?" Rarity said.
"What are you talking about? There's nothing going on between me and Cheese," Pinkie said.
"She doesn't know," Rarity said.
"Know about what?" Pinkie asked, confused.
"Sit down, Pinkie. We're gonna talk to ya about somethin' you probably don't know much about," Applejack said.
"I don't understand why I need to know about love. I already know what love is! I love you guys," Pinkie whined. They were all still sitting in the dressing room.
"There's something going on with you and that Cheese guy. Pinkie, you know you can tell us anything, right?" Rainbow said, looking at Pinkie.
"Yeah, but there's nothing going on between me and him. Look, I need to get flowers for the party. Cheesie might be waiting at the shop right now, so if you'll excuse me," Pinkie tried to get out of the doorway, but Rarity was still blocking it.
"Okay, THAT'S IT!" Pinkie moved backwards and started to charge at Rarity. Instead of hitting her, though, she jumped through the hole between her right leg and arm. She landed on her feet perfectly, and stuck her tongue out at all of her friends.
"Try to catch me!" She yelled, and she ran out of the store.
"GET HER!" They all shouted, and they proceeded to run out the store doors, leaving Fluttershy behind.
"Guys? I have to take off- oh I don't care," She came out of the dressing room with her clothes and purse and went straight up to the counter.
"Can I pay for this dress?"
"Ugh. Where did she go?!" Rainbow asked.
"Didn't she say she was going to the flower shop?" Sunset asked.
"Right! Let's go!" Rarity said. They went their separate ways to get to the flower shop the fastest before Pinkie did.
Rarity went to the side of the mall where most of the clothing was present. She tried her best to find the mall map and to resist going into any of the stores.
Must...resist...FASHION, she thought, looking at all of the store names. She finally found a mall map and tried to locate the nearest flower shop.
Seeing that the mall had nine levels, Rarity had to pick one that was below her, which was Level 6 to 9. She finally spotted a flower shop that was on Level 7.
"Got it!" She said, and she ran to the nearest set of stairs. She had to move fast. As soon as she was at the bottom of the stairs, she saw a streak of pink run right past her.
"PINKIE!" Rarity shouted, and she ran after that pink streak of light, careful not to bump into any of the younger shoppers.
"Ha! Can't catch me!" Pinkie yelled to Rarity, which made her go even faster than before.
~*~*~*~*~*
"If I was Pinkie, where would I go?" Applejack asked herself, examining her surroundings. She was at the food court on Level 7. She ran through it, careful not to try and smell the delicious scents that came from the local fast-food joints. Just as she was nearing the end, a pink streak of light zoomed past her.
"Huh?" Applejack said. She turned around to see Rarity right behind it. She crashed right into Applejack, who fell on the floor.
"Rarity? What in tarnation are you chasin'?" she asked.
"OBVIOUSLY Pinkie," Rarity said, getting herself up. Applejack held her hand out to Rarity, and she grabbed it, pulling her up from the floor.
"I am having some serious de ja vu here," Rarity said.
"Wait..that was PINKIE?!" Applejack asked.
"Yeah," Rarity said.
"Then what are we standin' around here for? Let's get her!" Applejack said, and they both followed Pinkie to the flower shop.
Soon, everyone was together and they all chased Pinkie to the flower shop. That is, until they were stopped by a mall cop.
"What are you doing running all over the place?" he asked all five of them.
"We're trying to stop that girl from running so fast, officer," Sunset said, pointing towards the streak of light that started to disappear.
"I'll get her. Meanwhile, this is just a warning. If I catch any of you running through here again, you'll be escorted out of the lot. Understand?" he said, putting his hands on his hips. Everyone nodded, and the cop walked away to try and catch Pinkie.
"You guys think he'll catch her?" Fluttershy asked her friends.
"Not a chance," Rainbow said, crossing her arms. They all decided to just wait outside of the mall for Pinkie to come out with Cheese, which took longer than expected.
"Ugh. Where is Pinkie Pie? She was supposed to come here HOURS ago," Rainbow grunted, leaning against the wall.
"Patience, Rainbow Dash. She might be coming out any second now," Rarity reassured her.
Pinkie was running all over the place until she was sure she lost them. She then stopped herself and sat down on a bench to take a breath of fresh air. After, she got up and made her way to the flower shop. When she saw Cheese, she skipped towards him to say hi.
"Hey Cheesie!" she squealed, hugging him behind his back.
"Oh! Hey Pinks. I've been waiting here forever wondering if you were even coming!" Cheese said, turning around to face Pinkie.
"I've been her for a while actually! Shopping with my friends and running away from them," Pinkie said, wiping her forehead .
"No wonder you're sweating. Wait, why were you running away from your friends?" Cheese asked, scratching his head.
"They wanted to talk about a touchy subject to me," Pinkie said.
"Really? What was it about?" Cheese asked.
"Oh look! Roses! The most romantic flowers in the world! Rarity told me that," she said. She walked over towards the roses and picked one out, smelling it softly.
"Smell like..roses," Pinkie said. She put the flower in Cheese's face so he could smell it too.
"You're right," Cheese said."You wanna get these?"
"Of course I do! This will go perfect with the balcony. We're also gonna need daisies, periwinkles, tulips, and," she stopped when she saw a pink flower with a bunch of heart-shaped petals on it."That one."
After picking the flowers out and paying for them, they slowly blended in with the rest of the crowd and shopped for more supplies, and some food, too. After, they decided to call it a day and get out of the mall.
"Well, that was fun," Cheese said, carrying some of the bags from the stores they went to.
"Sure was! Too bad we have to end it," Pinkie said. They both walked out of the entrance to see all of Pinkie's friends waiting on the side.
"Guys? Where have you been?" Pinkie asked.
"Here. Waiting for you," Rainbow said.
"Aww! That's so sweet! Now you can help me carry all of this stuff," Pinkie said, holding out some of the bags she was carrying.
"ONLY if you promise to listen to us when we get to my place," Rarity said. Pinkie sighed.
"Fine. See ya later, Cheesie!" Pinkie said, waving to him.
"Bye Pinks!" He said, and he went to his care with some of the things.
"Okay, Pinkie. Let's help you with those bags," Applejack said, and the rest of the gang picked some bags up and and setted out to Applejack's truck.
I can't believe this is happening, Pinkie thought.
Pinkie and her friends were all sitting on the living room floor of Rarity's. They were waiting for someone to make the first move on telling Pinkie what she might be feeling nowadays.
"So, since no one will tell me anything about what the heck is going on, I'll just go then,"Pinkie said. She startedtoget up, but Rainbow pulled her right back down.
"Fine, I'll do it. Now Pinkie, we just wanted to tell you that-"Rainbow started.
"WAIT! Before you say anything to me, shouldn't I be able to learn love myself? I mean, if you guys telk me, this can alter me and Cheesie's friendship. I don't want things to be awkward between us just because a couple of my friends told me stuff about how I can fall in love with someone. I just don't want that,"Pinkie said. The group thought about what she explained to them. Finally, Applejack spoke up.
"But, what about the dance?"shes said.
"What about it?" Pinkie asked.
"Well, dances are supposed to be romantic, and New Year's Eve is somewhat romantic. And romance is love, so shouldn't the creator of a New Year's party know about love before making a dance about?"Applejack asked her with one eyebrow raised.
"You make a good point, Applejack. But I have Cheese. He knows about love and romance, so he knows hiw to make things more romantic!" Pinkie said, smirking. She knew she got them tongue tied then.
"But you need to know about it too because two great minds must think alike. If you don't think alike when it comes to romantic things, how can anything function correctly?" Fluttershy said.
"Fluttershy's right. In fact, I think you can learn a thing or two from him," Rarity said.
"You guys are so weird! Read my lips, guys. I don't like Cheese that way, okay?" Pinkie said slowly, making sure every word that came from her mouth was clear and understandable.
"You didn't say that when I saw you almost kissing him,"Rarity said, looking at her nails with a smirk. Pinkie immediately blushed.
"WHAT?!" everyone else in the room said. They looked at Pinkie with wide eyes.
"Pinkie Pie!" Rainbow said, shocked that her friend almost had her first kiss.
"We didn't actually do it. We were just...caught in the moment. We were dancing on the floor like we were ice skating, I fell, and Cheese picked me up. No biggie,"Pinkie said, looking at the ceiling.
"Major case of the crushies,"Fluttershy said. Everyone nodded their heads.
"I do not have the case of the "crushies." You guys are full of balogna. I'm gotta go to Cheese's place. Come talk talk to me me when you have questions about the PARTY,"Pinkie said. She got up, grabbed her bags, and walked out of the door Everyone looked at each other.
"Maybe we shouldn't've intervened with this. It's too personal and a touchy topic for Pinkie. Let's just leave this alone,"Applejack said. She looked at Rarity."For real this time."
"Ugh, fine," Rarity said.
Pinkie took out her phone and dialed Cheese's number so he could pick her up. After he did, she wanted to go to his place.
"Are ya sure, Pinkie? My place is…pretty embarrassing. And by place I mean my mom,"Cheese said.
"I'm sure. Anything to get away from my friends,"Pinkie said, pouting.
"What's wrong?" Cheese asked, starting to drive.
"They keep telling me about love and how I'm in it. But I'm not. They just assume that because..." Pinkie said.
"Because what?" he asked.
"Because I hang out with you alot. Man, you hang out with one boy and you're labeled for life,"Pinkie said, shaking her head.
"Oh. So...um, can we mail the invitations now?" Cheese asked.
"Oh, they're at my place,"Pinkie said.
"Why do we need invitations again?" he asked.
"Because people need to know where they're going and what time to be there and what time to leave," Pinkie said.
"Oh, right,"Cheese said. The rest of the car ride was silent, aside from the occasional bump in the road. When theygot to their destination, they both got out of the car and carried some of the bags. Cheese took out his key and opened the door.
"Cheese, sweetheart? Is that you?" A high-pitched voice asked. The woman who owned that voice walked of what appeared to be the kitchen and kissed Cheese on the cheek.
"Moomm," Cheese groaned.
"What? I thought you always liked my-" she looked behind him to see a pink-haired girl carrying some bags.
"Oh, I see. You brought your little girlfriend over,"Cheese's mom said.
"What? she's not my girlfriend! I mean, she is a girl and a friend. And I do like her but NOT like that but, uh,"Cheese said fast.
"He's right! He's my assistant for the upcoming party! Hi, I'm Pinkie Pie!" she said, holding her hand out and smiling wide for her to shake it. She shook it and smiled as well.
"Well hello, Pinkie! It's a pleasure to meet one of Cheese's friends. Especially since he's never brought a girl home before,"she said, poking Cheese's stomach.
"Moomm," he groaned for the second time.
"Well, I'll leave you two alone. I'm making dinner. If you guys need anything, call me,"she said, and then headed towards the kitchen.
"She seems nice!" Pinkie said.
"That's what they all say,"Cheese said. He led Pinkie towards his room so they could...do whatever, I guess.
"So, why did you want to come here again?" Cheese asked.
"I just, uh, wanted to know what environment my assistant lives in. You don't mind, do you?" Pinkie asked.
"Of course not," he said, laying on his bed.
"So.."
"So.."
"Your crush?" Cheese said.
"Oh, not this again,"Pinkie said.
"What? I'm very curious. You just left me hangin' at the ballroom,"Cheese said.
"You wanna know who my crush is?" Pinkie said.
"Yeah!" Cheese said.
"It's...it's Gummy!" Pinkie said.
"The stuffed alligator, is your crush,"Cheese said.
"Yep."
"I know you're lying, Pinkie,"Cheese said.
"And how do you know that?"
"First, he's not even our species, and second, he's not real."
"He's real!"
"Pinkie,"Cheese got up and slowly walked towards Pinkie,"you have to tell me."
"Or else?" Pinkie said.
Cheese raised his hands up.
"Oh no! Don't-" but it was too late.
"Ha ha ha, it tickles!" Pinkie said. Cheese was tickling herso he could get the secret out.
"Please *giggle* stop it," Pinkie yelled. She chuckled loudly. There was a knock at the door.
"Is everything alright in there?" Cheese's mom asked.
Pinkie started to calm down,"Yeah, everything's aye-okay."
The bright sun that shone through the window woke the bright-eyed Pinkie Pie up. She rubbed her light blue eyes and sat up from the bed she once laid in. She looked at herself to see that she was still wearing yesterday's clothing. She questioned this, seeing that she would usually wear pajamas before she went to bed. She immediately turned around to see Cheese sleeping in the opposite direction from her. Her eyes became wide as she quickly stood up, shaking her sleepy friend in the process.
"Mmm..five more minutes," he moaned, turning his body to the other side.
"Oh Cheesie.."Pinkie said. She then decided to find her phone. As she did, the door opened. Pinkie bent down on one knee so Cheese's mother wouldn't see her.
"He just looks so sweet when he's sleeping," she said. Pinkie heard the door close after. She looked up, her head on the end of the bed. She was no where in sight. Pinkie then looked under her bed to see her pink phone vibrating loudly on the wooden floor. She picked it up and looked at her screen to see who was calling. It was her mom.
"Uh-oh," Pinkie said to herself. She swiped the call button and put the phone slowly towards her ear.
"Hello?" She answered.
"PINKIE! I've been worried sick about you! Where have you been?! Why haven't you been answering my calls?! And don't even say you're sleeping ove at a friends house because I've already called all of them,"Her mother screamed through the phone, something that she normally didn't do.
"But I was,"Pinkie said,"Pinkie promise."
"Oh really? And who is this, 'friend?'" she asked.
"I, uh, you're not gonna like what I'm about to say," Pinkie said. She could already imagine the screaming through the phone, caused by her mother.
"Just tell me who it is, Pinkie," she said, patiently waiting for his answer. Right before she could say something, though, Pinkie felt her phone being swiped away from her ear, and a male voice was speaking to her mother.
"The name's Cheese Sandwich, ma'am," Cheese said, smiling at Pinkie.
"Cheesie!" Pinkie softly yelled. She snatched the phone from him and held it to her ear again.
"A boy's house, Pinkie?! A BOY'S HOUSE?! What in the world is the matter with you?! You guys didn't do anything dirty, did you?!" she yelled throught the phone, her voice so loud that it probably woke Maud up.
"Of course not. I don't even know why I slept here. I just..did," Pinkie said, her voice a little more shaky than before.
"How could you not-, you know what, just come home Pinkie. We'll talk about it then," her mother said, her voice becoming more quiet.
"Alright," Pinkie said. She took the phone away from her ear and pressed the 'End Call' button. Her lock screen was full of missed calls and text messages, all probably stating where Pinkie was. She then turned around and narrowed her eyes at Cheese.
"Why would you do that?! Now I'm in even more trouble than before!" Pinkie yelled.
"Sorry. She did want to know, though," Cheese said, his eyes moving towards another direction.
"I was gonna say I was over at Trixie's. She doesn't like her. She does too much boasting over fake magic," she said. Cheese saw that she was very mad at him.
"I was just-" Cheese started.
"I'll see you tomorrow, Cheese,"Pinkie said. She went though the window and landed on the ground safely from the two-story house. Cheese watched her from the window as she started her way home.
He sighed.
"I just cannot believe believe you slept over at a boy's house. This isn't like you, Pinkie Pie. Why would you do that?!" Pinkie's mother asked. The two were in the dimmed living room. Pinkie sat on the black couch as her mother was pacing back and forth, scolding her about what she had done.
"I don't know! I was at his house getting the plans together for the upcoming New Year's Bash, and then next thing I know, I'm waking up in his room!" Pinkie said. It was weird that she didn't know anything for once. And she remembers EVERYTHING that happens to her. Period.
"Give me your phone,"She said.
"Woah, woah, woah. No need to be harsh here. I swear I would have came home if I remembered what happened," she said, clutching her phone with her life.
"Well, you weren't home. You were in a house. With a BOY," she said, and she held her hand out so Pinkie could place it on her palm.
"But his mom was there," Pinkie said.
"Doesn't matter. Still a boy. Give. Me. The. Phone,"She said. Pinkie finally gave up and surrendered her phone to the angry woman.
"Two weeks," she said, and then she walked away. Pinkie's hair deflated a bit. She rarely got in trouble, and when she did, it made her sad that someone else was unhappy with her. She slowly walked towards her room with a frown on her face, passing Maud on the way.
"It's gonna be okay, Pinkie," she said, feeding herself a breakfast bar.
She looked at her bland sister, almost into tears. She then turned away and continued to walk towards her room. She slowly walked towards her bed and laid on it. Suddenly, the pink room changed it's color to grayish version of the pink party person herself. It was normal for her room to give out the moods Pinkie was in, and right now, she was sad.
"Anyone's seen Pinkie Pie?" Applejack asked. Her and the girls were at school, talking at their lockers. They haven't seen Pinkie in days, and that usually happens when she's sad.
"Oh no. Pinkie's in a slump again," Rainbow said.
"NO! NOT THE HAIR!" Fluttershy silently yelled. She grabbed Rarity's shirt and yelled,"NOT THE STRAIGHT HAIR!"
"Fluttershy, calm down!" Rarity said.
"Where's the paper bag?" Applejack asked.
"On it!" Rainbow reached into her locker and grabbed a brown paper bag. She opened it up and turned Fluttershy around, putting it in her hands. She breathed into it quickly, then started to slow down.
"Okay. Now that the Fluttershy situation is under control, FOR NOW, what can we do about Pinkie?" Rarity asked.
"Maybe we should ask Cheese. He was the last one to talk to her," Rainbow said, closing her locker.
"Good idea, Dash. Let's go," Applejack said, starting to walk away. Raroty grabbed her wrist and pulled her back.
"We just can't walk right up to him and ask as if we're ganging up on him. That sounds rude," She said. She let go of Applejack's wrist.
"Well, how else are we gonna ask him?" Applejack asked.
"Probably when no one is looking directly at a certain person," she said, pointing at a still breathing Fluttershy, and then a crowd full of people looking at her. Fluttershy noticed, and quickly hid behind Rarity.
"Okay, fine. After school, we'll ask him, alright?" Applejack said.
"Alright!" Everyone said in agreement.
The school bell rung throughout the halls to signal everyone that the school day was over. Students rushed to their lockers and grabbed the books that they needed for homework and put them in their bookbags. Teachers were grateful that they had survived another day in that high school. The students rushed out of the school to go home or other places, while four stayed to greet a certain person. These four particular people walked up to Cheese, a fellow schoolmate of theirs.
"Hey, Cheese? Seen Pinkie lately?" Applejack asked. Cheese turned around to face four girls looking directly at him.
"No, sorry. She's been pretty down though after she got in trouble," Cheese said. The girls gasped, for they knew that Pinkie had never gotten in real trouble before.
"Why did she get in trouble?" Rarity asked.
"Because...she slept over my house?" Cheese turned his sentence into a question. The girls' eyes went wide. Then there was an awkward silence. Applejack was the first to speak.
"So, you're tellin' me that Pinkie Pie slept over YOUR house?!" Applejack asked, squinting her eyes at him.
"Um..*gulp*…yes?" Cheese said. Applejack grabbed his shirt.
"YOU'RE the reason why Pinkie got into trouble?!" Applejack asked sharply.
"Applejack, put him down," Rarity said.
"Yeah. You're scaring Fluttershy again," Rainbow said, looking at a nearly shaking Fluttershy. Applejack put the poor boy down.
"I-I need to see Pinkie. C'mon guys. And you-" Applejack pointed at Cheese,"-you go home."
"Sincere apologies, darling. Applejack's just a concerned friend, that's all," Rarity reassured him. She walked away with her friends, leaving Cheese alone with a few other students who were just leaving as well.
"It's a good thin' she didn't kill ya," a higher voice said. Cheese turned around to see three young girls staring at him.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"Applebloom. And these here are ma friends Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle," Applebloom said. Sweetie Belle her hand out so he could shake it.
"Nice to meet you," she said.
"Well, I'm Cheese Sandwich, expert party planner and a very fun friend!" he said excitedly.
"Oh! So you're the one who's helping Pinkie with the party. It better be cool," Scootaloo said.
"Oh, it will be more than cool," Cheese said.
"Good. So what was that all about?" Scootaloo asked.
"Oh, them? they just wanted to know what happened to Pinkie Pie," He told them.
"Wait, what happened to her?" Applebloom asked.
"She got in trouble," he responded.
"That's terrible! How?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"I'd rather not say," Cheese said, looking the other way and biting his lip. He did NOT feel like getting a beatdown from a bunch of 8th graders.
"PLEASE let us in, Pinkie," Rainbow said, practically banging on the door.
"Maybe she just wants privacy. No need to bother her," Fluttershy said. It was obvious that she didn't want to go in there.
"We have to, sugarcube. We're her friends," Applejack reassured her.
"Um, excuse me," A bland voice said. Everyone turned around to see Maud looking at all of them. They moved away as she unlocked the door to the house. All of them went in. Thefourgirls quickly walkedto Pinkie's room. They all looked at her door.
"Oh no," Rarity said. Pinkie's usual pink door was turned into a light shade of gray.
"I know that we're all trying to be suppotive here, and I'm really trying not to leave right now, but I think should just, um go now," Fluttershy said. She started to make a run for it when Rainbow grabbed her shirt.
"You're not going anywhere. We're gonna support pur friend, Fluttershy. Wheter you want to or not," Rainbow said. Fluttershy, in a dramatic rage, started to cry.
"Fine," she said.
Apppejack slowly opened the door to see a similar gray surrounding the entire room. A deflated-haired Pinkie laid in the center of her bed.
"Pinkie Pie, are y-you okay?" Fluttershy asked, still behind Rarity.
"Why wouldn't I be? Everything's just fine," Pinkie said, rolling herself to the other side of the bed.
"Awe, sugarcube. You gotta talk to us. So you're grounded. It doesn't mean you can't have fun without your phone," Applejack said.
"Applejack, darling, it's the 21st century. There is no such thing as fun without your phone," Rarity said.
"And you're not making this situation any better," Rainbow glared at her. She walked over to the skde Pinkie was on and kneeled down to her level."C'mon, let's play some basketball. That always cheers me up when I'm down."
"I don't know, Rainbow. I'm just not in the mood," Pinkie said, flipping herself over. Fluttershy, despite the fact she was scared, decided to climb on the bed and rub Pinkie's back.
"It's okay, Pinkie. I'll bet you'll be ungrounded by the time you and Cheese's party starts," Fluttershy assured her.
"How long are ya grounded for anyway?" Applejack asked.
"I got a week left," Pinkie sakd, her frown becoming longer.
"Aw shoot! A week ain't nothing compared to what Granny Smith does to punish us. Pure horror, I tell ya," Applejack said.
"Well, it's something to me. Now I can't go to school," Pinkie said.
"You can go to school, Pinkie. Unless she grounded you from that, which would be totally awesome!" Rainbow said.
"You have to come outside, Pinkie. No sunlight is bad for you," Rarity said, walking towards her curtains and opening them, giving the room a less gloomy mood.
"I don't want to and I don't have to!" Pinkie said, pouting. She grabbed one of her pillows and put it on her face.
"You wanna do this the hard way? Then we'll do it the hard way! Applejack, the feather," Rainbow said, holding her hand out. Applejack lifted her hat up and grabbed a feather from her head, placing it in Rainbow's hand. She lifted her shirt up, to the point where her stomach was visible.
"One last chance, Pinkie," Rainbow said.
"Never!" Pinkie said through the pillow.
"Alright...."Rainbow started at the belly button. Pinkie's toes wiggled in discomfort, and her legs moved slightly to the right side of her bed. She then drew a circle on her stomach several times, causing Pinkie to move her arms away from the bed and on to Dash's. Fluttershy took that opportunity to remove the pillow. Pinkie's face was starting to get red, meaning she was trying to hold in a laugh. The crew knew exactly what to do. They started tickling her everywhere, making sure she didn't move from that one spot. She couldn't hold it any more. She started to laugh loudly at the fact that all her friends were tickling her. She tried to make them stop, but four against one was tough. Applejack was the first to stop. Flutter shy was the next. Rarity tried to keep going by rubbing her fingers softly and gently on Pinkie's legs, but they kept moving randomly, and she gave up. This gave Pinkie a chance to take Dash out on her own.
"I'm coming for you, Dashie!" She said, sitting up and tackling her. They wrestled with the feather for a moment as the other three were cheering for Pinkie.
"Hey!" Rainbow shouted.
After what seemed like hours, Pinkie finally pinned her down on the bed. She was on top of her, and she grabbed the feather. This time she pulled her shirt up and started to tickle her with it. Rainbow couldn't stop laughing.
"P-Pinkie! S-Stop it!" She managed to say between laughs. Pinkie started to smile again, and started to tickle with both her fingers and the feather, which made Rainbow laugh harder. Their friends started to laugh along at their mischief. All seemed fine with Pinkie, and the results started to show. Pinkie's hair started to inflate again, and a big smile grew across her face. Everyone looked around in awe as they saw the room becoming pink again, like her mood.
"Alright, that's enough ticklin' for a day," Applejack said, taking the feather from Pinkie. All of them laughed together, and they brought themselves into a hug.
"Thank you guys so much for cheering me up," Pinkie said.
"You're back!" Cheese yelled out in the hall as he saw a pink-haired bouncing girl run towards him.
"Sure am!" Pinkie said. The whole school turned their heads to the other side of the hallway and lighted up at her appearance. Everything was better when Pinkie was around.
"Pinkie!" They all shouted and turned to greet her. She waved and said hi to all of them as she passed by, but there was only one person she was interested in to see.
She jumped on him and gave him a big hug. Cheese spun her around twice, then put her down."Feelin better?" He asked.
"Better than ever! Even though I got my phone taken away, it doesn't mean I'm not allowed to have fun! There's no punishment that says that when it comes to me!" Pinkie said.
"I see! So can we work on the party now?" Cheese asked.
"Of course we can, you big dummy!" Pinkie said, petting his hair.
"Awesome!" He replied with a big smile. The two skipped to class arm and arm.
"Ya know Cheesie, I'm really glad I don't have my phone," Pinkie said.
"Why?"
"Because it gives me more of a chance to hang out with the second best party planner in the whole wide world," she replied.
"Ah, it feels good to be back," Pinkie sighed, her voice becoming louder from the spacious room she was in. Right now her and Cheese Sandwich were setting up tables and chairs for the party.
"It sure does, Pinks," Cheese said, unfolding a gray chair. Pinkie looked at him and beamed. It felt nice to be appreciated.
"Remember the layout, Cheesie! You hafta make sure that the table don't pass this line," she said, pointing to a tan-like ductape that separated each side of the room. She started to grab a round table.
"Yes ma'am!" he saluted, and went back on setting up.
After they were done, they stood on the stage above and admired their work. Twenty tables were placed on the other side of the tape, three chairs accompanying each one. Each table had either a gold, silver, or black fabric covering it, with a vase on top. They would put red roses inside. The table in the back was covered in purple fabric, in which the food would be. This table would repeat itself on the other two sides of the ball room, with three white, gold and black balloons standing side to side on each. Few balloons had floated onto the ceiling, but of course the party planners didn't mind. It was extra decoration to them. Silver and gold streamers filled the walls of the room, only being separaed by the tall windows that let in the light, so they didn't even need to turn on the big chandelier that was in the middle of the room. The front of the ball room was empty with space, just enough for everyone to dance. All they needed was digital countdown clock and music equipment, happily offered by both Vinyl Scratch and Neon Lights.
"Ooh Cheesie! Isn't this party going to be totally TERRIFIC?!" Pinkie squealed, shaking him with his shirt.
"You know it!" he responded, starting to get a bit dizzy. Pinkie stopped shaking him, but he was still spinning, along with his eyes. He slapped his head and regained focus."But I still think it's missing something-"
"Hey Cheese, what do you want for Christmas?"Pinkie asked out of the blue. Cheese's eyes widened and he looked at her direction.
"W-wha?" Cheese asked, confused. Her question caught her off guard.
"I asked what did you want for Christmas," she repeated, a smile still planted on her face.
"I don't think I want anything for Christmas," Cheese said.
"Oh C'mon! Everyone wants something. If ya don't you can't call yourself a human," she said, poking his stomach region.
"Yeah, you're right. I do want something. But I don't know if you could afford it," Cheese said.
"Where do you think all of this came from?!" Pinkie asked with a smirk. She knew she caught him there.
"From the school," He said. Pinkie looked almost embarrassed, but she kept her cool and collected herself.
"Okay, so this stuff did come from the school. Doesn't mean I don't have any money. Now tell me whatcha want," she said, poking his stomach again.
"Alright, alright, I'll tell you. Just stop poking my stomach. I'm in need of a new accordion, but my parents won't get me one," he responded.
"What's wrong with your old one?" Pinkie asked. Cheese walked backstage to get his case and walked back out. He sat it on the floor and opened it, revealing a very worn-out accordion. Springs shot out everywhere, and there were keys missing from the side.
"Let's just say that I used it A LOT," he said with a chuckle.
"I see," Pinkie said, laughing along as well."Okay, now I know exactly what to get you for Christmas."
Cheese put the broken accordion back in his case and closed it, sliding it back in the backstage with his foot.
"Soo, what do you want for Christmas?" He asked.
"A real alligator!" Pinkie squealed."I always wanted one with purple eyes. They're extremely rare and are very hard to find!"
"Erm, I don't know I can get that for ya, Pinks," Cheese said, hoping that she wouldn't be disappointed. But that never happened. Instead, a laugh came out of the smiling pink person.
"Of course not , silly! I already have one!" Pinkie said, taking her wallet and showing him a picture of her and a young alligator with no teeth."I named him Gummy. Isn't he adorable?"
Cheese nodded his head."So what do you really want for Christmas?"
"Not gonna tell ya!" Pinkie said, jumping off of the stage. Cheese looked shocked.
"What?! That's not fair! I told you what I wanted, why can't you tell me what you want?" He asked, jumping off the stage.
"Because I want to be surprised, Cheesie. Everyone loves surprises!" Pinkie said.
"Not everyone. I learned that the hard way," he said, having a worried look on his face. He shook his head to snap out of it."Please tell me, Pinkie."
"No," Pinkie said, walking through the chairs and tables. Cheese accompanied her. He kept asking her 'please' through the maze of chairs and tables, yet all he had gotten for an answer was a big fat no. When they were outside of the room, both Pinkie and Cheese grabbed their bags to get ready to go home.
"I'll give you a hint: it's something that I told you I wanted for a long time," she said. She heard a honk outside and looked at the clear doors, revealing a yellow car that belonged to Fluttershy.
"I'll see you later, Cheesie," Pinkie said, giving him a side hug and walking out of the building. She got inside of the car and Fluttershy drove off.
Cheese screamed on the top of his lungs,"I SWEAR ON MY CHEESIE SENSE PINKAMENA DIANE PIE, I WILL FIND OUT WHAT YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS!!"
"Do you think she'll like it, Flash?" Cheese asked. After him and Pinkie were finished with the decorations for the ball, he decided to go to the only guy friend he had who knew Pinkie Pie. Right now they were on his computer in his room, trying to find the perfect present for her.
"You gotta change the color,"Flash said," she loves pink."
"But they don't have pink. All they have is blue and red," Cheese said, clicking the colors on the screen.
"Well, at least the blue one has streaks of pink. Buy that one," Flash said, pointing at the screen. Cheese clicked the 'Buy' button, and put in the correct information to buy it.
"500 dollars? That's a lot for a Christmas present," Flash said.
"Eh, she's worth it," Cheese said, exiting the website and turning off the computer. He got up from the chair and sat on his bed."Thanks for lending me your computer."
"No prob. So you really like Pinkie?" He asked, sitting next to him. His cheeks rose to a bright red.
"N-no. I'm just buying this for her because she's my friend," Cheese said, scratching his head.
"Oh, so did you buy me a new phone?" Flash asked with a side smile.
"No," Cheese said. Flash frowned.
"But I'm your friend, am I not?" He asked.
"Yeah, but she's the friend Inalways hang out with. Besides, she's buying me a new accordion so, it's like equal payment."
"Yeah, okay. But that doesn't explain the blush on your face. If it's not Pinkie," Flash scooted farther away from him. Cheese waved his hand at him and shook his head.
"Dude, I don't go that way," Cheese said,"It's just..." He laid back on his bed."It's just that I think she's sorta..cute. And her bubbly personality makes me smile every time I see her. Is weird that I like someone like her?"
"Of course not. It's normal. And I think you're perfect for Pinkie. It's nice that someone can understand her...uniqueness," Flash said.
"You really think so?" He asked, sitting up. Flash out his hand on his shoulder.
"I know so."
"Oke-doke-loke!" Pinkie said as she walked out of the shop with 20 presents for her closest friends. As much as she wanted to give everyone in the world what they wanted for Christmas, there was just not enough money for it. APPARENTLY there are more people in the world than what she had in her bank account. She argued with the cashier playfully, trying to ask what she wanted for the upcoming holiday, but, of course, she wouldn't tell her. Something about 'it wasn't any of her business' and 'stop worrying about my life.' As much as she questioned her, it only made her more stubborn than before. She decided to just leave it alone and think that she didn't want anything for Christmas.
"What a meanie pants," Pinkie said, carrying the presents to Maud's car. She put them in her trunk and drove off. She turned the radio on to a pop station and sang along to the lyrics.
"Take my heart and don't let go, make my dreams come true if so!" She sang aloud, doing a little dance to the song. She turned the volume up, and sang louder.
"You can be miiinnne, only if you tryyyyy! I know that this is destiny, Cuz you're destined to be with me!" She sang with all her heart.
The song was over, and she turned the radio back down to a minimum as the radio commercials started to become clear. She stopped at a red light, almost missing it. The things she put in her trunk jumped over to the backseat of the car. She turned back to make sure nothing was damaged, sighed of relief, and turned back around, starting the car again. Another song was on.
"You know, you know you gotta have a chance now!" She started to sing again.
"I'm home, sis!" Pinkie yelled in the house, carrying the remaining bags inside with her, she sat them down on the floor and went to the closet, getting wrapping paper to wrap up the presents. As she was doing so in the living room, Maud came out with matching gray shorts and shirt.
"Pinkie Pie, what are you doing?" She asked blandly, taking her pet rock to the kitchen.
"Just wrapping up the presents for Christmas! Oh! And I got the PERFECT present for you!" Pinkie said, wrapping up a red violin with snowman wrapping paper.
"Really? What is it? Is it rocks?" Maud asked, seeming to already know the answer.
"You could say that," she said. She grabbed a piece of tape and stuck it on the paper, sealing it carefully and putting it under the Christmas tree nearby.
"So, if it's not rocks, what is it?" She asked, grabbing a box of cracker from the cabinet.
"I can't tell you, silly! You have to wait until Christmas comes. That's how it works," Pinkie said, wrapping up a baseball bat.
"Okay. I won't ask anymore," she replied, rolling her eyes and dumping the crackers all over the rock she was holding. Maud closed the box and put it back on the counter, not bothering to clean up the news she made. She knew that one of her sisters would clean it up. She walked back into her room with her pet rock, leaving Pinkie Pie all alone with a bunch of unwrapped presents.
"This, is gonna take a while," she said to herself, and finished wrapping the baseball bat, placing it under the tree with the rest of the wrapped presents.
"Merry Christmas!!" Pinkie shouted as jumped out of bed and ran towards the Christmas tree. She gathered each present into a red bag and closed it. She then freshened herself up a bit and put on a red dress that had cotton at each end with belt buckle in the missile of the dress. She put on white and red-striped socks, along with black boots. She put on a Santa hat and grabbed the bag, leaving the presents for her mom, dad, and sisters. She went inside the decorated car.
"Time to spread joy across the city!" She proclaimed, sitting the bag in the passenger seat and drove off.
"RARITY!" Pinkie exclaimed, knocking on the glass door in the Carousel Boutique. Only it didn't look like a carousel, which confused Pinkie with the name.
"I'm coming, I'm coming," Rarity shouted, putting on a lavender robe. She saw Pinkie Pie and immediately opened the door.
"Merry Christmas!" Pinkie said, setting the bag down and giving her a big hug. Rarity hugged her bag, mostly trying to pry her off of her. She was squeezing way too tight.
"Same....to....you," she managed to say. Pinkie let her go, causing Rarity to take deep breaths.
"I got you and Sweetie Belle presents!" Pinkie said, reaching into her bag.
"PRESENTS?!" A voice shouted upstairs. Rarity looked up to see her sisters on the top of the stairs. She can running down, standing right next to Rarity with a big smile on her face. She was clapping her hands at a fast pace, jumping up and down.
"Calm down, Sweetie Belle! Mom and Dad bought you loads of presents," Rarity told her.
"But Pinkie Pie's are really special! She gives you EXACTLY what you want in her big red bag," Sweetie said.
"I don't believe that's the thing. She's just really good at picking out presents."
"Here ya go!" Pinkie said, causing them to both jump. She handed them each one present. Sweetie Belle began opening hers ferociously. She gasped.
"It's amazing! I've always wanted one of these!" She exclaimed, holding the device in her hand. She started to sing a song that popped up in the top of her head.
"Don't stop un-believing! Never don't not feel your feelings!"
"A microphone! That is so thoughtful of you, Pinkie. I know I won't react like he-" she opened the box to see a charm bracelet with all of her best friends' special design as each charm. Tears started to fill in her eyes.
"Oh Pinkie! It's the most beautiful thing I've seen in my life! And I've seen so many beautiful things but, this has to be the most precious!" She said, hugging her friend.
"You're welcome! Now I need to get going. Christmas is almost over!" Pinkie said, grabbing her bag and waving to her friends.
"But Pinkie! It's only like, nine o'clock!" Rarity yelled after her, but she was more focused on the charm bracelet.
"So precious."
This is an awesome guitar, Pinks! I didn't even know they make rainbow-colored ones! This is definitely going to be the best thing I own!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, strumming the strings of the guitar.
"You're welcome! And merry Christmas!" Pinkie yelled, walking out of her friend's house. Rainbow waved at her.
"Best. Christmas. Ever!" She exclaimed.
"I...I can't believe it! You actually got me the Pegasus stuffed animal I wanted!" Fluttershy screamed silently, Looking up at her 8-foot-tall Pegasus."It looks just like me!"
"Anything for my friend! Now I have to get going! Christmas is almost over!" said Pinkie.
"Oh Pinkie, I have to give you something back. Um...how about this puppy keychain? Or a book on parties? Maybe a scrapbook?" Fluttershy kept asking.
"No need, my dear Flutters. Now, duty calls," exclaimed Pinkie as she marched out of the pet shop with her bag of presents.
"Ya don't have to give me anythin', Pinks. I got all I need right here," Applejack said sternly, appreciative of Pinkie's offer, but refusing it politely.
"Just open it! You don't have to keep it if you don't want to," Pinkie said, holding a wrapped present in front of Applejack.
"Fine, I'll do it," Applejack said, taking the present and unwrapping it carefully. Once she saw what it was, her eyes started to widen and tears filled them."But...how?"
"I found it near a lake. It was neatly folded, as if it was meant for me to find it. Pretty neat, huh?" Pinkie said, smiling. She was satisfied with the answer she gave for her crying friend. Applejack pulled her into a tight hug, holding the present.
"I haven't seen this in years. Ma used to wrap me up in this when I was just a little kid. I can't believe you found it, Pinkie," Applejack sniffled. Pinkie patted her back, and Applejack slowly let go. She unfolded the blanket and wrapped it around herself, making it hug her tight, just as her mom did.
"Thank you so much, Pinkie," Applejack said.
"No prob, Bob. Now, on to more giving!" she exclaimed, galloping away with her bag of presents.
Pinkie laid on the couch of the living room, for she was surprisingly tired out from all of the present giving. After giving practically everyone in the town presents, including Trixie, a song about Christmas and giving to all in the world, and playfully arguing with a couple of people trying to give her a present, all she wanted to do was sit down and watch her family enjoy her presents to them.
"Thanks for the candy rock necklaces, Pinkie Pie," her youngest sister, Gemstone, said. She was the only one that would be believable as being related to Pinkie. After all, she was just a child, so she had that hyperness, although not as near as much as Pinkie's. With her being the only other one of the family with slightly curled hair, Pinkie and her were very close.
"You're very welcome," Pinkie said, putting a weak smile on her face.
"We got you something too, dear," her mom said, bending down and grabbing a present from under the Christmas tree. Pinkie suddenly sat up and squealed. Although she didn't accept any presents from her friends because of...reasons, it was always special to her when a family member gives you one. She grabbed the present from her mom and started to tear it open, revealing a pink pillow with words 'We Love You, Pinkie Pie,' in cursive and in red.
"I love it and you guys too!" she squealed, bringing all of her family into a big hug.
"You're welcome," Maud replied for the family, producing a smile on her face.
"Pinkie, I think you forgot someone from the tree," Gemstone said in her cute little baby voice, pointing her finger at a wrapped present that surrounded half of the tree.
"It appears that I have!" Pinkie said, releasing everyone from the hug. She stood up and walk towards it, picking it up to see who she had missed.
"Oh! Silly me. I'll be right back, guys," she said, walking out of the door.
The doorbell rung as Cheese stood up from the couch, walking towards the door. He opened to see a Pinkie Pie dressed in a Christmas out fit holding a present. She sat it down and gave him a big hug.
"Merry Christmas, Cheesie!" she said. She let go of him and picked the present back up, practically shoving it in his hands. He started to unwrap the present, revealing a black case perfect for an accordion. He opened it to see a red and brown accordion, new and shiny.
"Oh Pinks, you shouldn't have," Cheese said, smiling."Now it's your turn." He signalled Pinkie to follow him through the house, setting the present on the couch. He led her to the back yard. Once she saw what it was. She gasped.
"It's...it's a," she stuttered.
"Yep," He answered, proud of himself.
"PARTY CANNON!" Pinkie squealed, pulling him into another hug."I could kiss you right now!" Her eyes widened when she realized what she said. Things had suddenly gotten awkward. She let go of him and tried to explain what she meant.
"Y'know, because you bought me this...and ..well..WHO CARES?! I love it, and I love you," Pinkie said, patting his back,"As a friend."
All this time, Cheese's face was filled with a red shade.
"So do you wanna try it now?" Cheese asked.
"Nah. I'll use it on a special occasion," Pinkie replied, walking over the cannon and rubbing it gently.
"Pinkie, It's Christmas. This IS a special occasion."
"Oh! Right," Pinkie said."Well, let's blow this sucka up!" she yelled, pulling the string of the cannon and causing it to shoot out bunches of fiilreworks that mainly said,'Merry Christmas.'
"Thanks, Cheesie," Pinkie said, Standing on her toes and giving him a kiss.
"Alright, party people! Let's get this thing started!" Pinkie screamed into the microphone. She pointed at Vinyl Scratch."Hit it, DJ PON-3!"
Vinyl selected a track from her computer and played it, letting the music boom through the speakers. Cheese shone the pink and blue lights at the chandelier, making it beam throughout the room. Everyone started to dance, and Pinkie smiled. She hit the button that started the timer on the stage. It was four hours until midnight. Pinkie bounced her way off the stage and went straight to Cheese.
"Wow! This looks amazing! Those lights you suggested really did work out. Cheese, my friend, you are the best party planner that I have ever worked with," Pinkie complimented, making Cheese blush of embarrassment.
"Oh, stop it," he said, moving his head towards the opposite side of Pinkie and waving his hand to her side, showing that he liked the compliment.
"It's true! I mean, I worked with a lot of people before, but this has to be one of the best parties I've thrown with someone else. Hey, maybe you can work with me for the Spring Formal next month! We get started right away," Pinkie continued. Cheese nodded his head in agreement.
"Yo, Pinks!" a voice called out. Pinkie looked at the direction she heard the voice from to see her friends approaching them both.
"Hey guys!" She said, running up to hug each one of them. Cheese waved in the background as his friends talked to them. He leaned back on the wall, left alone in his own thoughts.
I don't know what to do anymore. She doesn't even know that I like her. Probably doesn't even like me back. I can tell her friends tried to explain it to her. They would always give me a smirk every now and then, as if they know something. Do they? What's the point. It'll never matter. I guess I'll just be throwing parties for the rest of my life, alone,he thought, looking at Pinkie. He thought that he would never have a chance with the bubbly pink girl, never knowing her true feelings. He kept a smile on his face, trying to look as casual as possible.
"I know you're faking that smile," a voice said. Cheese turned his head around to see Applejack's little sister, Applebloom.
"So, what's got yer grill?" She asked.
"Oh, it's nothing important," he said, trying to brush off his thoughts.
"'Course it is! If it's got ya moapin' about at a dance, it's gotta be worth somethin' to talk about," she said. She looked at his eyes to see who he was staring at.
"So that's what's wrong," she said. Cheese quickly turned his back to look at Applebloom. He immediately shook it as she laughed.
"'S okay, Cheese. I'm havin' problems of mah own," she said, sliding down on the wall. Cheese got himself into the same position.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, I went to the dance with this boy I didn't really like at first 'cause I didn't know 'em. Then my friend Scootaloo had a end of the year sleepover with our dates. I don't know, but all of a sudden, I seemed kinda, attracted it him. Felt really weird. Now, I don't think I have the courage to go up and talk to him."
"Apple bloom, he's your date. He probably likes you too, or else he wouldn't have said yes. Just go and talk to him.
"Okay guys it's officially an hour until midnight. You better grab a partner. This is gonna be a good one," Vinyl said through the microphone. She grabbed a disk from a case and put on a fast song that required a partner.
"Funny you should say that. Ya won't even ask Pinkie to—"
"CHEESIE! This is my jam! Come dance with me! Hi Applebloom!" Pinkie said energetically. Apple bloom smiled and waved as Pinkie grabbed Cheese's hand and pulled him on the dance floor.
"I stand corrected," Applebloom said.
Pinkie and Cheese danced in the middle of the dance floor with mostly everyone watching them while others joined in. People cheered for the two as they spin around and did their own dance, just as the song suggested. The song eventually ended with Cheese spinning Pinkie to his arms. They both smiled as everyone clapped for them. They got off the middle of the dance floor.
"Oh my gosh! That was amazing!" Pinkie said.
"Yeah, that was awesome guys," Fluttershy nearly yelled.
"Couldn't've said it better myself," Applejack said.
"Eh, I can do better. No offense," Rainbow Dash said, putting a hand on her hip.
"Let's see if that's true," a voice said. Rainbow was pulled to the dance floor. The rest looked at each other, and back at the floor. They quickly ran to the middle, watching Rainbow in awe as Soarin' held his hand out for her to take. She blushed as she slowly took it.
"Play it, Vinyl!" he said.
"Ya got it, boss," she said in a New York accent. A slow song played as the whole soccer teamed cheered for Soarin' and Rainbow. Seconds after, the rest of the five, except for Pinkie, paired off with a partner to dance with. Pinkie smiled wide for her friends, alongside with Cheese.
After a few more songs, Cheese and Pinkie decided to go out on one of the balconies. They both looked up at the sky. They heard Vinyl say that the new year would come in five minutes.
"I'm gonna miss this year," Pinkie said, leaning on the fencing.
"Me too. But you know what they say. A new year is a new beginning," Cheese replied. Pinkie nodded her head and looked up at Cheese.
"After all this work we did, I still never knew about romance," she said, looking up at the stars.
"Well, it has to do with love."
"What is love? Like the kind you're talking about."
"It's like—it's like you always want to spend time with that person. They always make you smile even when you're down. They'll always brighten up your day. It's not like friendship. It comes from a deeper feeling. You can't stop thinking about them. They give you butterflies in your stomach everytime you see them. Try make you blush. They make you happy," he said.
"Start the countdown everybody! One minute till midnight!" Vinyl said. The crowd started to countdown.
"So...uh, Cheese, do you like me?" Pinkie asked, drawing a circle with her finger on the ledge.
"Of course I do. You're my friend."
"39, 38...."
"I mean LIKE ME like me, like the one you were just talking about."
"Um, erm," he mumbled. She grabbed his hand looked in his eyes.
"You can tell me," Pinkie said. Cheese blushed and gulped.
"I don't know, maybe?" He said nervously.
"25, 24...."
"I think you have a crush on me. Do you?" Pinkie blurted out. Cheese lifted her hands up to his chest.
"I don't know how I'm supposed to say this, but I do," he revealed to her. She blushed and looked away, a smile forming on her face.
Pinkie Pie ended their kiss ten seconds after the the screams started, leaving a dazed Cheese Sandwich still puckering his lips. Pinkie giggled, pinching his lips. His eyes shot open, and Pinkie let go. He then pulled her to a hug.
"This is the best new year's ever," he said. Pinkie returned the hug with a squeeze. They held each other close until giggles could be heard from the entryway.
"Oh this is simply the most romantic thing I've seen this year!" Rarity said, clapping her hands. Applejack raised an eyebrow.
"The year just started twenty seconds ago," she said. Rarity huffed.
"Its still romantic," she said. Pinkie's eyes widened, and she let go of Cheese, panic on her face.
"Oh my gosh! Cheesie! We forgot about the hosting part of the party! We gotta go!" She said, taking hold of Cheese's hand and running back inside the ballroom. They quickly went up the stage and grabbed the microphones from their stands.
"Well, Cheesie, I think this was a fantabulous way to end this wonderful year, don't ya think?" Pinkie said, giggling after.
"Sure was. This is the most amazing party we have ever planned," Cheese said, walking along with Pinkie.
"Silly Cheese! This is the ONLY party we planned!" Pinkie chuckled,"But I will say that it was a blast indeed. I can't wait to work with you on the spring formal!"
"Me too! But, for now, let's enjoy this party with some sick beats from our very own DJ PON-3!" Cheese yelled, causing the crowd to applaud with excitement.
"Haven't you heard, Cheese? I think there's someone in this room who wants to CHALLENGE our best DJ right here," Pinkie said. The sound of "ooohs" jumped out of everyone's mouths.
"Who could that be?" Cheese asked.
"Well, let's just say that the party's really about to get started. With our own DJ BATTLE!!" Pinkie yelled. Everyone clapped and rooted for Vinyl, who was amused by their antics.
"Everyone, please give it up for MC W1SH!!" Pinkie said. Everyone gasped and screamed for the DJ, who casually walked up the stage. Vinyl adjusted her glasses to see if it was really him.
"That's right, everyone! MC W1SH has decided to challenge DJ PON-3, but it's up to you to decide who wins! Whoever gets the most noise out of you wins our honorary music trophy. Now, let's get to JAMMIN!!" Cheese said, causing everyone to yell and scream. Pinkie and Cheese got off the stage and went back on the balcony. They made sure to close the door behind them. It was sure going to be a lot of noise tonight.
"I think I need to take a breather. That was intense. I never felt so alive!" Pinkie said, almost tripping over the balcony. Cheese held her back and laughed.
"So, what does this mean?" Pinkie asked.
"I don't know. We can't just forget something like that," Cheese said.
"Ya know, I think it's pretty weird, but as long as nothing changes, you can be my boyfriend! It's like friendship, but more romance!" Pinkie said, fascinated by the term.
"So, you're saying we should date?" Cheese asked,"because I totally agree."
"Oh my gosh! My first boyfriend! I can finally bring up that advice Rarity gave me! But I'm gonna have to do something first. Now that I know about relationships, I can ship my friends!" Pinkie said excitedly.
"'Ship?' Like a boat?" Cheese asked.
"No, silly! I mean I can get my friends together with the boys they like! Be right back!" She said, kissing his cheek and running back in. Teens carried her up high, passing her around to a spot where they can put her down. The battle had gotten pretty intense. After she was let down, she ran straight for Thunderlane, a friend who was quite experienced in bowling.
"Hey Thunderlane! You look awesome! Do you have a date?" Pinkie screamed, making him jump in surprise.
"Uh....no. I came with some friends. Why?" He said. A big smile appeared on her face.
"Great! Come with me," she said, grabbing his hand and leading him through the dance floor to a group friends.
"Rar-i-ty!" Pinkie yelled in a sing-song tune. Thunderlane's eyes widened in shock.
"R-Rarity?! One of the prettiest girls in school?!" He asked nervously. Pinkie turned her head and nodded. Rarity looked in Pinkie's direction and covered her mouth with a blush.
"Pinkie Pie! But, how?!" She asked, looking at Thunderlane. The girls oohed in unison, giggling all the while.
"Y-You wanna...?" Thunderlane asked, pointing his thumbs towards the crowded dance floor. Rarity grinned and nodded. Thunderlane smiled as well, grabbing her hand and pulling her to the dance floor. Rarity waved at her friends before she was sucked into the crowd.
"Ah, one ship has sailed. Three more to go!" Pinkie sighed.
"Make that two ships," Applejack said. Pointing towards Rainbow Dash and Soarin'. They were both pumping their fists in the air to the beat of the music, laughing and smiling at each other. Pinkie wiped a tear under her eye.
"Isn't that beautiful?" Pinkie cried."Your turn, Jack!" Pinkie said.
"Don't call me that," Applejack said.
"You know, it is awfully weird that you don't have a date and your sister does," Fluttershy said."Then again, I don't have a date either."
"Mah sister has a what?! But—but how did I miss that? And how do YOU know about it?" Applejack asked.
"Well, Flash Sentry came to the animal care center with his cute little puppy, and told me about his brother getting a date with her," she said.
"B-But she's too young!" Applejack said."Ya know what? Ah'm happy for her. But Pinkie, please find me a date. PLEASE."
"Oh, but I already found you one," Pinkie said, standing next to a boy about three inches taller than Applejack.
"C-Caramel? Hey!" Applejack said nervously. Pinkie reverted her vision to Fluttershy.
"I don't like anyone. I swear," Fluttershy said, shaking her head. Pinkie grabbed her arms and place her in front of her, observing the crowd.
"Come on, Fluttershy. There has to be someone you like," Pinkie said."Maybe, um—or maybe—no."
"Pinkie, it's fine. I don't need a date," Fluttershy said.
"Alright. You can hang out with me and Cheesie," Pinkie sighed.
"Okay then," Fluttershy said. Pinkie led her to the balcony, until something caught Fluttershy's eye. She turned around, and her eyes widened."Who is that?" She asked, pointing a guy in a tux with green dreadlocks and a recycling pin.
"Sandalwood? Oh, he's an Eco-kid. Like you!" Pinkie grinned."You should talk to him."
"I should! I'll see you later Pinkie," Fluttershy said, walking towards the boy.
"My work here is done," she said, walking back on the balcony. Other teenagers had appeared in different spots. Cheese sat in one the chairs on his phone.
"I'm back!" Pinkie said.
"That was quicker than I thought," Cheese said, putting his phone away.
"Well, I am Pinkie Pie," she giggled. Cheese did as well.
And then our happy couples had fun that evening. Vinyl won the competition because she is too awesome to beat. This is the story of how Pinkie found love.
