Pinkie up!

Pinkie up!

     Pinkie Pie sat down at a table in front of her friends, wondering what this was all about. After a couple moments, she decided to voice her confusion.

     "What's up, girls? How come you wanted me to come here but for no reason? Or is there a reason? Wait, let me guess. Um... Is there a party I need to plan? Do I need to fight a meanie? What about if-" She was cut off by an tan hoof being stuffed in her mouth.

     "Rarity will be here in a bit. She asked us all to come here, and we don't know why." The owner of the hoof, Applejack, said.

     "Yeah, and where's Fluttershy?" Rainbowdash questioned, "This is her house, after all."

     A small voice that could easily be confused as the wind, came up from behind the couch. "Over here... You startled me..."

     Pinkie Pie spat out Applejacks hoof and stood up. "Sorry Fluttershy, but we are all friends!"

     Fluttershy was about to respond when Rarity burst through the door to the cottage, levitating a large container.

     "Darlings, gather around the table, because there is a problem all of you have, just some more than others. It was very prominent yesterday, at the Dinner we had with the princesses."

     "Go on!" Rainbow said loudly.

     Rarity glared at Rainbowdash before continuing. "Well, it came to my attention that all of you have less than perfect table manners! So this is what the box is for." Rarity put the box on the ground, and levitated six plates out of it.

     "Ooh! Are we going to eat some cake! I love cake!" An energetic pink pony said.

     "I'm going to need you all to be silent, because this is considered a test. I am going to test your knowledge on simple etiquette." Rarity said, levitating a smaller plate and a cup to each pony.

     "Now, this is the beginning. Start by moving the cup and the bread plate to the correct side of your plate."

     After a few moments, the cottage started to be full of the noise of moving plates and the chinking of glasses. Rarity waited for everyone to be done, leaving her plate and glass untouched. Fluttershy slowly moved the bread plate to the left and the glass to the right. Pinkie quickly hoofed the plate to the right and the drink right beneath it. Rainbow grabbed the cup and put it on the right, and the plate on the left. Twilight slowly levitated the plate on the right and the cup on the left, while Applejack put the bread plate directly above her main plate, and the drink on the right.

     Rarity slowly checked each pony's placement, before clearing her throat. "Well, only two of you got it right. And the two who got it right were Fluttershy and Rainbow!"

     "Look closely, and you might get some of my good manners!" Rainbow boasted, while Fluttershy slid down in her seat.

     "Don't worry everyone, that was only the first half of the test. The next is eating!" Rarity levitated a sandwich onto each plate, poured water in each cup, except for Pinkies, which somehow already had chocolate milk in it. She also put a salad on each bread plate.

     "Now, the only rule is that you have to eat it! Dig in!" Rarity exclaimed, looking at the eating habits like a hawk.

     Rainbow was just picking up her sandwich with her hooves and eating it in a few bites, which Rarity curled her nose in disgust at. Then Pinkie was just throwing it up in the air and eating it whole, which Rarity shivered at. Then there was Applejack, who was just smashing her face in the salad. Rarity had to choke back a barf at that point. But Twilight was just levitating her food into her mouth, tearing off bite sized pieces. And Fluttershy was cutting up her sandwich into small bits with her utensils, which Rarity sighed in relief at. Pinkie, Rainbow, and Applejack chugged their water, while Fluttershy and Twilight slowly drank it.

     "Alright, stop!" Rarity's voice cut through the clinks and chinks of dinner being eaten. "I have decided who has passed, and who has not. Fluttershy, Twilight, you have both passed. AJ, Pinkie, and Rainbow, you have not." Rarity levitated the remains of dinner back into the container, and left.

     "Does she want us to take classes or something?" Applejack said to no pony in particular.

     "We'll at least you have an excuse, you were raised in a barn!" Rainbow joked before dashing out of the cottage.