Three days later, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie, Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy had spread the word of the Winsome Falls Splash Bash to everypony they knew. Even the Wonderbolts had caught wind of the party thanks to ponies spreading it as far as Cloudsdale to Manehatten. Word was going around that the famous aerobatic team was due to make an appearance at what was set to be the biggest party of the year.

"Oh my gosh! Ohmygosh! Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!" Rainbow Dash chanted frantically, pacing restlessly across the library floor. "The Wonderbolts might come to my- I mean our party! This is gonna be beyond awesome!"

"Seems like word of our lil’ get together spread like wildfire," Applejack said, "Ah heard some of the Apple family's gonna show up, too."

"Gee," Fluttershy uttered, "It sure looks like this is getting to be a big party..."

"The bigger, the better!" Pinkie Pie shouted in delight, a ridiculous grin stretching across her face. "Like I always say, the more ponies, the more fun!" Pinkie reached behind her back and yanked a confetti cannon out of thin air, shooting it off with a great cry of “Yay!” and spraying the group with colourful shredded paper. Fluttershy yelped and shot off into the nearest bush as the boom of the cannon punctuated the air, only to realise her mistake and meekly return to the group.

"I agree," Twilight said when Fluttershy rejoined them, "Not much of a bash if it's just the six of us, now is it?"

"Oh my, I just can't wait to show off my new outfit!" Rarity giggled. "Every stallion there will be putty in my hooves, I’m sure of it!"

Twilight trotted to the door of the library and opened it for her friends. After each had filed out onto, Twilight turned and followed, pulling the door closed behind her.

"Hey, um, Twi..." Spike murmured quietly, making Twilight pause.

Twilight glanced down at her assistant. "What was that, Spike?"

A scaly purple hand lifted and scratched nervously at the back of Spike’s neck. "Um… you see… it's just..." he trailed off.

Worry seeped into Twilight’s gaze. "What's wrong, Spike?"

"Well, I was just wondering if maybe... can I come with you guys?" Spike finally pleaded. "It’s just- It can get really boring and lonely here. I kind of wanted to do something fun, too, y’know? I didn't want to ask earlier because all the other ponies were talking about it, but I never got invited..." he hung his head low and kicked a foot at the floor dejectedly.

"Oh, Spikey Wikey," Rarity answered, "You're always welcome to come with us!" Rarity moved forward and bent down, giving Spike a sweet kiss on the cheek.

"I- I- I-," Spike stuttered. “Anything for you, Rarity…” he sighed in innocent bliss.

"Well, come on!" Rainbow Dash interrupted. "We don't wanna be late to our own party!"

The seven of them departed, trotting eagerly on their way to beautiful Winsome Falls, their excitement building fast as they drew nearer and nearer to the lake.

"Ah can't wait to see who came tonight!" Applejack said. "Ah haven't been this excited for somethin’ since the last annual Marezona rodeo!" she paused, bucking her hind legs up in the air with a hearty cheer. "Ah took home three blue ribbons and a mighty big trophy after that rodeo!"

Rainbow Dash could hardly contain herself. "I can't wait to see who shows up to the party either! You think Wave Chill will come? How about Blaze?! Or maybe even Fleetfoot!" Rainbow Dash gasped, "Oh man! Her moves are so radical!"

"Honestly, Rainbow Dash," Rarity addressed, "You must learn to control yourself. You know the Wonderbolts only make appearances at events such as the Best Young Flyer Competition and important royal soirées. Why, you certainly can’t expect them to deviate from their busy schedule to attend our little affair, can you?"

"Gee, Rarity," Rainbow Dash retorted dryly, "Thanks for being so reassuring."

"Oh, anytime, darling!" Rarity simpered.

"Oooooh! I can't wait!" Pinkie Pie yelled as she hauled her large wagon of delicious treats and party supplies behind her.

"I brought cakes, pies, cookies, ice cream, chocolate, muffins, pun-" Pinkie stopped dead in her tracks and gasped. She whipped around and began desperately searching through the pile of delicacies.

"Where is it? Where is it! WHERE IS IT?!" she bellowed.

"What's wrong, sugarcube?" Applejack asked, confusion written on her face.

Pinkie whirled around and faced Applejack. “‘What’s wrong?!’ I forgot the super, ultra, delicious, yummy, fruity punch!" Pinkie Pie shouted. "We can't have a party without the super, ultra, delicious, yummy, fruity punch!"

"Don't worry," Fluttershy calmed Pinkie Pie down, "You can go back to pick up the punch while the others take the stuff we already have to the party. I’ll even come with you, okay?”

"Pinkierific!" Pinkie Pie cheered,

“Pinkie,” Twilight scolded. “That’s not a word.”

"I know! I just made it up! I figured, what would be more fun than the word ‘terrific’? Then it hit me! Pinkierific! I mean, a lot of stuff can sound more fun than ‘terrific’, because sometimes ‘terrific’ sounds like ‘terror’, and terror’s bad! But what's more fun than Pinkie Pie and ‘terrific’ put together? Pinkierific's just-"

Applejack grabbed a muffin from the wagon and shoved it into Pinkie's open mouth;. "Alrighty then! That sounds good, you two. Just hurry back, will ya? Don’t wanna miss the party!"

Pinkie Pie nodded her head rapidly in consent.

With that, Pinkie and Fluttershy turned and headed back to Sugarcube Corner.

"Now where's that punch?" Pinkie said after they’d both hurried inside the sweet smelling Sugarcube Corner. "I can't believe I left it here! How super-duper-über forgetful of me!"

"Oh, Pinkie! Is this it?" Fluttershy lifted up a huge glass bowl filled with a chilled, pink, sugary smelling liquid.

"That's it!" Pinkie grinned. "Nice job, Shy! Where was it?"

Fluttershy smiled, "I found it in the cooler."

Pinkie threw her hoof to her face "I can't believe I didn't look there!" "Well, at least we found it!"

"Yeah," Fluttershy agreed. "We should probably get going though, we don’t want to be the last ones to arrive."

"Okie dokie lokie!" Pinkie nodded happily in reply. The two of them headed outside, their pace hurried. "WAIT!" Pinkie Pie shrieked, putting her hooves on the top of her head in an exaggerated manner.

"I should bring some back-up!"

"Umm..." Fluttershy managed nervously, "Back-up? For what?"

"Back-up sugar, silly!" Pinkie grinned. "I never go to a party without back-up sugar! It’s like, the number one rule in ‘Pinkie Pie’s Perfect Party Planning Pamphlet, complete with Prompts and Pointers for the Perplexed Party Planning Pony!’"

"O-okay," Fluttershy stammered, "You go get your, um, ‘back-up sugar’, and I'll wait out here."

With a grin on her maw, Pinkie Pie bounced gaily back into the bakery and opened up a cabinet above the fridge. After a few seconds of browsing inside, she caught sight of a brown sack filled with sugar. She grabbed it with her teeth and carried it back outside with her.

"Here we go!" Pinkie said happily. "Now let's go party!" Fluttershy and Pinkie left Sugarcube Corner and cantered to Winsome Falls, arriving at the lake barely ten minutes behind their friends.
The water was clear, the sky was blue, and the ponies were eager and excited to get the Winsome Falls Splash Bash underway. The food Pinkie Pie and Applejack had supplied looked nothing short of delicious; there was everything from apple fritters and apple pie, to devil's food cake and buttermilk berry muffins, all laid out on display on the enormous buffet table Pinkie had brought over earlier that day.

"All of this looks just delectable!" Rarity exclaimed, drooling over the piles of food before her in a very unlady-like manner. Her eyes focused intently on one particular item. "I simply cannot wait for everypony to arrive so I can indulge in a bite of that cake!"

"I'll be honest," Applejack chuckled, "Everythin’ does look pretty hoof-lickin' good, if I do say so myself!"

Twilight interrupted the drooling ponies. "Look! The first party guest is here!"

A unicorn pony with blue hair, a mirror of two beamed eighth notes for a cutie mark, and the coolest shades you'll ever see in Equestria approached the six ponies with a grin.

"Are you ponies ready to bring the house down?!" Vinyl Scratch cheered.

"You bet we are!" Rainbow Dash said, "But I'm not sure 'bringing the house down' is the right way to put it. We're at a lake."

Vinyl and Rainbow laughed, "Well, whatever you wanna call it, I'm planning on packing some oomph tonight!"

"Awesome!" Dash exclaimed. Vinyl set her equipment up under the gazebo by the rushing waterfall. She checked her levels and started to play a track, listening closely to the music and adjusting things accordingly. The amplifiers were booming with intensity as the beat crescendoed into a rhythmic breakdown.

"That sounds great, Vinyl! Now we just need to wait for everypony to get their flanks on up here!"

Soon enough, ponies were arriving to the Winsome Falls Splash Bash in a frenzy. Lyra and Bon Bon were the first out of everypony to show up, followed by Mr. and Mrs. Cake, Big Macintosh, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Lotus Blossom and her sister Aloe, Octavia with her concert band, Trixie, Wellshire Saddle, Blue Bonnet, Professor Bill Neigh, Berryshine, Cobalt, and countless other ponies. After a while, even Zecora showed up.

"Glad to see you could make it, Zecora!" Twilight greeted with a smile, the air around booming with music and voices. "I didn't think you'd come with all the stuff you usually have going on."

Zecora laughed, "I have many things to do, and many to be done, but what's the point of all that if you can't have some fun!"

Mr. and Mrs. Cake waved for Zecora. She nodded to the others and headed off towards the bakers.

"Wow, you guys!" Spike started, "I can't believe so many ponies showed up. This party is a huge hit!"

"I'm astonished as well," Rarity smiled, a drink clenched in her magic. "We did quite well if this many ponies decided it was worth their time to attend.”

"Yeah, it's great..." Rainbow Dash muttered.

"What's wrong, Dashie?" Pinkie inquired, catching the sour note that lingered in the pegasus’ voice. "I thought you out of all ponies would be the craziest about this party! With this many ponies, it's hard to not have fun!"

"I know, I know..." Rainbow replied. "I just- I really would've liked it if the Wonderbolts had shown up..."

As the words left her mouth the entire party ground to a halt, a collective gasp sounding throughout the masses as they gazed skywards to watch as three blinding fast pegasi whipped past Rainbow Dash. She started, and jumped into the air to see what went by her.

"No way, it can't be… Is that…? Oh my gosh! It is!"

Three of the Wonderbolts landed a few meters away from Dash and the crowd went absolutely wild as Spitfire, Soarin’ and Fleetfoot waved and smiled to everypony around them.

"I can't believe the Wonderbolts are at our party!" Rainbow Dash said, utterly awestruck. The three ‘Bolts turned to the six ponies and drew closer. They were even wearing the official Wonderbolts uniforms, Dash thought excitedly.

"Say," Spitfire began, "You’re Rainbow Dash, right?"

Rainbow Dash snapped from her daze, "Yeah! The one and only! Ahem, uh, ma'am." Dash smiled sheepishly.

Spitfire shook her head, "No need with all the formalities. Call me Spitfire. By the way, I didn't get to congratulate you on your graduation from the Wonderbolts academy. You had some of the best stuff I've ever seen!"

"Gee, thanks ma’- um, Spitfire..." Rainbow blushed. "I only wanted to do my best, so, y’know, that's what I did."

"I agree," Fleetfoot continued, "I haven't seen moves like that since I was first inducted into the gang."

"We'll definitely have to discuss this more at a more proper time," Soarin’ added. "Who knows? Maybe one day we'll see you in a Wonderbolt suit." he nudged her side gently. “Bet’cha you’d look real good in one, too.” he said with a cheesy wink.

Rainbow Dash's eyes lit up with pure joy and a wide grin bloomed on her face.

"Alrighty," Spitfire told the other two. "Let's go have some fun then, shall we?" The other two nodded their heads in eager agreement and broke apart, Soarin’ making a beeline for the pie section of the snack table.

"Well, what the hay are we waiting for?" Applejack exclaimed, "Ain't nopony stopping us from partying! Let's go!"

Author's Note

Please know that the next chapter is when things get steamy *wink* I hope you guys are enjoying the story so far!!