Twilight Sparkle Strips for the Children

It was one of the busiest days in all of America, which is very odd considering that this story takes place in Ponyville, Equestria. However, this does not take from the point that it was a very busy day. All of the ponies in this quaint town were preparing for one of the great many events that happen to occur in this town, at least ever since that nerd unicorn moved in. This particular event however was of a better nature than simply heralding the arrival of the princess who is always mysteriously absent when a horde of dragons started to invade or a plague of ravenous insects started to ravaged the town. Instead, this event was a charity for those disadvantaged colts and fillies who were often the victims of tragic events that seemed to happen much more often.

As mentioned, all of the ponies in ponyville (and possibly ponyland depending on your view) were pre-occupied with the preparations of the charity event. The adults all managed their tasks accordingly, where the town baker took care of the decorations, a pony called Bon Bon was tending to the plants, and the mayor was actually doing work. Even the young children and infants did their best to help out, which coincidentally involved them staying on the side of the roads and not getting in anypony’s way. Without compare this was one of the most productive days in Equestria.

“What do you mean we have no entertainment?!”

In all fairness, Equestria is not a particularly productive place.

“What happened to the clown?” Continued Twilight Sparkle, who raised a disconcerting eyebrow to one of the ponies who had informed her of the bad news.

“She changed professions and became an engineer so as to invent the automobile so that she could do that many clowns stuffed into a car gag.”

“And what about the circus animals?”

“They all quit until they could arrange an agreement for their health benefits, so they’re in mediation with the ringleader.”

“And the hypnotist? Please for the love of everything say that we still have the hypnotist.”

“Oh, we do. But it turns out that the hypnotist the whole time was both the clown and the ringleader. She apparently tricked herself to think she was both. Turns out the ad we took up was out of date.”

“Ugh!” Twilight shouted in frustration, burying her face in her hooves. “How could this day get any worse?”

While one might think that this would serve as an invitation to all manner of chaos to wipe it’s feet, take a load off, and just start monkeying about with the controls to the universe in relation to the pony who would dare utter such words, they would be wrong. Jeff isn't at work today. However a much more unpredictable force from unknown origin just so happened to be lurking nearby.

In a moment a gust of pink, streamers, and candy burst from the shadows before settling to form a being whose mere existence defied the sense of sentient comprehension, more so than a world full of colorful horses with tattoos on their rear ends. And of course, like any abominable scourge that does not quite “exist” but just so happens to be here, it spoke.

“What, no entertainment?!” And while it should be expected that this creature who goes by the moniker of Pinkie Pie would naturally be all-knowing and pop out of nowhere, it still made Twilight and the bearer of bad news leap backwards. “Well what are we going to do with the stage I had set up?”

“I suppose we’ll have to just go on without it.” Said Twilight, who shook her head in dismay, while silently praying that Pinkie Pie would not exacerbate the situation.

“An event like this without entertainment would be like a birthday without cake or a fanfiction without shipping! It’s just not the same! But don’t worry, I have an idea! Quick, follow me!” And with that she was gone, leaving behind a trail of lollipops, balloons, and cupcakes, although her destination was probably obvious as the trail led straight to bakery.