A Vision in Pink

A Vision in Pink

Chapter 4:

Vanilla Hairspray

Luna's beautiful moon shone through the windows into the royal castle as the ponies prepared to settle for the night. The night was gorgeous, and it seemed that more bright stars appeared than last night. It was like a spell of wonder that fell upon the Canterlot citizens. A spell of awe and admiration. The night was young, and everyone was getting ready for bed.

Spike came out of Twilight's room, curious about his friends as they walked into the castle.

"Hey Twilight! Hello Rarrriityyy!" Spike cooed.

"Hello, Spike, darling." Rarity replied.

"Is that a new conditioner because your mane smells heavenly today!" Spike flirted on.

"Why yes, Spike, darling."

"That's nic-"

Spike stared at Bubble Berry and Pinkie Pie.

"Twilight? Did one of your spells go wrong, because there are two Pinkies."

"No, Spike. This is Bubble Berry. He came from that alternate universe I was studying." Twilight answered.

"Oh."

"Hello- Spike? Is it?" Bubble greeted.

"Yeah. It's Spike."

"You look so much like Barb. I wish you could meet her."

Rarity's the only girl for me! Spike thought as he walked away.

"Is Spikey-Wikey sleepy?" Bubble asked.

"I know I am, darling." Rarity answered as she swifted past Bubble patting his cheek with her soft hooves.

Bubble chuckled.

"I need my beauty sleep! Goodnight everypony!"

"Goodnight."

"GOODNIGHT!"

"Uhh- Goodnight."

"Goodnight yallz."

"Goodnight everypony!" Pinkie cheered as she walked into her bedroom, Bubble following closely behind.

Bubble tucked himself in bed, and sighed sadly.

"You ready to get sleeping so we can do some real party-hartying tomorow?!" Pinkie cheered.

Bubble sighed again.

"What's wrong, Bubble?"

"I miss my friends a little. I miss our awesome parties, and I miss Sugarcube Corner. But they're probably out there being busy, and not even realizing I'm gone."

Pinkie looked at her friend.

"You know, one day I threw a party, and nopony wanted to attend. All my friends said they were busy and couldn't come. I felt so sad, but then I realized they were just throwing a surprise party for me!"

"Omigosh! Really? Me too! Hmm, but this is different."

Pinkie got closer to her friend

"You know, you're the bestest best friend I've ever had! And I want you to know that!"

Bubble smiled as he turned around to Pinkie.

Pinkie looked nervously at Bubble, as she then suddenly and quickly kissed him on the cheek. Bubble was shocked.

"Goodnight friend!" Pinkie cheered as she quickly got under the blankets and went to sleep.

Bubble was still surprised, but his facial expressions then turned into a smile of pure happiness. He turned off the last lamp, and went to sleep.

Sunshine shone through the castle. It was obviously morning, and a very pretty one it was. Every color of the rainbow seemed to stand out in the early morning.

Bubble woke up from the sunlight in his face. He smiled as he then opened his eyes quietly. A little too quietly. When he realized how quiet he was waking up, he jumped.

"GOOD MORNING PINKIE!!!!" He cheered in a sing-song voice, as he turned around.

But Pinkie wasn't there, in fact, his bed wasn't there. Instead, he was lying in a bunch of pillows on the floor, in what looked like an elegant bathroom. He got up, and then realized it wasn't just pillows, he was in a comfy salon couch, in front of the bathroom mirror.

"Hello honeycakes."

Bubble turned around to the direction of the voice.

"Good morning darling!" Rarity cheered.

"What the- huh?" Bubble panicked, "What am I doing here? Where am I?"

"Relax darling! It's me! Rarity! I know we got on a rough start, but having Pinkie with that digraceful mess she calls a mane is simply outrageous enough without having a colt also with messy hair hygene."

"I don't get it."

"I'm going to give you a makeover!" Rarity cheered, "As a welcome gift."

"I'm so sorry cutie, but I have some serious Bubble-rific party-hartying to do today! I need to help Pinkie with the Princesses' party-"

"No worries, darling, Pinkie hasn't woken up yet! And it will give me just enough time to give you a spectacular new hairdo for that spectacular party in a few days! Hmm?"

Bubble looked at the gorgeous unicorn nervously. He had to admit, Pinkie's friend was pretty hot. Although she looked like the very annoying Elusive, she was very pretty.

"Okay..."

"Great! We'll get started on that mane of yours first!" Rarity cooed as she patted Bubble on the cheek.

Bubble blushed like crazy. Yet very awkwardly.

Rarity picked up the hairbrush on the dresser as it glowed as well as her horn with the magic.

"Let's get to it."

Hours had passed by. Bubble had by now went through 14 different hairstyles yet not one of them did the white mare like. But of course none of them Bubble had enjoyed because he liked his mane much better how it was at first. And also the only thing that ever comes into Bubble's mind is a party. So of course he would never have any favor in a topic like this.

"You remind me of my friend." Bubble said in a soft tone.

"Really? Is it my clone?" Rarity replied fascinated.

"Maybe. His name's Elusive. Heh. You have no idea how many times he would go on about how messy my mane is."

"Ha. I do the same with Pinkie Pie!"

"But with Rainbow Blitz, he's just off the chain with him."

Bubble then started to fake a sophisticated british accent, "'Oh Good Lord, Blitz, brush your teeth! The folks in Manehatten can smell your hoorid breath!' 'Oh Blitz, trim your hooves!' 'Blitz your mane looks like an exploded cupcake!' 'Blitz, you need to get an actual JOB!!' It goes on and on and on."

Rarity laughed.

"Well, at least I'm not like that with my friends. You must face a lot of trouble at home. Oh! Sorry, I had to get out that last tangle, did it hurt?"

"No, it's fine. I don't feel pain really. But I do when my friends act like that. They don't even seem like friends these days." Bubble sighed.

Rarity looked sadly at him, but then she perked up again.

"Is Elusive good with fashion?"

"And hair, and makeup, and yes. He is. Which seems to me pretty weird for a guy."

Rarity giggled again.

"Is Elusive hot?"

Bubble sucked in the lump in his throat. To him that was an awkward question, what do you say to an adoring mare who likes your best friend?

"Uhh.. he looks like you. And a lot of mares fall for him."

"I can already imagine why!" Rarity giggled as she smiled to herself. "Done! You can look in the mirror now, this one is a killer!"

Bubble looked up into the mirror. He freaked. Although many mares might find the hairstyle attractive, Bubble didn't want to look like a pink Justin Beiber. It was elegentaly curled, yet it was edgy, not at all Bubble's style.

"I- uhhhh-"

"Eeek! You love it don't you! I must show my friends! Come along now darling!"

"Ohhhkkayyyy." Bubble responded nervously as he followed Rarity out the bathroom and then her bedroom door.

The rest of the mane six were waiting in the hallway. Pinkie waited eagerly.

"Behold! My latest client! My mon beau style sur pieds! Bubble Berry!" Rarity announced as she pranced out the door.

Bubble peeked through the doorcrack, as he then walked out of Rarity's bedroom.

Everypony stared and snickered.

"You- you- you look great!" Rainbow Dash wheezed trying not to laugh. "BAH HA HA HA HA HA OHO OHA HA HA HA HA!!!"

Pinkie smiled.

"I like it! It's nice!"

But Twilight felt sympathy for Bubble.

"Hey, Rarity? That was a pretty bad idea because Bubble hasn't showered yet, and so now he has to shower, and your beautiful, and I mean it, it looks beautiful on him, his beautiful hairstyle will be ruined. So sorry." Twilight chimed in.

"Oh. Pity. Oh well! It was a lovelllyyy experience." Rarity replied as she tickled Bubble's ear with her muzzle.

Bubble's face turned as hot pink as his hair, as he started to blush like crazy again.

"Come on, Bubble! You have to shower so we can start planning for that party!" Pinkie pushed the colt towards her bedroom.

The warm, wet water splashed upon Bubble's face. He normally only bathed in the sweet chocolate milk the Cakes usually gave him so he could smell more like candy, but Twilight insisted he take a REAL bath. Also, Elusive had been nagging at him the few days before he jumped through the mirror about also taking a real bath, since the scent of garbage from when Bubble would try to be a living broom, and the scent of stale chocolate milk drove him insane.

Pinkie waited patiently outside of the bathroom, pacing back and forth, and softly dancing in place, as she heard the voice of Bubble singing a very familiar song as he bathed. Pinkie curiously pushed her ears against the bathroom door to hear better.

"My name is Bubble Berry!

And I am here to say!"

I'm gonna make you smile, and brighten up your day! Pinkie sung inside her head.

"It doesn't matter now

if you are sad or blue

Cause cheering up my friends is what Bubble's here to do!"

"Cause I love to make you smile, smile, smile!" Pinkie began to sing, "Yes I do! It fills my heart with sunshine all the while!"

Bubble stopped to smile, and then joined in with Pinkie,

"Yes it does! Cause' all I need's a smile smile smile! From these happy friends of mine!" The two ponies finished the chorus.

Bubble walked out with a towel draped upon him. Pinkie quickly looked up to him. Bubble was smiling.

"You really are one heck of a singer! We should sing at the party!" Bubble cheered as he started to walk towards the bedroom door.

Pinkie had never felt happier. Who knew that a large bottle of joy could fall from the sky into a pink pony's hand, just by calling out a song to a colt in the shower. We're so weird. Pinkie thought in joy, And that's why we are together.

"Dusk, you wanted to see us?" Blitz asked.

The purple stallion continued to sit in his desk chair, he stayed quiet, not a word popped out for a moment, and he hadn't even turned to his friends. Not one eye faced his aquaintances.

The Dusk began to speak.

"I've found something."

"F-f-found w-what?" Butterscotch asked.

"Take a look yourselves." Dusk replied.

The four other colts closened, to see a magic cloud, with an image, a mirror image, as in every move you made, of themselves in Dusk's library.

"I just see ourselves! What kind of lazy prank is this, Dusk?!" Blitz shouted.

"Shut ya' trap cloud-slacka'!" Apple Jack yelled at Blitz.

"MAKE ME!!!"

"U-uh, I d-don't think t-t-that's a good ide-" Butterscotch whispered

Elusive grabbed his 'man purse' and slapped Rainbow Blitz in the mouth with.

"Sweet Solaris, Blitz, ease your temper! You need to learn to SHUT UP!!!" Elusive shouted back.

Blood trickled out of Blitz's mouth.

"LOOK WHAT YOU DID, MISTER PERFECT! WAIT UNTIL I GET MY HANDS ON YOU LUCY! YOU DANGNAMIT SON OF A-"

"SHUT UP!!!!!!!!" Dusk screamed so loud the glass windows broke.

"What happened?" Barb asked lazily as she shouted from her bed, and then fell back asleep.

"Look! I found a spell that will show us what Bubble's doing right now! Why do you four have to be so violent?!?! Maybe that's why Bubble LEFT!" Dusk replied.

The four calmed as they went back to Dusk's desk.

"Look."

Dusk breathed in, as he then spoke.

"Blase Beere!"

The live image of the five colts disappeared as it faded into another image.

"Uh. W-was t-that chinese?" Butterscotch whispered.

"Peh! More like dorkinese!" Blitz teased.

The cloud showed a vision, with a pink mare that looked like Bubble Berry walking into a room in a castle, following a mirror that shone brightly.

"What the-, since when did Bubble Berry have long eyelashes?" Blitz asked.

"And why is he so perfectly shaped?" Elusive agreed.

"He darn' lookin' like a mare!" Apple Jack chimed in.

"Because this isn't Bubble Berry." Dusk answered, "Wait! Wait! Look! Look here, guys!"

The cloud showed the mirror starting to glow brightly

"My word! That mirror is glowing brighter than when I was the popular pony of Canterlot!" Elusive gasped.

"Anything is obviously brighter than you, Elusive!" Rainbow Blitz teased back.

"Shut up, Rainbow Mess."

The mirror continued to glow brightly in the image in the magic cloud, with the pink mare panicking, as then the room crashed around, Bubble popping out of the mirror, flat in front of the mare.

"Look! That's Bubble!" Blitz gasped.

"No dur', sherlock!" Apple Jack teased.

After the crash settled, the colts could hear the mare speaking in the image, "I'm Pinkanema Diane Pie. But everybody calls me Pinkie Pie!"

Dusk wove his hoof in front of the magic cloud, having the virtual image pause. "Pinkie Pie? That must be his female self! But wait, this secene was from yesterday! Let me fast foward to see how he's doing now."

"vor fünf minuten!" Dusk chanted.

The magic cloud's image then quickly faded into the time when Bubble was showering.

"Aw! Sick! Did we really have to come across this part?" Blitz asked.

"Blitz! You are such a pervert! He has furry skin! And all ponies don't wear any clothes unless they're like Elusive or those fancy Canterlot folk." Dusk replied back frusterated.

"Hey!" Elusive shouted.

"But wait, he's... singing?" Dusk was confused.

"I thoughth' Bubble alway' been singin'!" Apple Jack replied.

"But it sounds like somepony else is singing with him. Let me go to opposite side point of view."

Dusk then waved his hoof in front of the cloud in the shape of a curved arrow.

The cloud then showed two images, the same one of Bubble, still singing, but another one of the pink mare outside the bathroom with her eyes closed singing as well. The two were smiling.

"Oh My Solaris! This is just too sweet, darling!" Elusive cheered.

"Yuck! Flirting makes me upchuck." Blitz whined.

"And the diamond dogs thought I whined." Elusive joked.

"You say one more thing, you perfectionist, and I swear that when I'm out of this library I'm going to use my wings and give you a 'super stylish hairdo'!"

"Thank you for being so kind, Rainbow, but after seeing your hair-styling abilities, and you're poor hygene, I'd prefer not to be styled by those dirty corpse-blue sausages you call hooves."

"You disrespectul jerk!-"

"Guys. Look." Dusk interupted again. Shocked. "I put on mind-reading mode on this cloud, and listen to this!"

The five then had all eyes on the cloud.

"We're so weird. And that's why we're together." the cloud projected every word of the bubblegum mare's thoughts.

All five of the colts gasped.

"SHE MUS' BEE ROLLIN' ALL OVAH FOR HIM!"

"THIS GIRL REALLY LIKES BUBBLE!"

"Aww.. H-how s-sweet."

"BUBBLE BERRY GOT A GIRLFRIEND?!!?"

"Peh. You're just jelous, Bltiz that that Bubble has this girl wrapped around his hoof in every spot of admiration, yet not even one single mare has fallen for you yet."

This time the blue stallion was beyond fierce and red in the face.

"OKAY! THAT'S IT FOR MR. NICE GUY! I SWEAR TO SOLARIS, ELUSIVE, IF YOU OPEN THAT UGLY BIG MOUTH OF YOURS ONE MORE TIME I WILL CUSS YOU OUT IN 5 SECONDS FLAT, AND YOU'LL BEING CRYING HOME TO YOUR LITTLE BROTHER SO HARD THAT YOU'RE DENTURES WILL FALL OUT! WE ALL KNOW THAT'S HOW YOU HAVE SUCH PEARLY WHITES!"

"HOW DARE YOU DISPRESPECT MY LITTLE BROTHER! DISRESPECTING ME IS BAD ENOUGH WITHOUT YOU MAKING FUN OF MY LITTLE BROTHER! HOW WILL SCOOTEROLL REACT WHEN HE HEARS THIS, HUH? RAINBOW TWIT! OR SHOULD I CALL YOU STUPID CRAP?!"

"WHAT' ABOUT YA', ELUSEEVE? NOPON' EVEN FREAKIN' CARE OR GIVE AN APPLE FOR YA' PETTY ATTITUDE!"

"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS, TREE-LOVER! NO ONE WAS TALKING TO YOU!"

"AND HOW DO YOU THINK YOUR STUPID NICKNAME 'TREE-LOVER' FEELS TO BUTTERSCOTCH, HUH?"

"BESIDES! AT LEAST I DON'T LIVE MY LIFE IN THE FIELDS LOOKING LIKE A BACK OF MONKEY CRAP AT THE END OF THE DAY!"

Dusk held his hooves over his ears as he listened to the three argue. Until finally it was ended by an ear-splitting shreik heard from the quietest pony.

"SHUT THE BUCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Butterscotch screamed so loud that it broke the neighbors' windows.

"I- u-uh, mean. Hush your mouths!" Butterscotch started to whisper.

"'I don't feel pain really. But I do when my friends act like that. They don't even seem like friends these days.'" the cloud played Bubble's phrase, that broke the awkward silence after the argument.

Dusk turned around. Then he turned back to his friends, looking ashamed.

".. I guess we're why Bubble left." Blitz admitted.

"We havein' to tell der little feller, that we're been' sorry." Apple Jack agreed.

"I guess I am awfully violent." Elusive also admitted, staring down at his purse.

"Wait guys, the cloud's image is going backwards in time." Dusk pointed out.

The cloud reversed quickly throughout the events until it reached the part of the bounce house scene. Where the two party ponies nuzzled, as they laid next to eachother closely.

The  cloud then fizzed, and disappeared. The light in the library went off. It was only an awkward, dead silence that rung throughout the library, as the five colts stared at eachother, in shock, in distress, and in the soft sound of Barb's snoring, faintly, as the library grew very very dim.