A Vision in Pink

A Vision in Pink

Chapter 6:

Twizzlers

Dusk looked up at the morning sun.

Another cheerful morning, Dusk thought, Or maybe not really that cheerful since Bubble's not here.

The purple unicorn sighed. Every morning no longer was the same without Bubble's morning cheers and singing. Everypony would usually find him outside their windows, marching Ponyville cheering on a morning song. Even if many ponies found it annoying, now everypony found it as a treasure they had lost forever. After all, they never realized what they had until they lost it.

Dusk sighed again.

"Dusk, is something wrong?" Barb asked as she walked down the stairs.

"Yes, there is. Bubble's gone because we've been bad friends to him."

Barb knew what Dusk ment when he said 'we'.

"I don't think you five have been bad friends! Especially you, Dusk."

"What are you talking about, Barb?!" Dusk began to yell, "Look at what happened yesterday! Blitz was fighting with everypony, Elusive made Blitz BLEED, and Apple Jack started making fun of Elusive! What do you expect for Bubble to do?! I've never done anything about it and now BUBBLE IS GONE!"

"Ok, ok, Dusk, calm down, sweetie."

"Calm down?! CALM DOWN?!! I lost one of my friends, Barb! My other three friends don't even like eachother, and Butterscotch is frequently tortured by their screaming! And-and-," Dusk then stopped yelling and switched to a whisper, "I don't think he'll even want to come back when these six days are up."

Barb walked over to her purple friend.

"I'm still here, and we'll find him, Dusk. No matter what it takes.And I want you to KNOW that, hon."

Dusk turned to his dragon friend and smiled.

"Thanks, Barb."

Barb smiled back at Dusk, who had turned away again, as she then kissed him on the cheek and ran back upstairs.

Bubble was unusually happy today, he was elated, he was feeling insanely happy, but he didn't know why, after all he didn't go tipsy last night on Pony Cola. He just woke up after all.

Pinkie woke up shortly after Bubble as she then turned to him.

"Good morning, my Bubble Beauty!"

"Good morning. my Pretty Pinkie!"

The two then nuzzled eachother, still in bed, and then they jumped off and started bouncing around, getting ready for the day.

Rarity patted her napkin quietly as she then let the blue magic fog from her hoof pick it up to wipe her muzzle, as she stared at her friends.

"How did you two sleep last night, darlings?" Rarity asked to start a conversation.

The six mares and colt were at Rarity's favorite resteraunt in Canterlot, one that she and Fancypants once attended when she was being an important pony. It was a cute little cottage-styled resteraunt, with sophisticated tables and chairs though, a few sofas stood quietly in a corner, and in another, a cute little sign with the specials everyday stood as well.

Rarity stared as the fancy headwaiter served wine in her glass cup.

Bubble and Pinkie just kept nuzzling, giggling like crazy.

"Too bad Dashie Darling isn't here, she'd miss out on this bundle of adorableness!"

"Very funny, Rarity. Everypony can tell I'm here. My rainbow mane you call a mess always pops out in public." Dash then turned to Pinkie and Bubble, now that they finished their romance scene, "Sooo... Did you keep eachother 'occupied' last night?"

Bubble coughed into his cup hard, trying to vomit.

"Rainbow, Bubble, what does that mean?" Pinkie asked curiously, watching her colt-friend barf up his punch.

"You don't want to know." Twilight answered quickly.

Bubble had returned to his normal state.

"I don't know about you, but I'd like to make a few laps outside while I wait for my order, or maybe for another glass of that strong red stuff!"

"It's wine, Dashie." Rarity answered a little upset.

Ponies who knew nothing about modern-day sophistication ettiquite drove Rarity insane.

"Whatever. Tell the waiter next time I'd like the whole bottle."

"Take it easy', Dash! Ya' don't wanna go tips'!" Applejack teased.

"Don't worry about me! I'll be fine! So! I'm going outside! Scream when he actually brought something to consume! I'm out!"

"W-w-what m-me to come with y-you, Dash?" Fluttershy asked.

"Sure! Be my guest!"

Two pairs of feathered pegasus wings flapped. One pair light yellow, the other light blue, as the two mares raced eachother throughout the clouds of Canterlot.

"H-hey, D-Dash?" Fluttershy whispered.

"Yeah, Fluttershy?" Dash responded.

"D-don't you like seeing your friend so h-happy?"

Dash stopped for a moment and landed on a cloud. She looked down onto Canterlot.

"Well, yeah, but, well, it's twice the annoying, twice the UGLY COLOR, PINK! Twice the singing, twice the dancing, and twice the dweeb-i-ness."

Fluttershy sounded normal for a moment.

"It's something, isn't it, Rainbow?"

"Something? What?! No!!!"

"Was their somepony out there you... liked?"

Rainbow looked away.

"Rainbow?"

"Soarin."

"W-what?" Fluttershy returned to her normal shy mutter-ish voice.

"Soarin. I liked him. But he only looks up to me as a friend, and I've always felt like I've never impressed him."

"I-If you d-did, w-what would you do? I-if he l-liked you?"

"I'd probably kiss him twice. And after that, we'd go steady, and I'd probably make out with him every night. But DON'T YOU DARE TELL ANYONE THIS, FLUTTERSHY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO RUIN MY REPUTATION AND EVERYPONY WILL CALL ME A SOFTIE IF ANYPONY ELSE FINDS OUT, GOT IT?"

Fluttershy looked at her friend. She was serious. For once.

"Pinkie Promise?"

"P-p-pinkie promise!" Fluttershy whispered.

The two then shoke hooves, when a strange yet familiar pink magic cloud surrounded the two.

"What's going on here?!"

The two disappeared.

Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy fell onto the resteraunt floor.

"Done! Brought them back! It was no problem at all!" Twilight cheered, sweating.

"We tried yelling out to you darlings, but you two couldn't hear us, so we got Twilight to use magic to bring you back." Rarity explained.

The two bubblegum party ponies went insane again on nuzzling.

"Whatever! It's called a free world, Twilight! Equestria is free! So I can come back whenever the buck I want to!" Rainbow complained.

"S-so, not meaning to disturb you two," Fluttershy whispered to the two part ponies, not intending to break their nuzzle, "When will the party start today?"

Pinkie turned to her friend.

"It's going to be at around five! And let me just say it's going to be the super-duper most EPIC party of the year!!!!" Pinkie cheered.

"I guess that's one good thing about two Pinkies..." Dash muttered.

Bubble started to cheer as well; "There's going to be dancing, singing, disco, punch, treats, cake, more cake, TONS OF CAKE, and-"

"Your orders!" The waiter interupted Bubble's excitement, holding seven platters of food on a portable mini table for holding food.

"Oh, thank you!" Twilight thanked.

"Good! Because I am SOOOO hungry!" Dash excited as she got her plate with an egg and seventeen slices of bacon, and french toast. "Oh yeah!!!"

The waiter setted down more platters; a plate of apple cobbler and a glass of apple juice, a small muffin with a mango parfait with greek yogurt, a small salad, an omlet, and two plates of strawberry shortcake, decorated with the most craziest assortment of candies you could think of.

"OMG! You got strawberry shortcake too?!?" Bubble asked in shock yet excitement.

"Of course! It's my favorite breakfast food!" Pinkie replied smiling.

"Speaking of cake, what did Celestia tell you two to get for the party?" Twilight asked curiously.

"She only asked for a triple chocolate fudge cake, some tarts, and macaroons, which is sad really, because i'd prefer lots more CAKEEEEEE!" Pinkie finished the last few words in a sing-song voice.

"Woah woah woah WOAH!" Rainbow interruped her own meal, "Pinkie and chocolate?! Wait wait, no, TWO PINKIES AND CHOCOLATE?!!? I'd prefer not to see that happen, especially since it's a TRIPLE chocolate fudge cake, and that it's two Pinkies, since that's important."

"Dash, here ya' are whinin' about Pinkie n' Bubble goin' cray cray with the chocolate, when at tha same time', you be askin' for the entire bottle of jack!" Applejack turned to Dash.

"That's different!"

"Shore', sugarcube. Shore'."

"Hey! Look at the time! It's already almost afternoon!" Twilight interupted, "I finished my breakfast! How about you guys?"

"We darn' just got it, Twiligh'."

"But I've already finished my platter, darling!" Rarity agreed.

"PLATTER?! YOU CALL A MUFFIN A PLATTER?!" Dash yelled.

Rarity stood calm.

"Well, I bet to Derpy, she'd agree with me."

"But Derpy's an idiot."

"Rainbow'! Ya' think is' polite to be talkin' bout' ya' friend that way?!" Applejack joined in.

"She's not here! And it's true, sorta!"

"I-I finished my s-salad..." Fluttershy also came in.

"W-well, umm, how about' em' two pinkies?" Applejack pointed.

The two party ponies were completely unaware of the argument around then, since they had their eyes closed, chomping merrily on the high sugared cake.

"Yeah." Twilight teased back to Apple.

"Well, fine! Darn ya' all! I'm hurryin'!"

The farmer mare got up as she used her hooves to flick the food of her plate and into her mouth, and then she chomped as well sloppily.

Rainbow Dash was almost finished with her bacon, so she had nothing to worry about.

The shop's bell rang as Spike walked into the resteraunt.

"Hey, Twilight? I know I'm supposed to be at the castle, or at least getting that pizza I wanted for breakfast, but I was in the streets looking for the Pizzeria, when I burped up a note, and I thought I should give it to you. It's from the Princess." Spike forwarded his master as he handed her the note.

"Thank you, Spike." Twilight thanked as she patted her baby dragon on the head.

"Oh, it says Pinkie and Bubble need to go to the 'garden' immediately to get the decor ready for tonight."

Twilight then turned from the note to her friends.

"What garden?"

"Oh, it's a very pretty one, with a gazebo and everything! Celestia might come to the castle and show you guys where it is tonight!" Pinkie tried to explain.

"Umm, Twilight? Not to be a nosy dragon or anything, but the note says at the bottom that you and the others need to go shop for presents for the moon celebration." Spike added.

"Presents? How do you get a moon presents? And does it even care?" Twilight asked confused.

"That's easy logic, egghead! Spike eats the presents, burps it up toward the moon tonight, Luna gets the smoke, and gives it to the moon!" Rainbow teased.

"I think Rainbow's right, because it also says here that Luna's going to use the presents as magic for the moon to show how much everypony cares about it." Spike pointed to the note again.

"Well, then! I guess we should get going! Pinkie and Bubble seem awfully busy today." Twilight stated, "Pinkie, Bubble, you two should go ahead. We'll be in the town!"

"Okee-dokee, artichokee!" Pinkie sung.

"Mucho comprendo señor habanero!" Bubble sang after Pinkie.

The two pink ponies then boucned out of the resteraunt, leaving the other mares behind.

"We'll see you girls at five!!!" Pinkie cheered as she bounced away with her colt-friend.

Rainbow Dash started to groan as she looked at the two ponies.

"Ughhh... I wonder how much longer we'll have to deal with two Pinkies."

"What do you think?"

A rich voice called out as the stallion walked into the room.

"I-it's not b-bad..." Butterscotch started to cover up.

"Really?"

"W-well..."

"Butterscotch, you know how I hate the untruthful manner, sweetie. Tell me for real. I hope it's not as bad as your ideal for the suit at the grand galloping gala, is it?"

Butterscoch gulped as his friend trotted nervously around the room. Butterscotch could tell Elusive has been strong on anxiety the past few days. His friend's mane was frizzed, as well as his tail, and strands of hair were sticking out in every direction. He looked a lot like Dusk when he was panicking. He could tell that the strong anxiety pills weren't doing any better for him.

"W-well..."

"I really don't care, hon, if you say it's terrible, I honestly don't care anymore! I've been so nervous the past few days! Regretting a lot of what I have done! And now I've lost Bubble and my business status, everypony has been upset that I haven't opened the shop since two days ago! I really want to apologize to Bltiz also, I heard word that he's getting the doctor to check how hard I hit him."

Elusive stared up to the ceiling.

"I-I wish I haven't said some things as well,  r-r-rember that time I made you and Bubble burst into tears?"

Elusive could remember that clearly. Calling Elusive petty, calling Bubble stupid, and then calling them gay later on.

"I-i-if that wasn't bad enough, l-later that day I started to cuss at you two, and I'm really sorry..."

"Butterscotch, we all have things to regret. But let me just say you have much less to apologize to anypony than me and the others."

"Y-you're just saying that..." Butterscotch said as he started to take off the new leather suit Elusive had made him.

Elusive stared at his friend, as he then heard a zoom from the outside, so he looked out the window, and saw Blitz clearing the clouds, his daily chore. Elusive then looked back to Butterscotch.

"I'll be right back."

The blue pegasus stallion's wings flapped furiously as he grumpily smashed the clouds apart. He wanted to rest, but he didn't feel like it at the same time. He was also nervous, that he had scared his friend away. But he was unsure, after all, not very many days ago he was talking with him. But he felt bad. He felt dis-loyal. He felt like a stupid idiot. He was now slacking off on his job, and every once in a while, run to the bar, and get a large bottle of beer. He had stayed up for a few days, feeling guilty that he had ruined the world around him.

He stopped for a moment onto a clous, as he then moped, looking at the sun. He blinked away.

"Hello, Blitz." a british voice called behind him.

He could recognize that voice of fine sophistication from a mile away.

"Hello, 'Lucy."

"Blitzy, are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine you stupid image of high class sophistication." Blitz grumped as he then flew to another cloud.

Elusive stayed calm, and simply transported himself to the second cloud.

"Look, I'm sorry I crapped you off yesterday." Elusive tried to apologize.

"Oh, and this is coming from the pony who cries like heck when being called 'petty'!" Blitz teased.

"I'm really sorry, Blitz. Really. I'm VERY sorry. I Bubb-"

"I don't want your Bubble promisings when Bubble's not even here."

Elusive turned his friends face by force towards him. The were eye-to-eye. Too close.

"Look, I'm sorry, Blitz, hon, and that's all I will say! I'm sorry for teasing you on not having a girlfriend, and all that other crap I said."

Blitz actually showed understanding this time.

"It's ok. Sorry I AM crapped off."

"I do want to repay you on the whole 'smacking so hard with a purse' thing."

"It's ok bro, brohoof?"

Elusive smiled as he watched his friend hold up his hoof.

Elusive smacked it back.

"Brohoof."

"It's ok, dude."

The two smiled, but fallen underneath the trap of 'forgiveness', Elusive became unaware, as Blitz then punched him violently on the face. Elusive fell to the floor and fainted.

Blitz walked to his fallen friend, but instead of having an evil smile, he had the same understand smile.

"Your debt has been repaid. See you later, 'Lucy!" Blitz called as he then flew away.

Elusive was left on the cloud, dead-silent, and unconscious.