Chapters A Vision in Pink
Chapter 1:
Bubblegum
Bubble Berry sighed as he stared at Ponyville. It was late afternoon, but it didn't feel like it. Barely anypony walked the streets. Nobody even passed by Sugarcube Corner these days. Being Ponyville's party colt was tough when nobody even wanted to have fun. Not even Bubble Berry's own friends had time for him, but he knew it was a bad idea to break into his 'Solo Party' phase. The last time he visited the threapist, Zicoro said the next time he changed into that phase, it would be deadly, and he might break out into murdering or something like that.
Instead, he decided to just stare, as his last balloon disinflated, and flew away, landed slowly in the distance. He then heard Elusive passing by, as Barbara continued to woo him.
"Sooo... I was wondering if you wanted to go somewhere? Like..."
"Uhhh... sorry Barbara dear, but I uh, have to, try on dresses!"
"But you're a col-"
"Goodbye!"
Elusive nervously teleported himself back to the Carousel Boutique, as the small dragon sighed and walked away.
Bubble Berry sighed again and stared at his cutie mark.
"Not very much partying going on over here." he sighed.
Macareina passed by, softly whistling in the afternoon air.
Perfect! Maybe Macareina wants to throw a party! Bubble Berry thought.
"Hey Macareina! You bored?"
"Eyeup."
"Well, umm, how about throwing a party? Are are you too busy?"
Macareina stared at the pink colt.
"You're busy, aren't you?"
"Eyeup."
Bubble frowned.
"Maybe your little brother, AJ wants to throw a party?"
Macareina stared again.
"Is AJ busy too?"
"Eyeup."
Bubble frowned again, until he decided to take the conversation farther.
"Do you want to go on a date? You're looking pretty hot today, you know how I just LOOOVEEE red-neck mares!"
Macareina was shocked and looked at Bubble in horror.
"...Nope!"
Then the red mare ran away, frightened and screaming.
Bubble Berry got upset again. It seemed like nobody had time for him. He continued to sit outside Sugarcube Corner for a while, thinking on getting fresh air, but still the sad air of Ponyville's busyness resembled no fresh air. He finally decided to go inside. Slouching, the Cakes greeted him.
"Why, hello Bubble! Any luck getting some ponies to reserve their next party with us? Or maybe somepony wants a nice treat to eat?" Ms. Cream Cake asked.
"No, it seems pretty lonely outside today."
Mr. Coffee Cake came out.
"Really? I've never seen Ponyville so busy."
"I guess it's all because Dusk Shine became prince and all that, after all, Lord Solaris did pick him to be his best student, and now look what comes out of it. Everyone is too busy to be with me, and Equestria just isn't the same."
The Cakes frowned at Bubble.
"At least I still have you guys."
The Cakes started to smile nervously, as if they were hiding something. Something bad.
"Bad news, Bubble. Me and Cream Cake have to go to an important Pastry Convention up in Manehatten. We're taking the Baby Cakes, but I'm afraid you'll be alone for a few days."
"How long?"
"Two weeks."
"Crap. Are you sure you have to go?"
"Sorry, Bubble."
Bubble Berry felt terrible. First his friends are too busy, and now his own second family is busy.
"Well, have a good trip."
"Thank you Bubble, we have to go now. Goodbye."
The Cakes walked out the door, leaving Bubble Berry alone. Then the electricity went off, and the door slammed shut. Bubble Berry felt depressed being all alone in the dark.
"Cursed Lighting! Why can't the Cakes at least afford to get new lighting."
Bubble Berry walked out of Sugarcube Corner. The Cakes were already gone. Overhead, Rainbow Blitz and Butterscotch were racing, of course with Butterscotch way behind, carrying Angel and several other animals on his back.
Rainbow Blitz and Butterscotch were also obviously busy.
So that was Rainbow, Butter, AJ, Elusive, Barbara, the only other friend he had who he wasn't sure if he was busy or not was... Dusk.
"Dusk! Maybe Dusk isn't busy! After all being an egghead like Rainbow calls him only consists of reading books and nerdy crap like that! Of course also considering the chance though that he might be busy with Prince Artemis or Lord Solaris." Bubble Berry cheered.
"I'm going to go visit my favorite egghead!"
"So no pony is interested in throwing a party lately? Shame."
"I know, It's boring in Sugarcube Corner, and it's not supposed to be!"
"Don't you have Gummette?"
"She's at the spa getting a claw-i-cure. She's also getting a scale massage. You know alligators. Hey, did you know kissing an alligator gets you serious health affects? Don't try it. I tried kissing Gummette one day, and the next day I had Trichinosis! Oh, and also it feels really weird having that slimy tounge all over your lips, it's just weird."
Dusk stared plainly at Bubble.
"Well, anyways, I'm glad you came. I wanted to tell you something I've been studying recently."
"Okay?"
"I was studying recently about these old myths about an strange alternate universe. Where you meet the other side of your reflection."
"So... your dark side?"
"Don't know. The myths come up with many different explanations. Some say it could be the evil side of you, the opposite of your reflection, the other power in your element, or even your secret alter-ego!"
"Oh, so it's unknown?"
"Basically. But the myths say this other universe can either be a dream come-true, or just another nightmare for your life. It's up to you how you use it if you discover it."
"Oooh! Sounds mysterious!"
"It is! I was actually hoping I could go tell the others about my mysterious find. Solaris wants me to let them know! I will talk to you latter, Bubble! Cheerio!"
Dusk opened the door with the pink magical cloud surrounding the door, fading away once again as the door shut. Bubble was alone in Dusk's library.
"An alternate universe... I wonder if Zicoro has any idea about this. Maybe it could help my life get more interesting."
Bubble then left the library and dashed over to Zicoro's swamp.
"The prophecied Alternate Universe? Well, there are many alternate universes out there. Which one are you talking about?"
"Dusk told me of another world where you see the other side of your reflection. He doesn't know if it's your evil side, the opposite of you, or if it's about the other side of your element. He just says it finds out the other way of you."
Zicoro stared at the pink colt as he nervously smiled.
"Oh! Yes! I think I know about which you are talking about. It is said that this dimension is more strange than the human world. It says that this finds out secrets of you that you've never known. Another side. Another way."
"Do you have anything about it?"
"No. But the closest thing I have is this."
Zicoro walked over to his cabinet of bottles, as he then pulled out three, and suddenly, the house shook, and the cabinet turned around, reavealing a secret door, which Zicoro walked over to. He let Bubble go first, as he then entered and shut the door.
After walking down a few stairs, the two colts saw a strange and old mirror, similar to the one from the human world in Solaris' castle.
"This, is the closest thing I have to an alternate universe. This is an enchanted mirror, similar to the one that legend tells is hidden in the Canterlot Castle."
"You mean the human world mirror?"
"Yes. These two mirrors look similar, but are not the same. This mirror here is enchanted as the enterance to another world, but legend has it that you do not change form, but instead, the inhabitors in this other realm are the ones in a different form from this universe. I've never dared to go into it. For I fear of causing trouble in this other world."
"Causing trouble?"
"Apparently this other dimension tests the other side of you, which is why I think this is what you are looking for. But it is said to be a dangerous ideal to cross between this world and the other, so watch out, and leave this mirror in my secret closet alone and in peace."
"Oh, ok."
At least I'm pretty sure the ponies in the other world are more fun though. Bubble thought as he and Zicoro exited the hidden room.
"Now Bubble, I'm actually glad you came here, because I'm leaving for a spells convention early tomorow morning, and I need you to tell Dusk Shine to take care of my place while I'm gone."
"Oh, ok."
"Well, you best be on your way, Bubble! I need to pack for my convention since I'm leaving especially early."
"Okay then, see ya later Zicoro!" Bubble cheered as he bounced away.
Oh well, I guee I better go tell Dusk, Bubble thought until he suddenly stopped, Wait, why do I tell Dusk? Why can't I just not tell him, so Zicoro's house will be left all alone, and then, once Zicoro's left, but still early, I could go in there and find out about the mirror? Perfect! I will find out about that mirror! Tomorow. I must not tell Dusk though... Bubble grinned as he thought about his new plan. He was going to walk into the mirror, and find out about the other world.
It was early. Very early. Like around 3:00 AM. Bubble wasn't exactly sure if Zicoro left yet, but he wanted to try anyways. But creeping over to a swamp in the woods, to visit Zicoro's hut without getting caught isn't easy. Ponyville came out with a new cerfew, and Bubble needed to draw no attention to himself, which once again is unbeleivable hard when you're an epic party colt.
But Bubble decided what he needed to do. He was at Sugarcube corner that morning, so he climbed up to the roof, and then tried to jump from roof to roof. After all, being an earth pony helps on this, considering that earth ponies were made for long-jumping. But then again, Bubble wasn't a hot muscular colt like Rainbow Blitz.
After a few houses he was successful. He was almost to the forest, but he grew tired, and sort of dizzy, which made no help to his next jump onto the Apple barn. Bubble slipped, and he was hanging from the roof of the barn, with a high chance of getting caught by either AJ or a police pony. But he climbed back onto the roof, and then jumped into the Everfree forest, running away.
Finally, Bubble reached Zicoro's swamp, and there was his hut.
Bubble raced in. Zicoro wasn't there.
"Ok! Zicoro's not here! So I guess I'll just come over to this cabinet and pull out these bottles."
Bubble was confused, since he didn't remember which three to pull out. He tried pulling out three, and if it didn't work, put it back, over and over again.
"GAH!" he screamed as he then just threw all the bottles of the cabinet.
The house shook again, as the shelving turned over to reveal the secret closet door. It wasn't locked.
"Allright, alternate universe here I come," Bubble cheered as he bashed through the room, in front of the mirror.
Bubble broke out into a cold sweat.
Blinking back, Bubble jumped into the mirror, as it then shook, zapped, and then Bubble was gone.
A Vision in Pink
Chapter 2:
Pink Sprinkles
Pinkie Pie stared at the ceiling. She was bored. Really bored. But there was nothing she could do about it.
The mane six were still in Canterlot, due to courtesy of Princess Celestia, she decided that she and Luna wanted Twilight and her friends to stay a little longer before they set off back to Ponyville. But that night Pinkie Pie wasn't sleepy. She was wide awake.
"GAH! Why can't I freaking go to sleep?! Did I drink too much Pony Cola or something?!"
Pinkie Pie continued to stare in frusteration as she kicked the covers off her bed. She got up, slipped on her alligator slippers, and creeped out her bedroom door. The Canterlot Castle hallways were quiet, just the sounds of the Royal Guards walking around boomed through Pinkie's ears. Pinkie crept over to Fluttershy's room and entered.
Releived that she didn't get caught, Pinkie sighed in celebration as she quietly shut the door, until she looked finally in the room she was standing in.
Fluttershy's room had pictures of Big Macintosh plastered everywhere for some reason. And if that was't bad enough, a small book on her nightstand popped out.
Curious, Pinkie crept over to Fluttershy's nightstand and grabbed the book off the stand. Pinkie hid under the bed, and started to read;
Fluttershy's Diary:
I love Applejack's brother he's so red and cute and has the cutest amber mane, and I think it's cute that he still plays with stuffed animals and I just miss him so much-
"Pinkie Pie?"
"Ahh!" Pinkie Pie screamed as she bumped her head crawling out from underneath the bed.
"What are you doing in my room and- is that my- diary?"
Pinkie nervously smiled.
Fluttershy's face turned bright red.
"Sorry Fluttershy, I was just wondering if you were awake, since I can't go to sleep, I'm too awake. Let's party!"
"Well, I'm tired Pinkie."
"Oh."
"How about you try counting sheep? Or Angel? My pet bunny?"
"What do you think we are, Fluttershy?! Five?!"
"Oh.. no no no no, it's just that, I just thought it would help you?"
Pinkie Pie stared at her friend.
"Sorry, I guess I just feel weird not being able to sleep, because if I ever can't sleep, back at home, I'd usually turn on the stereo really loud and dance a bit."
"Oh, so that's why some mornings Angel would come to me and complain about hearing Wrecking Ball all night."
"Well, sorry I woke you up Fluttershy, and sorry I read your diary."
Fluttershy's face turned red again.
"I'll see you later, good night."
"Good night, Pinkie."
Pinkie Pie shut the door of Fluttershy's room. Pinkie slowly trotted back to her room.
"Pinkie?"
Pinkie Pie turned around to see nopony there.
"Hey." a voice creeped up behind her.
Pinkie Pie screamed and jumped into the wall, falling down with a crash.
"BAH HHA HA HA HA HA!" Rainbow Dash laughed.
"Not funny Rainbow!"
"Seriously kiddo, why aren't you asleep?"
"Because I'm not sleepy!"
"I can tell."
"I'm more awake than Herbert going blind!"
"Oh! I know someone with a perverted mind!"
"No! I said Herbet. Going. BLIND! Get a hearing aid, Dash!"
Rainbow Dash laughed hard.
"That was pretty funny though."
"I'm going back to my room you flying snitch, so let me go. Good night!"
Pinkie Pie grumped back to her room, with Rainbow Dash still snickering behind.
Pinkie Pie shut the door frusterated. She felt like everyone laughed at her these days. Especially Dash. Pinkie Pie kept a small dirty little secret though. Personally, she HATED Dash. Only sometimes. When she would always race around with her 'swag' and act like if she were so cool. Pinkie felt like Dash was a real show-off. Of course though, Pinkie can't show it, so as always, she pretends to like Dash.
But Pinkie still had the problem to face of being bored and not able to go to sleep. It was 3:00 AM now. And you could see Pinkie flat on her bed, staring at the ceiling once again, with a bored yet nervous expression that said 'I'm bored. I'm awake. I'm lonely. Go Away. I hate you. And I need something better to do with my life'. Pinkie then got a knock at her bedroom door. Pinkie groaned. Even though she wasn't tired, she was pretty lazy.
"Yes?" Pinkie answered as she opened the door.
"A note from Princess Celestia, for you Ms. Pie." A royal guard started.
"Thank you. Good night!"
Pinkie slammed the door shut as she held the royal note in her hand. She opened it;
'Dear Pinkie Pie,
I am much gratified by you and your fellow friends to be staying with us here in Canterlot. I actually wanted to give you this note, to notify you of the Moon's anniversery. Luna has ruled for the past thousands of years, and now it is the Moon's 3000th anniversery. I was hoping you could help with throwing the party. I will meet with you tomorow to prepare.
Sleep well!
~Celestia and Luna'
Pinkie groaned again.
"Great, I can't get any sleep and now my burden has been doubled because NOW I have to go talk with Celestia tomorow and I might get tired since I didn't sleep at all tonight, and now I'm going to be all like a peice of crap tomorow."
Pinkie then screamed again and kicked the wall.
A strange light suddenly turned on outisde Pinkie's bedroom door. It was a strange pale yellow light, that sparkled and shone very brightly. Curious, Pinkie Pie peeked out her door to make sure the coast was clear.
"None of the guards are here anymore, now it's time for me to find out where that light comes from. This is a weirder mystery than the one of the Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness on that train..."
Pinkie took one more look and then quietly snuck out of her room down the royal hallway. That light continued shining from up the stairs, as Pinkie eagerly followed it. Continuing to creep up the stairs, she stopped to find a dead end hallway, that only consisted of one door, which unaturally shone.
"This is where the light must be coming from!"
Pinkie pressed her face against the door.
"AHA! I SHOWED YOU! YOU CAN'T FREAKING HIDE FROM ME YOU DANG DOOR! AHA! I SHOWED YOU-"
The door creaked open. Considering such a mysterious light came from this room, you would expect the Princesses would take better care so no pony comes in and steals whatever was in there. Especially since no pony was guarding the castle now.
"Peh. Lousy 'Royal Guard'-i-ness!" Pinkie teased.
Pinkie walked in, as her jaw dropped to the floor in awe. Next to the mirror to the human world that was now covered and well hidden with a blanket, was a new and very bright mirror, in which the bright light shone from. Pinkie was very impressed, but as always curious and careless.
"Oh my gawd it's SOOOOO sparkly!!!" Pinkie squealed as she giggled loudly, putting her hoof in the mirror, but very surprised to find out that something started to tug on her hoof.
"Gah! Let go of my freaking hoof, mirror!"
Pinkie struggled to pull her hoof out.
"All right you stubborn mirror, if you don't barf out my hoof, I'm bringing you with me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Pinkie tugged her hardest, only very surprised to find her screaming as she flung into the air, hitting the wall hard on her head. As she shook her head a bit, Pinkie realized she finally brought out her hoof, only to find that it wasn't the only pink hoof she pulled.
A Vision in Pink
Chapter 3:
Gumdrops
Pinkie groaned as she rubbed her pained head.
Bubble Berry also groaned, since one thing he didn't realize was that enchanted mirrors gave really bad rides. He was on the floor right in front of Pinkie.
"Owww.... Stupid idiot mirror!!!" Pinkie groaned.
"Owchh... Son of a gun!!!" Bubble moaned.
When Pinkie finally opened her eyes she gasped and stared. She had no idea who the heck this dude was. And when Bubble looked up from the floor, he did the same.
"Who the crap are you?" Pinkie asked curiously.
"Who the crap are you?" Bubble asked curiously as he got up.
"I'm Pinkanema Diane Pie, but everyone calls me Pinkie Pie."
"I'm Bubblini DaVinci Berry, but everyone calls ME Bubble Berry."
The two stared at eachother curiously, wondering about how similar they resembled. Curly and unbrushed hot pink mane, light pink skin, and very strangely, the same cutie mark.
"You copied my cutie mark!" Pinkie yelled.
"Oh, me? No no no no no! You copied my cutie mark! Pirate!" Berry yelled back.
"Wait... but Princess Celestia says each cutie mark is different. No two are alike?"
"Who's Princess Celestia? Lord Solaris says the same though..."
"Who's Lord Solaris?"
"You've never heard of Lord Solaris or Prince Artemis? Those two rule Equestria, dumbo!"
"You've never heard of Princess Celestia or Princess Luna? Because you're wrong, the two princesses rule Equestria, 'dumbo'!"
"Wait... something here is not right. Wait a second... this is the alternate world Dusk was talking about!"
"Who's Dusk?"
Bubble turned to Pinkie.
"He's a purple egghead from Canterlot. He was Lord Solaris' best student. He's prince now so,"
"Wait, purple? Best student? Prince- ess?"
"Did you just call me an ass because I am NOT a donkey!"
"No! PrincESS! Princess Twilight Sparkle!"
"Um, don't you mean Prince Dusk Shine?"
"So, you're from another world? Maybe the reason why you're here and I'm here is because-"
"you're from a strange alternate universe in where everypony has been genderswapped so basically it's like some weird universe that we full of alternate twins just like us or at least some other pony friend who's an alternate universian that we share some sort of strange DNA so basically we're twins from different demensions or we're same person and have the same history and bio only we're the opposite gender?" the two said really fast at the same time.
"How did you know I was going to say that?" the two asked at the same time.
"I don't think we're brother and sister, because we have different families, just the same people, only it's still two families."
"You mean, on the rock farm?"
"Yep. It sucked."
"Oh my gosh, me too!!!!"
"Really?!"
"Really!!!"
"We're yelling like totaly idiots!"
"Yes, we are!!! I must tell Celestia tomorow. We should get to bed though, because the Princesses are expecting me tomorow bright and early to make plans for a party, oh hey, do you like partying?"
"Are you watching the image plastered on my butt?"
"Oh, yeah. My bedrooms over this way, let's go."
The two pink ponies finally got into Pinkie's room. Even though they were yelling at eachother only a few minutes ago, the two were already acting like best friends, even though they were frusteratingly screaming earlier. As Pinkie Pie past by her bed, she headed for Gummy's bed. She then pinked up the small bad and dumped Gummy out violently, as Gummy woke up very upset, watching Pinkie leave with his sleeping bed.
"Sorry Gummy!" Pinkie apologized as she walked towards Bubble.
"Aww! Gummy looks just like Gummette! You should meet her sometime."
"I guess you can sleep on the floor in this!"
Pinkie threw the alligator bed onto the floor. Bubble stared at the tiny bed.
"You're kidding, right?"
"Nope. Why?"
Bubble tried to stay positive and tried to keep it all in, but it's so hard when you've just fallen out of a magic mirror that hurt really bad and had a terrible landing as well that consisted of being thrown onto the floor really painfully, it's hard to be asked to sleep on the solid floor.
"Is there maybe a better or maybe a more comfortable place to sleep in?" Bubble asked.
"Well, there's my bed, I guess you can bunk in with me. There's a lot of room. Like, three ponies can fit and still with room for eacother, and so we're only two, so it's ok."
Bubble started to get in bed.
"Do you mind?"
"No, not at all. After all, we're friends, and also basically the same person, only it's two!"
"I guess."
Bubble Berry then got next to Pinkie, and underneath the pink covers. Although of course Bubble would fall asleep quickly, Pinkie also fell fast asleep.
Rainbow Dash walked past the other bedrooms as the rest of the mane six popped out.
"Good morning soldiers!" Rainbow Dash sneered.
"Good morning everypony!" Twilight responded.
Rainbow Dash pressed her ears against Pinkie's bedroom door and sneered again, curious yet irritated.
"It sounds like somepony went kidnapping last night."
"What are you talking about, Rainbow?"
"Pinkie was up last night, and I got suspicious, but I thought it was nothing, but now I'm hearing another voice in her room. And I'm not surprised, because I mean what do you expect from someone who talks to bags of flour and buckets of crap? Just look for yourself, Twi!"
Twilight peeked through the door crack, and did see Pinkie, but she saw nopony else. But she did hear another voice. So Twilight pushed the doors open.
"Hello, Pinkie?"
Pinkie quickly stopped laughing and turned around to Twilight. She was sitting on the bed, talking to the floor, or something on the floor.
"Oh, hi guys! I have something to tell you all."
Pinkie got off the bed as she then walked over to her friends who were entering the room.
"I have someone I need you girls to meet." Pinkie announced.
"I knew it! Pinkie went drunk on the royal Canterlot punch, and went late last night kidnapping some pony!" Rainbow Dash teased.
"Very funny. But no, that's not what happened. Girls, this is..."
"Bubble Berry!" Bubble screamed as he popped out from underneath the bed.
The mane six screamed, and Rarity fainted. Bubble Berry got out from underneath the bed and walked to the passed out white mare on the floor.
"Oh, and who's this hot shot?"
"Oh, uh, that's Rarity."
"Rarity? When I was wondering if Elusive had a twin sister I didn't think he actually would. Boy she's beautiful. If Elusive was here right now, he would call her very sexy."
"Bubble! You still haven't introduced yourself. It's bad enough that you gave Rarity a heart attack."
"Oh, well, um, I'm BUBBLE BERRY! AND I LOVE PARTIES! Yet no one seems to appreciate my parties anymore..."
"What do you mean?" Twilight asked.
"Back in Ponyville, everyone is too busy to hang out with me."
"Back in PONYVILLE? You came from Ponyville?" Rainbow asked.
"Yes."
"But WE came from Ponyville."
"But I did too... and let me just say you act and look like Blitz..."
"Like who?"
"The boy version of you in Bubble's dimension, I bet." Twilight answered, "We should go tell Princess Celestia about this! We need her advice on this, on whether Bubble should stay or leave."
Bubble gasped.
"Why are you so mean!?! I just came here because I was bored at my hometown, and now you're pushing me back? I don't want to be alone in my dimension, with Gumette at the spa all day, and it's even worse when Elusive comes over because he always forces me to wear these formal suits! Please don't make me go!!!"
Rarity then woke up, very limply.
"What happened?"
"Come on Rarity, we have to ask the Princess something. Pinkie, you bring your new friend, and let's go girls."
Princess Celestia looked at Bubble. He laughed nervously as she stared.
"Hmmm."
"So what do we do, Celestia? Do we have to send him home?"
"Unfortunately each transportation through the mirror takes up an amount of energy. So we would have to wait six days before the mirror could work again. But Bubble, it was very dangerous of you to cross. You don't know what it could do to your home universe or to ours."
"But nobody cares about me at home. So, I didn't want to be bored so long, and so I decided to find out about this."
Princess Celestia sighed.
"How is Solaris and Artemis doing? Are they all right?"
"What?" the mane six wondered.
"You know the ponies of the other world?" Twilight asked.
"Yes. It all started when me and Luna were young. One night, I had a strange dream, in which I was sitting in a meadow of flowers. Two of the flowers for some reason started to bond, and mend eachother. They then combined with eachother to make one single new flower. But, the new flower began to grow weak, and darkness flew upon it. So the flower then seperated back into the old two flowers, which then both grew healthy once more. I woke up, curious about my dream, and utterly awake. It was midnight, but I walked into the hall, seeing Luna opening her bedroom door and coming behind me. She had the same dream as I did, so we then walked around the castle. But in the middle of the castle, was a strange magic cloud, that then turned into a fog, but inside the fog, was the same side of the castle we were on, only replicated, with a young boy, and a smaller one. We told eachother hello, and realized that there was another world where you had an alternate gender-swapped twin. But before we and the two boys could finish talking, the fog turned back into the cloud, as the cloud then disapeared. The other half of the castle was normal again, but when the cloud disapeared, a note appeared and fell on the floor. I picked it up, and read it to Luna. It was a spell, but it was much too difficult for a young filly to comprehend and prepare. So, about a month ago, I tried the spell, and the strange part was I didn't get anything. Just a large mirror, as large as me. So I walked in, finding out that Solaris had also conducted the spell, but figured it would be much safer at Zicoro's hut. He told me why. But I didn't feel like taking it out of the castle, and thought it could be just as safe here."
"So you know Lord Solaris and Prince Artemis?" Bubble asked enthusiastically.
"And Prince Cadence, yes, I do know them."
"You have no idea how good I feel to hear that."
"And how are your friends, Bubble? Dusk, Rainbow, Elusive, Butterscotch, and Apple Jack, I beleive?"
"Yes ma'm. They're doing all right. Just too busy though."
"I have a feeling that they will be missing you very soon though, so we must get you back as soon as we can. But in the mean time, we must make Bubble feel comfortable. Make yourself at home, young colt."
"Thanks."
"Princess?" Pinkie asked, "I was actually wondering if you could let me a favor?"
"Yes, Pinkie. What is it?"
"I was hoping Bubble can work with me on getting everything ready for the celebration."
"Of course. You two look like a great team for making this party a sucess."
"YAY! Something to do! I've been waiting SOOO long for this moment." Bubble cheered.
"Good heavens, not another Pinkie!!!" Rarity gasped.
"Don thais mean dat it'll be twice as annoyin'?" Applejack asked.
"Don't worry girls. It's not that long." Twilight answered.
"I don't know, Twilight! To me six days is pretty freaking long."
"Don't worry. If Pinkie's happy. I'm happy. And besides. It's just six days."
Elusive walked the floors nervously and stammering. The entire town of ponyville had been sending out search parties for Bubble Berry. When Dusk realized he was missing, he called the mayor to get the town to look for the missing colt. Although it hadn't even been a day missing yet, the colts were awfully worried.
"This is prepostirous! The endless search for Bubble has delayed my orders by 20%! If we don't find Bubble soon, the Carousel Boutique will be RUINED! RUINED I TELL YOU!!!" Elusive sobbed.
"Elusive, it shames me to think that you care more about your shop than your best friend." Dusk complained.
"Well, I'm sorry! But I am a very busy businesscolt, and I do not enjoy wasting my time in the library when I could be catching up on my orders."
"Will you shut up Elusive and stop whining?!" Blitz yelled.
"Well, EXCUSE ME! But I am not whining. I am simply complaining. I've realized, Blitz, that you are no different from the Diamond Dogs. Just look at yourself! Your hooves are unbeleivably dirty. You must get a trimming every other week! When was the last time you've filed those cuticles?"
"I'm sorry, Mr. Perfect. But the moment I file so much as one hoof, or shave one of my facial hairs, it will be a disgrace to daredevils all over Equestria."
"At least, I don't have the ugliest mane in the world. Rainbow colors are so out right now. You should try purple sometime. It's a magnificent color, especially when curled."
"Oh dear Lord, please save me from Elusive's monolouging!!!"
"Will you two hush your mouths! It's no wonder Bubble hasn't come back!" Apple Jack interjected.
Butterscotch flew in through the open door, into Dusk's library. Panting and wheezing, as he then collapsed onto the floor, wings very tired.
"Butterscotch, found Bubble yet? Any word?" Dusk asked.
"Uhh. N-no. I-I-I'm scared, Dusk. W-Wha-at i-if he doesn't c-come back?" Butterscotch whimpered quietly.
"I don't think so, Butter. Don't worry. You can go with Angela, now. She's probably needing you."
"O-ok. I-i-if you find Bubble, l-let me know, ok?"
"Of course, Butterscotch."
Butterscotch then walked back towards his cottage, head hung low, in sadness.
"Elusive, you can go back to your boutique. I'll keep watch."
"All right, I shall." Elusive answered.
"Good Lord." Blitz replied.
"Blitz, I'm going to need you to stay here. Gather up all of Cloudsdale. Nopony sleeps until we find Bubble."
"Hmmm."
"Well?"
"Aha! There!"
Bubble moved his king a space forward.
"My candy king has captured your queen! I win!!!"
"Aw, man!"
Pinkie Pie and Bubble Berry were sitting outside of the castle. The mane six decided to go shopping for groceries in the afternoon. While Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy flew up to Cloudsdale to get supplies from the grocery store, Rarity went to the nearest Canterlot Boutique to get some shampoo, conditioner, and other beauty necesities. Twilight went to the library to get the books for her studies, and Applejack went to the farmer's market to get some fruit. Although they were offered to grab supplies for the party, Pinkie refused, and insisted that she she and Bubble stayed at the castle to hang out a bit.
"You want to play again?" Pinkie asked.
"Oh! I know! I've been to Canterlot before! Well, at least in my world, and I think I know somplace we can go! Do you like bouncing?" Bubble suggested.
"Are you kidding?! I absolutely positively Pinkie-tifically LOVE BOUNCING!!!"
"I Bubble-liciously do too! Come on! Let's go!!!"
Bubble then bounced away, with Pinkie following closely behind.
A few paces away from the neighborhoods, and past the center of the town, was another royal sanctum. It was a small building, the size of any Canterlot home, but it looked more like a royal tower. It was built in the same design as the Canterlot castle, and engraved in the front door, was 'Celestia's Private Reserve'. Bubble stepped forward to the door, as he put his hoof on the glass window on the door. Pinkie's cutie mark appeared on the glass screen, as the door chimed, and creaked open slowly. The two pink ponies walked in.
"Ta-da!!!" Bubble cheered.
Pinkie gasped.
It was a room full of trampolines, jumpy slides, and bouncy balls. It was basically a bounce-house room.
"YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!" Pinkie cheered as she jumped into the pool of bouncy balls.
Bubble cheered as well as he jumped in after Pinkie.
There was a flurry of pink fuzz everywhere. The two were so energetic and quick, that their bouncing could confuse your eyes and convince that it was a pink tornado.
They had bouncy-ball fights, races down the bouncy slides, and contests to see who could jump the highest on the trampoline.
"Ohmygosh!!! How could Celestia never tell us about this place?!" Pinkie screamed in happiness.
"Not sure! Zicoro let me borrow the time machine not long ago, and so I used it, and I fast-fowarded to the part where Solaris told us of this place! Once I found out, I went back to my time. BUT THIS IS SOOO FUN!!!"
"Tell me about it!!! I wish Celestia would let us have the party here!"
Pinkie then bumped into a button on the wall.
"Oops!"
Large guns appeared from the ceiling.
"Ohmygosh!!! Save me, Pinkie!!!!!!!" Bubble jumped onto Pinkie and hid her in the pool of balls.
The guns started to make a noise, and then, the sound of the trigger played, and then the gun shot...
"BALLOONS?!" Pinkie asked.
"Guns that shoot out balloons?! YAYYY! LOOK AT ALL THESE BALLOONS, PINKIE!!!" Bubble cheered.
"Yay!!!"
And then the two started throwing balloons everywhere, giggling insanely, as they bounced all over the room.
Twilight opened the door to the castle, half-expecting to see the castle covered in balloons and streamers. But she was shocked to see that not only was the place not decorated, but Pinkie and Bubble weren't there!
"Oh great. Wasn't Pinkie and that Bubble dude supposed to stay in the castle so we could all meet up?" Dash groaned.
"I thaink they've wandere' off some'were, sugarcube." Applejack replied.
"I know that!"
"M-maybe they j-just went off f-for a s-s-stroll?" Fluttershy suggested.
"Maybe, but then again, this is Pinkie and her male clone we're talking about. I don't think they would go off for a calm stroll. I hope they haven't trashed half of Canterlot with balloons by now." Twilight answered.
"Then let's go find them! And quick!"
The two pink ponies laid quietly in the ball pool. They were exhausted. An hour of jumping is very tiring. Even though there was a clone of Pinkie, so that would only mean twice the epic energy, they were tired. They just laughed while wheezing on the floor. Sweat-soaked, and lethargic.
"That- was- fun.-" Pinkie wheezed.
"I- know.-" Bubble responded.
The two held hands as they lied down next to eachother.
"We- should do this- again- sometime.-" Pinkie said.
"We- will-, when- we- get another- chance.-"
Pinkie smiled at Bubble.
"You're the funnest friend I've ever had."
"Thanks. You are too."
"I've never had a friend as awesome as you before."
"Me neither."
The two stared at eachother, as they then got closer, and closer to eachother, and they then nuzzled.
"INCOMING!!!!!!!!!!!!" a voice outside screamed.
Rainbow Dash crashed through the door.
"Dash? How did you know I was here?" Pinkie asked.
"I heard you two. I just followed the strange high pitched voices of partyponies, and when I tried to crack the code on the dang door, it wouldn't let me in, so I crashed in here." Rainbow Dash answered.
"Sorry, you two. We were so worried when we didn't see you at the castle. Princess Celestia said she'll fix the broken wall in this bounce room." Twilight came in and apologized.
"Come on darlings! The princess awaits!" Rarity pranced around.
"YAY! THE CASTLE!" Bubble cheered.
"Ok. Come on, Bubble!" Pinkie agreed.
The six mares and pink colt started for the castle. As the sunset fell, and the moon started to rise, the castle glowed, with the ponies walking towards the door.
Dusk looked outside the window in his library.
"Dusk."
Dusk turned around. Rainbow Blitz flew in, with some of the other pegesai of Cloudsdale waiting outside.
"You're going to want to look at this."
Dusk followed his friend, as the rainbow colt flew towards Zicoro's hut in the Everfree forest.
Dusk walked into the hut with Blitz, as he picked up a note on a table, with his pink magical cloud surrounding the note and his horn.
" Dear Bubble Berry,
This is a small reminder that I need you to go tell Dusk to watch my hut while I'm gone for the spells convention. I'll be back soon.
From: Zicoro"
Rainbow Blitz grabbed the note.
"It smells old. Zicoro must've left very early this morning, and told Bubble to tell you to watch his hut. That cheap party idiot!"
Dusk looked at Blitz, and then looked around, finding one of the shelves bashed and turned around, with the secret closet door showing.
"Wait a minute."
Dusk and Blitz walked to the secret door, and pushed it open. Inside they found the closet room with broken bottle fragments scattered everywhere, all adding up to the magic mirror in the middle of the room.
"The Alternate Universe." Dusk whispered.
"You mean the one you jumped into when Sunset Glare took your crown?"
"No, Blitz. This mirror leads to another dimension. Bubble must've jumped into the mirror and went to the alternate universe I was studying the past few days!"
"And I thought Bubble was at least smart enough to know not to jump into random mirrors that he doesn't know a freaking thunderbolt about. Let's go after him."
"We can't. The mirror takes up a lot of energy in each transportation. It'll be six days before he can come back. If he decides to. Call off the search party. Sweet Solaris, protect our dim-witted friend."
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.
A Vision in Pink
Chapter 5:
Sarpsarilla
The pink mare walked quietly out of the bedroom. Dripping wet, her mane all soaked, yet every tangle stayed in place. Although of course, Pinkie was wearing a towel. Pinkie had a slight flutter stuck inside her heart though, like if somepony filled her up with laughing gas. Although Pinkie always felt like she'd been filled with laughing gas. So why should this time be any different?
Waiting in the hallway, was Rarity, Bubble, Applejack, and Fluttershy. Curious where the others were, Pinkie was about to ask where Rainbow Dash was to start, but she found out before she could ask when she felt a part of the ceiling fall on top of her head, with the most obvious voice apologizing, the voice that sounded like she thought she was cool, yet there was always a laugh in there.
"Oops! Sorry, Pinkie! I guess you need to move your flank a little farther."
"Ugh." Pinkie groaned, "It's fine, Rainbow Dash."
"Okay then! I guess that means I'll crash another roof on your head sometime!"
"Okay. Much obliged, Dashie." "Much obliged," The pony muttered.
"Oh! Hi Pinkie!" Bubble cheered. "Yay!!! Pinkie's here!"
"Where's Twilight and Spike?"
"They've went to go study something, darling!" Rarity answered.
"Oh yes. S-s-she and Sspike are ssstudying the a-alternate universe." Fluttershy whispered.
"Anyways, Pinkie darling, you have a very charming colt-friend here!"
"Thanks Rar-, wait what?" This was the first time in her life Pinkie sounded serious.
Bubble's face turned bright red as he nervously looked away.
"R-r-rarity's been wondering what was g-going on in the bathroom. S-she said she h-heard a m-major flirt storm." Fluttershy chuckled.
"Rarity! How could you think that?!!? We're just... friends! Best friends! Very Best friends! Best Friends Forever!"
"I bet you are." Rarity teased, "Ah, love is so beautiful, darling."
Oh, how bad Pinkie wanted to go rage quit.
"So, Bubble, I guess we have to meet with Princess Celestia to start planning that SUPER DUPER SMARTY POOPER PARTY!"
"Yay!" Bubble cheered.
Pinkie then ran over to the colt and dragged him quickly away from the rest of the mane six. She had to admit, they were the best of friends, but they were pretty annoying. Pinkie wondered if Bubble's friends were the same. Bubble. The thought always popped into her mind. Why was it now that Pinkie had turned inside her mind from a crazy party animal into a mushy shy sweetheart? She was starting to feel like Fluttershy! Only a romantic Fluttershy! But she couldn't help but have a sensation that she was being watched. Not by Bubble, who was right now trying to do a handstand while burping bubbly his ABCs, all while walking down the path, but by somepony else. Like if it were eyes in the sky.
Eh, but that's crazy! My Pinkie Sense would've let me know that! Pinkie then quickly switched to a goofy face as she started to bounce along the path instead of walking.
They walked for a bit down the path, far enough so that their friends won't look outside and see them, and then they got behind a tree, just to make sure they were'nt seen.
Pinkie sighed.
"Hey, Bubble?"
"Yeah?"
"Uhhh...."
"Yeahhhh?"
Pinkie felt so trapped inside that her eyes began to cross and she held her breath in until finally she started to scream, to shout, and let it all out.
"Ohmygoodness I cannot take it anymore, Bubble, eversince you came flying through that mirror and hit me on the head, I'm going to admit it to you ilikeyou ilikeyouu ireallyreallylikeyou, ILOVEYOU! YESIREALLYDOLOVEYOU! You love throwing parties just like me, you're a really good singer, you're a really good dancer, I love your slightly high male voice, and your Michael Jackson style mane whenever Rarity isn't styling it! Soi'mjustsayingIreally really hopethatyoulikeme too!"
Pinkie smiled so hard and large that you could've sworn you heard a teddy bear squeaking in the background.
Bubble stared at her with eyes wide, red face, and he was plainly shocked.
"Iknowyouprobablydon'tlikemebackbutI'mjustsayingthat'swhyIlikeworkingwithyo-AHHH!"
Pinkie squealed for a moment, despite the fact that Bubble had just looked in and kissed her. REALLY good. They made out for a while, right there, standing upon that tree, Bubble's hooves spread out like if he was holding Pinkie against the tree, and Pinkie just stood there, at first shocked, but then she joined in.
The two then fall onto the forest floor, laughing, kissing, and embracing eachother for another five minutes.
Which was pretty bad considering that Rainbow Snitch was flying out of the castle so she could go get one last bag of groceries up in Cloudsdale. After flying for a few meters, everything was good, until she passed by the forest, of course looking down to make sure everything was ok, obviously spotting Bubble and Pinkie tripping on top of eachother and making out on the floor.
"Aw! SICK!" Rainbow Dash complained as she then dashed back to the castle.
"They were WHAT?!!?" Twilight screamed.
"A-awww. L-love is so b-beautiful." Fluttershy whispered.
"Finally Fluttershy agrees with me on that, darling." Rarity cheered.
"Gah! I can't take any more of this mushy love stuff!!" Twilight shouted.
"Twilight, darling, don't you think you're being completely outrageous? Pinkie finally found her true love! Pinkie found love, and I honestly don't beleive you want to disencourage her on her choice!"
"But if love is already weird enough, imagine what a party animal love would do!!!"
"Strip?" Dashie teased.
"No, Dashie. Nopony wears clothing unless they're like Rarity or one of those fancy folk in Canterlot."
"Hey!" Rarity screamed.
"How could they strip? And besides, why are you so dirty-minded?"
"I hang around with gansta's, bro!"
"U-U-uh, not to be r-rude, Dash, b-but isn't that b-bad?" Fluttershy nervously asked.
"NOT FOR ME IT ISN'T!!!"
"Ok, ok. So, Bubble and Pinkie fell in love, correct?"
"Yeah, whatever."
"So, you saw them do this?"
"Yes! They fell over onto the floor! THE FLOOR! KISSING AND MAKING OUT!"
"Okay. So, I guess we would have to keep up with this. In the meantime, everypony pretend like nothing happened, got it?"
"Ok!"
"All right, darling."
"Shore'."
"U-uh. Okayyy."
"Good."
Pinkie and Bubble finally got to the Princess' meeting spot. It was in a garden. A lovely garden, with a gazebo and everything. Although it was a very sophisticated place, they knew they had to turn it into one heck of a party. Finally the Princess came.
"Good afternoon."
"Good afternoon, Celestia!" Pinkie sung out.
"Good morning to YOUU!!!" Bubble joined in.
Celestia giggled.
"I see you two have made the best of friends with eachother, am I correct?"
Pinkie and Bubble blushed as the turned to eachother. Best of friends? Oh no. They were much more than that. But they of course couldn't spoil it right then.
"Yep!"
"Yeperdoodles!"
"That's good. So, Luna said she wanted the party to be huge. She wanted it to be magnificent. So I'm counting on you two to make this party a success. Allright?"
"Allright."
"Allright."
"So, here's a list of things Luna wanted to have in the party."
Celestia handed the note to the two bubblegum ponies.
"We're counting on you two, ok?"
"Ok."
"Ok."
"Allright. I will see you two at 5. Meet me in the castle for tea by then. Cheerio!"
The large Alicorn walked away back to the castle. She was going with Twilight and the others.
"Ok! Let's read this list!" Pinkie opened up the note.
"Ok." Bubble got closer to Pinkie so he could see it as well.
Pinkie started to read;
"A 10x10 light up disco dancefloor, a disco ball, a stereo, large sparkly table coverings with a picture of the night time sky, 7 tables, 10 chairs, a patio chair, 10 lbs of ice cream, a triple chocolate fudge cake, soda pop, a bottle of Bradberry 1935, Raspberry tarts, fruit punch, French macaroons freshly baked, and... star shaped streamers, balloons, and decor. etc. "
"Okay! Let's get the pastries first! Too bad there isn't a Sugarcube Corner here in Canterlot." Bubble stated.
"True. Oh hey! I know a good bakery here, though! Come on!" Pinkie started to rush towards town, Bubble following closely behind.
The town was unebleivably busy today. Fancy ponies were scattered everywhere shopping or just hanging out with one another. So of course it looked weird when everypony saw Pinkie and Bubble, two HIGHLY UNSOPHISTICATED party ponies that weren't wearing any tuxes or dresses.
"Jeez, it looks like everypony's been shopping at Dochi & Gabbana!" Pinkie joked.
"How much Elusive would be thrilled to see this." Bubble agreed.
"How is Elusive, anyways? What do your friends look and act like?"
"Well, obviously they look the same like your friends, just you're lucky, because your friends actually SEEM friends. My friends just seem like jerks."
"Maybe they need you to go home and show them what a Bubbly-Pinky Party Bash is like!"
Bubble chuckled.
"I wish."
The two ponies had arrived at a fancy bakery; 'Gâteau Café de Bria'. Normally Bubble would bounce through the door right away, but he felt very awkward and blushy, and decided to stay calm and open the door for Pinkie first. They walked in.
"I hope these pony folk don't speak french, because when Elusive gave me that french dictionary, I couldn't understand one thing, so I hid it in a closet."
The two laughed quietly.
"Hello Madamoiselle & Messieur ! I am Chloe! You can call me KayKay, though! How may I help you fine couple?"
"Uh, we actually have a list of pastries we needed to get for Luna's party tomorow!" Pinkie stated.
Chloe gasped.
"oh mon dieu! Do you mean Luna as in 'Princess Luna'?!"
"Yes, we do!" Bubble spoke up.
"Oh deary, you two are very lucky to be friends with the Princess! I am honored. What is it you need? Anything you want! I'll even give you a discount if you want!"
"We need a triple chocolate fudge cake, a dozen macaroons, and some raspberry tarts."
"Ok, a cake, a dozen macaroons... and how many raspberry tarts would you two like?"
Bubble smiled at Pinkie slyly, and she knew just what he meant. She smiled back.
"Two dozen! We need two dozen! I'll pay with the cash Celestia gave me, and I'll pay for that second dozen of tarts with my pony card!"
Pinkie reached for her bright pink bag.
"No! I'll pay! At least I brought my wallet when I came here!" Bubble insisted.
"Thanks."
"Here! How much will it be?"
"Well, normally it would be $70. But since you two are the meilleurs compagnons of the princess, I guess I can make a réduction So instead you could pay $35. Is that all right?"
Bubble looked at Pinkie.
"Yeah! It's fine!"
"Okay then! The cake will have to be made first! If you can pick it up tomorrow, that'll be great! But the tarts and macaroons we have ready for you!"
"Okee-dokee!"
Pinkie grabbed the bag of macaroons.
Bubble grabbed the two bags of tarts, as the two then left the bakery.
The two pink ponies headed back for the garden. They had everything. They got the pastries, they had already stopped by a store for decorations and the disco stuff, they stopped by Pony-oShack to grab the stereo, and they found a special french resteraunt that had the bottle of Bradberry 1935.
When they reached the garden, they stopped at the gazebo, and dropped all the bags of party supplies they got. They were exhausted from running with all that heavyness on their backs, and in their bags. The two sat down, panting.
"I think that's it!" Pinkie wheezed.
"Yeah. I'm pretty sure." Bubble panted back.
Pinkie looked shyly at her colt-friend.
"Want to share the extra dozen of tarts right now?"
"Sure! After all that's why we got a second dozen!"
The two giggled as they remembered their trip to the bakery.
"Hey, listen, Bubble. I felt sorta awkward about earlier,"
The bubblegum colt listened.
"And, so.. I was just wondering... do you really like me?"
Pinkie smiled at him.
Bubble smiled back.
"Well, we both like to party, and we're both really fun, but when I fell out of that mirror, you were like the pony I've never met. And when I saw you, I thought you were weird, I thought WE were weird, and then I thought, that was why we are together."
Pinkie stared in shock at her friend.
He smiled larger.
The two then held hands, as they then got closer and closer, and then they kissed. Once again for a long time.
"Celestia said they would be out here!" Twilight said as she trotted with her friends over to the garden.
The five mares stopped in shock, and stared.
There was Bubble and Pinkie, tounge kissing, very, very slowly in front of them.
"Woo-whee! Look' like somepony got stuc' givin' that colt feller' a littl' sugar!" Applejack teased.
The two opened their eyes, as they then looked at the five ponies in front of them, and then quickly retracted their lips away from eachother.
"Heh."
"Heh-heh."
"I knew it! You two darlings are a couple! I really am proud of you, Pinkie! I never thought you'd release such romantic behavior for your friend here!" Rarity cheered.
"I-it really wa-as sweet of you twoo." Fluttershy whisper-sang.
"I guess I am a little used to it, now! And let me just say you two are so cute together!" Twilight agreed.
"Whatever! I found that totally disgusting!" Rainbow screamed.
"And just in time for the party! Two Pinkies, or Bubbles, will make this party a really big bash!"
The two ponies looked at eachother, and blushed, as they then launched another kiss, aware of Pinkie's friends watching, and in no shame at all.
Night had fallen again over Canterlot, and this night even more beautiful than yesterday night. It was quiet in the castle, since everypony had already got inside their bedrooms. Pinkie was turning off the last lamp as she got in bed. Bubble turned to his mare self.
"Hello, my sugarcakes!" Bubble said to Pinkie.
"Hello, my cutie pie!" Pinkie said back.
"Sweet dreams!"
"As sweet as a lump of sugar for you, mister!"
The two chuckled as they snuggled and then got to sleep.
The night sky fell harsher upon the castle, as it grew very very dim. But then, a flash of bright light spread very quickly across the castle, and then grew dim again, followed by a loud thunder sound, all coming from the room the mirror sat, the mirror in where Bubble popped out.
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.
A Vision in Pink
Chapter 7:
Ice Cream Sundae
Pinkie walked into the garden enterance. A bunch of sweet-smelling roses greeted her and her new friend. It was already high afternoon when the two walked in. It was a large garden, just as they had remembered it the last time Celestia had gathered the two to start planning for the party. It would take some serious hard-core party decorationg to decorate the entire place.
Bubble held the bags of decorations.
"Well, let's get started!" Bubble sang out.
"Definitely! Let's get this freaking Pinkie-Bubble style party on!" Pinkie agreed.
Bubble then tryed to imitate a gangster voice.
"Yo, bro! We gonna take down low, cause' bro, this party got swagger when it's Pinkie-Bubble style!" Bubble rapped as he crossed his hooves, "Word."
Pinkie laughed hard, and then tried to make a Nicki Minaj impression.
"Let's get this party ON, baby!" Pinkie rapped along side Bubble.
The two then went crazy on decorating.
Each pony grabbed a few bags of decoration, and decorated in any order they liked. Pinkie first grabbed all the decorations as she then threw them everywhere in a nice party-styled fashion, while Bubble grabbed the stereo, the dance floor, the effect machine, and the disco ball, as he then setted everything up. First he placed the stereo on a table, but of course, a Bubble party wasn't a party unless the music was blasting loud, so he then quickly turned the knob up to maximum before he broke it off, so nopony could lower his party tunes, but he then turned to Pinkie.
"What should we play? What do you think Artem- I mean, Luna would like to hear?"
Pinkie thought hard.
"I think any song a pony likes. Ooh! Like, Robin Thicke!"
"Macklemore!"
"Katy Perry!"
"Bruno Mars!"
"Taylor Swift!"
"Usher!"
"Ke$ha!"
"Nicki Minaj!"
"Lorde!"
Bubble began to sing in a deep voice.
"Never seen a diamond in my hoof..."
"Well baby, we'll never be royal..."
The two then threw their hooves in the air as they sang the chorus together.
"ROYAL!"
Pinkie resumed to her normal voice.
"And don't forget-"
Bubble turned to Pinkie as they once more shouted a line together.
"SAPPHIRE SHORES!"
"The greatest popstar pony of all time!" Pinkie cheered.
"And we can't forget Blues the jazz ma- I mean, colt." Bubble added.
"And Octavia! And the rest of the orchestra ponies!"
"Ooh! Of course!"
"Perfect! You can use my ponycard on iTunes, this time!"
"I really shouldn't, I mean I can use my card-"
"No, really!" Pinkie insisted her colt twin.
"All right..." Bubble answered as he trotted over to the other bags of decorations.
"Let's see... what else is in here?"
"Oh, yeah! We have to set up that large dancefloor, but it looks like it's going to need a lot of lightbulbs and electricity to light it up. I wonder if there's a power outlet around here somewhere..." Pinkie reminded.
"Great! We'll work on that next! You'll help me set it up, and I think there's a power outlet on the gazebo. Oh- there is is!"
Bubble pointed to the side porch of the gazebo, where a tiny outlet was held.
Pinkie looked at the outlet slyly, as she then looked back at Bubble. He knew exactly what she was thinking.
"You sure you want to do this?" Bubble asked curiously as Pinkie duct taped a power cord onto her friend's flank.
"You're the same person as me! So clearly you would think this will be fun, too!" Pinkie reasurred.
"Well, yeah!"
"Okayyyyyyyy then! Let's get this party started!" Pinkie cheered.
The pink mare walked over to her friend's cable as she then plugged the other end into the outlet.
Bubble fizzed as the color lightbulbs Pinkie taped to his head lit up, and his hair went crazier than it already was. Although, since party ponies don't feel pain, dispite the fact that Bubble was being electricuted, he thought it was hillarious how his body reacted in making him do weird dance moves, watching himself breakdance on the floor due to electricity, with rap music playing and a light show basically went on.
"Oh, yeah! You look like a party machine!" Pinkie cheered as she then unplugged the cable.
Bubble fell.
"That was fun! Yet, I don't remember what just happened." Bubble agreed.
"Ok, it clearly means that the power outlet works, so let's set up that dancefloor!"
"Okay!" Bubble answered as he got up, untaping the lightbulbs and the power cable from his body.
"We can get Rarity to fix your hair later."
"Ok.
"So, do you have an instruction manual?" Pinkie asked.
Bubble slumped over to the bag of the rest of the decorations, recovering from the crazy electricution from a minute ago.
He picked up the large box with the unasembled dancefloor inside, as he opened it, and picked out the manual.
"It says.." Bubble started, finally back to normal, "That the dance floor has a bunch of tiny cords that when you put together the parts that they will connect into a big cable, and that will be what we plug into the outlet. It will take a while, considering how large this will be."
"That's fine! Nothing we party ponies can't handle!"
"Okay then! Let's get started!"
"Gah! I hate mall-shopping, why do we have to do this crap anyways?" Rainbow Dash groaned as she flew with the others, holding almost all of the bags on her back.
"Please, Rainbow. It's for Luna. Could you quit acting like such a mule?" Twilight complained.
"Dashie, Twilight's right, Darling! You need to learn to quit being such a stubborn ass." Rarity answered back.
"Hey! For your information, apparently you all are idiots for confusing a hot pegasus like me for a freaking donkey."
"Sure. Like if you were all that sexy or something."
"You need to keep your mouth shut, Rarity! Or else it's gonna get you into some trouble!"
"Girls, take it easy!" Twilight interupted.
"Rarity! Rarity!" Spike cheered, "Rari-"
Twilight gave Spike the stink eye.
"U-uh... F-f-fighting doesn't sound like a g-good i-idea..." Fluttershy came in.
"Exactly, so let's just mall-shop in PEACE! Thank you!" Twilight agreed.
"Oh, look! There's an Aberpony & Snitch store! Let's go shop there next!" Rarity pointed out as she trotted over to the store.
"Oh great." Rainbow Dash groaned as she flew along with Rarity and her other four friends.
Four pink hooves slapped onto the sweet garden grass as the two party ponies stared at the garden. It was beautifully decorated now, and it looked dazzling yet kept it's night-sky theme, but looking perfectly party-ish, as if it were a high school prom. Bubble and Pinkie were proud.
Pinkie then looked down onto the unfinished dancefloor.
"Hey, we still haven't finished that." Pinkie pointed out.
Bubble looked down onto the dancefloor. It was missing two pieces. He quickly ran over to the assembly box and dumped it out again, just to make sure no pieces were left in the box.
"But, that was all that was there." Bubble answered.
"Oh no! It's not a party without intense dancing! Celestia and Luna will be so disappointed!"
"Looking for these?" a sweet female voice called out.
A white alicorn walked into the garden, with a mane of light pink, green, and blue, as she held the two peices from the dancefloor with the magic from her horn.
It was Celestia.
"Oh! Your highness! Hello there, Princess Celestia!"
Bubble looked at the princess as he quickly bowed down.
"Hello, once again, ma'am, I mean, lady, I-I mean, princess-"
"No worries, Bubble."
Bubble quickly got back up again.
"We were looking for those!" Pinkie jumped up, "Where did you find them?"
"I was walking over to the garden when I found them, I thought maybe they were yours and they fell out of the shopping bag."
"Oh yeah!" Bubble remembered, "The tape on the box with the assembly parts fell off, and so they must've fallen out of the shopping bag it was in when we were walking over here!"
Celestia laughed.
"That explains a lot. Here you go!"
Celestia used her magic to hand over a part to each party pony.
"It looks like Luna's party will be amazing tonight. Thank you two so much for helping."
"No problem!"
"Not at all!"
"That's good. Although, I wanted to tell you two something yesterday, but I forgot, since I was busy thinking on me and Luna going with the mayor of Cloudsdale for a meeting, so I forgot to give you two this list of special guests. You see, me and Luna decided to invite some very important ponies to this once in a lifetime celebration event. So I need you two to go back to the castle once you've finished decorating and call them to see if they will come. Their numbers are in the list next to their name, and I will see you two later."
Celestia used her magic once more to hand a golden note to Pinkie.
"Have fun, you two!" Celestia said as she started to walk back out of the garden.
Pinkie opened the note with her hooves as Bubble held it down.
"VIP Party Guest List ," Pinkie read out loud, "#1 Very Special Guest: Princess Cadence; 455-632-4953. VIP Guests: Fleur De Lis; 777-555-SEXY, Kim Kardashian; 492-367-HOTT, Brad Pitt; 973-409-3242, Angelina Jolie; 978-867-5309, Will Ferrell; 928-765-432, Cookie Monster; 123-456-YUMM, Eddie Murphy; 437-NOT-DEAD- "
Pinkie paused as she looked up to Bubble.
"And ecetera."
"Well, I guess we should start calling these people!" Bubble suggested.
"Well, first we should put the last two peices into the dancefloor and then plug it in."
"Okay! Let's finish that."
Blitz flew into Dusk's library. He was surprised to see Dusk examining Butterscotch's mouth.
"Since when were you an orthodontist?" Blitz teased.
"Blitz! I've been waiting for you! Since somepony told me you've been getting drunk the past few days, considering that not only do you visit the bar all the time, but you also visit his barn for a daily barrel of cider."
Blitz growled.
When I get my hooves on that farmer I will make him BEG for death. Blitz muttered under his breath.
"In the meantime, come over here."
Blitz walked flew over to the librarian and Butterscotch.
"Do these look like fangs to you?" Dusk asked as he turned Butterscotch with his mouth opened wide to Blitz.
Blitz stared closely, noticing the two unusually sharp yet tiny teeth in the shy pegasus' mouth.
"Sorta..."
"O-o-ohh... B-but Dusk, I'm not a vampire. Really! I-i'm not lying." Butterscotch spoke up, but as always; he was whispering.
"We never know-"
The bell on the library door rang as the farmer walked in, stumbling, carrying another stallion on his back. Apple Jack fell to the floor, Elusive rolling off his spleen onto the rug.
"OH. MY. GOD! Elusive! My baby! Sweet hot stuff, are you all right? What the heck happened to him?!" Barb cried as she ran to her crush.
"I dunno', I was walkin' down to tha library when I found Elusive fallin' out of the sky through a cloud! I was so confused." Apple Jack explained.
Blitz tried to look innocent.
"Really? You don't say..."
"OH MY GOD!!!! MY DREAM COLT ISN'T RESPONDING! MY LIFE IS OVER! I HAVE NO MEANING TO BE LIVING IN THIS WORLD WHEN ELUSIVE ISN'T HERE RULING IT WITH ME! I'M A LONER NOW! I'M A WIDOWER! SOMEPONY HELP ME!!! MY FUTURE SPOUSE IS DEAD!!!!!! WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE CUTEST MUTANT DRAGON-PONY FOALS! OH SWEET MOTHER OF SOLARIS! AI MADRE DE SOLARIS! I'M NOW OFFICIALLY A LAUGHINGSTOCK! OH! THE PAIN OF THIS ALL! OH I WANT TO KILL WHOEVER THE HECK DID THIS TO HIM! SHOW YOURSELF YOU BAG OF BUL-"
Dusk stuffed an apple into Barb's mouth.
"Shut up and look, Barb! Your 'dream colt' is getting up."
"REALLY! YAYYYYY! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!" Barb cheered as she ran back over to the beautiful white stallion as she kissed him millions of times on the face.
"Ughhhh. Sweet mother of Solaris... what happened, and- ugh. Hello Barb." Elusive groaned.
"I'm just glad my hot-stuff is alive and okay!"
"I wodner how Elusive got knocked out..." Dusk said as he looked over to Blitz.
Blitz kept his act up.
"Not sure-"
"BLITZ!" Dusk screamed.
He could recognize when his friend had done something...
"HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO ELUSIVE!?!"
"Take it easy, nerd! He SAID he wanted to repay his debt! So I did him a favor!"
"Ugh."
"I'm serious!"
"Will you give me a miracle kiss since you're alive? Or how about a victory make out? Or-"
"All right! All right! Fine! If you insist! And if it will stop you from nagging me. B-But you better be good at it!"
Barb took out a mouth-spray and spritzed her mouth, and then took out a small stick of Maybelline and slithered it on her lips.
"Mm! Pucker up, Buttercup! I have my expensive lipstick on right now."
Elusive groaned as he leaned in and kissed Barb on the lips and stayed that way for a minute. He then quickly retreated back.
"There! Happy?" the stallion called out in his rich voice.
Barb was still love-struck and dizzy from awe and astonishment.
"Ye-yeahhhhhhh..." Barb whispered as she then collapsed with a big dorky smile plastered across her face and hearts in her eyes.
"Anyways, have you found anything more about Bubble yet?" Elusive asked, wiping the lipstick stains off his muzzle.
"Not yet. But I need Apple Jack and Blitz to run over to Zicoro's hut and get the mirror, and make sure everything's all right in his hut. I have a feeling... that we'll be reunited with our friend once more sooner than we think. I know it."
"Well!" Twilight started the conversation, "That's Rarity's gift crossed off the gift list, and maybe she went too overload on her presents."
Twilight looked back at Rarity, who was sturggling to keep up with her friends, holding motherloads of shopping bags full of expensive items, with both her back and the magic from her horn. She was sweating like crazy.
"Will you- four- slow- down?" Rarity wheezed.
"All right Rarity. Here, let me help you." Twilight offered as her horn lit up, grabbing seven of the bags with her magic.
Rarity wheezed out one last large wheeze, as if a large burden came off her back. Which it did.
"Oh! Thank you, Twilight!" Rarity thanked, back to normal, "You have no idea how scared I was that all that sweating would wreck havoc upon my mane and coat. But as long as it will make Luna happy!"
"Yeah, but I bet the bank won't be too happy." Rainbow Dash teased.
"Oh hush your mouth, Dashie, at least I have more swag than you!" Rarity responded.
Dash was angry now.
"Uh- SWAG?! No no no no no no NO! I'M the gangster girl! I'M the one with swag! You don't even know the first thing about swag! YOU'RE a snobby, petty, elegent mare of sophistication! So don't go around faking swag, IMPOSTER!"
"Um, excuse me?! But I think the total point here is that I'm more gorgeous and adored than you are!"
"Oh really? Well I oughta-"
"AHEM!" Applejack interupted, "Pardon' to end yall' argument rudely, but many' say swag means ya' gay. Just sayin'. So basically' yall' arguin' ovah bein' gay?"
The unicorn and the pegasus stared at the farmer.
"Well- that's not- that's a- UGH! LET'S HURRY UP SO WE CAN GET OUT OF THIS CELESTIA-DARNED MALL, ALREADY!" Dash groaned as she flew over with Twilight.
Twilight sighed.
"U-uh... T-Twilight? Y-you ok?" Fluttershy asked.
"It's fine. But, I just have a feeling." Twilight answered.
"A feeling? A-about what?"
"About Bubble and Pinkie. I have a feeling. Something's going to happen tonight at the party. I know it."
A Vision in Pink
Chapter 8:
Ring Pops
A pink muzzle shifted the office door open, as it creaked, and revealed the small office inside. It was quiet, small, and dainty, just as Celestia had told them. Celestia had said that Pinkie and Bubble could use the office to call all her important guests to come for the party that night. Next, two pink hooves tip-toed into the room, as Bubble then moved to the side to let Pinkie bounce in.
Bubble closed the door once Pinkie was inside the office. He the bounced over to the desk and spotted the telephone in the corner.
"Hey, Pinkie? You still have that list, right?" Bubble asked.
Pinkie let her hair unwrap the note from its pink tangled locks.
"Here it is!" Pinkie answered in her normal high pitched cheery voice.
Bubble picked up the note with his teeth as he sat in the desk chair.
He sat it onto the desk and opened it up once more.
"Okay, so, who should we call first?"
Pinkie thought hard. "Ooh! How about Cee Lo Green?"
"How do you talk to a hard-core rapper like him?"
Pinkie got closer to her friend in the desk chair.
"True." Pinkie answered as she tried to fit into Bubble's chair.
"Do you mind?"
"No! Not at all! I don't mind sharing my chair with anypony! Especially... you."
Pinkie smiled at her colt-friend, as they pulled off another deep kiss.
Bubble retreated back after a minute of mouth-to-mouth.
"Fine. Let's try... how about calling Fleur De Lis first? She might be easier to handle." Pinkie suggested.
"Okay!" Bubble answered as he dialed the number into the phone.
The small phone clanked as Bubble dialed each number, and then, once he was done, it started to ring, as Pinkie picked it up off the phone-holder and closened it to Bubble's ear.
The phone continued to ring, until finally it answered.
"Hello? " the model's sweet and soft voice called out from the phone.
"Hi! My name's Bubble Berry! And Celestia had sent me to call you and let you know that you are royally invited to the moon celebration tonight. ROYALLY. As in VIP." Bubble answered.
"Me? Why, what an honor! Thank you darling! "
Fleur De Lis blew a kiss through the phone.
"Okay! You're welcome! Bye!" Bubble then started to imitate Justin Timberlake, "See you at the party tonight!" and then hung up.
He turned to Pinkie, shocked to see her staring at him large-eyed.
"What?" Bubble asked.
Pinkie continued to stare.
And after a moment, Bubble could tell what she was thinking.
"You are a really good impressionist! It sounds just like if you were somepony else!"
"Thanks!"
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Pinkie asked.
Pinkie stared at Bubble.
"That we call some of the ponies back at Ponyville and imitate superstars and prank them to make them think that famous ponies are ACTUALLY calling them?"
"Yep! That's about the size of it!"
"The size of our egos!" Bubble joked as he picked up the phone again. "This will be SOOOO hillarious. Who should we call first?"
Pinkie thought again.
"Oooh! How about Lyra? That's 208-618-9955."
Bubble dialed in the numbers carefully as he waited for the other line to pick up.
"I know who i'll imitate for this one."
"Hello? " the harpist spoke into the other phoneline.
Bubble started his next impression.
"Hi, this is Jim Carrey, telling you that I am NOT green, and that I do NOT stink like a bag of bullcrap!"
Lyra was confused.
"Uhhhh..."
"But I know you are, Lyra! So, you're not alone!" Bubble teased as he then hung up.
Pinkie giggled.
"Try another one!"
"Okay! Oh, hey! I have a friend back home, his name is DJCol-3! I have his number!"
"That would be Vinyl! Sure! Let's call her next!"
Bubble dialed in a number and picked up the phone. As suspected, the female version of the DJ picked up.
"Yo! What's up bro? This is DJPon3 or Vinyl Scratch talkin' to ya right now, how may I help you? Want me to rock of my hot music swag at your next party? "
Bubble smiled as he then started his next impression.
"Yo, Vinyl, this Usher calling you to ask you if you're doing anything tonight?"
"Wha-Wai-USHER?!?! "
"Heck yes."
"Oh. My. Celestia! No! No I'm not doing anything tonight! "
"You know you want me!"
"Of course I do! I want you! "
"Really?"
"YES! "
"Well, YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY OF THIS, SUCKER!"
"WAI- "
Bubble hung up.
"Wait! Let me try one this time!" Pinkie suggested as she picked up the phone and dialed a number.
She was calling Big Macintosh.
The phone rang, until finally he picked up the other line.
"Eeyup? "
"Yo! This is Nicki Minaj! This is Big Macintosh, am I right?"
"Eeyup! "
"So umm, I heard you like eatin' apples right?"
"Eeyup! "
"And you brother of that Western Chic? Whas her name? Applejack, right?"
"Eeyup! "
"Okay, well, tell you what, I'll pay ya ten million if ya call that Fluttershy girl and call her sexy and hot. Deal?"
Big Macintosh hung up, and then a phone in the distance started to ring. They could here from outside the office, Fluttershy walking down the hallway of the castle answering the phone.
The two party ponies walked over to the door and pressed their ears against it.
"Hello?" Fluttershy called out into her phone.
She listened for a moment as she then paused with a stare in utter shock, and then she did something very unexpected.
"PERVERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!" the pegasus yelled out as she then threw the phone into the air and used her wings to harshly slap the phone through a window, glass shatering from the castle, as the phone caught on fire and flew onto a fancy mare's new hat and perfectly curled mane.
The two party ponies giggled as they quickly ran over to the window in the office, watching the phone on flames crashing on the mare's hair.
"AHHHHH! FIRE! OH SWEET CELESTIA! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF! GET IF OFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Pinkie and Bubble laughed hard.
"Ooh! Try Cherilee next!"
Bubble picked up the phone as Pinkie told him the number of the schoolteacher. He dialed it in, and waited.
"Yes? "
Bubble tried a Steve Carrell impression.
"Hello. This is Gru. I was wondering if you have seen my minions."
Cherilee was really confused.
"I'm sorry sir, do you have the right number? "
"Of course I have de right number! This is Cherilee the school teacher, am I right?"
"Well, yes- "
"And you're an earth pony living in Ponyville, am I correct?"
"Yes, that too- "
"Then where are my minions?! Have you seen them?!"
"Look sir, if this is a prank or something, it is NOT funn- "
"YOUR MOM'S A PRANK!"
Bubble hung up again.
Pinkie was laughing hard again.
"One more!"
Bubble picked up the phone for the last time, and started to dial a number, he knew who he was going to call for his finale.
He was going to call Luna.
"Yes? This is Princess Luna, how may I help you? "
Bubble decided to do the Annoying Orange for his last prank call.
"Hey Luna! Hey Luna!"
"Yes? "
"You look moon-y! Tee hee!"
"I know it's you, Bubble" a voice called out as the two quickly turned around.
There was Princess Luna standing in the doorway of the office, smiling, as she held her cellphone near her ears with the magic from her horn.
"Doing prank calls, I see?"
"Sorry, your majesty!" Bubble pleaded.
"It's quite allright. Celestia told me you two would be in here making calls for the special guests to come to my party tonight."
"Oh, right! We were just getting to that-"
"But I hope you two don't mind, that Twilight had just sent me a note asking for you two to go with them at the mall for a moment, you see, Celestia told them you two were done decorating, and she asked if you two could go with them to get something. I think they said something about getting fixed up for the party..."
"Oh! Ok!" Pinkie answered.
"Where's the mall?" Bubble asked.
"Downtown. If you'd like I shall teleport you two there." Luna offered.
"Thank you Luna!"
"All right then, stay still! Hold hooves! And-" Luna muttered as she got her horn ready for teleporting.
The two bubblegum ponies twisted their hooves with one another as they heard a zap, and then disapeared from the small office. Heading for the mall.
Pinkie Pie and Bubble Berry appeared onto the concrete sidewalk outside of the mall, as they then looked up. They haven't seen the mall that their friends were shopping at yet, so this was the first time they've seen it. It was large, yet luxurious-looking. It was a fine beauty of architecture, and decor. The two ponies got up and walked up the steps, as they then bounced through the sliding doors of one of the entering compartments.
"Oh! Pinkie! Bubble! There you two are!" Twilight called out as she saw her friends come in.
"Hey Twilight!" Pinkie cheered.
"Rarity insisted you two get ready for the party, so she found a boutique that she set an appointment for you guys."
"Oh, ok." Bubble answered.
"Pinkie! Bubble! Darlings! I found this magnificent boutique to get you two darlings ready for the big party tonight!" Rarity welcomed as she came up next to Twilight.
"Okay! Where is it?"
Pinkie and Berry walked curiously into a small yet sweet little salon in the middle of the mall. It was cute, yet you could hear hard pop music in the background playing, while fancy canterlot ponies pranced around in aprons full of accesories and makeup and such. A small yellow filly then came up to the two, but although she looked like a child, she looked like as if she had went through several plastic surgeries, and looked as if she were one of those kawaii anime girls in those japanese television shows.
"Hello. You must be Pinkie Pie?" the small filly asked in an asian accent.
"Oh, yeah, and this is Bubble Berry." Pinkie answered as she pointed to the colt next to her.
"Right! Well, If you come with me, madame, I will show you the room in which you will be worked on, and, sir, somepony else is coming to receive you."
Pinkie looked at Bubble.
He smiled.
"See you I guess."
"Yeah. See you."
Pinkie walked down the hall with the strange filly as she looked back to see Bubble waving. She smiled. It had only been three days, yet she already found her true love, and although it gave her knots in her stomach at the thought of this romance so soon, Bubble seemed to be all on her mind the past few days. She loved him. He loved her. Nothing could go wrong.
Inside the small salon room, the filly guided in another pony, which Pinkie guessed to be her stylist. He was a tall, hunky stallion. With a light purple mane, and a blonde mane and tail, with bright purple eyes that you could tell clearly that they were contacts, and a horn, elegentaly tucked between his golden, curly locks. He was hot. Like, ULTRA hot. She could tell many mares have fallen for him, and if Rarity could just see him right now, she would fall to the floor.
He was dressed in an elegent neck-cuff, and a rose stood on the side of his body. With a cutie mark that looked like a few makeup cosmetics, and a sophisticated tanned-like coat, he seemed like the perfect gentlecolt, until you heard his voice.
"Greetings, madame!" a strangely high pitched male voice came out of his mouth.
Bubble had a high-pitched voice as well, but he sounded more like Spongebob. But no, this colt sounded like Joey Graceffa, or one of those gay drag queens, actually, he DID sound gay.
"Hi there!" Pinkie greeted cheerfully.
"Oh, darling! I'm going to make you look fabulous tonight! For your friend back over there, okay?"
Pinkie blushed harshly as she smiled and let her cheeks turn pinker than they already were.
"For Bubble? Oh, no, he's already pleased with my appearance! It's for Luna's party tonight!'
The stylist took a deep gulp and then coughed loudly, as he turned to Pinkie, shocked.
"You are friends with the PRINCESS?!?!"
"Oh yes! Why is that surprising everypony? I'm Princess Twilight Sparkle's friend also and-"
"Oh my Lord! You truly are one mare of royalty! I am pleased to serve you, your highness!"
Pinkie giggled.
"I'm not a princess though! I'm just their friend! So you can call me Pinkie!"
"Hmmmm... how about Lady Pinkie?"
"Nope. Pinkie."
"Madame Pinkie?"
"Pinkie."
"Le Pinkie?"
"Pinkie!"
The stylist groaned.
"Can I call you Miss Pinkie?"
"Just call me Pinkamena if it bothers you that much."
"Yes! Pinkamena sounds much nicer! Anyways, let's begin!"
Makeup foundation and blush flew all over the salon room as a light pink unicorn, even lighter than Pinkie and Bubble's, and her mane of pink and white, pranced all over the room, fetching supplies.
Bubble stared at himself through the mirror. His mane was still naturally curled and as tangled as before. Every moment he was in that salon room, watching himself with his crazily untamed hair, was another moment of rememberance of his friend, Elusive, when he would throw himself into a rage quit after attempting to handle those tangled locks.
"You have a very interesting girlfriend, over there in the other room." the stylist started a conversation.
"What? Girlfriend? No no no no, we're just... friends!" Bubble then turned to the stylist, "Is it really THAT obvious?"
"You should show her your love for her!"
"I have! We ARE dating! I'm just afraid of the fit my friends will throw when I go back home and tell them that I'm dating somepony."
The stylist patted Bubble's right cheek.
"Look, when you wish upon a star, or dream upon your prayers, you're most likely to get a good answer. So why not show loudness within a voice, and love upon your heart?"
Bubble thought hard, since so many positive opinions on that small speech had come upon negative ones.
I'm a hardcore party pony, so why not show my voice? Bubble thought to himself, But she doesn't understand. My friends are a bunch of jackasses. They're cruel like mules.
"Oh! The tailor has your suit ready!"
Bubble popped up out of his seat.
"Hooray! Let's try it on!"
Pinkie walked out of her salon room and posed, as she looked down upon herself and her shadowed floor. She was in a candy themed skirt, coated in glitter, and a few candy shaped accesories tangled around in that mane. She launched a few guggles and more sultry poses, as her stylist admired every bit of her look, paying most of his attention at her flanks, since the tutu didn't quite cover those.
"Fabulous! You look absolutely superb, Pinkamena, my hottest and cutest client yet!" the stylist boasted as Pinkie blushed.
"Tee hee! Thank you, my flatterer!"
Pinkie then turned to see Bubble walking out of the other salon room, smiling and striking a few poses for his stylist. He was wearing a small, white and blue striped suit with a cute little pink bow. But it was a suit that looked too short, like if it shrunk in the washer, yet it fit Bubble perfectly, though. Pinkie wasn't sure if it was a suit or a neck-collar. It had cute little ruffles, a few sparkles, and a hat sitting on Bubble's head that looked exactly like the one that the Flim Flam Brothers wore.
He puckered his lips the moment he got glimpse of Pinkie, and he shyly whipped his hair.
"Hey Pinkie!" Bubble greeted in his normal, cheerful voice.
"Hey Crazy-Colt!" Pinkie giggled back.
"Wow, you look nice." Bubble gulped, noticing as well that Pinkie's skirt didn't cover too well.
He knew it wasn't a big deal. After all since ponies don't normally wear clothing, you would see one's flanks all the time. Yet he blushed.
Pinkie closened the colt and kissed him on the cheek.
"You don't look bad yourself!" Pinkie answered once her lips retreated from Bubble's soft pink cheeks.
Bubble felt brave today, and blushy. So he launched back another deep kiss, only this time on Pinkie's lips. He knew their stylists were standing right there, but he didn't really care. He only cared about not being seperated from Pinkie.
After having a deep kiss he flung himself back.
"I think we should get back to the castle. It's five' thirty."
Pinkie smiled and snorted a giggle before answering.
"Sure. Let's go round up Twilght and the others so we can leave."
The two bubblegum ponies then skipped out of the salon blushing. With the two stylists in shock yet in awe, waving goodbye.
Apple Jack rushed into the library, panting, as the purple unicorn turned to him, confused.
"Apple Jack, what's wrong?".
Apple Jack wheezed as he saw Blitz fly in, also out of breath
"Theiving. Jackasses. Robbed. Zicoro's. Hut. And. Caught it. On. Fire." He wheezed out.
Butterscotch gasped, backing away from the lamp on Dusk's desk. He still felt uncomfortable about the whole 'fangs' comment.
"Really? It was only this afternoon that we were all here and Ponyville being calm, and NOW when I send you two to checking on the place oncemore, some idiots HAVE to do that?" The magician panicked.
"Apparentleh'," Apple Jack responded.
Dusk looked at his friends worryingly.
"Get the fire team, fight off the fire, and the robbers, and save the mirror. I have a feeling we'll get some bit of proof from Bubble tonight." Dusk ordered.
"Kay. On it!" Blitz replied as he then zoomed off back to Zicoro's hut.
"Don' worry, sweetie pie. We'll get em' robbers outta that library in a jiffy'!" Apple Jack agreed as he tightened back on his hat and ran out the door.
Dusk turned to the white stallion.
"Elusive, you and Barb go help them in case they need help, since you have magic."
"Why can't you go?" the petty gentlecolt replied back.
"I have a feeling that I should stay here. For the good of Equestria."
The white stallion didn't doubt him for another second, as Barb climbed onto him, and he dashed out the door.
Butterscotch looked at Dusk
"U-uhhhh... what should I do, Dusk?"
"Stay here, Butterscotch. That's the best you can do."
Dusk repeated the words in his mind;
For the good of Equestria.
"For the good of Equestria. "
A Vision in Pink
Chapter 9:
Party Punch
The night time sky glazed upon the garden, as the stars appeared to be the most beautiful and bright ones ever to appear. It looked as if Luna really outdid herself on party lighting. However the disco floor continued to shine outstanding colors, and the stereos boomed. The cakes and desserts were beautifully displayed upon the table, while a big glass bowl of punch stood in front of it all.
Everypony was having a wonderful time. That was for sure. While bachelors hung around on the patio, and colts pleased and flirted with the mares like crazy, superstars mingled with others, and the crazy ones got high off sugar and cake.
A taxi pulled up upon the garden, as a pairs of purple hooves, yellow hooves, blue ones then orange, and four pairs of pink hooves, trotted out, as the mane six and Bubble hopped out of the carrier.
"Oh yeah! Let's get this party ON!" Rainbow Dash cheered as she then flew off into the party crowd.
"I hope yall' didn' make cider! We don' want the princess to think Rainbow's goin' drunk, now do we?" Applejack asked.
"Nope! We didn't!" Pinkie answered.
"Thank Celestia."
"Okay! Now everypony, let's go mingle!" Twilight announced.
Applejack didn't wait another second, and raced down towards the garden after Dash. Fluttershy turned around, to see Bubble and Pinkie hugging eachother. Love felt so strange to Fluttershy. She wasn't sure how to explain it, but it just felt weird to her. Yet she had a feeling for Bubble, even though he was just as annoying as Pinkie, he was something to her.
"U-uh... come on, P-Pinkie Pie. W-we should go to the party." Fluttershy whispered.
"Let's get this party started! Come on now, Bubble! It's not a Pinkie-Bubble Party Bash without Pinkie and Bubble in it!" Pinkie agreed.
"Yep! Let's go!!" Bubble cheered as he ran towards the garden.
Rarity stayed behind, looking at the two party ponies and Twilight trot off, blushing slightly.
Fluttershy came up behind Rarity.
"U-uhh, Rarity? What's the matter? Y-your face is all red... are y-y-you sick?"
Rarity turned to Fluttershy, as her horn lit up and started to attempt whitening the mare's face a little more to hide her pink blush. It was no use. Rarity was too pale, and even magic or makeup couldn't hide her face's true color at the moment.
Oh, good heavens! Celestia screw this! Why isn't my magic helping me when I need it to the most?! Rarity thought to herself.
"I-if you don't mind me asking, a-a-are you blushing?"
Rarity smiled nevously and turned away shyly. She was being more shy than her own friend, for Celestia's sake!
"Yes." Rarity spat out.
"Is it because of Bubble? Oh, I know h-he's the only colt around, Rarity, b-b-but him and Pinkie are an item. And don't you like Prince Blueblood?"
Rarity gulped in terror at the name. A scared face as if she had just read another novel by Stephen King.
"Fluttershy! You know that after the way that slimy idiot acted, I'd never like to adopt another crush on him ever again!" She retorted.
"R-Rarity, as much as I would love to agree with you, I don't find this very correct..."
"It's fine, darling. You're right. I shouldn't dare get in the way of this... alluration..."
Fluttershy smiled shyly.
"Let's just see what happens. Maybe, you could say hello when the two are seperated."
A sly grin spread across Rarity's face.
"Seperated... right..."
The remains of shattered balloons fell onto the concrete floor as giggles surrounded the stallion. The bubblegum colt had just reached out to grab a cupcake, not realizing that there were ten balloons in front of him as each one popped from his sharp hooves. Despite the fact that HE set up the pastry tables and knew where each item was located, Bubble could spot cupcakes from ten MILES away.
"Oops! Sorry, Balloonies! I was just reaching out for a cupcake, and, boy is Elusive right. I really DO need to file my hooves."
A giggle rose up from behind Bubble, as his head filled with the sounds of high pitched laughter.
"You remind me of a friend!" Pinkie giggled.
"You mean Poppy Pin?"
Pinkie looked at Bubble confused.
"Whoops, why can't I remember that I'm not in my home universe. What would his name be-"
"Pokey Pierce. Hilarious one, really."
"Poppy's always popping balloons back at home, she can't help it."
Pinkie giggled.
"I can't help but nuzzle you right now!" Pinkie cheered as she wiped her muzzle upon Bubble's, giggling lightly back.
I've only been here three days, yet I feel completely different... Bubble thought as Pinkie nuzzled him, Eh! As long as Pinkie's here with me, and my Bubble sense tells me everything's okay, I don't give a chapstick! As long as I'm happy!
The sound of a microphone's feedback echoed in the background, as all the party lights dimmed, except for a single spotlight on the garden gazebo.
"Greetings everypony!" a voice called out.
Pinkie then quickly pulled back her muzzle from Bubble's as the two then turned to watch the speaker, which everypony at the party was listening to. It was Celestia, with Luna besides her on the gazebo, under the spotlight, giving a speech.
"Welcome to today's millennial celebration, the 3000th anniversary of the moon. It is Canterlot tradition to hold Equestria's moon anniversary every thousand years. We do this celebration, not only because of tradition, but to remind everypony about the moon, and what it has done for us. What our ancestors in the past have risen for us... what Luna rises for us now. So that's why we celebrate. Despite the fact of the terrible economy these days and money-issues, income, ecetera, we still celebrate."
A cheer rose upon the crowd of ponies, huddled in front of the gazebo, listening to the speech.
"So thank the Heavens and Lord for the moon, and thank Luna for giving it's amazements to us."
Luna blushed as she smiled, and let her sister's microphone surround in purple magic and appear in front of her, beginning to speak.
"Thank you, sister, and thank you everypony for your support and gifts..." Luna chuckled nervously as she looked to the side of the gazebo she was standing on.
What once was a gift table, was now a plastered, broken piece of wood, as an endlessly tall pile of gifts crushed the table.
"And, Rarity, if you are in the crowd, let me just say you really overdid yourself on the gifts... but thanks anyway, sweetie."
Rarity smiled as everypony turned to stare at the dressmaker.
"Oh, it was nothing, Luna! It was my gift of generosity after all!" Rarity giggled, "Am I right?"
Luna smiled.
"Of course, hon."
Celestia then started to speak up, still standing tall next to her sister.
"Now, everypony go have a good time. Enjoy the night! It won't last forever."
All the ponies got back to what they were originally doing the moment the princess commanded, as the bubblegum colt ran up to the princesses, who were carefully stepping down from the gazebo, since not all the party lights quite came back on yet.
"Ooh! Princess Luna!" Bubble called out, "Would you like me to fetch One Direction from the VIP porch to start the party performance?"
Luna smiled, letting her older sister step forward and answer the question.
"Actually, me and Luna have a better idea on our first act of entertainment."
"Really? Who? Just letting you know, Sapphire is sick today from Ponyflu, and couldn't make it-"
"You and Pinkie."
Bubble stopped talking with a shocked look on his face. The exact same facial expression shared onto his female clone.
"Me and Bubble? We're not singers! We're party-planners!" Pinkie asked, just as surprised as her colt-friend.
Celestia chuckled.
"I know. But that scene from the other day, with you waiting outside the bathroom as Bubble showered. It was utterly adorable."
The two pink earth ponies were now even more shocked.
"You saw that?" Bubble asked while blushing.
Another laugh, but from both princesses.
"We can see everything that goes on with our subjects and citizens. It's nothing personal, really. But if you two could start off this party with that cute song you two have."
The two looked at eachother and blushed crazily. Pinkie was usually the loud voice in the crowd, so of course Bubble was the same, being her male version, but the two felt a bit of nervousness that creeped up their pink backs. Not bad nervousness though, more like a sickening feeling, or the awkward thought about when you liked somepony. In this case, when you were DATING somepony.
But Pinkie couldn't help it, with the tiny foal inside her screaming "YES!". And it seemed as if Bubble couldn't resist either...
"Okay."
"Okay."
A full glass bottle slapped down onto the table in front of the farmer, as she stared silently upon it and her rainbow friend. Dash had a sly look on her face as she spoke.
"I don't know, Dash."
"Oh, come on! It's a party! Just a small drink?"
Dash shoved the bottle of wine with her left wing, slowly, and closer to Applejack.
"Fine." The farmer responded as she shoved one of the glasses towards Dash and the wine bottle.
"That's what I thought." Dash replied as she gripped the bottle firmly in her muzzle and poured a simple amount into the wine cup.
Applejack watched closely, to make sure her friend wasn't overpouring, only realizing that she was, but not intentionally. Applejack turned to face what everypony was staring at. The craziest glitter puke duet walked up the gazebo, not surprised when all the party lights dimmed once more, except for a spotlight, but not just any spotlight, a pink, glittery light shone upon the glitter mess.
Well', dadgum mystery solved, is' Pinkie n' Bubble. Applejack thought to herself, No otha' pony aroun' here is wearin' the craziest glitter outfits or is six shades of pink.
Dashie, despite the fact that she was now trying to make it look as if she hadn't spilled anything, still stared at her friends walking up the gazebo.
"What are THEY doing up there?"
Twilight came up behind her two friends, along with Rarity and Fluttershy, as they looked up to the gazebo.
"What's going on?" The magician appeared, asking.
"Looks like' is' time for Pinkie to say somethin'."
Oh, it's time indeed, Applejack Rarity thought to herself, Time is right. Time for a little bit of alluration...
Time is right.
Pinkie looked at the crowd, as she walked onto the gazebo, Bubble behind her. Once on all fours, still and stable on the elevated stone floor, she turned to Bubble, nervous.
"It'll be okay. Just do what you did that day." Bubble whispered.
Pinkie smiled, as she then raised her voice.
"HIT IT,COLTS!" she shouted, as the orchestra colts in the background started to play a cheerful tune.
Surprisingly, they knew what to play. The Smile song.
Pinkie tapped her hooves as they began the song with the instrumental tune, Bubble looked at Pinkie and smiled.
She then began to sing.
"My name is Pinkie Pie!
And we are here to sayyy-"
"We're gonna make you smileee,
and brighten up your dayyy!"
"It doesn't matter now,"
"If you are sad or blue!"
"Cause' cheering up my friends is just what buddies' here to do!"
"Cause' cheering up my friends is just what buddies' here to do!"
The two began to sing in stereo.
"Cause I love to make you smile, smile, smile, yes I do!
It fills my heart with sunshine all the while!
Yes it does!
Cause all I really need's a smile smile smile
from these happy friends of mine!"
The musicians in the background continued to play the instrumental, yet everypony started to cheer in the audience. Pinkie could even see Madonna out there, cheering in the crowd. Which surprised her that the tanned earth pony superstar would be actually at Luna's party. But then again, every superstar was invited to the party.
But Pinkie had stopped singing after that verse, not because she didn't want to continue singing, even though the music was still playing, but because it felt like everypony had enough, not in a bad way, but that they had enjoyed that little bit of the song. Pinkie smiled as she looked over to Bubble. They had ended their singing routine with a spin, and a classic tango land.
Pinkie's chest shifted in Bubble's hooves, as he held onto the mare, close to the floor. She felt like one of those spanish folk who tangoed for a living.
Bubble smiled back to Pinkie.
Pinkie smelled his cupcake-scented breath. She had a sensation that moment, which she knew would be a desicion awkward beyond measures, but she just had to jump in, but-
Bubble silenced Pinkie's thoughts to herself as he did what she yearned to do own his own, once and for all.
The two leaned in, and made out. Now, you'd think Pinkie and Bubble wouldn't be ashamed, since they did it all the time, but Pinkie hesistated a moment ago, because, they were in public. In front of millions of ponies, poor, rich, celebrities, royals, and commoners. But now, that Bubble had did it for her, she didn't feel nervous anymore.
The two embraced it, for once, and let's just say went on a 'french' adventure with it.
Rarity fainted in the background at the sight.
The two party ponies had just french kissed.
French. Kiss.
Deep yellow eyes stared as the glitter-bathed pink hooves walked down the steps. The unicorn colt closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then walked out of the shadows. Out revealed the deep and dark blue unicorn stallion, with his baby blue and white mane, wavy yet still.
Pinkie giggled as Bubble imitated a prince and stuck out his hoof to let Pinkie get off the gazebo first.
"Pinkie?" another high pitched male voice popped out as the dark blue unicorn stepped out.
Pinkie turned, eyes wide open as they gazed. Her mouth followed a smiliar pattern, as it swung open and gasped.
It was Pokey Pierce.
Pinkie then smiled.
"OH! OH! POKEYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!" the mare shouted as she flung herself onto the other colt.
Bubble stared in dismay.
"Hey, Pinkie! I missed you since you left Ponyville!" Pokey shouted as Pinkie hugged him.
Pinkie giggled.
"Oh! Sorry! It's just that we had to come so Twilight could start working in the royal castle as a princess, but then the craziest thing happened, some pony named 'Sunset Shimmer' stole her crown and ran into this crazy mirror with an alternate universe, and so Twilight ran in to go get her crown, came back with the crown, and then the princess insisted for us to stay a few more days so Twilight could get used to being a royal, and while we were staying one night, at three in the morning, I was so awake that I got up and walked around the castle, and then I found another mirror to an alternate universe and then POOF! Bubble popped out, and now he's my bestest bestest friend in all of Equestria! Oh, and we had to throw a party for Luna." Pinkie blurted out quickly.
Apparently Pokey could understand fast speakers, because whenever Bubble spoke extremely quickly back at home, everypony just stared at him blankly, and was completely unaware of what he had just said. Yet Pokey just nodded at Pinkie as she talked, then speaking.
"It's okay! So this is..."
Bubble stepped forward.
"Uh. Bubble. Bubble Berry."
"That's a nice name! Reminds me of fruit punch!"
Bubble smiled.
"Well, am I THIRSTY!!!" Pinkie sung out. "Bubble, could you please go get me and Pokey here some fruit punch? I would really appreciate it!"
Bubble whipped his tangled pink mane for a moment. He knew that made him look prissy, maybe it made him look like Elusive, but he was NOT going to lose Pinkie that easily. He knew this wasn't Pokey's intention, to steal Pinkie from him, but one can never be too sure.
"Sure, Pinkie! I'll be back in two pops of a balloon!" Bubble replied.
"OOH! I LOVE BALLOONS!" Pokey shouted cheerfully.
Bubble just nervously walked over to the refreshments table, thinking about Pinkie. Until he realized, he was feeling an awkward touch inside of him, one that felt like if he was going through... his Bubble sense. But he was normally walking. Nothing seemed wrong. Yet he felt funny, as if his Bubble sense was telling him something, only this time it didn't want to shake around his legs. Actually, this feeling didn't feel awkward, it HURT.
Why do I feel like a snake's biting on my insides? Bubble thought to himself as he walked, I'm sure everything's fine. I mean, Pinkie would never get into trouble, right? Maybe it's just a bit of heartburn or something. Everything's all right. Nothing could go wrong.
Nothing could go wrong.
"Ugh, Dash'!" the farmer yelled as she watched her friend swim in the punch bowl. "Dash! Equestria to Dash!"
Dash simply kept her mouth open and eyes crossed as she blurted out in a sickened tone.
"Maahahhhhhh Littttaaaaalllll Poooooonnnnnehhhhh!!! I used ta wondah wha frienshi-hic-ship could beahhh"
Applejack and Rainbow Dash were at the refreshment table, being there, meaning that Dash all cuddled up in the punch bowl and Applejack, standing still as she stared at her friend and constantly gave her the stink eye. The ladle for the punch stood on the table next to the punch bowl, dripping down the table, as the bowl kept spilling from Dashie's weight, since she was sitting inside it. Dash had obviously drank too much of the wine, as she let out constant groans and insane laughter.
The farmer groaned.
Bubble walked up to the table, and smiled as he saw that Pinkie's friends were hanging out over there. Applejack smiled back once she saw the friendly face.
"Well howdy, Bubble, sugarcube! How's da' party been for ya'? Ya'll an' Pinkie havin' a blast?"
Bubble turned nervous, yet continued to smile.
"Uh, yeah! I just, came to, uh, get some punch for Pinkie! She wanted me to get her some, so-"
"Oh, well, beg ya' prdon, sugarcube', but unfortunately, it looks like we, uh, ran all out." Applejack appoligized as she nodded over to Dash, implying how she went drunk and spilt it all for her new place to nap.
"But, I do thaink' tha' there's some soda-pop ovah' there, in case that'll suit ya' fancy."
Applejack pointed a hoof over to the right of the table, where bottles of Sprite and Coka-Cola stood.
"Oh, thanks! Uh- your name's the same as AJ's, right?"
"I bet so, if his name be' Applejack. Ya can call me AJ, though, or Jackie. I personally don't care."
"I'll just call you, Applejack."
"All right then, sugarcube. If that be' all ya' needin', then go an' enjoy ya' night. Pinkie's waitin' for ya', I bet. Don't let me chat ya' entire night up!"
Bubble laughed.
"It's all right, Applejack. I'll see you later!"
"Okay, now, sugarcube! Have fun!"
Applejack watched the bubblegum colt as he trotted off to grab some cups of soda and left. The farmer smiled. Bubble was a good soul. A good friend. Pinkie was lucky to have him. Dash, however, was still in the background, as she continued to act stupid, in an annoyingly idiotic manner.
Dash launched another hiccup fit, her tounge still sitcking out.
"Diiiiiidddd yaaa knowwww ya aaaarrrrrhhhhh maaaahhhhhh veeerrrryyyy bessssst. FRIIEEEEEE-EEEE-EEE-ENNNNDDDSSSS!!!" the mare shouted as she then flopped out of the punch bowl, off the table, onto the floor. Still laughing.
Applejack sighed.
"Of course we are sugarcube. Of course."
Bubble balanced the two cups of soda on his muzzle carefully as he kept his head up, gazing into the nighttime sky. He tip-toed across the dancefloor, ensuring that the glasses of Sprite wouldn't tip over and spill. Bubble was quick, though. Soon enough, he was already around the corner, next to the wild-rose bushes with a curb bench that Pinkie and Pokey had sat in, as Bubble fetched their refreshments.
Bubble then started to tip-toe in harmony to a song. He danced with his hooves upon the garden floor as he hummed the Smile song.
He was closing his eyes as he then saw Pinkie and Pokey, laughing and giggling only a few feet ahead, behind the bushes.
"Oh Pinkie! I got the refreshments you wante-" Bubble started, as he then halt to a stop.
The pink colt stood utterly still. as he listened to the two ponies' giggle conversation. Bubble wasn't usually the one to eavesdrop. That was Blitz and Elusive's job. But he felt a little insecure about this, so he crouched down so the entire bush was covering him entirely, as he then started to position his ears to listen, brushing his pink curls off his face.
He peeked through the leaves and branches of the bush as he listened.
Pinkie and Pokey were still laughing, at a joke apparently, until they finally stopped laughing, to let Pokey start speaking.
"You know, your friend, he reminds me of somepony." Pokey started.
Pinkie turned to him curiously.
"Oh really? Who?" Pinkie asked eagerly.
Pokey smiled.
"Only the most gorgeous mare in all of Equestria. She's also the best at throwing parties, eating candy, and blowing up balloons."
Pinkie blushed, as she then felt hooves wrap around her waist. Pokey pulled her closer to her, as he then nuzzled her neck, smiling. Pinkie was shocked, yet she still could find words to speak.
"Why, thanks, you little cutie-pie!"
Pokey then reached his muzzle closer to Pinkie's, as he breathed heavily onto her face.
"I'd like to start going steady with you. If you'll let me."
Pinkie couldn't help it. She knew that Bubble would be heartbroken, but then again, he was still getting drinks as far as she knew, and he wouldn't be here to see this. So she grabbed the blue colt by the cheeks, and tugged him towards her mouth. The two kissed. Willingly, deeply, lovingly... in front of Bubble.
The bubblegum colt stood up from his hiding place. He knew Pinkie and Pokey were too busy to pay attention to him getting up anyways. Bubble was unhappy, disappointed. Heart-broken. But he wasn't going to let this pop his last balloon.
I'm pretty sure... that, um, Pinkie was just having a moment, with Pokey, right? I mean, Pinkie wouldn't ditch me for him! They're just... embracing eachother. I guess I'll just... let them be...
Bubble didn't want to beleive that a pony like Pinkie would break his heart after all they've been through. For all he knew, that could've just been a 'I've-missed-you-for-so-long-and-now-I'm-glad-I'm-seeing-you-again' kiss. Bubble didn't want to have anything to do with this. It wasn't his business, so he trotted off back towards the party crowd.
Bubble paced his steps as he started to blend into the party crowd once more. The last thing he wanted to witness was him bumping into everypony because he was concentrated on something else and didn't mind to slow down his running.
Fluttershy was sitting on the floor next to the cake table with a squirrel and a rabbit. Since it was a party in the garden, obviously animals would be living there. Fluttershy lifted her right wing and pet the animals as the cooed and purred next to her. You probably have never heard a squirrel coo or a rabbit purr, now have you?
Rainbow Dash was still at the refreshment table, being drunk, with a crowd of angry ponies surrounding her and the table, since they weren't very happy that Dash finished all the wine for them and spilt all the punch. There was still the soda, but up-tight sophisticated ponies didn't give a crap for it.
Applejack, however, was walking away from it all, towards Fluttershy, and now Twilight, who just happened to stop by the cake table for desert. Only pony missing was...
"Rarity." Bubble whispered as he walked towards the rest of the mane six.
Fluttershy lifted her head from the floor.
"Oh. H-h-hello, Bubble. Having f-fun?"
Oh yeah, lots of fun. Bubble thought to himself sarcastically.
"Hey, Bubble! Where's Pinkie?" Twilight greeted.
"Oh, she's uh, hanging out with somepony else right now." Bubble answered.
Bubble tried to hide his nervous glance. He didn't feel like spilling the beans on what he had just seen with Pinkie.
"Oh. Okay." Twilight replied.
Applejack trotted over the the pink colt and smiled.
"Howdy, sugarcube', again!" the farmer greeted, "Come back for anotha' drink of soda? I thaink' they be' runnin' out."
"Oh, no, thanks, Applejack. But I just came to see what you guys were doing." Bubble giggled insecurely.
"All right, hon, where's Pinkie', anyway'?"
"She's, um..."
Bubble's explanation was cut short, as a figure appeared. White hooves in high heels clanked apon the concrete and stone floor, as she walked across the dancefloor to the tables. A white face, with a perfect, flawless complection arose from the shadows, as her purple curls bounced off her face. It was Rarity.
Rarity's sparkly blue dress caught Bubble's attention, after all, blue and sparkly were two of his favorite things. Actually, it sorta felt like Rarity was trying to please him. She wasn't wearing any makeup, she looked just as normal as she always had, except for that her cheeks were shaded a bit pink.
Rarity turned over to Bubble and smiled.
"Hey, Bubble, darling!"
Bubble was stared, and then finally he answered.
"Ummmm, hi?"
Rarity batted her eyelashes until Bubble finally gave in and blushed, then she started to speak.
"Where's Pinkie?"
Bubble stopped smiling.
"Oh, she's, um, hanging out with somepony else."
Rarity didn't think her plan would go THIS well. After all, with Bubble on her pink hooves, who else would Pinkie care about so much as to leave him alone? However, the unicorn embraced the fact that her plan was going perfect so far.
"Oh, well, I'M not hanging out with anypony right now. Care to, sit down with me, love?"
Bubble blushed. Did pretty girls always call insane party colts 'love's? He walked over to Rarity as they sat down on a bench next to the tables, where Fluttershy, Applejack and Twilight continued to talk with eachother. He turned to Rarity, as she smiled.
"You know, when I first saw you, I thought you'd be just as annoying as Pinkie. But you really are a charming one." Rarity started the conversation.
Bubble smiled again.
"When I first saw you, I thought you would be all stuck-up and up-tight like Elusive. But you're actually pretty nice." Bubble answered.
Rarity laughed.
"You know, I've been hiding a secret. When I first saw you, darling, well, I like you, but I didn't want to get in the way of you and Pinkie. So I didn't dare to tell you how I felt."
Bubble sighed. He knew Pinkie was probably still flirting with Pokey by now.
"Well, you are a nice mare. And, another secret, when I was alone just now, that was because Pinkie was, well, with somepony else. In flirtatious terms."
Bubble groaned. He had just spilt the secret.
Rarity only smiled and giggled.
"Well, I certainly will keep you occupied. If you, stay here, with me, on the bench of course."
Bubble felt hooves wrap around him as Rarity pulled him closer and hugged him. Bubble knew he shouldn't be embracing another mare's acts of affection and love, but if Pinkie was right now, then he might as well.
Pinkie walked the party grounds as she bumped into other ponies unknowingly. The young mare was looking for Bubble. She didn't think that it would take twenty minutes just to grab some punch.
Bubble wouldn't just ditch me, would he? Pinkie thought to herself curiously, Maybe Pokey made him nervous or something. Ooooh... Pokey...
Pinkie was still digesting the fact that she had kissed Pokey right there while Bubble was out of sight. She was just glad her friend didn't see it so he wouldn't be heartbroken or anything. She didn't imply that they would date when they kissed. Pinkie had actually rejected his thoughts of love once their lip-fest was over, and got up to start searching for Bubble since she was worried about him.
Pinkie walked up to the cake and refreshment tables, seeing her friends all bundled up over there. Maybe they knew where Bubble was.
"Hey, Applejack, Twilight, Fluttershy, and uhhhh... Dash..." Pinkie greeted nervously, as she saw her friend on the floor, drink spilled all over her.
"It's a lon' story." Applejack stated, realizing what Pinkie was thinking.
"Well, anyways, have you four seen Bubble? I'm looking for him."
"R-really?" Fluttershy answered, "Just a m-moment ago, he was with us, and then R-Rarity took hi-"
"Rarity?" Pinkie asked, surprised.
"Yes. Bubble said you were hanging out with somepony else for the moment, and so Rarity decided to keep him company." Twilight explained.
The party mare turned red, not in blush or in shock, but in a small wave of anger. Had Bubble actually ditched her?
"Where are they?!"
"Over there, on that bench." Twilight replied as she pointed a hoof to the bench where the two flirted on.
Pinkie tip-toed carefully as she hid behind a bush next to the bench, still at the tables, pretending to be getting cake, as she listened to their conversation.
"Well, if you're alone, then you wouldn't mind to share a little bit of you-know-what with me..." Rarity swooned with a sly smile on her face.
Bubble was confused.
"A bit of what?"
Rarity jumped in on him and threw her muzzle upon his, as her lips danced upon his. The unicorn closed her eyes blissfully, as Bubble continued looking shocked, wide-eyed and surprised, until finally he gave in and closed his eyes as well in joy. There were the two, in front of Pinkie, making out, on that bench.
Pinkie stood up.
She was silent. Dead silent. As every single drop of depression, emotion, and anger fell upon her. She continued to stare, her mane and tail now now falling from their curls and tangles, becoming as straight as when she was a filly. Her mind was so clear and quiet, that she could hear the last balloon in her conscience pop.
*Pop!*
Sneak Peak;
A Vision In Pink:
Chapter 10:
Sour Strings
Pinkie held her double in the corner of the bunking hallway in the castle, pink hoof fists on both directions from the colt so that he wouldn't be able to squimmy out, as she looked him in the eyes with a furious red face.
"What the buck is wrong with you? Back there? What the heck was that?!" the mare shouted in his face.
Bubble continued to stay calm, even though his girlfriend was basically screaming in anger at his muzzle.
"Me and Rarity were just talking and then sh-"
"Don't lie, you big bag of monkey crap! I saw you back there, going on a french adventure on the lip cruise with my friend! Pretty lousy, for a boy version of me! I'd never kiss a colt unless his lips tasted like cupcakes! And that's why I kiss you! You cheat!"
Now Bubble was upset.
"Me?!!? What about YOU?! I saw you and Pokey having a tounge-dance! I heard him preposing a future relationship with you!"
Pinkie was shocked now that he saw that.
"What?! No I- I never di- I never did that with Pokey!" Pinkie lied. "But I saw you and Rarity going crazy for eachother! Why did I ever kiss you, or hug you, why did I even lie down next to you?! You're not like me at all! Jerk!"
Bubble was really upset now.
"Why did I like you? Why did I believe your lies? Why did I even think you were sexy?! You're just a big meanie-head!"
"That all you have for ammo, tiger? 'Big meanie-head'?" Pinkie mocked. "Well guess what, I've had enough of you! You- you- JACKASS!!"
Pinkie stomped off in furiousness back to her bedroom as she locked the door behind her.
Bubble was all alone, sitting in the hallway, sitting in tears, sitting in betrayal.
He then stared, watching flashbacks before his eyes. He could see his so-called friends back at home, calling him names and arguing with eachother.
"That cheap party idiot!" Blitz yelled in the flashbacks.
He stared at the violence, only to be reminded of Pinkie's anger wave upon him only minutes ago. He was staring at everypony hating him. Everypony hating Bubble. It was Everypony has to hate Bubble day.
Then, strangely, Bubble blinked his eyes as the last tear fell out, opening them back up to anger. He cringed onto his grudges all together, as he grew furious. Beyond furious. He felt his mane fall out of their curls and turn straight. But he didn't give a crap.
"Nopony messes with me." he muttered angrily, as his pink body turned into shades of grey.
The pinkish-gray colt then walked into the kitchen, picking up a large butcher knife with his teeth from the counter, turning to the bedroom hallway again, and muttering.
"Nopony pops the Bubble."
A Vision in Pink
Chapter 10:
Sour Strings
The night was darkest today, for some reason. But everypony returned to their homes or hotel rooms safely. The party had ended with a crash of fireworks, and a last light show with the stars. Luna had risen the moon, and then grew tired after a few more hours of partying, and so did everypony else. One by one, ten by ten, everypony left, as the mane six then realized it was time to hit the hay, as they walked back into the castle.
Each of the mane six walked in by order. Twilight first, then Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, who was now much better, flittering in behind her, Applejack stomping in behind the three, and then Bubble and Rarity.
Bubble was more content now, he was hoping Pokey had left so that he could nuzzle Pinkie once more. But as Bubble looked around the castle hallway, Pinkie wasn't inside yet. Maybe she was still outside. So the bubblegum colt continued to walk the hallways to the bedrooms with the others.
Pinkie poked her muzzle through the doors first before she trotted in. Just to make sure that Bubble was in there. Starting with a trot, she ran the floors, until she got closer to Bubble, in the hallway with her friends, as she then broke into a gallop and jumped onto Bubble until the two rolled with eachother and smacked into the walls.
Pinkie's friends gasped when they saw the mare attack her double. Rarity wasn't there to see it though, since she had already walked into her bedroom.
Pinkie held her double in the corner of the bunking hallway in the castle, pink hoof fists on both directions from the colt so that he wouldn't be able to squimmy out, as she looked him in the eyes with a furious red face.
"Pinkie? What's wrong? Are you okay?" Bubble asked.
"WHAT'S WRONG?! I'll tell you what's wrong! What the buck is wrong with you? Back there? What the heck was that?!" the mare shouted in his face.
Bubble continued to stay calm, even though his girlfriend was basically screaming in anger at his muzzle.
"Me and Rarity were just talking and then sh-"
"Don't lie, you big bag of monkey crap! I saw you back there, going on a french adventure on the lip cruise with my friend! Pretty lousy, for a boy version of me! I'd never kiss a colt unless his lips tasted like cupcakes! And that's why I kiss you! You cheat!"
Now Bubble was upset.
"Me?!!? What about YOU?! I saw you and Pokey having a tounge-dance! I heard him preposing a future relationship with you!"
Pinkie was shocked now that he saw that.
"What?! No I- I never di- I never did that with Pokey!" Pinkie lied.
"Likely story!"
"But I saw you and Rarity going crazy for eachother! Why did I ever kiss you, or hug you, why did I even lie down next to you?! You're not like me at all! Jerk!"
"Listen, Rarity was flirting with me! When you asked me for punch, and I came back, I saw you and Pokey, so I decided not to get in your way. So when Rarity found me alone, she started flirting with me, and then she just- leaned in and kissed me! She just freaking threw herself upon me!"
"Oh really? Then how come you were HAPPY?!"
Bubble could tell something was wrong with Pinkie. Something was REALLY wrong. Pinkie's mane was straight. Pinkie's tail was straight. And if this was his double, then obviously that means that just as hard as it is for Bubble to untangle his hair by force, same would be for Pinkie. It only undid itself when he was lonely, and upset.
Pinkie continued to look in his eyes crossly. She was really really mad at him. Why wasn't he?
"Why did I even love you? Or hug you? Or kiss you? I should've known! Jerk!"
Bubble was really upset now.
"Why did I like you? Why did I believe your lies? Why did I even think you were sexy?! You're just a big meanie-head!"
Pinkie must've been thrown off her anger-meter or something now, because instead of continuing to look cross, she simply smiled slyly, and started to tease the poor party colt.
"That all you have for ammo, tiger? 'Big meanie-head'?" Pinkie mocked. "Well guess what, I've had enough of you! You're just a cheating crybaby!"
"Well then, you're a freaking idiot!"
"Butthead!"
"Floozy!"
"You- you- JACKASS!!"
Bubble dropped his anger into a frown, as he stared at the steaming-angry mare burst it all out on his face.
Pinkie stomped off in furiousness back to her bedroom as she locked the door behind her.
"Pinkie!" Bubble shouted.
No answer.
The colt began to bang on the bedroom door.
"Pinkie!!!"
He then stopped smacking the door with his hooves, as he then let a tear fall out of his eye. He then sat down, outside of the bedroom, his back on the door, as he threw his tear-stained face into his hind-legs.
He lifted his head back up, to look at his cutie-mark. The same trio of balloons as the ones on Pinkie's flank.
Bubble frowned.
"Not much partying going on here." Bubble muttered, remembering when he said the same thing the day he was all alone, sitting outside Sugarcube Corner. At home.
But that wasn't the only thing the colt had realized once he lifted his head back up; he realized that he was all alone. Everypony had retreated back into their bedrooms to avoid the big fight that Pinkie had started with Bubble.
Bubble was all alone, sitting in the hallway, sitting in tears, sitting in betrayal.
He threw his head back down into his lap as more tears streamed out. He felt so alone. Even more alone than when he was back at home, where his friends still were. Maybe Blitz, Elusive, Dusk, and the others really did care about him. Or at least they cared about him more than any of these ponies did.
Although, it felt weird that his friends back at home are too busy for him, yet they care about him unlike these mares, but they're the same person, really. Yes they are pairs of two different beings per pair, but the have the same persona, the same act, the same type of person.
Bubble felt homesick now. He didn't want to be in this mess. All he wanted was to be run home in tears back to his friends. His REAL friends.
The sound of clanking hooves sounded through the hallway, as Bubble lifted his soggy, tear-stained face back up towards the noise.
Twilight, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy walked towards the magician's bedroom with curious looks on their face.
This was suspicious to Bubble, so he quickly and quietly hid in a dark corner of the hallway, hoping that he wouldn't get caught. Apparently these three didn't go in their bedrooms yet, and rather had went somewhere else. Bubble listened quietly to their conversation.
"I hope Pinkie doesn't stay mad at Bubble for long." Rainbow Dash started, "He'll be gone before she knows it!"
"Y-y-you don't think we would be s-snitches, looking at Bubble's life back at home, do you?" Fluttershy asked quietly.
My life back at home? Bubble thought to himself as he continued to listen.
"Maybe, Fluttershy. But we need to know what Bubble meant when he said that he has bad friends." Twilight answered.
"How long will it take for the spell to work itself up?" Dash asked.
"It'll take a while. We should get to bed. It'll probably be ready to use in the morning." Twilight replied.
"Well then, good night!" Dash yelled as she flew through her bedroom door.
"G-g-goodnight..." Fluttershy stammered.
"Good night, everypony." Twilight finished as she opened the door to her own room and walked in, only to find out that Spike had woken up.
The doors shut behind them all with a loud bang, as Bubble then stood up on all fours once more, revealing himself out of the shadows, since he knew nopony was still out yet.
"Twilight must've been doing some spell." Bubble whispered to himself as he began to walk the hallways.
He just had to find the room where Twilight's spell had been started... which didn't take too long since Bubble only reached the end of the hallway to find out that a magic cloud was floating in the throne room of the Canterlot castle.
Bubble had never exactly paid attention to whenever Dusk would be practicing spells, so he really was caught by surprise when the magic cloud had the words; 'Loading: 100% -Start-'.
Apparently, the spell loaded pretty quickly, yet started off slowly, so Twilight didn't think it would fully process by now. Bubble was confused, yet he stepped forth and let his hoof touch the words 'start' in the mystical fog. The fog then fainted all the words away, and turned into a light pink solid-colored mist. Then after a minute or two, the cloud showed a visual image of... Elusive? Dusk? Blitz, Aj, and Butterscotch? Bubble looked closer, as he then realized it WAS his friends, only, they were FIGHTING with eachother.
He then stared, watching flashbacks before his eyes. He could see his so-called friends back at home, calling him names and arguing with eachother.
It was all there. Elusive smacking Blitz till he bled, Butterscotch screaming like never before, Blitz punching Elusive, AJ making fun of them.
"That cheap party idiot!" Blitz yelled in the flashbacks.
He stared at the violence, only to be reminded of Pinkie's anger wave upon him only minutes ago, as he now saw Pinkie in his mind, screaming at him. He was staring at everypony hating him. Everypony hating Bubble. It was Everypony has to hate Bubble day.
Then, strangely, Bubble blinked his eyes as the last tear fell out, opening them back up to anger. He cringed onto his grudges all together, as he grew furious. Beyond furious. He felt his mane fall out of their curls and turn straight. But he didn't give a crap.
"Nopony messes with me." he muttered angrily, as his pink body now turned into shades of grey.
Bubble began to walk towards the kitchen, as far from the cloud as possible.
"Who does Pinkie think she is? President Nixon?!" Bubble hissed, "Who do my friends think they are? Who does everypony think they are?! They can't ruin my life! Nopony can!"
Now the grey colt was laughing in an insane manner, yet he giggled on, his eyes crossing and twitching.
"Heh. Heh. Nopony can." Now Bubble started to whisper angrily, "Nopony can."
The pinkish-gray colt then finally walked into the kitchen, picking up a large butcher knife with his teeth from the counter, turning to the bedroom hallway again, and muttering.
"Nopony pops the Bubble."
Rarity smiled and closed her eyes in bliss, as she felt the warm breeze from her blow-dryer fly off her mane and face. She was pleased. Her plan had worked perfectly, and as far as she knew, Pinkie wasn't there to notice her and Bubble! She was fixing up her mane right now. Her friends all thought she was already asleep, since she was the first to get back in her bedroom, but when in reality, she just was the early bird so she could work on her hair.
Her pink nightgown was wrapped tightly yet comfortabley around her waist. Opal was asleep in the corner closest to the dresser that Rarity was doing her hair on.
Rarity smiled.
"Oh, Rarity! You are a charmer! And such a gorgeously perfect one!" Rarity complimented herself. "Such a charming, smart, beautiful puppy!"
Opal opened rolled her eyes, even though she was still fast asleep somehow.
A knock on the door.
Rarity simply kept her eyes closed and continued to dry her mane, as she shouted joyfully;
"Come in, darling!"
The sound of hooves clanked upon her bedroom floor, she still continued on with her hair-doing, not suspecting anything suspicious. Although dim-witted Rarity had no idea who was walking into her bedroom, since her eyes were shut tight, she didn't let a single doubt come across her mind when she started adressing who was next to her.
"Twilight, darling, you don't have to be all suspicious and quiet when entering my room, it's only me, it's-"
Rarity was unaware of what happened next. A moment ago, she was talking to who she thought was Twilight, when she was turned around to face the stranger. A glimpse of a knife. Then-
*SCREAM*!
The knife dropped onto the cold, floor. Drops of red flowing past it, as the scream fainted into silence.
Blood.
Sneak Peek;
A Vision in Pink
Chapter 11:
Blood Velvet
Pinkie's straight mane and tail flew past her as she ran down the hallways. Her Pinkie sense had woken her up. Something was wrong. EXTREMELY wrong. And Pinkie could tell from the start, ever since her sense woke her up, and starting down the bedroom quarters, a trail of blood slid down the hall.
Pinkie then slid into a very familiar room. Too familiar. It was the room with the mirror. It was the room where Bubble had first popped out.
"Pinkie!" she heard a familiar high-pitched male tone call out her name, as she turned around.
Seeing the grayish-pink colt reveal himself from the shadows of the room. His mane and tail, were straight. Just like hers right now. The difference between the two, though, was that Bubble was now... gray.
Bubble smiled slyly, as he got closer. His face was stained. With blood. He dropped a knife from his mouth onto the floor, as he got even closer to Pinkie. He then threw his muzzle onto her lips. He started to go crazy on kissing Pinkie. But she wasn't going to fall for that this time. She threw him back, now HER hooves were stained with red from touching his face to shove him back.
"Get away from me, creep! What are you doing?!"
Bubble smiled.
"Oh, Pinkie. I'm just doing you a favor."
"A favor?!?!"
"Yes. A favor... after all, they aren't REALLY your friends, now are they? They don't care about you."
Pinkie was confused.
Pinkie turned, hearing a female scream from a corner of the room.
It was Rarity.
Strapped and chained to a metal bed, as she lied there, attempting to squimmy out. Rarity was in a terrible state. Her face was stained with blood as well, her body well-bruised and scraped. She was bleeding in almost every inch on her body.
"Rarity!" Pinkie shouted, as she ran over to her injured friend, stuck on the piece of metal. "Are you okay?"
"Oh, I'm... fine, darling. But you certainly won't be if you stay with that cheating jerk! That jackass!"
Pinkie turned to Bubble.
"Why are you doing this? What do you want with me?"
"Your love back. Nopony gives two craps about me. And so, now when your friend tricks me, you get mad at ME. When you were the one who started flirting with somepony else! You little jackass. Son of Discord! Screw you!" Bubble shouted.
Pinkie looked at her double, hurt. She was shocked.
"So, what do you say? Care to join my lonliness?"
She wanted to say no, but how could she hurt her own feelings?
"If you don't want to appreciate me, or what I did for you, then it's fine. I just won't let you get in my way!" the colt shouted, as he grabbed the bloody knife with his mouth once more and aimed at Pinkie.
Pinkie stared at the silver knife as it came down, closer and closer to her forehead.
"Oh no."