From Everypony's Point of View

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  Pinkie Pie sat at the very edge of the Everfree Forest, impatiently waiting for a certain pony to arrive for a very important conversation. She had been waiting for almost an hour when a dark pink alicorn walked up to her from inside of the eerie forest.

  Pinkie stomped angrily towards her, saying quietly, "It's about damn time you got here! Do you have any idea how long I've been waiting here?"

  Rose simply stood there panting. "Jeez, I'm sorry. It's not that easy traveling between dimensions, you know. I had to go back and forth between Earth and Equestria six times before I got the right year. Anyways, I only have a couple of hours here, and I wanted to go see Trixie after this, so make it quick."

  Pinkie nearly gagged. "I still don't see why you like Trixie so much. That pony has a serious stick up her rump."

  "She really isn't that bad once you get to know her. You shouldn't be so quick to judge, either."

  "Whatever, this isn't what we're here to discuss. We're here to talk about your writing skills and your schedule."

  Rose shook her head roughly, trying to get her thoughts in order. She then sat down in front of Pinkie, ready for what she had to say. "Right, sorry. So, what is it specifically that you wanted to talk about?"

  Pinkie sat down as well, and skipped right to the point. "You suck. Writing fan fictions isn't your talent. You should be more focused on your music and art. So why go through all this trouble just to write this ridiculous fan fiction?!"

  Rose had to admit that what Pinkie had said took quite a toll on her pride. She knew she was bad, but was she really that horrible?

  She jumped when Pinkie yelled, "And don't do that! Writing yourself as a female pony alone is weird, you don't have to go and write in third person; you sound like Trixie when you do that."

  Rose simply shook her head. "Just ignore that, you wouldn't really understand it. Plus, the readers don't know that me and the one writing this fic are the same person in different dimensions... Well, I suppose they do now..." She waved at the readers.

  Pinkie looked up and reread the conversation. "Okay, I got a bit mean just then. And that's not at all what I wanted to say... Stop messing with my dialogue. You're a potentially great author, you just need to spend more time writing, and you need to pace yourself. Stop rushing. You just wrote twelve chapters in two minutes. Also, you need a bit more action, man! Where's all the action?!"

  "Oh, trust me, there'll be plenty of action in this chapter."

  "And why is that?"

  Rose smirked and winked slyly at Pinkie. "'Cause you're gonna throw a party."

  Pinkie was confused by this. "But... I always throw parties. What's gonna be so special about this one?"

  "Oh you'll see... You'll all see!" The purple-and-red maned alicorn began laughing maniacally. She was stopped mid-laugh when Pinkie shoved a hoof to her mouth.

  "Don't do that; it's creepy. Now get out of here and quit talking to yourself; besides, you aren't even supposed to be in Equestria until next week."

  "I know. I just really wanted to see Trixie. I haven't seen her in a while."

  The pink party pony simply glared in her direction. "It's been four days."

  Rose just shrugged. "Too long in my opinion. Anyways, I'll see you later, it's time to get this chapter started!"

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  It was around three in the afternoon, and Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash had been doing nothing in particular that day. That is, haging spent the last hour and a half looking for Pinkie Pie, who had requested their audience. She hadn't been at Sugarcube Corner, and Mr. and Mrs. Cake didn't seem to know where she was either. They had looked all over Ponyville and hadn't seen Pinkie anywhere.

  The weirdest thing though, was that they hadn't seen any of their other friends either. Applejack, Rarity, Twilight, and Spike had all mysteriously disappeared with Pinkie, as well as Ditzy, Lyra, Bon-Bon, Octavia, Vinyl Scratch, and about half of Ponyville.

  Fluttershy shuddered and whispered quietly, "Why are so many ponies gone all of a sudden? Ponyville is so... empty."

  "I'm not sure...," said Rainbow solemnly. "It makes me think that Pinkie is up to something..." Just then there was a load moan that came from a nearby bush. Both Rainbow and Fluttershy jumped up and screamed, grabbing onto one another, scared out of their minds.

  They were both confused when Pinkie walked out of the bush, which was nearly half her size. It was a wonder how that pony did such things; then again, neither of the pegasus mares wanted to know. She looked quite upset, which was rare for Pinkie Pie.

  "You guys weren't supposed to know yet! How did you figure it out? It was planned so well!"

  Rainbow was the first to recover from the initial shock. "Um... What are you talking about? What are you planning, Pinkie?"

  Pinkie popped into her normal mood immediately, beaming at the both of them. "Oh, nothing. Just glad you haven't figured it out yet. I have a very special pony organizing it perfectly! I'll see you two later, then!" With that said, she hopped back into the bush.

  "Oh no you don't!" yelled Rainbow Dash as she darted towards the bush. But she was too late. When she got to the bush, she yanked it out of the ground and wasn't surprised when Pinkie was gone. "What the fuck?!"

  Fluttershy gasped, "Rainbow! You shouldn't use that kind of language! At least be a bit civil and use the term 'buck' instead."

  The rainbow-maned mare scoffed at the idea. "Why should I? Besides, if I used the word buck, doesn't that make Applejack's job sound a bit...unsophisticated?"

  The flush on Fluttershy's face as she gasped nearly made Rainbow fall over in laughter. "Oh, my... I guess you're right..."

  After she was done laughing, Rainbow sat in thought. "Now, what do you suppose Pinkie meant? She's obviously planning something, but what? Hmm... So many possibilities..."

  "Oh yes, it's so difficult," said Fluttershy sarcastically. "What ever could she be planning?"

  "I just said that." said Rainbow annoyingly, completely oblivious to the sarcasm in Fluttershy's voice.

  "I was being sarcastic," she said blandly in response. "She's obviously planning a party, Rainbow, dear. What else would she possibly be arranging?"

  "I... um... This is Pinkie Pie we're talking about here!" she said quickly in an attempt to save her pride. "There's no telling what she could be planning. But I suppose it would most likely be a party. Good observation, Fluttershy!"

  She simply chuckled and hugged Rainbow Dash. "You can be really cute sometimes, you know that?"

  "Heh... I guess," Rainbow said as she returned the embrace. She broke it a moment later and added, "Now, let's see if we can't find anything out about this party."

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  Throughout the remainder of the hour, the two pegasi had flew all over Ponyville- twice. They had asked everypony they had seen if they knew anything about Pinkie and her whereabouts; none of them had known. Whether that was the truth or not, Rainbow couldn't care less. On the other hoof, Fluttershy was mostly just being dragged along. She didn't care about what Pinkie was planning. She just wanted some quality time with Rainbow Dash, which she was most definitely not getting.

  "Honestly Rainbow, we aren't going to find anything. Why do you insist on finding anything out about Pinkie and her antics, anyways? We should just enjoy the day. Think about it, without Pinkie Pie around, Ponyville is much more peaceful. We should enjoy each other's company while we can."

  "I... But..," Rainbow Dash tried desperately to think of a reason to continue her search. Then again... A day alone with Fluttershy didn't sound too bad... "Oh, fine." She dragged Fluttershy over to lone cloud and sat there. "What did you have in mind?"

  Fluttershy lay her head on Rainbow's shoulder and closed her eyes. "Nothing really. I honestly didn't think you would listen to me. But since you did, why don't we just sit here and watch the clouds? That's always nice." She looked up at Rainbow Dash and wasn't surprised to see the disgust in her eyes.

  "Come on Fluttershy, have you even met me? You know I'm not into that mushy stuff. It's just way too... uneventful." She then made the mistake of looking back at Fluttershy, who was looking up at her with those puppy-dog eyes of hers. Rainbow quickly looked away. "Come on now Fluttershy, please don't do that."

  "Don't do what?" Fluttershy said with a hint of whining. "I just want to sit here and snuggle with my beautiful, kind, loving marefriend while watching the clouds as they fly by. Is that really so bad?" She smirked when Rainbow shut her eyes and brought her hooves to her temple. Gotcha.

  Rainbow simply sighed and put her hooves down with a very upset look on her face. "Fine... I'll watch the clouds with you..." Fluttershy bounced up and into a happy mood. Then she had an idea. "Under one condition," she said with a smirk, and Fluttershy looked at her with a weary expression.

  "Oh? And what would that be?" Rainbow leaned over and whispered in Fluttershy's ear. When she was finished with what she had to say, Fluttershy gasped. "Rainbow Dash! How could you even think of something so... vile? We've only been together for two days!"

  "What? It's not that bad. Sure, it would be weird if we weren't dating, but we are, so-" Rainbow was cut short when Fluttershy slapped her. She really wasn't expecting that. And sweet Celestia it hurt! It surprised her even more when Fluttershy hugged her and started apologizing.

  "Oh Celestia, I'm so sorry Rainbow! I didn't mean to hit you that hard! You can just be so infantile sometimes...." Then she thought about it for a second. "But I'll tell you what..," she said with a slightly enticing voice. She looked at Rainbow with a seductive gleam in her eyes. "I'll consider it if you behave."

  Rainbow rubbed her cheek where she had been hit. It took a second for her to comprehend that last part. She blushed heavily and snickered. Aaaw, yea. she thought. "Okay."

  "Good." Fluttershy lay on her back and stared up at the scarcely moving clouds. She then patted the space to her left. Rainbow lay down beside her and Fluttershy immediately wrapped a hoof around her shoulders and pulled her closer, then lightly nuzzled her maw. "Aren't they simply divine? ...Rainbow?" she asked when she didn't get a reply, and wasn't surprised to see Rainbow napping.

That pony really is something... she thought. She leaned down and kissed the cyan mare on the forehead. She then looked back up at the clouds, Rainbow in her hooves. This truly was a great moment. But, like all of her moments, it just had to be interrupted.

  "Hiya!" said a certain pink pony as her head popped out of the top of the cloud, making Fluttershy jump up and scream, waking Rainbow Dash.

  "Wha...? Come on Pinkie, why you gotta always pop up at the worst possible moment? I was enjoying my nap..."

  "Hehe, sorry," she said as her head appeared for a second again. She fell back down to her trampoline and jumped right back up. "It's just that.... Remember that.... party I mentioned earlier?"

  Fluttershy had flown back down and Rainbow had a hoof around her shoulder.  "Well, you never actually said it was a party, but yea, we remember." Fluttershy nodded in agreement as Pinkie's head continuously popped over and under the cloud.

  "Weeeell.... Just so you.... know, the party is.... ready, and we... really need you two to.... come, because, you know... it wouldn't be a.... party without the.... main guests!"

  Rainbow Dash looked at Pinkie with an irritated look and flew with Fluttershy down to the ground. "Ugh... Alright, fine." She looked at Fluttershy, who seemed mildly upset. "What's up with you?"

  Fluttershy simply looked down at the ground and mumbled, "I was having a good time..." She looked up at Rainbow with an angry gleam in her eyes. "I told you we shouldn't have spent all that time searching for Pinkie..."

  Before Rainbow could reply, Pinkie cut in and said, "Aw, come on Fluttershy, it's not that bad! I bet you'll have a BUNCH of fun at my party! Come on, let's go!" She grabbed the two pegasi by their shoulders and dragged them along towards the Everfree Forest.

  "Where exactly is this party, Pinkie? Please, oh please tell me it isn't in the Everfree Forest..." Fluttershy's eyes went wide and her pupils became as small as a pin-head. She became even more despaired when Pinkie replied.

  "Of course it is, silly! Oh, don't be so scared Fluttershy. I put a LOT of planning into this party. I knew you were scared of the Everfree Forest, but I honestly couldn't find anywhere else big enough to throw the party! We could have thrown it at Canterlot Castle, but that would have cost us a lot, so we had to scrap that idea, but then we couldn't find anywhere in the Everfree Forest with a big enough clearing to actually have the party, so we had to get permission to clear a BUNCH of trees, then we had to have a bunch of ponies clear out all the creepy stuff, and-"

  She was cut off when Rainbow shoved her hoof in the pink earth pony's mouth. "Pinkie! We get it! How big is this party anyways...?" She said, becoming a bit concerned. Pinkie was known for her particularly big parties, but none had ever been big enough to actually have been moved outside.

  "Oh, it's pretty big," she said simply. "But I'm not gonna say anything about it, 'cause that'd ruin the surprise!" She put on her ridiculously huge grin and walked ahead of the pegasi couple. After another minute of walking- with the exception of Fluttershy, who was crawling along beside Rainbow Dash- Pinkie Pie turned around and said, "Alright, we're almost there, so I need you two to close your eyes."  When they did as told, Pinkie grabbed their front hooves and directed them forward for another whole minute.

  When she let go of their hooves, she leaned towards them and whispered, "Keep your eyes closed," then ran off, leaving Fluttershy and Rainbow baffled. There was a slight scuffling sound, then silence. It stayed like that for what seemed like hours, but was in reality only ten seconds. Then, out of nowhere, there was the sound of vinyl on metal as none other than Vinyl Scratch put a record on the track and hit play.

  Both Fluttershy's and Rainbow's eyes flew open when there was a terribly loud bass drop, followed by a bombardment of sound. Around them was maybe half an acre of clearing where a part of the Everfree Forest had been cut down. There were literally hundreds of ponies all around them, most of which were residents of Ponyville. In the middle of the clearing was a huge stage, which was where Vinyl currently had her DJ equipment set up. Almost everypony had their hooves to their ears and were looking up angrily at the DJ.

  "Sorry!" yelled DJ-PON3 as she cut the track. "Wrong record... Here we go." She replaced the current record with another, and pressed the play button on her turntables. There was the sound of orchestral music with a slight techno backdrop.

  Pinkie Pie shook her head and looked back at the terrified couple. "Umm... Surprise?" She was quiet when everypony in the clearing suddenly screamed, "CONGRATULATIONS RAINBOW DASH AND FLUTTERSHY!!" When they all died down, Pinkie smiled and said, "This is one heck of a party, huh? I threw it to celebrate your newfound relationship!"

  Rainbow, like always, was the first to recover from her stupor. "Wha... Why... is it so... big? You could have just thrown us a normal party!"

  Pinkie Pie, being Pinkie, simply giggled. "Well, that wouldn't have been any fun! Plus, you two are my best friends! No offense, you three," she said to Applejack, Twilight, and Rarity. "And to top it all off, I had a bunch of bits to spend! You see, I've been saving up bits for a couple of months, and I made a bet with these three," she pointed to the other Elements of Harmony, "a while ago about you two getting together, and I got three hundred bits from each of them, so I had A LOT to spend. So, I decided to spend it all on a party for you two." She smiled and hugged the couple, quickly joined by the other three.

  Fluttershy, who was in the very middle of the group hug, started to cry, surprising everypony. Lyra, who had been one of the few other ponies that had joined in the hug, immediately looked up and said with despair in her voice, "Oh my! Everypony, get off of them! Fluttershy is crying!"

  Without waiting for a reply, she quickly threw everypony off the couple and walked up to Fluttershy. "Are you okay? Why are you crying? You should be happy!" She smiled a huge smile and patted Fluttershy on the head. "See? Happy!"

  Fluttershy didn't respond tight away. She cried a little longer then looked up at Lyra with a slight smile on her frail lips, tears still falling freely. "Oh silly Lyra, I am happy. I didn't know so many ponies cared about me." She walked past Lyra and threw her hooves around Pinkie Pie. "Oh Pinkie, you have no idea how much this means to me and Rainbow. But really, you didn't have to spend so much for an event such as this."

  "Oh, but I did! It made me so happy that the two of you were happy, so I had to make you even happier by throwing a party!" She hopped away towards the stage, where she stood next to DJ-PON3. Fluttershy smiled and walked over to Rainbow.

  "Come on now, let's enjoy the party." She looked up at Rarity as she walked towards her and Rainbow Dash with tears in her eyes.

  "Oh my, it seams that I cannot stop crying. I'm just so happy for the two of you. I just wanted to wish the two of you a happy future before I wander off towards the bar." Rainbow's eyes went wide.

  "There's a bar?!" she almost yelled. She blushed heavily and hid her face in her hooves when she realized how desperate she had sounded. Rarity simply chuckled.

  "Of course, dear. They don't have anything heavily alcoholic, though. Just some fine wine and brandy. Anyways, I'll just be off now. I promised a few ponies that I would explain to them how to properly stitch a dress. Ta-ta!" She turned and walked away, leaving the two surrounded by ponies.

  One of them, a pony by the name of Carrot Top, walked up to them and said, "You two should really walk around. A lot of ponies really want to congratulate the two of you. Oh, that reminds me! Congratulations!" She smiled warmly and took a small box out of her saddle bags and gave it to Rainbow. "Here, I got this for the two of you." She winked then walked off.

  They both looked down then at each other. Then Rainbow spoke up. "Maybe we should open this later..." She proceeded to put the box in the saddle bags that she didn't recall having. "What the- Where did I get these saddle bags from?"

  Fluttershy looked at them with a confused look. "I... I'm not sure..." She looked up as Pinkie popped up again.

  "Oh, don't worry about that. If anything weird happens, it's just the author fixing a silly mistake." She then disappeared into the crowd then back onto the stage.

   The two just shook their heads and ignored the saddle bags. They walked through the dense crowd, many of them congratulating them. A surprising amount of the ponies offered them small gifts. Wow, thought Fluttershy. This is crazy. Surely ponies don't usually get this kind of treatment when they find their very special somepony.

  Despite the constant comments, they soon arrived at what seemed to be a large snack bar. There were many salads and small delicacies; but more than anything, there were sweets. Many, many sweets. There was cake, cupcakes, cookies, and thousands of other sugar-filled delights. Rainbow stood with her mouth open wide. Fluttershy chuckled and grabbed a rainbow-colored cupcake then offered it to Rainbow. "Cupcake?"

  The rainbow-maned pegasus greedily took it and ate it in one bite. She then blushed and looked at Fluttershy innocently. "Heh... Sorry. You know how much I love cupcakes."

  Fluttershy merely chuckled. She saw a smudge of cupcake frosting on Rainbow's cheek and snickered. She leaned towards Rainbow and licked the frosting from her cheek, making Rainbow blush like crazy.

  "Wh-what did you do that for?" she asked, trying to hide her blush, which was a bit difficult for her, considering how short her mane was.

  Fluttershy winked at Rainbow and whispered in her ear, "You had some frosting on your cheek." This made Rainbow feel absolutely ridiculous; why, she didn't really know. She looked up as Twilight walked towards them.

  "Hey girls! Enjoying the party?"

  "Why yes, we are, Twilight. I especially like the music choice. Not too loud, just the way I like it."

  "Oh, that's what you think!" said Rainbow Dash. "DJ-PON3 gets pretty damn loud most of the time. This really isn't her style. But that doesn't change the fact that she's the best DJ out there! Oh... Sorry Fluttershy..." she added when Fluttershy glared at her for interrupting.

  "Well, Twilight, like I said before somepony rudely interrupted... The party is simply wonderful. There are so many nice ponies here. How about you? Are you enjoying the party?"

  "Oh yes, but I'm afraid I have to leave early. Apparently Spike got into some trouble back home. I'm really sorry I couldn't stay."

  "Oh, it's alright," Fluttershy said with a smile. "I understand. What kind of trouble has Spike gotten into this time?"

  This really caught Twilight off guard. She hadn't come up with a story for why Spike was in trouble. "Oh, um... He... We got another shipment of books today and he needs some help because... The names of the books aren't in English... Yea, that's right!" She smiled when Rainbow gave her an odd look. "Well, um... See you later girls! Enjoy the rest of the party!" She eagerly walked away before either of them could say anything.

  "Well then," said Rainbow with a confused look on her face. "That was weird."

  "Oh, you know that pony is always busy with something. Now, let's enjoy this party." She kissed Rainbow on the cheek and they walked away from the snack bar.

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  Twilight Sparkle sighed and walked slowly away from the large (yet quiet) party. She couldn't stand to be there for another moment. She was happy for her friends, but... a small part of her died when she thought of the two being together. She was sure that it was her heart.

  She had always wanted to be loved by another pony. And seeing two ponies in love broke her heart. Nopony had ever loved Twilight like that. Except.... No! You can't think about him. It's been seven years, almost to the day. You can't start thinking about him now...

  When she got to the library that was her home about ten minutes later, she almost broke down crying. She literally crawled up the stairs and started crying uncontrollably halfway up. Spike, being the sweet dragon he was, immediately found her and tried to comfort her.

  "Twilight! What's wrong? Why are you home so early? I thought you were at Pinkie's party."

  "I... I was," Twilight said between sobs. "I-I just... had t-to come home..." She finally made it to her bed- with the help of Spike- and shoved her face into her pillow.

  "Come on Twilight, tell me what's wrong." Spike already had tears in his eyes. Seeing Twilight like this always made Spike sad. It seemed to happen so often these days.

  "I... I s-started th-thinking about him again... I c-couldn't help it... It's just that... I-it's almost been seven years... I've been alone for s-seven years, Spike! Nopony w-will ever love me!"

  Spike gently stroked her mane, trying his hardest to make her feel better, to no avail. "Th-that's not true Twilight. You haven't b-been alone... You have me and the girls. Isn't that enough to m-make you h-happy?"

  Twilight looked up at him and shook her head. "Can I... just be alone for a while, Spike? I need to th-think..."

  "Okay..." Spike hopped off the bed and walked back downstairs.

  Twilight watched him go, then shoved her face back into her pillow. She couldn't get that one pony's name out of her head.

Carpe Diem... I will always love you...

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Author's Note

  First thing's first, Carpe Diem is Serttok's OC, and I have his permission to use him in this story. Thought I'd get that out of the way.

  Also, I have a new proof-reader, not that it's really important. Hope you guys are liking the story so far! Sorry for the long wait for this chapter.

End Author's Note

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