My Little Pony: Equestria's Mightiest Heroes

While the Cakes went off to wake their children, Pinkie Pie started to pack items into two pairs of saddlebags. Bruce even saw her pack away things that could, in no way fit into them. She “filled” the bags and effortlessly brought one to Bruce. When he went to lift it, he found it much heavier than it had appeared. As it rested upon his back, he briefly wished to be the Hulk. But shook off the thought as soon as the risks had entered his mind.

He had come to be able to control many of the Hulk’s actions and emotions, unless something really made him angry, then all bets were off. Instead of a bomb, Bruce thought of the Hulk as more of a cannon now, point him at a mutually hated target and watch as it is reduced to rubble. That being said, he hadn’t been able to turn into the Hulk here, so maybe all of his control is gone, or maybe the Hulk is gone. He would have to check with Tony to see if there was a way to counteract his irradiated blood in this dimension.

“C’mon slowpoke! If you stand around thinking all day this party will never get set up.” Pinkie Pie called back to Bruce, breaking him out of his thoughts.

“Sorry, I was just thinkin…” Bruce started.

“About another personality that is difficult to control and the possibility you may have finally found a cure?” Pinkie interrupted.

“How did…” Bruce’s eyes were wide with confusion and his mouth hung open.

“Pinkie Sense?” Pinkie offered as an answer before seemingly appearing before Bruce and closing his mouth with her hoof.

With that, Bruce got a feeling he met someone like this before, all he could remember was he was mostly red and could seemingly disobey the laws of the universe… and that he made the Hulk angry. Very, very angry. And for the first time since his arrival, he felt the Hulk’s presence from inside his mind, it was faint, but surely there.

Bruce shook off the feeling as he trotted to catch up with Pinkie Pie who had somehow covered roughly twenty to thirty meters in a fraction of a second with a slow trot.

As they continued toward City Hall, Bruce remembered that he hadn’t properly introduced himself to his partner yet. “We never actually introduced ourselves, I am Dr. Bruce Banner.”

“I know silly! The Cakes used your name! But I am Pinkie Pie! We’re going to be great friends, I can tell! We even have kinda-not really matching cutiemarks!” Pinkie Pie said as she motioned towards her cutiemark.

Bruce looked at her cutiemark and saw that it was almost exactly like his, except for the fact the balloons were inflated. “Can you explain cutiemarks to me? I really don’t understand their significance.” Bruce asked.

“Well, they show what each pony’s very special talent is. Mine is balloons because I am the bestest party pony around! It also is the Element of Laughter. Seeing how yours is the opposite, you are either the worstest party pony, or you are the opposite of laughter. Since you are helping me plan this party, we can see if it is due to your party planning skills!” Pinkie answered. Bruce was shocked at how much the answer made sense. It wasn’t cryptic or jumbled like he was assuming it would be.

“I think I know which one it is…” Bruce said under his breath as the Hulk flashed across his mind. Hulk’s presence grew stronger.

“What was that?” Pinkie Pie questioned, not quite hearing Bruce.

“Oh, it was nothing.” Bruce was afraid of the Hulk getting out and messing up this quaint town. They had been so welcoming and Bruce didn’t want to repay them by smashing.

It wasn’t long before they arrived at City Hall. “Here it is!” Pinkie announced, “We’ll unload our bags then go and get some more. The cake and other snacks won’t be ready until later, but that will give us time to go out and get some of the stuff I ran out of. Then we’ll decorate when the rain hits!”

“Alright, sounds like a plan.” Bruce responded as they set off toward Sugarcube Corner.

…

Precisely at two o’clock, the rain hit. Pinkie Pie and Bruce had been joined by Fluttershy and Hank. After the four introduced themselves to the other pony they were not familiar with, they worked to set up the party. By this time the Cakes had dropped off the cakes, snacks and punch. Granny Smith had stopped by earlier to tell Pinkie that Big Mac would bring some apples by later in the day, after all the work on the farm had been done.

Fluttershy was put in charge of the ceiling decorations, Bruce and Hank helped set up tables, chairs, and other things that their lack of decorating skills couldn’t ruin. Pinkie Pie set up pretty much everything else. Hank and Bruce noticed that she was really, really, efficient at party set up. It was almost as if she was in multiple places at once, doing all of the tasks simultaneously.

…

Around four in the afternoon, the party was completely ready, and they all went back to Sugarcube Corner for dinner.