Party till Dawn "1"

"You coming or what?" Cheerilee shouted up the stairwell to her friends room. Cheerilee had dressed up in her favorite Disco gear. She sifted from one hoof to the other anxious to go out and Party all night long. "Hurry up we don't want to miss the train". The sound of hoof steps sounded from the floor above. A slender, turquoise colored Pegasus made her way down the stairs.

"Alright I'm here 'Cheery' keep your hair on" the Mare said as she leaped down the last few steeps. She straightened herself, brushing her flowing green mane out of her face. Her name was Slip Second, the middle child of a well connected, wealthy Family. She glanced at her best friend and giggled.

"What?" Cheerilee asked looking annoyed at her friends outburst.

"Cherry dear, why are you dressed like that?" Slip asked trying to keep a straight faced.

Cheerilee sighed and rolled her eyes "Slip have you been living under a rock for the past year?".

"Cherry don't tell me you believe all that rubbish about 'Disco' becoming a hip fashion?" Slip replied jokingly.

"UH.. come on we don't want to miss our train" Cheerilee said, avoiding Slips obvious question.

Slip laughed as Cheerilee blushed, "Let's go then Cheery". They hurried out of Cheerilee's house and headed for the train station, they arrived just in time to bored the train.

"Having fun yet Slip" Cheerilee asked trying to catch her breath.

Slip grinned up at her "The best of fun".

The train arrived at Canterlot, the pair departed for the station and headed for the night clubs. Slip turned to Cheerilee and asked "Which one of these fine establishments should we visit?".

Cheerilee smiled widely and replied "There is a new club that's opened up just down the main road". They walked down the road laughing and speaking animatedly to each other as they passed through the thronging crowd.

Slip just could not stop her self from staring at the surrounding ponies. It had been sometime since she had moved away from her family in Canterlot. Her family was a well off lot,because of her fathers work in the weather industry. Because of this Slip had not really spent time with her father, since he had to travel so much. Her mother was almost never at home ether, she spent most of her time at social events and lavish parties.

Slip's siblings where your typical stuck up upper class brats. Her big brother Flash Thunder  was a giant bully to all of Slips friends when she was growing up. From all the time he spent with his under evolved friends Flash flunked out of school. Thanks to father, though Flash was swiftly hired as a cloud kicker and shipped of to Filliedelphia.

Slip's younger sister; Ruby Light, mummy and daddy's little princess was the most pampered filly in the whole of Equestria. Any time Slip tried to do something Ruby would turn up and throw a tantrum until Slip or one of their parents would buy a new dress or doll for her. Slip had left for Ponyville as soon as she was old enough. She had moved in with a fellow teaching student, Cheerilee. The two had been friends from that day since.

Cheerilee turned to Slip who had seemed to just stop in the middle of the street. She approached Slip with a confused look on her face "Hey Slip you felling okay?".

Slip jumped "Wh...What oh yeah... Yeah I'm good" she stammered before walking forward again.

"Well if you say so" Cheerilee said before resuming her stride next to Slip.

The sound of techno-pop blasted through the open door to the nightclub. Slip and Cheerilee stopped short listening to the throbbing noise. Slip raised an eyebrow at Cheerilee in a gesture of 'are you sure you want to go to this club?'. Cheerilee nodded and lead the way into the deafening noise.

Slip weaved her way through the crowded club trying to keep Cheerilee in sight. She finally caught up to her, she was sitting in a small booth, "Oh sorry Slip I just saw some old friends" Cheerilee replied absent minded.

Slip sighed as her friend tried to look over the heads of the other ponies. "I'll get use some drinks then" Slip said before making her way towards the bar. She moved with all the flexibility she could muster.

She arrived at the bar and realized just how crowded the club was. Ponies were jockeying into the best booths or sets at the bar. The dance floor was so packed that ponies where forced to dance in any available standing space. Slip noticed a bobbing purple mane; 'I guess Cheery decided to dance earlier then she had planed'. She got the bartenders attention "Two Apple Ciders please", he nodded and passed her two large foaming mugs "Six bits miss". Slip was taken aback at the cost of the cider,  she passed six bits over the counter. Using her wings to hold the ciders she made her way back to the booth.

Slip arrived back at the booth and to her surprise two Cheerilee's where sitting side by side, "Hey Slip whats up" the first Cheerilee said.

"Umm... Wow I think the ciders stronger then I thought, why are there two of you" Slip replied with a quizzical look.

"Oh sorry you two haven't meet yet, This is Berry Punch" said the first Cheerilee. "Hello Slip, nice to meet you" Berry Punch said with an air of one who had already gotten into the cider.

"Hi Berry Punch,would you like a drink?" Slip responded with as much politeness as she could muster.

"No thanks Slipy I got enough to last till the princess raises the Sun and the Moon" Berry Punch said as she produced several mugs of foaming cider.

"Please don't call me Slipy" Slip said trying to keep the disgust from her tone, Cheerilee stepped in "come on Slip it was just a joke".

"Yeah Slip" Berry Punch continued "I was not trying to ruffle your feathers". Slip settled down a bit and took her place next to Cheerilee.

"Alright girls are we going to rock this night like its are last?" Cheerilee shouted out for every pony to here, "YEAH" Slip and Berry Punch shouted back. They all grabbed a cider each and downed it. The night faded into ciders dancing and laughing...