Monday
It was a beautiful and clear evening in Ponyville, as it usually is, unless they actually need the rain that is. Now normally on such a brilliant evening like this with the birds singing and the sun just beginning to be brought down by Celestia, Ponies would be out and about, either having fun or finishing up the last of their day's shopping. But not today, no, today the ponies of Ponyville were all in The Castle of the Elements.
Why were they all here? Because the Element of Laughter was throwing a party. Now the pink pony known for throwing parties, having even gained the reputation as Ponyville's Premier Party Planning Pony. However this was not a normal party. The mulberry maned mare normally gives zany titles to her parties, but this one she only called 'A Party'. This party was also had the largest invite list. Normally it is just limited to the three hundred and one residents of Ponyville. This party included those residents, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Discord, Cheese Sandwich (who helped set up the party), The Wonder Bolts (by request of Rainbow Dash.), Zecora the zebra shaman ,and The Narrator, which just so happens to be myself.
Really, here's the invite:
You're invited to A Party.
Hosted By: Pinkie Pie
Where: The Castle of the Elements
When: 7pm-12am
What: A very special party, stay till 10 to meet a special guest.
So allow me to tell it from my perspective.
Being an incorporeal omnipresent being of many a universe meant to tell stories in one as the guise of another being's imagination, I was already at the party, will always be the party and always be going to the party...
"Narry, what are you doing?"
Pinkie, you know I don't like you calling me that...
"Sorry Narrator, but really what are you doing?"
Telling the story from my point of view for a bit.
"But the 'Imaginer' doesn't want to do that."
So, it's my story.
"Yes but if you deviate from the 'Imaginer's' true imagination too much..."
He'll find out!
"Exactly~!"
So, the party?
"A Party."
Yes, *A** Party*
A Party was the biggest bash the bubbly bouncing balloon branded mare had thrown since well, ever really. All who were invited attended the festivities at the crystal tree palace. Unfortunately not all of the attendees could stay, as that Monday was a school night and many of the parents had to get their fillies and colts to bed. So when ten P.M. rolled around there was only two hundred and seventy five ponies and one spirit of chaos, still in the ballroom of The Castle of the Elements.
Pinkie was a bit saddened by this turn of events, as it would mean that some ponies would have to hear about how the fourth wall works second hoof. However she couldn't worry about that now, no, she was on a time constraint, and Vinyl just gave the signal that it is time for her to go get her victim.
*Cough*
It was time for her to go get her volunteer, to help her describe the fourth wall to the ponies here. So she tore a hole into the fabric of reality as she has done so many times in the past. This time however she was not using this ability to tear into a pocket dimension. No today was the only day for the next four hundred years that she'd be able to tear into another universe. She only had thirty minutes to go get her vic...volunteer, have him explain the fourth wall, bring him back, and return herself back to her own universe. So without any hesitation, she jumped through as soon as the tear was large enough.
He was completely shocked. Pinkie Pie just appeared in front of him, on earth, as a pony. He would have smiled, or spoken, or reacted in some way, but before he could do so all of his thoughts were cut off by the plucky pink party pony saying in a rapid fire way, "Hi Curry-Burry, my name's Pinkie Pie, butyoualreadyknewthat, and I need you to explainthefourthwall."
"Okaaay..." The man, oh so smartly replied.
"I told you he was a volunteer."
Yeah, Yeah. Whatever I have a story to tell.
Pinkie smiled widely and stood next to the stunned man before saying, "Great! Grab my mane!" Obediently the man did so, and Pinkie jumped into the air in a high arc, shouting, "Adventure!" At the peak of the arc she simultaneously kicked forward and tore a hole back to Equestra. For the man the sudden acceleration almost made him sick but he managed to keep his gorge down. What he saw once he recovered was a kaleidoscope of color swirling around as he traveled between reality and the universes. It was a sight that dropped his jaw to the metaphorical floor, and left it there. Well it left it there till a bright flash of light blinded him, and caused him to snap it shut along with his eyes. When he reopened his eyes they saw a multitude of multicolored equines. When that data reached his brain his jaw was reintroduced to the ground. It took him awhile before he registered the mare pushing him over to the nearby microphone.
The ponies were shocked, even Discord was mildly surprised. See they were used to Pinkie disappearing and reappearing, or even grabbing random food items from no where. But this, this was a whole other level. This time she reappeared in a flash of bright white with a strange seven hoof tall bipedal creature holding onto her manic mulberry mane like it was going to save the creatures life. Then it opened its eyes, its gray blue eyes. Once it realized what it was looking at those eyes had a shocked expression, and its jaw dropped, revealing the sharp canines in its mouth. It just stared at everypony with that expression as Pinkie slowly pushed it towards the microphone.
Once the creature was behind the microphone it continued to stare until Pinkie interjected with, "Ahem." Poking it in the side.
"Wha, huh,..." It spoke in a masculine voice as it turned to look at Pinkie, who just rolled her hoof in a go on manner. It continued with "Oh, yeah *cough* sorry." Then he, yes he, turned to the microphone and waved his pale furrless forelimb to the crowd and spoke, "Hello everyone...."
Pinkie Poked the male again and said, "Everypony."
"I'm trying to stay species neutral, Pinkie." He said to the perky pink pony, then turning back to the mic he continued as though he was not interrupted, "My name is Currens F. Ignis, and Pinkie Pie brought me here to explain the fourth wall to you all. So before I begin, does anyone here know what the fourth wall is?" A single lion's paw rose above the crowd. To that Currens brought his hand to his forehead and pushed some of his black mane under his sock cap before saying, "Of course you'd know what the fourth wall is Discord. Anyhow, for the rest of you the fourth wall is the divide between the audience of a piece of media and the world within, sorta like a one way mirror. Any questions." The same lion's paw was raised above the crowd, this time floating on a red balloon. Currens sighed and said, "Yes Discord?"
The being of chaos reattached his arm and asked, "Yes, how do you know my name, or Pinkie's for that manner?"
"You probably, are just asking this to stir things up, but I come from the audience side of one of these fourth walls, this world, well, universe rather, is on the world side." Currens replied.
At this a certain lavender alicorn hovered in the air waving her hoof in the air while shouting, "But how is that possible?!"
"Well Twilight, every world can in truth become the world side, considering the fact that it and its stories just have to be imagined. In fact the one responsible in our world for seeing yours is Lauren Faust. As for how I got here physically, well, Pinkie Pie brought me here. If I had to guess how I'd say she some how tore the very fabric of space time, which normally could only be used to tear into a pocket dimension, but if another universe was to touch this one then she could tear into its walls of reality, allowing a jump." Explained Currens, who then took on a worried expression and shouted, "Ah, crap!" He then turned to Pinkie and asked, "The universes in the multiverse move, don't they?" Pinkie simply nodded."So we had a time limit didn't we?" asked Currens. Again the pink one only nodded. "And there isn't enough time for me to go back home and you to get back here safely, is there?" Currens inquired.
Pinkie simply shook her head and said, "No, there isn't"
"So I'm stuck here?" Currens asked in a defeated tone, dropping to the ground.
Pinkie nodded slowly and said, "Yes, you are."
"Well I did always want to visit." said Currens, with a fake smile. He quickly dropped it and added, "But this is a bit ridiculous. How long until another hole between our universes can be made?"
Pinkie stared at Currens for a moment before saying, "400 years."
"Well fuck." Currens half growled.
Pinkie's mane was starting to deflate and her bright blue eyes were starting to well up with tears as she said, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, If I..."
"Pinkie!" Currens shouted to cut her, continuing softer, "Pinkie, you have nothing to be sorry about, I should have realized that I had a time limit before it was up, besides, I did kinda agree to come anyhow. I don't hate you, and I doubt I ever will. I'm just going to need some time to recover, and I'll need to keep myself busy. But I will get over this eventually, I promise."
Pinkie sniffled and looked up to Currens expectantly asking, "Really?"
"Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." Currens replied, then said, "So I'm going to get up, then I'm going to tell everyone that I'm here for the foreseeable future, and finally I'm going to ask Celestia for citizenship."
