My Little Pony: Shipping is Magic Stories

Pinkie definitely went all out on getting the party ready. She invited EVERYONE in Ponyville, baked for hours upon hours to make enough snacks, got gallons of supplies including balloons and streamers, and even was able to book the party at the gazebo, because there was NO WAY that everyone in Ponyville could fit inside Sugarcube Corner (Pinkie Pie HAS tried it, and let's just say that the Cakes were NOT happy). The others were kind enough to lend a hand as Pinkie hung up the decorations. She even made a huge banner that said, "Welcome to Ponyville Clash of Colt Comedy Tour For-" it continued onto the back, "-The Rest of the Weekend!" By the time Saturday evening came around, the party was set and ready! Everybody was there, waiting on the guests of honor. When Funny Bone and the rest of the comedians walked out from the stage, Pinkie fired her party cannon and shouted, "SURPRISE!"

"Uh...Pinkie," said Funny Bone as he wiped the confetti out of his hair, "It's not a surprise party if you told us about it."

"I know," smiled Pinkie, "I just like shouting SURPRISE! HEY EVERYONE! The guests have arrived!" In about ten seconds, the ponies were crowded around the comedians, screaming their names and cheering for them. All Funny Bone could hear were comments like, "I LOVE YOU FUNNY BONE!" and, "You're awesome!"

"Alright people, calm down," said Rainbow, pushing the crowds aside, "You'll have plenty of time to talk to these guys during the party. But first we have to get the PARTY STARTED! HIT IT VINYL!" At that point, Vinyl turned on the tunes and ponies started dancing and mingling. The party went off without a hitch! Everyone was having a great time, especially four of the comedians. Mr. Wacky and the others loved the attention and were more than happy to make the ponies laugh on contact. Funny Bone, on the other hand, was trying to have regular conversations with the ponies, but they were too preoccupied with having him make them laugh.

"So," Funny Bone said to a group of ponies, "This is a fine town you got here. How's the weather?"

"It's fine," said one of the ponies quickly, "Hey, could you tell us another joke?" Funny Bone rolled his eyes and sighed.

"Fine. Why did the Seapony get new seashells? She grew out of her B-shells!" Laughter erupted through the ponies. Funny Bone smiled, but inside he kept thinking, "Can't a guy have a regular conversation?" The party continued throughout the evening. Around 10:00, Pinkie was seen dancing with Fluttershy and Rarity when a group of ponies came up.

"Hey Pinkie!" called Thunderlane, one of the weather patrol pesasi, "Great party you got here! By the way, have you seen Funny Bone? I promised my brother that I'd get his autograph."

"I haven't seen him," Pinkie answered. "Actually, I haven't seen him in a while," she thought to herself. As the group walked away, Pinkie grew a little worried. She'd know Funny Bone when she saw him, but as she looked around the party, she couldn't see him anywhere. She quickly left the dancing and went to look for him. After looking through the crowd, still no luck finding him. "Maybe he's not IN the party area," she thought, so she went outside the area. As she walked over to the deserted stage across from the party, she thought she saw a shadow in the corner. She went over, and there, sitting on the side of the stage, was Funny Bone. "What're you doing here silly-billy?" asked Pinkie, "The party's over THERE!"

"Thanks Pinkie," Funny Bone said with a light smile. "I'll be over later." Being a master of seeing the difference between happiness and...well...NOT happiness, Pinkie could tell that he was not happy.

"What's wrong Funny?" asked Pinkie. He didn't answer at first. He just stared out to the meadows. Suddenly, a horrible thought came over Pinkie as her hair started to deflate. "Y-you don't like the party?" Funny Bone looked up and saw that Pinkie was on the verge of crying.

"Oh no no no no!" said FB hastily. "This party is awesome! Best party I've ever been to! You really have a gift!" Pinkie's hair went back to normal with a POOF!

"Oh thank Celestia!" Pinkie sighed in relief. "So, what IS wrong?" She sat down next to him.

"Well," FB hesitated, "Pinkie, don't freak out or anything, but I was thinking about...well...quitting the tour."

"Excuse me?" asked Pinkie.

"I was thinking about...quitting the tour."

"Didn't quite catch that."

"I was thinking about quitting the tour!"

Pinkie let out a huge gasp. "WHAAAAT?!" she shouted. "But Funny! You are hysterical!"

"I know." said FB.

"You're hilarious!"

"I know."

"You're so funn-"

"I KNOW PINKIE!" FB shouted. "THAT'S JUST THE PROBLEM!" He quickly snapped back into reality as he saw Pinkie cowering back with a sight of some tears in her eyes. "Oh Pinkie, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to snap. I just can't take it anymore." He sat back down and placed his head in his hands. Pinkie wiped the tears from her eyes and went back to sit down with him.

"What do you mean?" Pinkie asked sympathetically.

Funny Bone raised his head up and looked at Pinkie. "Pinkie, all my life I've wanted to make ponies laugh. Ever since I was old enough to know how to do it, I've loved to see laughter." He raised his right hand to show his cutie mark. "I got my cutie mark because I realized that it was my talent. I started to go on tour at a young age and I turned into one of the most famous comedians in all of Equestria. It was great for a while, but after time passed, I realized that no one really KNEW me. If someone asks you to describe my personality, what would you tell them?"

"That's easy," Pinkie replied. "You're funny."

"Exactly," FB said. "That's all anybody can say about me. 'He's funny!', 'He's hysterical', 'He tells the best jokes', but there is more to me than just being funny! No one ever wants to get to know the real me. What about my kindness? My outlook on life? My moral? Nope. All ponies see is another clown." He placed his head back into his hands. Pinkie just sat there, staring at the suffering unicorn. If she was honest with herself, she never got to know the real Funny Bone either. She was just like the rest of the crowds of ponies gathered around him. She never stopped to consider that there was way more that met the eye about him. She felt so guilty that she was just looking at him humor-deep.

"I never thought of it that way before," she mumbled. FB lifted his head again.

"And here's another one. Did you know that since I started comedy, I've had no friends at all?"

Pinkie gasped again. "No friends?"

"Nope," FB replied, "Just fans. But I'd rather have friends than fans. Fans are just there until you stop being funny. Friends are there no matter what. What a life THAT would be." At that point, Pinkie Pie knew what she had to do. She quickly stood up and offered FB her hand. He looked at her confused.

"This settles it," Pinkie said. "Funny Bone, how would you like me to be your first friend?"

FB's eyes widened and a smile came across his face as he took Pinkie's hand and stood up. "Really?"

"Absotively Posilutely! And if you want to quit the tour, I'll support you no matter what. I'll help in any way I can. I Pinkie Promise!" She then grabbed FB and wrapped him in a hug. Though he hesitated at first, FB completed the hug. Her body was warm and he noticed that her hair even SMELLED like cotton candy! And for some reason, it felt good. He didn't want to let go, but eventually, Pinkie broke the hug and looked at him with a big smile. "C'mon," she said happily. "Let's go back to the party! We can start a Conga Line!"

"Alright Pinkie!" smiled FB. "You're on!" As they started walking back, he called out, "Hey Pinkie?" She turned around. "Thanks."

"You're welcome Funny," Pinkie answered with a soft smile.

News of Funny Bone's break from the tour didn't take too long to travel around town. The other four comedians were sad to depart from their friend, but they respected his decision and went on their way. With a little help from Pinkie, the townspeople started to warm up to the new and not-just-funny Funny Bone, and they actually started having normal conversations with him. He was getting more and more friends everyday, and he couldn't be happier. Of course, with all the new friends he got, none could compare to his relationship with Pinkie Pie. The two became inseparable after the night of the party. Not only did they go everywhere together, they also enjoyed most of the same things. If they weren't at Sugarcube Corner eating cupcakes, they were singing songs in the park. Nobody had ever seen to crazy ponies so happy together. Of course, whenever someone asked if the two were dating, the answer was always, "You kidding me? Pinkie is the last pony I'd think would get a boyfriend." For some strange reason, others thought that due to no stallion being able to keep up with her antics, Pinkie getting a boyfriend was impossible. Or was it?

A week had passed since Funny Bone moved to Ponyville. Since the day he quit the tour. He and Pinkie were out to dinner. They had been eating out before, but tonight was different. Normally they would just eat at Sugarcube Corner or the Hay Burger, but tonight, Pinkie chose a cute little Bistro at the corner of town. They both dressed a little more fancy than usual as well, with Pinkie wearing a light blue blouse and pink skirt and Funny Bone wearing a maroon button-up dress shirt and khakis. They had a lovely dinner and then went for a walk afterwards. The night was beautiful, the sky filled with stars with a few clouds here and there. Pinkie and FB walked through the park, talking nonstop about their days and things about their past they haven't told each other yet. In fact, at that time, FB was telling a story about his dad.

"And so he says to me, 'Son, you're not going to get any brighter if you keep drinking that chocolate milk! HA! Proved HIM wrong." Pinkie bust out laughing.

"This was a nice night to be out here," Pinkie said as she calmed down. "Thanks for bringing me out here Funny."

"No problem Pinkie," replied FB with a smile. Pinkie blushed a little bit. Something about his smile always made her insides go numb.

"You alright?" FB asked. He apparently noticed the blush.

"Oh! Uh...nopey dopey!" replied Pinkie as she tried to cover her face. She went back to watching the stars. "Princess Luna sure is lucky to have a beautiful night sky to watch over," she said softly. FB would've noticed the sky, if he hadn't of looked at Pinkie first. Now it was his turn to blush. From where the moonlight was shining off of her, Pinkie looked absolutely stunning. From her pink poofy hair to her adorable little dimples when she smiled, FB just couldn't take his eyes off of her. Pinkie then turned back to him and saw him staring at her. "What?" she asked.

"Oh nothing," he hastily said as he tried to find something to say to cover it up. "Just focusing on how your hair looks SO much like cotton candy." Pinkie giggled and blushed again. "In fact," FB continued, "I bet it IS cotton candy. Let me see." He then started playfully tried to bite Pinkie's hair.

Pinkie pushed him away as she laughed, "Stop Funny! That tickles!" Funny Bone's ears shot up with anxiousness.

"Oh," he said with a mischievous smile, "You're ticklish are you?"

"Don't even think abooOOOOUUU-" Pinkie was muted by laughter as FB started to tickle her all over. Pinkie was trying to push him away, but the force of the tickles left her only flailing her arms as she laughed out loud. The epic battle of the tickle continued for a few seconds, then suddenly, Pinkie took a step back and slipped on a rock! She started to fall but FB caught her before she hit the sidewalk. As FB pulled her back up, both of their eyes met with their faces a few inches from each other, and they just stopped. It was like a deer getting caught in a light, but at the moment, they were hypnotized. Pinkie noticed that Funny's eyes were a dark red, and he noticed that her's sparkled in the moonlight in the most alluring way. Instinct kicked in as each of their faces then suddenly began to inch closer to each other. They saw nothing else, heard nothing else, and thought about nothing else except for each other. Their faces inched closer...and closer...they're eyes began to shut...and closer...and closer...their lips were trembling...and closer...and closer...

Their lips lightly touched, and that was all it took. The fireworks and noisemakers sounded off in their heads as they stayed locked in the kiss. It last for a few seconds, but to them, it seemed like an hour. When they broke the kiss, they looked into each other's eyes again and for the first time, words had escaped Pinkie. She had never thought this way about anybody before. All that came out was, "Wow." FB had the same thought. But just as the moment seemed tender, he let out a small chuckle which grew into a laugh. "What's so funny?" Pinkie asked.

"You TASTE like cotton candy!" FB said between breaths. "Are you sure you weren't born in a carnival?" Pinkie then started laughing at the comment and before you knew it, the two lovebirds were locked in a hug, laughing as hard as they could. When the laughing died down, Pinkie looked at FB with her arms still around him and said, "So...where do we go from here?"

"Right here!" said FB with confidence as he took her hand. "Pinkie, I've never felt this way about any other pony. You are special, and I want to experience all of you! Pinkie, will you be my special somepony?"

Pinkie eyes lit up as fireworks danced across her pupils. She gave a big smile and opened up her mouth as Funny moved in closer with anticipation. "I don't know," Pinkie then said with a sudden boring look, "I'll have to check my schedule." Funny's face fell as his mouth opened and closed with confusion. His face went back to normal though after seeing her start to laugh. "I'm teasing Funny!" she smiled, "The answer is a big, fat, chocolate-covered, cotton candy tasting YES!" That was when all composure was forgotten as Funny shot into the air and whooped and hollered happily as he bounced around. Pinkie decided to join him, and before you knew it, there were two bouncing ponies, laughing and whooping for the whole town to hear. Some would call it odd, but for those two, they were the happiest ponies around!

Back at the castle, Twilight and the others were waiting for Pinkie to return. The time was getting late and there was still no sign of her. "Where is that girl?" Rainbow asked impatiently.

"I don't know," replied Fluttershy. "They HAVE been gone for a while. I hope they're alright."

"I'm sure they'll be fine," said Applejack as she looked out the window. "If they're together, I'm sure they'll be fine."

"Has anybody else noticed that Pinkie and Funny Bone have been spending a lot, and I mean A LOT, of time together recently?" asked Twilight.

"If you ask me, darling, I think that they're dating," Rarity said.

Rainbow started busting out laughing. "Are you kidding me? Pinkie Pie getting a boyfriend? Yeah, ok, the day that Pinkie gets an actual boyfriend is the day I wear one of Rarity's prissy dresses."

"Ah probably shouldn' have said that if ah were you," Applejack said. Rainbow looked at her confused. "Just come take a look!" Everybody went to the window and looked out. What they saw made them all gasp. There was Pinkie Pie, with Funny Bone, holding hands, and skipping down the street! The ponies watched as they stopped and kissed as Funny Bone parted from her and headed home. None of them could believe it! Pinkie Pie, the most hyperactive pony in Ponyville, had not only gotten a boyfriend, but before everyone else! As they watched Pinkie skip back to Sugarcube Corner, Applejack turned to Rainbow with a smug grin. "So...do you want that dress in pink or yellow?"

"Oh shut up," replied a very confused Rainbow Dash.

End of Episode 1