Peni Apocalypse

"Hm, which do you think, J? The sleeveless turtle-neck, or the long sleeve v-neck?"

"Sleeveless turtle-neck. And Peni, for mine, which dress, my blue one, or this new one?"

Peni replied, "The new one. It makes the gold in your mane really POP. I'm glad we could bond at all tonight, Josie, I thought I would be stuck at home picking clothes with Sweet Notes and Rose."

"Me too," Josie said, "I thought Starred Hearts would be helping me pick out my outfit." The two mares were perfectly fine with changing in front of each other, since they had done it from 7th grade on. Peni and Josie changed in the same room, and left together, both holding their shoes in their hands. The heavy thunk of paws on wood sounded from down the hall as Josie's enormous dog, Buck, raced down the hall to Peni. Sharp clicks sounded even faster as Tank followed him down the hallway. The two mares quickly jumped out of the way as the dogs jumped at Pom Clarity, who must have come into the house while Peni and Josie were getting dressed.

"Hey," Peni said to Pom, "Pom, when did you get here?"

Pom replied, "Just a few seconds ago. Why? How long have you been here?"

"Peni has been here for quite some time now," Josie told Pom, "We just finished getting dressed. You gotta wait a minute though, and we'll hop in your car."

Peni asked Josie, "What about my car? Should I just leave it here?"

Josie said, "Yeah, we're coming back here after the party, remember? Only Spirals won't be able to make it, since she will be spending time wasted years ago with her mother."

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that." Peni slipped on her small shoes. "I feel oddly tall with such small feet. I'm still only wearing women's size nine."

Pom replied hastily, "I only wear women's sevens still! Don't complain."

"Why did you reply to her..." Josie said under her breath as Peni and Pom started fighting about shoe sizes.

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Peni exclaimed as they walked into Canterlot Castle, "I swear, this place gets prettier and prettier every time I come here!" Josie and Pom agreed warily, barely listening. They stared at the gorgeous mare standing at the top of the stairs. She was a regal alicorn, her quad-colored mane flowing beautifully. Standing next to her, four other alicorns stood, each one with their hands clasped in front of them. A copper colored pegasus colt bowed in front of the five alicorns, and Peni walked up and pinched his flank, causing him to gasp and jump. One of the alicorns, a light violet mare with a long brown mane and tail, pink feathers, and deep brown eyes, laughed quietly and covered her mouth.

"Peni..!" the pegasus colt said in surprise, then kissed Peni full on the lips. "Jeez, you scared me, I thought you were somepony else."

Peni replied, "Who, Copper, some strange mare that molests colts?"

"Kinda sorta," Copper said, and pecked the blue earth pony on the cheek. Peni broke out laughing, which caused the brown-maned alicorn to laugh as well, and just hearing her daughter laughing caused the white coated alicorn to laugh. Soon, every alicorn, and all of Peni's carpool were laughing at the fullest.

"Spirals, it's great to hear you laughing again!" Josie said, poking the brown maned alicorn in the side.

Spirals replied, rubbing her side, "Thanks, and it's great to see everyone in one place aga- *gasp!* AQUA!!!" Spirals raced down the steps, and hugged the royal blue mare named Aqua.

"Whoa-ho! Spirals! I'm glad to see you to." Spirals grabbed Aqua's shoulders and held her at arms length.

Spirals exclaimed, "Aqua, it's been YEARS! Did you pass your final exam yesterday?"

Aqua replied, "I wouldn't know right now, they'll send the answer tomorrow morning. How's it been with you?" The two mares began to catch up as the rest of the party-goers came.

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"Thank you all, for coming to my daughter's coronation. And now, I present, for the VERY first time, Princess Spirals!" Spirals walked into the enormous room, walking along the red plush carpet, six identical mares behind her singing of the new princess. Six colts behind even the mares sang the alto and bass of the song, holding the flags that showed the new emblem of the princess. Everyone in the room clapped when the mares and colts parted and finished the chorus.

Princess Celestia began reciting the Oath of the Princesses, and Spirals repeated only what she was told to. And she began her speech, the final speech of the night. Peni new that at this moment, Flitter Note was preparing for her act, singing the first song of the night. She felt a tap on her shoulder, and Copper said, "Peni, I can't stay. I just got a call from work, they need me in Haywaii. Did you remember to set up the DVR to record the speech?"

"Yes, now, you go do your work stuff Mr. Wire. Soon-to-be-Mrs. Wire will stay here," Peni replied all smart-assey.

Copper thanked her and turned, only to turn back and say, "Wait, who said you would be Mrs. Wire?" Peni just giggled. Spirals speech was long, so Copper had been out of town almost ten minutes, when all she heard was BANG! And a scream was mixed in.

More screams, another explosion, glass shattered, and Aqua stumbled backwards, clutching her eyes and screaming. Two more explosions, and a huge chunk of stone caught Peni's head, pain flickered just before everything went black.