To happiness once again

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“Thanks.” A turquoise unicorn stallion said to the mayor of Ponyville as he began to make his way for the exit. With an underlying tone of relief and some form of upheaval in each step, his three saddlebags and his lone guitar followed suit. Looking back, these were the only things that he owned.

"No problems, and have fun in your new house." She replied back as he was heading out the door.

'I’m finally alone. No problems, no bitchy ex-wife, nopony to disturb me when I’m playing guitar.'

He thought to himself while walking towards his new house. Thankfully, it was a silent walk there. He was far from the town and close to the Whitetail Woods when he saw what he would call a wooden mansion. With a bounce in each step, the turquoise pony got closer to his new home. The foundation od the building creaked with his presence. When he was finally in front of the door, he opened his left saddle bag and, with a weak orange glow of magic, he lifted a key that he steadily pushed into the brass lock. With a soft but audible click, the door opened to reveal a fully furnished inside; modern cooking appliance, cream white kloppsta and lugnvik style sofas, a black outer rim glass table and a magnificent black grand piano.

“For four thousand, nine hundred, and fifty bits, this house is a steal!” He yelled out, exclaiming his joy as he entered what he could now call home.

***

“TWILIGHT!” A multicolored blur came through the library's window and crashed into a book shelf, causing the once organized shelf of knowledge to release its contents onto the ground.

With an annoyed sigh, the lavender pony looked at the bookshelf which had fallen on top of her friend
“Can't you use the door like anypony else, Rainbow Dash?” The neat and preferably clean unicorn was rather fed up, and stared with a deadpan look on her face.
Rainbow Dash was trapped under the heavy bookshelf, which was slightly moving upward but went back to its original low state as a barely audible and muffled expression of pain was heard from under the wooden imprisonment.
“Let me help you with that” Twilight’s horn began to light up with a pink and purple aura as it lifted the bookshelf off of the oak flooring to uncover her Pegasus friend.

“Thanks, but there’s no time to chat! Come with me!” Rainbow Dash took Twilight's hoof and quickly dragged her out of the library. Twilight put up some resistance as she planted her hooves on the floor, causing a big open trail to cut through the wood.

“Wait, where are we going?” Twilight asked.

“To an unplanned mare reunion, now come on and follow me!” Rainbow Dash forced with a troubled expression.

***

Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash joined the four other mares who were sitting at a table in the café that they had always gathered at. Applejack was the first to talk, breaking the awkward barrier of silence that had formed long since the speedy cyan mare’s departure.
“Ok Dash, are ya gonna tell us why y'brought us here?” The orange mare inquired with a bemused look on her face.

“Yeah Dashie, what’s wrong?” The pink party pony followed.

Rainbow Dash took out an old note out of a case and a newspaper out of her saddle bag.

“This.” She pointed to a particular article on the newspaper. The section was passed around the table for the others to see.

_ _ _

Two days ago, the popular singer Sonata System committed suicide and his body is yet to be found...

_ _ _

“Is that it?” Twilight was a bit cockeyed.

“You don't get it? Sonata System, A.K.A. Seven Heavens!” The mares looked at Rainbow Dash with puzzled looks on their faces. Rainbow looked at Twilight for another reaction but all the faces didn't change from their current gestures.

“Come on, Twi! You of all of the mares here lived in Canterlot, and you don't know him?”

Twilight shook her head in response. The speedster Pegasus grunted and pushed a CD case towards the center of the table. All of the other mares looked at the album titled If You Cared as it slid towards them.

Pinkie Pie was the first to break the awkward silence that Rainbow Dash created.
“Ooh yeah I know him; I have all of his CDs!” Pinkie remembered as she pulled out nine music cases out of nowhere.

Applejack looked at the tower glass cover and started speaking. “By any chance, ya'll wouldn't have-”

Before AJ could finish her sentence; Pinkie replied and interrupted her apple farmer friend.
“A CD player? I always carry one in case of a music emergency.”

***

The moderate turquoise unicorn was on the phone, ordering a pizza.

“Yep, medium tofu and pineapple... how long?...Ten minutes? That’s fast... yup...uhuh... the big house on the path to Whitetail Woods... my name? Eh… put it for S.S., okay? Alright, I’ll be waiting.”

*Beep*

He hung up the phone and trotted towards his refrigerator to see if there was anything edible inside of it. He opened the bottom compartment to reveal nothing but empty shelves and a single glass bottle of beer. He levitated the alcohol to his face with a wobbly orange glow emitting from under his hat. The pony took a look at the bottle, inspecting the details of the item.
“Beast NA!? What sissy drinks this 'none alcoholic' stuff!” He yelled out at no one particularly.

'I wouldn't mind drinking it, if it didn't taste like a mix of puke and piss!'

He thought while looking at the brown glass bottle with a blank stare.

“If only my pipelines were opened, I would drink water but no! The plumber doesn’t want to work on Sundays, but at least the electrician came to do his job...” He said with a sigh of disappointment to himself again. The pony collected himself before beginning another lone monologue and said “Maybe I’ll get something from the freezer.”

He opened the top door and jumped back in surprise. There in front of him was a scrunched up pony.

“H-h-hhhhhhi-----!” it slowly said.

The now scared unicorn slammed the freezer door with all his might.

“Heh... there’s a pony in my fridge.... WHAT!?” He opened the top door again.

“Hey why'd y-” The extremely flexible mare tried to say before he slammed it back shut.

“There’s a m-mare... in.. my..... fridge!” He ran for his living room table and took a bottle of pills and read the side-effects. “Rapid mood swing, irregular heartbeat, hyperactivity and blah blah blah... no hallucinations? So there is a mare in my freezer!? No no no, she's not a mare she's a mutant. Yes a mutant that can live in temperatures of four Fahrenheit and has a super flexibility power at that! Wait.. THERES A SUPER MUTANT PONY IN MY FREEZER! AHHHHHHH!” The turquoise unicorn freaked out to his twisted imagination.

He turned back to his refrigerator which was rustling and heard an “ah-CHEEEEEEEEEW!” The freezer door flung open and the flexible frozen mutant pony rocketed out of the fridge right after as she hit the wall with a loud thud. The bright candy pink pony with a shade darker pink mane and big pale cyan eyes addressed the now scared stallion.
“Hi my name is Pinkamena Diane Pie, but everypony calls me Pinkie Pie, ooh!” Out of nowhere she pulled out and hoofed him a pink envelope “That’s for you!”

“What is it?” He asked.

“It’s for your party!” The pink mare replied like it was a widely known fact.

‘How would she know for... nah it’s impossible’

“What party? I don't know a single pony in this town!” He was speaking in a suspicious tone, like he was trying to hide something.

“It’s your welcome party! After that you'll know almost all of the ponies in this Ponyville!” She informed, bouncing around him with an ear-to-ear grin.

“Thanks but I’ll pass.” He gave back the invitation to Pinkie.

“Oh c'mon! Don’t be shy! There will be a lot of ponies there just for you!” She explained to him with the same goofy grin.

“I-I don’t like parties…” the unicorn answered, looking away and obviously telling a lie.

Pinkie pie stopped bouncing. “Hate parties? How could anypony hate parties!?” She wondered, putting a hoof on her chin. “Well, in any case I’m sure you won't hate mine! They’re always super duper fun and all my friends agree!”

The stallion reluctantly said “Okay! I’ll go to your party! Now please, leave me alone!” He was filled with a slight hint of anger in his voice.

“Pinkie promise me.”

“Pinkie, what now?” He asked

“Pinkie promise! Look, I’ll do it for you,” The obnoxious mare was making silly gesture figures while reciting “Cross my heart and hope to fly. Stick a cupcake in my eye!”

‘Shit she’s buckin’ crazy!’

Calming himself down, he was able to form words again. “Em… yeah, whatever you say.”

“Nonono you have to say it!”

Thinking that if he does what she asks, she’ll would away faster, he followed suit. “Okay, I’ll do it ahem, Cross my heart hope and sigh. And if I don’t, then wish I die!”

“Good enough!” The party pony accepted. “Oh, and before I go, can you tell me your name?” She asked pushing her muzzle against his.

‘Shit! Think dumbass...’ He gave her an awkward smile and looked to his side and saw a music chart on the grand piano “Eh, I-its clef-note!” He stammered in a hurry.

“Well Cleffy...” Pinkie Pie jumped back, giving the stallion some breathing space. “I’ll see you there at the Sugar Cube Corner!” She jumped towards the fridge, opened the freezer door, hopped in, and closed it shut again.

“What the..?” He opened the freezer door and gasped. “Nothing? How can there be nothing?!”

***

Five mares were sitting at a table, listening to a kind of mix between blues and reggae.

___

♪ Get out of my way, I have to see my friend.

I haven't seen him in a while.

He was gone, he was not there.

The last time I spoke to him

His heart was in a bad state,

His head felt like in a vice and he didn't look good...♫
___

“It’s a great song!” The speedster pony ears lay back on her head. “Sad he's gone now..”

The mares were looking at her, sad to see the lively Rainbow Dash so down and glum.

“C’mon Dash, don't be like dat..” Applejack tried to break the ice. “And ya'll said it, he left us great songs!”

“I like Under the Wind” To brighten up the mood, Twilight listed her favorite song from the artist and quickly glanced at Rarity for her response.

“Um.. me... eh..” She swallowed dryly “I-I like All Alone” Her response brought shock and peculiar looks from the ponies around her. From what she chose, it was like a speed blues about death “Um… Fluttershy!” The glorious mare called out her friends name in a weird way, which was the product from the awkward looks given to her by her friends. “Which is your favorite?”

“Oh.. i like uh..... ᵃᶫˢᵒ ᵃ ᵇᶦᵗ ᵐᶦᶫᵈᵉʷᵉᵈ..” The butter colored Pegasus whispered out.

“Come again?” Applejack replied to the shy pony.

“Also A Bit Mildewed...” Fluttershy tried to repeat louder and it still came out as a soft voice.

“I like that one too...” Rainbow Dash replied with a sad tone in her voice.

“Ahem, Rainbow what‘s your favorite song?” Twilight wanted to change the mood again.

“Yeah Dashie, tell us!” The pink party pony pop out from under the table.

“AH! Pinkie... please don't scare us like that!” The high class white unicorn’s heart was beating at a speed rivaling the Sonic Rainboom “Wait didn't you say you were visiting that new pony in town?”

“Huh? Oh yeah, Cleffy. I feel like I’ve seen him somewhere... but where exactly?” Pinkie Pie's mysterious brain was working at its hardest, but she still couldn't find out. “Silly brain, it can't even remember a pony. Maybe it’s full!? Oh well.”

To break from Pinkie’s weird appearance and dialogue, Twilight asked her previous question “Sooo Rainbow, what’s your answer?”

“Huh!? Em, let me think... does ‘all’ count?” The cyan speedster wondered.

“Nope!” AJ answered.

“Alright fine. Pon Kohng Blues, All Alone and 25 or Life. Happy?”

***

In the evening.

‘GHAH! I forgot there’s no water!’

He realized the absence of any form of crystal liquid when he turned the faucet. “I’ll have to remember changing to a geothermal water source..”

*Knock Knock!*

A sound was coming from the door. The scared unicorn thought it might be that Pinkie mare again. He unzipped a side of his hat and with a glow of orange magic; he teleported a long bladed Swiss army knife. Walking slowly towards the door, he heard knocking again.

“It’s pizza-payya’s delivery colt, I got a pizza for S.S.!”

‘… I… forgot about the pizza…’

“C-coming! ” He stuttered while putting the Swiss knife back in his hat and taking a twenty bit coin off of the table. “Thanks for the fast delivery and I hope you brought some change, I only got a gold bit on me.” The purple delivery colt struggled when looking in a money purse for some coin. Seeing this, the hungry unicorn saved him his trouble. “Forget it, just take the bit and go. And keep the rest to yourself, consider it as a tip.”

“Thanks sir!” The young colt said with a big smile. Giving the bit the delivery colt caused something to happen.

\IIII/

“YOU’RE FIRED!” A black silhouette yelled out.

“W-what did I do? I’m y-” The familiar voiced silhouette got cut off.

“SHUT UP AND GET OUT!”

The silhouette walked out a door.

*Klang!*

“Huh? What’s that sou-AHHHHHHHHHH!”

*BANG!*
/IIII\

‘No, NO! Not again!’

“Kid, be careful on your way back okay?” The turquoise stallion took a serious tone.

“Sure will, sir! See you soon!” The young Pegasus colt flew towards town.

“I hope…”

* * *

Later in the evening, Pinkie Pie and a lot of the other ponies from the town were waiting for “Cleff-Note” to arrive.

“Pinkie are you sure he’ll come?” Rainbow Dash inquired once again.

“Well he said he will…maybe he’s taking a shower! That’s why he’s late.” The pink pony thought of an excuse for his delay.

“If you say so…”

***

“Where’s that candle? Ah, got it!” Searching through one of his saddle bags, the turquoise unicorn took out a single birthday candle and placed it on the middle of the pizza. He took his guitar from behind the sofa and started singing. He caressed the exterior of his loving musical instrument as he did.

♪ Happy birthday to… me

Happy birthday to me

Happy birthday, happy birthday

Happy birthday to me♫

And before blowing the candle, he thought of a simple wish.

‘I wish to have happiness once again.’

My Little Pony
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