The Party Must Go On

Gala woke up and hear Fluttershy humming down stairs. Gala recognized the song she was humming, she always hummed that song when she was cleaning, but Gala couldn’t remember why she would be cleaning. She walked down stairs without bothering to manage her mane or tail, which were both tangled and messed up.

She saw Fluttershy dusting off the mostly empty bookshelf that was in the living room. “Fluttershy?” Gala asked.

“Oh! Gala, you’re awake.” Fluttershy said, surprised.

“Yeah, remind me again why you’re cleaning the house, please.” Gala said, placing her hoof on her forehead. “Oh, and what time is it?”

“It’s almost noon, you slept in pretty late. And I’m cleaning because Rainbow Dash and Soarin are bringing their foals over for dinner tonight.” Fluttershy explained as she continued to clean.

Gala nodded. She was amazed that she had slept so late. “Why are they coming over? Is something going on?”

“No, it’s just a little get together.” Fluttershy said, doing her best to hide the truth from Gala.

Gala nodded again and walked back up to her room. She untangled her mane and tail and brushed them so they were straight again. As she stared at herself in the mirror while brushing her mane and tail, she remembered the night before and watched her own face get red. She squealed softly and forced herself to calm down.

Once she had straightened out her mane and tail, she went back downstairs to help Fluttershy clean things up. “Where’s Discord?” She asked.

“He left to go to the store to get some things that I could use to fix dinner tonight.” She said.

“Oh.” Gala said as she continued cleaning alongside Fluttershy. The two of them cleaned in silence for a while. Fluttershy looked over at Gala and noticed that she was deep in thought and her face had gotten slightly red.

“So what happened between you and Pound Cake last night?” Fluttershy asked.

“What? Nothing!” Gala exclaimed, her face getting redder. For a second, Fluttershy was worried that they had done something they shouldn’t have, but she knew how shy Gala could be, so it was probably nothing.

“Oh, come on. You can tell me.” Fluttershy said. She moved closer to Gala as they cleaned, begging for her to tell her what happened.

“Well ummm…..” Gala said, her entire face red now.

“Yeeeesss?” Fluttershy pestered.

“He umm…. He k-kissed me.” She said quickly.

Fluttershy released a quiet fangirl squeal and hugged Gala. “That was your first kiss wasn’t it?” She asked.

“Ummm… Yeah.” She said awkwardly.

“How was it? Is he a good kisser?” She asked.

Gala gasped and blushed more. “I… I don’t know.” She stuttered, “Can we not talk about this?” She asked.

Fluttershy released Gala from the tight embrace with a smile. “Alright. But one day you’ll tell me, right?”

“Sure.” Gala said as she wiped some dust off a counter top. Fluttershy walked over to the opposite side of the room to clean off a table. Gala’s mind drifted back to thoughts of Pound Cake and her blush returned.

Once they had finished cleaning, Discord came back with groceries and he put them all on the kitchen counter. Fluttershy walked into the kitchen and pulled out an old cookbook. She began preparing the ingredients and Gala asked her if she could do anything to help.

“No, I’ll be fine on my own. Thank you though.” Fluttershy said.

Gala and Discord sat next to each other on the couch while they waited for their guests to arrive or for Fluttershy to finish cooking dinner, whichever came first.

When Fluttershy said she was almost finished with dinner, Discord and Gala set the table for six people. Once they had finished, they retreated to the couch once more. Fluttershy finished dinner and put the food on the plates that were already on the table.

Right as Fluttershy was putting the food on the last plate, there was a knock at the door. “I got it!” Gala and Discord shouted in unison. They both jumped up and raced to the door. Gala got there first and opened it to reveal Rainbow Dash and Soarin. Behind them were two young colts. Their coloring was similar to Gala’s and they three of them stared at each other for a minute before the twins walked into the house, still keeping a watchful eye on Gala.

Gala continued to glare at them and give them strange looks. She had a strange feeling about those two. Little did she know that the twins felt the same way about here.

“Gala.” Fluttershy said calmly. “This is Chocolate Rain and Skittles. Chocolate Rain and Skittles, this is Gala.” She said, introducing the three of them.

“Hi.” They all said bitterly at the same time. The six of them went to sit down at the kitchen table so they could eat the dinner that Fluttershy had prepared. They all slowly started eating their food, Gala and the twins continued looking at each other suspiciously.

“So…” Fluttershy said awkwardly.

“Chocolate, Skittles, and Gala, there’s something Fluttershy and I need to share with you.” Rainbow Dash said.

“What is it?” The three of them asked in unison. They gave each other those strange looks again and then looked back at Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash who were sitting next to each other.

“Well, we decided that you were all old enough to know about your real parents.” Fluttershy said quietly.

The young ones all brightened up and stopped eating so they could pay attention to what their adoptive mothers were telling them.

“Wait, our parents?” Gala said.

“Yes, you three are siblings.” Rainbow said.

“Oh!” They all exclaimed.

“Go on.” Skittles said.

“Yeah, who were our parents?” Chocolate Rain asked.

“Well, your mother’s name was Pinkie Pie.” Rainbow Dash started. Before she could she could say the name of their father, Gala interrupted her.

“I knew it! I knew Pinkie Pie wasn’t just someone who worked at Sugarcube Corner, I knew she was more important than that.” Gala exclaimed.

“Right.” Fluttershy said. “I had a feeling you didn’t believe me and the Cakes.”

“Mom, dad, is that why you didn’t want us going to Sugarcube Corner? Because our sister that we didn’t know was our sister works there?” Skittles asked.

“That’s right.” Rainbow said. He looked over to Soarin who was nodding.

“Anyway.” Rainbow tried to continue. “Your father, was Cheese Sandwich.”

“The famous party pony?” Chocolate Rain and Skittles asked simultaneously.

Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy both nodded and grins appeared of Chocolate Rain and Skittles faces. Gala rolled her eyes and looked back at Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy who were telling the story.

“How did they die?” Gala asked.

“Well, your mother, Pinkie Pie, died when she was giving birth to Chocolate Rain and Skittles. And your father, well, he died of a broken heart.” Rainbow Dash explained. She decided it would be best if they didn’t know about how they used to torture and kill other ponies.

They all nodded grimly. “Well, I’m satisfied now that I know who my parents were and how they died.” Gala said happily, continuing to eat her dinner.

“You two now have permission to go to Sugarcube Corner whenever you want to.” Soarin said to the twins.

“Yes!” They shouted in unison. They hoof bumped each other and continued eating their dinners as well. Once they had all finished the adults and teenagers split up into two separate conversations.

Gala and the twins talked to each other about their lives, since they now knew that they were siblings. Gala’s mane and tail had even poofed up slightly after dinner. The twins noticed this and asked her about it.

“Hey, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash?” Gala asked them.

“Yes?” The replied in unison.

“The thing that happens with my mane and tail… Did that happen with my mom or dad?” She asked.

“Your mother’s mane would go straight sometimes when she got depressed.” Rainbow Dash said. “I remember one time, she thought me and all our other friends were mad at her just because we were trying to throw her a secret party. She went completely crazy and was mad at all of us. She even talked to a bucket of radishes and a pile of rocks!” Rainbow Dash said, smiling slightly at the memory or Pinkie Pie and all her other friends.

The twins and Gala shared a laugh before separating the conversations once again. Once it had gotten extremely late, Rainbow Dash and Soarin took the twins back home to their house and Gala went up to her bedroom to go to sleep. Fluttershy and Discord stayed up talking and cleaning up a little longer, and then went to bed as well.