The Huebirds of Happiness

The Huebirds of Happiness: Tea Party with the Huebirds

Fluttershy continued brushing on Angel at Angel’s favourite green, comfy chair. The leader Pink Huebird couldn’t help but squawk in laughter at Angel’s puffy complexion. A few other huebirds began squawking along jokingly, facing their heads at Angel’s direction. Angel huffed in anger, hoping that Fluttershy would finish her brushing as soon as possible to not look like a puffball anymore. Fluttershy noticed the huebirds squawking at Angel and quickly motioned them to stop with a hoof by her mouth. The huebirds quickly went silent, letting Fluttershy hum as she straightened out Angel’s furs. A few minutes later, Fluttershy lifted her brush away from Angel.

“You’re all done Angel! Now see what happens to those who wait? You get good things! Your furs look all neat and tidy for our tea party today!” Angel huffed before she got up from her couch, awaiting for the arrival of their guest, Pinkie Pie. After brushing Angel’s furs, Fluttershy flew gracefully to the huebirds, still bruised from the incident at the Everfree Forest.

“Is everything all right with you all so far?” All the huebirds nodded, with the exception of one that meekly tweeted. Fluttershy trotted gently to the green huebird and patted it on its head. Fluttershy stooped down to hear the green bird tweet about being thirsty. Fluttershy flied away to her kitchen sink, prepared a bowl of water, and gently flew back to the green huebird with some water. The green huebird stooped down, drank up on the water, and cooed happily. Fluttershy giggled at the huebird, marvelling at how cute the huebirds were.

“I’m glad I helped you out Mr. Huebird.” Fluttershy giggled again as the huebird quenched its thirst. At that moment, Fluttershy heard several knocks on her door. Fluttershy quickly left the huebirds and flew straight to the door. Fluttershy opened it, knowing that it was probably her special guest, ready to start their weekly tea party.

“HEY FLUTTERSHY!” Pinkie Pie jumped about as soon as Fluttershy opened the door. Fluttershy briefly jumped up. Even if she learned to expect it, Fluttershy always jumped up in fright every time Pinkie Pie greeted her.

“Oh! Hey Pinkie Pie!” Fluttershy replied after composing herself. “I see you brought Gummy along as well! I can’t wait to start our tea party!” Pinkie Pie nodded in reply.

“This tea party will TOTALLY BE AWESOME, RIGHT GUMMY?!” Pinkie Pie nudged Gummy and awaited his response, but none was provided. Pinkie Pie merely grinned and nodded quickly in reply.

“Well Pinkie Pie, let’s get our tea party ready!” Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie trotted in together, the former leading the other. Pinkie Pie hopped into Fluttershy’s house as directed. The first thing she noticed as soon as she walked in were all the coloured birds that were flying around Fluttershy’s house.

“OOH!” Pinkie Pie said, enthused at the many colours the flying birds had on their bodies. “Fluttershy, I didn’t know you got more pets recently!” Fluttershy giggled at Pinkie Pie’s enthusiasm. Such activity was something only Pinkie Pie could exhibit with such energy and passion.

“Oh, I forgot to mention! Pinkie Pie, meet the huebirds!” Fluttershy pointed her hoof to all the flying huebirds, squawking happily as they spread their wings and flew around the house. Pinkie Pie didn’t notice the bruises, only marveling at how cute and colour the creatures were.

“You see Pinkie Pie, these creatures come from a distant land outside Equestria. No pony has ever visited this land, but these huebirds have recently visited our land as part of a scouting mission. There’s a group of two-hundred, but these huebirds were sidetracked into the Everfree Forest, and many of them either got injured or were… eaten.” Fluttershy whimpered as she ended her explanation. The thought of many of the huebirds perishing because of the Everfree Forest unsettled her.

“That’s too bad Fluttershy… I hope the huebirds get better!” Pinkie Pie replied warmly. “After all, these creatures are the weirdest, wackiest, and coolest creatures I’ve ever met in my life!” Pinkie Pie giggled again. The huebirds squawked along as they flew, enabling Pinkie Pie to begin mimicking them. She too began to squawk and was now performing a chicken dance just to show her interest in the birds.

“Oh Pinkie Pie…” Fluttershy giggled before realizing that she still had to get the tea party started. “Oh Pinkie Pie! I’m so sorry! I entirely forgot to set up the tables for the tea party!” Pinkie Pie was completely unaware of Fluttershy’s forgetfulness while explaining the huebird’s plights, having too much fun mimicking them.

Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie now set their red and white checkered blanket on the floor, with Angel and Gummy sitting beside their respective owners. Fluttershy gently set down her glass tea cups and began pouring green tea from her teapot into the tea cups. Fluttershy and Angel quickly took a small sip from their tea cups, while Pinkie Pie quickly gulped down on her green tea.

“Fluttershy, this green tea is great!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed, pumping her hoof upwards. Fluttershy giggled happily while Angel nodded solemnly.

“I’m glad you’re enjoying the tea Pinkie Pie!” Fluttershy replied with a smile. “How are things going with the Cakes lately?” Just as Fluttershy began asking Pinkie Pie about her time with the Cakes recently, some of the huebirds began aggregating around the tea party table, intrigued by what they were observing. Some of the huebirds then began to squawk among each other.

“Tweet-tweet-twe-twe-tweet-tweet-squawk?” Spoke the blue huebird.

“Squawk-squawk?” Spoke a red huebird, clearly confused by what was transpiring between the two ponies.

“Tweet-tweet-tweet. Squawk?” The blue huebird replied, hypothesizing about what the ponies were doing.

“These huebirds are just SOOOO CUTE Fluttershy!” Pinkie Pie giggled as she began to mimic the huebirds in their squawking. The surrounding huebirds began to squawk along with Pinkie Pie in laughter, enthused by the party pony.

“They are indeed Pinkie Pie. From how they’re acting, they seem to be making really good progress already from their ailments!” The huebirds tweeted happily to express their thanks to Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie for their hospitality. Many of the huebirds were still injured and bruised, but the two ponies were clearly making life much better for the huebirds.

“Would you all like some tea too dear huebirds?” Fluttershy offered another tea cup for the huebirds to feast on. A few more of the huebirds gathered around the small cup of green tea, looking frightful at how green the liquid looked. The huebirds looked at each other with apprehension, wondering which of them would taste the green tea first. Eventually, the red huebird agreed to try the green tea as a sign of politeness. The red huebird sipped on the tea, but quickly choked and spat out the green tea! The red huebird quickly shook its head before the other huebirds and Pinkie Pie squawked in laughter together.

“Oh my… I’m sorry Mr. Red Huebird.” The red huebird regained his composure after the huebirds and Pinkie let their laughter get out of the way. The red huebird grumbled at how weird-tasting the green tea was before it flew away to explore the rest of the house.

The tea party went on the rest of the way without much interruption or eventfulness. Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie shared their recent experiences, like Fluttershy’s first encounter with the huebirds, and Pinkie Pie’s busy day at Sugarcube Corner while the Cakes were busy with parental and administrative duties. After the tea party was completed, the two Earth ponies got up from the floor, cleaned up, and trotted towards the door.

“That was a great party Fluttershy! Let’s do it again next week!” Pinkie Pie jumped away with Gummy on her back.

“I’ll be sure to hold another one then! Goodbye! See you later Pinkie Pie!” Fluttershy waved Pinkie Pie goodbye before Fluttershy trotted back into her house and attended to the huebirds and her other critters.