The Huebirds of Happiness

The Huebirds of Happiness: Pinkie Pie’s Big Mouth

Pinkie Pie jumped away from Fluttershy’s house with glee and joy, heading back towards Ponyville. She still had some minor maintenance chores back at Sugarcube Corner before she took off and prepared for parties of all kinds to end her day. But for now, Pinkie Pie raved about the tea party, particularly the drinks and snacks that were provided and the huebirds Fluttershy invited to rest at her home.

“That was a great tea party wasn’t it Gummy?! The green tea was so delicious, and the crumpets she brought along were just as tasty!” Pinkie Pie licked her mouth with her tongue to express her delight at how tasty the strawberry crumpets were. Gummy only stood on Pinkie Pie’s back, sticking out his long towards Pinkie Pie’s ear.

“Hehehehe! That tickles Gummy! Quit that!” Pinkie Pie giggled uncontrollably as Gummy’s tongue continued to lick on Pinkie Pie’s ear. Pinkie Pie continued to hop into Ponyville, Gummy’s tongue having finally let go of Pinkie Pie’s ear. She didn’t force his tongue off her ear because to Pinkie Pie, Gummy always loved licking her tongue as a sign of affection.

Once she hopped over the bridge and into Ponyville, Pinkie Pie caught sight of Rarity exiting the Carousel Boutique. Rarity was tending to her house, making sure that it was still looking as polished as it should be. Excited at what Pinkie Pie encountered at Fluttershy’s home, she hopped over to the entrance where Rarity stood. Pinkie Pie waved excitedly at Rarity, to which Rarity waved back with a warm smile.

“Hey Rarity!” Pinkie Pie stopped hopping upon seeing her glamorous friend.

“Why, hello Pinkie Pie! Ever excitable and joyful as always?” Rarity greeted Pinkie Pie back with a smile as Pinkie Pie stopped just short of her.

“Oh nothing much! I went over to Fluttershy’s place and had a tea party! Sure the tea party was fun for me and Gummy, but the BESST part were the birds that Fluttershy were taking care of!” Pinkie Pie quickly spoke. Rarity gave Pinkie Pie a confused look; Fluttershy was always tending to birds. In fact, birds were practically her specialty!

“Oh… I see. Pinkie Pie, whatever do you mean?” Rarity sheepishly asked.

“Oh! You see, Fluttershy has got these really cute birds that aren’t even from Equestria! They’re called huebirds, and-” Rarity quickly shut Pinkie Pie’s mouth, causing Pinkie Pie’s cheeks to puff up and inflate.

“Wait, Pinkie Pie, birds that aren’t from Equestria?” Rarity asked apprehensively. It was bad enough that Fluttershy already invited strange creatures once, but for them to not be from Equestria?

“Mmmm…mmmm…mm…!!!!” Rarity quickly let go of Pinkie Pie’s hoof, letting her finish what she had to say.

“Rarity! These birds came out of the Everfree Forest, and all of them were hurt! Fluttershy’s tending to them all!” Rarity gave Pinkie Pie a blank expression… the idea of the parasprites invading Ponyville once was bad enough, but the situation repeating itself? The horror!

Pinkie Pie, noticing that Rarity’s expressions were completely blank, hopped along further towards the Sugarcube Corner, leaving Rarity to think on how to take the news in…

Pinkie Pie continued to hop along towards Sugarcube Corner, but along the way she encountered Twilight Sparkle, who stopped by the site where her old library was destroyed by Lord Tirek during one of the many battles for Equestrian control. Twilight had stopped by to not only remember the memories she had with her old home, but to also begin to layout the plans for a public library for all Ponyville to enjoy.

“Hey Twilight!” Pinkie Pie gave out a wave to her, to which Twilight responded with a wave of her own after turning her head to see her.

“Hey Pinkie Pie! What have you been up to lately?” Twilight smiled back to Pinkie Pie.

“Oh Twilight! I had this TOTALLY AWESOME party at Fluttershy’s place! You won’t BELIEVE what I saw there!” Pinkie Pie giddily jumped up and down, leaving Twilight dizzy trying to follow her erratic movements.

“Ughh… Twilight… What are you talking about now?” Twilight asked inquisitively. She knew about Pinkie Pie’s antics, but she was certainly excited about something, so she might as well hear about it.

“Oh Twilight! I had so much drinking green tea and enjoying her snacks with Angel and Gummy! But that wasn’t the best part! There were all these creatures, and they’re not even from Equestria!” Pinkie Pie wanted to continue to explanation but Twilight quickly interrupted her.

“Wait Pinkie, say that again?!” Twilight’s face quickly turned into apprehension and worry as she began to wonder what these creatures were…

“Oh, they’re called huebirds, and they recently came out of Everfree Forest injured and hurt! Fluttershy’s tending to them right now, but all she knows is that they’re from a really distant land!” Twilight quickly waved at Pinkie Pie.

“Pinkie Pie, thanks for letting me know about all this, but I have to get reading! Who knows what these creatures could do to us?! This could be the parasprites all over again!” Twilight Sparkle quickly trotted off to her castle to begin her search on these huebirds, while Pinkie Pie simply giggled and hopped further into Ponyville, towards Sugarcube Corner.

Pinkie Pie already met two of her closest friends along the way, with Gummy still hopping along on her back. Remembering their responses to Pinkie’s revelation made Pinkie giggle again and again.

“Oh Gummy. Twilight and Rarity are so silly, especially Twilight! These creatures don’t look anything like parasprites! Sure they’re from outside Equestria and came out of the Everfree Forest, but that doesn’t mean they’ll destroy our town like the parasprites did!” Pinkie Pie chuckled to herself while Gummy merely stuck out his slithery tongue to his nose.

Before Pinkie Pie could continue reminiscing about what happened with Twilight and Rarity, Pinkie Pie now saw Applejack and Applebloom selling apples together by the town square, a little ways before Sugarcube Corner. Now it was time for Applejack to hear about the encounter she had at her tea party with Fluttershy.

“Hey Applejack and Applebloom! You two and your apples are looking great there!” Pinkie Pie waved her hoof as she gave a warm compliment to the two ponies.

“Why thank you Pinkie Pie!” Applejack waved back with her hoof and spoke with her characteristic Southern accent. “What brings you here to these parts?” Applejack asked politely.

“Oh, I’m just heading back to Sugarcube Corner from a nice tea party with Fluttershy!” Pinkie Pie cheekily smiled and chuckled. Applejack, noticing her chuckle, began wondering whether Pinkie Pie was hiding something.

“I see… I’m sensing that something happened at this tea party…” Applejack paused briefly, only to see Pinkie Pie chuckle again. “Come on Pinkie Pie… what happened?” Pinkie Pie chuckled again before she spilled the beans about the birds,

“Oh Applejack! I can’t hide much from you can’t I?! You see, there were these really cool animals called huebirds that aren’t even from Equestria! They came and visited Fluttershy’s place after Fluttershy offered to care for them!” Applejack gave Pinkie Pie a blank stare. Applebloom on the other hand, took note of the whole conversation and excitedly exclaimed,

“You met birds from outside Equestria?! They’re all coming to Ponyville?! This is so cool!!!” Applebloom began to holler before Applejack shook her head and quickly shushed her before she caused a commotion.

“Pinkie Pie, what in tarnation are you talking about?! This had better not lead to another paraspritin’ round up! They caused enough damage to Ponyville just before Princess Celestia herself arrived remember?!” Pinkie Pie giggled at how serious Applejack looked.

“Oh Applejack! You look just as serious as Twilight and Rarity when I told them about the huebirds! They don’t look mean at all! In fact, they were hurt when they got sidetracked to the Everfree Forest!” Applejack facehoofed herself in frustration.

“Pinkie Pie, these creatures ain’t even from Equestria! How do you know they won’t be hurtin’ us again?! The parasprites are Equestrian creatures and they caused enough pain, even when they looked all cute and cuddly!”Applebloom continued to jump up and down, expressing her excitement at telling the other crusaders about the new development. Pinkie Pie simply giggled again.

“Well Applejack, I have to get back to Sugarcube Corner now! The huebirds are really nice creatures! You should check them out sometime!” Pinkie Pie waved goodbye and hopped away with Gummy towards Sugarcube Corner. As Pinkie Pie hopped away, Applebloom’s excitement was beyond what Applejack could bear.

“Oh Applejack, I wanna see the huebirds now! They’re probably really cute and cuddly, and really nice too! Please, please, please please?!” Applejack snapped back in retort,

“No Applebloom! For all we know, those creatures could destroy Ponyville just like the parasprites did! We don’t even know why they came to Equestria in the first place! They could be enemies!” Applebloom pouted in disappointment as Applejack paused. Feeling bad after snapping at Applebloom, Applejack continued with a sigh.

“Now get back to selling apples. We’ll talk more about this when we get home ok?” Applebloom nodded with disappointment as Applejack patted her head. These huebirds were certainly going to be something the Mane 6 had to check out…