Shocked and Speechless

Twilight Sparkle was setting up the party ribbons. Applejack was bucking apples for the apple pie that she was making. The pie substituted for the cake that Applejack had bought that was consumed by a hungry Pinkie Pie, who was finishing her job setting up the decorations and party favors. Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle were blowing up the balloons, but since they thought that they had to fill their mouths with helium to blow up the balloons, they were constantly laughing at each others squeaky voices. Fluttershy, who finished her job setting up plates and utensils, heard the Crusaders’ voices, which she thought her animals had followed her. The shelves filled with books had been moved by Scootaloo, because Spike had cracked his back moving them. Scootaloo finally finished the job, and took a nap on a nearby couch. Rarity was moaning because her job was to paint the walls to show clouds and rainbows.

“Ewww!” she sobbed, “There’s paint all over my hair! It’s going to take all night for it to come out!”

Twilight snapped at her. “Then paint carefully. You can take a bath in my bathroom later tonight.” Rarity shut up, knowing that she couldn’t come up a decent comeback.

Rainbow Dash was absent, because this party was for her. It was being held at Twilight’s house. The date was September 10th. Twilight had invited Rainbow Dash by telling her that they were going to have a slumber party, but she left the part about the actual birthday party unmentioned.

Twilight glanced at her clock. 1:55 pm.

“Okay every pony! Attention!” she yelled, “Rainbow Dash is going to be here in 5 minutes! Find your hiding place, and make sure you’re not visible from the front door!”

The ponies found their hiding spots and waited. Twilight peeked at the clock again. 2:00 pm. Where is she? she thought to herself.

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Rainbow Dash was running through the crowds of ponies in the streets. She couldn’t fly in the air because a lot of other ponies had the same idea. It was very rare when she had to rely on her feet, and now was no exception. Using the rest, if any, energy she had left, she darted forwards until she reached the familiar part of town. She was a sweaty mess. Her hooves were sore, but she still had to run . She ran until the tree house was in plain sight. With her mane a mess, she snuck a bottle of hairspray from an unsuspecting pony and sprayed it on herself. By the time the pony noticed her absent hairspray, Rainbow Dash had sprinted off. She stumbled her way to the front door. Her legs were shaken and numb, the sensation you get when your leg falls asleep.

She knocked on the door. “It’s open!” yelled Twilight, still in her hiding spot.

Rainbow Dash carefully walked in. She was cautious not to step on anything with her numb legs, and the dark certainly did not help. What is up with the dark? she thought. “Twilight! Where are you?” she asked.

All of the sudden, the lights turned on and every pony jumped out, yelling HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

She smiled and said, “Aw. Thanks guys! So we're having a party and a sleepover?”

“Yep! Now who wants some pie!” asked Applejack. Every pony, except a sound asleep Scootaloo, pushed their way to the pie. Within 10 minutes, there was one slice left for Scootaloo, who was STILL asleep.

8:30 pm. That’s what Twilight read on the clock. The ponies were sitting down watching a movie. Scootaloo had finally woken up after a 6-hour nap, but she was still sleepy and dozed off from time to time. Apple Bloom was curled up next to Applejack, and slowly yawned.

“You ‘kay, sugar-cube?” asked Applejack in her usual southern accent.

“Yep. Just tired.” Apple Bloom replied.

“How ‘bout you take a nap. I’ll wake you when the party comes to life.”

“Okay.” Apple Bloom said in the middle of a yawn. She got herself comfortable and Applejack covered her with her legs, her body heat putting Apple Bloom to sleep.

Rarity walked out of the bath that Twilight had promised her. She shook her mane, which turned into a fluffy mesh similar to a cat’s hide after a wash-up. One more shake smoothed it all out.

Rainbow Dash was on the break of falling asleep. She wanted to wake up early to watch the weather forecast on the news. She yawned. “I’m going to hit the hay. No pun intended.” she chuckled, followed by more chuckles.

“Okay. I think that we should all go to sleep. Looks like some of us already have had enough.” Twilight said, pointing to Apple Bloom and Pinkie Pie, who had fell asleep with pie crumbs burying her on the table.

The room filled up with Goodnights. And then, lights out.