A Party To Remember (Edited)

A Party To Remember

Pinkie was so frantic about the situation, she could barley breath... What would become of their friendship?  Would it be ruined?  Or would it improve?  The first thing she could do, was get the food out from the oven and fryers.  She caught her breath, underneath Fluttershy’s window, and silently galloped down the road, dodging the ponies of Ponyville, and reaching the front door to Sugar Cube Corner.  She pulled out all the trays, and fryer pans, lying them out on the large counter in the middle of the kitchen.

She wiped the sweat off of her brow, and made a big platter of her newly cooked hors d’oeuvres.  She smiled for less than a few seconds, soon remembering the new known secret.  What was to become of it?  She put the steamed dishes down, and looked at the time.  It was almost time for the party, and the sun was setting.  It was about 4:27 PM when she checked, and she had to tell sompony, but the only pony she could actually trust, was Rarity.

Rarity had a secret of her own too, about Rainbow Dash and Applejack.  What if Applejack didn’t think the same way?  That would surely tear their friendship apart.  All they could do was hope for the best, and with Twilight leaving, that would only disrupt Fluttershy’s plans.  It would be a one-in-a-million shot, and everyponies hopes for the best hung on only a small piece of flesh off the backbone of a crooked and unforgiving road they called life.  This was serious...

Pinkie trotted out of her home with a hood over her, concealing her identity, and wearing boots, covering her hoofs.  She quietly went over to Rarity’s, and knocked on the door.  There was no answer.  She knocked again, but still no answer.

“Rarity!” she whispered loudly, she knew she was home, she just talked to her an hour ago.

She banged again, this time, getting an answer of an open door.  Rarity was hiding behind it, and peaked her head over the edge, to examine Pinkie.

“Come in... Quick,” she ordered.

They pulled up a few chairs and sat in the kitchen.  A single over head lamp lit the room, and Pinkie pulled off her hood.  She had a serious face on, and so did Rarity.  Rarity started talking first.

“Pinkie, I have a secret to tell you,” she whispered.

“What?  So do I,” she returned.

“Let me go first,” she looked around the room, checked the windows, and shut the shades, “I think," she paused, “Rainbow Dash likes...” she looked once more around the room, and Pinkie leaned in, her hair almost touching Rarity’s nose, “Applejack.”

Pinkie looked at her.

“Another one?” she asked.

“Another what?” Rarity asked.

“I think Fluttershy likes Twilight.”

“Really?” Rarity looked at her in amazement, almost disbelief, and spoke up, “What are we going to do?”

“I dunno’, maybe we should let this take it’s own course,” Pinkie suggested,

“That’s it?  Just wait?” Rarity got a little louder, putting a hoof down on the table.

“Well, we don’t want to disrupt things, would we?” Pinkie stubbornly asked.

“Well, no, but if they don’t say anything, we should at least... help them...” Rarity looked into the pink pony's eyes.

“I guess so, but maybe they will, we still have the party to look forward to!”

“Oh, yes, the party, I forgot about that.”

The clock was striking five, and it was already getting dark.  They weren’t surprised of how dark it would get, Princess Celestia accidentally forgot to lower the sun a few days back, and Luna had to get some extra time.  It was only fair, but what Pinkie and Rarity were going through was the exact opposite of fair.

They departed Rarity’s house, and made their way to Pinkie’s, there were rain clouds over head, but the Pegasus ponies were only planning on a shower, not a storm.  Only a few drops started to fall by the time they got up to Sugar Cube Corner, and the stands outside were shutting down, covering their produce.  Pinkie opened the door for Rarity, and she followed the whit horse in.  Rarity gazed at the platter, all set up nicely, and the aroma mixed in the room.

“Pinkie, I didn’t know you could cook like this, when did you get this all done?” she asked.

“When I was handing out your invitations, silly,” she shut the door behind her, and the rain started falling a bit harder.

Rarity looked out the window, placing a hoof under her chin, and asked, “Pinkie, what makes you so sure that they will come?”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s raining, what if they don’t show up?”

“They will, they will, they never miss any of my parties!”

It was only a few minutes later, and after Pinkie set up the streamers, balloons, and punch, there came a knock at the door.  That must be her friends, Rarity got the door open, and it was wet Twilight, wearing a coat, and rain was dripping down off the rubber.  Pinkie knew she would come.

“Twilight!  How wonderful of you to come!” Pinkie exclaimed, putting on a happy face.

She showed her the drinks and the food.  Twilight took of her coat, and turned to Pinkie form the coat rack.

“Thanks, Pinkie.  I didn’t know you could cook like this.”

“That’s funny, Rarity said the same thing, help yourself!”

Rarity trotted over to Pinkie, and took her over to the corner of the room while Twilight started taking some food off of the platters.

“So what’s the plan?” Rarity asked.

“Plan?  What plan, I thought we were going to keep this secret?” she nudged.

“I know that, but what if they don’t confess?” Rarity responded.

“Well, we have to make them then,” Pinkie looked at her with an evil smile.

“You sound so rushed about this, Pinkie.  Are you alright?” Rarity lowered her voice.

“I-I,” she exaled softly, “oh, Rarity, I’m just afraid...”

“Afraid of what?  Nothing bad will happen,” she calmed effortlessly.

“Easy for you to say, Rarity, but I have special connections with each of my friends, I don’t want to loose them...” Pinkie sighed.

“Loose them?  Pinkie, even if things don’t work out, we will all still be your friends,” Rarity confirmed.

“Thanks, Rarity, that felt better,” Pinkie grew a small smile.

Twilight looked over her back, and noticed the two conversing.

“Hey!  Pinkie, Rarity, come try this food,” she said with her mouth full, and drew them over.  They started eating, and talking about their early day.  Twilight told Rarity and Pinkie about the the help at Sweet Apple Acres, and the picnic she had.

“Ha! Twilight, your crazy, you know that? It seems like you have gone everywhere today,” Pinkie teased.

“Oh, don’t flatter me, Pinkie, this party is for everypony,” Twilight blushed.

Rarity looked around the room, only three ponies?  Where was Spike?

“Twilight, where’s Spike?” she asked.

“Oh, he’s back at the house, he should be here in a few, he forgot to do some chores."

Spike was cleaning up the rest of the library, huffing under his breath, getting ready to go to the party.  He picked up the last set of books, and set them on the shelves.  He turned to grab a small coat from the rack.  He pulled one off, it was getting warmer, but the rain was getting colder, funky weather.

Spike hated the cold water, it was like poison to his skin, and he was not planning on getting soaked, so her pulled the strapped on his coat tight, and popped on a hat, flat rimmed.  He walked over to the door, and reached up to the knob, but right as he was about to turn it, his ‘dragon senses’ started erupting, and he got out of the way of the door.

He was right, the door suddenly busted open, and Rainbow Dash came tumbling in, wings up.  She crashed into the bookcase, and Spike ran as fast as he could to catch the falling books.  Only a few fell, an easy clean up, but Rainbow Dash looked like a mess.  Her hair was all mangled, and her eye’s were kind of sunken in, but still purple.  She looked around the room, extending her neck, and her pupils dilated,

“Twilight!  Twilight!  Where are you!” she exclaimed frantically.

Spike looked at her, his mouth opened, and his brow rose.

“She went to the party at Pinkie’s” he returned, “You should be too, I was just leaving!”

“Forget the party! I need to tell somepony!” she blurted out.

“Tell somepony what?” Spike asked.

“Oh, Spike, can I trust you?” she returned.

“Of course!”

“No, trust you, trust you, honest to Celestia?”

“Yes, Rainbow Dash!”

“Okay, this has been eating me, but I haven’t told anypony...”

“A secret?” Spike anxiously asked.

“A SECRET?! This is more than a SECRET, Spike!”

“Just tell me, I’m sure it’s not bad,” Spike tried calming her.

“It’s not bad!  Or, well, I don’t think it is, but here goes nothing,” she took a deep breath.

“Yes?” Spike went on.

“I Li-li-”

“You... Like? Like what?”

“I like... Applejack.”

The room went silent, Spike had a puzzled look on his face, put his claws up to his chin, and supported his elbow with his other hand.  He looked at Rainbow Dash, she had a ‘I can’t believe I just said that’ type of face.

“You’re right, this isn’t just a secret, Dash?” he finally said.  He was at a loss of his words and didn't know what to say after that.

“What do I do?” Rainbow Dash asked.

Spike thought hard, what would Twilight do?  Oh, if only she was actually here!  What to do?  Maybe, the party?

“Dash, if you like Applejack, why don’t you tell her?”

“Tell Applejack?”

“No, Orangejohn, no duh, Applejack,”  Spike said sarcastically, he wanted to end this conversation now, he had a party to go to.  He tried to get Rainbow Dash to come.

“Here, take this comb, fix your hair, and come with me to the party,” he offered.

“I don’t know, Spike,” Rainbow Dash nervously said, combing her mane back to normal.

This was a small secret of epic proportions.  The rain only got worse, it looked like it was turning into a storm, the Pegasus ponies must have mess up up something in the clouds, over done it a bit.

“Okay, I’m gonna’ trust you on this, Spike,” and they departed out the door, as Spike put the key in, and locked it.

Multiple Events Happening At Once

Applejack arrived right after Twilight, then Spike and Rainbow Dash came, but no Fluttershy?  That was a disappointment to them.  They continued as Rainbow Dash tried to keep away from Applejack, who was eating and conversing.

Fluttershy was still lying on her couch, having no idea that the invitation was lying on the floor from where her front door was.  The rain was running down, off the windows.  Why was she acting like this?  She had liked Twilight since she first met her, but it didn’t seem to bother her until only a few days ago.  Maybe she realized that the really was lonely, living up in her cottage in Ponyville, only to have the woodland critters comfort her.

From departing the couch, she hazily walked to the front door, only to notice the piece of folded paper, with the ‘You’re Invited’ on it.  She picked it up, and unwrapped it.

“A party?  Well, I do love parties just as much as the next pony,” she thought, and checked the time.

“5 PM,”  Uh oh, she turned around and looked at the clock: 6:23 PM.

She was missing the party!  Her friends would be so disappointed, she grabbed her coat, and rushed out the door.

The party was truly pumping, and Rainbow Dash sat, with a cupcake in her hand, looking across the room, at Applejack.

You should tell her,

Spikes words came up in her mind, and she got that type of feeling you get, when you know something big is about to happen, and a shock goes down your spine.  This was it, tonight was the night she was going to take Spike’s words into play.

Fluttershy tried to make her way through the empty streets of Ponyville, with the street lights dim, and the rain splattering upon the muddy ground.

Rainbow Dash looked up, got out of her chair, and started making her way to Applejack.

Fluttershy found the right street, and she could she the lights of Sugarcube Corner a few streets down.  She started slowly, pacing herself, and her wings were tucked under her coat.

Twilight put her plate down, and was going to tell everypony her great news, so she raised her glass of punch, “Everypony, may I have your attention?”

Rainbow Dash turned for a second, to notice Applejack trotting towards Twilight, getting ready to listen.

Fluttershy was only two streets down, the lights stretching at her hooves, and she could see the silhouettes of her friends gathering around Twilight.

Rainbow Dash got around the circle and nudged Applejack, making her turn around.

“Hush up, RD’, Twi’s gonna’ say sumtin’!” she whispered loudly.

“Applejack, I need to tell you something,” she returned.

Twilight spoke, “I have some news I would like you all to hear, I wanted to tell you all together...”

Spike was watching RD and Applejack, smiling, he knew this would make Rainbow Dash feel better, or he could be wrong...

Fluttershy was one street away, and she was nearing the door, which was shut, but unlocked.  The balloons were blowing in the wind, and the shutters were swaying back and forth.

“Make it quick,” Applejack said.

“Okay, here really goes nothing,” she sighed.

“I have some important business to do in Timberwoods!" Twilight finally announced.

“Timberwoods?” Rarity asked,

Fluttershy reached for the knob.

“I have had some feelings about you, Applejack,”  RD said, Applejack’s eyes widening.

“What are you trying to say, Twilight?” Rarity asked.

“I really like you, Applejack,” Dash confessed.

Fluttershy opened the door, and Pinkie stood up, “Fluttershy?”

Fluttershy looked at Twilight first, and Twilight said,

“I’m leaving Ponyville, for a while,” Twilight said just as Fluttershy entered.

Twilight’s words echoed as everypony went quiet.  Applejack looked at RD with a smile, and Fluttershy looked at Twilight with a sad face, fighting back tears, and faking a smile.

Pinkie Pie looked confused all over, she wanted everypony to confess, but not all at once!

Pinkie looked down and sighed.

“Oh ponyfeathers.”