“Everything has to be perfect!”, Pinkie pie said, she paced around the nursery. Pumpkinpie was in his crib, babbling cutely.

“No mistakes, no delays! It has to be the most super, perfect foal shower ever!”, she continued.

It was very early in the morning, only 6:58 AM. In just two minutes, the stores would open in Ponyville.

Pinkie had a list about 3 feet long.

“We need balloons...PINK balloons! Streamers, desserts, music...”, Pinkie continued to pace.

“Don't forget a location, mom!”, CherryPie added, she was the only foal awake. Applepie and Cheese Sandwich were still asleep.

“It will be in her castle, of course! That's easy peasey, CherryPie. We have bigger things to worry about!”, Pinkie said, urgently.

“You're the best party maker ever mommy! It will be amazing!”, CherryPie pointed out. Pinkie smiled, her ears folded back.

“Oh Cherrypie, you're as sweet as...hey! As CherryPie! No wonder I named you that!”, Pinkie giggled. CherryPie laughed as well.

She then frowned.

“But...what can I do? I don't even have my Cutie mark yet”, she said, sadly.

“Aww, don't worry sweetie. You'll get it soon enough! You're gonna help me plan this shower”, Pinkie smiled.

PumpkinPie babbled cutely in his crib, reaching his hooves out.

“Awww I wish you could help too, Pumpky, but you're still too little”, Pinkie let the colt hold her hoof with his.

Her watch suddenly beeped, it was 7 AM. The sun was fully risen now.

“Time to go!”, Pinkie zoomed out with CherryPie.

“Cheese Sandwich!”, Pinkie hissed, opening the bedroom door.

Cheese Sandwich slept soundly, snoring.

“Hey! Get up!”, Pinkie pulled the blanket off him, opening the curtains.

“Pinkie...it's early”, Cheese groaned, putting the pillow over his head.

“I need you to watch PumpkinPie and Applepie while Cherry and I prepare Twilight's foal shower”, Pinkie instructed.

“We got time...”, Cheese grumbled, tiredly.

“No we don't! What if the stores ran out of balloons?! Or streamers?! What if Sugar Cube Corner's oven wasn't working?!”, Pinkie panicked.

“Pinkie...easy, sweetie. None of that's gonna happen. I'll get up”, Cheese assured her.

“Great!”, Pinkie rushed out, CherryPie right behind her.

“First stop...decorations!”, Pinkie hurried into town fast.

She galloped through town, and accidentally splashed mud on Cranky's newspaper.

“Pinkie!”, Cranky yelled.

“Sorry, Cranky! I'll get you a new paper later!”, Pinkie yelled, as she continued running.

“There's the party shop!”, CherryPie cried. Pinkie galloped ahead, and practically flew into the store.

“Oh, hey Pinkie! Another party?”, the shopkeeper asked, an Earth Pony stallion.

“This is extremely important! I need pink streamers, pink ribbons, and pink balloons! I also need stuff to make a banner!”, Pinkie demanded.

She emptied her sack of bits.

“All right, coming right up”, the earth Pony set all the items on the counter. He then went to get the pink balloons.

He then froze, seeing none.

He sweated, nervous, but walked back to the counter.

“I'm sorry Pinkie Pie, but we're all out of pink balloons...”, he started.

Pinkie's eyes grew wide, panicked. Her eyelid even twitched.

“OUT?! Don't you have any in the back?!”, she cried, urgently.

“I'm afraid not...we won't get anymore until next week”, the pony replied, nervously.

“But...but...!”, Pinkie cried, panicking.

“Well...maybe some blue balloons?”, suggested the pony.

“I can't use blue! Twilight's having a filly! It HAS to be pink!”, Pinkie yelled.

“It is for Princess Twilight, maybe you could get the shipment to come faster?”, asked CherryPie.

“Wish I could...but I can't. I'm sorry Pinkie...”, the pony apologized. Pinkie sighed sadly, hanging her head low.

“What am I going to do? We can't have a party without balloons!”, she cried.

“Don't you have any laying around at home, mom?”, Cherrypie asked, as Pinkie payed for the other stuff.

Pinkie blinked.

“You're a genius, Cherry!”, she hurried out with her filly. They hurried home. Pinkie ran upstairs, digging through everything.

“Where are they? Where are they?!”, she threw all kinds of stuff out of the closet. Her party canon, an old doughnut, toys, clothes, streamers, even wrapping paper and ribbon.

“Blue, white, green, red....purple...no! There's no pink!”, cried Pinkie, as she dug through the balloon packs.

“How could I not have pink balloons?!”, she cried.

“Pinkie, didn't you use them all for Cherry's birthday?”, asked Cheese Sandwich, coming in.

“Why didn't I buy more?!”, Pinkie cried.

“Calm down, sweetie. Did you get all the other decorations?”, asked Cheese Sandwich, worriedly.

“Well yeah, but I can't throw a foal shower without balloons!”, Pinkie replied.

“I'll tell you what, I'll figure something out, but you need to get to Sugar Cube corner so they can get a head start on baking”, Cheese said.

“Thanks...but remember, they have to be pink!”, Pinkie zoomed out then, leaving dust behind her.

Cheese stood there, frowning. She suddenly ran back in, and kissed him on the cheek.

“Sorry, Cheese”, she blushed, forgetting to kiss him, like she always did before leaving. Cheese smiled, blushing.

“I'll take care of the balloons, Pinkie. You get to Sugar Cube”, he smiled.

Pinkie smiled, she then ran out with CherryPie.

“I got the dessert list, mom!”, Cherry said.

“Great!”, Pinkie hurried to the bakery.

“Let's see...cupcakes, brownies, pies and the sheet cake”, Cherry read.

“Applejack will be taking care of the pies, but we need to have the rest done here”, Pinkie hurried inside, Cherry close behind her.

“Mr. and Mrs. Cake!”, Pinkie ran up to the counter. She blinked, seeing nopony there. She glared, and repeatedly hit the bell.

“Peoples! Hurry, hurry!”, she cried, urgently.

Cupcake came out of the kitchen then.

“Oh, Pinkie!”, she hurried over.

“I need a sheet cake, cupcakes and brownies, its for Twilight's foal shower!”, Pinkie handed the list to Cupcake

Cupcake suddenly froze.

“Today?! You need it all today?! For Princess Twilight?”, she cried, fearfully, sweating.

“Well DUH! She's already 9 months! We can't wait any longer! She's due in just two months!”, Pinkie replied.

“Oh dear..”, Cupcake panicked.

“What's wrong?”, Pinkie tilted her head.

There was suddenly a loud explosion from the kitchen. Some cake batter flew out, and smoke was suddenly pouring out.

“Carrot Cake!”, cried Cupcake, urgently. They heard the fire extinguisher going off, the smoke clearing.

Carrot Cake came out, his face covered in soot. He coughed, smoke in his mane.

“No luck?”, Cupcake asked, biting her lip.

“I'm sorry honey bun...the oven is completely shot! I only ruined it more from trying to fix it”, Carrot replied.

“WHAT?!”, Pinkie's eyes grew wide in horror. This couldn't be happening.

“We have to fix it! Princess Twilight's foal shower is this afternoon! And Pinkie needs an order today!”, Cupcake cried.

“Well, can't you use somepony else's oven?”, suggested Carrot, as he wiped the soot off of him.

“But it has to be perfect. Everypony knows you two have the best oven! I can't risk burning or ruining anything! Besides, everypony else is busy buying gifts for the shower!”, Pinkie replied.

“It's not going to be here, I can't fix that old thing...and buying a new one, well it would take all day to find the right one, and then at least another day to have it delivered”, Carrot said.

“What are we going to do, mom?”, CherryPie asked, worriedly.

Pinkie bit her lip, her ears folded back.

“We have to go to Princess Cadence and let her know”, she said, urgently. CherryPie nodded, following her mom out.

“We're really sorry, dear!”, Cupcake called out sadly, but Pinkie was gone.

Pinkie ran into Twilight's castle. Cadence was in the front hall with Spike.

“Oh, Pinkie! Do you have everything ready?”, asked Cadence, smiling.

“NO!”, Pinkie cried, panicked. Cadence blinked.

“I have everything...except the two most important things!”, Pinkie said.

“Pink balloons and the desserts! The shop's out of pink balloons, and I don't have any! And the Cake's oven died today!”, Pinkie explained.

“What..?! Well, we could use Twilight's oven...”, suggested Cadence.

“But, it's supposed to be a surprise! Isn't Twilight here?”, Pinkie asked.

Cadence smiled.

“Nope. MoonDancer and her went to the spa for the day, so we'd be able to plan in secret”, Cadence replied.

“Oh...that takes off some pressure. Why didn't you say so?!”, Pinkie demanded.

“Calm down, Pinkie. The shower isn't until 3 in the afternoon. It's only 9”, Cadence assured her.

“But...what about the balloons?”, CherryPie asked.

“We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. We got some desserts to bake!”, Spike grinned. They hurried into Twilight's kitchen.

At the Ponyville Spa, Twilight and MoonDancer shared a warm bubblebath.

“This spa is so much better than the one in Canterlot...who knew”, MoonDancer admitted, relaxing. She had to keep wiping her glasses though, as they kept getting foggy.

“I know, I always love coming here. So does everypony. Even Rainbow Dash”, Twilight smiled.

“Rainbow Dash?!”, MoonDancer gawked.

“Rarity and Applejack caught her here once”, Twilight admitted.

“I don't blame her, it's so relaxing here”, MoonDancer smiled.

Twilight leaned back a bit, sighing softly.

“So...Firework's picking us up?”, MoonDancer grinned a bit. Twilight blushed, looking away.

“Yeah...”, she replied.

“Twilight...you and Firework really care about each other”, MoonDancer smiled, happy for her best friend.

“We really do...I knew once he told me about his Cutie Mark, we were connected. The same way me and my friends are connected”, Twilight replied.

“Twilight...I just am so glad. And happy for you. You...went through something horrible”, MoonDancer's ears folded back, as she said this.

“I know....but it's over. I'm able to not think about it too much. Thanks to my friends, Cadence, Firework...and my foal”, Twilight looked down lovingly at her belly.

“But...does it still, well effect you?”, MoonDancer asked, worriedly. Twilight looked down.

“I still have nightmares from time to time...”, she admitted. Emotional scars took longer to heal than physically ones.

Everypony, including Firework, could still see a dark glimmer in Twilight's eyes sometimes.

Back at Twilight's castle, Cadence and Pinkie just finished the cake. Spike went to open the oven, but a bunch of smoke came out.

“What the...?!”, Spike coughed.

“I don't understand...I set it at the right time!”, Pinkie cried, as Cadence used her magic to lift the burned cake out.

“This oven is different from the Cake's...”, she said.

“We don't have time to keep trying until we get it right! There has to be a quicker way!”, Pinkie cried.

“But what else can we do?”, Spike asked, worriedly.

Pinkie looked down sadly, trying to think. CherryPie blinked then, as she watched Spike take his oven mits off.

“Couldn't Spike bake it?”, she asked then. Pinkie blinked, her ears perking up.

“Spike?”, Cadence blinked.

“Huh? Me?”, Spike looked confused at first.

Pinkie's eyes lit up then.

“That's it! Spike, you can bake it!”, she realized.

“Oh yeah! Make a new one, I got this!”, Spike grinned.

Cadence and Pinkie Pie got the new batch ready.

“Cherrypie, that was genius!”, Pinkie smiled, as she mixed the batter.

They soon finished mixing the cake batter, and dipped it into a sheet cake pan. Cadence and Flurry Heart prepared the cupcakes next.

“Okay Spike!”, CherryPie said. Spike breathed green fire over the cake, baking it perfectly.

“It's perfect! We'll have the desserts ready in no time”, Pinkie's face lit up.

“But...we still need balloons”, Cadence pointed out.

“Oh yeah...”, Pinkie thought, panicking again. CherryPie blinked then, getting an idea.

“Mom, you have white balloons, right?”, she asked. Pinkie blinked.

“Yes...”, she replied understanding. CherryPie smiled.

“I have an idea!”, she declared.

She hurried out, and got buckets of pink paint. Pinkie froze, her eyes lit up then.

“Of course!”, she blew the white balloons up, and dipped them in the pink paint.

“Now we can decorate!”, Pinkie cried happily. Just then, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Applejack came in.

“We just got finished shopping! We're here to help decorate”, Rarity smiled.

“All right!”, Pinkie cheered. The girls placed their presents for Twilight on a table, and they started decorating.

Pinkie put up the balloons with Fluttershy, while Rainbow set up the streamers. Applejack helped Cadence, Flurry Heart and Spike with the baking.

Rarity set up pink ribbons, and placed a white tablecloth over the dining table. She then set up pink plates, pink paper cups, pink napkins and silverware.

Pinkie hung pink balloons above the table, while Rainbow decorated the room with streamers.
Applejack brought out the cupcakes and brownies, setting them up nice on the table.

Rarity tied pink ribbons around the back of the chairs, while CherryPie helped Flurry Heart carry the pies in.

“Punch!”, Pinkie cried, as she brought in the bowl.

CherryPie and Fluttershy set up the present table.

Rainbow bought a Cloud mobile, Applejack made an apple themed blanket, Fluttershy bought a bunch of stuffed animals, Rarity bought beautiful pink curtains for the nursery, while Pinkie bought toys and a rocking chair.

Cadence bought the crib, while MoonDancer bought the foal bottles, and a foal swing.

“Here comes the rest of the guests!”, Spike noticed. Shining Armor, Twilight's parents, Lyra, Bon Bon, Lemon Drop, Twinkie Shine, Colgate, Derpy, Doctor Whooves, and Berry Punch.

“We're not quite done setting up, but could use the help!”, Pinkie invited them in.

“We'll all be happy to help”, smiled Shining Armor.

He bought a dollhouse for the filly, while the rest bought different toys, clothes, blankets, and other stuff.

Derpy sewed a plush muffin.

As the presents piled up, Shining Armor and Cadence brought the cake out, using their magic.

They carefully set it in the center of the table.

“I can't believe it...my little sister's going to be a mother”, Shining Armor's ears folded back, as he fought back tears.

Cadence nuzzled him softly.

“All that's left is the banner!”, Pinkie announced, as she started working on it.

She worked on it with Rarity and CherryPie.

It was white, with the words written in pink “It's a girl!” on it.

“Hmmm...it's missing something”, CherryPie then drew pink stars on either side, and a newborn filly wrapped in a blanket.

“It's beautiful, CherryPie!”, Pinkie beamed. Cadence used her magic, hanging the banner up.

“We're all set!”, Applejack smiled.

“It's perfect!”, Cadence cried.

“Couldn't have done it better, myself!”, Spike agreed.

“This was your party planning, CherryPie. If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have balloons, or a cake, or this beautiful banner”, Pinkie smiled, as she nuzzled her foal.

CherryPie smiled, when suddenly a light shined from her flank.

Pinkie froze, and her eyes suddenly filled with tears of happiness, her eyes big.

“What?”, Cherrypie blinked.

“No way!”, Rainbow grinned.

“Your Cutie mark, sweetie!”, Pinkie cried.

CherryPie gasped then, and looked at her flank. It was a party hat.

Her face lit up.

“I got my Cutie mark!”, she cheered. Pinkie pulled her filly close, in a tight hug.

“I'm so proud of you!”, she cried.

“Guys, Twilight's coming!”, Fluttershy cried, urgently, looking out the window.

The ponies all quickly hid, turning the lights off.

Twilight entered with Moondancer and Firework.

“Why's it so dark?”, Twilight asked. Firework and Moondancer exchanged grins.

“Hmmm...who knows”, Moondancer then turned the lights on with her magic. Twilight's vision adjusted, and her eyes grew wide, at the beautiful set up.

“SURPRISE!”, everypony cheered.

“Surprise!”, Derpy cheered late, she blushed.

“You all did this...?”, Twilight asked, touched.

“It was mainly Pinkie and Cherry, but we all helped”, Applejack replied, smiling.

“My little sister's all grown up...and it really just sunk in for me I'm going to be an uncle in two months”, Shining Armor smiled tearfully.

Twilight's ears folded back, as she hugged her brother.

“This is so wonderful, everypony! I couldn't ask for better friends and family”, Twilight cried, tears of happiness in her eyes.

She then hugged Cadence, and Rarity, Rainbow, Applejack, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Spike and MoonDancer joined in the group hug.

“We're so happy for our little girl”, Night Light said, as he and Twilight Velvet stepped forward.

Twilight smiled, hugging her parents.

“We know your baby is going to be as beautiful and smart as her mother”, Velvet smiled, tearfully.

“One more thing...”, Firework then set off fireworks, above the castle, all pink heart shapes.

“Oh Firework...”, Twilight nuzzled against him. Firework held her close, stroking her mane. He gently placed his hoof on her belly, feeling the foal kick.

“Come on, everypony! Let's party!”, Pinkie cheered, as she put music on.

Twilight smiled tearfully, as she joined her friends. The fireworks continued well into the night.

Author's Note

Don't worry everypony, its not over yet! There's still 3 or 4 chapters left! Wanted to write this just for cuteness, fluff and filler