Forget Me Do's

"Finally, something to eat!" exclaimed Spike as he scooped a handful of hay fries. Taking a moment to smell their crisp scent, his tongue slipped out in hunger of their delicious smell. It wasn't long before he was munching his way through the basket of fries.

"So Screwball," Twilight asked, "you said you wanted to do a clown act?"

"Hm-hm!" mumbled the pink pony as she chewed her lettuce sandwich. Finishing her mouthful with a big gulp she replied, "I know it seems a little silly, but like I said. Clowns just always made me smile." She looked down sheepishly. "It's something I always loved but I know other ponies think they can be to filly'ish or stupid."

"Don't forget creepy" added Spike. Twilight gave him a glare. "What? They can be." With a shrug he went back to eating his hay fries.

"I just want to give other ponies the things that I love and make me happy." Screwball said hanging her head.

"I'm sure your clown act will be great." Twilight said trying to encourage her. "And if I helped you I'm positive you will be able to perform it.” Screwball responded with a small smile. Happy that she managed to cheer her up a little bit Twilight continued, "All you need is to have it organized and planned. And I'm just the pony to do that. So, where do you want to start?"

"Probably the stuff I'll be using like the costumes, gags, and prank toys."

"What do you have so far."

"Well nothing yet.....I've been too nervous to go into any of the stores since I've been here." Screwball said again lowering her head.

"But you've been in Ponyville for awhile, I've seen you around town. Are you saying you haven't even once tried to go into any of the party shops?" asked Twilight. Screwball’s faced answered her question. "How come you haven't gone into any of them?"

Screwball turned her head, staring at the ground as if looking at past memories. "I…..I came to Ponyville hoping to have a good life, but the day I came here something awful happened."

Bringing a hoof to her chin Twilight spoke aloud, "Well its true Ponyville has had some terrible events happen. Which one did you come to? The Parasprites, the Ursa Minor, umm." Twilight thought back at all the events she witnessed, and helped rid of during her time in Ponyville.

"Discord." Screwball said flatly.

"Oh." Twilight softly said. She found it hard for herself to reflect on that time as well. The Elements of Harmony and her friends almost being destroyed and torn apart. She never wanted to go through pain like that again.

"Discord was....definitely a terrible tragedy. But we defeated him and locked him away in stone again so he won't be coming back." She said trying to reassure her. Screwball just looked even more down. What kind of things did she experience when Discord was out that made her so scared? Whatever it was it obviously impacted her a lot. Twilight figured now wasn't the best time to find out happened to her and tried to focus on cheering her up on what was happening now.

"Screwball," she stated brining the pink mares eyes toward her."I know just the pony to cheer you up and can help supply you with your clown act." With a giggle she added, "She might even join you in the act herself. Come on, let’s go!"

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"Oo! How about this? Or this! That'll be great. Oh, and you can't forget that. Definitely will need these! Ohmygosh How could you NOT do it without this! I can't believe how much fun this is going to be!" Pinkie Pie was rummaging through her boxes of party supplies with excitement constantly commenting on what she found or thought of. If there was a pony that could help out Screwball’s Clown Show, it was definitely Pinkie Pie.

They had gone right over to her place. Pinkie Pie was happy to help and led them to her party room. Twilight had never been in it before but it was no surprise then on why Pinkie Pie had so many party supplies. It was a large room with a high ceiling that was littered with party stuff. Dozens of boxes the size of ponies and more covered  the floor. The walls had rack after rack of hats, cloths, and balloons. Everything for every imaginable party was in this room. And Pinkie Pie was opening every box and pulling out each piece she could find. Twilight couldn't help but smile at her friends enthusiasm but had to interject, "Pinkie.."

"Well do joke telling, goofy acts, tight rope walking, drive tiny carriages!"

"Pinkie..."

"And balloon animals, pie throwing, ball balancing, pickle throwing"

"Pinkie!"

"Rope jumping, hoop hurtling, water squirting, and and and,"

"PINKIE!" Twilight finally screamed.

"Yes Twilight?" Pinkie Pie asked innocently.

"Pinkie, this is Screwball's act. She wanted you to help her, not do it for her. I know you have a lot of suggestions but we can only fit so many things into one show and I'm sure Screwball is having a hard enough time deciding on which ones....where'd she go?" Twilight asked looking behind her. Screwball wasn't there anymore. Both ponies glanced around the room at the large mess of box's and party supplies. "Uh...Screwball?"

"We definitely need this!" Screwball yelled bursting out of a box behind Pinkie Pie. With a yelp Pinkie Pie jumped and fell down on her back. Looking up she saw Screwball grinning with a giant bowtie that was spinning around her neck and an arrow-through-the-head hat.

Pinkie Pie smiled and pointed, "I have just the shoes for those."

"Great! Let’s find them, let me help you up." Screwball reached a hoof down. When Pinkie Pie grabbed it her entire body shot with electricity making her hair straight. Pinkie Pie looked back up in shock. Screwball turned her hoof over revealing the hoof shaker she had slipped on. Both ponies looked at each other for a moment and burst out laughing.  Twilight shook her head with a smile. She was glad that Screwball made friends so easily with Pinkie Pie and felt assured she wouldn't have a hard time fitting in. After all, who isn't Pinkie able to make friends with? she thought.

"Man, there’s so much stuff here. How are you going to decide on what to use in the act?" Spike said rummaging through the boxes.

Screwball looked at the boxes around her; there were at least a couple dozen large boxes of things to rummage through on the floor alone. "Umm....I don't know. I guess the ones that make us laugh the most?"

Twilight raised an eyebrow, "We could spend a whole afternoon going through all this stuff looking for the right ones."

"And you don't even know exactly what you’re doing right?" Spike added. "We need to figure out what will make everyone laugh."

"Everyone?" Screwball asked.

"The crowd, you know the people who are coming to watch it? All of Ponyville and even ponies outside of Ponyville will be there to watch."

"Oh....um...uhh...." Screwball sunk into the box she was rummaging in.

"Screwball?" Twilight asked. "Are you okay?"

"Uh...no. Not really."

"Are you...nervous of performing in front of people?"

"Maybe a little."

"But you wanted to perform in the talent show, you know there were going to be ponies watching you right?"

"I kinda forgot...."

"Then why are you performing?" Spike asked?

"Spike!" Twilight snapped.

"What? I just don't get why someone would want to perform in front of a crowd of their scared of it."

"Spike I'm sure she has a reason for wanting to do this and were going to help her." Twilight said flatly.

"Ya Screwball, well be here to help you." Pinkie Pie added with a smile.

Screwball lifted her head out a little, "Th-thanks you guys. I've never had anyone want to help me with anything."

"Of course, that’s what friends are for aren't they?" Twilight reassured.

"Friends? You mean, you'll be my friends?"

"Of course!" Pinkie Pie added with a chuckle. "I have tons of friends and you’re the newest one!"

Screwball got very quiet and seemed to shrink down in the box. Twilight started to move towards her to see what was wrong but was reassured when a smile that grew on Screwball’s face got bigger and bigger. She even began to have a few tears come down her cheeks.

“Thanks you guys. I….I’m just so happy. I didn’t think I would ever find a pony to be my friend.

Twilight and Pinkie both smiled back. You won’t have to every worry about finding friends again. Twilight thought. As all three ponies sat there, a cannon shot was boomed in the room and they were covered in cake. Stunned they all looked to the corner of the room to Spike standing next to Pinkie Pie’s Welcome Wagon.

All four were quiet for a moment until all of them except Twilight couldn’t help but burst out laughing. “I thought it was supposed to shoot confetti.” Twilight said as she wiped off the cake.

Pinkie Pie giggled, “I hadn’t had a chance to put it in yet. I didn’t think I would be welcoming a pony today.” Suddenly Pinkie Pie shot up with a scream. “I HAVEN’T WELCOMED YOU YET!!! Spike! Grab that bag of confetti; were doing it again!”

“But Screwball isn’t completely new to Ponyville.” Twilight stated as she distanced her self from the next shot.

“I know, but I never got the chance to do it. So I have to do it now!” Pinkie Pie responded

After Pinkie Pie properly welcomed Screwball and cleaned up while laughing, they spent the rest of the afternoon going through Pinkie Pie’s supplies and coming up with ideas for the Clown Show. They all agreed that tomorrow they would rehearse the show at Pinkie Pie’s room. Twilight feel asleep that night feeling very satisfied and happy that she helped another pony. And that Screwball would never be alone again with friends like her to help her.

Screwball stayed up that night looking at the moon. Feeling very pleased on how well the day went. She so happy that she became friends with the ponies and wouldn’t have to be alone anymore. She couldn’t help but giggle now and then at the thought of spending time with them. She couldn’t wait for tomorrow to get closer. She stayed up past even the ponies working on setting up the festival, all the while humming a little song, staring into the night.