Lucky Leaves

Still at the party, Clover, having recovered from her earlier altercation, was naturally encouraged to play some party games. First being the Pin the Tail on the Pony game.

When it was her turn, she was sent spinning, but stopped on a dime. She took a few steps forward and was about to place the tail... But something told her to adjust her aim juuuuust slightly to her left. When she placed it, there was a dramatic gasp, as for everypony else. By this point the watchers were just having fun doing so.

She backed away a couple of steps and there was a round of applause. Taking off her blindfold, she saw that she had placed the tail exactly in the proper spot.

Pinkie Pie was hopping up and down, as was her wont. "Wow-ee!" She exclaimed. "I don't know if I ever saw anypony get it that close before! That earns you a take-out pie, you know. But not right now. Next up is the pinâta. Some Ponies have already taken a whack at it."

She was led/pushed over to the right spot. Bright Eyes mumbled, "It definitely enhanced her grace."

Clover looked at the pinâta and tilted her head one way, then the other. Then came the blindfold. Again, she got spun around, but was able to stop quickly enough that she was pretty sure she left a mark in the floor.

Taking a few steps, she took aim... Then felt slightly less pressure in the area all of a sudden. Between her teeth, she said, "Okay. Bring it back down." There were chuckles from the watchers at that.

Clover took aim once more. With one swing, she hit the sweet spot on her target, which exploded in a shower of candy, much to the delight of the foals (and some of the adult Ponies too). Clover's friends were sure to grab a few too, before there were none left. Feeling excited herself now, Clover asked, "Okay! What's next?"

"Twister!"

Clover paled slightly at that. She gulped. 'I sincerely hope my luck holds out.'

The Pony version of Twister, as you might imagine, is a touch different from the version played on Earth.

"Left hoof on red!"

Clover scanned for the correct spot and placed her front-left hoof on the red spot accordingly. Easy enough.

"Right hoof; Square!"

She saw an appropriate spot and placed her back-right hoof there. A bit more difficult. Nopony else was out yet either.

The next instruction...

"WILD~! Flip positions!"

That one surprised Clover, actually. Enough that she jumped. Literally. She turned over in midair and landed with the same two hooves, but the other way around.

Her friends clapped for her. "You got this, Clover!" Patch called out.

"Left hoof on white!"

Clover moved accordingly as two other players lost their balance.

"Lily Valley and Roseluck are out. Next. Right hoof on blue!"

Another move, another player lost.

"Right on green!"

This was a bit harder. By this point she was stretched pretty far. The only players left were herself and Blossomforth.

After two more moves, she collapsed too, leaving Blossomforth as the winner.

"Sorry, girls." Clover said, pausing to take a couple of breaths. "Apparently luck doesn't extend to... Stamina."

"There is nothing to be sorry about, Clover." Sweetheart said.

"And besides," Patch added, "Blossomforth teaches a Yoga class. She wins at that most of the time, anyway."

"You did really well." Bright Eyes agreed.

"I think I'm partied out for the night." Clover said. "Can we just go home for now?"

Pinkie Pie, of course, sent them home with some of the treats that hadn't been eaten yet. And the pie that Clover had won (the flavour was a surprise, she said). And one of the cakes.

Quite pleased with how things had turned out, the four friends returned home.