To be a Cinderainbow

The weather around ponyville as always nice with Rainbow dash around. She sat on a cloud, chilling.”Beatiful view from up here", she said to herself.

What she didn't expect was the answer coming from the left. “Isn't it?”. It was the well-know voice of a her well known earth pony. “Pinkie!”, she shouted, without even having to move her head.  “Dash?”, Pinkie answered, now from some feet above Rainbows head.

It would be very strange to Rainbow that an earth pony to fly higher than herself on seemingly nothing, but not if it was Pinkie.  She always had a habit of doing impossible things, much to Twilights  distress, but rainbow just giggled at her.

“What are you doing...up here, Pinkie?” Dash asked“Trying out my Pogo-stick!" Pinkie explainde happily " You want to try it, too?” Rainbow just couldn't hold the giggle. "Sorry Pinkie, Pogo sticks aren't my  thing" she laughed. Pinkie hardened her gaze a bit, 'a pony who DOSEN'T like pogo sticks?! blasphemy' she thought.

“Wanna party?” Pinkie suddenly asked, her gaze still slightly stern. Rainbow sighed, Pinkie always wanted to party, she never did want to do anything dash did.  She decided to voice her thoughts "Is  there anything you ever wannad o besides party, Pinkie?" Dash said, looking her friend in they eyes. “Well, last time I tried something else was 3 years ago, when I made Party-HATS! But anything  else...no, nothing I can remember.”Pinkie was holding a hoof to her jaw, gazing to the left in thought. Rainbow dash knew Pinkie well but still managed to get a bit irritated at her antics.

  "Don't  forget that time you blew up the factory!" she said bitterly, crossing her forearms and raising an eyebrow. Pinkie giggled "I will never forget that colourful Firework!” then proceded to look off dremily  in the distance towards Cloudsdale. Rainbow was surprised at pinkie, several ponies had been hurt, a few hospitalized, but Pinkie didn't  seem to mind, it was aalmost as if she ENJOYED it.

Dash was broken out of her internal monologue by Pinkie “Come on! You like flying, I like parties. You don't like parties, I can't fly!” Pinkie stated, shooting dash a pleading look. Rainbow dash wasn't  quite sure what that meant and she was sure Pinkie didn't either. “Of course I like parties!" Dash said, keeping her gaze locked with her pink firends cute and desperate stare "Just not...you  know...this often!" she began to stammer as Pinkies eyes began to grow larger and glaze over, her lower lip in a pout.  "W-we talked a-about this bef-fore, when you invited me to that s-strage c- cupc-cake party which didn't even have any other g-guests.”

Pinkies gaze continued to grow larger and more pleading, it was so cute, and Rainbow couldn't keep her eyes on her friends any longer. She looked away and tightened her grip around herself with  her legs, faltering slightly in her flight as she struggled against the onslaught of cute. They sat theref or several minutes, Pinkie moving her self to look into Rainbow dashes eyes and everytime she  tried, Rainbow would look away. Finally having enough, Rainbow left her cloud tohide on a tree, praying to Celestia that Pinkie wouldn't find her.

Unbeknownst to Rainbow dash, Pinkie was close by, following her friends every move. She spotted Rainbow in a nearby tree watching the horizone for any sign of what she persume to be herself.  Pinkie didn't like being avoided, it made her angry and she didn't like feeling angry, it was a sour and vile emotion in her mind.

Creeping slowly up to the base of the tree, avoiding he friends gaze, she began to climb. One might think of it an impssible task for an equine to scale any vertical obstical, but Pinkie somehow  managed to concieve a way.

Grasping both sides of the trunk with her forelegs, looking like she was hugging the trunk while doing and then spread her hind legs apart. With an intake of breath, Pinkie jumped up and the held  fast, wraping her hind legs around the trunk as well. Her body now a few inches above the ground she exhaled softly, nodding to herself for doing a good job, now to do it again twelve more times  without falling. After making sure her grip held firm, she arched her back and moved her arms up and then slid her hind legs up with her.

Many ponies didn't know it, but Pinkie was actually very strong and this fact was only increased due to her earth pony heritage.

After a minute, Rainbow dash began to calm down, her brow now dry and hery eyes relaxed. She lay down on the tree branch and closed her eyes, sighing while doing so. Pinkie was her friend, but  she couldn't deal with her sometimes feeling herself beginning to tire, she she found a comfortable posistion and started to drift off. After a mintue of laying there, She found herself unable to.  Confused she opened her eyes, only to see huge teal blue irises staring at her. With an shout of surprise and the flailing of arms, dash fell to the hard ground below.

Groaing in pain, Dash grasped her left arm and winced, it felt as if liquid fire was coursing through it. She opened her eyes and yet again found those same teal eyes gazing into hers. "Pinkie..?"  Rainbow asked slowly " Hi Dashie!" Pinkie exclaimed "you silly filly, don't you know its not healthy to fall out of trees?" The innocence in Pinkies eyes defused any sort of remark Rainbow dash thought to make and instead settled for wincing again. "Awwww, dashie, did you hurt your arm?" Dash just looked at her. "Ughh, alright Pinkie, ill go to your party."

"Woo-hoo!" Pinkie cheered and began to bounce up and down with a gigantic smile upon her face.

Rainbow dash brought her self upright while shamefully having to ask Pinkie for help. "So when dose the party start, Pinkie?" Dash asked.

“Well now, silly!”Pinkie explained and then procceded to throw Rainbow on her back and gallop towards Sweet Apple Acres.

Within minutes, the two had made it to Sweet Apple Acres, all the while Rainbow expressing her distaste with Pinkies decision to carry her.

Bringing up her left hoof, Pinkie tapped out a small tune on the worn out front door of the Apple Family farmstead.

An orange face with small patches of freckles and a golden mane with its end tied up in a hair strap adorned with a brown leather setson and large green eyes came from around the door as it opened slightly. It was their friend Applejack.

“Hey AJ! Pinkie and I were wondering if you'd come to her party today.“ Rainbow dash explained “Now OUR party!”, Pinkie cheered while bouncing in place. “OUR Party!” She repeated. “Okay, Pinkie asked  me to ask you if you'd come to OUR party.”

Applejack sighed. “Again? Pinkie, eight parties a week r' just too many!" Pinkie brought her nose up to her friends and proceded to beg. "PLEASE, AJ" she said, starting to make her eyes grow larger."It's not a real party without you!" she continued. "Ahm real sorry there, sugarcube, But ah can't!" Aj said, pushing Pinkie away with a hoof "Granny smith hurt'r leg going down the stairs an' now ah need to help r' around so she don't hurt herself no more." Applejack looked at pinkie with a serious expression, holding her ground.

"Why can't Big Macintosh do it?" Pinkie then asked " Well, ah..." Applejack didn't know what to say to that, Pinkie could bring up a good point sometimes. Big macintosh was usually the one who did the bigger part of the farm work, the physically straining ones anyway. Mabye she could use a break from Granny Smith this time, She always was the one to get stuck with her.

Applejack sighed again, "Fine, lemme go see if Bigmac has time" Applejack said in defeat.

"YAY" Pinkie shouted, and began to bounce around in circles, more so than she already was. "Thank you SO MUCH, Aj" Pinkie shouted again.

After a minute Applejack finnaly returned and with a nod, closed the door behind her. "Well, Bigmac said he wouldn't mind lookin' after Granny Smith." Pinkie's smile widened as she grabbed Applejack and Rainbow Dash and zoomed off to see Twilight, Pinkie somehow managing to carry both ponies on her back.

Twilight was much easier to Convince than Applejack and Spike was more than happy to tag along. With the four ponies plus one dragon together, they proceded to gather up the rest of the Group.

After stopping in to convince Fluttershy, who had to take care of the newborn hedehogs and their parents, as well as some of her afternoon busy work such as cleaning and checking up on any animals that may need her assistance with something, they set out for their last stop before the party.

Their last stop was their friend Rarity's Boutique. It was an odd sight, an old building designed to look as a carousel. Walking up to the door with spike leading the group, they cuoldn't help but notice voices coming from withing. Spike brought up a claw up and rang the doorbell. A small door chime rung out and the four of them hear a voice call out " Just a minuuuutteee" the voice sang.

All four of them could hear a small conversation going on inside but couldn't make out any words. "I wonder who Rarity has over" Twilight asked " I haven't seen her in a few days come to think of it" Spike couldn't help but worry, both for her saftey and his Crushes saftey. The littel dragon had a bad case of puppy love for the white unicorn and didn't want anypony taking her from him.

After another minute of waiting the door to the boutique finnaly opened, revealing the white unicorn herself. There stood Rarity, he deep purple maned as curly as ever and her coat as absent of any color as possible. The one thing that caught everypony off guard was not Rarity herself, but the large, handsome stallion behind her.

This stallion was tall and a deep blue, his mane a flowwing and shiny silver. His cutie mark was that of a stopwatch with its chain wrapped around a sack of Bits, Obviously a visitor from canterlot. He was wearing a suit with a white undershit seen underneath, a small red bowtie was wrapped around the suits collar and the edges were trimmed with small intricate white patterns,it was most likley made by Rarity herself.

Spike took one look at the Stallion and fainted, The rest of the girls had mixed reactions.

Twilights was one of surprise, Pinkie pie had stopped bouncing and stood there with a blank expression, Rainbow Dash was grinning and holding back a laugh, Applejack was looking at the stallion with questioning eyes while Fluttershy was blushing a bit and hiding behind her mane

"Why so shocked, darlings?" Rarity said, raising an eyebrow at her friends reactions. "Surley me being with a cutsomer shouldn't be so shocking?" Rarity inquired

Rarity then spotted Spike on the ground "Oh, my poor little Spikey-Wikey!" Rarity said shocked, putting a hoof to her mouth. "Is the poor dear alirght?" The group gazed down at spike, having fallen head over heals with his jaw slacked to the right.

Applejack chuckled "Ah guess seein' Rarity with 'nother stallion is jus' to much' fer th'little guy" Applejack laughed again, elicting giggles from the rest of the group.

Rarity turned to her visitor who had remained silent the entire time "Ohhh, Clock-work,please be a dear and fetch a bucket of water, would you?" Rarity asked hurridley, tapping her hooves together on the ground "Certainly, miss Rarity" Clock work agreed and trotted inside the boutique.

Rarity looked back to her friends, they were all giving her questioning glances. "What?" she asked "he is simply an old friend and a frequent customer" All of her friends stares softened with the explanation.

After a few moments Clock Work returned with a pail of water. He handed it to Applejack, giving a nod as its handle left his mouth.

With a splash, Spike awoke suddenly, sputtering and shielding himself from anymore water that might come his way.

"Sheesh, you guys, a simple pinch or a nudge to my side would of been enough" Spike said glaring at the ponies in the room.

"Ohhh, were so dreadfully sorry, Spikey-Wikey" Rarity cooed "we were just worried about you!" Rarity said as she started to nuzzle Spike under the chin.

This immediatley doused any anger Spike had and replaced it with a blush as he gladly accepted the cuddles

They were stopped by a loud cough next to them. embbarassed, they pulled away from eachother. " Apologies, darlings" Rarity said bashfully "what was it you came to see me for?"

Pinkie stepped in and said " Well we all were comming to get you for a party...but" Pinkie hesitated a bit "I don't feel like partying anymore. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe not..." Pinkie continued, her hair falling a bit " your obviously busy and i don't want to party if all of my friends aren't there with me"

Everyone in the group let out a collective sigh of relief and disapointment. It was a bad sign to see Pinkie get upset, but if its a little thing than it would blow over by the next rise of Celestias sun, Although they were looking forward to an evening of fun.

After saying their goodbyes they all left for their homes, each going seperate ways.

Spike decided to stay behind and help Rarity with the rest of her work. Twilight needed some time to clean up her library, Applejack was going to take Granny Smith off of Bigmacs hooves, Fluttershy was going to continue her daily routines, Pinkie was going to clean up her cancelled party and Rainbow dash....

Well, nopony really knew where Rainbow Dash went during the evening, most assumed she would practive until sundown or would practice some kind of other hobby, but all of those theories were wrong.

Very wrong.