A Brony Life
Chapter 76: Pinkie's Birthday Book! (Episode 9)
Previous Chapter Next ChapterQuick little note I wanna make before the chapter, or dares, starts. I just recently started to re-do the Killer 16 (First sixteen chapters) And as of this chapter, I've finished two of them already. Hopefully I'll be able to fix all of them up before I start the 'season finale' of all these episodes. Probably not though. Because between each of the three-part episodes, I'll be working on one of the Killer 16! And once all 16 of them are fixed, I'm going to do something special afterwards!
That being said, I hope you get the chance to check them out. Enjoy the chapter and the dares!
3rd Person POV
"As always, Pinkie Pie throws the best 'Before Winter' Party. Wouldn't you all agree?" Rarity complimented as she drank some of the punch that was at the snack table.
"Well, she's the only one that throw's a 'Before Winter' Party so... I guess we kinda have to agree." Blitz said, eating a piece of pumpkin pie. "Speaking of where is Pinkie?"
"And Zeke too?" Trixie asked, eating a sugar cookie that was in the shape of a snowflake.
"You miss him already Trixie?" Rainbow Dash asked with a fake 'aww' tone as she ate some cookies too.
"Shush you!" Trixie ordered as she and Theo glared at Rainbow Dash. But at the same time, she was also turning a little red. "Don't think for a second that Trixie has forgotten that stunt you and your coltfriend pulled on both of us!"
"For the last time..." Rainbow Dash fumed.
"He/She's not my colt/marefriend!" Rainbow Dash and Blitz yelled at the same time. Only to turn towards each other and turn a little red at how perfectly in sync they were.
Sent In From Christ's Disciple: Hm. I dare... hm...I..dare...I dare Pinkie to blast a pony Zeke out of her party canon into Trixie, forcing them to kiss.
"Wh-what...?" Trixie asked as she saw the message appear above them. All of them saw it. All of them being The mane seven (minus Pinkie), Spike, Trixie, Theo, and Dino. "Hold on what does that even-"
"FIRE IN THE HOLE!"
Suddenly, a pony version of Zeke had flown down directly at Trixie. She saw this and quickly teleported a few feet back. Only for Zeke to somehow be adjusted mid-air to crash into her on that spot. Coming face to face with her as they rolled around on the ground. Ponified Zeke was on the ground with Trixie on top of him. And above the both of them was some mistletoe.
Still, they hadn't kissed yet.
"Ha! Take that Pinkie! You messed up!" Zeke yelled out, looking past Trixie to see Pinkie coming over with her Party Cannon in hoof.
"Nope." Pinkie answered simply as she pointed the party cannon above them towards the mistletoe. Making it, and a small piece of the roof fall on top of Trixie's head. Forcing her to lock lips with Zeke.
With how dizzy both of them were from the piece of roof hitting Trixie's head, and in recoil Zeke's, they stayed in that position. Kissing each other for a good ten seconds. Which was plenty of time for all of the others to either laugh, or take pictures to put up on Facehoof and InstaGrain.
Sadly, like all funny pairings, they realized exactly what was going on and both blushed like mad. Zeke quickly pulling Trixie off and getting up. Helping the still incredibly dazed Trixie up as well. Before glaring at every pony that was now laughing at the two of them. That including Theo and Dino, who couldn't help themselves.
"Oh! You all think this is funny, huh?!" Zeke asked them all glaring.
"A riot!" Rainbow Dash corrected.
"Truly in the Hearth's Warming Spirit, that I agree on!" Rarity added.
"I've been wantin' ta see you to get yer just deserts fer a while now!" Applejack said, still laughing.
"Oh, wait till the OC's in the archives hear about their creators 'love interest'!" Blitz said, texting the other OCs Zeke had made over the years.
"Okay then! I guess none of you would mind me staying in the spirit of the season myself then!" Zeke said, clearing his throat before announcing something else. All while Trixie was still in daze from just which pony she had kissed.
Sent in From 1250nick: I dare blitz to be locked in a room for five minutes with every member of the mane six while they are doped up on love poison.
"..." All seven of them, and Spike although he wasn't a part of this dare, were in complete shock by this dare.
"Yeah! You see what I'm capable of when I'm mad!" Uses Author Powers to summon a small closet. Just big enough for two ponies with possibly a filly sized amount of space leftover. "So...Blitz? You still feel like laughing?"
"Uh...T-there is NO way in Tartarous I'm doing that! You can't make me! I don't even care about the contracts! No way! No how!" He yelled back at me, glaring at me with complete fury. The mane six weren't that far behind either as they all glared. Fluttershy using The Stare, which Zeke tried to avoid looking directly at.
He simply sighed and nodded. "Alright, alright, I guess this is a little too far...Sorry..." Zeke mumbled, making all of them start to drop the glares a bit. Fluttershy stopping with The Stare as well. "And Blitz?" Zeke continued, Blitz straightening up to hear the required apology. "To you most importantly, I think I should say this..."
"Dino! Theo! NOW!" Zeke yelled in newfound rage as Dino rolled Blitz into a sack. Theo taking his tail and ear before they dragged him over to the closet.
"NO!" Rainbow Dash yelled out, flying towards Zeke in anger. Sadly, she was shackled to the ground in place. At the same time, a table appearing with a new bowl of Love Poison Punch.
"Oh. I forgot to mention one part of the dare. (No Rainbow Dash) Sorry Rainbow. Looks like you're sitting this one out." Zeke told her with a happy grin as he found a way to control himself.
"So that leaves five ponies to be thrown in the closet with Blitz for five minutes. Any volunteers?" Trixie asked, walking up next to Zeke.
"No way! If you think we're just gonna agree ta this, than yer dead wrong!" Applejack argued.
"Fine. We'll do this one at a time..." Trixie said, levitating a cup of love poison towards the five. "Eenie-Meenie-Minie-YOU!" She said by surprise. Moving the cup at great speeds towards one of them. Too fast for her to stop the cup before it got to their mouth and poisoned her. She was quickly pushed to the closet by Dino and forced in. The door locking behind her as the two were trapped in the room.
"Oh! My Blitz... You look very lovely as of right now..."
"Uh... What are do-AH! NO! Some pony get me out of he-mmf!"
"And Rarity's five minutes starts now!" Trixie announced, making a timer appear the closet door that counted down from five minutes. "As we wait though, let's do the top comments!"
3: Datfuqtupponi. If I were a pet, I would be Fluttershy's pet. I would be a Manticore...named Fluffy. Why? Because...my life is a contradiction...that's why.
"Oh? Well, um, I guess I wouldn't mind a Manticore living in my cottage. After all, there are animals that size that can fit into my cottage... But I'm not sure if I could keep one as a pet. He might be a little rough around the other pets on our weekly Pony Pet Play Date." Fluttershy responded, thinking it over. "But...I think Fluffy's a nice name." She added with a nice smile an squee.
2: Mewchu. If I was one of the mane 7's pets, I would be Owlowlicious, but a girl instead of a boy. I would love to live in a library, because I go through books like candy (i love candy)
"A girl Owlowiscious?" Twilight thought in ponder. "Well, if he was to be a girl, I'm not sure if I'd name her that name in particular. I might, if she would respond positively to it. That's how Owlowiscious accepted his name anyway. Still, I'm glad there is another book-lover like myself!" She said with a smile of her own.
DING!
"Oh! Five minutes are up!" Zeke announced with a smile. "Quick, Dino! The Cure Mist!"
Dino then pulled a lever that was connected to the closet. Making a spray of mist, rain inside the closet. Curing Rarity, and not short-circuiting Blitz. Theo then quickly opened the door and pulled out a confused and dazed Rarity, while Blitz just collapsed half-way out of the closet. Covered in lipstick thanks to Rarity.
"So much kissing...Need therapist..." Blitz said in between breaths.
"Blitz?! Are you okay?" Spike asked as he was the first one to walk over. And since the others weren't close enough, he whispered a question to Blitz. "So, uh...How was it?"
Blitz just glared and knocked him upside the head with his metal hoof. The pain being that of a glass bottle. "OW! Right! Sorry!" Spike apologized before running back towards the others.
"So...Who wants to go next?" Trixie asked, levitating the next cup of love poison.
Seeing the others look hesitant to go in next, she spoke up. "I...I guess I'll go..." She answered as the rest gasped. But not wanting to make her friends choose, she took one for the team. Going over to the glass then over towards Blitz. "I'm sorry..." She apologized before drinking the cup of poison.
Blitz got to his hooves and had no choice but to get it over with now. Only, he didn't expect what happened next as she met his eyes. She squeed and pounced on him. Knocking them both in the closet as she closed the door behind herself. Starting the timer.
"And Fluttershy blasts off into heaven for five minutes!" Zeke announced, laughing his head off. While the rest just glared at him. That excluding Dino, Theo, and The Great and Laughing Trixie.
"LAST COMMENT!" Theo yelled out, getting them all to focus on something much more bearable.
1: Max Blaster. I would be AJ's pet, even though all the other ponies are nice, their jobs get in the way of spending time with their pets. AJ seem to have the closest relationship with her pet, Winnona is a lot like AJ because they are so close, they are nearly always at eachother's side, weather working or playing. Plus, I also may have a crush on AJ *blushes*. As for being called pet or companion, I would rather be called pet. Allthough 'companion' has more dignity, I find 'pet' a term of endearment, being called pet is their way of showing love and how much they care about me, not as an equal or a friend, but as the animal they love.
"Uh, ahehe...Thank ya kindly Max..." AJ said, a little red herself. But she shook her head and focused on the actual question. "But ya do got a point there. I play with Winona even when I'm buckin' apples. So while I move onto the next tree, I have time to play fetch with her. And with how far I send that ball, it's a mystery ta me how she brings it back so fast. An' I see whatcha mean with the whole 'pet' over 'companion' thing. It sounds a whole lot closer than just companion."
"Wait a second." Rainbow Dash spoke up, still chained down. "I just realized something. This dare's been going on a long time. How are we going to get this annoying dare over with?"
"Feeling jealous, are we?" Zeke asked with a smirk, only for Rainbow Dash to glare at him as much as possible. "But you do have a point. This dare's getting a little long. So I guess that means we'll have to finish it up next chapter!"
"WHAT?!" All six of them yelled out in terror.
"Uh-huh. Sorry, but this needs to come to a close. See you next time every pony!"
DING!
Disclaimer (As told by Spike): Zeke doesn't own MLP. He doesn't even own a few OCs and other names mentioned in this chapter. All he owns is the idea, Blitz, Dino, and Theo... And control of how the dares go... *SMACK* OW! Anyway... Enjoy the chapter every pony!
Pinkie's POV
"Thanks again for the birthday yesterday Pinkie Pie!" Spike thanked me. "It was even better than last year's!"
"Really?! Even after I assaulted you with a whole room full of cake?!" I asked, surprised that the birthday party we set up for him was better than that! I mean, sure there was the whole 'big angry dragon' thing, but he got more than a weeks worth of cake! Not to mention, Cheerilee let him keep that really cool hat even though he ate her roof. Plus, no pony was angry about the bigger dragon thing! An let's not forget that sapphire cupcake the Cakes made! Or the overload of presents Twilight had to store in their basement after his birthday! And finally that little moment between him a Rarity! I think we can all agree that that made his day, right every pony?!
...Oops! I wasn't supposed to tell any of you that last part! Unless you Pinkie Promised when he told that secret too! AH! Darn, I did it again! It's hard keeping secrets to yourself when people can read your opinions an thoughts through a story!
"Oh yeah... But, I don't think I ate any of it since that junk horde I gathered up is still up on the mountain..." Spike said, remembering just what happened to all that cake an the rest of the stuff. "By the way, how did you and the Cakes fix Sugarcube Corner so fast?"
"Well!" I started, not missing a beat. "I wanted to cook up some gingerbread shingles to match the rest of the house, but then I remembered that the house isn't made of actual candy! That, and Colgate reminded me of what happened last time I thought it was all real! Still, I wanted it to be made of real candy! Because if it was, I would jump onto the roof everyday and take a bite of delicious gingerbread! Only, the Cakes told me that if we even did do that, then we'd have a giant hole in our roof! And a hole in the roof is not worth eating a real life-sized gingerbread house! So we agreed on using just normal wood and shingles! Which is a shame. I was looking forward to pretzel rods for the studs!" I said with a frown. I was so looking forward to eating the house too!
"Right..." Spike answered, not sure how else to respond. He wouldn't understand anyway.. He would probably want a house made out of jewels! "Anyway, I gotta get going. Even though it was my birthday yesterday, Twilight still wants me to clean the whole library. Bye Pinkie Pie." He said, starting to leave to get back to the library.
"See ya Spike!" I said, waving goodbye to him. A little upset that my Party Cannon made a mess of the library. Note to self: Make Party Cleaning Cannon. Still, I couldn't help clean up the library because I had something else to do right now! It was ten days until winter was planned to happen! And that meant that I had to go over every pony's birthdays and figure out what kind of party to throw them! Party's don't just come out of thin air ya know! But that would be super-great if they did! Then I'd throw parties everyday for every pony in every place possible! Maybe I could throw Octavia's party 'On The Roof'! Da-da-tss! Oh wait...She's not a fiddler, she plays cello! DUH!
"So let's see just who's birthday is coming up..." I said, taking out my handy-dandy-not Blue's Clues-notebook! "Cranky's birthday isn't for another forty-eight days... Thunderlane's birthday is in seventeen days?! how did that get past me?... Oh well. Ginger Star's birthday was eighteen days ago... Aw nuts! Cobalt Sky's birthday was ten days ago! Too bad he wasn't in Ponyville. He probably knew I'd throw him a great big party..." He won't get away next year though!
As I went through the list, it looked like there was only one birthday that was scheduled for the next ten days, and that was Mr. Cake's birthday! Only, he and Mrs. Cake were planning on going out of town for his birthday, and they wanted me to watch the twins. So I guess that means I'm free! That means I can see all of my friends and have a ton o' fun!
"Better not waste any time!" I said to myself, running outside as quick as I could to find one of them! Who knows what kind of fun I may be missing out on! "Don't worry fun, here I co-WOAH!" I screamed out as I ran into something. Sending us sliding a few feet on the ground. "Oops! Sorry about that!"
"No Pinkie Pie... It's quite alright..." A calm and fancy voice said from under me. And there was only one fancy and refined voice that could match this one!
"Hi Rarity!" I said, bouncing off of her and helping her up. "What you up to?!" I asked, hoping she would have something fun the both of us could have together.
"Oh, well nothing big at the moment. I'm just on my way to the market to pick up a few things. It seems Sweetie Belle and her friends thought they could get their Cutie Marks in 'buffet hosting' or something to that respect." She said, trying to remember back to what it was exactly.
"Wait, a buffet?! How could any pony go wrong with that?! It sounds like I got some competition for my parties..." I said, trying to think of what to do. I knew I had them beat on the fun of parties, and cupcakes and punch, but buffets?...I don't know about that...
"Oh, not to worry Pinkie Pie. There buffet was rather...unappetizing..." She told me. "Still, would you like to accompany me to the market? I may need help in getting my groceries."
"Okey-Dokey-Lokey!" I said, walking with her towards the market place. "I already finished looking over all the birthdays in Ponyville anyway!"
"Oh you did? By chance, are there any birthdays coming soon that I may need to prepare for?" She asked, wanting to make sure she wasn't missing any birthdays coming up.
"Nope! The soonest birthday is Sweetie Belles! Which isn't for a good one-hundred and thirty-two days!" I told her with a big grin on my face.
"That far off? Hm... Are you sure that none of our friends have birthdays for that long a time?" She asked, unsure about what I told her.
"Are you loco in the coco?! There's no way I'd forget any of our closest friend's birthdays!" I sat down and smiled as I recounted them all by memory with no hesitations! "Twilight's birthday was eight days ago!" Which by the way, she really needs to learn how to dance. She won't let me help her though! Weird...
"Spike's was yesterday!" And boy was that a great party! It wasn't as interesting as last year's, but it wasn't anything to sneeze at either! He was even so happy about his growth spurt! A whole inch! Can you believe it?!
"Applejack's was thirty-nine days ago!" And we were able to get her whole family to come to her birthday! So many presents in one day, I'm honestly jealous! Good thing she had time for all of her friends too!
"My birthday isn't for two-hundred and twenty-six days away! And we all know what happened when I forgot that one." Darn it, Cupcakes. You never let me forget that one time I went a little loopy, will you? Also, LEAVE DASHIE OUT OF IT!
"Rainbow Dash's birthday was exactly one-hundred and twenty-five days ago!" How could any pony forget that one?! She got her own super, amazing, giant-sized, fun-filled, extreme, towering, awesome obstacle course from Blitz!
"Tommy Oliver's birthday was thirty-three days ago! I remembered that especially because Poetess MLP took that picture!" I told her, giving Rarity an even bigger grin about that.
"Wait...Pinkie, who is Tommy Olive-"
"And finally! You're birthday is fifty-two days away! Can't forget about your birthday, after all! So I guess that means that we do have a birthday coming up before Sweetie Belle's! Good thing I reminded you!" I told her. Silly Rarity, she almost forgot her own birthday! I guess she's just been so busy, she forgot all about it!
"And that's every pony!" I told her, concluding all the birthdays with a bow. Glad to know all of our good friends birthdays.
"Well Pinkie Pie, I must admit that your memory on birthday events is rather impressive." Rarity told me as she started walking off towards the market again. With me following right behind her. "I wouldn't dare say it around Twilight, but I think you may very well be the better planner."
"Ya think so?" I asked, not sure about that. "I don't think so. I couldn't plan as much as Twilight. Party planning just comes naturally to me! And it's especially easy when I know every pony's birthday!"
Only, that's what I thought at first. I was completely, posolutely sure that I was right on that! But to my surprise, which is really ironic since I'm the surpriser and not surprisess, I was wrong. "HIC!" I suddenly hiccupped loudly, my Pinkie Senses suddenly going off for me. "Hm..." I hummed to myself, not sure what went wrong.
"Is something the matter?" Rarity asked as we finally arrived at the market. She checked her grocery list, but I knew she was listening.
"I hiccupped! That means that I forgot something superbly important!" I said, trying to figure out what my Pinkie Sense was trying to remind me about. I never forgot something important like this! So what was it?...
"Three bits for a five cabbages seems like a reasonable deal... Alright, thank you kind sir." Rarity said, getting some of her groceries. Not hearing my problem.
"Rarity, we need to figure out just what I'm forgetting!" I said, getting in front of her and shaking her. Hopefully to get her to see the important part of this.
"AH! Pinkie! Don't you know it's rude to surprise ponies by jumping in their personal space?!" She asked as she tried catching the breath I accidentally scared her out of. "You even made me drop one of these freshly purchased cabbages..." She told me, levitating up the cabbage she was talking about.
"Rarity, this is bigger than a cabbage!" I said, giving her a serious look. "If I can't remember what it is I forgot, than I might end up disappointing some pony! And if I disappoint some pony, than they'll be sad that Pinkie let them down! And I can't live knowing that I let some pony down! So what matters right now is that we figure out exactly what I forgot before it's too late!" I told her, pounding my hoof on the cabbage counter to emphasize how important this is.
Too bad this super-duper important thing was a little too important for the cabbage cart to bare. Because after pounding my hoof on the counter, the cart's wheels immediately popped off and rolled away. Making the cart itself fall to the ground. Where a few of the boards of the now stationary cart started cracking from the impact. Coming to the point where a few of the nails flew out of the cart. Making the boards along the side fall off and let loose a stampede of cabbages that rolled down the marketplace like a herd of cattle!
"MY CABBAGES!" The Cabbage cart pony in charge yelled out in utter terror. Running after the cabbages in attempt to catch them. Too bad it was a lost cause as they all started rolling in different directions. Gathering dust, dirt, mud, and a ton of other icky, messy stuff no pony would want on their cabbages.
"Oopsy..." Was all I could say as I saw just what my emphasis had done.
Rarity sighed a little, shrugging off the cabbage mishap since there was nothing that could be done. "Pinkie Pie, darling, I'm sure it's just a small little issue. Besides, no pony would ever be angry with you because of one minor forgetful event."
"But what if it isn't a minor forgetful event?!" I asked her with an upset look. "What if it's a humungous-ly, huge, gigantic-ly important event that I'm forgetting?! I need to figure out a way to remember it! But how can I get help in remembering an important event...?" I asked, thinking this over carefully. There was no room for any kind of mess-up at all!
Then it all clicked. "Twilight!" I screamed out. "She has all kinds of schedules! I need to find her!" I announced, sprinting off for the library. It was my only lead right now, and I had to figure out what the forgotten thing was! No matter what!
Sadly, that meant I had to put my fun trip to the market with Rarity on hold. Not to mention having to run off without warning. "Well, best of luck to you. I suppose?" Rarity questioned, not sure else how to help me. But knowing she couldn't catch up, she went on ahead. Further into the market to get the rest of her groceries.
As soon as I had left the market, I had arrived at the library. Not even two minutes did it take for me to run all the way over here. And not wanting to waste another second, I jumped through the window and landed on the purple cushion inside.
"OW! Pinkie, where did you come from?!" Well, I got the purple part right at least!
"Oh! Hi Twilight! Fancy seeing you-hic-here!" I said, hiccupping again. My Pinkie Senses were only getting stronger. "So what you up to?!"
After getting off of her, she got up and dusted herself off. "I was reading a book on astronomical conveniences, and how often they occur throughout fictional stories and sometimes in real life, but I've only just started it. So I'm on chapter fourteen. But what do you need?" Twilight asked me, not minding if I interrupted her study session.
"That's just it. I need help remembering something." I told her, sitting down. "I was talking to Rarity about all of our birthdays, and now I can't remember something important! And since you're really good with schedules and planning, maybe you can-hic-help."
Twilight than gasped in excitement at the problem I brought her. Quickly levitating me over to a drawer where she kept her monthly planners, she pulled them all out and opened them as fast as her magic would let her. "Why didn't you say so earlier?! Of course I'll help you! Now, what type of event is it you think you've missed, and I'll help you re-schedule!" She told me, opening the planner to this month.
"I dun-hic-no." I answered with a shrug. Smiling nonetheless since I was going to get some help with what I forgot.
That made Twilight's eye twitch a little, but she shrugged it off. "Well...that's okay! I guess we can just go over the events you have planned and go from there! I mean, we should have the same schedules if mine doesn't have that many more events! So just tell me what your recent events coming up are." She told me, coming up with a brand new idea. "Maybe while we're at it, we can compare schedules and become even more prepared for upcoming events! So what events do you have scheduled?!" Twilight asked me with an excited look that almost matched my usual expression, really hoping that I had one to begin with.
"Don't worry Twilight! It's all right here!" I told her, pulling out my own schedule. To which Twilight immediately took out of my hooves with her magic. Hardly able to keep herself from giggling like mad.
"Oh my heavens! Pinkie, this schedule has so many pages! So many pages..." She repeated, drooling so much it looked like she was about to eat my schedule. I would've warned her that it wasn't a good idea, especially since the markers I use do NOT taste like how they smell, only she opened it and started reading it normally.
And after flipping page after page, her excitement started to die down. Until the twenty-eighth page, which was Scootaloo's page, she looked up at me. "Uh, Pinkie... I thought you said that this was your schedule." She double-checked. Looking really confused right now.
"I did tell you that silly! Pretty neat huh?! I organize it by their favorite number!" I said, proud of my schedule! And I know what a few of you might be thinking. And the answer is, yes! There are a few ponies with the same favorite number! That's when I organize it based off their favorite color!
"Favorite number? How is that even effice... But this isn't even a schedule! It's just a crudely drawn picture of each pony in Ponyville with your own little bio on each of them!" She said, showing me my handy-work. And just like she said, there was a Scootaloo drawn with crayons and traced with pencil! And no, I didn't draw her with a chicken beak! I'm more mature than that old joke!
Gummy on the other hoof, is a totally different story!
"Of course it's effice, Twilight! It has every pony in Ponyville's birthday! What there favorite type of cake is! What kind of presents I can get them for their birthday! And what theme for their party!" I then slid right next to Twilight so we could both see the book as she kept levitating it. And I used Scootaloo's page to explain it to her. "See? There's her favorite number 37, and right next to it is her favorite color sky blue! Then towards the top is their picture I drew, which looks great huh?! Under that is all the info! And under that, is who they will definitely want at their birthday! Like Rainbow Dash, and the Crusaders! Finally at the bottom, is how much the fandom likes them! And they really like Scootaloo!"
Twilight turned the next page to try and see who else was in there. Only to see Snips, who also had thirty-seven as his favorite number! But, his favorite color is silver! "Hold on, this page is off! On it is the list of ponies he would want to his party, but it's before the information! This 'schedule' if you can even call it that, doesn't have any set pattern to it!"
"Of course! Parties shouldn't have patterns to them! Especially if they're supposed to be surprise parties!" I told her, not seeing any problem with it.
"Okay Pinkie. Let me show you exactly why it's not a good idea to make a schedule so...random." She told me, not sure how well that plan would work out because of just who she was talking to about something being random.
She shook away that feeling and closed the book. Laying it right in front of her as she looked up at me. "Okay. Who's favorite number is one in this book?" She asked me, testing me to see how well I knew this.
"Oh, is this a game?! I love games!" I said, sitting right in front of her and my book. "Which number one though? There are twelve of them." I told her, staying quiet for now. I knew all twelve of them, but I didn't know which one to say.
"Okay..." Twilight said, levitating the book up so only she could see the pages. And after looking at a few of the ponies marked with their favorite number one, she found one and looked back up to see if I was cheating or anything. But seeing that I was just waiting patiently with a happy smile on my face, she closed the book. "I have one. Which of the 'twelve' ponies marked '1' has the favorite color of 'multiple'?"
I only giggled at her question. "None!"
"HA!" Twilight laughed with a determined grin and a hoof pointed at me. Happy to show me that she had proved my party planner wrong. "That's incorrect! Not only that, but there are thirteen ponies with their favorite number being '1'! Not twelve!"
"Oh, you must be confused with Dashie's page! Actually, her favorite-hic-number is '01'! Not '1'! I knew that because she told me that was her favorite number because 'no one is better than number one!' And she always pointed both hooves at herself to show that she was the number one!" I explained to her, remembering that word for word.
"Ugh..." Twilight said, not having a way to argue since I still got it right. "Okay. Then let's try..." After flipping nearly halfway through the book, she caught one. "All right. Favorite number '42' and favorite color-"
"No need, it's you!" I finished with a rhyme. "You're the only pony in Ponyville who's favorite number is-hic-'42'! Come on, give me a harder one!" I begged, bouncing in place at how exciting this was.
She simply flipped a few pages back, not having as much determination as before. "Number: '3' color: pale and polka dot?"
"Pipsqueak! He want's a pirate themed birthday! Want's most of his class and Princess Luna to come, and loves everything One Pace related! So he always loves the books on One Pace, and the little action figures with real stretching action!" I said, reciting the gift idea part of his page perfectly.
"How do you even-" She quickly looked behind her to check and see if there was a mirror or something, but with nothing to find but shelves of books, she turned right back around. Flipping to a random page towards the end. "Number-4,372,870,00?! How is this some pony's favorite number?!"
"That one has a great story behind it! It's Button Mash's favorite number because it was his first ever score at an arcade game! Quick Draw Buckaroo! And the amazing part about it, was that he got that high score when he was only five years old on his birthday! Pretty interesting huh?!" I told her, only able to smile at the memory! "I was even there to wit-hic-ness the amaze-hic-ment! The only reason that was his score and not something bigger, was because his parents wanted him to stop playing so the arcade machine pony could collect the bits that were in the machine!"
Funny part was the arcade machine pony only took one bit from the machine. Because Button only needed one bit! And the look on her face was even cheaper too!
Recovering from my memory so we could pick another pony, I saw Twilight going all bonkers again! Eye twitch, hairs out of place in her mane and tail, and an expression that was kind of hard to make out. "That's it! I give up!" She said, dropping the book from her magical grasp and sliding to the floor. "This schedule...It's so oddly set up yet...It makes perfect since to you somehow...I guess there's no questioning it..." She slowly put together. Though still going a bit loco since she loved all the organization of schedules and planners.
Still, I didn't apologize or even try to comfort her. I could only look at the planner Twilight dropped to the floor as it opened to one certain page. One that had no picture in it, written with my usual scented markers, and had been a recent entry. One that made me realize just what I had been forgetting this whole time.
Favorite Number: 44/Favorite Color(s): Black and Yellow (Hello!)
Name: Electric Blitz (Zeke)
Ideal Gifts: Tools, Scrap Metal, Buffer, More Tools, Oil, Etc... Did I mention tools?
Preferred Party Theme:
Preferred Guests: Me, Twilight, Rarity, *Rainbow Dash*, Applejack, Fluttershy, Spike, Few pals from Con. Crew.
Birthday Date:
Favorite Tasty Desert:
Best Party Memory:
Best Time of Day:
Number of Birthdays Celebrated in Ponyville: 00
I don't know how long I stared at that unfinished entry. It felt like hours to me. All this time, ever since he had been in Ponyville, I had never known when his birthday is. As soon as I became official friends with them, I always asked for their birthday so I could celebrate it to them. But when Blitz got here, I never got the chance...
Even when I asked him if humans threw parties, especially birthday parties, he agreed and I didn't ask him then either... I never paid any attention to his birthday once, and it had almost been a year...
He was one of my closest friends. Some pony I met every day. Some pony I had adventures on with the rest of the group. Hay, he was PART of the group! And I never asked/found out when his birthday was! NOT AT ALL! Even the newest Ponyville residents like Ember Shade, Ginger Star, Swift Lightning... I had found out their birthdays... So what excuse was there for me not asking Blitz?
None.
That's when I realized...Blitz had been around for almost one full year in Ponyville...Around nine out of twelve months...That's a three out of four chance that I've MISSED HIS BIRTHDAY!
NO BIRTHDAY.
NO PRESENTS..
NO EXTRA SMILES...
NO CELEBRATION...
NO SINGING SONGS...
NO...NO...NO NOTHING...
At that moment, I could fell my face getting drowned in tears. I don't know what point I had started crying. All of this was going by so slow for me. If there was any chance that I had already missed his birthday, that was enough to show me that I wasn't that good a friend. Twilight saw this and approached me. Her own little episode about the birthday book gone to make way for my problem.
"Pinkie...Are you okay?" Twilight asked, giving me a worried expression like a real friend would have.
Not even looking away from the book, I pointed a shaky hoof towards the planner. Not having any sound come out of my mouth except sobs. Not wanting to pressure me into explaining it, she looked at the planner and saw Blitz name. It took her a few seconds after reading what was on the page, but she realized just what it was.
No birthday.
"Pinkie Pie...It's not your fault." She tried telling me, talking calmly in order to help me calm down.
"Yes it is...I never cared enough to ask him about his birthday..." I muttered. The hiccups from my Pinkie Sense was gone, but now sobs had taken their place.
"Pinkie." Twilight started, making me look up. "If you never cared, then you wouldn't be so upset like this. Being upset over his birthday shows that you do care." She reasoned with me
"You...You think so?" I asked, trying to think it over myself. It made sense anyway. Only sour, party poopers didn't care about one of their best friend's birthday party...
"Of course! All you need to do is simply go ask him now, and it'll all be okay!" She told me, giving me a sad smile to help comfort me with this problem. "And even if his birthday has already passed, I'm sure he'll forgive you. Especially if he's never said anything about it before."
"Just ask him?...That's it? Just ask him?" I asked Twilight as I looked up at her with a questionable look. "You think, that I should just...Ask him?" I asked her again, to make sure I heard her right.
"Um...Yes?" Twilight said, not sure how I would react anymore because of how much I was asking her.
"I should just...ask him... ABOUT HIS BIRTHDAY!" I yelled out, jumping to my hooves and hugging Twilight as tightly as I could. "That's it!" I yelled out in realization. "I just need to ask about his birthday and I'll be able to make up for the birthday I might've already missed! Then he'll be all caught up on his birthdays and it'll all be okay again!" I yelled out once again.
"Yeah...I'm glad you agree...Pinkie...Air..." Twilight wheezed out in breathlessness. I didn't have time to ask why though as I let her go and bounced over to my birthday book. Scooping it up with my hair in one swoop.
At that moment, I made a mad dash for the front door. Bursting right through it, leaving a Pinkie shaped hole in the middle of it. I would've said sorry, but I didn't have enough time! I was on a mission!
"Pinkie?! Why did you do that?! Where are you even going?!" Twilight asked as she watched me through the hole I made. Stunned at how fast I got back up!
"Didn't you hear me the first time?! I'm on a mission!" I yelled out to her as I kept running. "A mission that is a matter of the life and death of a party!" I added. And no matter what it takes, I will find out as soon as possible! And nothing will stop me from figuring out the most important question in Equestria at this very moment!
When is Blitz's Birthday?
Well I guess now you could say that the panther's on the prowl...The Pink Panther!...Eh?!..Eh?!... I'm sorry, that was horrible. Either way, I hope you all liked this chapter! Don't forget to leave a review with your QotC answer, and your dares! Hope to see you all again! Goodbye every pony!
QotC: What was your best birthday memory? (Pinkie told me to ask you all. Don't let her down!)