Months ago, Stewart had a dream. He was a blue shaggy maned pony, was greeted and spent the day with his favorite pink pony. Every night, Stewart tried to recreate or even continue the dream, but it always seemed to elude him. Today may just change that...

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The day started with a knock at the door, Stewart wasn’t expecting anyone today so he was in no hurry to get up. After a few more knocks, he decided to see who it was.

As he opened the door he spotted a box... he knew this box, most Bronies do. The box read “Give to Good Home.” Stewart looked at it, carefully tapping it with his foot, to be sure it didn’t have any surprises... Last thing he needed was to end up in some fanfic.

Stewart took the box inside an set it on the kitchen counter. “Pinkie, get some scissors, its time to open this thing up.” He grabbed the scissors from the drawer and proceeded to open the box.

“Finally!” Stewart shouted, “It's finally here!” He held the Pinkie Pie plush over his head triumphantly. He hugged the plush tightly then quickly took off to the computer.

With an hour an half to kill, Stewart logged into Bronynet for the sole purpose of posting pictures of his new plush Pinkie, and to look for discussions of the upcoming episode, the season finale.

Next thing he knew, the My Little Pony theme was dancing happily through the air, and Stewart’s office chair spun in a lazy circle. Never before has a Brony pulled a Pinkie Pie like this... Heck, even Dash would be proud of the sheer speed.

This episode was by far one of the most important to the entire series, rumored to have information about the families of the Mane 6, and even to have a 7 minute song sung by Pinkie and Fluttershy. The internet fell silent as the into came to a close. Not a single Brony was going to miss this, or risk interrupting another as they watched.

Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy were walking to Sugar Cube Corner, talking about some chocolate flowers to go on a cake for Rarity’s birthday. They decided on the flower and chocolate type, and even the edible paint that Pinkie was supposed to paint them with.

The episode progressed through the making of the cake, and the preparation of Applejack’s barn. The barn was decorated to look like the ballroom of Canterlot Castle, before they accidentally ruined the Gala, that is... Twilight even paid to have a local stonemason to craft a marble statue of the Unicorn.

Preparations were wrapping up, as Pinkie, Fluttershy and Derpy were moving the cake to the tables surrounding the Rarity statue. Wouldn’t you know it, someone said Derpy’s name, and of course, pulled her hooves from under the cake, waved, and proceeded to flap her wings. The cake fell. It just... Fell, And if that wasn't enough, Derpy’s wings spattered cake and icing in Fluttershy’s face, causing her to duck and scream. Fluttershy’s scream startled Derpy and she bumped into the statue. We all know where this is going by now...

Pinkie Pie watched in awe as a weeks worth of work was decimated in a matter of seconds. Tears welled in her eyes when she saw the Look on Rarity’s face. Pinkie opened her mouth to speak and the screen went black.

Stewart stared at the blank television. Everything was silent. Nothing could describe ho Stewart felt right now, this was one of the most important episodes... and he was missing it. Pinkie Pie was crying... and for all he knew, she still was. That didn’t sit right with him. He was angry that Derpy would be so careless, but then again, she was ditzy...

He looked around at everything in the room, all powerless. Distant sirens of emergency vehicles told him that this could take a while...

He picked up his Pinkie Pie and softly asked, “ Are you okay Pinkie...?” He softly sighed in the silence. “Sorry I had to go, maybe I could have helped carry the cake.”

Stewart laid back on the couch and stood Pinkie on his chest, inhaled heavily and slowly scanned the ceiling above him, blank, quiet. The longer he stared the more he just phased out, thinking of that night he had the dream... The night just before ‘Pinkie Stew’ aired had been the last night he had any real sleep, most nights he would get little to no sleep, and end up just surfing the web.

Yawning loudly, not really minding the break in silence, he said, “You know, a little nap won't hurt, i’m sure the power will come back soon.”

Stewart set the pink plush figure on the floor beside the couch and curled up under the blanket he kept folded under the end table. His mind was quick to react, with the lack of sleep lately, and today's excitement, he seemed to pass out instantly.

Stewart’s eyes slowly opened as he noticed the crackle of a fire. His eyes shot open and he froze... Before him was a large fireplace, in a very familiar room. Leaning up, he noticed he had a blanket wrapped around his body, and was on what once was a blanket fort.

“I... Pinkie!” He called urgently, scrambling to get free from his blanket cocoon.

Tumbling off of the couch, the blanket managed to come free of Stewart’s four legs. He jumped quickly to his hooves and fell back down after a few steps.

“Oh, come on!” He said angrily to his legs, “I’ve done this before, so i can do it again!”Stepping gingerly on each hoof, he managed to make his way out of the living room, and down the hall to Pinkie Pie’s room.

Reaching her room, he noticed the door was cracked open, the nudged the door with his forehead, swinging it slowly open. He took a step in and saw her. Pinkie Pie, peacefully sleeping in her bed, her mane still looked like a cloud of cotton candy.

Stewart took a step closer to her, his hoof softly squeaked the floorboards beneath him, and almost instantly, Pinkie’s Party Cannon fired a blast of confetti and streamers across the room. Pinkie giggled loudly while lifting herself from bed.

“Silly Stew, you make a lot of noise when you wake up!”

“I...” He spat a piece of colored paper from his mouth, “Where do you hide that thing?”

“In my closet, silly, the Cake’s would kill me if they knew i had a cannon...”

“Oh... I see...”

Stewart looked over to the closet and saw nothing but a random assortment of Nightmare Night costumes, dresses, and musical instruments, and there, near the tuba, was the cannon, streamers lazily slinking from the business end.

“She acts as if I’ve been here the whole time...” With a worried glance around the room, Stewart noticed the mare’s calendar. The past five days were crossed off, and appeared to say ‘Prepare for Rarity’s party!’

“So... Its before the episode now? Yes!”

As Pinkie hopped at her usual pace, humming one of her random songs, Stewart followed he in a calm canter. Now, they were headed to Fluttershy’s cottage, although, she never explained why.

“Oh... Hi Pinkie Pie, hello Stew. Fluttershy spoke as light as the air itself, as to not wake Angel. “Stewart, I hope you don’t mind carrying my saddle bags, we just have so much to do today before Rarity’s party, and I packed a bit too much.”

“Not a problem, Fluttershy! Stewart is a big strong stallion!” Pinkie chimed.

“Heh, yeah, I’d be happy to help.” He said, but inside, he just wanted this party to go smoothly, and to make sure everypony was happy by days end.

Walking back, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy struck up a discussion about the final decorations for the cake. You guessed it, chocolate flowers. Rarity’s favorite flowers, of course, and as it turns out, Fluttershy has an unnatural talent for making beautiful chocolate carvings of animals. Pinkie Pie explained her plan for the cake, and how many of the flowers she needed. Fluttershy was more than happy to help.

Reaching Sugar Cube Corner, the three ponies made sure Rarity was nowhere to be found, quickly entered the shop, and locked the door behind them. Fluttershy immediately went to work carving the flowers out of the purest white chocolate ever imagined, as Stewart and Pinkie checked on the other decorations.

“Stewart!” Pinkie called, “Stewart, where are you?”

“Boo.” He said softly into her ear, causing her to hop into the air and squeak in surprise.

Pinkie Pie smiled wide and hugged Stewart tightly, “Stew! It's almost time, Rainbow says Rarity is almost here!”

“Well lets get too it silly filly, can’t be standing around!” Stewart beamed.

Pinkie kissed the top of his head as she hopped past him, “Come help me with the cake!”

Stewart, Derpy, Fluttershy and Pinkie carefully balanced the cake on a small silver cake platter, which could only be described as a large candlestick holder, only for cakes, and not candles.

“Thats it, just a bit more...” Pinkie said, watching Derpy and Stewart adjust the cake ever so slightly, “Just a bit...”

“Hi Derpy!” called an unknown voice.

This was it. Stewart tried to reach up and push the ditzy pegasi away from the cake, but, he forgot pony legs didn’t quite work like that. Stewart fell short, and watched in horror as the distracted pegasus bumped the cake, spun around and flapped her wings happily as she saw her unknown friend.

Cake. Cake everywhere. The white and lavender frosting splattered fluttershy’s face, and she screamed like someone had shown up with a dragon. The scream sent Derpy right into the large Rarity statue that twilight had crafted for the materialist unicorn. Just as the doors to Applejack’s barn opened, and Rarity stepped in, the statue crashed through the refreshment table.

The look in Pinkie Pie’s big blue eyes was almost enough to make a stone cry.

Pinkie ran to the backdoor of the barn, and her sobs faded into the distance, all Stewart could do was watch. He was frozen. A million things ran through his mind at once, and without a second thought Stewart lept to his hooves and ran after the pink pony.

Stewart found Pinkie Pie locked in her room, sobbing. After a couple of knocks on the door, Stewart asked if he could come in. The sobbing stopped, and he could hear her soft hoof falls on the wooden floor, then the door opened. Pinkie Pie stood in the door, tears down her face and her mane was straightened down.

“Pinkie... Are you alright?”

“No Stewart. It’s all ruined. Rarity’s party was destroyed, you saw it happen.”

“I...”

Stewart was cut short, Pinkie placed her hoof on his mouth and smiled.

“Thank you for following me Stew.” She ended the sentence by hugging him as tight as she could, and kissing him between the eyes.

Something caught Stewarts eye out the window behind her, It was a pink flag in the distance, and something told him they should go. “Pinkie! Come with me! I have something to show you!” He lifted the pony onto his back and raced down the hall.

Coming out of Sugar Cube Corner, the pair of Earth ponies were stopped by a Rainbow Pegasi, attached to her flank was a small cart for one. “Hop on in and hold on tight! One way ticket to the party of a lifetime!” Stewart helped the pony into the cart and gave dash a wave. With one last hug and a kiss the pony was off to Sweet Apple Acres.

Stewart woke with a start. Everything in his house came to life at once, the TV sparked to life, computer roaring itself awake, and the beep from the microwave. The power is back. Stewart found his Pinkie Pie plush in his arms. He smiled to himself and looked up at the TV.

They must have been doing reruns of the new episode, because it picked up where his dream ended. Pinkie alone in a cart pulled by Rainbow Dash.

“Wha...” Stewart sat in awe as the doors to Applejack’s barn opened and the party was rebuilt, minus the cake, of course. Rarity ran forth and hugged Pinkie and thanked her graciously for putting together what she called a “Party for a Princess.”

Pinkie’s smile could out burn the sun, and tears of joy rolled down her cheek. She hugged each and every pony at the party, as they thanked her for setting it up. Derpy even offered her a muffin decorated with one of the chocolate flowers Fluttershy had made. She hugged the Pegasi and hoofed the muffin back to her.

“Lets get this party started, Pinkie Pie style!”

Stewart watched happily as the party went exactly the way they had planned earlier that day. This day couldn’t possibly get any better... then the doorbell rang.