Younger Generation
Chapter 3: A very Quirky Birthday
Previous Chapter Next ChapterOne day, a young filly was bouncing in the fields and forests outside Ponyville.
The Filly's fur was a dark green color while her mane and tail were colored blue, said tail and mane being almost as poofy as a certain Pink Party Pony's. Her eyes were a rose color with a hint of joy and excitement in them as she hopped out of the forest and saw Ponyville.
"Ooh~! This place looks fun, fun, fun!" the filly giggled excitedly as she bounced down towards town, "I wonder if anypony is as fun here."
Meanwhile, just near the exit of Ponyville, the CMC were in the middle of cleaning up some debris… much to Scootaloo's dismay.
"Celestia this is boring!" the Pegasus filly groaned, "Why do we have to clean this up?"
"Don't you remember? You had suggested we'd help clean the mess caused by Yuki and we'd get our Cutie Marks," Applebloom reminded her.
"...Oh yeah. But I didn't think it was going to be boring," Scootaloo sighed before she turned to see Mischief lounging on a nearby bench, "And why aren't you helping?"
"Simple. I'm supervising," Mischief answered, snapping his fingers to make a Strawberry Chocolate smoothie appear before the little dragon grabbed it and took a sip, "Besides, you girls are doing okay...ish."
"What do ya mean? We've been working our flanks off as hard as we could," Applebloom responded.
"Well for one…" Mischief began as he pointed to a nearby statue...or what was supposed to be a statue, "I don't think statues are supposed to look like a messed up Jigsaw puzzle."
The CMC just groaned as Sweetie Belle walked over and started to get to work before…
"Hi!"
"Kya!" Sweetie Belle yelped in surprise as she jumped into the air a bit before she landed the other way and noticed who had spooked her.
"Now what?" Scootaloo and Mischief groaned.
"Hi there! My name's Quirky! And I just arrived here!" the dark green filly from before giggled as she introduced herself, bouncing around the place a bit, "This place looks like a lotta fun, fun, fun! Do you know any places that have really fun games and toys?! Oooh! I love the games where you toss a ring and win a prize!"
"..." the CMC and Mischief were quite silent…until Scootaloo whispered something to Sweetie Belle. "Does she remind you of somepony?"
"Kinda...but I can't put my…" Sweetie Belle began.
"Don't know. Don't care," Mischief said nonchalantly as he took another sip of his drink...or what he thought was his drink.
"Silly! My tail's not something to drink!" Quirky giggled, causing Mischief to back away and spit some hair out since he was actually drinking Quirky's tail.
"H...how'd you do that?! And what did you do to my drink?!"
"Your drink?" Quirky blinked before she put one of her front hooves into her mane and… pulled out Mischief's drink, "You mean this?"
"...Yep, that's a lot like Pinkie," Scootaloo whispered.
"Yeah/I was just thinking the same thing/Ano...h...hai," Sweetie Belle, Applebloom, and Timid nodded in agreement quietly.
"Pinkie? Who's Pinkie?" Quirky asked as she zoomed over to Scootaloo and got real close to her face, "Is she somepony really fun to play with? Please tell me! Oh please please please please please!"
"Uh… well… if you like parties… then yea," Scootaloo answered, "And she's technically called… Pinkie Pie."
"...D...Did you just say...Pinkie Pie?" Quirky asked as she backed away from Scootaloo a bit.
"...Yea. That's right," Scootaloo replied before she and her friends covered their ears as Quirky let out a huge, ear piercing squeal of joy.
"OMC OMC OMC OMC! I've always wanted to meet her! I heard her parties are the most funnest fun fun FUN things in the world!" Quirky squealed as she bounced around before...grabbing the reader, "Can you believe it folks?! The Pinkie Pie is here in Ponyville and I'm going to actually meet her!"
"...What's with her?" Sweetie Belle asked the others.
"Um… I-I don't know," Timid Swallow shrugged before she, her friends, and Mischief were grabbed by Quirky, the dark green filly giving them a very hard hug.
"Oh thank you thank you thank you thank you! You don't know how happy happy happy you've made me!" Quirky squealed as she dropped the CMC and Mischief before bouncing away, "Hope we see each other again! Bye bye!"
"...What the heck just happened?!" Mischief demanded in confusion before looking at the reader, "I'm supposed to be the Comic Relief here! Not her!"
"...Funny, Pinkie would say you're in Spike's role; yet you enjoy it, he doesn't," Scootaloo noticed.
"Yeah! But I'm supposed to be the only one here to break the fourth wall! Not her!" Mischief snapped before he donned an army helmet, "Of course you realize, this means war!"
"N...nani?" Timid blinked before she and the CMC yelped when Mischief dashed off in a red blur to catch up with Quirky, creating a dust cloud in the process, making them all cough in the process.
"Sh...should we go after him?" Sweetie Belle coughed.
"...Yea… I think we should," Scootaloo agreed, "I mean, everypony's just finished cleaning up the mess Yuki caused. Plus, who knows what kind of trouble Mischief will do?"
"It's…it's probably not good," Timid sighed.
"Right…so let's go and find Mischief fast," Applebloom stated as she and the rest of the CMC left go find Mischief.
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At about the same time, Quirky was bouncing all over Ponyville trying to find Pinkie… wherever the pony was.
Unknown to her, Mischief was slowly following her, the dragon wearing a replica of Elmer J. Fudd's outfit, complete with a...is that a shotgun?
"Shh...Be vewy vewy quiet. I'm hunting 4th-wall bweaking fiwwy's," Mischief whispered to the reader as she resumed following Quirky, the dragon doing an imitation of Elmer Fudd's trademark laugh.
"Where could she be?" Quirky wondered before she came to a stop, looking at a nearby barrel, "Maybe she's in there?" she then jumped into the barrel to see if her idol was inside.
"Ah ha!" Mischief grinned as he ran to the barrel and held the shotgun against the whole of it, "Now I gotcha, ya scewy Pony," he pushed the barrel of the shotgun into the hole before yelping when he saw an exact copy of his gun poking him in the rear from a nearby shrub that was behind him. He then pulled the gun out before putting it back in to see the barrel sticking out of the shrub again, "...Hmm...so that's how ya want to play, eh?" he smirked before he tied a red ribbon to the barrel before putting it back into the hole, and when he felt the gun barrel touch his rear, he turned and saw the ribbon on it was white with red spots, "Ah ha!" he then pulled the trigger, causing the gun to shoot him in the rear. Confused, Mischief pulled the gun out of the hole to see the white, polka dotted ribbon the the barrel of his gun, "...clever filly."
"Stupid dragon," Quirky's voice giggled.
"Eh?" Mischief blinked as he turned to see the dark green filly starting him in the face.
"BOO!" Quirky shouted when the dragon looked at her.
"GYAAA!" Mischief screamed as he jumped into the air...right into a flower planter.
"Meep meep!" Quirky giggled as she dashed away in a dark green blur.
"...Oi vey… all these Looney Tunes references…" Mischief sighed before looking at the screen, "Come up with some new materials guys! And no Tom and Jerry stuff either! While it is funny, I don't want to end up being chased by a huge bulldog or worse!"
"Then maybe you'd rather go with this?" Quirky's voice responded as Mischief looked up and was suddenly squashed by an anvil.
"...Hate you…" Mischief growled.
"Bye bye!" Quirky giggled as she dashed off again.
"...Revenge."
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Pinkie was humming a small tune, the pink party pony happily hopping along until her tail began to twitch like crazy.
"...My Pinkie Senses are tingling...I sense another," Pinkie said ominously, "...I go!" with that she used her tail to swing away.
"Man...where is she? I really want to meet her...and I feel like I just missed her," Quirky whined a bit, the dark green filly just arriving in the area. It was then she noticed Mischief spying on her, the dragon wielding a large hammer before the filly looked at the screen, "I tawt I tat a idiot dwagon?" She then looked back at Mischief before looking back at the screen, "I did! I did taw a idiot dwagon!"
That she did, she heard in her head before snickering.
"Oh no...I don't think he's that stupid to fall for it," Quirky giggle to herself, confusing Mischief.
'...the heck is she talking to? And what did she mean I'm not that...oh no. I'm not going to walk into that old trick,' Mischief thought before…
"Hey. What's going on?"
"Nothing. I'm spying on this filly that's trying to take my job as the funny one and the 4th-wall breaker of the group," Mischief replied to whoever he was speaking too.
"I see…"
"Yeah. She'll never see me co…" Mischief began before he slowly turned to see Pinkie staring at him.
"Hi!"
"GYAAAA!" Mischief screamed as he jumped into the air, crashing into another flower planter.
"Tee hee! Mischief is so funny sometimes," Pinkie giggled before she looked at Quirky looking around.
"PINKIE?!" Quirky gasped, somehow having heard Pinkie's voice as she looked around the area like crazy, "Wh...where are you?!" 'O...M...C!-!-!-! I...I'm actually about to meet my idol!'
"Patience Young one. Yet to decide if you are worthy, I have."
"Huh?" Quirky slowly turned to see Pinkie standing behind her, "...P …P …P …P…"
"You have my permission to fangasm into a coma," Pinkie Pie nodded.
"..." Quirky gave a blissful sigh as she fainted...but not before rocketing into the air and squealing in pure excitement as she landed and hopped around Pinkie like crazy, "OMC OMC OMC OMC OMC! You're the Pinkie Pie! I'm actually standing in front of the Pinkie Pie! Oh man my friends are… oh wait. I don't have any friends. But still! EEEEEE! I'm actually in front of Pinkie Pie!"
"Wow!" Pinkie gawked before turning to the screen, "And some of you ponies out there thought I was hyper."
"Oh, I wish!" Quirky said, over hearing what Pinkie said as she poked out from the pink party pony's mane.
"How'd you get there?"
"I jumped in," Quirky replied as she jumped out, "Anyway...can we do a party?! I've always wanted to do a party with you! So can we do one?! Oh please please please please please please PLEASE!"
"...Alright, you're lucky my party friend is back in town," Pinkie smiled.
"EEEEEE! I can't wa-your friend?" Quirky blinked.
"I call him Weird Al," she smiled, "But his name is Cheese Sandwich."
"Ch….ch…..CHEESE SANDWICH?! You mean the Cheese Sandwich?!" Quirky gasped, earning a nod from Pinkie, "..."
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"Almost got it…" one of the royal guards in Canterlot said, almost finished putting the last card on top of his house of cards before…
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!"
"Ahhh!" the guard yelped at the sudden squeal, his house of cards falling down in the process, "My House of Cards!"
"My TV!" Luna's voice roared.
"My leg!" a random Pony shouted off-screen.
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"Wow…" Pinkie blinked as Quirky hopped around excitedly, repeating 'OMC' over and over again.
"Pinkie! What in Equestria was that?!" the pink party pony turned to see Twilight and the other members of the Mane 6 walk towards her.
"Just hanging out with...my...my..daughter?" she giggled.
"Your… daughter?" Twilight blinked.
"Yep." She smiled.
"Wait wait wait a second...you have a daughter?!" Rainbow Dash gawked.
"Unlike you girls, I am a lady in more ways than one," she smirked as she motioned to Quirky, who had finally calmed down..a bit, "Everypony...meet my daughter Quirky."
"..." Quirky fainted with a huge grin on her face, the dark green filly thinking, 'O...M...C!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-! P...Pinkie Pie is calling me her daughter!'
"Is she okay?" Twilight asked.
"Why wouldn't she be?" Pinkie asked, talking as fancy and sophisticated as Rarity.
"...Hello! She passed out when you called her your daughter! ...And why're you sounding like Rarity?" Rainbow Dash responded.
"Because she's Awesome!" she shouted, now sounding like Rainbow Dash.
"Okay… now that's just creepy," Dash admitted.
"Eeyep," she said, sounding like Big Mac.
"Oh fer the love of Pete," Applejack face-hoofed.
"Now excuse me Cousin, but me and mah daughter have somethin' t' do," Pinkie (now sounding like AJ) smirked, even wearing her hat.
"What the?!" AJ gawked before she felt her hat was missing from her head, "Hey!" she snapped as she swiped her hat back from Pinkie, "Don't...touch...the hat."
"Ahhh...oh well," Pinkie (in her normal voice) shrugged as she picked up the fainted Quirky and placed the dark-green filly on her back, "See you girls later! I'm going throw a HUGE party today for Quirky. After all...it is her birthday today."
'OMC OMC OMC OMC! She knew it was my birthday too!' Quirky squealed in her head.
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And so, Pinkie brought Quirky back to the bakery.
"Now, daughter, where shall we begin?" Pinkie smiled.
"Party?" Quirky asked, the dark-green filly immediately waking up.
"Cool. So what kind of party do you want? A super duper party? Or a really super duper party?" Pinkie asked.
"Hmm...oh! how about...a super-duper-ultra-hyper-mega-GIANT party!" Quirky declared.
"A...A super...duper…" Pinkie gawked before she ran to a nearby window and yelled out, "CHEESE! GET EVERYTHING YOU CAN GET! WE'RE ABOUT TO PULL A SUPER-DUPER-ULTRA-HYPER-MEGA-GIANT PARTY!"
As if on cue...
"On a wrecking ball!" Cheese shouted as he smashed into the bakery on a wrecking ball, or what was assumed to be a wrecking ball as it opened up to reveal tons upon TONS of party supplies.
"It...It's...Ch..ch…" Quirky whispered before she prepared to squeal again, only to shut her mouth shut, 'OMC OMC OMC! It's really him!...OMC! Both Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich in the same room!'
"Hey Pinkie is this….our little girl!?" Cheese Sandwich gasped.
"..." Quirky quickly ran into the kitchen, grabbed a large paper bag, and squealed loudly into it before closing it and gave it to a pigeon that was on an open window sill, "Give this to a stupid, miniature red dragon."
The bird just nodded, took the bag, and flew off.
"There..now I can faint," Quirky said as she fainted, a very huge smile on her face.
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"Freaking dark green pony," Mischief mumbled as he brushed off all dirt that he had got on him , "I swear I'm going to get back at her for this."
"There you are, Mischief!"
"Hmm?" Mischief turned to see the CMC approach him, "Ugh...just what I needed."
"...What happened to you?" Scootaloo asked after seeing Mischief's condition.
"That freaking dark green filly happened, along with that pink pony called Pinkie Pie," Mischief mumbled.
"What'd you say?" Applebloom asked.
"I said that freaking green filly did this! Ooh...I swear the next time I see here, I'm going to turn her into a…" Mischief began before a piece of paper hit him in the face, "...Seriously guys...this old gag?"
Soon enough a pie was thrown at his face in response.
"...Ugh," Mischief groaned as he shook the pie off and took the paper off his face and handed it over to Sweetie Belle, "I don't care what it says, so here."
"...'To Everypony who reads this...you are invited to the hugest, most awesome, most spectacular birthday ever. Hosted by none other than Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich,'" Sweetie Belle read.
"A birthday? For who?"
"Me!" a voice shouted.
"Oh no…" Mischief groaned as Quirky ran in before she jumped up and landed right on top of his head.
"Hi guys! How's it going?!" Quirky greeted the CMC.
"It's your birthday?" Applebloom gawked.
"Eeyup yup yup!" Quirky nodded as she jumped off Mischief'ss head, "My Birthday's going to be one of THE Hugest birthdays in Equestria! And the best part...both Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich are going to host it! OMC this is going to be the Best! Birthday! EVER!"
"Makes me wonder if she'll grow up to be a party pony like them," Timid whispered.
"Yeah...makes me wonder how her parents handle all that energy she gives out," Scootaloo whispered, Quirky overhearing this.
"My...parents?" Quirky whispered, her mane deflating a bit.
"...Quirky? Are...you okay?" Sweetie belle asked, the Unicorn filly noticing Quirky's change of nature.
"Y...yeah!" Quirky shook a bit to make her mane poofy again, "I was just thinking what Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich have planned for my birthday party."
"Oh… ok…but you looked really..."
"Oh-look-at-the-time-gotta-go-bye!" Quirky said quickly as she zoomed out of there.
"..." the CMC remained silent.
"...You noticed it too, didn't you?" Sweetie Belle asked her friends.
"Yeah...Quirky looked really sad when I mentioned her parents...though I don't understand how she heard me," Scootaloo noted.
"It's probably like Pinkie with our sisters at times," Applebloom figured.
"M...maybe. O...Or it could be s...something else," Timid said with a stutter.
"...We'll have to find that out for ourselves," Scootaloo figured, "Also..since we kinda upset her back there, why don't we chip in and buy her a present?"
"Sounds like a plan but...what do we buy her? We don't know anything about Quirky aside from how she acts," Applebloom stated.
"Well, sh-she acts similar to Pinkie-san, and looks up to her as her idol…m-maybe we can get her something related to Pinkie Pie?" Timid figured.
"Oh," the others responded, feeling a bit like idiots for a second before they all walked off to find a good gift for Quirky.
"So...it's that little green fillies birthday eh?" Mischief noted before a grin grew on his face..a rather tricky one too as he tapped his fingers like Mr. Burns, "Excellent."
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"Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!" Quirky smiled as she watched everything get set up for her party.
"Okay. Just a Li~ttle bit more to the right," Pinkie said to some Pegasi that were moving a large banner that said 'Happy Birthday Quirky!' before they set it down, "Perfect!" she smiled before Cheese Sandwich came in.
"No to the left!"
"...You're right! To the left!"
"Ugh!" the two Pegasi carrying the banner groaned as they picked it up and moved it..for the 20th time today.
"No up up!" Quirky added.
The two Pegasi's eyes began to twitch as they did so.
"No no..." The three hyper ponies started till the banner was thrown in their faces.
"We quit!" the two Pegasi yelled as they left, finally having enough of the three.
"Aww~! Party poopers," Quirky and Pinkie groaned.
"...I know the solution to this...Family Party Cannon!" Cheese Sandwich declared, making the two ponies gasp, especially Quirky as she began to squeal in excitment.
"O..M..C! I'm actually going to see the Party Cannons in action!" the dark-green filly squealed.
"Here," Pinkie said, giving Quirky a filly-sized version of her Party Cannon.
"Is...Is this my…my own Party cannon?!" Quirky gasped.
"Early birthday present."
"...I...I only have three words to say….FAMILY PARTY CANNON!" Quirky yelled in excitement.
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"...A great disturbance in the party force, I sense," Mischief shuddered, suddenly wearing a white Japanese-style robe-like shirt, a pair of black pants, and a brown cloak with his scales green.
"...I don't even want to know," Scootaloo sweatdropped as she and the rest of the CMC looked for a gift to buy Quirky.
"Oh you will in 5...4...3...2...1…" Mischief counted down before a very loud blast was heard.
"...Well, that was loud!" Scootaloo noted, covering her ears before she and the CMC were covered upon tons upon TONS of streamers and balloons.
"...Ha!" Mischief laughed before he was hit in the face with a pie..again, "...Oh come on! I was just laughing at…" he got hit with another pie that came out of nowhere, and hit him in the face again, "Seriously, KNOCK IT OFF!"
Then, four more pies came in and came flying towards the CMC, who had poked their heads out of the streamer and balloon pile.
"Duck!" Applebloom yelped as she and her friends went back into the pile, letting the pies hit Mischief in the face.
"...I swear if I get hit with one more pie...I'm going to lose it!" Mischief snapped before taking a taste of the pie that hit him, "...And they're not even coconut cream pie!"
"Th-then w-what's that pie at your feet, Misty?" Timid asked, pointing to something at Mischief's feet.
"..." Mischief bent down before using his finger to pick off a small dollop of cream that was on the pie before tasting it, "...Now this is a coconut…" he paused when he felt his mouth starting to burn...like crazy, "SPICY CREAM PIE?!" he yelled as he breathed a bit of fire into the air. He quickly looked around to see if he could find anything to douse his burning mouth and saw what he assumed was a jug of milk. He then quickly ran over to the jug and drank all it's contents in one gulp, "Ahh...now that…" he then started to feel an even more burning sensations as his entire body turned a bright red, steam starting to blow out of his 'ears' as he breathed fire into the air once more, "WATER~!" he screamed, practically dashing right out of Ponyville just to get a drink, not trusting what the Party ponies could've done to trick him.
"Wow...today is not Mischief's day, isn't it?" Sweetie Belle noted as she and her friends giggled a bit after seeing what happened to the dragon.
"Yea… I can vouch for that," Timid replied, using a deadpan tone.
"I SWEAR I'M GOING TO GET BACK AT THOSE THREE IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!" Mischief's voiced yelled before the sound of a pie hitting him in he face was heard off-screen, "OH COME ON! ENOUGH WITH THE PIES ALREADY!"
"...So what now?" Applebloom asked.
"Um...resume looking for a gift for Quirky?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Yea, let's stick with that," Scootaloo agreed.
"Ano...h...hai," Timid added as the CMC resumed their search for Quirky's Birthday gift.
"But seriously, where do we look?" Applebloom asked.
"I don't know...there has to be a shop around here that'll have the perfect gift for Quirky," Scootaloo said before noticing one stare, "Maybe that one."
"Um...Scootaloo? That's a hardware store," Sweetie Belle said in a dead-pan tone.
"Hmm?" Scootaloo blinked before noticing the sign on top of the store's doorway, showing it was a hardware store, "...Oh. Heh heh..I guess you're right."
"This is harder than ah thought…" Applebloom sighed.
"Yeah…" Sweetie Belle agreed before an idea popped into her head, "Ooh ooh! Why don't we make her a gift?! One that'll fit her just perfectly!"
"...That could actually work," Scootaloo agreed.
"We could borrow some of the tools at mah Family's farm," Applebloom suggested before tapping her chin in thought, "Of course...we'd have to ask mah sis or brother to help, if they're not busy that is."
"Good point," the others nodded.
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"Ooh~! This is going to be the best birthday ever!" Quirky squealed as she walked around town a bit, not wanting to disturb Pinkie or Cheese since they were working on something big, "I wonder what Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich have planned for the finale?! Ooh~! MY whole body is quivering with excitement!"
When she wasn't looking, Quirky accidently bumped into two fillies..two, certain, very spoiled fillies.
"Oops! Sorry, didn't mean to be a silly-billy," Quirky giggled before...
"Why don't you watch where you're going, idiot?!" Diamond Tiara snapped.
"I...I'm sorry. I really didn't mean to..." Quirky began.
"Save it. You owe me something more than a measly apology," Diamond Tiara frowned before Silver Spoon tapped her shoulder, "What?"
"Look at her flank," Silver Spoon whispered as she pointed at Quirky's flank, seeing it was absent of a Cutie Mark.
"Ooh...I should've figured a Blank Flank wouldn't pay attention to where she was going," Diamond Tiara scoffed.
"...What's a Blank Flank?" Quirky tilted her head in confusion, making both Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon gawk before recovering.
"You mean you don't know?" Diamond Tiara questioned, "A Blank Flank is a pony with no Cutie Mark. And you don't seem to have a Cutie Mark yourself."
"...You're saying that like it's a bad thing," Quirky blinked.
"You don't get it, do you, you green idiot? Being a Blank Flank is the same thing as being poor," Diamond Tiara added as a smirk grew on her face, "Which reminds me..you're going to have to pay for bumping into me."
"But...I don't have any money," Quirky replied, pulling out a small change purse from her mane before opening it, revealing it was empty as two, small moths flew out of it.
"I see…" Diamond Tiara noted before Silver Spoon poked her shoulder, causing her to turn to her 'friend' as she looked at a nearby banner, "...So it's your birthday today...isn't it?"
"Yep yep yep!" she nodded.
"...I'll take that," Diamond Tiara stated.
"...Silly. You can't take somepony's birthday," Quirky giggled a bit before Diamond Tiara pressed her hoof against the dark-green filly's nose.
"Well guess what? I'm about to. So to make up for bumping into me, you're going to give me your birthday party or else," Diamond Tiara stated.
"...Or else what?"
"Or else I'll have one of my daddy's lawyers sue your parents for everything you have," Diamond Tiara smirked with Silver Spoon adding her own smirk.
"...But…" Quirky began as her mane began to deflate, 'I don't have any...not anymore...'
"Well...what's it going to be?"
Quirky wasn't sure what to do, and in response, her mane and tail somehow straightened out and Quirky on the verge of crying.
"O….okay. Y...You win. I...I'll give you my birthday party as an apology," the dark-green filly sniffled.
"That's better," Diamond Tiara smiled before Quirky ran off crying.
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"Where'd she go? I wanted to give Quirky a small sample of the ice cream I made," Pinkie wondered, looking for the dark-green filly before she finally noticed her, "Oh! There you are Quir…" she couldn't finish as Quirky ran past her, "Is she okay? What's the rush?" She then followed after her before she was running right besides Quirky, "Quirky, what's wrong?"
"I...I changed my mind! I don't want a party anymore!" Quirky yelled as she tried to run farther away from Pinkie.
"...What? No one turns down a party unless something's really wrong," Pinkie muttered as she caught up with Quirky again, "Why don't you want a party? Isn't it your birthday Quir…"
"IT'S NOT MY BIRTHDAY!" Quirky yelled as she ran far away from Pinkie, the saddened dark-green filly thinking sadly, 'Not anymore...'
"Quirky…" Pinkie whispered, feeling concerned for her.
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"I hope Quirky likes the gift we made for her," Sweetie Belle said as she and the rest of the CMC carried a wrapped up item to their clubhouse.
"I know so," Scootaloo nodded as she turned to Applebloom, "It was nice of your brother to help us out with it."
"It sure was," Applebloom agreed, until they saw a streak of green run past them, "What in tarnation!?"
"Ano...I...I don't know! D..demo...it...it sounded like Q...Quirky-san," Timid noted.
"It did? How could you tell?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"I...I heard her when that blur went by. And...it sounded like sh-she was c-crying," Timid replied.
"Wonder why?" Applebloom pondered, but Scootaloo seemed to have an idea of why.
"...Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon," the orange, Pegasus filly growled.
"..." Timid began to whimper at the mentioned of those two bullies.
"...Oh, sorry Timid. In any case, maybe we should talk to her," Scootaloo suggested.
"Yeah...and I think she was heading to where our clubhouse is," Sweetie Belle added.
"Then let's go!" Scootaloo responded before they all ran off towards the clubhouse.
"I...it's not fair…" Quirky sobbed, the dark-green filly crying against the tree the CMC's clubhouse was on, "Why...why do my birthdays always have to be like this…?"
"Quirky? You okay?" she heard some voices ask as Quirky looked up, tears still in her eyes, before seeing the CMC.
"G...Go away," Quirky shooed them off, "I...I don't want to see anypony right now."
"Easy Quirky, we're just here to help," Scootaloo told Quirky, "What happened?"
"I...I don't want to talk about it," Quirky sobbed.
"But Quirky…" Sweetie Belle began.
"I SAID I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!" Quirky snapped before covering her mouth, "...I...I'm so sorry. I...I didn't mean to yell at you like that."
"...Look, whatever it was, we can understand it's tough, but we just want to help. Did anypony say something to make you like this?" Applebloom asked in concern.
"...I...I ran into these two, really mean fillies," Quirky replied, trying to wipe some of the tears from her eyes, "I….I tried to apologize...but they didn't accept it...and the only way they would…" she held back a sob as she wiped the tears from her eyes again, "Is if I give them my birthday party."
"Sounds like that brat Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon alright," Scootaloo growled. "But to stoop this low?! C'mon!"
"Yeah! I can't believe they would do something like this!" Sweetie Belle added, the Unicorn filly as mad as Scootaloo was right now.
"I...It's okay. I...I'm used to not having anything good happen on my birthday," Quirky said sadly.
"Wh-What're you talking about, Quirky-san?" Timid asked.
"N...nothing. It's just...every year on my birthday, something bad always happens," Quirky replied before sighing sadly, "It's also the reason why nopony wants to be friends with me. You know what everypony in the last town I lived in called me? B...Bad Luck Quirky."
"Seriously? C'mon, you seem like a fun filly to hang out with," Scootaloo admitted.
"I'm not! Every year on my birthday, I always cause an accident! Like last year, I accidently broke the town's water fountain by slipping on a pebble! A Luna darn pebble!" Quirky yelled, the tears coming back in full force, "I...I think I should leave before something else happens…" she sobbed as she prepared to leave...but not before the CMC stepped right in front of her.
"Not a chance, Quirky. We'll help you out no matter what it takes. Those accidents are just that, accidents. Do you or do you not want to have a good birthday?"
"...I...I really do. But…" Quirky paused as she sniffled a bit, "I don't see how that's possible now since my birthday party was taken away by those two fillies."
"Silly filly, no pony can take another pony's birthday party away from them when it isn't even their birthday to begin with," Applebloom pointed out.
"Yeah. We're going to help you out Quirky. After all, we're your friends," Sweetie Belle added, causing Quirky's eyes to widen.
"Y...you really want to be friends with me...somepony who's prong to have accidents on her birthday?" Quirky whispered.
"Ano...h...hai, Quirky-s...Quirky-chan," Timid smiled.
"We sure are, Quirky," Applebloom nodded with a smile.
"Yeah. You're really fun filly to be around," Scootaloo added.
"Yeah..there's no way you can't be unlucky," Sweetie Belle added.
"..." Quirky whimpered a tiny bit, tears of joy flowing from her eyes before a large smile grew on her face, her mane and tail poofing back up as the dark-green filly grabbed the CMC in one big hug, "O...M...C! This is the happiest day of my entire life! I...I actually have some friends! Ooh~! I can already imagine all the fun fun FUN we're going to have together!"
"Okay, we get the picture," Scootaloo giggled as Quirky let her and the rest of the CMC go, "But first, let's get some help and talk things out with Diamond Tiara about 'stealing' your party."
"I believe I can help out with that," a voice spoke as the trunk of a nearby tree opened up like a door, revealing Mischief in a formal black suit with a British accent, "Greetings, my little fillies."
"How'd you get in there?" Applebloom asked.
"Top secret info," Mischief replied as he closed the 'door' on the tree, "Anyway...I happened to hear your green friend's predicament...and I'd like to help."
"After everything you had to go through?" Sweetie Belle pointed out.
"Hey...I may have hated her for all that crud she pulled on me...but I hate those two, spoiled fillies even more..." Mischief said before a rather tricky grin grew on his face, "And I got just the idea on how to get back at those two. But it will require a few things."
"What... are they?" Timid asked.
"Some Whoopie Cushions, catapults, milk, hot sauce, and pies. Lots and lots of coconut cream pies," he answered.
"Something like these?" Quirky asked, somehow pulling a lot of the items from her mane.
"...Ooh this is going to be good," Mischief smirked, tapping his fingers like Mr. Burns from the Simpsons.
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(later that night)
"You sure this'll work?" Sweetie whispered to the young dragon as he wore a spy suit.
"Ooh trust me, my young Unicorn friend. By the time they sit down, those two aren't going to be showing themselves in public for weeks," Mischief grinned, hiding behind a tree with the CMC as everypony in town gathered in front of a large stage.
"Let's hope it works," Scootaloo whispered as the five fillies and young dragon ducked behind a bush just as Pinkie and Cheese appeared on stage.
"...There's Pinkie and Cheese," Applebloom noted, keeping her eyes open for the two spoiled fillies.
"And if I guess right, those two meanies who're trying to steal my birthday are in the crowd," Quirky added.
"You see them, Misty?" Timid asked.
"Yeah. They're in the middle of the crowd. Also, plans start in five..four..three..two..one.." Mischief counted down.
"Everypony! Put your hooves together and prepare to welcome the birthday girl!" Pinkie declared, causing the crowd to cheer.
"That's right! Everypony say happy birthday to…" Cheese Sandwich began before one of the stagehands handed him a piece of paper, "...Diamond Tiara?"
"That's ri-wait what?" Pinkie blinked when the spotlight shined down on the mentioned, spoiled filly, "Something's not right, I don't remember her birthday being today."
"Thank you everypony! You've been most gratful!" Diamond Tiara said with a grin as she and Silver Spoon walked up to the stage.
"What the hay is goin' on? Ah thought it was supposed to be that Quirky Girl's birthday?" Applejack whispered to Twilight.
"Yea, it should've been; Pinkie's been talking to me all day about this new filly, and yet… this feels way too off," Twilight agreed.
"When's this plan of your kick in, Mischief?" Scootaloo whispered to the dragon in the bushes.
"Cue the chairs...now," Mischief said as a pair of decorated chairs appeared on the stage, one labeled 'Birthday girl sits here.'
"Thank thank once again everypony for celebrating my birthday!" Diamond Tiara said to the crowd.
"Yeah...you should feel honored being in her presence," Silver Spoon added.
"That's right. Especially to all you Blank Flanks out…" Diamond Tiara began as she and Silver Spoon at down, causing a rather loud...ahem, fart noise to fill the air, "..."
Somehow, this made some members of the crowd start to snicker and giggle.
"Wh...what's going on?! Why're they laughing?!" Diamond Tiara demanded before glaring at Silver Spoon, "You made that noise just now, didn't you?!"
"What?! No way! You must have!" Silver Spoon snapped back at her 'friend'.
"They sure don't act like friends now," Applebloom whispered, those hiding in the bush holding back their laughter.
"So what happens next, Mischief?" Scootaloo asked, loving this plan.
"Cue one of them storming off right about..." Mischief paused before Silver Spoon got off her chair, "Now."
"I don't need this! You can handle this all by your...kya!" Silver Spoon yelped as she tripped over an invisible trip wire, causing a few floorboards to open up as a few, miniature catapults fired some pies at the two, spoiled fillies.
"GAAAH! My Mane!" Diamond Tiara screamed as the pies hit her in the face.
And this got more crowd members laughing, even Pinkie and Cheese Sandwich found it hard to hold back their laughter.
"St...Stop! Stop laughing at me!" Diamond Tiara yelled as she got off her chair and was about to run off...but not before tripping on a pie that was suddenly there and fell face first into another, "Grr...I HATE COCONUT CREAM…" she paused when she felt a very hot, burning sensation in her mouth, "Sp...Sp...SPICY~!"
This soon got everypony laughing.
"D..Don't just stand there! Get me something to drink!" Diamond tiara snapped at Silver Spoon, only to see her 'friend' screaming as well since the pies she got hit with were also spicy, "...Celestia you're useless!"
And with that, the two fillies just galloped off and out of there, but not before heading to a nearby snack table and grabbed two jugs full of milk, the two drinking all it's contents in seconds.
"Ahh...fina…" Diamond tiara began before she and Silver Spoon felt the inside of their mouths burn even more, their bodies turning a bright red as steam blew out of their ears.
This time they just screamed, breathing fire into the air before getting the heck outta there.
"Perfect," Scootaloo smirked, "Okay, it almost looked like it's your cue, Quirky."
"She left the moment those two, spoiled fillies ran out of there," Mischief stated, pointing to a dust cloud in the shape of Quirky.
"Where'd she go?" Applebloom asked.
Mischief jerked his thumb to the stage, causing the four to turn and see Quirky jumping out from behind the curtains.
"Hello~ Ponyville! The birthday filly has arrived!" Quirky declared as a explosion of streamers and balloons happened behind her.
"What kept ya, silly billy. Somepony claimed it was the birthday of some other filly," Pinkie responded as Quirky bounced over to Pinkie and Cheese.
"Oh it was a small mistake. But for now…" Quirky began as she took a huge, deep breath before declaring, "FAMILY PARTY CANNON TIME!"
With that, the three ponies pulled out their Party Cannons and fired them off in unison into the air, getting a huge cheer from the crowd as the fireworks that were in the Party Cannons blew up in the night sky before it spelled out 'Happy Birthday Quirky! May you have the best, most spectacular birthday ever!'.
"Thanks Pinkie, Cheese," Quirky smiled.
"You're welcome Quirky...now...LET"S PARTY!" Pinkie declared, wearing a cheer from Cheese and Quirky, especially Quirky.
And so, the festivities began as the CMC came out of hiding.
"Well...looks like Quirky has gotten the birthday she always wanted," Sweetie Belle smiled, seeing the dark-green filly dancing on stage with her idols.
"Yep. And you know what? I'm happy for her," Scootaloo smiled before pondering out loud, "I wonder if she'd like to…"
"Hold it. Before you say what I think you're going to say...she wanted me to give you this," Mischief spoke as she pulled a letter from his Hammer space and gave it to the CMC, "Now…" he snapped his fingers, causing a disco-suit to appear on him, "If you ladies will excuse me, it's time for me to get funky~! WHOO!" he whooped as he dived into the crowd to join in on the fun.
"A note? I… I wonder what it says," Timid pondered out loud.
"Let's see," Scootaloo said as she began to read the note, 'Hey guys. Mischief told me about your group while we were setting the trap up. So if I may ask...can I join you?! Oh please please please please please please please please?!'..and there's more pleases on the other side."
"Well… it's clear she wants to join, and… it helps her that we want her to join our group," Sweetie Belle noted.
"Yeah. Girls...after this party's over, we're going to officially welcome Quirky to the Cutie Mark Crusaders. But for now..let's join the party!" Scootaloo declared.
"YEAH!" Applebloom and Sweetie Belle cheered (Timid doing her cheer rather quietly) before they all galloped over to join the fun.
From there on, it was declared that it was truly the best party ever, especially to one filly by the name of Quirky since not only did she have the best birthday ever, but she finally got something she always wanted...friends.
"Thank you everypony! And see you all next time!" Quirky waved to the reader, "And I hope you can't wait to see...oops! Heh heh...I almost spoiled it...but still, good bye everypony! And see you all next time!"
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