Season: Z

Episode: F

Mayor Pinkie

(By: Flame Runner)

“Fillies and gentlecolts,” began the Mayor, “it is my great pleasure to choose this year’s winner of the mayor-for-a-day competition! As you all well know this competition has been a long standing tradition in Ponyville. It was even around when I was just a little filly. Anypony of any age is allowed to enter the competition unless they’ve won before. I’m sure you all remember well Granny Smith’s amazing one day term in office last year,” continued the Mayor as happy ponies nodded and smiled, “And now I will draw this year’s winner!”

The Mayor placed one hoof into a spinning glass globe filled with paper shreds. Each paper had a different name on it. As long as a pony could write their own name, they were eligible to enter the contest by writing it onto the tiny, white shards. The Mayor slowly drew out a single piece of paper. Each pony was hoping that this year their name would be called.

“And the winner is…” began the Mayor without looking at the tiny scrap in her hoof. Suddenly, her eyes went wide as she read off the winner’s name in shock, “Pinkie Pie?!”

“Whoopie!” shouted the pink ball of energy while bouncing up and down.

(Insert Theme Music Here)

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Pinkie ascended the stage with only a few leaps and bounds. She approached the still shocked Mayor and leaned into the microphone, “Hello? Is thing still on?” asked Pinkie as the mic let off a terribly loud screech. “Citizens of Ponyville!” began the pink wonder, “I hereby officially start my office as mayor-for-a-day with Ponyville’s largest…”

“Umm…excuse me,” interrupted the Mayor gently while grabbing the microphone from Pinkie, “Everypony…our mayor for the day is Miss Pinkamena Pie!” Lots of cheering came from the crowd. Loudest of all were Pinkie’s friends, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Rarity. Fluttershy was cheering too, but a lot softer than everypony else. “I’m sure that mayor Pie has some wonderful ideas for the festivities this evening, but you will all have to just hold on while I show her the ropes of office like every other winner before her. We will be sending out invitations for the event later this afternoon. Happy mayor-for-a-day everypony!” said the Mayor pleasantly as the crowd cheered again and then left.

The mayor then turned around to Pinkie. “Now Pinkie, I’m aware that you know of the mayor-for-a-day’s important job of creating the evening festivities, but there’s a lot more to being mayor than just fun and games.”

“There is?...Great!”

“Come inside the Town Hall and I’ll show you around.”

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Pinkie Pie was getting comfortable in the Mayor’s official chair while the Mayor was talking to Pinkie about the duties of office. Pinkie didn’t seem to catch most of what the Mayor said because the pink pony was so focused on the most interesting little desk toy. It was a bird that kept bobbing down, only to come back up again. “Hee hee,” giggled Pinkie at the little bird.

“…and that is the kind of responsibilities one has to manage as a mayor,” finished the Mayor. “Any questions?...Pinkie?”

Pinkie was too mesmerized by the little toy to notice what was going on until she heard her name. Her head popped up happily to greet the Mayor with a smile.

“Ok, good. Now we can get on to what you want to do. It has been a long standing tradition that the winner gets to enjoy the position of mayor as they host their own evening event for Ponyville. As the stand-in mayor for this event you get to plan it, prepare it, fund it, speak in it, and any other point that needs taken care of is your duty. By performing these duties it is hoped that the winner will get to learn about the roles and duties of government in Ponyville.”

Pinkie was getting excited as the Mayor began to speak of the special event that the mayor-for-a-day winner got to host. The pink earth pony knew exactly what she was going to do as mayor.

“Now remember, you may be the mayor for this particular event, but that’s as far as your office extends. I still need to perform my duties, so I will have my assistant come and help you with your preparations.”

The Mayor left Pinkie Pie in the office and went to get her assistant. After a few brief moments, the assistant walked into the room.

“Howdy!” said Pinkie cheerily.

“Um…hello there,” the assistant said sadly. “I’m really sorry, but my brother just became very ill and I have to leave. But the Mayor is so busy right now…I don’t think she can help with the event preparations and, well, I just don’t know what to do.”

“Oh...is there something I can help with?” asked Pinkie, not wanting anypony to feel sad.

“Do you know anypony who’s good at keeping a schedule that could help you? If you do, then you have the power as mayor to hire them as your assistant for the day.”

Pinkie brightened up. “Sure I know somepony! If you need to go home, you can. I hope your brother feels better soon.”

The assistant thanked Pinkie heartily and walked out of Town Hall. The energetic mayor-for-the-day knew just what friend to go to for help. So, she headed off to Sweet Apple Acres.

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“Are ya’ sure Pinkie?” asked Applejack, “I’d think that Twilight would be better at lists an’ schedules an’ stuff like that.”

“Well maybe, but I thought you might like to try it out! Plus, I was going to have Twilight get the decorations all set up.”

“I’d think that Rarity would like to do the decorations,” replied Applejack.

“I know, but isn’t it fun to sometimes do something that you don’t normally do?”

“Well, I guess so…”

“So you’ll be my assistant?”

“I still think that you should try Twilight first Pinkie. Schedules aren’t exactly my strong suit.”

“Ok then, maybe you can do the decorations,” said Pinkie as she bounced off to find Twilight Sparkle.

“Pinkie, what are we goin’ to do with you,” chuckled Applejack with a smile on her face.

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“Assistant to the mayor?” said Twilight, “Of course I’ll accept!”

“Great! Then let’s get started! This party isn’t going to start itself you know,” responded Pinkie.

“So what exactly do you have planned for this year’s special event?”

“I want to host the largest party in Ponyville history! With cake and dancing and entertainment and balloons and…”

“Hold on Pinkie,” interrupted Twilight, “I need to get this all written down.”

Twilight used her magic to grab some paper and a quill. She began to write everything down while the ever energetic Pinkie kept rattling off more and more details about the evening’s party with plenty of giggles, gasps, and “Ooo! Ooo! I know what would be even better!”s.

“It looks like we have a lot to do. Are you sure that we have the budget and time for all of this, Pinkie?”

“We’ll find out soon!”

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Twilight had everything planned out and ready to go. She and Pinkie would need some help to get everything done though. The purple unicorn went over to Rarity’s to ask  if she would help with the decorations while Pinkie was sent to Sugar Cube Corner to make sure that there would be plenty of party treats.

“Mr. and Mrs. Cake?” shouted Pinkie as she entered Sugar Cube Corner.

“Oh, mayor Pinkie” said Mr. Cake happily, “what a pleasant surprise!”

“Hi Mr. Cake! For this evening’s party I need…” Pinkie took a look at the list Twilight had given her. On it was written all of the tantalizing treats that would be needed for the large party that evening.

“Is that the list of what you need?” asked Mr. Cake.

“Yeah,” Pinkie handed the list over to Mr. Cake, “but I don’t know if it’ll be enough. Might as well just double it to be sure!”

Mr. Cake’s eyes went wide at the large order that had just been doubled. “Thanks Mr. Cake!” Pinkie bounced happily out of Sugar Cube Corner as Mr. Cake rushed into the kitchen shouting, “Honey! Hurry on down, we’ve got a lot of work to do!”

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The next thing that Pinkie was to take care of was entertainment.

“Twilight said to pick one of the three on her list. Let’s see…we have Vinyl Scratch: DJ for hire, Bobo the clown, or The Pegasisters: Fantastic Flying Squad. Which one to choose?” Pinkie couldn’t seem to decide. “Ooo! Ooo! I know! I’ll go and see them perform something and then I can decide.”

So Pinkie listened to Vinyl Scratch’s epic beats, saw Bobo’s crazy antics, and watched in wonder as The Pegasisters performed their stunts. But she still couldn’t decide which one to choose.

“Why choose only one?” Pinkie asked herself. “Everypony can perform tonight!”

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Pinkie was supposed to meet Twilight in the town square, but there was one last item that Pinkie wanted to make sure was ready for the party: the grand finale. Pinkie wandered over to Firecracker Burst’s secluded house and knocked on the door. Firecracker, a light blue unicorn with a mischievous gleam in her eyes, answered.

“Hello!” the unicorn said enthusiastically, “You must be mayor Pinkie Pie. Come on in!”

Pinkie bounced inside to check on the fireworks for the big night.

“I’ve got your order right here,” continued Firecracker, “I even threw in a bonus for the occasion.” She lead Pinkie into a corner sprawling with materials and chemicals used in the fireworks. Somewhere in this mess was a stained tarp covering some bulky looking objects. Firecracker walked under the tarp and her form bulged as she bumbled around looking for a specific item. “There it is!” a muffled voice could be heard from under the heavy tarp. She walked out from under the stained cloth and presented Pinkie with a very tiny looking firework. It had an incredibly detailed design for such a small explosive. Pinkie took the firework and became enthralled with its intricate beauty.

“What does it do?” asked Pinkie only half aware of what she was saying.

“What does it do?” responded Firecracker with a mischievous excitement in her voice, “I’ll show you what it does! Come on out back.”

The unicorn grabbed the small beauty out of Pinkie’s hoof and walked outside to her own private explosives testing grounds.

“Prepare to be amazed!” Firecracker said as she lit the colorful firework.

Fire engulfed the firework and charred its intricately decorated exterior. Suddenly, a bright pink color began to glow around the flaming capsule. Then, a bright red flare shot into the sky and exploded with a rainbow of color followed by a green flare and then a yellow flare. Each one exploded in a wondrous shower of sparks. More and more flares flew into the sky only to be followed by more glorious explosions of color and sound. Eventually, the firework sputtered to an end as the pink flame engulfing it began to die away. Pinkie stood wide eyed in wonderment.

“Well mayor, what do you think?”

“Do you have any more of those?” asked Pinkie in excitement.

“Sure do, but unfortunately Twilight turned me down. I guess we’ll just have regular old fireworks at the event tonight.”

“How many more do you have?” Pinkie didn’t seem to care.

“Well, I got ten more. They’re spendy though,” cautioned Firecracker.

“I’ll take them!”

“All of them?”

“Yes, all of them! I want this to be the biggest and bestest party Ponyville has ever seen and we MUST have those for a grand finale!”

“Ok, let me add those to the list. I’ll have them delivered with the rest of the shipment. Oh! And Miss Pie,” Firecracker looked over at Pinkie with a glint in her eyes, “I wouldn’t miss your finale for the world.”

Pinkie Pie bounced happily out of Firecracker Burst’s house and down to town square with an extra liveliness in her step. She was more than ready for the best party ever.

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“Pinkie Pie! There you are!” yelled Twilight as the mayor-for-the-day happily waltzed into town square. “Did you get everything on my list done?”

“I sure did! How’s everything else coming along?”

“Rarity is getting the decorations all set up, Derpy is getting the invitations handed out, Applejack is setting up some games, Rainbow Dash is getting the weather straightened out, and Fluttershy just flew off to grab some more confetti for your party cannon,” Twilight briefly explained.

“Everything sounds perfect! I can’t wait for tonight!”

“Well, we won’t have to wait long. Evening is coming fast and we still have some work to do.”

All the ponies finished up their tasks quickly under Pinkie’s energetic guidance. The Cakes began bringing their baked goods over while Firecracker Burst started to unload her cart full of amazing fireworks. Fluttershy brought plenty of confetti, even for Pinkie’s tastes, and Rainbow Dash had the weather well in hoof. Rarity managed to scrounge up decorations that were perfectly suited for the occasion. Derpy got all of the invitations to everypony in Ponyville in some fashion or another and Applejack had all the games ready to go as the entertainers started showing up. Twilight checked everything off of her list as the party came together, but she began to get a little nervous when she noticed the Cakes bringing a few too many pastries. Things really became worrisome when Bobo the clown showed up after Vinyl Scratch had already set up her turntable.

“Um, Pinkie…you did everything on my list right?” the nervous Twilight asked her pink friend.

“I sure did!” said Pinkie happily while the first party guests began to show up.

“So, you did everything exactly as I wrote on my list?”

“Well…Oh, look! The Mayor is calling me over. Be right back Twilight!”

“Pinkie!” Twilight shouted as her friend bounded over to the Mayor.

“Mayor Pinkie,” began the Mayor, “tonight you get to be the guest of honor at your event and start with an opening speech. I’ve gotten the stage all ready for you. So, hop on up and get this party started.”

Pinkie decided to take the Mayor literally and jumped onto the stage. She touched the microphone to see if it was on. A loud “Thud!” was heard, followed by a high pitched squeak and some static. “Yep! It’s on!” Pinkie declared into the mic. All the ponies turned toward the stage as Pinkie began her speech.

“Fillies, gentlecolts, and anypony else…as mayor-for-the-day I have decided to host Ponyville’s largest and greatest party ever! A big shout out to all my friends who helped me set this event up on short notice and a thank you to everypony who showed up. Tonight is going to be uber-doober fun and I just know that everypony is going to have a great time! So feel free to dance, eat, play, and party to your heart’s delight! And we will end the festivities with a fireworks show you won’t want to miss. So, make sure to stick around. Now, let’s get this party started!”

Pinkie’s enthusiasm was palpable as she dashed off the stage and over to Vinyl. The pink ball of energy whispered something to the DJ and the music started off with an upbeat dance number. Pinkie walked back over to Twilight who was discussing something with the Pegasisters, who had just showed up.

“What did you think of the speech?” asked Pinkie energetically.

“No, I’m sorry. We just don’t have the funds for your group to perform tonight,” Twilight was saying, “I’ve already had to turn down Bobo and I’m really sorry to turn you down as well; however, you’re more than welcome to stay and enjoy the rest of the party.”

The Pegasisters walked away with annoyance clearly showing on their faces.

“What was all that about Twilight?” asked Pinkie.

“Pinkie!” was all Twilight could say as she turned to face the mayor-for-a-day, “I told you to only get only one entertainer. We don’t have the money for any more than one. Did you do anything else that wasn’t on the list?”

“Well…I had the Cakes double their order and…”

“Hey! Pinkie!” called Rainbow Dash from the crowd, “Come on over and dance! This is your party after all!”

“Ok! Coming!” she called and ran off to join the fun.

“You doubled the order?” shouted Twilight at the fun loving Pinkie.

The party was really getting into full swing as Pinkie joined the swaying mass of dancing ponies. Vinyl was pulling out all the stops tonight and the food and punch was excellent. The weather couldn’t have been more perfect and Rarity’s decorations were brilliant. The games were a blast and even Fluttershy got up enough courage to fire off Pinkie Pie’s party cannon, even if she did cringe a little afterwards. Everypony was enjoying themselves, except for Twilight who couldn’t seem to get Pinkie to settle down enough to talk about the extra expenses she had accumulated. Eventually Twilight just gave up on catching Pinkie and decided to enjoy herself until a better opportunity presented itself. Unfortunately, that opportunity never came. The pink party pony was running on enthusiasm, a massive sugar rush, and pure Pinkie power. She never seemed to stay still for a moment. But finally, the party came to a close and Pinkie stood back on the stage to announce the beginning of the fireworks.

“Well everypony, it’s sure been fun, but my term in office is coming to an end and I’d like to finish with a bang! So sit back and relax as the firework show gets started!”

Pinkie gave a nod to Firecracker and the pyromaniac pony lit the first fuses. Boom! A small blue spark lit up the sky, followed by a larger yellow one that fizzled and crackled as it died out. Somehow, Pinkie had managed to coordinate between Vinyl and Firecracker during the party so that the music matched the light show. Bang! Boom! The fireworks became more elaborate as the show continued. Many “oooos and ahhhhhs” were heard from the audience. Some even started making guesses as to when the finale was coming, but the show didn’t end, it just kept going and becoming grander in scale as various reds, yellows, greens, purples, blues, and oranges lit up the dark sky. Finally, Twilight saw her moment to talk with Pinkie.

“Pinkie, I’ve been trying to catch you all evening,” the unicorn began.

“This really is the best party ever!” responded Pinkie.

“Well, I totally agree, but I need to talk to you about anything you did that wasn’t on my list. You told me about doubling the order to the Cakes and I took care of the extra entertainers, anything else I should know about?”

“Hmm…let me see…Oh yeah! I picked up ten extra fireworks. That’s all!”

“Just ten more fireworks? Ok, I think we can handle that.”

“Yep, they’re going to be the grand finale.”

“Wait, what fireworks did you get Pinkie?”

“Only the best of the best for this party!”

“No! Pinkie! Not those fireworks!”

Twilight ran over to Firecracker with the intent of stopping the grand finale, but it was too late. The last ten fireworks were all lit simultaneously and each small, but decorative, explosive began to glow a different hue.

“Firecracker stop!” yelled Twilight a moment too late.

“Sorry, but I can’t now,” Firecracker responded with excitement.

The fireworks started to blast off and explode with almost magical properties as they painted the night sky in a dizzying display of pyrotechnic perfection. These were incredibly special fireworks that somehow managed to collaborate together as they each performed spectacular displays. They even began combining at some points to become flying dragons, crackling waterfalls, and even a shining version of Canterlot. The crowd went nuts over the display; however, even these very unique fireworks had to come to an end at some point. They let off one final volley of flares unlike any before. Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow! One after another they came, in all manner of colors and sounds. The entire night sky became overcast with smoke from the explosives that kept coming. The finale eventually came to a close but the entire sky was blocked up with the smoke screen. Ponies became a bit disoriented in the foggy light and started to bump into each other as they attempted to exit the town square. “Oof! Hey! Watch out! Wait!” Many a crash was heard as the entire population of Ponyville rammed into other ponies, party tables, and decorations in the foggy mist. Somehow everypony made their way home with the actual Mayor shouting directions into the microphone and Rainbow Dash quickly sweeping the smoke away. As the crowd was dwindling, Vinyl started to close up shop and Firecracker Burst came over to wish Pinkie a good night.

“That was incredible! Best party ever!” yelled the light blue unicorn who was shaking with excitement. “Pinkie is most definitely the greatest mayor-for-a-day. Alright, well now I need to go back and make twenty of those things. Thanks for a sweet night mayor Pinkie.”

“Bye Firecracker! Can’t wait to see what you come up with next!”

Then Twilight came over to the beaming pink pony. “Pinkie…what just happened?”

“Fireworks went “Boom!” and then we went “Oooo” and that’s about it.”

“Uh huh…” Twilight was still in shock but attempted to continue with her business anyway, “Well…uh…Pinkie,” she managed to stammer out, “you kind of went…uh…over budget.”

“Over what?”

“You spent too much…um…money.”

“I did?”

“Yep,” Twilight started to regain some composure after the light show. “In fact you’re sort of in debt right now. The town will only pay so much for the mayor-for-a-day event. You owe 500 bits.”

“That’s a lot of baby sitting,” said Pinkie wide-eyed.

“Yes, yes it is Pinkie.”

Twilight and Pinkie Pie looked around at the now deserted town square. Tables were on their sides and sweets littered the ground along with streamers and confetti.

“And we can’t afford for anypony to clean this up, so we’ll have to do it ourselves,” continued Twilight.

“That’s a lot of party to clean up.”

“It sure is Pinkie. Now, I’ve talked with Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy and we’re all willing to help you clean this up, but you’ve still got a lot of work to do to pay off all that money. I think there’s a lesson to be learned here Pinkie, something you should write to the Princess about.”

“What’s that Twilight?”

“Sometimes Pinkie, too much of a good thing can become a bad thing. That was a great party, but now you’re in debt and have a lot of cleaning up to do.”

“Oh, I think I see. So maybe I shouldn’t have double the order on the sweets and only bought five fireworks.”

“That’s right.”

“It was still a great party though.”

“It sure was Pinkie, it sure was.” Twilight laughed.

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Sometime in the late afternoon the next day Spike finally woke up from his sugar coma and sat down to write Pinkie’s letter to Celestia.

“There we go Pinkie,” mumbled Spike, still a little out of it.

“Thanks Spike!” Pinkie said happily.

“Hey, how are you going to pay off your debt anyway?” asked Spike.

“Well, Twilight offered me your job!”

“She did what?” asked Spike shocked.

Twilight came down the stairs at that moment.

“That’s right!” said the unicorn.

“But…but why?” asked Spike.

“Well, you do so much for me that I thought you could use a vacation. So feel free to take it easy and…”

“Whoo-hoo!” yelled Spike happily as he ran up the stairs and fell asleep instantly. The two ponies chuckled as Spike snored in happy bliss.