1st of March, Saturday at 9:17 am

              Pinkie Pie stared forward at the wall of Applejack’s barn as she lightly tapped on the drums, unaware of what was going on around her, lost deep in thought. She was mostly thinking about all of her super duper amazing party ideas, and only snapped out of it when she realised everyone was staring at her.

                “What?” Pinkie asked, confused.

                “Uh, Pinkie,” Rainbow started, “you kinda stopped drumming.”

                “Oh, hehe!” she chuckled nervously. “Did I?”

                Applejack nodded and put her hand on her hip. “Mind telling us what’s on your mind, sugarcube?”

                Pinkie Pie let out a slight giggle. “It’s nothing, really!” she replied cheerfully, as the bell rang for the Apple family’s dinner.

                “Well, okay then. That’ll be Granny. Ah’ll see ya guys later then,” Applejack said as she packed up her bass, turning towards the door. The others nodded, and did the same, leaving Pinkie alone for a bit. She let out a sigh as she walked towards the door.

                “No!” She suddenly lit up. “It’s okay, you got this. You can do it, Pinkie! … Can I?”

                1st of March, Saturday at 1:07pm

                “Welcome to Sugarcube Corner!” Pinkie cheered happily as she turned towards the front door, watching the customer come in and—

                “Pinkie?” Applejack said as she looked up, noticing the girl behind the counter. Applejack smiled as Pinkie’s smile faded, but she tried to stay cheerful.

                “Oh, hello, Applejack!” Pinkie said and waved. “What can I do for you?”

                “Well, ah was looking outside your store and ah saw some really delicious looking apple cupcakes. Mind if ah have a few?” Applejack asked.

Pinkie shook her head. “Of course not!” she said and reached down below the counter, pulling out three of the apple cupcakes.

                “Anything else?” Pinkie asked.

Applejack nodded. “Just two of the rainbow iced ones as well, please.”

Pinkie hurried to comply. “Are you really going to eat all of these?” She placed out the bags.

                Applejack dug through her wallet. “Oh, no, the rainbow ones are for Rainbow Dash. She’s at the game store across the road.”

                “Oh, I see!” Pinkie accepted the money and placed it in the cash register. “Well, I’ll see you later then!”

                Applejack nodded and waved as she exited the store. Pinkie kept the smile on her face until she was sure AJ was gone, then sighed and peered up at the clock. If she could just—

                Pinkie’s thoughts were cut off as a bell rang, indicating that another customer had entered — no, two! She held back her groan and greeted them the same way she did to Applejack, using her free hand to cross her fingers behind her back.

                At this rate, I’ll never get it done in time…

                1st of March, Saturday at 6:00 pm

                Pinkie Pie let out a huge sigh of relief as she raced over to the store door and flipped the ‘Open’ sign to ‘Closed’. She washed her hands and then pulled out the list of parties she had to plan. This included the food she had to make, the decorations she had to put together, and the people she needed to call, as well as the time of the party. Thank god she didn’t have to be there.

                Pinkie Pie turned towards the kitchen to start, before hearing her phone go off in that cheerful tune she had set it to.