Derpy sat alone in her kitchen, mixing muffin batter intently. The kitchen was a mess. Utensils covered in muffin batter were scattered on the counter and floor. A bag of flour had spilled on the ground, and now white hoofprints were all over the house from Derpy accidently walking through the mess. Globs of batter stuck to the walls. Derpy didn't notice, though. She focused on the bowl in front of her.

The New Years party and Sugarcube corner was tonight, and Derpy knew that Pinkie was counting on her to supply her famous muffins for all of the party-goers to snack on. Derpy had been ordered to bake two dozen, and that's exactly what she was doing. She began pouring the batter into the little tins when she almost forgot. The secret ingredient! Derpy moved to her mail satchel and dug around for the small baggie she had been sold earlier that day. When she had been walking out from work, a mysterious stallion stopped her and offered her some pills.

"Well, what do they do?" Derpy had said a little unsurely, trying to steady her pupils.

"Well, umm," The stallion said with a very scratchy voice. "They make everypony have a good time! They're....party inhancers!"

That sounded friendly enough to Derpy.

"Hmmm. Okay!" Derpy had exclaimed excitedly. The mysterious stallion ducked in to the shadows after being payed, and Derpy fly home as quickly as possible.

Back in the present, Derpy brought the small bag over to the kitchen counter and opened it carefully. The pills spilled out, and she picked up one to take a look at it. It was tiny, and white. Engraved on the top was a capital "H."

"Oooooh! I get it! Happy!" Derpy giggled and crushed the tiny pill between her hooves over the bowl of batter. The dust settled in and Derpy began pouring the mixture into tiny cups.

"Everypony is gonna be so happy tonight! I can hardly wait!"

Three hours later, the kitchen was spotless, and two dozen muffins sat on a tray, smelling strongly of blueberry.

Derpy looked at her creation in awe. Each batch had three pills in it, and that seemed like it would be enough for the guests to feel happy.

The clock struck eight, and Derpy suddenly remembered that she had to be at the party early to deliver the muffins.

With the muffins securely on her back, she pushed  open the door out to Cloudsdale and began the shaky flight to Ponyville.

"Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh!" Rainbow Dash shouted excitedly. "This party is gonna be wicked!"

"Oh, um, Rainbow, wicked means good, right?" Fluttershy asked from behind her silky pink mane.

Rainbow groaned. "Yes, Fluttershy."

Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash had just left Fluttershy's cozy cottage and were walking down the dirt path to Sweet Apple Acres. After retrieving Applejack, they were to meet up with Rarity and Twilight at the Carousel Boutique. Pinkie was already at the corner well, because she was throwing the party!

"I can't wait! I heard a rumor that the Wonderbolts might be there! That would be SO AWESOME! Maybe I'll get to have a drink with Spitfire and Soarin'!" Dash went on.

Fluttershy was silent.

Suddenly, she spoke up. "Well, I don't know Rainbow. I have a bad feeling about this...I don't want anypony doing something they might regret..."

"Regret? Pffff. Come on Fluttershy! It's the end of the year! That's the perfect excuse for somepony to get totally wasted or go crazy! You know you want to."

Fluttershy sighed heavily. "Oh, I guess it wouldn't hurt to step outside my comfort zone a little bit."

Rainbow Dash elbowed her in the shoulder suddenly. "That's the spirit!"

"Only a little bit, though. I don't want to face any conse-"

A sweet sound up ahead cut Fluttershy off suddenly. From Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy's position, they could see Applejack sitting on the porch of the farmhouse, belting out a tune on a harmonica. The two pegasus approached in silence, appreciating the song.

Applejack stopped playing and looked up and them. "Hiya! What took so long? I jus' taught mahself how to play this while waiting for y'all to show up!" she held up the silver harmonica.

"I had to convince this old timer to let loose tonight!" Rainbow Dash nudged Fluttershy.

The yellow pegasus nodded hesitantly.

Applejack let out a hearty laugh. "Right then, best be headin' out now. Ya'll know how Rarity gets when she's left waitin."

The duo, now a trio headed up the road to the Carousel Boutique.

Twilight watched patiently as Rarity curled her long purple mane and tail, taking mental notes in her head.

"And that, Darling, is how you successfully curl your hair! Easy, yes?"

Twilight brought a hoof up to her muzzle. "Ummmm? Where do we start again?"

The door bell rang, right on time

Rarity suddenly magicked a book off a nearby shelf. "Here, read this while I go answer the door."

The book landed in front of Twilight with a clunk. She inspected the cover.

"The Fashionista's guide to all thing's fashion?"

Twilight read aloud. "Really? That's the best they could come up with?" Nonetheless, she opened up the book to the mane styling section and began reading.

Rarity ushered in the three other ponies, babbling ecstatically about how they could dress, and style their hair, and on and on.

"Yeah, yeah Rares." Rainbow Dash wasn't amused. "I don't really care, to be honest."

Rarity looked at Rainbow crossly. "You're not going to dress nice or do anything to your mane? That's a fashion crime!"

Dash got closer to Rarity, almost nose to nose. "Hey, don't insult my 'do! It's awesome, and doesn't need any styling! Back off!"

"Girls!" Twilight shouted. "Everypony should go to the party, looking however they want."

"Well, fine then! Who is going to try and look nice?" Rarity inquired to all of the ponies. None said a word. "Hmmph. Fine. I guess we can go now if everypony is ready?"

She was answered by four nods.

"Hey, did you guys hear that Derpy Hooves is bringing her epic muffins? I'm gonna eat so many!" Rainbow Dash said as the five walked out the door.