Pinkie Pie bounces out of the castle and immediately gets to work getting to ponies she wants to invite. Even if the ponies weren’t really expecting it. Like poor Bon Bon and Lyra, just about to kiss in their home when suddenly…
Pinkie Pie: HIIIIII
Lyra & Bon Bon: AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHH
The engaged couple fall down after being scared by Pinkie’s appearance.
Bon Bon: Pinkie! This was not the time to suddenly pop in on us!
Pinkie: Oops, sorry Bon Bon. But by the way, congratulations on getting engaged! Speaking of weddings though, I’ll be heading soon to Saddle Arabia where there will be a Royal Ball and a Wedding. I know you also have to think about planning on having a wedding soon, but in case you feel like you can go to one more wedding before you have your own in Ponyville, eventually.
The two ponder for a moment. Lyra just shrugs.
Lyra: Sure why not, we’re actually in no rush as we haven’t decided a date yet
Bon Bon: I guess we can, Pinkie. But next time you plan on popping in on us, can you knock on our door beforehand instead?
Pinkie: I’ll keep that in mind, again apologies for the sudden entrance. But, I’ll see you lovebirds later. Seeya!
Pinkie waves and closes off the portal. As the couple becomes alone once again, hopefully with no more interruptions they give each other half-lidded eyes.
Bon Bon: Now where were we?~
Pinkie realizes she probably should be using the portals just outside the door so she doesn’t get yelled at like she just did. Next she puts another portal up close to the door of Cranky Doodle Donkey and his wife Matilda. She bounces out of the portal and knocks. Matilda is there to answer the door.
Pinkie: Hiya Matilda!
Matilda: Pinkie Pie! How nice to see you again, what brings you here?
Pinkie: I have something to invite you and Cranky to! Is he home?
Matilda: Yep, he’s just reading the newspaper over here.
Matilda looks into the house and starts calling for her husband
Matilda: Doodle! Pinkie Pie’s here, mind coming over even if only for a short bit to say hi?
Cranky: Oh, sorry Matilda and Pinkie. I was just pretty engrossed with the news, and hearing about the big battle ended not too long ago, not to mention Twilight’s going to be leader of all Equestria in about a year. It feels like just yesterday she was just a librarian in our quaint little town…
Pinkie: Yeah, things have been pretty crazy isn’t it? But looks like we have some time for some relaxation and fun. How would you two like to go with me and my other friends, including Twilight. To Saddle Arabia for a Royal Ball and a wedding for two of Twilight’s friends that live there.
Matilda: Hm, going to a wedding long after our own might be nice.
Cranky: Wait, this wedding isn’t for Lyra and Bon Bon? I thought they were the next ones getting hitched.
Pinkie: Well this is entirely different area of the world, but yeah looks like they beat them to the punch.
Cranky: How are we even going to get there, I’m looking at the map and Saddle Arabia is pretty darn far.
Pinkie: Oh don’t you worry about that. Twilight gave me portal gum. When it’s time you’ll only have to go through them, and when we need to go home, get another!
Matilda: Very convenient!
Cranky: Well if the Princess is making it that easy, she must really want the ones they invite there. Guess it could be interesting. We’ll see if we can go, Pinkie. Thanks for inviting us.
Pinkie: No problem! Hope to see you there!
Pinkie bounces out of the donkey couple’s house before stopping and pondering who to try to get to next.
Pinkie: Ooooo! I can’t forget Maud’s in ponyville! I’ll try to find her!
Pinkie first tries the underground cavern that Maud chose as her home in town. But she sees no sign of her.
Pinkie: Huh, wonder where she went? Maybe she went to visit Starlight in her school office?
Pinkie uses another gum portal to peek into the Principal’s office. But no one is there either.
Pinkie: Darn it! Where could she be?!
Pinkie suddenly starts using many of the gum packs all over Ponyville, if she happens to teleport near another pony. She asks if they’ve seen Maud but usually Pinkie’s sudden appearance just spooks them away before they answer. Eventually it gets to a point where Pinkie… runs out of gum to use.
Pinkie: Oh no! I used all my gum, I sure hope Twilight isn’t going on her invitations right now…
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Pinkie runs back to the inside of Twilight’s castle, and to her luck Twilight is still there. She decided to get some royal paperwork done before heading off to get her invitees.
Pinkie: Hey Twilight!
Twilight: Pinkie? What you doing here back so soon? Did you already get your invitees or something?.
Pinkie: I have a few already… but I kinndddddaaaaaaaaaa used up my entire gum pack looking for my sister…
Twilight: *facehoofs* Pinkie, be a little more efficient with your portal use next time. I can give you another pack, but please think a little more before deciding to try using so many on finding one pony…
Pinkie: Sorry Twilight… It’s just I know Maud is SOMEWHERE near Ponyville as she probably would of told me if she was heading out of town. But she’s not in the usual spots I usually find her.
Twilight: If it’s any help, I know where Maud is. She’s with Mud Briar seeing Treelight again at our student’s treehouse.
Pinkie: Ooooooooooooooh, thanks Twilight! I’ll head there right away!
Twilight: Seeya, Pinkie!
With Pinkie directed to the location of her sister, she portals close to the treehouse that was made after the Student Six had. And just as Twilight said, Maud was standing next to her special somepony Mud Briar in front of the spirit of the Tree of Harmony. A sparkly version of Twilight that guided the Student Six, even if in a rather creepy manner. Though not on purpose, since the spirit was of course accustomed to being a tree rather then a talking being. Twilight’s been teaching the tree more normal behavior to make her less unsettling and by now, while she still speaks generally monotone, her body language is more normal. Pinkie meanwhile, bounces toward the two ponies and the spirit.
Pinkie: Hiiiiiii Maud, Mud, and Treelight!
Maud Pie: Hi Pinkie. Did you come to see Treelight too? She’s pretty fascinating. pretty neat that she describes both being crystal…
Mud Briar: But also actually still a tree!
Maud & Mud: At the same time
Pinkie: Huh, that does sound like something that’d interest the both of you. Though come to think of it, I think only Twilight of my friends have spoken with the spirit. Maybe I should talk with it a little bit. Hi there, Treelight!
The spirit looks over to Pinkie and smiles.
Treelight: Hello bearer of the Element of Laughter, your sister and her mate have been very friendly And they’re both also pretty funny.
Pinkie: Wait, can trees like you even understand humor? And even laugh?
Treelight: Of course, laughter is your element. It’s therefore, part of me. Allow me to show.
Treelight proceeds to laugh, which at first sounds just like whenever Twilight was laughing, but then it starts getting higher pitched. And suddenly the spirit shifts into a new form, purple coat becoming pink, horns and wings disappear, the dark blue hair with highlights becomes poofy and a darker pink color, eyes turning blue, it’s now a sparkly Pinkie Pie.
Maud: Whoa, that’s cool. Looks like whenever it does something that reflects one of the elements of harmony, it switches form to the other elements. Even the voice changes.
Pinkie: That IS pretty cool! Quick, say something that’s honest.
Treekie: Ok then.. I am…
The sparkly pinkie turns orange, the poofy pink mane turns blond, and the spirit’s eyes turn green
Appletree: …ah tree!
Pinkie Pie claps her hooves
Pinkie: Now try listening to me in loyalty by following something I want you to try, jump up in the air for me!
The sparkly Applejack spirit jumps up listening to Pinkie, turning sky blue, growing wings, and mane and tail going from blonde to a full rainbow range of colors, and now a sparkly Rainbow Dash hovering in the air and flapping wings
Treebow: Like this?
Pinkie Pie: Sweet! Now say something kind about anypony here
Treebow: Maud, you are…
The sparkly Rainbow turns yellow, the rainbow mane & tail turns pink and grows exponentially longer
Fluttertree: a nice pony!
Pinkie: Neat! But now who do we make a spirit do a generous act?
Fluttertree: Allow me…
The Spirit floats back down to the ground, wings disappear. Yellow coat becomes white while the long pink mane & tail shrink back a little but into fancy purple curls and a horn grows.
Raritree: …to show you,
The sparkly Rarity makes a white transparent tentacle comes from the side of her body and grabs some apples that were growing nearby and drops them to the ground for the 3 ponies.
Pinkie: Wow! Though how do you usually go to Twilight’s form then?
Raritree: Oh I can do that, at literally any point…
The spirit’s horn & coat becomes purple, big wings grow, the fancy purple mane & tail become the more simpler mane & tail Twilight normally has.
Treelight: There’s kind of a reason I’m in the form of the bearer of Magic most often, as it’s sort of my default form as a spirit.
Maud: Very interesting
Pinkie: Indeed! Thanks for the demonstration! But now I need to speak with my sister if that’s ok.
Treelight: No problem.
Pinkie: Maud, I’m going to Saddle Arabia with my friends to attend a Royal Ball as well as a wedding pretty soon. Would you like to come with?
Maud: Sure, Pinkie. I can bring Mud Briar too, right?
Pinkie: Of course! You two can have a nice night together there. But now I’m going to head to the Rock Farm to get the rest of our sisters and our parents!
Maud: Bye Pinkie
Pinkie opens another gum portal and she’s now at the Rock Farm where she spent a good part of her childhood before finding happier pastures in Ponyville. She finds both of her sisters who still live here mining outside.
Pinkie: Hi Limestone & Marble! How’s it been?
Limestone: What do you think it’s been? Just more work mining rocks!
Pinkie: Heh heh… well. If I can get our parents out here, I actually have something that could get you girls out for a nice break!
Limestone: That could be nice… let me call them out first. Ma! Pa! Pinkie’s here, and wants to ask us something
Pinkie’s parents walk on out to greet their visiting daughter.
Cloudy Quartz: Pinkamena! What a nice little surprise to see you back here
Igneous Rock: Limestone mentioned you came here to ask us something. What is it?
Pinkie: I came here to invite you all to Saddle Arabia! There will be a Royal ball and many of my own friend’s families and friends will be there too and we can just enjoy ourselves with entertainment. Oh, Maud will also be there, so if you miss her and would like to see her again. Would be a good opportunity for you all to do so!
Cloudy Quartz: I guess every once in a while we should break the monotony of our mining. What say you Igneous, dear.
Igneous: Sure, why not.
Marble: Mmhmm *Marble nods a yes indicating she’d like to go*
Limestone: I guess if you’re all going, I might as well, better then rock mining alone if I were to say no.
Pinkie: Great! I’ll come back to pick you up through a portal when it’s time. I’ll see you all later!
Pinkie portals back to Ponyville and ponders who to go see next.
Pinkie: Hm… maybe I should bring along Prince Rutherford. Besides… I’m not sure I want to have a yak like him find out I didn’t invite him to a large party like this next time I see him. Probably good for Yakyakistan to be there for diplomatic reasons as well.
Pinkie once again does another portal this time to the cold tundra of Yakyakistan. The yaks were at first a pretty dangerous bunch that smash everything the moment things are even a hair out of place. But as things opened up for relations betweens Yaks and Ponies, including having a representative at the School of Friendship in Yona. The Yaks have generally learned more to forgive if there are tiny mistakes, though certainly still never a good idea to anger a Yak in any fashion.
Pinkie enters the largest hut in the capital village to find Rutherford drinking with his royal ensemble.
Pinkie: Hi Ruthy!
Prince Rutherford: Well if it isn’t Pink Pony! Come to visit our great land once again, eh?
Pinkie: It is a great land, your majesty. Buuuuut I actually came here to ask if you’d be interested in going to Saddle Arabia with me and my friends. A Royal Ball is taking place, probably a good idea for you to be there for diplomatic reasons between the nations too I imagine
Rutherford: Hmm… would like to go. But Saddle Arabia, very hot. Exact opposite of Yakyakistan where fur makes cold bearable.
Pinkie: Well I’m sure as long as you’re in the palace they’ll have some form of air conditioning. Just try not to go to the desert perhaps.
Rutherford: Good point, pink pony. We’ll see if conditions are fine, but if we end up profusely sweating at any point. We might have some trouble…
Pinkie: Don’t worry if at any point it starts getting too hot for you yaks we can just make a gum portal to get you back to Yakyakistan. Also, while I’m not totally sure, there’s a chance Yona could be there. You could see how she’s been doing lately.
Rutherford: In that case, suppose us Yaks can go. And Yona might show? Excellent, hope she is well.
Pinkie: I’ll come back when it’s time! See you all then!
Pinkie Pie bounces out of the hut and goes back to Ponyville through the portal she left. She thinks once more of where to go, and realizes she hasn’t even gotten an entertainer yet, unless she wants to count if Maud did stand-up but she never asked if Maud wanted to do that, and assumes it won’t happen anyhow. Pinkie said she’d try to get Cheese Sandwich to Twilight earlier, so looks like it was time to return to his laugh factory. Even though Cheese started traveling again, he still stops by the factory to check on Sans Smirk. Sans has also livened up the factory with a little more color to make it look less dreary. Even when Pinkie sees the same security guards that were at first tough on her until they realized she had an invitation has gotten much softer.
Security Guard #1: Good day there, Pinkie
Security Guard #2: You want to see Cheese Sandwich? He is with Sans in the factory.
Pinkie: Huh? You two were tougher guards last time I was here. I don’t even have a technical invitation here.
Security Guard #1: Well, since that day Cheese Sandwich has kinda authorized a sort of permanent invitation for you that Sans Smirk agreed to let you have specifically. He doesn’t give that to many ponies, but you get special permission.
Security Guard #2: And besides, we’ve loosened up ourselves as well.
Pinkie: I guess, thank you then!
Pinkie bounces toward the factory and eventually reaches the office. It’s now Sans Smirk’s since Cheese stepped down as president of the factory but Pinkie still finds Cheese there meeting up with Sans.
Pinkie: Hi Cheese & Sans!
Cheese Sandwich turns around and is immediately excited to see Pinkie’s here.
Cheese Sandwich: Pinkie! I’m so happy to see you again! Say did you ever find out your life’s purpose you mentioned in your last visit?
Pinkie: I just found my purpose to be similar to yours: To spread the joy and laughter wherever I am. I can’t travel as much as you can, as I have friends in Ponyville. But I think what I’ve been doing already already does a lot of my purpose.
Cheese: Ah I see, though uh I do have a bit of an update on my situation. While I don’t live at the factory any more. I have been thinking of finding somewhere to call my new home. And I’ve been thinking of maybe making that home in Ponyville. Where… we could see each other everyday.
Pinkie raises one eyebrow with a skeptic face, which worries Cheese a little bit of what she’s about to say
Pinkie: Could Ponyville really handle two super duper party ponies living there on at least a semi-permanent basis?
Cheese: Uh… I hope so?
Pinkie Pie just grins and laughs
Pinkie: Of course it can! It’d be great to have you around more often!
Cheese: Oh *phew*
Pinkie: Though before you get set on moving, I actually came here to invite you, as well as give a place you can have another show at!
Cheese: Oh really? What super fun event are you inviting me to?
Pinkie: Saddle Arabia’s hosting a royal ball, and there’s also a wedding between two of Twilight’s friends who live in Saddle Arabia. The Royal family is also looking for entertainers, and you were the first name that came up for me in terms of that!
Cheese: Oh sure! I’ll definitely go! Hey Sans, would you like to go Saddle Arabia with me and Pinkie later?
Sans: Sure thing, sire!
Pinkie: Great! I’ll be so excited for your show! I think you may be my last invitee, so thank you Cheese! I’ll be heading home.
Cheese: Wait! Pinkie, I have something important to tell you.
Cheese Sandwich blushes
Cheese: There’s another reason I decided that I wanted to get a home in ponyville, there’s something I’ve been wanting to tell you for a long time but I didn’t know yet if it was the right time. Pinkie Pie… I lo-
Pinkie: OH SNAP! I ALMOST FORGOT THE CAKE FAMILY! AHHHHHHH
Pinkie freaks out and immediately makes a portal to Sugarcube Corner
Pinkie: Sorry to cut you off short on what you were saying but I gotta get them on board. I’ll see you at the ball and you can finish there! Byyyyyeeeeeeeee!
Pinkie pie bounces out and the portal closes.
Cheese: Well dang… guess I’ll have to tell her at the Ball instead.
Cheese ponders for a moment
Cheese: Actually, that might work out for the better anyway. I might have a more… super duper party pony way of telling her in mind…
Cheese muses to himself while thinking about his plan
Pinkie is back in Ponyville and immediately rushes to Sugarcube Corner. Mr. and Mrs. Cake ae just attending to their little foals Pumpkin and Pound Cake.
Pinkie: Hi Mr. & Mrs. Cake!
Pinkie looks down on the floor towards the two foals. And of course I can’t forget the two littlest cakes in the family.
The babies giggle and cheer that their favorite babysitter is here.
Mrs. Cake: It’s good to see you, Pinkie!
Mr. Cake: Do you need anything from us Pinkie? Or just stopping by and heading to your room upstairs?
Pinkie: Actually, I came here because you’re the last ones I want to invite you all to a Royal Ball in Saddle Arabia I’m going to! My family back in the Rock Farm as well as many of my friends with their own ensemble of family and friends of their own are going so thought I’d offer!
Mrs. Cake: Oh sure, that sounds like a great time. Though uh, we have a favor to ask of you, Pinkie.
Pinkie: Oh? What’s that?
Mr. Cake: We need to go out to the markets to buy more supplies. We need both more supplies for baking, and we also need a restock on just about everything for our little twins here. From food, diaper, and maybe even a few new toys for them to play with.
Mrs. Cake: But of course, I imagine you know what that means
Pinkie: Ah, you want me to babysit while you’re shopping! I can do that, certainly!
Mrs. Cake: Should only be for about an hour or two, but thank you Pinkie.
Mr. and Mrs. Cake start heading out, they wave back at Pinkie and the Cake Twins before heading off. Leaving Pinkie to entertain the babies for a little bit.
Pinkie: Are you two ready for play time?!
The babies cheer once more and can’t wait to have more fun with Pinkie. Pinkie is just satisfied to have her invitees done and now have an hour or two of babysitting before waiting for when the go ahead for the Royal Ball is done.
