Pinkie Pie was throwing another party. Of course she was, she was a "Super Duper Party Pony," after all. She was on a streak, having thrown five other parties earlier that week, and still going strong. Unfortunately, her house was so cluttered from the remains of all the previous parties that she could hardly even get through the door, let alone have another party. But the invitations had already been sent, and the guests would arrive in only a few short hours, which was certainly not enough time to clean the house. But Pinkie was keeping her cool, staying calm, breathing deeply, remaining-

"WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?!" she yelled at nopony in particular. Actually the only living thing there was Gummy, and he was preoccupied doing nothing. Pinkie paced nervously in front of her debris-filled house. She had gone straight from Calm, Controlled Pinkie to All-Out Panic Pinkie. She grabbed Gummy and stared into his vacant eyes.

"Gummy, we have a problem! We can't throw tonight's party here, with all the junk in my house! I'm on a streak! I can't cancel the party! Everypony will get here and then hate me for wasting their time, not to mention blowing my streak!"

Gummy looked blankly at her before jumping to the ground and waddling to the front door.

Pinkie watched him. "Well, you're right, Gummy. I guess it wouldn't hurt to try cleaning the house."

She walked up to the door and opened it. An enormous pile of decorations, leftover treats, and other garbage tumbled out, and almost buried Pinkie, but she stepped aside. She looked at the pile and sighed. Picking up a stray cupcake, she shoved it in her mouth, chewing disappointedly.

"Well, that's not gonna work," she told Gummy. She moped over and sat next to the toothless alligator. "It looks like our only option is to cancel the party…"

Fluttershy was walking back from a most successful grocery-shopping trip. She cheerily strolled along the road, enjoying the nice day and the birds flying from tree to tree. Walking by Pinkie's house, she was surprised to see the almost-always-happy-and-cheerful pony slumped on the front steps, on the brink of tears. Being the kind-hearted pony she was, Fluttershy walked over to consult her friend.

"Hi."

Pinkie looked up. Fluttershy was standing over her, a concerned look on her face.

"Hi Fluttershy," she said gloomily.

"Is something wrong?" asked the yellow pegasus.

Pinkie gathered herself and related the dilemma to her. When she was finished, Fluttershy looked at her sympathetically.

"Oh, Pinkie, that's terrible! Is there anything I can do to help?"

"Not unless you can clean my whole house in two hours, or build me another one, or-" she stopped, and looked at Fluttershy.

"Yes?" she inquired.

"Oh, Fluttershy, I hate to ask this…"

"What is it?"

"Well, do you think I could maybe use your house for the party?"

"Oh, Pinkie. Of course you can!"

Pinkie perked up immediately. "Really?"

"Sure! Anything to help a friend!"

Now Pinkie was positively radiating with smiles. She threw a hug around the pegasus. "Oh, Fluttershy, thank you soooooooo much!"

"No problem. Let's go get ready!"

"Okay! Let me get my party supplies!" Pinkie exclaimed, then squeezed through the door into her house.

Fluttershy watched her go and smiled, rolling her eyes. Well, it looked like it was going to be an interesting night!

All characters mentioned in the story are owned by Hasbro with the exception of Beans and Thunder Twister.