Chapter 2
Once getting up to their hotel room, Pinkie Pie immediately burst into it, jumping around and checking things out. Octavia just walked delicately into the room and set her luggage next to the first queen sized bed when one were to first walk in.
"Ooh! It's so nice!" Pinkie exclaimed, her blue eyes brightening up; Octavia just nodded.
Pinkie smiled at Octavia pleasantly, and the gray mare just smiled back a little.
'Maybe this won't be so bad, after all…' she thought.
"Hey, Octavia," Pinkie said.
"Yes?" the gray mare answered pleasantly.
"I'm gonna go walk around town to see where I can help out, wanna come?" the pink mare asked, hopping over to the door.
"That's really quite kind of you, Pinkie, but I have to rehearse," Octavia replied, getting out her cello, "My concert is two weeks from now."
Pinkie shrugged and hopped out the door.
"I'll be back!" the party pony exclaimed.
So, Pinkie hopped around town, asking everypony she saw if they needed help with a friendship problem.
Half of them said, "Just walk away slowly…" under their breaths, then they would back away slowly.
Pinkie just shrugged it off and continued to her soul searching.
Then, after some wandering around, she ran into a certain somepony…
She was walking around the center of Manehattan, adoring the sights. She even saw a store that sold things for 1 bit! She had went inside and asked if they sold pie. They just stepped away said to try the bakery on Mane Street. She did, and then she was able to buy a cherry pie to share with Octavia later. Then, she got a sense in her tail, eyes, and her cutie mark; a feeling she had never gotten before! Her tail quivered, her eyes blinked three times, and her cutie mark balloons expanded and then contracted.
"OOH! New Pinkie Sense! Cool!" she exclaimed, shooting up like a bottle rocket.
She knew that her Pinkie Sense was telling her to go to 354 Trot Lane on the other side of town. When she got there, she was greeted by green, blue, and pink balloons, streamers, and the sound of party music!
"I know what this means…" she whispered seriously, "A… PARTAAAAAAAYYYYY!~"
She shot up like a firework this time and galloped over to the place where the party seemed to be happening.
It was amazing! There was cake, balloons, streamers, and a party cannon like hers!
'Wait! There's only one other pony I know who has a party cannon like mine: …' she paused in her train of thought to look around for that pony.
Then, her vision halted upon seeing… him! A colt with creamy orange fur, chocolate brown coloured hair that was styled like Pinkie's, a cutie mark that looked like a cheese sandwich and an accordion, and green eyes. The colt was performing on an accordion for a group of sitting fillies, eager to be wowed by his amazing skills with the instrument. Pinkie recognized this colt as Cheese Sandwich; a colt who helped her plan her friend Rainbow Dash's Birthaversary. He was a party planner like her, and boy did he know how to throw a bash! Maybe this is why the Map called her here? Maybe Cheese needed help planning another party?
"Cheese!" Pinkie called out to him.
Cheese halted when his ears and tail started to twitch. That alerted him that something was nearby. He looked up from his playing and saw a pink party pony grinning from ear-to-ear, waving at him.
"Pinkie Pie!" he exclaimed, dashing over to her.
He hugged her unexpectedly. Pinkie was caught off guard by this, but hugged back with equal enthusiasm.
(A/N: Nowacking: AAAAHHH!*Shipping!*)
After the hug, they both laughed at each other's company.
"What are you doing here?" Pinkie asked her fellow party planner.
"You know, the usual: Planning parties!" the brunette explained, smiling.
"And you?" he asked.
Pinkie then explained in a fast voice her reason for being in Manehattan.
Cheese smiled warmly.
"Really?" he said, and Pinkie nodded.
"Well," Cheese began turning around.
"I'm here to plan quite a few parties for like two weeks. So, if you want to join me in planning them, you can!" he offered.
Pinkie got practical stars in her eyes again.
"Really?! That's sounds party-tastic!" the party pony exclaimed.
Cheese looked at Pinkie strangely.
"Is that your new catchphrase?" he inquired.
Pinkie nodded. "I guess it is,"
Cheese blinked twice.
"I… LOVE IT!" he exclaimed, jumping for joy.
Pinkie blushed a nice shade of pink. Luckily she was mostly pink, so Cheese wouldn't notice.
The rest of that morning, Pinkie helped Cheese entertain the fillies at the party, making the mom highly recommend the two to her friends who all had foals with upcoming birthdays. Then, Pinkie and Cheese decided to walk around Manehattan and talk about what's happened ever since they last saw each other.
"Wow, so your cutie mark really glows when that happens?" Cheese said after hearing about the Map.
Pinkie nodded.
"Hey, didn't you say that maybe planning that party was why the Map called you here?" Cheese asked her.
Pinkie remembered that and looked at her cutie mark. However, it wasn't illuminating like it should when her mission is finished.
"Huh… guess not…" Pinkie said, her ears drooping down.
Cheese placed a hoof on Pinkie's shoulder in comfort.
Soon, they arrived back at the hotel Pinkie was staying at with Octavia.
"Hey, this where I'm staying while I'm here!" Pinkie exclaimed, leaning her head back to marvel at the giant building.
"Hey, I'm staying here too!" Cheese said, his green eyes brightening up.
"Really?!" Pinkie asked in amazement.
He nodded.
"Wow! Maybe our hotel rooms are close to each others?" the pink mare suggested.
They looked at each other then at the hotel again. In the blink of an eye, they both zoomed into the hotel, up the stairs, and at the room where Pinkie was staying at.
"This is my room," she said, gesturing to the door in front of the two.
Cheese smiled ear-to-ear.
"My room is right across from yours!" he exclaimed, hopping over to the door across from hers.
Pinkie smiled ear to ear too. They both promised each other they would visit and keep conversation.
When Pinkie walked back into her hotel room, she was about to announce that she was back. However, she noticed that Octavia was fast asleep! She was leaning on her cello, still holding it like she was playing. Pinkie smiled and walked over to her quietly so she wouldn't wake her up. She carefully placed the gray mare into her bed, covering her up.
'Might as well put her cello away too.' Pinkie thought.
So, she did and crawled into the second bed next to Octavia's.
"Night-night!" she whisper exclaimed, shutting the light off.
Hey! Sorry it's been awhile since I last updated this story, but I've been… busy.
Shadow: Yeah, and by busy, you mean procrastinating so you can work on other stories.
Hey, I have school work too!
Shadow: True, but still…
R&R!