Chapter Twelve: The Party, Part Two

Oh, man, you guys. This is it. This is the last chapter. I'm really gonna miss this, you all. Unless, you know, epilogue, but I'd actually have to write that and all. But after the end of this, I need to know: do you want an epilogue or not? I really want your opinion after you've read the ending. Okay? Okay. This is a nice, long one. I know I said that I don't usually do song lyrics, but they fit in the story. Enjoy!

Pinkie began her party musically. She pulled out her ten-instrument combo as there was no music currently playing, and began to jam out a funky tune. "Come on, everypony!" she exclaimed as she did so. "It's my party and I'll play if I want to! I'll explore in a music line!" That was enough to break the ice; ponies began to ease toward the activities they wanted to do. Cheese began to dance along, keeping in mind that he would still need to duck out in a bit to get ready for his silly confession.

As he followed the music line, he noticed one particular instrument in Pinkie's medley: the accordion. Cheese grinned, pulling out his own. Getting in the rhythm, he started playing and eventually made his way next to Pinkie. The pink pony gasped excitedly. "Yesss! Accordion buddies!" she exclaimed when she had a quick break in the song. Shedding the other instruments which she offered to the other ponies in the music line, Pinkie held on to the accordion and played along with her fellow party pony. They had a long procession as Pinkie observed and praised the many flamboyant decorations. They were all girly and fun, just how Pinkie liked.

The Wonderbolts, Cheese having wanted to have the very best for his client, made a short appearance to make a message in the sky: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY PINKIE PIE!" After that they separated to enjoy the party. Rainbow Dash attempted to hang out with some of them, but only Soarin really complied. He didn't seem to mind.

After the Wonderbolt performance was over, Pinkie started playing in the chocolate and whipped cream clouds. The whipped cream had accumulated in a similar fashion as snow often did, and so Pinkie decided to play in the mounds of the delicious sweet. A couple of foals jumped in as well, alternating between licking up the chocolate rain and having a whipped cream fight with Pinkie. Cheese snickered as he decided to join in.

The Ponytones had also been booked to play during the party, although Fluttershy still couldn't sing for the entire town yet. Even so, she helped all she could by doing some backstage work and by getting her animals to put on a performance while the quartet sang. Pinkie listened excitedly, while the aforementioned yellow pony had decided to steer clear to avoid being reminded of her not singing with the Ponytones. Pinkie was a great pony and it was her birthday, but she was a bit insensitive to these things.

By then, Cheese had found a great time to slip away and get ready for his production. He was very nervous but he knew it was just pre-confession jitters. "Yes," he told himself, "that is most certainly a thing."

A bit later, it was time for Pinkie to open her presents. She was happy to see all of her friends with gifts (because of their presence, not presents), but disappointed to see that one pony wasn't there. "Where did Cheese go?" asked Pinkie.

"Oh, he's working on a, uh...a special gift, I think," replied Twilight enigmatically. "No worries."

Reassured slightly, Pinkie tore into the presents. She got many things, from a new cookbook to new ice skates to a box full of expensive party decorations. And then, at last, came the very parcel that Pinkie had attempted to wrestle from her friends two weeks ago. It felt like so much longer of a time.

"Well, now, I did tell you you'd find out on your birthday," snickered Rainbow. "Y'know, wasn't this the first one we got her?"

"Yeah, it was," replied Applejack, "an' we all picked it out together."

Pinkie was grinning widely as she tore into it. "It's gonna be the bet gift ever, I KNOW it!" The wrapping paper torn off, she was free to flip open the lids of the box. It almost shone off of her face as she looked into the present excitedly...and it turned out to be...

A brand-new cannon. It was bigger than her Party Cannon, and pink. The faces of her best friends were painted across the sides, and her face was on top. It was easy to see that each pony had done her own portrait; Rarity's was flawless, Twilight's was more than average, Rainbow Dash's was shaky and ameteurish, Applejack's was average, and Fluttershy's looked average as well. But each one looked as if their artists had done their best, and the Pinkie picture seemed to have been a collaboration of the whole group. It honestly brought tears to Pinkie's eyes.

"It's not like your Party Cannon isn't great," began Rainbow Dash.

"But we thought, since you use it so much, why not have a spare if yours breaks down or something similar?" finished Rarity. Her friends nodded.

Fluttershy asked timidly, "Do...do you like it?"

Pinkie stared for a few seconds before throwing her front legs around her friends. "I love it, I love it so much!" she sobbed. "You guys are the best!" The other five sighed in relief.

After getting herself back together, Pinkie demanded for the cake to be brought out. Twilight refused to do so, however. "There's still one more pony who needs to present."

"Oh. Is it Cheese's 'special gift?' What is it?" the pink pony asked curiously.

"You'll see," was Twilight's reply before she excused herself, most likely to find said pony.

Pinkie frowned. "Uh...okay..."

Cheese was pacing backstage in his costume. "I can't do it. I thought I could but I can't."

Twilight groaned. "Don't be such a foal! Everypony knows how you two crazy ponies feel about each other!"

Cheese sniffed. "But I'm scared..."

"Of what? Of course Pinkie's going to accept you. And even if she doesn't, she's a forgiving pony," said Twilight patiently. "You'll be fine."

Cheese frowned. "...But..."

Rainbow flew up to them. "Hey, Lover-Boy! Get your flank on that stage, Pinkie's gonna lose focus and head to the cake if you don't do it now!" Without waiting for an answer, she flew behind the stallion and started pushing him from behind. Following her lead, Twilight magically lifted Cheese and shoved him through the curtains. He looked back mournfully right before he went on.

The Alicorn was unfazed. "You'll be fine!" called Twilight with a smirk.

Pinkie was just about to sneak over to the large cake when she heard a yelp and saw, up on the stage, that Cheese Sandwich had burst through the curtains suddenly. He was holding his accordion and wearing a large pink wig and had been painted pink, with a few balloon stickers on his flank. The previously orange pony was looking nervously at the crowd. Pinkie hadn't seen him like that before, but something about his being dressed like her gave her butterflies. Not that his mere presence didn't do so anyway. She remembered how she had dressed as him, and giggled.

Cheese gulped. "Ah...uh...attention, everypony," he said shakily, "before we eat cake, I, uhh, have something to say—sing—for the birthday mare."

Pinkie cupped her hooves around her mouth and shrieked, "GO, CHEESE, WAHOO!"

The party pony laughed nervously and raised the accordion. After playing a few shaky notes, everypony could suddenly see the musician in him begin to take over as he started playing faster, smoother, and more confidently.

"Pinkie, it's your birthday,

a very special day," he sang,

"I've got a song, it won't take long, I just wanted to say,

Happy Happy Happy Happy, Happy Happy Happy Happy, Happy Happy Happy Happy Birthday to you!"

He pointed a hoof at Pinkie for emphasis. She was, by then, giggling. "Hey," she snorted through her giggles, "that's my song!"

"What do you mean? I have no idea what you're talking about," said Cheese theatrically. Everypony laughed. He continued,

"And through this little ditty,

I want you to see,

just how much you and your town,

they really mean to me!

Ponyville is awesome but coming from you to you now, the thing that brings me up not down, that pony is you!"

Cheese pointed to Pinkie again. She grinned a wide grin. After this, the melody switched. Cheese danced on his hind legs. "Because..." he said with a small smile. He was almost ready for the big finale; now was the time to be scared.

"That super duper party pony,

that pony's Pinkie!

I'd go so far as to say that

she's better than me!

But Pinkie, be prepared, for what

this Cheese is gonna do,

Because, my party pony buddy,

I've got a crush on you!" Fireworks exploded into the sky randomly and made the shape of a deformed Pinkie as a group of pegasi randomly splashed buckets of water on the other ponies, who spluttered and coughed. The pink pony gawked, blushing profusely.

"You do?" she squeaked.

Cheese was blushing too as he awkwardly got off of the table. "I, um, yeah. I really think I do—that is, you don't have—I'll just—" he muttered as he started to back away.

Pinkie fell out of her chair in a very Pinkie way as she raced to catch up to him. "Silly Cheese, dontcha get it?" she asked with a cheeky grin. "I feel that way too!"

Cheese grinned hopefully and turned around. "You do?"

"Mm-hmm! I, uh, realized it after the...fiasco yesterday. I went looking for you...I kind of told everypony there."

Cheese's mouth fell open as he looked among the crowd of Ponyvillians. "What! They knew? Why didn't anypony tell me...?"

From the crowd, who had all be watching eagerly, Rainbow Dash yelled loudly, "Cut the chitchat and kiss already, for pony's sake!"

Pinkie and Cheese looked at each other awkwardly before the latter put a hoof under her chin and kissed her firmly. Pinkie kissed back with equal gusto as the crowd cheered. They broke apart after a few seconds, smiling at each other.

"It's about time, huh?" asked Rainbow, nudging Fluttershy. The yellow pony nodded with glee.

Cheese was muttering bashfully, "Hehe...that was..."

"Yeah, that was..." Pinkie stared at the ground. Cheese offered his front leg and Pinkie accepted it. With a smirk, she pulled him closer. "You're now officially my coltfriend," she muttered in his ear. He chuckled.

"Aren't I supposed to ask you to be my special somepony?" Cheese murmured.

Pinkie laughed. "Nope! My birthday, so I tell you that you're my special somepony! No choices! Now, let's dive into that yummy cake, huh?"

"As you wish, Ma'am!"

The couple couldn't be separated for the entire rest of the party. Pinkie and Cheese spent the whole time singing, dancing, pranking, eating, and maybe kissing when nopony was looking.

Pinkie thanked her friends and family, as did Cheese, when they all explained how they helped bring the two together. They happily accepted the pair's relationship, even though it was already quite obvious that they were together from their earlier display. And Cheese may have had "accidentally" sent two lonely-looking stallions in the directions of Pinkie's sisters when Octavia and her fellow fancy musicians started playing dance music. They were still dancing when Cheese and Pinkie looked toward them again. Pinkie took the time during a slow song to tell Cheese about something that had been bothering her.

"Are you going to have to leave?" she blurted. Her coltfriend looked at her in surprise.

"Leave?" asked Cheese. "Why would I do that?"

"Your job...aren't you a traveling party pony? I don't want to take that away from you," muttered Pinkie unhappily.

Cheese hummed. "I don't know. To be honest, I've thought about this problem, too. I know I can't just leave...I don't want to leave you here, Pinkie. Not like those dumb romance books that make them leave each other for no real reason, I'll tell you that!"

Pinkie nodded quickly, understanding that feeling. "Thank you! That's what I think EVERY TIME I read those books!"

"Maybe I'll take a vacation. Or...I'll make this my home, and sometimes I'll leave to plan a party. Heck, you could even come with me sometimes," he added as an afterthought. "Why work out the details now?" Pinkie couldn't have agreed more, her questions answered, and they moved on to talk of other things.

It was a night that nopony wanted to end, but it had to sometime. Cheese walked Pinkie home, and kissed her goodnight. When they had broken apart, Pinkie and her special somepony hugged.

"Did I do a good job on the party?" murmured Cheese. Pinkie sighed blissfully.

"Mm-hmm. I loved it."

"That's good." They didn't want to let go but they eventually had to. Cheese walked back towards the inn, but not before turning around and looking at Pinkie with one more, "I love you, Pinkie!"

Pinkie blew a kiss to him. "I love you too, Cheese! Good night!"

Looking at that earnest face, Cheese knew right then and there that, although he might venture out from time to time, he wouldn't go anywhere without Pinkie. That was just as well seeing as puddles couldn't move, and he was definitely one by now.

And that's a wrap! I really hope you liked it!

Here are the replies!

Shadougelover14: You know, neither would I!

CrazyNutBob: Ohh...yeah, it really would be good. My making you hungry has now made me...thirsty? For chocolate milk, yeah.

Fruty Sheep: No, it was only part one! I don't think this one was all that short, lol.

AwkwardTurtle13: I'm so glad you were excited for this party. I hope I satisfied! And that's great, one vote. If more ponies vote for one then maybe...Thanks for understanding, also!

2vdream: Aaah, I'm sorry! That's just how stories go, and if I added a whole lot extra it wouldn't be as good! Maybe I'll write that epilogue but...eww. No clop, just...no. ^^'

RainingDew: Oh, you can say it all you want! :D I hope you liked their little confession.

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CheesePieRules: Thanks! Hope you enjoyed!

Dixie Darlin: Haha, it's always fun to have the logical react to the illogical in the most hilarious of ways!

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