Anyways, everyone will get a turn to tell a fraction of the story from their P.O.V. I will only be telling their story once so we don't have like 5 chapters of the same event told from different points of view. ********************************
Today I will be taking over for Discord in the voice over. Oooh my voice sounds all echoey...This is Pinkie Pie and today I will be telling you about my story. This takes place as Dashie and Fluttershy were at the gym and Dashie learned she was pregnant with twins. Oops you weren't supposed to know that part yet.
So after a night of having a quick party with my friends I was back to work the next day. After saving money from working with the cakes for so long I was able to buy my own building which I renovated and turned into my own party planning super store!
Of course I still planned parties throughout Equestria and when I wasn't at work I would have my workers run the store. I had three in total : Sugar Belle who made some of the tastiest cakes in Equestria, Double Diamond who helped me with the organising and filing of all things that have to do with parties and Party Favor who knew just what to rent or buy to make a party super duper awesome!
I walked into work with a smile on my face. I could tell that they had been working for a while now, everyone was busy with something. Sugar Belle was trying out a new cake recipe.
"Goood morning Sugar Belle. What's wrong?" I asked when I noticed the frazzled look on her face.
"Here Pinkie Pie, can you taste this cake and tell me what you think?" Sugar Belle asked me as she handed me a plate with a gorgeous slice of cake on it. Taking the fork and cutting off a small piece I daintily ate the cake and I felt my face break out into a wide grin.
"This cake is amazing!" I complimented her. "What's in it?" I couldn't help but ask.
"It's lemon cake with a hint of blueberry and cheese cream icing. Did I do good?" She asked with a nervous look on her face.
"Are you kidding? You couldn't bake a bad cake if you tried." I put the cake down and hugged her.
She hugged me back. "Thanks Pinkie Pie. I needed that.
The cakes were no longer the only bakers in Ponyville. We all got along and we even shared recipes. If we had an order too big to fill we would go to them for help.
It was a pretty ordinary day; trying out new recipes, planning our next parties for the week...until...
"Pinkie!" Yelled Double Diamond as he ran into the room while holding up his phone. He took a bit to catch his breath and filled us in on what was going on.
"You know the party that Octavia and Vinyl had wanted for their anniversary?" He began with a look of nervousness on his face.
"What about it?" I asked with a look of disgust on my face. I was wrangling the fork in my hand.
"It got swiped from us by Cheese Sandwich and..." He didn't finish because of the look I had on my face. I looked like I was currently sitting on a porcupine. The fork I was holding was bent in half, the cake plate dropped and shards of broken glass and cake spilled everywhere.
"I will be in my office." I told them without an ounce of emotion in my voice. To clarify it was more of a place of fun. Twilight insisted I put a desk in my office to appear more professional. She was right it does look more professional buuut...I decided to fill my office with rubber balls..I decided to make It my personal ball pit. The desk could be reached once I climbed over the room divider. It is supposed to be used to keep out dogs and small children but I used it to keep the balls from going out the door every time I opened it.
Stepping over the door divider thingy I entered the room and began swimming through the balls. I was upset that Cheese Sandwich had swiped yet another party planning gig from us. We had planned the after party to Octavia and Vinyl's wedding and have planned their parties for the last 3 years. I wanted to be mad at them but I realized it's not them who is to blame. It's him. As I did the backstroke through the balls. Haha balls. I thought things over in my head.
How could we get back at Cheese Sandwich? I should probably meet with him first...maybe if I ask him nicely he will stop snatching our gigs. If that doesn't work I will have to break out my best weapon...I don't know what that is yet but I will make it up as I go along.
Standing up in the ball pit and making my way to the door, I shook my sleeves and hair to get out any loose balls. I exited my office to go find Double Diamond.
He was making up this weeks schedule. I walked over to him.
"Hey DD, do we have any extra time this week for a meeting with Cheese Sandwich?" I asked him.
He typed up a few things before turning to me. "Sorry Pinkie but it looks like we're booked for the whole week unless you want to have that meeting during lunch." He then looked serious. "Are you ok? Also, why do you want to meet up with your sworn enemy?" He looked concerned about me.
"To answer your questions yes I am ok and I want to meet up with Cheese Sandwich to talk civilly about why he keeps stealing our party planning gigs. What are we doing for lunch today?"
I asked him as I sat on the desk his computer rested on and crossed my legs like a modest lady just like how Rarity taught me. She also taught me that a lady must never have her legs apart when wearing a skirt or, she looks uncouth...whatever that means.
"Well we currently don't have anything planned for today so...it would probably be best if you scheduled it for today and as soon as possible. Do you have any way to contact him?" Double Diamond asked me as he typed in more things into the schedule.
"I have his number saved in my contacts under the name 'sworn enemy'." I told him with a smile on my face. With that said I took out my phone from my hair and dialed his number.
He picked up after a couple of rings.
"Cheese Sandwich speaking, who is calling?" Said a goofy sounding voice I knew all too well.
I glared at my phone as I spoke. Double Diamond raised an eyebrow but went back to his work.
"Pinkie Pie speaking and I was wondering Cheese Sandwich..what are you doing for lunch today?" I asked the last part as sweetly as possible.
"Nothing really. Why do you ask?" He sounded sceptical. Time to close the deal.
"Oh just because I'm not doing anything either. So anyways I was thinking...you...me on a lunch date at say...12 Today? What do you say?" I asked him sounding serious at the end.
"Let me just check my schedule.." I heard what sounded like papers rustling. "I can do lunch with you at 12 today. Let's do it at the local cafe."
"It's a date." I said before I could stop myself. I blushed before finishing the call. "See you then. Let's meet up in front."
"You can count on it." Cheese Sandwich said with a slight tremor in his voice. He hung up before I could say anything else.
I checked my phone for the time it was 10 A.M. I sighed and realised I had a few apologies to give to my employees for losing my cool earlier today.
After apologising and meeting with Party Favor about folding napkins into fun shapes and not anything inappropriate for a 3 year olds party. Soon enough it was close to 12. After calming down a worried Sugar Belle I made my way over to the destination.
I skipped and bounced on my way to the cafe, sniffing flowers along the way. I happily made my way over there despite the fact that I really wanted to get to the bottom of why he felt the need to take what was rightfully mine.
There he stood looking all smug in his brown trousers and blue button up with a brown sweater vest on top with a red bow tie. He turned towards me when he saw me coming.
"Oh, hey Pinkie Pie." He happily spoke to me with a friendly smile on his stupid face. How dare he sound so happy to see me. I couldn't say the feeling was mutual.
"Hello Cheese Sandwich." I spoke icily to my nemesis.
He raised an eyebrow at me but immediately shrugged it off. He went to hold the door open for me.
"After you." He gestured with his hand for me to go ahead.
"Thank you." I said through clenched teeth. We sat at a booth and quickly ordered our food.
"Sooo." Began Cheese as he looked me in the eyes. His hands were neatly folded on top of the table. "What did you want to talk to me about?" He asked with a look of confusion on his face.
"I just have one question. Why do you feel the need to take my party planning gigs from me?" I asked him with as much anger as I could put into my voice without straight up screaming at him. "I have been the party planner for all those people before you came along and stole them from me. Why are you doing this to me?" I whispered the last part. I looked at him with anger and sadness. Anger because he took from me. Sadness because we could have been really good friends.
To my surprise he began laughing. I wanted to reach across the booth and ring his neck. Then he reached across the table and grabbed my hands in his.
"I had to do something to get your attention." He said as he looked at me with what appeared to be...love? What was happening?
Howdy Y"all Applejack here. It's now my turn to tell my story.
I was filing my taxes the way that Twilight taught me how to do them, Big Mac was working the fields, Apple Bloom and the Cutie Mark Crusaders were helping him out and Granny Smith was taking a nap. It was pretty quiet here in the old homestead when I heard a frantic knocking at my door.
I rushed over to see what all the fuss was about and it didn't surprise me to see my cousin Pinkie Pie at the door looking more scared than a pig in a wolf den.
"Come on in Pinkie. You look like you've seen a ghost." I gestured for her to come in. She obliged and I closed the door behind her.
We went to sit in the living room. I turned to face her and she still looked visibly upset.
"What's wrong sugar cube?" I asked her as I placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Do you remember Cheese Sandwich?" She asked me in a whisper.
"You mean that no good evil man who keeps snatching up your potential party planning gigs? What about him?" I asked with an eyebrow raised.
She told me all about how he did these things just to get her attention and he wanted to get closer to her.
"That sure is a weird way to get your attention." I scratched the back of my neck nervously. "I don't mean to sound rude but why are you telling me this?" I asked avoiding eye contact for a few seconds.
"Because you're the only friend that I know who has had an unwanted love interest in their life and has handled it responsibly."
"Oh Pinkie Pie. You've got to be honest with him. Just tell him you don't want to be anything more with him." I told her bluntly.
"But what if because I rejected him he becomes like, suuuper mad at me and steals all of my party planning gigs in the future and all my friends will leave me and and..." I stopped her from talking anymore by grabbing her shoulders.
"And I thought Twilight worried too much about every little thing. Look, if it means that much to you I will help you write a short speech or letter explaining why you don't want that with him without hurting his feelings." I finished with a small smile on my face.
Pinkie Pie responded by hugging me.
"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you. Let's get started right now!" She finished with a wide grin.
I sighed. Maybe if we got this done soon she could help me with my taxes. It was worth a shot.
Sorry that was mostly filler. Next chapter will be two different characters telling their stories. I kind of feel bad that Applejack didn't have such a long story as Pinkie Pie. See you in the next chapter.