Authors note: Hey guys, I'm back. Sorry, first, I was insanely busy and dealing with a bad case of writers block. I was prepared to write a few weeks ago but then my computer died. It's fixed now so I'm back and will write up a storm. Why? Cause I love my Fans and want to make up for my absence.
Disclaimer: I don't own any My Little Pony toys dang it! Oh, and I also don't own the franchise nor the cartoon, but most certainly any toys! ...Except maybe Fluttershy, and Rarity, and Pinkie Pie, ooh, and a really cool Rainbow Dash and...
Penman and Icecold aka Madslove stared at the portal and sighed.
"Okay, I've established that I'm going on a trip to cover my absence should the need occur, had Pinkie Pie prepare her deal, am I forgetting anything?" Pen asked, looking nevously at his friend.
Mads shook his head "No, but are you sure about this? What you've discovered could make this all end badly. What would I do without you?"
Pen put a hand on his shoulder and smiled "Chill, I've got this. If the worse does happen, I've got a crack team here to help."
Mads sighed and nods. Pen gave one last smile before straitening his fez and dissapearing through the portal to the Pony-verse.
-MLP-
Pinkie Pie and a ponified Penman sat in a dark room under Sugar Cube Corner, a small book sat open in front of a worried Pinkie Pie.
"Are you sure you wanna do this Pen? I'm still not sure how this works and I went through it myself! You could get hurt..." the pink mare muttered looking over the book.
Penman smiled "I'm positive Pinkie. Celestia personally gave you that book to focus the abilities given to you by the Rainboom. Now come on, the stories gonna start any minute."
Pinkie sighed and nods "Alright, close your eyes and clear you mind, we'll begin when you're ready."
Penman nods and shuts his eyes, exhaling. with a slight nod, Pinkie Pie read aloud from the book.
"To achieve enlightenment, you need to transcend the seven walls. The first wall is the back ground, the world we live in and the setting in which we exist. We all hold the power to change it in small ways, accept this fact and move forward."
Penman thought about this. She was right, he was an author for Pete's sake! He technically wrote this whole thing. Exhaling again, he smiled.
Pinkie smiled too, the process was going well so far. "The second and third walls are Stage left and Stage Right, where people, places, and things enter and exit the world. Accept that despite our time on stage may be long, that there will be a day we all will take our bow and exit."
Penman thought about this, and how it tied to him and Pinkie and a decision looming in the future. With a heavy sigh, a tear ran down his cheek and he nodded, a small smile forming.
Pinkie continued to read "All right, the fourth wall, and it's not what you'd expect. It's barrier between us all, that lets us observe and judge one another. This barrier obscures facts and you must accept that you won't know every thing by looking at a person."
Sam nods and exhales, smiling brightly "Already done love."
Pinkie giggled and blushed. "You're such a silly billy. Okay, the fifth wall is ground, our beliefs and morality. The sixth is the ceiling, your goals and aspirations. if you stay true to these goals and virtues you'll be rewarded with the sixth walls highest honor, the spotlight. To transcend these walls you need to accept they're a apart of you and they change to you're command only."
Sam exhaled and nods, swaying slightly.
Pinkie frowned, this part was the hardest, not because of the wall but because it was tiring. "The seventh wall is the writer, the one behind it all. You need to know the medium you're in and accept this is how the world is and will be."
Penman nodded. He already knew it was a cartoon, and the writer was Lauren Faust. He exhaled and fell to the floor "Pinkie Pie? I'm feeling really light, too light. I think I'm gonna float away, is that normal?"
Pinkie left the book and embraced Pen "Yes. I'm sorry but you've just transcended the walls now. Your body and spirit are adjusting to their new found freedom, you should start feeling better soon."
Pen nods "Yeah, I am. I'm feeling really good now. Hey Pinkie?"
Pinkie frowned "Yeah Pen?"
Pen opens his eyes, now just as round and wide as Pinkie Pies "Wanna throw a party?"
-MLP-
Twilight paced back and forth, fretting about the coming night.
Spike watched her confused "Whats wrong Twilight? You look fine, You like Book, everything'll be great."
Twilight nods "Well, yeah but this is a big deal. It's me and Bookworms first real date, and I want this to go perfectly."
Spike rolled his eyes as a knock on the door caused Twilingt to jump. "I've got it!" she shouted, running to it and throwing it open wide, greeting a nervous looking Bookworm.
"Hi." Twilight said, calming down a little.
Bookworm smiled "Hi, ready for our date?"
Twilight nodded shyly and turned to Spike "Okay Spike, we're going now. No wild parties and try to get to bed at a reasonable hour okay?"
Spike saluted and Twilight shut the door, revealing Pinkie Pie and Penman hiding behind it grinning.
"Twilight may have said no wild parties;" Pinkie Pie began, grin growing wider.
"never said anything about a completely insane one though." Penman finished laughing.
Spike cheered "Yeah! When do we start?"
"Right now" Penman smirked and opened the door, sending a stampede of ponies into library, turning the once calm home into an absolute bash.
"Whoohoo!" Spike cheered as he ran onto the dance floor and started to bust a groove.
Pinkie Pie pecked Penman on the cheek "This was a great idea Pen, Spike probably would have been lonely on his own."
Penman shrugged "I'm a softy."
Pinkie Pie giggled as the Pony Pokey started to play.
"*Gasp!* Yes! This is my jam! Come on Pen dance with me!" Pinkie begged, pulling on Pens hoof.
Pen grinned and pulled Pinkie into a tango *Allow me." he said as he danced the two of them onto the floor.
-FIM-
Book and Twilight sat on the patio of Che Clover (The restaurant in The Ticket master) eating a candle lit dinner for two. Twilight sighed as she took another bite of her Lilly ala King. "This is a great dinner Book, are you sure you've got this though? I've no problem splitting the bill."
Bookworm shook his head "No Twilight, I got this. I want this night to be special, so I'm picking up the check and taking you on a romantic walk though the park. Besides" he gulped "I've actually wanted to tell you something."
Twilight blushed and returned to her dinner, wondering what Bookworm had to say.
-FIM-
After two solid hours of partying, Pinkie Pie told the ponies that it was time to move the party over to Sugar Cube Corner. The ponies left in a similar manner as they came, and left behind a frightening mess.
"...I'm doomed! There's no way we can get this cleaned up before Twilight gets back!" Spike moaned.
Pinkie Pie put a hoof on his shoulder "Now now Spike! Auntie Pinkie Pie's here to help. Sure there may be a few bottles on the floor, plates left out"
"Books flung everywhere, hoof marks on the ceiling and some foals name written on the wall." Pen continued
"The three of us can handle it. Pen, get a mop! Spike, fill a bucket with water" Pinkie Pie instructed.
Penman and Spike saluted "Aye aye Commander Sexy!" Pen said, making Pinkie Pie blush and Spike gag.
Pen walked over to the closet and opened it wide, causing a mop, a broom, and Rarity smooching Big Mac to fall out.
"Hey guys, glad your here. Wanna help us clean up a bit?" the author asked grinning.
"Suuure. Just as long as you don't tell anypony about this. Right my dahling Big Mac?" Rarity said, looking up at her fiancee.
"Eeyup." was the red colts reply
Pen grinned and picked up the mop. "Pinkie! I got us an extra pair of hooves!"
-FIM-
While the group cleaned the library, Twilight and Bookworm moved down to the lake to look up at the beautiful Princess Luna had raised for them. The stars twinkled brightly overhead and the moon was full and lit their surroundings perfectly.
"The princess does good work. This night seems, I dunno, special. Don't you agree?" Book asked
Twilight nods "Yeah, yeah it does. Book, back at the restaurant, you said you wanted to tell me something?"
Book blushed and nods "Well, you see Twilight, we've been going out for a while now, I know this is our first real date but, I like to count those times we hung out too because we were together and we enjoyed each others company. You know, not many ponies like the same stuff we do, and I think that makes it that much nicer that we do it together. What I'm saying is" He shut his eyes "I love you Twilight Sparkle!"
Twilight let out a small gasp. Book shuddered, waiting for Twilight's response, and jumped a bit when he felt her kiss him.
"Booker W. Ormsrtom, I love you too. Things might have started out a little rocky for us, but we've grown closer over time. You are a gentle colt and care about my opinions and feelings, and always work hard to be respectful. I can safely say I love you dearly." Twilight said, blushing brightly.
Bookworm smiled "That means a lot Twilight. So, do you want to go home or keep star gazing? Maybe we could go back to my place, I got this great new book we could read."
Twilight giggled "Actually, I've got another idea."
"And what's -mmph!" Book was cut off as Twilight Sparkle planted a deep kiss on his lips. Laying down on the edge of lake, the two ponies celebrated their love under the night sky.
-FIM-
Pinkie Pie, Penman, Spike, Rarity and Big Mac sighed as they sat in a now sparkling library.
Pinkie Pie grinned "See? That wasn't so bad, and it only took three songs to get us through it all!"
Rarity rolled her eyes "Maybe you'd have worked faster if you didn't sing dahling."
Big Mac nods "Or if Pen didn't join in on the second song."
Pen held up his hooves "Hey! That one was catchy."
The group shared a laugh till Spike let out a loud yawn.
"I think it's bed time lil' buddy." Pen said with a small smirk. Spike nodded and trudged upstairs to his basket "Night guys, thanks for coming over."
"No problem Spike! It was one of the most super-ific parties I've ever thrown!" Pinkie beamed, still full of energy.
"Well dahlings, we'd love to stay and chat but it's late, and the two of us have a, prior engagement. So this will be good night for us as well." Rarity explained as she and Big Mac got up.
"Yeah, it'd probably be wise if we left too, Twilight might be home any second." Penman told the others, giving Pinkie Pie a wink.
Pinkie Pie giggled but Rarity and Big Mac just shrugged it off, and the four left right as a frazzled looking Twilight got back with a grinning Bookworm, both happier then anyone could ever know.
-FIM-
After Pinkie Pie and Penman returned to Sugar Cube corner, the party had died out, leaving a mess for the two oddballs to clean in the morning. "Well Penman, today was super terrific awesome, but it's late and I guess you'll be wanting to go back now huh?"
Penman shrugged "Well, I was thinking we could end this night on an even better note."
Pinkie Pie tilted her head "What do you mean? Do you still want to party? I appreciate the enthusiasm, but I tried that once, and just ended up annoying everypony(1)."
Penman laughed "I remember that. No Pinkie, I wanted to do something a little more wild."
Pinkie looked at him, still confused. Penman smiled and kissed her on the nuzzle "You."
Pinkie gasped "But, what about your viewers? Won't they think less of you if you sleep with a pony?"
Penman smiled and hugged her close "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." and with that he kissed her again. Pinkie Pie swooned and fell back on her bed, pulling the author with her and commencing in an act that nearly woke up the whole dang town.
A few hours later, Pinkie Pie woke up and saw Pen staring at the portal between worlds. "Are you leaving? I was hoping you'd stay for breakfast.: she said, sounding a little hurt.
Penman sighed "Actually, I am staying, with little choice in the matter honestly. I was just saying goodbye to my friend on the other side."
Pinkie was about to ask why but but a loud crack filled the air and the portal in her closet suddenly shut.
Pinkie gasped and fell out of bed "The portal! It's gone! But, but that means"
"It means I'm stranded here, with nothing but my fez and and the fur on my back." Pen finished, smiling saddly. "I'm sorry Pinkie, I was gonna tell you later but it shut sooner than expected. Thats why it's been so hard to get through, it sealed itself up."
"But your friends, your family, what about them? If you're stuck here..." Pinkie asked, hugging Penman.
"I told my family I'm on vacation, and I've got my friends working on bringing me back. Honestly though, why should I worry? I've got a great gal here for me to live with, and this world has no war, not that much hatred, and little illness besides the occasional baked bads. In short, if I had to be stuck anywhere, this place would be it."
Pinkie sniffed and nods "You mean that?"
Pen hugged the pink mare, his eyes long misted over "Of course I do. I love you Pink"
Pinkie Pie nodded "Okay. I think I can talk to Mr. and Mrs. Cake about giving you a job here in the mean time. You can bake right?"
Pen nods "Sad but true, I like to cook every now and again."
Pinkie smiled and kissed Pen on the cheek "Welcome to Ponyville Pentail."
Pentail smiled and kissed hr back "Thanks Mrs. Pinkie Pie."
-FIM-
Madslove sighed and looked at the screen, where he, Lauren Faust, and The Whitest Kid U'Know were in a chat session.
"Alright guys, lets bring our friend home." Mads muttered as he started to type.
And that concludes the first of three chapters. Pretty deep twist at the end huh? Well stay tuned, I'm saving the biggest twists for last.
(1) A reference to an adorable pic I found on deviant art, IT'S 3AM PINKIE.
