Chapter 6: The Pink Prankster
Two days before the incident…
"So it comes down to this… the great Night Shadow, in love with Twilight?!" The darker version of Night Shadow yelled in disbelief.
"I've made up my mind, and I'm sticking with it… you've always hated everything I do anyway." Night Shadow stated.
"Because it gets you banished and practically destroyed, you fool!" Dark Night Shadow exclaimed.
"She's different from the others!" Night Shadow said backing himself up.
"She works with your enemies, this makes her worse than the others!" Dark Night Shadow pointed out.
"And what have you done? All you do is bash him for every mistake he does, his-"
"Don't even talk to me, don't think for a second that I don't know what you did to the yellow pegasus." Dark Night Shadow scorned cutting off the lighter version of Night Shadow.
"Night Shadow didn't know what to do, and you certainly wouldn't help her." Light Night Shadow said with reason.
"She's a friend of your enemy, OUR enemy. Must I remind you why we are in this predicament in the first place!" Dark Night Shadow said angrily.
"We are here because of YOUR advice!" Night Shadow yelled into his darker copy's face.
"NO!" Dark Night Shadow yelled, punching his neutral self into the ground. "WE'RE HERE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES!"
"You're one to judge." Night Shadow said wiping his muzzle.
The darker version of Night Shadow then became enraged, casting flames all around his neutral self.
"I WILL MAKE YOU SUFFER LIKE THE WORTHLESS DOG YOU ARE!" Dark Night Shadow yelled with fire spouting from his hair, and then lowered his voice. "Regret will come upon you when you realize your assumption about that slave was wrong. And when that happens, don't expect any mercy from me… NOW BEGONE!"
Opening his eyes, Night Shadow was greeted by familiar faces, though the scenery was not as he remembered. Being on what appeared to be a mattress, he recalled the cold and hopeless situation he was in not too long ago. Except now he was in a hospital with the faces of six colorful friends that cared for him, though he didn't recognize the white stallion with a medical hat.
"Is he going to be okay doctor?" Twilight whispered concerned.
"Of course he's going to be okay. After all, he did go hoof-to-hoof with me." Rainbow said with confidence.
"To be honest, I've never seen a case like his before. His recovery and metabolism are off the charts, and his legs healed overnight. I'd say he is one lucky pony to even be breathing right now." The doctor said confounded.
"I'm right here you know!" Night Shadow said bluntly.
"Night Shadow, your awake!" Twilight shouted joyfully as she ran over to hug Night Shadow's head. He would have hugged back if he wasn't strapped down to the mattress. "Your safe now, we found you with the girls and-"
"The fillies! I have to find-"
Night Shadow attempted to sit up, but failed to notice the neck brace before almost choking on it.
"Sorry about that, you were thrashing around in your sleep; let me take those braces off." The doctor said removing the neck brace.
"Thank you. But still, I need to find them." Night Shadow said, practically throwing himself off of the bed.
"Relax, they're safe, because of your selflessness." Twilight added.
"Where are they then?" Night Shadow asked freaking out.
"They went back home, but not before checking up on you, they were worried sick." Twilight responded.
"We were all worried for you." Fluttershy said timidly.
"Rarity and I also owe you our thanks." Applejack said removing her hat. "I don't know what I would've done without my little sis."
"Or mine. I mean who else would clean the house, fold the cloths, and…"
Rarity looked around to see everypony looking at her confused and shocked.
"What I want to say is that I'm glad you saved Sweetiebelle." Rarity said showing gratitude.
"Group hug, everypony!" Pinkie yelled happily to everyone as they hugged Night Shadow, and she meant everypony. Even the doctor was pulled into it by Pinkie.
"Anyways!" The doctor said, forcing himself out of the hug. "Night Shadow here should be ready to leave in about two hours."
The group of friends cheered with delight at the news, even the doctor couldn't help but smile at how close these ponies were to each other.
Two hours later
"Goodbye everypony. Thanks for visiting me." Night Shadow said as Fluttershy, Rainbow, Applejack and Rarity left to do their own thing. Only Pinkie and Twilight were left. "Twilight, are you… doing anything today?" He asked nervous.
"It says on my schedule that I'm late for the Winter Moon Celebration, its due tomorrow! I don't have the time to do anything today, sorry." Twilight said worried.
"You've had time before now, why didn't you do anything?" Night Shadow wondered.
"Because you keep distracting me with your shenanigans and situations. Don't take it the wrong way, but I just need time alone." Twilight said trotting off.
"Okay then. Bye Twilight, see you tomorrow!" Night shadow said, waving his hoof frantically.
Night Shadow started trotting off towards the road before being stopped by Pinkie's hoof.
"Call me crazier than a mad cow on a sugar rush, but I think you're in love with Twilight!" She said in a sing song voice.
"Really… and how could you possibly know that?" Night Shadow said annoyed.
"I also know that prank you did on her, that was so funny, I had no idea you were into pranks." Pinkie added joyfully.
"But you weren't even-"
"Oh and your birthday is tomorrow!" Pinkie yelled as confetti shot out of nowhere.
"NO ONE KNOWS THAT, HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS!?" Night Shadow shouted backing away in fear.
"That's just my pinkie sense, Nighty." Pinkie said smiling as usual.
"Nighty?" Night Shadow asked confused."
"It's your new nick-name silly. I give everypony one, Dashie is just my favorite." Pinkie said, showing Night Shadow a list of nick-names.
"But what about your sixth sense thing?" Night Shadow asked dumfounded.
"Pinkie sense isn't labeled under that, Nighty. It's on a totally different scale." Pinkie exaggerated.
"That still doesn't make any sense!" Night Shadow yelled, shaking Pinkie back and forth.
"I know it doesn't, but that's how it works." Pinkie said joyfully.
"Ok… what about the whole Twilight thing?" Night Shadow asked still puzzled.
"Well when hooves shake, cheeks blush, and the heart flutters; it means some pony is in love. There was also the fact that I looked at the last line of chapter five." Pinkie bluntly said.
"You did what?" Night Shadow asked, completely lost.
"Oh I forgot you can't break the fourth wall, silly me." Pinkie apologized.
At this point, Night Shadow didn't know if he should be mad at Pinkie, or be glad his mind wasn't officially blown due to the confusion.
"Teach me your ways, Pinkie Pie!" Night Shadow shouted as he plopped to Pinkie's hooves.
"Well I don't know…" Pinkie joked, using her hooves to stroke an imaginary beard.
"I must know your secrets; it's my job to learn fromm the best. Please Pinkie." Night Shadow begged.
"You have the determination… but one does not simply break the fourth wall." Pinkie said imitating a voice no pony had heard before.
Night Shadow simply got up and stared into Pinkie's eyes with confidence.
"Challenge… accepted."
"Good, now the first step is to go prank someponies with me!" Pinkie said excited.
Night Shadow's left eye twitched rapidly before he was launched onto his back, imitating an anime faint.
"Okay padawan, your first target is none other than Dashie." Pinkie said pointing to a list.
"Any suggestions, master?" Night Shadow said winking.
"Be creative… and use the force, Night Shadow." Pinkie said before jumping into a nearby bush.
"Soon your secrets shall be mine …MINE!" Night Shadow laughed menacingly as random lightning bolts shot behind him.
He continued laughing until one of the bolts hit him directly, snapping him back to reality. Looking up, he found a rogue storm cloud above him, giving him his first prank idea.
"Who gives orders to buck the clouds on Thursday? Now I have to do it because nopony else will!" Rainbow Dash said annoyed.
Rainbow was assigned cloud duty for the Winter Moon Celebration that would take place tomorrow. However, Twilight still didn't inform anypony about it yet because of her "distractions."
"Stupid last minute assignments, stupid weather team, stupid clouds." Rainbow bickered to herself as she bucked clouds.
"There's… so… many." Rainbow panted as she approached another cloud.
Unexpectedly, this cloud flung itself into Rainbow's face, causing her to crash into a tree.
"I AM SO NOT IN THE MOOD FOR THIS!" She shouted angrily, attempting to buck the cloud again.
The cloud was practically moving at the same speed as Rainbow, constantly dodging her every attempt to buck the cloud.
"Stand still you stupid, flying, white thing!" She yelled, bucking the cloud with all her strength.
Just as she made contact, Rainbow Dash was electrocuted and fell out of the sky. As she was falling, a dark purple aura enveloped her, resulting in her safe descent to the ground and sounds of laughter in the distance. Getting back up, she inspected the sounds to find Night Shadow and Pinkie on their backs, struggling to breath from laughing so hard.
"And then she was like, 'I am so not in the mood for this!'" Night Shadow said, imitating Rainbow's voice.
"Then she chased the cloud everywhere and lit up like a Christmas tree!" Pinkie tried to say before bursting into laughter again.
"YOU TWO ARE SO… oh what's the use, I don't have time for this!" Rainbow said, dropping her anger.
"Time for what exactly?" Night Shadow asked, recovering.
"I'm clearing the sky for some event tomorrow that I don't even know about. They could at least tell me what it is before sending me out here!" Rainbow said, trailing off the subject.
"Well if you go pranking with me and Nighty here, he could clear the sky for you in a jiffy." Pinkie said to Rainbow.
"Nighty… *snicker* ...okay Nighty *snicker*, can you clear-" Rainbow attempted to say before exploding in a fit of laughter.
"That's not funny Rainbow." Night Shadow said, becoming embarrassed.
"Your right, it isn't funny… it's hilarious!" Rainbow said, laughing harder.
Night Shadow, still being ashamed, simply swiped his hoof across the sky, clearing the clouds in the process.
"Are you done laughing yet?" Night Shadow asked irritated.
"Just about done." Rainbow said, wiping away a tear from her eye. "Okay, let's go…hehe, Nighty."
"Yeah, yeah… lets go prank Applejack now." Night Shadow suggested.
"Ooo, I got one for her." Pinkie said excitedly.
"Which is…?" Night Shadow and Rainbow asked in unison.
"Let's get to Sweet Apple Acres first, and then you see." Pinkie reinsured them.
"So are we just walking there or should I-"
Before Night Shadow finish, Pinkie vanished in a pink blur and Rainbow had already flown off.
"Just teleport." Night Shadow said, finishing his sentence before disappearing in a purple flash.
Night Shadow reappeared in a bush in front of Applejack's home
"Ha, I'm first as always, there's no way they could-"
"HI!" Pinkie shouted as Night Shadow turned around, resulting in him to jump backwards into the snow.
"Holy horse crackers don't do that!" Night Shadow said frightened.
"Oops, sorry." Pinkie apologized, rubbing her mane with a hoof.
Seconds later, Rainbow flew in and skid across the snow, covering both Pinkie and Night Shadow in it.
"Dashie, were you trying to turn me into a snowpony?" Pinkie asked, shaking the snow off.
"No, but consider that payback from earlier." Rainbow smiled triumphant. "Where's Night Shadow though?"
"Here!" Night Shadow said shoving a hoof out of the snow. "And can I get a hoof?"
"Just get out of the snow you lazy pony." Rainbow said back to him.
"Fine, but you asked for it." Night Shadow said, putting his hoof back into the snow.
The pile of snow then glowed dark purple before Night Shadow exploded out of the snow pile, getting Rainbow and Pinkie covered in it.
"What was that for?" Rainbow said, removing the snow from her muzzle.
"You asked for it, what could I say." Night Shadow said, smiling.
"Okay Dashie, I need you to create a gust of wind that will knock Applejack's hat off when she comes out." Pinkie said to Rainbow.
"Got it." Rainbow saluted before launching in the air.
"And Night Shadow?" Pinkie said turning to him.
"What needs to be done?" Night shadow said, flowing magic through his horn.
Pinkie then trotted over and whispered the plan into Night Shadow's ear.
"Easy enough, but what are you going to do?" Night Shadow asked.
"Just watch." Pinkie said cheerfully.
Before Night Shadow even realized it, Pinkie was gone and already at the door to Applejack's home. She then knocked on the door rapidly until Applejack opened the it.
"Well hi there Pinkie, what brings you to Sweet Apple Acres?" Applejack asked, curious.
Pinkie simply stood there with a big grin on her face. Applejack didn't know what to think of it until Pinkie chucked a snow ball into her face.
"SNOWBALL FIGHT!" Pinkie shouted before darting off.
"Hey no fair, you got a head start!" Applejack shouted playfully as she ran out of the house.
Rainbow Dash took this as her queue, thus swooped down right above Applejack to create a small gush of wind that knocked off her hat.
"Gosh, I've forgotten how cold it could be in the winter, better get my hat first." Applejack said to herself.
Walking towards the hat she noticed a faint purple outline around it, but chose to ignore it as she went to grab it. After tugging on it three times, Applejack realized that she could not get it to budge.
"Hmm that's strange, I don't remember my hat weighing more than a wagon." Applejack said to herself.
She then, with all her strength, attempted to pick up her hat but still couldn't get it to move.
"What in tarnation is goin' on here!?" Applejack shouted.
"Hey Applejack, you left the door open." Big Mac said in the doorway.
"Big Mac, can you come out here and pick my hat up?" Applejack replied.
"But you're right next to it." Big Mac replied confused.
"I know it is, but it weighs more than a barn." Applejack said as she kicked her hat.
"Are you losin' your touch little sis?" Big Mac asked, approaching her.
"Can you help me with this or not?" Applejack asked, slightly frustrated.
"Eeyup." Big Mac said, grabbing the hat with his teeth.
Thinking none of it, Big Mac lightly pulled on the hat, but was surprised that her sister was not kidding about the weight. Bracing himself, he strongly gripped the edge of Applejack's hat and yanked.
"Having any luck?" Applejack asked.
"Nope." Big Mac replied before letting go of the hat and plopping into the snow.
"We've got to try harder, you take the left side and I'll take the right." Applejack declared.
Meanwhile Night Shadow, Pinkie, and Rainbow were struggling to keep themselves from laughing at the scene before them. It took Applejack and BigMac five minutes before they realized that even with their combined strength, the hat was not going anywhere.
"What are you youngins doin' out in the cold for?" An old voice said from inside the house.
"Granny Smith, as silly as this may sound, we're tryin' to pick up my hat." Applejack responded, slightly embarrassed.
"Well you're not doin' it right, let me have a crack at it." Granny Smith said, walking out of the door slowly.
"With all due respect ma'am, I don't think..."
Applejack and Big Mac then witnessed Granny Smith lift up the hat with ease as she carried it off inside.
"You see, you just have to give it the old one, two, three." Granny Smith said before entering the house.
Applejack and Big Mac were still in shock and couldn't move a muscle. Seconds passed before they looked at each other in confusion before reentering the house. In the mean time, Rainbow and Pinkie were laughing their flanks off while Night Shadow simply sat there.
"Night Shadow, you genius!" Pinkie said struggling to breath.
"Yeah, wait until they give up, only to take the weight spell off when Granny Smith came and picked it up." Rainbow said, patting Night Shadow's shoulder.
"But… I didn't." Night Shadow said in confusion.
"Didn't do what?" Rainbow asked, joining the confusion.
"Remove the spell, Rainbow… it's still in effect." Night shadow said, pointing to his glowing horn.
"I'm sure it's nothing to worry about. Come on, we have more ponies to prank." Pinkie said, ignoring the situation.
"Hold on, you picked last time, I think I should pick the next victim, I-I mean pony." Night Shadow said rapidly.
"And what gives you the right to pick before me?" Rainbow demanded.
"You joined this group late, and the fact that you're a mare." Night Shadow said casually.
"I'm sorry, I forgot that being a mare meant that I had no privileges!" Rainbow said aggressively.
"Rainbow I'm going to say this now… your way to easy." Night Shadow said, not thinking.
Rainbow blushed strongly at what Night Shadow said.
"Too easy, what's that suppose to mean!" Rainbow shouted, still blushing.
Night Shadow stared at Rainbow for five seconds before he realized what he said.
"TO MESS WITH, DASHIE! TO MESS WITH!" Night Shadow exclaimed as his face flushed bright red.
Two minutes of sentences taken out of context later.
"Hey let's prank Rarity." Pinkie said, breaking up the awkwardness.
"Yeah that sounds good." Rainbow said, hiding behind a tree out of embarrassment.
"It does, but why don't we prank Fluttershy?" Night Shadow said, pointing to the yellow Pegasus from behind another tree.
"No we can't do that." Rainbow said emerging from her hiding place.
"Why not… oh is it because she's easily intimidated?" Night Shadow asked.
"Yeah, and easily scared." Pinkie said to him.
"What's she doing out here anyways? Rainbow asked Night Shadow.
"Seems like she's carrying three baked pies, I wonder what that would be for?" He asked himself before getting pulled into a bush.
"Who cares, let's just go to Rarity's place." Rainbow said before dashing off.
"Okay Pinkie, do you need…transportation?" Night Shadow finished after realizing she had left. "You're not beating me this time Pinkie."
Night Shadow then vanished in a bright flash to head towards Rarity's boutique.
Night Shadow emerged from a bush in front of the boutique in hopes that he got there before anypony. Looking up and down, left to right, and even under rocks and trees, he concluded that he got there first.
"That's more like it, even if she's Pinkie it's impossible for her to be faster than-"
"Hey Night Shadow what took so long?" Rainbow asked, lying in a lawn chair next to Pinkie.
"Rainbow… not you too. Why does everypony here break logic… that's my job!" Night Shadow shouted abruptly.
"Well I am the fastest in Equestria, and Pinkie here is just… well Pinkie." Rainbow admitted to herself.
"But how does she beat me here when I teleport… it's not possible!" Night Shadow declared, attempting to bring light to the situation.
"Silly Nighty, I can just jump to the next scene in the story." Pinkie said happily.
"I just call it, 'The speed of Pinkie.'" Rainbow exaggerated.
"Whatever, I was always told that making sense was boring anyways." Night Shadow pointed out. "So any ideas for Rarity?"
"Just… one." Rainbow said sinisterly.
Rarity was sowing and stitching what remained of Rainbow's dress when she ditched it two days ago, until she heard a knock at the door.
"Hmm, I wonder who that could be at this hour?" Rarity thought to herself, approaching the door.
She opened the door to reveal a dark yellow pegasus mare with a green mane and tail that was similar to Rainbow Dash's. The mare had sunglasses on, so Rarity couldn't tell what her eye color was.
"Hello there and welcome to my shop, how can I help you today?" Rarity asked in her usually fancy tone.
"Well… umm, you see I have this friend-"
"Not a problem ma'am, just tell me your name, his or her name and we talk about the rest darling." Rarity said, taking out a quill and paper.
"My name? Ummmm, Sunlight…Sprinkle?" The mare said in a high pitched voice.
"You know, you sound very familiar to a friend of mine." Rarity thought out loud.
"Really? Umm, lots of ponies say that, hehe." The mare said nervous.
"So, what's your friend's name, hmm?" Rarity asked curious.
"Drake!" The mare blurted out.
"Drake? That's an odd name for a pony." Rarity stated.
"That's just it, he's not a pony he's… a dragon." The mare finally said.
Rarity instantly stopped writing and put the quill down.
"I'm sorry, but did you say dragon, as in a fully grown dragon?" Rarity said in shock.
"Yes that kind of dragon, and he needs a suit by tomorrow morning." The mare said bluntly.
"TOMORROW MORNING!" Rarity practically shouted. "But it's already five in the afternoon, I don't have his measurements or anything!
"I tried to get him to show up, but that would be too much of a hassle for him and me." The mare said, containing a giggle.
"You realize that what you're asking is almost impossible to do in one night!" Rarity said, panicking.
"I know it is, but you have to do it or… or-"
The yellow mare burst out laughing as she hit the floor with a loud thump.
"Rainbow Dash, is that you?" Rarity asked, confused.
"Darn it Dashie, you ruined it." Night Shadow said, walking through the door.
"I couldn't help it, her facial reaction was priceless!" Rainbow said, still laughing.
"And what kind of name is Sunlight Sprinkle anyways?" Night Shadow asked, holding in his own laughter.
"I don't know, but it sounded so stupid." Rainbow said, agreeing with him.
Meanwhile, a yellow Pegasus was crying a river.
"HEY, I was apart of this too!" Pinkie yelled, bouncing through the door.
"So all three of you were involved in this shenanigan?" Rarity asked, finally getting it.
"Yeah pretty much, so don't worry about the suit okay?" Night Shadow said, leaving the boutique with the others. "Actually before I go, I would like a suit for myself tomorrow, it's a special occasion."
"Is this another prank?" Rarity asked, sort of frustrated.
"No not at all, in fact Pinkie can back me up on this. Tomorrow is my birthday and I plan to…" Night Shadow gulped loudly, attempting to build up courage. "Ask Twilight out on a date."
"Yes, I knew it!" Rainbow shouted triumphantly.
"What can I say, the Pinkie senses are never wrong." Pinkie said, looking towards you.
"That's marvelous darling." Rarity said with encouragement.
"So that's it then, wish me luck. Come on girls, let's continue to spread chaos." Night Shadow declared before leaving the boutique.
"Why does that sound familiar?" Rainbow whispered to herself.
Moments later
"Okay Fluttershy here's three pounds of ink, but what are you using this for?" Rarity asked curious.
"It's umm, a surprise for somepony. Just remember to be there at the right time." Fluttershy said, putting the containers of ink into her bag and then walking out the door.
Throughout the rest of the day, the trio of ponies collaborated and pranked practically everypony in ponyville. Going from simple letters to complex tricks, they used every prank in the book. There was only one last pony to prank…
"Now in my opinion, I saved the best one for last." Night Shadow said excited.
"Yeah… best for last, huh?" Rainbow said smirking.
"Oh hush, we're going to prank Twilight with this."
Night Shadow then presented the two mares with a letter with Celestia's symbol engraved into it.
"Ooo, how did you get that?" Pinkie asked, interested.
"I snagged it when Twilight wasn't looking, I was going to use it for… other purposes." Night Shadow said regretfully. "Aside from that, the writing is forged to look like her hoofwriting, it is perfectly believable." He said with confidence. "However, I can't deliver the letter to her personally otherwise she will assume it's fake."
"Then how can we convince her otherwise?" Rainbow questioned.
"Hopefully the stress that Twilight is going through should keep her from asking too many questions." Night Shadow said confidently.
"I don't know Night Shadow… if Twilight is going through a lot of stress then I don't think we should prank her." Pinkie suggested.
"She's Twilight, I'm sure she can take it." Night Shadow declared. "So who is giving this to her?" He said, waving the letter around.
"I can do it! I have to tell her it's your birthday anyways." Pinkie said, taking the letter.
"You do that, after this we can call it a day." Night Shadow said, sitting down behind a bush.
Pinkie then bounced up to Twilight's door, holding the "letter", and knocked on the door. She noticed a "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door before she knocked again.
"I don't have time for you right now, go away please." Twilight said, with a tone of stress.
"This is important Twilight, open up!" Pinkie yelled, bashing her hooves on the door.
"Seriously! I don't have time for anything, especially you Pinkie!" Twilight Shouted, more aggravated.
"It's something really, really, really, really, really, REALLY important!" Pinkie exaggerated.
There was a long period of silence before the door cracked open to reveal only Twilight's face.
"Make it quick." Twilight said rapidly.
"YOU'RE INVITED TO A BIRTHDAY PARTY!" Pinkie shouted with joy as she fired her party cannon, giving her the invitation.
"YOU GOT ME TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR THAT! DO YOU EVEN-"
"Oh and Celestia sent you a letter." Pinkie added.
"What, why?" Twilight said, taking the letter.
"I really don't know, just that's its important." Pinkie said casually.
"'Dear Twilight Sparkle, it has come to my attention that the population of Ponyville has grown over the time that you have lived there. I would like for you to take a census of all the ponies that live in the area by tomorrow. Signed, Princess Celestia' …but doesn't she know I'm scheduling the Winter Moon Celebration?!" Twilight shouted into the paper.
There was no response because Pinkie had already vanished… leaving Twilight all alone.
"Spike! Write this down for me, I'm going to try to reschedule this for another time." Twilight said, slamming the door.
It was now dark out, as the three prankster ponies gathered in the center of Ponyville's park.
"That was so fun!" Pinkie shouted.
"It was better than I thought it would be. We should do that more often!" Rainbow admitted.
"We should, well goodnight you two. See you tomorrow." Night Shadow said, waving his hoof.
"See you tomorrow!" The two mares said in unison.
As soon as Night Shadow turned around, his face was pelted with a giant pie filled to the brim with ink. Standing there in shock, he heard the laughter of multiple ponies from all directions as the remains of the pie slid down his muzzle. Wiping the ink from his eyes, he also saw that Rainbow and Pinkie were in the same predicament as he was.
"D-did everypony in Ponyville show up to this?" Rainbow said in surprise.
"Yep, everypony we pranked to be exact." Pinkie exclaimed.
"OK, WHO'S THE PONY THAT THREW THAT?!" Night Shadow yelled.
The crowd of ponies then parted to reveal a very timid pegasus.
"Ummm, I hope that wasn't too mean or anything, I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings."
"FLUTTERSHY!?" The three pranksters shouted in shock.
"Out of all the ponies to pull off something like this, you were the least expected! For that… congratulations." Night Shadow declared happily, extending his hoof to shake her own.
Everypony then cheered at the results of the performance. Seeing the opportunity, Pinkie announced Night Shadow's birthday to everypony, declaring that the party would be around 8:00 pm tomorrow… the same time future Night Shadow warned Twilight about.