"NO, YOU'RE NOT HEARING THINGS." -Titled so originally by Rainribbon I don't think this story ever had a name :P (This story closely follows "First Star that Shines Tonight") "Ahhh...." Mist-Eyes sighed as she and her friends relaxed by the pool of Paradise Estate. "I am SO happy to be away from the Shadowlands!" "You're not the only one," Starry Wings mused, stretching in her deck chair. "That was more than enough adventure for one lifetime!" "You two make it sound so long ago." Rainribbon fidgeted in her chair, anxious to play in the water. "We just got back a half hour ago!" Blu chuckled and stood up. "I guess I'd better be getting home, then. You coming, Trixxy?" Trixxy shook her head. "I smell some of Cupcake's famous chocolate cream puffs!" she sighed happily. Snickering, Starry Wings shook her mane out. "Yeah, Cupcake had to wait till Rainribbon was away to make treats because Rainribbon always eats the batter." "Do not!" Rainribbon walked to the edge of the pool. "Man, I want to swim, but that water looks kinda cold." A Baby Sea Pony splashed her. "YACK! It IS cold!!" Starting to back away, her natural clumsiness asserted itself and she fell forward into the water. Blu, Trixxy, Starry Wings, Mist-Eyes, and the Baby Sea Pony laughed. "While that's keeping her occupied," Trixxy smiled, "I'm going for those cream puffs!" "You suck," Rainribbon told the baby, who thought that was even more hilarious. "Geez, this is like, ya know, that part where Princess Ruto pushes Link into the water and laughs at him." She puffed up almost visibly. "Cool!" She prepared to pull herself up out of the water. Trixxy looked for something to buy her enough time to make it to the kitchen before Rainribbon's stomach pulled her away from her daydreaming. "Um, Rainribbon," she grabbed at the first idea that came to mind--and it wasn't such a bad one after all, "Instead of fantasizing about Zelda, why don't you go PLAY it?" The other pony almost flew out of the pool, despite her wet wings. "That's the best idea I've heard since a long time!" she exclaimed. "I'll just go do that! See ya all!" She galloped past her friends...and past the kitchen. Trixxy smiled smugly. "Score one for the aliroo!" she cheered herself, hopping to the kitchen merrily. Blu shook her head and followed. Cream puffs were contagious! Rainribbon paused her game. What was that sound? She saved and shut off the N64 regretfully. There it was again....Someone was calling her name? The voice sounded faint, but familiar. She couldn't even tell if it was male or female, pony, aliroo, Bushwoolie, human, whatever. "Hey, who's that?" Rainribbon cast about with her telepathy, but either there were so many others' thoughts in way, or else the one calling her was also a telepath who had shielded their own thoughts. She stepped outside and the voice was a little louder. "Hey, now, quit playing games with my head!" Rainribbon shook the aforementioned body part. "And I don't even LIKE that song," she mumbled, taking another step forward. "Hey! Rainribbon!" The cheery voice came from directly behind her. Rainribbon turned around and saw Oracle. "Sorry trouper," he quirked the corner of his mouth into one of those half grins. "I just finshed with the gate buisness and thought I'd drop by for farewells before I, uh . . .went back" Rainribbon looked at Oracle "You shouldn't have been able to do that, shield me out that is -- You shouldn't have been able to enter my mine at all your not a alicorn," [correct? uni & peg = alicorn?] she paused [though not for very long] "How come you can do that?" she asked accusingly. [sp] Oracle was looking innoceently at the roof, "Trixxy's eating all the muffins . . . " Rainribbon didn't waste a moment, speeding to the kitchen. Only later [covered in muffin crumbs] while eating the last muffin with a "hopping" mad Trixxy did she realize Oracle had avoided her question and by now with-out-a-doubt had winked off to someother place. She sighed dismissing her thoughts for the moment as she caught a glimps of a muffin-hungary aliroo sneeking up from behind . "Whats your name," Trixxy asked evilly, grinning and growing fangs. "What?" Rainribbon asked, turning around, "Why?" "Because I wanna know who I'm looking at!" Rainribbon arched a brow (if alicorns can do that). "I think you've got it all wrong." "No, " Trixxy said, retracting the fangs and shimmering a bit with cunfuzzlement,"This is the part where you stick your finger in your nose and ask if I can see you." "I think you're getting two parts of two different movie mixed up," Rain said, edging away. "Oh. Hey, I'm hung -Err....." Trixxy paused, thinking of something that started with hung and made sense. "Trixxy, we're scheduled to meat Fox and Falco on Katina in one hour," a voice called from outside. "Get ready. I think We're going to have a targetting bet." Blu poked her head in the kitchen and realized Trixxy was high on sugar. She sighed. "C'mon, we must go." She hooked Trixxy by the bandana and dragged her outside. "Hung up on Sugar!" Trixxy yelled triumphantly. "Wait, that doesn't make any sense." It certainly does not," stated a voice behind Blu. Blu jumped and turned around. There stadning before her was Ember and Lastly. Ember was staring off into space and not really paying attention to Blu,but Lastly turned her gorgeous eyes towards Blu and rolled them. "Em---ber," she whined. "Aren't you going to say Hello?" she asked. "Hiya! Ember exclaimed with a happy tone. "We have come to invite you to our party," Lastly explained. "Party?!! Will there be food?" asked Rainribbon who had joiend them. "Of course!" Ember replied. Rainriibon was already packing her bag for the voyage to Lastly's home. "I am living with Lastly and Shiny now," Ember told the ponies. "What? Why?" they all asked. Just for a little while," Ember told them as she and Lastly left without a trace. Oracle asked the ponies if they were ready to go and made a portal. "Wait! Arent the Slayer ponies comeing too? he asked,as the portal whirled with bright colors radiating. "yeah! I will go get them,'' exclaimed Blu as she took off. She flew far until she spotted the Slayer. "Buffy! she called. "Arent you going to Lastly's party,do you want to coem with us?'' Buffy pranced up to where Blu was landing(she can fly right?). "Yeah! And so are Giles, Willow, Cordelia, Xander, Oz, Faith, and of course," she said slyly, "Angel." They ponies took off towards Paradise Estate. When they arrived,Oracle opened the portal and they arrived into Star Manor, where Lastly and the otehrs lived. They saw ponies they had met on their last trip there and met new ones. Lastly,.Shiny and Ember were passing out food when a new pony,one never seen before,pranced onto the scene. Brightly colored rainbow hair and a matching flower on her hip,she was a gorgoeus twinkle eyed unicorn. "My name is Groovy Flower! athe pony excalimed as Blu... ...whacked Trixxy across the side of the head and demanded she tell her secret sugar hideout. "NEVER!!!" Trixxy screeched. Then she realized... "Oh, company," she said. "Heyhey Grrooooooovy-" *whack* "Trix, behave yourself. Falco and Fox know what they're doing, you'lll never beat them at targets with a sugar-high!" Blu turned to Groovy Flower, "Hi. This is Trixxy, she's a bit.....Out of it right now. Don't mind her. So, what can we do to help get ready? Or is the party on its way...?" Blu glanced around, getting a better look at her surroundings.... Groovy Flower smiled. "The party is this way." She led them through a stand of trees, to a large meadow where many colorful ponies pranced about, dancing, racing, singing, lying in the sun, and just generally existing. Rainribbon swallowed an eclair Ember had given her. "This looks like fun!" she enthusiastically cheered. "Anypony want to bust some moves?" She galloped to where a group of ponies was dancing and started to dance herself. "Owf!" She tripped. "There goes my perfect score." Back at the group, Blu was having trouble convincing Trixxy to settle down and confess to her sugar stash. "Trix-XY! Cut that out! Where is it? Ow, let go of my arm!" Trixxy shifted from her large serpent-dragon thing to a puppy. "Aw, now, you wouldn't make a cutesy like me give up my one pleasure in life, now would you?" she pleaded, looking at Blu from big brown eyes. "OOH! Twister!" She turned into an octopus and shouted, "I bet I can beat all you--whatever-you-are--you four-legged animal things with the long hair?" "Ponies?" one of the Twister players called back, cocking an eyebrow. "Yeah, those things!" Trixxy said happily, waving a few of her arms. "By the way, hi, I'm high--I mean, Trixxy!" Blu tried another tactic. "Trixxy....we're already late as it is. Now, if you'll come to Katina with me, I'll give you all the sugary doughnuts you can eat." She knew very well that Trixxy would never want to eat sugar again (well, not for a while anyways) once she came down off her high....Which, if she didn't eat anything else, should be right about the time they arrived at the Katina Arwing hanger. "Ooh-woo!" Trixxy hopped back and forth in her aliroo form, clapping. "With jelly??" "With jelly," Blu grinned. She wasn't called "Pure Evil" for nothing! "Allllllllllk RIGHT! Ket's go!" "Geez, Trixxy, ease up and settle down," Blu said. "You're making typos." Dragging Trixxy by her tail, Blu rounded up her friends. "We're going off now to win that bet, guys, but if we're not too long, we'll be back for the rest of the party. Wish us luck!" The two of them flashed out of existence while the others cheered them on. Trixxy's wavering singing faded out, "Sing us a song, you're the sugar high...." "We-e-e-e-l-l," Groovy Flower said thoughtfully. "That was interesting, to say the least." She turned back to the others. "We're about to serve lunch, so I hope you all didn't fill up too much on Lastly and Ember's eclairs!" "HEY!" a voice called from the picnic table. "Who ate--EVERYTHING?!" The group from Ponyland looked at each other and sighed, big teardrops abounding. "Rainribbon...." they chorused in a sigh. "Um, well," Groovy Flower smiled, slightly confuzzled, "It'll take no time to whip up some more dinner! Some of the ponies here have magical skills that seem to be made for cooking. We'll just play some games and relax until Lunch "Part Two is ready, okay?" The ponies all nodded and separated to find something to take their minds off lunch, all except Rainribbon, who was hiding nearby and eating a bowl of wax fruit in happy satisfaction. "I can't wait till lunch is ready! I'm starved!" While everyone was busy entertaining themselves and making new friends (as well as lunch ;), however, strange things were ahoof nearby as Blu and a nauseous Trixxy returned, having missed Fox and Falco by fifteen minutes. Trixxy went straight to the lawn chairs to sleep off her sugar hangover while Blu went over to meet two new ponies standing behind Groovy Flower and Blu gawked in suprise at the two other ponies behind Groovy Flower. Lastly Looked up hearing Blu's exclamation of suprise and came over to introduce the strangers. "Everyone, I'd like to introduce HeartShadow and SoulShaman. They will provide part of tonights entertainment, " inturupted by a shrill giggle Lastly looked over at a pair of blushing sweet-heart-sisters, eyeing SoulShaman whose head was bowed. HeartShadow gave them a look that imidiatly silenced them. Lastly continued, " as I was saying they will provide part of tonights entertainment, a 'Heart Reading'." she paused and smiled, "You've never heard of Heart-Readers? Well tonight you are in for a treat!" then turning towards HeartShadow she said "The readings won't take place until later this evening, It will be the finally to the party, so I hope you'll make yourselves at home and enjoythe party!" with that Lastly trotted off to attend to her other guests. Blu eyed the Heart-Readers, HeartShadow was a light gray unicorn with mostly black-red streaked hair, her symbol was a heart with . . . whisps of something inside of it. SoulShaman, was a black unicorn with . . . well she supposed it could be described as blood soaked grey hair. His symbol was the opposite of HeartShadows, whisps surounding a small heart. She had not seen his eyes, for since he had been introduced his head had been bowed. "So," she began SoulShamans head lifted and she became entranced by the shadows dancing in his eyes. HeartShadow pulled SoulShaman away into the shadows. Sometime later . . . Blu suddenly realized her cheek was stinging. She looked aroud dazed. Then focused oon the inflictor of the pain. > Blu suddenly realized her cheek was stinging. She looked aroud >dazed. Then focused oon the inflictor of the pain. > "Just to bring you back to reality!'' Ember said as Blu stared at her with wide eyes. Looking gorgeous as ever, Lastly stood next to Ember. ''What was that stinging? Blu asked. ''Oh, that's my new found fire power!!! Lastly just told me my first power!" Ember exclaimed. Lastly smiled silently, her deep blue eyes reflecting her thoughts. Ember gazed at her, looking away when Lastly noticed her staring. ''What is it,Ember?'' Lastly asked. ''Nothing its just I can finally feel comfortable around you. I used to be shy around ya,'' Ember replied,ducking her head. ''Awwww!!!'' the ponies around her chorused. Lastly turned and looked at her pony friend. Ember's deep blue ever changing shades eyes had been bright but now they twinkled ever so slightly as she smiled. Lastly sighed, it had been a great day after all.