Three ponies brought Aurora to Sugarcube Corner, and upon seeing it, Aurora's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
" Oh no! "
Aurora suddenly remembered that the cakes here were sickeningly sweet; that cloying taste, so hard to swallow, was something Aurora hadn't forgotten even after all these years.
Thinking about how many such desserts and drinks must have been prepared for the party, Aurora felt a wave of nausea. But if she didn't eat or drink anything, it would be too unsociable, and quite rude as well.
" If only I had known to bring a few more doses of insulin. "
Aurora secretly regretted it.
However, no amount of insulin would be useful, because it wasn't that her body couldn't handle that lethal amount of sugar, but rather that her tongue couldn't.
" Sigh, I should have learned a spell to temporarily make my sense of taste disappear. "
But super sweet or completely tasteless—no matter which extreme it was, it seemed Aurora couldn't stand either.
" Whatever, just let it happen. "
Aurora's expression was calm as water, but her eyes were as determined as if she were preparing to die a hero's death, and she pushed open the door and walked in.
Before Aurora could see the decorations inside clearly, a large piece of cream cake flew over and plastered her face.
" Yay!! Big surprise!!! "
" Celestia above! Flying Light, are you okay? I'm so sorry, I didn't know this part was planned. "
Rarity saw Aurora's smooth mane stuck together with cream, was startled, and hurriedly found a pile of handkerchiefs, attempting to help Aurora wipe it clean.
" Pinkie Pie! Treating a lady like this is not polite at all! "
Rarity had only asked Pinkie Pie to help prepare a welcome party for Aurora on this day, but Rarity actually didn't know the specific details of the party, and thus didn't know Pinkie Pie would pull this stunt the moment Aurora walked in.
At this moment, Aurora's entire face was plastered with cream; her expression couldn't be seen at all, and she just stood there, frozen.
At least in Rarity's understanding, city ponies, especially noble ponies, wouldn't do such things at parties; Rarity was worried that such a presumptuous act would upset Aurora.
Aurora really hadn't expected a critical hit right at the opening, to the point where some of the cream mixed with a few pieces of cake sponge splashed into her mouth.
" It's delicious! "
It wasn't at all the sickeningly sweet taste she had imagined; it could even be said that it was just to Aurora's taste.
" It's okay, Rarity, this really is a big surprise. "
Aurora used magic to clean the cream off herself and looked at Pinkie Pie, who had thrown the cake at her.
By this time, Pinkie Pie was already warming up; the moment their gazes met after Aurora cleaned the cream cake off herself, information was exchanged.
Pinkie Pie immediately spat out the party whistle she had been holding in her mouth and lunged over, almost hanging her entire body onto Aurora!
" Waaah!! You really don't know how long I've waited for this day! I'm so excited I just want to scream 'Ah!!!' In fact, I'm already screaming! How should I greet you? 'Nice to meet you, I'm Pinkie Pie?' Or 'Long time no see, I'm Ashy Marvel's sister, Pinkie Pie!!!' "
" Hmm... then let's go with 'long time no see,' as that was also the first time I attended a party at a friend's house. "
Aurora reached out a hoof to support Pinkie Pie; her own heartbeat was also stirred up with excitement by this passionate atmosphere.
She had originally been worried about whether she could adapt to such an overly lively scene, and worried that her overly aloof personality would dampen the appetites of other ponies.
Now it seemed that with Pinkie Pie, the party expert, present, her worries were completely unnecessary.
" Wait, wait! What are you two talking about? I'm completely confused! "
Rarity stood next to the two ponies happily chatting away like an outsider, appearing at a loss.
" It sounds like Pinkie Pie, just like us, has known Flying Light for a long time. "
Applejack, after leaving Aurora's luggage in a safe place, came over with Fluttershy to join the fun.
" Pinkie Pie, why did you never tell us about this? "
Fluttershy walked over to Pinkie Pie's side and asked in a low voice.
" Oh! When Rarity asked me to throw a party for the 'new friend' from Canterlot, I really didn't know that the 'new friend' was actually my 'old friend'! "
Pinkie Pie held onto Aurora and refused to let go, happily rubbing her face against Aurora's face, the two pony faces constantly deforming as they nuzzled.
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