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POV TWILIGHT

I fought against my desire to put on the headphones or jump from the car window halfway to the house where there would be the party. Not that I hated the fact that people were having fun, but I was a little sensitive to noise, and depending on my mood, the louder the noise, the faster I would get fed up. At that moment there were so many thoughts going through my head that any word in a higher volume already irritated me.

- We arrived! - Pinkie announced and jumped out the door.

I got out of the car and left the headphones that had not been used in the passenger seat. All the cars had gone out together and, therefore, had arrived at the same time. When I climbed the sidewalk, I saw some Crystal girls jumping out of the bucket of the Applejack truck. I wondered if they had had the same complications that we had on the day of Pinkie's birthday party.

Approaching the large group that had just arrived, Lighting walked awkwardly, with a glass in his hand that let a few drops drip through the edge.

- You have arrived! - greeted with a dragged voice - you can come in, the party is just starting.

- And is she already like this? - Fluttershy whispered softly to me and raised her eyebrow.

The hostess turned her back and went to a group of people drinking and playing pool. I had no idea how that pool table had stopped in the middle of the courtyard, but I tried to ignore the thought and focus on the environment.

Several students, not only from Canterlot but also from Crystal, were scattered around the courtyard, and there were probably others inside the house, from which a muffled sound of music came out.

- That sounds like a real party! - Indigo Zap took his hands into the air and squeezed his eyes with happiness.

- Whoever arrives last takes care of who drinks - Lemon Zest ran towards the main door and Indigo followed her.

- I don't carry this burden - Sour Sweet left right behind.

The group laughed, shrugged and - calmly - walked where the music came from. The environment was completely different from the other side of the door, I could feel the change physically. The air was more muffled, my sense of smell tried to distinguish hands from ten smells at once. I was just used to Pinkie's parties, in which people had an idea of their limits and how to act, but at that party it was different. I had no idea if it was related to victory in the games or not, but they all seemed more out of control, and I didn't like out of control.

Indigo, Lemon and Sour were gone, wherever they were, we would hardly find them in less than five minutes.

- Do you want to get some drinks or dance? - Rarity took the initiative. I should have imagined that she was anguished and looking forward to another party.

- I don't know if drinking right away is the best thing - Fluttershy nervously moved the pink strands of hair.

- Dance then? - Sunny Flare stood next to Rarity and pulled Fluttershy gently by the hand.

- I was thinking of going to play a little - Sunset shrugged and leaned on the wall.

- Dancing is not much my thing, so I think I'm going with Sunset - Starlight punched the redhead on the shoulder who smiled naughty.

- A-I think I'll go with you too - I stuttered and walked shyly next to them. Starlight gave me a punch similar to the one he had given to Sunset.

- That's the spirit - he encouraged me and looked back at the rest of the girls - will we meet later?

They all nodded and took their way. From the corner of my eye I could see Pinkie Pie pulling Fluttershy to the dance floor and taking her first steps. Sunset indicated with his head a wooden staircase that went under the house. Starlight and I follow her. The staircase overlooked a basement full of board games, ping pong tables and other party games. The smell of alcohol was very strong. The noise had decreased, at least a little, there were still people screaming and talking loudly. We walked to the corner of the basement, where there was a table with some peculiarities, only when I approached I saw that it was a table hockey.