Telekinesis Part 3

"Do you fill all the balloons with helium? That must get expensive."
>Pinkie is planning to throw a party. Not a clue as to the reason behind it, but that just makes it better.
>Up until recently, you hadn't considered that they would get expensive.
>"It's expensive, but it's worth it!"
>You start to think.
>Heat rises, correct?
>And fire is hot.
>If you rub things together hard enough it creates fire.
"Therefore..."
>You press your middle finger and thumb together as hard as you can, and hold your hand at arms length.
>Preparing yourself, you snap your fingers as hard as possible and take your hand away before it gets burned.
>Lo and behold, a flame. Just a little one, like a candle flame, but big enough.
>While Pinkie oohs and ahhs at your trick, you grab a balloon and stretch it's lip above the flame.
>Slowly but surely, the balloon inflates with hot air.
>Once it's full, you tie it off and tie a string to it.
>Tada! A floating balloon with no lighter than air gasses involved!
>You tie it into the bundle, and get another balloon.
>"That's a real neat trick, Annie! Now I'll be able to throw even MORE parties!"
>She leaps into the air with the second last word.
>Oh. Would you look at that. Streamers, confetti, a blowout noise, the works.
>You feel as though you have done something terrible, but assure yourself that the frequency of Pinkie's parties is limited by more than just the amount of helium she can purchase.
>In a few hours, the two of you have filled all the balloons with hot air, and you blow the flame out. A few more hours and you finish decorating entirely.
>Sugarcube Corner looks... exactly the same as it usually does, but with more balloons and streamers and such.
>Perfect.
>All that remains is to hand out the invitations.
"Please, allow me."
>You take the pile of envelopes out of Pinkie's hooves, and leave before she can say anything about it.
>Now, what would the quickest route be to deliver all of the invitations to the right ponies?
>Screw it, trying to figure out the best way to do this is too hard.
>You'll just do it in alphabetical order.
>You stop being at Sugarcube Corner
>And start being in the middle of an apple orchard. In front of Applejack, too.
>She's on her way back from a long days work. She could use a rest.
>She stumbles backwards from you and lands on her rump.
>"How in tarnation-!"
"Have I got a treat for you!"
>You stick your hand into the invitations and pull one out at random.
>It's Applejack's. You weren't expecting that.
>Regardless, you toss the envelope at Applejack, fold your arms, and start to tap your foot impatiently.
>Her eyes flick over the writing, and eventually she stuffs it back in the envelope, looking sad.
>"Ah'd love to go to Pinkie's party, but it's just too far to walk."
>That sounded like an agreement!
>You lift Applejack over your shoulder, ignoring her protests, and stop being here
>And start being outside Fluttershy's cottage.
>Applejack starts fidgeting, but you block it out.
>Not seeing Fluttershy anywhere, you flag down a passing bird.
"Say, do you know where Fluttershy is?"
>The bird starts tweeting at you. You place your hand on your chin and nod sagely.
"I haven't a clue as to what you just told me."
>It smacks itself in the face with a wing, and then gestures towards the door of the cottage.
>You walk over to the door with much bravado and enthusiasm.
>And tap on the door with a single knuckle, producing the quietest raps you can.
>In short order, a meek yellow pegasus answers. She recoils slightly when her eyes reach Applejack's.
>"Why do you have Applejack on your shoulder?"
"There's no time to explain, just read this!"
>You flip through the invitations and take out hers.
>You hold it out to her and wait for her to take it.
>No impatient foot taps for this one. Not sure why. Maybe it's because you can't fold your arms with an Applejack over your shoulder?
>She finishes reading it, and places it neatly back in it's envelope.
>"It'd be nice to go to the party. I'll go there straight away."
"No, I should take you. It would be the polite thing to do."
>"Well, if you really want to..."
>"No! Don't do it!"
>Applejack seems to object. What a pity.
>You lift Fluttershy onto your other shoulder, and adjust your balance to suit.
>Once you feel suitably stable, you stop being at Fluttershy's cottage
>And start being back at Sugarcube corner.
>You carefully place the two thoroughly frightened ponies at the door.
"Have fun you two!"
>You skip and prance into the distance.
>What's next on the list?
>Rainbow Dash and Rarity both start with the same letter.
>Hmmm...
>Who cares! On to Rainbow Dash!
>You continue to skip and prance your way over town, eventually finding yourself almost under a persistent cloud.
>The reason for the cloud being so persistent, at least to your knowledge, is that the powers that be decided it would be a laugh to build a house out of clouds.
>Clouds! The very idea is patently absurd. You might as well cut out the middleman and build a house directly out of air.
>Regardless of it's ridiculousness, Rainbow Dash lives in it so you need to get into it.
>You step a bit higher into the air, and then a bit higher again and a bit further forwards with the other foot. A staircase.
>Problem: Clouds are very high up.
>Halfway to the cloud, you take a break, and plant your butt firmly on the air.
>Looking down on Ponyville, it's streets darkened by the night and it's windows lit by fireflies or something, isn't sobering in the slightest.
>You begin the climb again. In short order, you managed to break through the floor of Rainbow's kitchen.
>Shaking the cloud out of your hair, you pull yourself out of the ground.
>Then you start wandering through the building like you own the place.
>Knowing Rainbow as well as you do you suspect she's doing something incredibly physically arduous. Something like lifting weights or doing pushups or flying fast.
>Reading is fine too.
>You mindlessly amble into her room, where she is engrossed some sort of book.
>She hasn't noticed you yet, so you take your time shuffling through the invitations. In no time at all you find hers.
"Ahem."
>She squeaks and jumps a good five feet into the air.
>"How in Tartarus did you get in here!"
"I walked. Is that a problem? Never mind, I have something for you."
>You flick the letter at her. She catches it with a wing and starts reading.
>"Aww yeah! Pinkie throws the best parties!"
"Race you there?"
>"Pfft, like you could be faster than me!"
"So that's a yes?"
>"You bet!"
>And the there's just a rainbow streak and she's gone.
>Huh.
>You stop being in Rainbow's bedroom
>And start being outside Sugarcube corner again. This is getting predictable.
>You lean against the building and await the prismatic pegasus's arrival.
>Two, three, four, five, six-
>And she's here.
>"What?! How did you get here before me?"
>You sigh, weary of explaining this over and over again.
"It always seems to be the How with you ponies. I just stopped being at your house and started being here. This is all fairly basic stuff."
>Perhaps you should have gotten everyone together and showed them how you do the things you do, rather than just Twilight.
>You stop being there
>And start being at Carousel Boutique.
>You knock on the door firmly, but not too firmly.
>As soon as it opens, you bow as low as you can before flicking your head up to meet-
>A filly. Presumably either some hoodlum that decided to break into a clothes shop, or Rarity's younger sister. Probably the latter, considering she answered the door.
"Might you direct me to Rarity? I have an invitation for her."
>The diminutive equine turns it's head towards the inside of the boutique and yells.
>"Rarity, Anon's here! He says he has an invitation for you!"
>Dem squeaks.
>Shortly after you adjust your posture, Rarity arrives in the doorway.
>"You had something?"
>You proffer the second last envelope to her with a flourish.
>She reads it. There's not much more to say about it than that. As she reads, a smile appears on her face.
>"Oh my! I've not been able to go to a Pinkie party in forever! I'll have to make it up to her."
>She turns on the spot and closes the door.
>Guess she doesn't want a lift there, then.
>That's no fun.
>You stop being outside Carousel Boutique
>And start being inside it.
>Behind Rarity, to boot.
>She's putting on makeup or deciding what dress to put on or some strange thing like that.
>It seems entirely unnecessary.
"You look fine!"
>You grab her around the waist and stop being in Carousel Boutique
>And start being inside Sugarcube Corner.
>Everypony is sharing their stories of how they got here. You are the best conversation piece. Everypony should have one of you in their living room, just so they can talk about you to guests.
>You carefully drop off the unicorn and stop being inside Sugarcube Corner
>And start being outside the library.
>Time for reconnaissance.
>You peak into one of the windows and see Twilight reading by candlelight. She has apparently put all the books back in their bookshelves.
>This will require skill.
>You pace back and forth, trying to figure out the best way to freak Twilight the fuck out.
>Hmm.
>You take a run-up, and leap forwards.
>In mid-air, you stop being where you are
>And start being where you started.
>You maintain your momentum, and combat roll to prevent any serious damage.
>Perfect.
>You, once again, take off running.
>You jump, arms outstretched, and stop being there
>And start being inside the library, on a collision course with Twilight.
>Contact!
>You tackle Twilight, and before she knows what's up, the both of you stop being in the library
>And start being inside Sugarcube Corner.
>You roll, making sure Twilight is unharmed.
>Letting her go at last, she starts screaming and looking around wildly.
>Shortly thereafter, she faints.
>Aww. That should be you passed out on the floor there.
>You bow for the crowd.
>Taking a bunch of sugary confections, you spell out a message in mid air for Twilight. A question, really.
>After some time, the purple magician awakens to see you staring at her from behind a wall of candy.
>Then, she reads what the candy spells out.
"So, how's about that telekinesis?"