Once Pinkie Pie woke up, she was surprised to see the 9 new ponies staring at her, and the one dressed up as a jester was in front of her.  "You really shouldn't be making such a scene in front of the Family.  And people say that Cicero is the crazy one..." said Cicero.

Pinkie Pie replied to this by saying, "So your name is Cicero?  Hi!  I'm Pinkie Pie!  And I'm going to throw you and the 8 others of your family the biggest party I've ever had!"

Cicero replied to Pinkie with, "Yes, I heard you earlier when you spoke to us with that one sentence all in one breath.  Even I can't do it, and I'm supposed to be the craziest one in our Family.  But, I am able to understand what you say when you speak very fast."

Pinkie next turned her gaze over to the snow-white filly with red eyes and pointy front teeth and said, "Who are you you adorable little filly who I think may be a vampony?"

Babette heard what Pinkie said about her being a 'vampony' and replied with, "What!  How do you know?"

Twilight, Rarity, Spike, and Pinkie gasped in surprise at finding out that the little filly was in fact a vampire.  "Well it's completely obvious!  Your fur is pale as snow, your eyes are pure red, and your front teeth are pointy like fangs.  Anypony who doesn't know that is clearly stupid!"

Rarity, Spike and Twilight frowned upon hearing Pinkie's last remark, and they all replied with, "WE ARE NOT STUPID!"

Pinkie realized that she had hurt her friend's feelings and said, "I'm sorry guys!  I didn't mean you!  I just meant anypony besides us!"

Just from the fact that Babette is a vampire, Twilight, Rarity, and whoever else heard the revelation fainted and didn't wake up until 2 hours later.  "Oh for the love of Sithis," said Babette, "Every single time someone learns that I am a vampire, they either faint, have a heart attack and die, or I feed on their blood and make them vampires like me."

After Pinkie's introductions to the rest of the Dark Brotherhood, Pinkie prepared their party, and got all the sweet rolls and wine that they could want.  Pinkie invited all of her friends, although she made sure that the children got nowhere near the alcoholic beverages.

When Fluttershy saw the Dark Brotherhood members, she quacked in more fear than she usually had when she met new ponies, mainly because of Shadowmere's blood-red eyes that she felt were staring into her very soul.

"Come on Fluttershy!  Don't be scared!  Come and meet the new ponies!" said Twilight Sparkle.  Eventually, Twilight was able to coax Fluttershy out of hiding, and introduced her to the Dark Brotherhood.

"Fluttershy, this is Astrid and her husband Arnbjorn.  They and their 7 other 'family' members are new here to Ponyville."

"Pleasure to meet you Fluttershy.  By the way, don't mind my husband Arnbjorn, he tends to be antisocial to anybody unfamiliar to him or anyone who doesn't interest him."

Fluttershy replied by saying, "O-okay Astrid.  By the way, who is this little filly who is so pale?"

"I am Babette.  I'm over 300 years old.  Being a vampire tends to keep one... remarkably fresh."

Fluttershy replied with an "Eep!" and hid behind the table; after all, she had never seen a living vampire before, let alone one that looked like a child!

Fluttershy then got her attention put on Cicero as he started dancing, "And who are you Mr. Jester?" asked Fluttershy.

Cicero replied with, "I am Cicero!  Hello hello hello!  I can see you're quite the shy one.  Don't worry, Cicero doesn't bite.  Besides, you're too adorable to hurt!"

Fluttershy blushed at being called adorable by Cicero and replied by saying, "Thank you Mr. Cicero.  It's nice to be appreciated."

Fluttershy next turned her face to Veezara.  "Who are you mister lizard pony?" asked Fluttershy.

"I am Veezara.  It's a pleasure to meet you Fluttershy."

Fluttershy next turned her attention to the deep blue unicorn.  "Who are you miss?" asked Fluttershy.

"I am Gabriella.  It's nice to meet you Fluttershy."

Fluttershy was going to speak to the tall black stallion with menacing blood-red eyes, but the sight of those eyes made her "Eep!" and hide behind her mane.  

"Oh for the love of Celestia! Fluttershy, would you just go up and speak to this handsome stallion?" said Rarity.

After hearing Rarity's remark, Fluttershy slowly walked up to the tall black stallion with eyes red as blood.  "Wh-who are you mister?" she asked nervously.

"I am Shadowmere.  It's nice to meet you Fluttershy."

Fluttershy then turned her attention to the old unicorn that was gray and red.  "Who are you sir?" she asked.

"I am Festus Krex.  I am a wizard, and I think maybe I can help you find some courage."  Just as Festus mentioned courage, he decided to cast the Courage spell on Fluttershy.

Fluttershy felt more courageous and she noticed a green glow on herself after the spell took effect.  "Thank you Mr. Krex.  I feel more courageous already!"

Twilight was curious as to why Fluttershy started glowing after Festus cast the spell on her.  When she asked Festus, he simply told her that it was a side effect of the spell.

Fluttershy's attention then turned to the hooded pony who had a beard.  "Who are you?" she asked.

"I am Nazir.  I come all the way from the harsh desert.  It's a pleasure to meet you Fluttershy."

The Dark Brotherhood was enjoying the party, but there was one question that they all had, "Where is the meat?"

At this statement, Twilight hesitantly asked, "You all eat meat?"

Astrid replied with, "Yes.  We eat meat where we come from.  Don't worry, we won't cannibalize upon your flesh." she said with an evil grin.

At the mention of eating meat, Twilight and her friends struggled to keep their food in their stomachs.

Fluttershy replied with, "I'm sorry, but we don't eat meat here.  Even if we wanted to, I don't think we have the right kind of teeth."

Arnbjorn was somewhat disappointed that there would be no meat to feast on, given that he is a werewolf, but he managed to eat what food there was, but he had one more question, "If you ponies don't have meat, then at least do you have alcohol?"

Twilight Sparkle replied with, "We do have alcohol here.  What kind of beverage would you like?"

The Dark Brotherhood replied with, "We'd like some good old-fashioned ale."

Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, Princess Celestia and her sister Princess Luna were about to have some cake together when suddenly, they both felt the presence of an unfamiliar darkness.  However, they noticed that apparently, this darkness was sentient, because they could sense that it was exerting a consciousness.

"What is this unfamiliar darkness?" thought Celestia, "It's unlike any darkness I have felt before.  Not only that, but it seems to be sentient."  While Celestia thought about this unfamiliar darkness, Luna felt a familiar presence in this darkness, and she heard a deep male voice whispering in her head.

"It has been a long time, Princess Luna," said the voice, "You and I have not spoken in ages since you broke free of Nightmare Moon after a thousand years on the moon."

Luna immediately recognized the voice.  It was the voice of someone she had not heard from since seeing a glimpse of Tamriel while she was on the moon.  The voice of an old friend who taught her about the Dark Brotherhood and their eventual arrival in Equestria.  "It has indeed been a long time...  Sithis." thought Luna