The party was wild! Everypony was jumping to the beat, and swinging to the epic chords. Who knew that one pony could plan all of this! It didn't stop until about an hour before the sun rose the next morning!

I woke up curled around Spike, with a blanket of streamers and a pillow of cake. I was dazed half trying to get up and half trying to stay down. Licking the icing off my lips I rose, looking around at the trashed room. Spike is in a little woven basket sleeping snug like a bug in a rug, as I snuck out into the early morning town.

Few ponies were out doing their job, packing, mailing, or readying shop. I wondered about, heading towards the outskirts. There was a forest about a half mile from civilization of ponies. That's what I like to see, woodland, thick over and under growth. I love to swinging from branch to branch, weaving vines into nests for animals, and best of yet I can use raw material from the woods for gift baskets.

I followed a path into thick groove, where I could hear an array of various creatures. Birds chirping, snakes hissing, chickens bocking, monkeys howling, trees creaking, bushes rustling, and a river raging. This place is perfect, it has everything I need for my basic survival, and getting in touch with my nature side again!

I walk through more brush to find a large gnarled tree with strange masks, and aberrant potions hanging from its branches. I approach to peer into a small window, where I see wicked objects, strange smells, big pots, more potions, herbs, obscure growth, and a small cot with a pony shape in it sleeping.

Then it hit me! This is an aborigine's hut! I have seen many zebras in the Swartpony region! Then it is more than likely it is a zebra. If so why is she so far from home? Do the others know about her?

There was a ruffling inside the tree. It was looking at me. I was so deep in thought I had not noticed her wake up.

"Who goes there? If you are threat you better beware," it chanted. "These woods are not kind to those of evil mind!"

"Uhh, n-no," I blustered. "I'm nothing to worry about I was j-just passing through." I back away slowly, hoping that I had not caused any trouble.

The hut was far behind me now and so was the forest. PonyVille was buzzing with business now. Ponies were successively working to keep the town in shape. Street cleaners, pegasus parting clouds, and even some fillies were making an effort to help others.

A tapping on my shoulder interrupted my train of thought. I turned to see a grey pony with a blond mane with a box attached to a saddle on her back. She was looking at me with big golden eyes in crossed directions.

"Hi," I said trying to sound sincere.

"Derpy Hooves Delivery," she cheerfully. "Muffin," she offered me.

"Uhhh….sure, yes please," I said politely. I don't usually eat stuff like this, but I can't be rude in a new place I want to make a good impression in!

She gave me a big goofy smile then reached back into her box for one. Pulling back big blueberry muffin. "Here you go," she said handing it to me. Then flew off to deliver another muffin to more ponies.

I chuckled, as I walked off towards the library where I had left Spike asleep. I heard shuffling inside the big tree house. I opened the door to find Spike looking in every little crevice for something. He was frantically scouring the bookshelves, under mats, in closets, and even in what seemed to be an attic.

Until he glanced over in the direction I was standing. He gasped before dashing across the room to me. "BROTHER! I thought I'd never see you again, where'd you go?" he asked worriedly.

"No where, just that forest outside town. I wouldn't leave you, Bro," I said to him lifting him into a hug.

He hugged me tightly, then sniffled, "Okay," he smiled, "I never knew I had a brother before and I just didn't want you to go away, you're so cool!"

My heart swelled he really missed me. I wish I had known him sooner he's just a doll. He has such a cute face and a little baby fat to add to his cuddliness! I can't wait to educate him on everything I had experienced in my years of his absents. He will be an adorable beast when I'm done with him!

"I know Spike. I know," I said petting him as I placed him on the floor, now holding the muffin. "So what's there to eat around here, I got this muffin from a Derpy Hooves something, but I'm not big on sweets."

"Oh there's a restaurant…, but that doesn't have much in the way of diamonds," he replied setting the muffing on the floor.

"Diamonds, now that's the fancy stuff," I chuckled.

"What do you mean fancy? I eat them all the time."

"While adventuring the world, you don't always find…tasty…sustenance! I've been eating the things that I have killed. I sounds gruesome, but that's how you survive." I looked down at him. His wide eyes told me that he was worried. "Don't fret I won't eat your friends. Only the monsters that come after me, and try to kill and eat me first."

"Oh…..wow, that's so cool! You're like a real warrior!"

"I wouldn't say warrior, but pretty close! I have to be a certain age before I get warrior ranking."

We walked through the energetic town, but before we could reach its limits, Twilight ran up to us from behind, halting us in our tracts.

"Where do you think you're going," she asked huffing, "you were…making a lot of noise and then disappeared, Spike!"

"S-sorry Twi, I-I…" Spike fluttered.

"Excuse me Miss Twilight," I interrupted. Kneeling in front of her and taking a hoof in hand. "I had not known he was leaving in a manner that vexes you! If anyone is to be asking forgiveness it is me! I left with him without your permission."

She was astonished by my gesture. She had blushed lightly, "Well…please remember to notify me before wondering off like that!"

"As you wish!" I stared straight into her big purple eyes. I could feel her incite, she was liking this attention. I laughed loudly inside, I love doing this to ponies!

The moment was disrupted was by Spike tapping me on the shoulder, I glance at him, still knelling with Twilight's hoof in hand, "Yes?"

"Are we going to get something to eat?"

I set Twilight's hoof down, and stood up. "Sure if Miss Twilight does not mind."

"O-oh no… not at all!" She looked embarrassed, I nodded and began to walk off, before we were out of earshot, She yelled, "Have him back before the afternoon!"

I gave her a thumbs up was we headed out into the distance. I was following him, to where he claimed to know where bounties of gems were found. We soon came into mountainous regions, similar to my first mission in this area. This isn't far off from where I fought those dogs and the same day I flew over Ponyville. That was yesterday, too, it feels so far away like a decade ago. I met Spike and time seemed to stop, like a broken clock. It was magical, the friendship I now share with my brother!

He looked up to me again, I asked, "You know where these diamonds are?"

"Uhh…heh… not exactly, no" He answered.

I chuckled, and crouched to paw the ground with my hands. "The ground is relatively soft, you probably can't feel it because you're too light weight. You can find where the gems are underground if feel for harder spots in the dirt." I pressed on the soil around me. And found a harder spot than the area I was standing on. I started digging as Spike watched, I soon started scratching the surface of a clump of rubies.

"See," I separated a chunk of gem off for Spike to try. He looked at me smiling, I returned a grin.

We began munching on the rubies that I had uncovered. The rocky texture melted on my tongue as I crunched them. The colors oozed flavor of compressed minerals aged to perfection in its red ruby state!

There was diamonds beneath the rubies I had just dug up. The prize I had been waiting for! I bit off a shard and waved it around in my mouth. The essence of sun in my taste buds, filling by body with emotions of live! More than desire, but passion and love! These are what life is all about not filling desires of morality! The true feelings of the purest heart!

"That hit the spot, eh bro?" Spike had a fully belly, and was laying back relaxing.

"Sure did," I laid back unwinding, looking up to the sky a cloud was partially shielding the sun.

Wait a second! The sun is not in total control of Princess Celestia is it? It is a huge ball of fiery energy, right? If this is the case, then she could destroy us at whim, possibly. The ability to alter seasons, by bring it closer to the mass of earth that we inhabit is unimaginable! Does it stop there with the sun? If she can alter light or even magic? If she has created everything then she must be super genius. Developing systems of thought of other organisms, processes that living organs to function in harmony with one's own and others, and microscopic beings that can distort cells causing illness or cancerous symptoms! And being able to end it, at what could possibly be a breath!

Does Spike never thinks like this, I'm jealous in a way. He will never have strokes of intellect like this, unless he listens to his Twilight friend more often. Thinking of which, he was a perfectly healthy egg as far as I could tell! Why was he taken away from me as a pre-born hatchling? They used magic to force a birth, if the egg was healthy then why risk his life?

I sat up looking over at him napping with a bloated belly. I take a deep breath and smell the mountainous air. Crisp as air can get. Just then a light vibration from underground struck me! Someone must be really close or remarkable heavy, but the ground is pretty soft for a vibration to travel through it like that one just did.

There is a thicket of trees and brambles in the area in the vibration originated. I raise from my resting place, and stalk to over to the bushel, slowly. What ever made the vibration must be big, I wouldn't want it to squash me off guard!

The bushes are ruffling and I can feel more oscillations coming from deep in side the thicket. I see dark brown fur waving in the bushes. A bear, a bear is wrestling with something! It's let our a roar and then purred?

I took a step through the brambles, rustling leaves causing it to look up at me. "Whatcha doin' there," I asked it.

"Roooaaarr!" It growled. As it looked towards me reviling a light pink mane of a pony beneath it.

A soft voice followed, "Hey there, you don't need to growl, there is no threat."

"F-FlutterShy," I gasped, my heart thudded. She was under a bear!

She got up from under the beast, and rubbed it behind the ear, invoking another purr. The bear fell to it's back as she proceeded to rub its belly. She was playing with it, the creature obviously enjoying her company settling down, it gave her a lick and held her in his arms. Almost as if it is taunting me.

"Oh h-hello," She said looking to me at last. "What brings y-you here?"

"I was just with Spike looking for something to…..eat," I said, as she nuzzled the bear, In shock. "We were just looking for diamonds….uhh, sorry I didn't mean it to s-sound like, that I eat other creatures, b-because I DON'T!"

"It's ok, uummm….. I just was helping this bear here with getting over a little depression. His kids have some nasty boo-boos that he feels really bad for not being able to help with." She replied, hugging the bear again.

"Aaaawwww….," I almost clasped from how cute she looked, snuggled with a bear like that. "I-i mean….how thoughtful of you! Well, I have to get back to Spike he's snoozing out in the opening, over there. I have better tend to him."

I began to turn and walk off, when I heard the bear's purr quiet and leaves rumble, then FlutterShy said, "Y-you're not going back to the town are you?" I stopped and turned.

"I was, but not before I got Spike."

She pawed the ground in front of her with her hooves, "Well, w-would it be too much to ask if I could m-make sure Spike was ok,….. and I was going in that direction, too…"

"Sure you can check up on Spike, I don't think anything is wrong with him, he's just taking a nap, but okay!"

I held a branches and thicket open, so that FlutterShy could pass through without getting caught in thorns. We approached Spike who was curled up in a hole filled with diamonds and other gems. His cute image filled me with butterflies, the thought that I can finally be with him as I always wanted. I picked him up and Put him on Fluttershy's back were she looked over him thoughtfully.

"So cute," she muttered, then paused a moment, before we walked off towards town.

"Those dogs d-didn't bother you while you ate d-did they?"

I was right beside her, "Ummm dogs…no I don't think so, why?"

"O-oh well I just thought that's where they lived and hunted for diamonds….m-my friend Rarity was abducted once, one time she and Spike went to look for gems."

"D-diamond Dogs, right" My mission, I thought, "I believe I cleared the caves out for a festival, about a day ago, or so!"

"W-what, really?" her eyes lit up. "How did you ever manage?"

I never thought it would be so easy to start a conversation with her like this! "The last mission I was on, my team and I were assigned to ki-...e-evacuate the mines. Me and my team... o-organized a... strike against the dogs to get them to... d-desert the caves for the up coming bicentennial celebration of Equestria."

"How heroic," She chuckled, then smiled as Twilight Sparkle was waiting for us outside the town.

Twilight had been reading as book and looked up from it was we strode by. "Hi there, is Spike okay?"

"Sure is, he's just asleep. He had a big lunch," I smiled.

She had walked over to examine him. It's as if they still don't trust me. She laid a hoof softly on his broadened belly. "It must feel prestigious to have relation to someone so... adorable." She blushed.

"Yeah, I know!" I chuckled.

We all were shifting gazes at him. He was on his back with his belly extended, mouth agape, almost drooling. I almost felt that there were pulsations of abnormal captivating adorability coming from him. There was a long silence, filled with this attraction complementing his cuddliness, weird. I thought to myself; is this what they do when he's asleep like this? He's mega cute, but it's is a bit much to spend however long watching him in his sleep.

The moment was finally broken as a pink pony bounded over us. And landed with a squeak, as she turned around to advance us. She had big grin, her sparkling blue eyes widened at my site.

"HEY GUYS-" She started.

"SHHHH!" Twilight cut her off. Then looked back to Spike, who remained sleeping.

Pinkie Pie walked up to me and whispered to me, "Cupcakes are delicious…," an uncomfortable pause followed, with a glance to Spike, then continued, "…but that's not what I wanted to tell you…Your friends are looking for you."

"Oh! Thank you," I whispered nodding to her slightly. Then tip-toeing over to FlutterShy and Twilight, "I'm going to leave him with you. My friends need me for stuff." Whispering to them, followed by their nod of approval I left.

I backed away slowly, hoping not to disturb…. that. Soon reentering PonyVille, where the ponies joyfully went about their day. Passing through the new atmosphere made me feel better, made me thirst for attention .But I can't just break in to song and dance alone, I'm going to need my posse. Who seemed to convenient at Sugar Cube Corner.

I walked in with my signature smirk. They turned from their cake seeing me, recognizing my expression. They new what I had in mind. They got up greeting me with our team handshake. Then stepped into a huddle formation.

"Here's what we're going to do!"