[POV: Carrot Top]

I was rushing through Ponyville in a panic. I'd gotten the news that Canterlot had been invaded. There weren't any deaths or foalnappings, but that didn't mean there weren't injuries. Amethyst and Dinky were in Canterlot at the time of the invasion and I was terrified that something had happened. Ditzy hadn't contacted me to say anything bad had happened, but I hadn't received word that they were okay either. As such, I was running through town, desperate to know that they weren't hurt. When I finally reached her house, I raised my hand to knock when the door swung open. I was surprised that the door suddenly opened, but not as surprised as when I saw what was in the doorway. Standing in front of me was a strange stallion that looked like an earth pony except without any fur and his muzzle was flat.

"So, I did feel somepony approaching. I'm getting better, but it's still going to take time to get at the level Luffy was at," he mumbled to himself.

Snapping out of it, I yelled, "Who are you and where's Ditzy?!"

He stared at me for a minute, before leaning back and calling out, "Hey, Ditzy! There's somepony here to see you!" He walked back inside, leaving me very confused and a little put out. "Oh, and Ditzy? Thanks for washing our clothes. I'm sure it's still going to be a day or two before Rarity has any clothes for us."

"It wasn't a problem, Sean." Ditzy walked into the door way and looked surprised to see me. "Carrot Top? I thought you wouldn't be back from Fillydelphia until tomorrow." There was a shout of laughter from the stallion causing us both to jump.

"Sean, what in the world are you laughing at now!?" a mare's voice called out.

"She said Filly-delphia," he shouted back.

"Are you going to laugh every time you hear something from our world?" I heard Amethyst ask.

"Not every single time it's said, but probably the first time I hear it," he answered.

"Ditzy what's going on?" I asked, thoroughly confused.

She'd been listening with a smile on her face before she turned to me. "That was Sean. He helped Amethyst and Dinky during the changeling invasion," she said.

"He helped them?" I asked. She nodded. "And who was that other voice?"

Sadness appeared in her eyes, "His wife, Ashley."

'Is Ditzy..?' I shook myself, "So, what, he said you could pay him back by letting them stay here?"

"Actually, I offered to them to stay with us until they can afford their own place," she said.

I was stunned. That she'd let any male, even if he was married, stay in her house after what had happened with the last stallion that she'd gotten close to, was hard to believe. "You offered to him?" I asked, disbelief evident in my voice.

She nodded, "Yeah, I kind of surprised myself with that. But, I mean, he protected Amethyst and Dinky, he and Dinky get along rather well, and he didn't make fun of my eyes. Hay, he said they were beautiful." She blushed slightly as she said that.

'She has. She might not of realized it yet, but I can tell she's at least is starting to fall for this stallion,' I thought. 'He'll have to deal with me if he hurts her like the last bastard did.'

"Come on in Carrot. We're having breakfast and I'm sure that the girls would love to see you," Ditzy said. "And since you're here, you can make it to Pinkie's welcome party."

"Right because of the two new residents," I said as I entered the house.

We walked to the kitchen and were confused when we heard music start playing. When we reached the kitchen we were surprised to see Sean was singing while he cooked. Ditzy and I stood there, shocked at the song he was singing. When he finished singing, all of us, Ditzy, Amethyst, Dinky and I, just stared at him. A sudden flash of light snapped me out of it. I turned my attention to where the flash had originated and saw a female of whatever species Sean was, she even had a black mane like he did.

She walked up to the stallion and gave him a kiss. "Talking about your father yesterday brought some things up didn't it?" she asked.

He nodded, "Yeah. I'm fine, but thought I'd sing the song in honor of him and other soldiers, you know?"

"Of course," Ashley said with a sad smile.

Ditzy, Amethyst, and Dinky were all looking at him in sadness as well. Judging from the some of the lyrics from the song and the sadness that permeated the room, I could guess what had happened and felt bad that something like that had happened.

"Where'd that music come from?" Sean asked, probably trying to chase away the gloom, but also looking genuinely confused. "I wasn't using my iPod."

"That's some more of the magic of Equestria," Ashley answered.

"So, I don't have to use my iPod?" he questioned.

"Not all the time, but if you are able to I would use it," she suggested.

Amethyst spoke up, asking, "That place you mentioned in the song, the USA, is that where you are from?"

"That's right. It stood for the United States of America," he said.

"United States?" Dinky questioned, tilting her head slightly.

"Yes, the US is fifty states that are united together. The President I mentioned yesterday is our leader," he said.

"Wait, they aren't your ruler?" I asked.

"Nope. In fact, just about anyone could become President as long as they were born in the US, lived there for 14 years and be at least 35 years old," he said. "Their sons or daughters don't inherit the title, but have to run for President and be elected if they want to be the President."

"Hey, Sean," Ashley spoke up. She snapped her fingers and a package appeared on the counter near the stove. "You mind cooking some of that?"

"Sure. You don't mind if I use a frying pan for this do you Ditzy?" he asked.

"It's fine. Why are you asking, though?" she questioned.

"It's meat," he stated simply.

"It's what!?" I shouted.

"Oh, yeah. They're omnivores, Carrot," Ditzy said casually. "Though Sean's a vegetarian with the exception of fish."

"And you're all okay with her eating meat in front of you?" I asked.

She shrugged, "Don't see what the problem is. Sure I'm a little uncomfortable about it, but I'm not going to force her to only eat it when we aren't with her. She needs it to stay healthy."

"If you're worried about her eating it in front of Dinky and me, then you don't need to," Amethyst spoke up. "I mean, some ponies have carnivorous pets, so it's not strange for some shops to carry meat. And if it's our safety you're worried, then you should know that she Pinkie Promised that she wouldn't harm anypony unless it was in self-defense."

I calmed down slightly at that. Nopony would break a Pinkie Promise.

"OK, am I missing something?" Sean said. We all looked at him. "First the whole town calms down when she makes that promise and now Carrot Top here calms down when she learns that Ashley made the promise after practically freaking out."

"It's not something that can be explained Sean," Ashley said. "Just be sure that if you make a Pinkie Promise, you keep it." We all nodded in agreement, though I wondered how she knew how serious a Pinkie Promise was.

He looked at us all dubiously, before shrugging, "Alright, if you all are going to be so serious about it, I'll be sure to keep that in mind." He took the meat out of the pan and placed it on a plate.

"What is that anyway?" Amethyst asked, curiously.

"Bacon," he answered. "It comes from a pig if that's your next question."

"Bacon? You mean like hay bacon?" Dinky asked, causing Sean to snort.

"I suppose," he said, grinning. "Except this is meat not hay. So watch which one you grab," he warned. He then lifted the pan and looked at his wife. "Ash?" She summoned a glass bowl. "Thanks." He proceeded to pour a clear yellow liquid into it and set the bowl on the counter.

"What's that?" Dinky questioned.

"Bacon grease. Pretty much the fat from the bacon. It's unhealthy as heck, but gives things a great taste when you use it to cook with. For example using the juice from chicken to cook rice is pretty good," he explained.

"I thought you only ate fish?" I asked.

He rolled his eyes, "It's not like I'm eating the meat. I'm probably different than others, but to me, as long as I don't eat the meat it's fine."

A timer went off and Sean went to the oven, as the rest of us sat down and I looked at the food he had prepared. There were pancakes, hash browns, normal hay bacon, several kinds of chopped fruits in a bowl, scrambled and sunny-side up eggs, and some crescent shaped bread.

"What are these?" I asked grabbing the bread.

"Crescent rolls," Ashley answered. "They're flaky rolls that are very good." She turned to Sean and asked, "What's in the oven?"

"Figured if someone wanted something sweet," he started, placing a pan on the counter. He took a pair of tongs and started placing something on plate. He turned around and I was surprised at what was on it. "That muffins would be good. I made blueberry, chocolate, and, using the apples Applejack's family gave us yesterday, apple strudel." He placed the plate on the table.

Ashley giggled, "You just earned several points with a certain mare."

Sean looked at her in confusion, "What do you mean?"

"Mom really loves muffins," Dinky said, giggling as well.

He blinked several times before smiling. "Well, I'm glad I made something you really like. Do you have a favorite kind?" he asked.

We all tensed slightly and glanced at Ditzy. She looked like she was having an internal debate with herself.

Sean noticed this, and asked, "You like them all don't you?" Ditzy nodded somewhat hesitantly. "It's fine Ditzy. There's nothing wrong with that. I actually feel the same way about cookies. They each have a different taste, sometimes different textures, and there are a great variety of them. Only liking one of them out of the great many flavors isn't an easy thing to decide."

All of us, minus Ashley who was smiling at him, were rather shocked to see that someone that had the same thoughts Ditzy had towards muffins. Well, besides Pinkie, but she loved all manner of desserts.

He glanced at us, "What?"

"N-nothing, it's just that not many ponies understand Ditzy's love of muffins," I said.

Sean shrugged, "Like I said, I feel the same way about cookies. Now let's eat before everything gets ice cold."

With that, we started eating the food laid out on the table. As we took a bite of the pancakes, we all let out moans as we tasted the delicious flat cakes.

"What are these made with?" I asked. "They're delicious."

"Malt," Sean answered. "It's difficult to explain what exactly that is."

"It's delicious, so who cares?" Amethyst spoke, getting nods from Dinky and Ditzy.

As we ate, Amethyst and Dinky told me about how Sean had protected them from the changelings. From how he tackled three of the changelings that were advancing on them to the ground to how he'd given himself up so they could get away. That he would do something like that for ponies that he knew absolutely nothing about surprised me a good deal.

After we finished breakfast, Sean stood up and was about to start gathering the dishes when they were surrounded by an orange glow and lifted off the table. He glanced at Ashley, whose hands were surrounded in the same glow.

"You made breakfast Sean. Let me take care of the dishes," she said. He nodded and let her take the dishes.

"Sean, do you mind taking Dinky to school for me?" Ditzy asked, slinging a mail bag over her shoulder. "I normally would, but I took a couple days off, so I have to go to work now."

"Sure, I'll take her," he answered.

"Thank you," she said, leaving the house.

He turned to the filly and asked, "When's school start?"

"It's still going to be a couple hours," Dinky answered.

"There anything you want to do until then?" he inquired.

Dinky thought for a moment before asking, "Can we go to the park and just play?" Sean nodded and she smiled, "I'll grab my saddlebags, so we can just head to school from the park." She darted upstairs and, when she came back down, Dinky and Sean left the house.

I turned to Ashley and asked, "How are you able to do magic? You don't have a horn like unicorns." As she started washing the dishes, she explained to me about her magic and what Sean was capable of doing.

[POV Change: Sean]

When Dinky and I reached the park, there were several foals about playing until school started. They played hide-and-seek, tag, and other games with each other. I played a few times with them at their insistence. After about an hour of playing, Dinky and I sat down on a bench and we listened to some of the music on my iPod and I showed her a few of the games, as well.

When there was only a half hour until school, I started following Dinky through town as we made our way to her school. I suddenly felt like something was heading toward us and I could hear a faint buzzing sound. Scooping the filly in front of me up, I jumped to the side just as something shot passed us. I was glad that I'd decided to keep my observation haki activated, not only to get better at it, but also in case something happened. I set Dinky back on the ground before turning my attention to what had nearly run us over. I was rather surprised to see Scootaloo riding a scooter with Sweetie Belle and Applebloom sitting in a wagon attached to it. Scootaloo stopped and turned toward us.

"Sorry about that!" she apologized.

I walked up to them. "You should be more careful Scootaloo. If Ditzy didn't have to go to work early and was here instead of me, you might have run her, and maybe Dinky, over."

"Sorry," Scootaloo repeated, her ears lowering.

I ruffled her mane, "No one got hurt, so it's fine. Just watch where you're going alright?"

She nodded and hopped back on her scooter. "See you at school Dinky!" they all yelled as Scootaloo started propelling herself forward with her wings.

"That's an interesting way to use her wings," I commented, resuming our way to the school. We soon arrived at a red building with a bell at the top. "So this is your school?" I asked. 'Kind of small. Then again it's a rather small town.'

Dinky nodded, "Yep. Our teacher's Ms. Cheerilee. Do you want to meet her?"

I thought for moment before shrugging, "I don't see why not." I followed Dinky inside and saw a fuchsia mare with a light rose and light pink mane. She was wearing a magenta jacket with a white undershirt and a black skirt that stopped just below her knees. Glancing over, I saw the CMC were already seated at their desks and were talking to each other.

"Good morning, Ms. Cheerilee," Dinky said. The mare turned towards us and her light green eyes widened in surprise when she saw me.

"Good morning, Dinky. Hello.., Sean right?" she asked.

I nodded, "That's right. You're Ms. Cheerilee?"

"I am, but please, just Cheerilee is fine," she answered. "May I ask, why are you dropping Dinky off?"

"Ditzy had to head to work and asked if I'd walk her daughter here," I explained. I looked out the window and saw all the fillies and colts arriving. I smiled slightly,

"I see," she said. She seemed to notice my expression, as she said, "Sean, the Mayor came to me and mentioned how you worked with kids before. Would you be interested in working here?"

I glanced at her in shock. "Really? I don't have any kind of teaching degree or even teaching experience," I said.

"Well, you'd be more of an assistant," she said.

"Really? Just an assistant?" I asked, smirking. "You're not going have me teach them about my world?"

"W-well, I'm not going to force you, but if you don't mind," she stuttered slightly, causing me to snicker. She sighed, but there was a small smile on her muzzle, "It's hard to see everything my students do when my back is turned and even when I'm watching them I still miss things. I'd also like you to watch them during recess to make sure nothing happens."

I thought about it for a moment. While I wasn't really one for teaching, she did say only if I wanted to. Plus it would be nice to spend time with children again.

I smiled, "Sure thing, Cheerilee. I'd love to help out."

Cheerilee smiled back, "Wonderful. You can start next week."

"Not today?" I asked in confusion.

"You just arrived here the other day. Take some time to get settled and you can start Monday," she said.

"Alright, I'll be here next week. As long as nothing happens, that is," I said.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"Well for one, me and my wife have taken jobs of protecting Ponyville from anything that might attack," I explained. "There's also the fact that we could be summoned by other Displaced at anytime. So, if I disappear during the job, that's why."

"Displaced?" Cheerilee questioned, her confusion rising.

"It's what me and Ashley are. We're beings that have been taken from our world and turned into the character we are dressed as," I told the mare.

She looked at me in shock, "You mean you were not only ripped from your home, but you whole world, sent to ours, and you still decided to help those you didn't know?"

"I would have done it even if I didn't possess the powers that I have," I said determinedly.

She stared at me for a minute before smiling warmly. "Well, I'm glad that it was you and Ashley that was sent here. You seem like nice--" she trailed off, probably because she wasn't sure what to call us.

"People, Cheerilee. If you want I can tell you about those kinds of things," I offered.

"Maybe as a lesson for the children," she said, a slight smirk on her face.

I chuckled, "Alright. I'll see you later." As I left the school, I passed the pink and gray fillies that had asked me questions yesterday. The pink filly huffed when she saw me and walked inside. I arched a brow at her behavior before turning to the other filly. She smiled rather hesitantly and I smiled back. Kneeling down, I said, "Hello. You're one of the filly's from yesterday, right?"

She nodded, "I'm Silver Spoon. That was my friend Diamond Tiara."

"It's nice to meet you," I said. I glanced back at the classroom and asked, "Was Diamond Tiara in a bad mood or something yesterday, and today for that matter?"

Silver Spoon flinched, "W-well, you see." Seeing her start to fidget confused me, but I placed hand on her shoulder and she looked up at me in slight confusion.

"You don't have to tell me anything Silver Spoon, though how you're acting has me slightly concerned. However, you just met me and don't know anything about me, so don't force yourself. If you feel like telling me you can count on me to listen, though," I told her. "And should you confide in me, I Pinkie Promise that it will stay between us. Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye," I recited, doing the movements Ashley did yesterday.

She hesitated, but then nodded, "Thank you." She hurried into the school and took her seat one desk across from Diamond Tiara.

I stood up and said to myself, "I think I'll walk around Ponyville some more." I raised a hand to my chin in thought. "Maybe I'll head over to the library. Find out what kind of stories there are in this world." With that, I started toward the tree library.

I eventually reached the library and approached the door. I paused, not really knowing whether or not to knock. It was a library, but it was Twilight, Trixie and Spike's home. Figuring it would better to be safe than sorry, and avoid the typical anime scenario of walking in on something I shouldn't see, I knocked on the door.

"Sean? That you? You can come in," Twilight called out.

I entered and saw Twilight and Trixie sitting in the middle of the room at a table with a unicorn centerpiece. Trixie was wearing a white button-up blouse with a lavender jacket, a lavender skirt that went down to her thighs, and thigh-high socks. She also had wire-rimmed glasses hanging around her neck. Twilight was wearing a light blue vest, purple shirt, and a light blue skirt that went past her knees.

"How'd you know it was me?" I asked.

"Lucky guess really," Twilight said, shrugging slightly. "I kind of figured by your reaction to the tree that you might come here."

"A safe assumption." A sly smile spread across my face, "So, you're wearing each others colors?"

They both blushed. "S-so why are y-you here?" Twilight stuttered out.

I snickered, "Just came to get a book. I wanted to see what kind of stories this world has compared to Earth." I glanced at Trixie, "You wear glasses?"

"They're just reading glasses," she answered. "Feel free to look around."

I walked around the shelves, looking at the different books. While I looked, Twilight spoke up, "Um, Sean?"

"Hm?" I said, still scanning through the books.

"I know you answered questions yesterday, but most of those were about you and Ashley. Do you think that I could ask you and/or Ashley about your world?" she asked.

"I don't mind. Just give me a heads up and I'll be happy to answer your questions," I answered.

"You might regret that," a voice said. I glanced behind me to see Discord floating there. "Twilight will ask you questions until she's blue in the face."

"So, she'll match Trixie?" I asked, grinning.

As Trixie and Twilight blushed again, the draconequus started chuckling before it turned it full blown laughter. "I knew you'd be a funny man," he said.

"You only like me for my jokes? How could you Discord!? I thought we could be good friends," I said in mock hurt, placing one hand over my heart and the other going to my head in a dramatic fashion. Discord fell out of the air laughing his head off. Literally, his head fell off of his neck while he was laughing. The sight caused me to start laughing. "T-that's t-t-the first t-time I've s-s-seen someone actually l-laugh their head off," I gasped out. I eventually calmed down, gasping for air. Once I'd calmed down I glanced at the two mares. They had returned to what they were doing before. That's when I noticed something on the table. It looked like they had taken something apart. 'How the hell did I miss that?' I walked up to them and asked, "What is, or rather was, this?"

"I believe Ashley said it was call a PS4," Trixie said.

"And you took something like that apart?" I asked, incredulously. "How'd you even get ahold of that thing? We, obviously, couldn't bring something like that with us to the con so it would be at home."

"Ashley used her chaos magic to bring it here. As for why we took it apart we wanted to see how it worked," she answered.

I was about to ask how using chaos magic brought that here, but paused and thought back to when she'd first gotten her magic. "I guess if she can summon a drink from our world, a game system isn't really that far-fetched," I said.

"Chaos magic is really only limited by your imagination," Discord said. "And she doesn't necessarily summon it from your world as much as she creates a copy of it. As long as she knows what it is and what it's supposed to do, she can make a working model herself."

I blinked several times, "Are you saying she could bring a working car and things like that here?"

He nodded, "That's right. While I don't think she's as powerful as me, she can do a great many things."

"So, what can't she do?" I asked, curiously.

"Well she can't make fictional items from any of your shows that actually work. There's also this," he said, snapping his talons. There was a flash and I looked over to my right. I froze at what I was saw. Flying in front of me was a koopa. And not just any koopa, a freaking blue winged koopa! The fact that it was flying told me that it was alive.

"You can create life?" I questioned, astonished.

"This is a bit different," Discord said, making the koopa disappear. "I can't create life in the same sense as other living beings can. I can just make carbon copies of things that I know of like what you just saw." He snapped his fingers and a copy of Twilight suddenly appeared next to him. He quickly snapped again, making her disappear.

"Is there actually a Mario world out there?"

"Well, from what we can tell there's a world for this One Piece anime, so is it that out there that there'd be one for Mario?" he asked.

"I suppose not," I answered. I was still rather stunned, not expecting to see an actual koopa.

"Hey, Sean?" Trixie spoke up.

Snapping out of my stupor, I said, "Yeah?"

"You said that this was a gaming system?" she asked.

"Yes, that's right. Why?"

"Do you think that you could show us?" Twilight requested.

"Sure," I agreed. "Discord you mind fixing it and providing us with a TV?"

"Of course," he said. The easily fixed the system and summoned a TV and four controllers. "It has a small generator in it, so that you don't need to plug it in. Though after probably two weeks you'll need to charge it. What game would you like?"

I placed a hand to my chin in thought. "How about Virtua Fighter 5?" I asked. Discord glanced to the side, his eyes moving as if he was searching for something. After a couple minutes he snapped his fingers and the game appeared on the table. "What were you doing?"

"Looking through your world to see what game you were talking about," he said.

"You can do that?" I questioned in shock.

"How do you think I knew about that koopa?"

"Right. Well, Twilight, Trixie let's start," I said, inserting the disc into the system.

First Twilight and Trixie took turns doing the training portion of the game so they'd have grasp of how to play. They were a little hesitant when they found out it was a fighting game, but when I assured them that it was as fake as most movie fights they started playing in earnest. For an hour we played against each other, Twilight and Trixie switching half way through. While they managed to beat me a few times, I won most of the matches, but that was mostly cause I'd played the game more than them. After that, I let the two of them fight against each other, while I read some of the books the library had to offer. Discord had disappeared, saying there was something he was going to do. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. I glanced at the clock in the room and saw that it was noon.

"I'll get it. You two can keep playing," I said. I walked to the door and opened it to see my wife. "Hey Ash. What's up?"

"Pinkie wants us at the Apple family's barn," she said.

"The barn?" I asked.

"That's what she said." She looked inside the tree and rolled her eyes. "Really? You got them into playing video games?"

I shrugged, "They wanted to know what it did and I didn't see any reason not to show them."

"I just didn't really expect it," she said. "Hey, Twilight, Trixie, Pinkie wants us at the barn."

Trixie let out a shout of joy, while Twilight groaned, indicating how the latest fight had gone. The two stood up and stretched. Turning off the system and TV, they walked up to us.

"Let's go," Trixie said. With that, the four of us made our way to the Apple family's barn.

When we reached the barn, Twilight asked, "You ready to head in?"

We all nodded and pushed the doors open and were shocked at the very loud, "SURPRISE!!"

I looked around and was stunned to see what seemed like the whole town was somehow inside of the barn. That's when I noticed something. "It's bigger on the inside," I said. It was true, somehow the inside of the barn was larger than what the outside looked like.

Ashley facepalmed, Pinkie giggled, and Discord chuckled, while the others looked confused at their reactions.

"I asked Discord if he was able to do this and then asked Applejack if he could do it for the party," Pinkie said happily.

"I see," I said. Looking around, I noticed banners hanging from the ceiling. There were three of them. One said, 'Welcome to Equestria/Ponyville', the one below it said, 'Thank you for helping protect Canterlot', but it was the last one that really caught our attention. It said 'We're sorry we didn't believe you Twilight'. I glanced at her and saw her eyes were wide and there were tears starting to surface. She looked down at her friends, the Mane Six and Spike, who all had sheepish smiles on their faces. Twilight smiled and rushed forward and hugged them all. They hugged her back. I smiled at the scene playing out in front of me.

"I would like to apologize as well Twilight," a voice spoke up. We all turned to see the Princesses approaching us.

"Y-you Princess Celestia?" Twilight asked, shocked.

"Yes, Twilight. Even with how disappointed I was, I shouldn't have been so harsh on you. While you do tend to overreact," Twilight blushed at this. "You aren't a pony that would blindly accuse somepony of something." Celestia walked up to the lavender mare and pulled her into a hug. "I'm sorry for not trusting you, my faithful student."

Twilight looked absolutely stunned by the apology and hug, but after a couple seconds the tears in her eyes resurfaced and she returned Celestia's hug.

We watched for several moments before Pinkie said, "OK, everypony this is a party! It's supposed to be happy not sad, so let's have some fun!"

They broke from their hug and Celestia smiled and said, "She's right. This is a party so let's have fun."

"Hey, Pinkie! Where're the drinks at?" a pony called out.

We all looked over and saw six punch bowls, but there wasn't anything in them.

Pinkie giggled, then said, "After seeing Ashley summon that drink I was kind of hoping she'd provide some other drinks from her world."

"I don't mind. Do you have any ideas Sean?" my wife asked.

"How about Barq's, Tiki Punch, strawberry-lemonade, and that apple cider we love?" I suggested.

"Apple cider?" Rainbow Dash questioned.

"Oh no," Ashley, Spike, Trixie and the rest of the Mane Six, sans Fluttershy, muttered at the same time.

"You have apple cider?!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, getting in my face.

"Not on me," I said, pushing the mare back. "But I'm sure Ash can bring some here. It's very good. Unless you don't like anything that's sour then I'd not drink any of it."

"Right let's get those drinks here," Ashley said, snapping her fingers. In four bowls were the drinks I'd suggested. In two others were some other drinks. "The brown soda at one end is a soda called Dr. Pepper and the red one at the end is cherry soda," she told everypony. She snapped again and the name of the drink appeared in front of the bowls, "Just so everyone knows what's what."

I grabbed a cup and poured myself some of the cider, when suddenly somepony shouted out, "Hey Sean!"

I followed where the voice came from and saw a familiar unicorn. It was Vinyl Scratch, who was waving at me from behind her turntable.

I walked up to her, "Hey Vinyl. Good to see you again."

"You too man. You think we could listen to some more of your worlds music?" she asked. "Those ones you sang the other day were pretty good."

"Sure, I know a few that are perfect for party's," I said. I grabbed the microphone and tapped it several times to test it and get everyone's attention. "Hello, everyone, I'm sure I don't need to introduce myself, but just to be safe, I'm Sean Griffin. At the wedding in Canterlot I sang a few songs." A good amount of cheers rose after this. "I see there are some ponies from that night here. Well then you might be glad to know that I plan to sing some more songs from my world." More cheers erupted after this. "This first song isn't necessarily a party song, but I think it rather fits. Especially if one of the Princess's sing it." I looked at the three alicorn sisters as they glanced at each other.

Shrugging, Celestia walked up to me. "This isn't an embarrassing song is it?" she asked.

I pulled out my iPod and headphones, "Listen and decide for yourself." I held the headphones out to her, "Just put these in your ears and I'll play the song."

She nodded. Taking the headphones, she placed them in her ears and I pressed play. As the song played, Celestia bobbed her head to the music. When the song ended, Celestia smiled, "I rather like that. It also portrays how I feel sometimes."

"I kind of figured considering the kind of life a ruler lives," I said. "So you ready?" At her nod, I connected the iPod to Vinyl's turn table and pressed play. "Alright, everypony the Princess is about to get a little... Outta her Head," I said, smirking.
{Light Gray - Celestia, Red - Sean}

That's right...
Ha! You see these shoes, on my hooves
I'm 'bout to go, on out that door
And you ain't stoppin it, ain't nuttin gonna stop it
Cause I'm sick and tired of all the buckin arguing
What you think? I'ma go get a drink
Relax myself, cause I'm about to blow!
When they open up the bar... I'ma hit the bar
I didn't ride in my carriage, so come on let's go!

I'm steppin, outta here
Cause where I'm goin, I don't know
I'm steppin outta here
Cause where I'm goin, is outta my head
Outta my head, outta my head
Outta my head, outta my head
Outta my head, outta my heeeeeaaad, OH!
Steppin steppin out tonight, got me goin crazy
Steppin steppin out tonight, got me goin crazy

Yeahhh, he heh!
You see these hooves? I'ma hit the streets
Yeah I'll be walkin, just talkin...
I'ma hit the bar, get some vodka
Some Red Bull, ya happy now?
When I see a boy, I'ma say whassup
(Hey girl, where you goin?)
Heheh, why doncha come with me? We gon' live it up
We steppin out, aight now here we go
Hold up hold up hold up... how'd the bridge go?
Ahh, I think I drank too much
Oh wait I think I know it
Okay, okay, here we go

I'm steppin, outta here
Cause where I'm goin, I don't know
I'm steppin outta here
Cause where I'm goin, is outta my head
Outta my head, outta my head
Outta my head, outta my head
Outta my head, outta my heeeeeaaad, OH!
Steppin steppin out tonight, got me goin crazy
Steppin steppin out tonight, got me goin crazy

Steppin steppin out tonight,
Got me goin crazy
Steppin steppin out tonight
Got me goin crazy
Steppin steppin out tonight
Got me goin crazy

I'm goin out of my head, la-de-dee-la-de-dah
I'm goin out of my head...
Let's go, Let's go

Everypony seemed stunned at the song that Celestia just sang. All of their eyes were wide and jaws dropped. Twilight's was the most extreme, jaw practically on the ground, eyes as wide as dinner plates, and her mane looked slightly disheveled. Luna and Nightmare Moon looked like they were trying to hold back their laughter, while Discord was cackling next to them. I laughed at their reactions before turning to the Princess and clapping at her performance. Slowly, but surely more ponies began clapping. Smiling, Celestia bowed and walked back to her sisters.

"For this next song, I'm going to need a few volunteers. Preferably, two stallions and a mare. Though it doesn't matter if more than one mare wants to volunteer, but don't be surprised when the lyrics are more fit for a stallion." I glanced at the party-goers. "So, who'd like to sing with me?"

"I'll sing with you," Ashley said appearing next to me.

"Anyone else?" I asked.

"I will," I heard a familiar voice say. I turned around and saw Spitfire standing there. She was wearing a casual dark blue shirt and blue pants. "You don't mind do you?"

"I don't. I mean no offense, but what are you doing here?" I asked.

"You'll see in moment," she answered.

"Alright," I said. I looked around, waiting for someone else to volunteer to sing.

"Aw, what the hay, I'll sing with ya," Vinyl spoke up. I turned to see her jumping over her turntable.

"OK, but don't be surprised if some of the lyrics are more fit for a stallion," I warned her.

"Ah, I don't care," she said, waving a hand dismissively.

"If you say so," I said. As I looked for the next song I called out, "I'm sure you're going to like this song Pinkie Pie." I looked up and saw that she and the others were looking at me curiously. "This is the party rock anthem."
{Orange - Ashley, Blue - Vinyl Scratch, Yellow - Spitfire, Gray - Sean & Vinyl}

Party rock
Yeah
Whoa!
Let's go!

Party rock is in the house tonight
Everybody just have a good time (yeah)
And we gonna make you lose your mind (whoa!)
Everybody just have a good time (clap!)

Party rock is in the house tonight (oh)
Everybody just have a good time (I can feel it baby!)
And we gonna make you lose your mind (yeah)
We just wanna see you... shake that!

In the club party rock, lookin' for your girl,
She on my jock (huh) non-stop when we're in the spot
Booty move the weight like she owns the block
Where I drank I gots to know
Tight jeans, tattoos cause I'm rock and roll
Half black half white, domino
Gain the money Oprah Doe!

Yo!
I'm running through these streets like Drano
I got that devilish flow rock and roll no halo
We party rock yeah! that's the crew that I'm repping
On a rise to the top no lead in our Zeppelin
Hey!

Party rock is in the house tonight (whoa)
Everybody just have a good time (yeah)
And we gonna make you lose your mind
Everybody just have a good time

Let's go

Party rock is in the house tonight
Everybody just have a good time (I can feel it baby!)
And we gonna make you lose your mind
We just wanna see you... shake that!

At this point in the song, Vinyl and I descended onto what was the dance floor. Most ponies moved away, but a good number stood behind us.

Every day I'm shuffling

I let out a shout of laughter as Vinyl, the ponies, and I started doing the group dance from the music video. As we finished Vinyl and I high-fived.

Shuffling shuffling

Step up fast and be the first girl to make me throw this cash
We get money, don't be mad, now stop – hating's bad

One more shot for us
(Another round)
Please fill up my cup
(Don't mess around)
We just wanna see
(You shake it now)
Now you home with me
(You're naked now)

Get up, get down, put your hands up to the sound
Get up, get down, put your hands up to the sound
Get up, get down, put your hands up to the sound
Put your hands up to the sound, put your hands up to the sound

Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, put your hands up to the sound, to the sound
Put your hands up, put your hands up, put your hands up, put your hands up

Party rock is in the house tonight (put your hands up!)
Everybody just have a good time (put your hands up!)
And we gonna make you lose your mind (put your hands up!)
Everybody just have a good good good time

Oh! Oh! (put your hands up!)
Oh! Oh! (Time to fill it now!)
Oh! Oh! (put your hands up!)
Oh! Oh! (put your hands up!)

Shake that!
Every day I'm shuf-f-f-ling

Put your put your
Put your put your (yeah yeah)
Put your put your (whoa!)
Put your put your
Put your hands up
Your hands up
Put your hands up

Every day I'm shuffling

As the song ended, everyone started clapping and cheered or whistled. I smiled widely, this was an amazing feeling. I never knew singing could be so incredible. Pinkie bounced up to us and exclaimed, "That song was amazing! I loved it!"

"Thanks Pinkie," I said.

"Sean, Ashley, there are a few ponies I'd like to introduce to you," Celestia said.

"Alright then," I said. I turned to the DJ, "Go ahead and play any of the songs on that list Vinyl. They're all party songs." I walked over to Celestia and her sisters, Pinkie hopping next to me. I nearly tripped when Vinyl started another song and started snickering at her choice.

Celestia gestured at three ponies that were approaching us. One was a unicorn stallion that had turquoise fur and blonde mane. He had blue eyes with blue rimmed glasses on his muzzle. He wore a red shirt with jeans and a dark red jacket. His cutie mark was a sword that was being struck by lightning. One was a pegasus mare, I could tell because she had her wings slightly unfurled with light arctic blue fur and light gray mane. Her eyes were fuchsia and her cutie mark was a horseshoe inside of a yellow arc. She wore a black tank top, with a light blue jacket with lightning bolts going up and down it, and shorts with the same design. I looked at her hands and was surprised to see she had long sharp nails. The last pony was another mare, who's appearance slightly surprised me. Most ponies were brightly colored, even the ponies that were brown were a light brown. She had dark gray fur with a black mane and she had tufted ears. Her eyes really surprised me, the pupils of her green eyes were slits like a cat. She wore a purple t-shirt and dark gray shorts that almost looked black. Her cutie mark was a katana that seemed surrounded in darkness. "This is Jack Hunt," Celestia said pointing at the stallion. "Fleetfoot and Shadow Eclipse," she continued, gesturing at the pegasus mare then the other mare. "Eclipse is a thestral."

"Thestral?" I asked.

"Did Ashley not tell you about them?" Nightmare Moon questioned.

"I didn't know if they were actually a species here," Ash said. "They only appeared very briefly and it was on Nightmare Night, so some people thought it might have been a costume for some pegasi."

"I've only seen one mention of thestrals before and she looks nothing like them," I said. "Though, that's a good thing."

"Why's that?" Shadow Eclipse asked, sounding rather upset.

"I mean no offense Shadow. In fact, if you looked like them I'm not exactly sure how ponies, or anything really, would react to you."

"Surely they can't be that bad," Luna said.

I glanced at Discord and he smiled widely. With a snap of his fingers, a thestral appeared before us.

A lot of ponies screamed and the Princesses, Twilight, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Rarity, Trixie, Spike, Jack, Fleetfoot, Spitfire and Shadow stared at it wide-eyed. It's skeletal body, reptilian-like head, and beak making them feel uneasy.

When it didn't move, I arched a brow and asked, "It's not real?"

"Most ponies wouldn't be able to see it if I brought a real one here," he said.

"Why wouldn't... Oh, right. Completely forgot about that," I muttered. "You couldn't make it to where they could see it?"

"To be honest the magic of this world might have been potent enough to where we'd able to see it without the condition, but I figured this would be better. Plus, those who don't want that kind of thing revealed would be able to keep it to themselves if that didn't happen," Discord explained. "And to answer your question no I couldn't make it to where ponies could see it. The thing that makes them the way they are is part of them and I don't like messing with those kinds of things."

"What are you talking about? You took our horns and wings," Rarity said, heatedly.

"Exactly, I just took what you all used to cast magic and fly. I didn't actually get rid of your magic. You all still had it, you just couldn't use it, besides Pinkie Pie and Applejack anyway," he said.

"Discord said something about a condition?" Twilight asked, curiously.

"Well, you see, in the movie and books they were in, they're invisible to everyone except for certain people," I said.

"And they would be?" Trixie questioned, sounding about as curious as Twilight.

I hesitated for a moment, "Only those that have witnessed death at least once and fully accepted the concept can see them." Everyone within earshot looked at me in horror.

"But that isn't real right?" Fluttershy asked almost pleadingly.

"About as real as a mannequin," I confirmed flicking the fake thestral, causing it fall on its side. "You can get rid of this thing now Discord." When it vanished I turned to the Equestrian thestral, "So, like I said, wasn't trying to be insulting or anything Shadow, just didn't have another reference for thestrals besides that and was rather surprised."

"It's fine Sean. And I'd prefer if you called me Eclipse please," she said.

"All right. So is there a reason you wanted us to meet these three?" I asked the Princesses.

"There's actually one more, but it would be better if you come to Canterlot to meet them. I think in a week should be a good time. It'll give you and Ashley time to settle in and also give them time to prepare for meeting with you," Celestia said. "As for the reason, they are the one's me and my sisters have given the Devil Fruit's we had gathered."

"Except for the Heal-Heal Fruit," Luna told us. "It is still in the vault you left it in."

"So, then why is Spitfire here?" I asked. "Not that she can't join the party, but if they're the ones that ate the fruits, I don't understand why she's here."

"Fleetfoot is, or rather was, a Wonderbolt, but with this, she's decided to leave the Wonderbolts and move here. So, I'm just here to see her off," Spitfire said.

"Wait, why are you leaving the Wonderbolts?" Ashley questioned.

Fleetfoot shrugged and, with a slight lisp, said, "I feel like having these powers will get in the way of being a Wonderbolt. I've been a part of it for several years now and I'm happy with the time I spent there, but it would be nice to not have to worry about performances."

"With powers, you're going to have other worries, you know?" I told her.

"I know and I'll help however I can, but those could be far from each other and this seems like a nice town to live in," she said.

"I see," I said. I turned to Celestia and asked, "So, aside from Fleetfoot, what powers do they have?"

The dozen ponies and dragon looked at me in confusion. "What do you mean aside from Fleetfoot?" Luna asked.

"There's a fruit that makes the users nails grow two inches and make them sharp so that they can cut through the air," I said, pointing at the mares hands. "I might be jumping to conclusions, but since I haven't seen a pony with long nails, I'm going to assume she ate the Sickle-Sickle Fruit."

They all stared at me in shock, making Ashley giggle at their expressions. "Sean, may be a goofball, but he can be rather sharp when he wants to be," she said. I crossed my arms and pursed my lips in a slight pout, making her giggle again. "It also helps that he knows just about every Devil Fruit that has appeared in the manga and anime."

Recovering, Nightmare Moon said, "Jack Hunt's power has to do with lightning."

"That's the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and makes him a Logia. That's a very powerful Devil Fruit. Is there any specific reason for you giving it to him instead of a pegasi?" Ashley asked.

"I can use lightning magic. While pegasi can manipulate the lightning in a cloud, I can actually wield it," Jack answered.

"Makes sense," I said. "It'll make things easier for you since you already knows how lightning works. And what about Eclipse?"

"Her's is a bit harder to explain," Luna said.

"How so?" Ashley asked.

"When we scanned the fruit it was hard to decipher what it was. It felt colorful, but we also felt elements mixed into it," Luna explained.

I glanced at the thestral mare, "Are you able to use any of your abilities?"

"I've actually tested them before," she said. Her hands suddenly lit on fire causing several ponies to jump in shock.

While the flames surprised me, I was more focused on her eyes, they'd turned red. "If only you ponies eyes were smaller," I muttered. They all looked at me in confusion.

"What do you mean, Sean?" Nightmare Moon asked.

"Look at her eyes," I said.

"What do you mean look at--?" Celestia fell silent as she saw Eclipse's eyes. "They turned red," she said in shock. Everypony else was shocked to see this as well. "Eclipse can you use something else?"

She nodded and, as her eyes turned blue, the ground around her hooves began to freeze.

"That's going to be a very big tell for enemies," I said. "Can you make some contacts that will hide her eye's coloration?"

"We have colored contacts if that's what you're asking," Nightmare Moon said. "And I think we should enchant some so that nopony can look through them with a spell."

I nodded, "Good idea." I turned back to Eclipse and asked, "Do you know what others there are?"

"Besides the two I showed you, there's green which is air, orange is earth, yellow is electricity, indigo is water, and violet is gravity," she answered.

"A rainbow?" I questioned. "So should we call it the Rainbow-Rainbow Fruit?"

"It fits," Eclipse said.

"So these are the fruits and the ponies you've given them to," I said.

"Yes, and since you all have Devil Fruit powers, you will work together sometimes, so I wanted you all to get to each other," Celestia said.

I nodded, "Sounds like a plan. Jack you want to hang out?"

"Sure, but hold on a moment," he said. "Will I have to move here Princess?" he asked, worriedly.

"That is up to you to decide Jack. You don't have to if you don't want to," Celestia answered.

I glanced at Fleetfoot and Eclipse, "You two want to join or are you going to get to know Ashley?"

"I think we'll go with Ashley now and talk to you later," Fleetfoot said. Eclipse nodded in agreement.

We went our separate ways, Jack and I making our way over to the snack table.

"So what can you tell me about yourself, Jack?" I asked.

"Well, I'm part of the Night Guard, protecting the Night Princesses. Although sometimes I freelance and help out those in Equestria that need help," he said. "I was actually doing a job when Canterlot was invaded. I got a scroll calling me back, but I didn't make it back until after the fact. I was terrified when I'd returned and learned that it had already happened."

"Why?" I asked, though I had a few ideas.

"My wife Sapphire and our little filly Lin," he answered.

"That's why you're worried about moving here, right?" I guessed.

Jack nodded, "Yeah, I'm going to talk to them about it, but I'm not planning on doing it. Anyway, I'm also a combat unicorn. I'm able to engulf my swords with electricity as I fight and I can fire bolts of electricity at my enemies."

"Well, now you can do more than that," I said. "And you're going to need to be careful so you don't kill anypony you don't want to. As my wife said, the Devil Fruit you ate is very powerful, so you have to practice with your new level of power."

"So, my attacks will be even more shocking?" he questioned with a smirk. I just rolled my eyes and smiled. "Better reaction then I usually get." He then asked, "Say, do you have foals?"

"Children or kids," I corrected. "And no, Ashley and I had been considering it, but with what happened it was probably a good thing that we hadn't yet."

He looked at me in confusion before realization hit him. "Right, the Princess told the three of us that, despite how similar we seem to be to each other, you and Ashley are from another world," he said.

"Exactly. We probably would have had them babysat when we went to the con and when we were sent here, they would have been left without their parents," I said. The mere thought of that happening filled me with dread. I felt a hand on my shoulder and glanced at Jack who was looking at me with reassuring smile. "Thanks."

"No problem," he said. He grabbed a cupcake and took a bite. "Mmm, these cupcakes are delicious." I nodded as I took one as well. "Do you know who made them?" he asked.

"I did!" We both jumped at the voice and were shocked to see Pinkie was suddenly in front of us.

"Pinkie!" I yelled, surprised by her sudden appearance.

"How did--?" Jack started to question, but paused and glanced at me. "Did you say Pinkie?" I nodded and he began chuckling. "I see, the Princesses actually told us a little about Pinkie and the incomprehensible things she does."

"Ah," I said in understanding. I turned to the pink mare, "These cupcakes are really good. Right, Jack?"

"Absolutely delectable," he agreed, nodding.

Pinkie giggled, "Thanks. Although I made these especially for you." She held up a plate of various kinds of cookies.

"You made these for me?" I asked in surprise.

She nodded happily, "Yeah. I mean, you like cookies as much as Ditzy likes muffins right?"

"Yeah, but how did..? Never mind. Thanks Pinkie," I said, taking a few of the treats. I took a bite and as soon as I tasted it, I was tempted to just toss them all in my mouth. Especially since it would have worked with my new abilities, but I held myself back, so I could savor the taste. "Positively scrumptious Pinkie."

The pink mare smiled widely, "I'm glad you like them." She bounced off, disappearing into the crowd despite the fact that she was bouncing.

We both shook our heads, before we started talking again.

[POV Change: Ashley]

"So are you moving to Ponyville as well Eclipse or is it just Fleetfoot?" I asked.

"I do plan on moving here, actually," she answered. "I'm still going to be a part of the Night Guard, but I'm going to be stationed here now."

"I look forward to spending time and getting to know the two of you," I said. "Do you two know where you are going to stay?"

"There's a house in town that has two bedrooms," Fleetfoot said. "We thought that we'd split payment and be housemates. It'll also let us get to know each other more, which will be good since we will be working with each other."

"That's a good idea." I glanced at the pegasus, "What do you plan on doing since you aren't a Wonderbolt?"

"Probably just join the weather team," she answered. She then smirked slightly, "I can only imagine ponies reactions when they see me apply."

I giggled, "I know how one pegasus will react." I looked to my right and saw Rainbow Dash talking rather animatedly with Spitfire.

Following my gaze, she chuckled at the sight, "Yeah, she'll probably be ecstatic to have a former Wonderbolt working with her."

"Uh-oh," I murmured noticing Rainbow's face.

"What?" Fleetfoot asked.

"I think Spitfire told Rainbow Dash about you leaving the Wonderbolts," I said.

"SHE WHAT!?" Rainbow shouted, causing everypony to look at her.

"Yep, she sure did," I muttered.

The prismatic pegasus zoomed over to us and addressed Fleetfoot, "Why'd you leave the Wonderbolts!?"

"Easy Rainbow," she tried to soothe the panicked mare. "I have a feeling with these powers I'm going to need to be ready for anything and so that I'm not stretched thin and exhausted, I left the Wonderbolts," she explained.

Rainbow Dash calmed down slightly at her explanation. "That makes sense," she said. A blush crossed her face, "Sorry for the outburst."

Fleetfoot chuckled and waved a hand dismissively, "It's fine. I know how big a fan you are and I doubt you'll be the only one who'll be surprised and disappointed that I'm leaving."

"Disappointed?" Rainbow said in shock and disbelief. "You may be leaving the Wonderbolts, but you're doing it so you can protect ponies from those like Rob Lucci." She grinned widely, "That's awesome!"

The ex-Wonderbolt blushed slightly, as small smile spread across her muzzle, "Thanks Rainbow. Glad to know there will be some ponies, besides the Wonderbolts and Princesses, that will support my decision."

"Are you kidding?" I asked. "If ponies have a problem with you protecting them from things they don't understand and probably can't handle then there's something wrong with them." Rainbow Dash and Eclipse nodded their heads in agreement.

Fleetfoot chuckled lightly, "Seriously thanks."

"No problem," I said.

The rest of the day passed with everypony dancing, chatting with friends, and just having fun. After a while, Sean and Jack joined us and we started just talking with each other. I learned of Jack's wife and daughter and Fleetfoot and Eclipse told Sean about their plans of moving here. As we were talking Discord suddenly appeared and whispered something into Jack's ear. The stallion's face lit up and he rushed over to Vinyl and her turntable and began to speak to her. She smiled and nodded enthusiastically before looking through the list of songs. The Royal Sisters, Fleetfoot, Eclipse, and Spitfire suddenly appeared behind Jack and he grabbed the mic and addressed the crowd.

"Alright everypony, it's getting rather late, so after this song we should probably get ready to head home," he said, much to everypony's disappointment. Vinyl started a song and everypony on stage began singing.
{Light Blue - Jack, Dark Gray - All}

Yahoo!
Celebration
Yahoo!
This is your celebration

Celebrate good times, come on!
(Let's celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come on!
(Let's celebrate)

There's a party goin' on right here
A celebration to last throughout the years
So bring your good times and your laughter too
We gonna celebrate your party with you

Come on now, celebration
Let's all celebrate and have a good time
Celebration
We gonna celebrate and have a good time

It's time to come together
It's up to you, what's your pleasure?
Everyone around the world come on!

Yahoo!
It's a celebration
Yahoo!

Celebrate good times, come on!
(It's a celebration)
Celebrate good times, come on!
(Let's celebrate)

There's a party goin' on right here
A dedication to last throughout the years
So bring your good times and your laughter too
We gonna celebrate and party with you

Come on now, celebration
Let's all celebrate and have a good time, yeah yeah
Celebration
We gonna celebrate and have a good time

It's time to come together
It's up to you, what's your pleasure?
Everyone around the world come on!

Yahoo!
It's a celebration
Yahoo!
It's a celebration

Celebrate good times, come on!
(Let's celebrate come on now)
Celebrate good times, come on!
(Let's celebrate)

We're gonna have a good time tonight
Let's celebrate, it's all right
We're gonna have a good time tonight
Let's celebrate, it's all right, baby

We're gonna have a good time tonight
(Celebration)
Let's celebrate, it's all right
We're gonna have a good time tonight
(Celebration)
Let's celebrate, it's all right

Yahoo!
Yahoo!

Celebrate good times, come on!
(Let's celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come on!
(It's a celebration)

I arched a brow at their choice of song. Granted it was an appropriate song considering what had happened, although it was a couple days late. Sean was laughing as he clapped to the performance. I began clapping along with everyone else. Jack bowed and handed the mic to Celestia.

After the applause had died down, she spoke, "This has been a wonderful party my little ponies. Hopefully it can happen again and my sisters and I can attend."

"Of course!!" Sean and Pinkie shouted, causing Celestia to giggle. Nightmare Moon rolled her eyes while smiling and Luna just smiled.

"Anyway, as Jack mentioned, it is getting late, so Luna, Nightmare Moon and I need to head back to Canterlot," she announced. Everypony bowed as the Princesses and Jack started making their way out of the barn.

Sean however, turned to me and said, "I'll be right back Ash." He then followed the Princesses outside.

I stared after him for a minute before shrugging. He'll probably tell me about it later if it's important. I turned back to Fleetfoot and Eclipse and continued talking with them.

[POV Change: Ditzy]

I was sitting on the barn's roof, enjoying the cool night air blowing through my mane. Glancing at the sky, I saw that whoever had spoken before the most recent song was right. Soon, it would be time to head home. Hearing hoofsteps I glanced down and was surprised to see the Princesses and turquoise unicorn walk outside, soon followed by Sean.

"Princesses!" he called out. They paused and turned toward him. "I have a couple questions I wanted to ask you."

"Alright, but why didn't you ask them before?" Princess Nightmare Moon inquired.

"Well, for one it was kind of loud in there. Also, while nothing bad, I'd just rather not a whole lot of ponies hear what I'm going to ask you," he answered.

"I see. So, what are your questions?" she asked.

"I've been wondering what relationships are like here," he said, I tensed slightly at this. They all looked surprised and rather confused about his inquiry.

"What do you mean?" Princess Luna asked.

"Where I'm from marriages were monogamous," he said, before muttering something I couldn't hear. "Anyway, in some countries, polygamy is what they practice. It's where someone is able to marry more than one person. So, I was wondering what it's like in Equestria."

"Ah, I understand," Princess Celestia said. "First off, I'm sure you've seen that mares out number the stallions here correct?"

"Yeah, I noticed," Sean confirmed.

"Right, well because of that, ponies often form herds," she said. "From what you said, it's similar to polygamy. One stallion can be in a relationship with several mares if they so wish, and vice versa or a bunch of mares or stallions can form a herd." Sean nodded in understanding. "Is there a reason why you are wondering?"

"Actually, despite how things usually are, my wife told me that if I ever found someone else that I fell in love with, she wouldn't mind if I started a relationship with them as well," he explained.

"Really?" Princess Nightmare Moon asked, surprised.

"There are some people that feel as such," he said. "I don't really have a problem with it as long as everyone involved agrees with it."

"So, did you ever find someone else?" Princess Luna questioned, sounding curious.

Sean shook his head, "No, but that's mostly because, like I said, marriages in the US were monogamous, so I never really even looked."

"So what will you do now that it's OK to have multiple partners?" she inquired.

I managed to see him smile, "We'll just have to see what happens, won't we?"

I felt my heart flutter at this. I paused at this feeling and wondered, 'Have I fallen in love with Sean? I've barely known him a day, I can't be in love with him, can I?' I shook my head, 'I need to get to know him and make sure this isn't some infatuation because he saved my daughters, complimented my eyes, and made all those muffins.'

"And your other question?" Princess Luna wondered.

"How's Blueblood doing?"

I froze at his question and the Princesses, and the unicorn with them, looked surprised.

Shaking herself, Princess Nightmare Moon spoke up, "You're worried about him?"

"Worried isn't really the word I'd use. Symbol, the Displacer I told you about, brought to my attention that when it comes to protecting my wife I have an anger problem," Sean said. "So, I wanted to make sure that I didn't do anything permanent to him."

"He's still rather sore, but he's recovering," Princess Celestia said. "But something's wrong. Even if he's still somewhat injured, he's been unusually quiet."

"And that's bad?" Sean asked.

"I'm not sure, as he's never been this silent before," she said.

"We'll keep an eye on him just in case," Princess Nightmare Moon said.

Sean nodded, as the Princesses and unicorn walked a short distance before teleporting away. Then, without turning around, he called out, "You can come down now."

I nearly fell off of the roof, but quickly reoriented myself. I then glided down to him. "How'd you know I was there?" I asked.

"Observation Haki," he said. "It allows me to sense other's presence." He turned and looked rather surprised to see me. He asked, "Ditzy? What are you doing out here?"

"I was just enjoying the night air," I told him.

"And then we came out and you overheard our conversation, right?" he guessed. I nodded hesitantly. He shrugged, "It's not that big a deal Ditzy. You weren't trying to spy right." I shook my head vigorously. He smiled, "Then it's fine."

Suddenly the barn door opened, causing me to jump and spin around. All of the ponies began exiting the building and heading home.

Sean chuckled, "Easy Ditzy, it's just ponies heading home. I'm sure you've noticed it's time everyone started heading home."

I was about to say something when Discord flew passed and stopped behind Sean. He said, "Ahahaha, I know Pinkie's parties are fun, but that one seemed especially lively. That song Celestia sung and the expressions on everypony's faces was priceless, especially Twilight's." He started laughing again before vanishing in a flash.

Amethyst then walked up holding a very sleepy Dinky's hand. "We're ready to head home, Mom," she said.

I smiled and picked Dinky up, "You ready to head back, Sean?"

"I will in minute. I want to ask Twilight something," he said.

I nodded and said, "We'll see you back at our house, then." He smiled and waved at us as we walked home.

[POV Change: Sean]

I walked back into the barn and found Twilight and her friends, minus Spike and Trixie, saying goodnight to each other.

I walked to them and asked, "Hey girls. Where's Spike and Trixie?"

"Trixie took Spike home while I said goodnight to my friends," Twilight said.

"Twilight, I was wondering if you knew anyone that would be able to help me with keeping my head when I get angry," I said.

"You don't lose your head when your angry Sean," Pinkie said, grinning widely.

The others gave her a weird look, while I just grinned back at her.

Twilight shook her head, before addressing me, "I think Zecora could help you with that. She's one of the calmest ponies I know, so she could probably help."

"Was she here?" I asked.

"I invited her, but I guess she was busy," Pinkie Pie told me.

"Where does she live?"

"In the Everfree Forest," Twilight answered, a little fearfully causing me to arch a brow. That's the second time somepony had mentioned the forest and neither times was good. "I'll lead you to her house. How's tomorrow afternoon?" she offered.

I nodded, "Sure, thanks Twilight." I addressed all of them, "Goodnight, everypony."

"Night Sean," they all said.

I exited the barn again and saw Ashley waiting for me. I smiled and walked up to her. She smiled back and, when I reached her, she teleported us back to Ditzy's house.

Author's Notes:

Whew, longest chapter yet. Granted about a thousand of the words are from the songs, but still, I didn't expect a chapter to get this long unless it was a crossover.

Jack Hunt OC created by Knives