Arden was back at the party after his little chat with the royal seamstress, the entire thing took about an hour. He made his way back without any problems and just as he presumed nopony noticed that he left for an entire hour, or at least...that's what he thought. Once he reappeared in the crowd a pink blur tackled him knocking him down.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! YOU HAVE BEEN LOSING ALL YOUR PARTY!" Pinkie yelled at him while was still trying to process what just had happened. "What have you been doing?! Did you not like the party?" Her color was starting to drain again when she asked that.

"No, I love it!" Arden said making the color rush back into her. "I just saw a familiar face and went to talk with her. So I went to talk with her in a quieter place since all the partying made it difficult to talk since she speaks in a very low tone." He explained, making Pinkie blink twice before she got back on her hooves and helped him up, once both were back on their hooves she grabbed his wrist and started to lead him around the ponies towards the buffet.

"You gotta try these! They're from the bakery where I work. And live. And sleep. It's called Sugar Cube Corner!" She said presenting a table filled from one side to the next with cakes, flowers, bread and so many other baked goods. Arden picked a piece of a cake that was already sliced and took one small bite from it to see how it tasted. After the bite, he stood still frozen for a few moments. "You okay? Did you like it?" Suddenly the blue unicorn shoved the rest of the slice into his mouth and started chewing. "No need to rush! You're gonna choke like that."

"Sorry! This is delicious! My compliments to the chef!" Arden exclaimed after he finished to swallow the rest of the cake that was in his mouth. Then he remembered the breakfast he had with Celestia before coming to the town, she seemed to have a sweet-tooth. 'Maybe she would like these...too bad she's back at the castle. She did look like the type who likes to be outside...I bet being in that throne room all the time is like hell to her. At least she'll have a reason to go outside since she can transmit the data.' He thought to himself not even noticing that he had picked up another treat from the table and was eating it until Pinkie pulled him away once again.

"We need to get you to the games! Pin the tail on the pony! Karaoke! You have to try them all!" She said while bouncing around and pulling him to the places where the games were.

"Did you eat the Gum-Gum fruit to become made of rubber? I don't think ponies are supposed to bounce like that!" Arden said having a hard time keeping on his hooves since her bouncing made him go up and down with her.

"Nah! If did that I wouldn't be able to swim anymore!" She said stopping the bouncing, Arden stared at her with his eyes wide open and twitching. 'How in bloody hell did she get that reference? Do the devil fruits exist here?' He questioned while he kept staring at her. "But those things don't exist. Especially since they come from the One Piece universe." Silence proceeded after that phrase.

"What?" He asked blinking and shaking his head.

"What, what?" She answered tilting her head.

"What were we talking about?" Arden said rubbing his temples, that conversation was giving him a headache.

"I don't know..." The mare answered rubbing her chin as if she was trying to remember what they were talking about, then she started to walk away before continuing. "Let's just-?! HUUUUUUUUUUUHHHH!" Pinkie exclaimed before rushing off leaving behind a statue of pink smoke where she once stood.

Suddenly every single pony in the party started to gasp and bow, except for Arden that was at a complete loss as to what the heck was happening. So he turned around and saw a familiar figure. "SAY WHAT?! AGAIN!" He yelled earning many surprised looks from the crowd. "Again, somepony that I wouldn't expect to see after I finally settled in, folk. A visit from a friend and one from the Sun Princess? Somepony pinch me to see if I'm awake." As he said the last part he felt something twisting his skin. "Ouch!" He exclaimed, looking at the pain's origin point he saw a golden aura that suddenly disappeared. Then he looked back up to see a sun princess standing a few inches from his face with a mischievous little smile on her muzzle.

"To what do I owe the pleasure, your Majesty?" He said making a bow and stepping back. "You're certainly the last pony I expected to see considering all your duties." He said starting to make an excuse.

"Well, I had to see the new pony I had assigned as the new library keeper to keep the records in a safe condition." She continued. "I did not expect to see a party though."

"It would seem the ponies here are really friendly. It's a nice change of pace from being a nomad." He said with a shrug. "Since you're already here, why not join in the festivities? I know a certain pony who will be very happy to see another participant here." He said smiling at her. She let out a small laugh before coming up with an answer.

"My, you are an-"

"An odd one? Yeah, I get that a lot more than you think." Arden said cutting her off mid-sentence, which threw off both her and the other ponies WHO WERE STILL BOWING! "But nevertheless I guess that we should start the party again!" Arden said pulling the princess to the buffet where he tasted the baked goods. "An acquaintance of mine showed me these. You should try them." He said pointing the table filled with sweets, looking back at her he noticed Celestia's eyes were darting from one cake to the other. Once she noticed he was looking at her she stopped and recomposed herself.

"T-thank you. But I already ate." She said with a small smile, Arden looked at her thinking 'Are you serious? You seemed to love these things yesterday. Are you really denying yourself a treat to keep an image?'

Then a sudden pink blur appeared and took the Princess and him to participate in multiple games. "Let's have some fun!" The blur shot while she guided them around. Before both of them could realize, they had spent about three hours playing around and interacting with all the townsfolk. The entirety of the fun stopped when a grumble started to sound off from the two. 'Celestia...I'm pretty sure your stomach should not sound like that. When did you eat last?' He thought to himself trying to ignore the fact she looked adorable due to her turning red as a tomato due to the sound.

"I guess I should get myself something to eat to stop this roaring right? Sorry about that Princess, do you want to go get some of those cakes?" He said making her give a relieved sigh.

"I'll accept." She said with a smile. "Let us go back to the buffet." And then they went back to the table. 'I'm not even hungry...but she seemed like she was going to pass out...she should not do that...IDEA!'

Once Celestia got distracted he ran off and grabbed a chair, then he asked for help from Pinkie to move another table. When Celestia got to the buffet he had a table set up with a plate set and had a napkin on his arm like some sort of butler. "Princess Celestia, please take a seat to relax and be our guest." Then a song started to play, and he began to walk around.

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As the song played he moved around and served her cakes and did what the lyrics described. He tied up the napkin around her neck and then continued to dance around and pull off some tricks like juggling some cakes which ended up with some unfortunate victims. Including himself, the entirety of the performance made Celestia giggle and laugh mildly while the other guests had their jaws on the ground.

"That was quite the performance." She said after having her fill with the baked goods. Thanks to the dancing around and moving like crazy he had kept the spotlight off of her, so she had managed to eat as much as she needed. "Thank you. Now I'm afraid I have to ask to talk with you alone." She said getting up and using a spell to clean up both him and the unfortunate guests that were hit during the performance. That last part Celestia said made the townsfolk look at each other and start to whisper.

"Be my guest, your highness! My home is always open to you and all of the citizens of Equestria." He said in a dramatic bow before making way for her and asking her to follow him towards the library.

(meanwhile)

Did...did that stallion really just trigger a harmonious heart by himself?' The white unicorn thought to herself watching the princess and the blue one walk away. 'I didn't even know that was possible!'

'Just as I thought...he is a very curious one. I'm going to have to try and approach him and see what he is hiding. And maybe try to understand why that idiot stared right into my eyes for so long as well' The mare thought to herself. She had been watching him since the party had started but had to hide since the sun princess decided to show up. 'Things are getting interesting...what do you know? You little idiot.'