*BOOM*

Arden felt something hit his chest, 'Why is everything in this world either trying to subdue me or kill me? I bet this is Karma coming back for me after that good luck streak from yesterday.' He thought to himself as he felt his back hitting the wall.

"SURPRISE! Welcome to Ponyville! IamPinkiepie..." He heard a happy voice singing, but his ears were still ringing too much for him to understand what the pony was saying beyond the first scream. 'What the heck is going on?' He then opened his eyes and saw a pink coated and maned pony wearing a white T-shirt with a yellow shirt and some blue pants. On her forearm, there was a mark of some balloons, her eyes were a cyan blue, she didn't have a horn or wings so she was probably an earth pony. She was bouncing around like she was made out of rubber.

"HEY!" The stallion screamed since his ears were still ringing. "I CAN'T HEAR YOU! THE CANON SHOT IS MAKING MY EARS RING! CAN YOU WAIT FOR A WHILE UNTIL IT COMES BACK TO NORMAL?" The pink one looked back at him after she stopped in mid-air making the cartoon sound of brakes. "DO YOU HAVE BUILT IN AIR BRAKES?!" The pony touched the ground while she kept looking at him, then her mane lost the puffy aspect it had and fell flat. Her entire coat changed into a grayish pink. 'That's a sudden change...'

The ringing stopped and he could finally hear again. "There, now I can hear you. I'm not mad just confused. Please repeat everything you said after surprise? I kinda lost everything after that." Then the pink mare bounced and the color returned to her. Arden then raised his hand and said. "I know you are excited but please talk in regular speed. If you're anything like me when excited you're gonna talk fast like a rapper." She giggled and then took a deep breath before starting to speak.

"Welcome to Ponyville! I am Pinkie Pie. The local party organizer, I throw parties for every single event that happens in town! This time I am throwing you a..." She said reaching into something behind a unicorn head statue that was on top of a table in the library. Arden had cleaned that yesterday, so there wasn't anything there. Or that's what he thought since she pulled out a box with a cake inside. "...WELCOME TO PONYVILLE PARTY!"

"TEACH ME HOW TO DO MAGIC!" Arden said falling on his knees after the little stunt, the mare looked at him with her head tilted to the side.

"I'm an earth pony. I'm just strong, silly." She said giggling and smiling.

"Thenhowdidyoumakethecakeappearoutofthinair?! Youcan'texpectmetobelievethattherewasacakesittingonthetable!" Arden said running out of breath. "Icleanedityesterday!"

"You said I should speak normally but you're talking really fast. No fair!" She said pouting. He was still breathing a little heavy, so he tried to calm down and recollect himself.

"Sorry..." Arden said after pulling himself together. "...forget about that. Thanks for the welcome. But right now I need to find a pony named Rarity. She offered to hire me yesterday, but due to the fact this place was covered in dust and is going to be my new home, I had to clean it up which took the rest of the day. So I kinda left her hanging." The mare blinked at him a few times. "What?"

"You can talk to her during the party. I invited the whole town! They are waiting outside!" Arden just gave her a blank stare, then his eye twitched a little.

"You invited the whole town?" She moved her head up and down so fast that Arden just saw a blur. "It's 7:00 AM." She repeated the movement. "Rarity said that the local organizer was out visiting her family. So you got back and organized this like what...one or two hours?" The same move happened, again his eye twitched a little. "You're something else, aren't ya?" Her answer was a mild smile before trying to pull him out of the house.

"Wait! I'm still all dirty and sweaty because of the cleaning yesterday!" He said resisting the pull, which surprised the mare. "I'll just take a bath, and use the cleaning thingy an acquaintance of mine has given to me to clean my clothes. Be right outside with you." The mare was still pulling him while he kept resisting. She was frowning while she kept pulling, her eyes fixated on his scrawny arms.

"Ok...are you using doping magic?" She asked while keeping her gaze fixated on him. "That shortens your lifespan. Don't do that."

"Er...what is doping magic?" He asked while raising an eyebrow.

"Magic that can be used by unicorns to gain strength that goes beyond their capabilities. Earth ponies channel magic to make ourselves more resistant so we can use our full force. Unicorns channel their magic to use spells, in this case, they use their magic on their bodies to increase their strength. But that isn't good since your bodies aren't made for that kind of strength." She explained with a rather serious tone, she looked quite different with that voice...it seemed off. But he was glad that he heard about that kind of magic, that's the sort of thing he wanted to stay away from. 'I like my life too much to do that!'

"Don't worry, I am not using that magic." He said going to the stairs that led to the second floor. "I can only use defensive magic. So no worries there Mrs. Pie." She frowned a little while staring at him before opening a smile and going outside.

"Okay! See you in a bit!" She said leaving through the front door. 'I think I should pretend to be weak...I don't think she bought that.' He then proceeded to go to the bathroom to clean himself.

'That guy is weird. I wasn't using my full force but I shoulda been able to pull him out. He is a unicorn for Celestia sake! They aren't that strong! He is weird! And his mark was scary looking.' The mare thought to herself as she waited outside with the rest of the guests.

"Hang on everypony! Our new friend just went to wash before coming to meet us! Once he comes out it's party time!" She said gaining a lot of cheers from the crowd. Then an old friend of her approached her, Rarity. "Hi, there!"

"So, what do you think of the current library keeper?" Rarity asked after giving her a hug.

"He is weird. I tried to pull him out but he didn't budge." The white mare frowned at that. "I know weird! Then he didn't know about doping magic and said he could only use defensive magic. His cutie mark was weird looking too." Rarity's eyes widened at that, while a small blush came to her cheeks. "It was on his forearm. He was dressed Rarity. It was a black and white heart with a weird looking eye on its center. Freaaaaakyyyyy. But I don't think he's a bad guy." She said happily. "By the way thanks for the heads-up about a new pony in town! It would have taken waaaaay longer to know about him if you hadn't told me."

"Do you think he is hiding something dear?" Rarity asked after checking if there was anypony paying attention.

"Oh! That's for sure!" She said looking around trying to see what her friend was looking for, then she gasped. "OH! OH! Maybe he is a spy! Or, or a ninja! Or a spy-ninja!" Pinkie said hopping around. When she turned, Pinkie saw Rarity rolling her eyes and giving a small smile to her. "Oh yeah! He also said he needed to find you." Rarity raised an eyebrow at her. "Something about a job offer that you made him."

"Oh...that. I thought he gave up since he didn't come by yesterday."

"Sorry for the wait!" Pinkie turned around to see the stallion standing by the door with the same shirt she saw him with a few moments ago. "Thanks for the party!"

"Thanks for the party!" Arden said with a big smile. The townsfolk came by to greet him one by one, the stallions looked at him with a bit of pitty on their eyes. The same could be said from the mares, they all looked at him like he was sick or something of the sort. 'Uh...maybe I look too scrawny? Even the stallion unicorns have some muscles on them...I look like a stick person compared to them. I'm pretty sure that with all the exercise I'll get some weight in no time.' Then another pony came to greet him, but this one he knew. "WHAT?!" He screamed at the sight of the pony in question. "?!" Before he could continue his mouth was forced shut with magic.

"Please don't make a scene." The mare said looking around seeing that the other ponies were looking at them, then she whispered in his ear. "We'll talk after you finish greeting everypony." Then Arden felt his lips going back to normal. 'Why is she here and how come nopony is noticing her with that stupid disguise?!'

"Arden dear," Another voice made him look away from the pony disguised with an overcoat and sunglasses, that made said pony look like a secret agent in old spy movies, the voice came from the mare he was supposed to meet the previous day. "Are you okay?"

"Uh? Oh! Yeah, yeah I'm okay. Just a bit confused with that mare over there." He said pointing at the *spy* mare.

"She seems quite close to you. She got real close to you." Rarity said looking at the mare he pointed out, surprisingly to him she didn't react to the clothes or the mane. "Oooh, is she the one that gave you that ring?! Oh my! You do have a marefriend! You have to introduce her to me!" Arden stared at Rarity for a few seconds before he burst into laughter.

"pfft...HAHAHAHHAHA! Do you think that I? HAHAHAAAA! Oh, my god! You, you...HAHA!" He kept laughing non-stop, earning a frown from her and the attention of the other ponies. "Haha...oh god. Okay...sorry to break it to you but I don't think anypony would want anything with me right now. And that lady is way out of my league."

"My, what makes you say that?" Rarity said staring at him, Arden noticed that she was eyeing his mark. Before she tried to make any other questions he decided to respond and change the subject.

"I look scrawny as shit for starters. Then there is my current job that pays very little. I don't think anypony would date a deadbeat." Arden said with certainty making the ponies that were watching shrug and Rarity look away. "Anyway, is there anypony else I should meet?"

"Oh yes! Allow me to introduce you to my other friends. Aside from Pinkie that you already met." The white mare said pulling him by the arm, Arden pretended to trip after she pulled him. Almost as if she was applying to much force on her grip and pull. "S-sorry darling. Didn't mean to do that." She said when she noticed that she was dragging him through the dirt. Arden raised his head and spat out dirt before responding.

"It's okay. I'm not very strong so...not your fault." He noticed that the mare gave him a suspicious glare before helping him up, then she gestured him to follow her. Near the fountain there were a group of mares that waved at Rarity, Arden recognized Pinkie Pie but the other he did not.

"Howdy there, partner!" An orange coated, blond pony said. She was wearing jeans and a flannel red shirt over a white T-shirt. She also had a cowboy hat, her eyes were green and she had a mark on her forearm that had the shape of three apples. "I'm Applejack. Rarity told me you're looking for a job?"

"Arden Sila," He said offering a handshake that she complied, her grip was strong...but it didn't hurt, however, he pretended to wince at it. "Ouch. That's quite a grip. And yes I am looking for a job." The mare gave him a weird look before a blue pegasus with a rainbow colored mane with pink purple eyes poked him on the shoulder. This one was wearing a dark blue jacket with a cloud letting out a lightning strike that was also rainbow colored. She also had a Bright blue T-shirt and some jeans.

"Hey! I'm Rainbow Dash. The best flyer in Equestria! I'm part of the weather team here in Ponyville." She said in a confident tone. "I'm also the coolest pony around." Arden rolled his eyes at that.

"Pleasure." Then he felt another hand on his shoulder, turning around he saw a yellow coated pegasus with a pink mane and bright blue eyes. She was being pushed by Rarity to get closer, while she tried to hide her face behind her mane. "Hi." The mare jumped a bit with just that, Arden began looking around trying to understand what was going on. "Did I do that?"

"She's a bit on the shy side." Rarity said. "Go on, introduce yourself."

"I-I'm F-Fluttershy." She said before she flew away.

"Oooooooooooookay. She is shy, and her name reinforces the idea. Got it." Arden said looking at the empty space once occupied by the pegasus. "Is this the whole gang?" They nodded at him. "Okay, now I'm gonna walk around this party for a bit," Arden said walking away. "Pleasure meeting all of you."

'Okay time to see why the heck she's here. And ask how in hell she isn't being recognized.' Arden thought to himself as walked back to the spy-mare.