For the rest of the day, Earl relaxed and partied with his new friends. The thoughts of his destroyed world never even entered his mind for a second as he just enjoyed his time in the new pony form, in this new dimension. As everypony else was distracted, Earl quickly made his way over to one of the various tables littered with food, where his "favorite character" was standing. Awkwardly, he inched over to the yellow pegasus and tapped her on the shoulder. She squeaked slightly and turned around, almost terrified.

"Oh, um, sorry!" Earl said quickly.

Fluttershy noticed the light grey unicorn and smiled slightly.

"Oh, my, um I'm sorry." She said softly.

"Sorry? For what?"

"Oh well, you were trying to talk to me, and I, um..."

"Ah, it's no problem really." Earl said, returning her smile.

Fluttershy nodded and both of them looked back to the party. Rainbow Dash had incited a "cupcake war" with Apple Jack.

"Geronimo!" The orange earth pony screeched as she jumped through the air, slamming the small desert cake into the cyan pegasus's face.

Earl chuckled and looked towards Fluttershy again.

For the love of everything holy, do not make this awkward. He thought to himself.

"Uhhh... your mane looks really nice tonight." Earl said, the dumb smile returning to his face once more.

The yellow pegasus blushed profusely and tried to hide behind the complemented mane.

"Thank you..." She said, so quietly that Earl almost had to ask her to repeat it.

He nodded and turned back to the party.

Nice one, Dr. Smooth.

"So, um, where are you from?" Fluttershy asked, her blush fading.

Earl was quickly surprised by the question, he thought he had blown ever talking to her again.

"Oh, I'm from Earth." He said, using his hoof to grab a glass take a quick drink of some Apple Cider.

"Earth?" She asked confused.

Earl instantly spit the cider from his mouth and it landed on a nearby rainbow-maned pegasus.

"Hey what gives?!" She shouted across the room.

Earl waved his hoof apologetically and turned to Fluttershy, thinking of every fanfic he has ever read to try and think of a city name.

"Uhhhh, Sanfransiscolt. There's a lot of Earth ponies there so me and my friends took to calling it Earth." Earl said, with a worried expression.

Fluttershy smiled and nodded.

"I've heard of that place, seems nice." She said.

That's a real place?! He thought quickly.

The grey unicorn simply shrugged it off and continued with his smooth moves.

"It is nice, maybe I'll take you there someday." He said with a flirtatious grin.

Fluttershy raised an eyebrow.

"Um, that would be nice." She said awkwardly.

Hey, I just met you. Want to see the world with me?

Earl face hoofed at his thought and simply continued watching the heated cupcake battle.

A few seconds later, a familiar small purple dragon threw open the door to Sugar Cube Corner.

"Hey Spike!" Earl shouted with a smile.

Spike again raised an eyebrow as the unknown unicorn called his name.

The former human face-hoofed yet again.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

Spike shook his head and ran over to Twilight, crouching just in time to avoid a flying cupcake of death.

"Sorry there pardner!" Apple Jack shouted.

Spike waved and continued towards the purple unicorn.

"Twilight, I've been trying to find you all day! There's an urgent letter from the princess for you!" He said.

Earl quickly noticed Twilight's expression had turned to concerned and trotted across the room towards her. At that moment, Earl sensed a flying desert treat coming right for his head. Instinctively he closed his eyes and pictured holding his arm up to block the cupcake, but after a few moments nothing happened. The wincing unicorn opened his eyes and saw the cupcake floating just above his head, surrounded by a bright blue glow.

"Hey, no magic!" Rainbow Dash snorted angrily.

Earl's eyes instantly went wide and the glow disappeared, dropping the cupcake in place.

"Uhh.. sorry." He said.

Shocked and confused, he continued across the room and followed Twilight out of the building.

"Hey is everything alright?" He asked, as Twilight walked down the steps of Sugar Cube Corner, levitating the urgent letter in front of her face.

Spike eyed the grey unicorn with a puzzled expression.

"Twilight, who is this guy?"

Earl extended his hoof to the dragon.

"Sorry about earlier, I forgot you don't know me. The name's Earl, Twilight's told me a lot about her number one assistant.

Spike's face instantly brightened and he grabbed Earl's hoof.

"Really?! What did she say?!" He said, shaking it furiously.

"She just told how freakin' awesome of an assistant you are." Earl said, trying to get on good terms with the dragon.

Spike smiled widely and broke the claw/hoof-shake before turning to Twilight.

"It was supposed to be for your eyes only so I didn't read it. What'd she say?" Spike asked, returning to Twilight's side.

"Yeah, everything OK?" Earl asked, slightly concerned.

The purple unicorn rolled up the note and levitated it back to Spike before turning back to Earl.

"Princess Celestia wants me to go to Canterlot so she can talk to me about... the portal."

Earl's eyes went wide.

"I think you'd better come with me." She continued.

The grey unicorn backed away defensively.

"Me? Wouldn't she be mad if she found out?" He said.

"Found out about what?" Spike asked.

"Nothing, it's not a big deal Spike." Twilight said.

She turned to Earl.

"I don't know, but you were there too. I think it would be best."

He swallowed quickly and nodded.

Let's go tell your deity that I'm an alien from a zombie infested planet... He thought before following Twilight back inside.

The purple unicorn used her magic to quickly open the door.

"Hey girls. Sorry, but Earl and I have something important we need to do." She said.

"Awwwwwww...." Pinkie Pie replied with a frown.

"Something important?" Rainbow Dash asked, with a smug grin and a wink.

Twilight simply glared at her.

"Ahh well, It was great to meet you darling." Rarity said.

"Yeah, Earl... It was umm, nice to meet you." Fluttershy said quietly.

The rest of the elements finished their goodbyes and the inter-dimensional friends left the building quickly.

"Spike, can you go home and tell the princess we're on the way?" Twilight asked.

The assistant raised an eyebrow.

"But it's already night." He said, questioning her statement.

Twilight nodded and continued down the road, towards the train station. Spike shrugged.

"OK then, Later Earl!" He shouted and ran off.

Earl watched as Spike ran off, and then quickly caught up with Twilight.

"We're leaving now?!" He asked worriedly.

"The princess said it was urgent, I don't want to keep her waiting."

The former human nodded, understanding the current situation, but a nervous fire had began to burn in his stomach. Twilight walked up the steps of the platform and approached the counter with a sign that read "tickets".

"When does the next train to Canterlot leave?" She asked with a smile.

"In about ten minutes, 7 bits a ticket."

Twilight nodded and turned back to Earl.

"Wait here, I'll be back in just a second." she said as her horn began to glow.

Before Earl could say a word, the unicorn disappeared in a flash of light, only to return a few seconds later with a small bag in her mouth. Dumbfounded, the grey unicorn simply stared in awe.

Twilight emptied the bag of coins on to the counter, it was exactly 14 bits. The pony behind the counter happily took them and handed the purple mare two tickets.

"Let's go shall we?" She asked turning around.

"Uhh, sure." Earl said, breaking his dumbfounded stare. "But, can you teach me how to do that?"

Twilight rolled her eyes and nodded as she walked over to the train, Earl following close behind.