One after another, a massive amount of ponies entered Sugar Cube Corner to attend the party. Earl was stone-faced at the large crowd nearly taking up the entire room. Making his way around the crowd, he sprinted into the kitchen and next to Pinkie Pie.

"Pinkie, how many did you invite?!" He asked nervously.

"I only invited you," She said with a shrug. "The rest must have just seen the flier I put up at town hall."

"All of these people from one flier?" The grey unicorn asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Well duh, you're only like, super famous now for stopping those stupid Zeds." She said.

Earl shrugged and walked back out into the main room of The Corner, he wasn't sure whether all of this fame was good or not.

Happy the crowd hadn't noticed him, Earl made his way towards the stage and approached Vinyl Scratch.

"So, how does this thing work?" She asked, levitating the Ipod in front of her face.

"Well you just kinda hook it up to some speakers." Earl replied. "Can you do that?"

"Sure, I have a spell just for that."

Of course... Earl thought.

The white mare layed the small device next to her famous turntables and pointed her horn towards it. After a moment, a soft glow manifested itself at the top of her horn, followed by a soft glow around the Ipod.

"Uhhh... I think it's broken." She said glancing towards Earl after the spell had been completed.

"You have to pick the song first." Earl said levitating the device in front of him, using his mental fingers to manipulate the screen and select a song.

Within seconds a faint sound was erupting from Vinyl's large speakers, stacked on opposite sides of the stage. The unicorn smiled upon hearing it and turned it up slightly louder.

"Well Fillies and Gentlecolts, are you ready?!" Vinyl asked, levitating a microphone in front of her.

The crowd turned towards the stage and cheered loudly.

"Let's hear it for the stallion of the hour!" Vinyl continued, pointing a hoof towards Earl.

The former human's coat nearly turned white as everypony in the room stared at him. Being the center of attention was the last thing Earl had wanted. Fortunately the ponies cheered and stomped their hooves on the ground, creating a roar of applause. As Earl smiled nervously, Vinyl levitated the mic in front of him, expecting a few words. He glanced between the microphone, audience, and Vinyl nervously for a few moments before leaning forward to speak.

"Uhh, we're gonna' party, and stuff." Earl said awkwardly.

Rainbow Dash, who was standing near the back of the crowd face-hoofed and leaned next to Pinkie.

"He's worse than Fluttershy..." She said.

For the next hour, Earl simply enjoyed the party. Greeting most of the townsfolk and receiving various thank-yous for stopping the Zeds. After a while, Earl glanced towards Mac, who held a furious expression.

"You OK?" Earl asked, walking over to the large red earth pony.

"Over there." Mac said, keeping an angry stare and pointing a hoof across the room.

It took a moment for Earl to notice what was happening as he looked in the direction of Mac's point. Rainbow Dash was standing in front of Fluttershy with an angry expression, while Fluttershy cowered behind her. In front of them were two pegasi, laughing at them and pointing their hooves mockingly at their faces.

"It makes me sick." Mac said angrily.

"Well, don't let those guys talk to your chick like that!" Earl replied.

"Mah what?"

"Your girl like that!"

Mac raised an eyebrow but lowered his head a few moments later.

"Ah don't know..."

"Dude," Earl said punching Mac in the shoulder. "You just stopped a freakin' Zed army with me. Those two dicks will be nothing!"

The red earth pony shrugged.

"You sure?" He asked.

Earl thought for a moment, before turning and bolting towards the stage. After waving to Vinyl, he picked up the Ipod and turned to the perfect selection.

As the song began to play, Earl jumped off of the stage and made his way to Mac.

"Now I'm sure." He said.

Mac smiled wickedly and began approaching the situation while Earl stayed a small distance away.

"C'mon just one dance with the yellow one!" One of the ponies said, pointing towards Fluttershy and chuckling.

"She said NO!" Rainbow Dash spat angrily.

"Just like all the other stupid mares in this town..."

"What did you say?!"

"Is there a problem here?" Mac asked.

Without turning towards Mac, the colt simply flipped him the hoof.

"Piss off." The pegasus said.

"Excuse me?" The large red earth pony said.

This time the pegasus turned around and was instantly greeted by the sight of Mac's angry expression. The pegasus's mouth quickly fell open and his expression turned to terrified. The other colt, however, advanced towards Mac.

"And what if there was?!" The other colt asked.

Earl scanned the room trying to find Twilight. Upon finding her, he grasped her attention and pointed his hoof in her direction.

Baby I'm howlin' for you. He mouthed along with the song, with a wink.

Twilight smiled and rolled her eyes before walking off.

"Ah think it would be best if you just left em' alone." Mac said, his tone growing angrier.

"Screw you, you stupid ass farm boy!" One of the colts said angrily.

Click-Click

"I think it would be in the best interest of everypony that you two shut your fucking mouths, and leave my party now." Earl said, now standing beside Mac, his horn glowing faintly.

The sound alone struck fear into the hearts of the pegasi, sending a shockwave of terror down their spine.

"Y-your party?" One of the Colts asked. "You're Za-?!"

Earl simply nodded before he could finish and elbowed Mac in his midsection.

"And this is Mac. He will hurt you." The grey unicorn continued, pointing towards the exit. "There's the door."

The pegasi wasted no time in spreading their wings and dashing out of Sugar Cube Corner without another word.

"Wow, thanks guys." Rainbow Dash said.

Instantly Earl began pulling the rainbow-maned pegasus away, leaving Mac and Fluttershy.

"Hey Fluttershy, Mac has something he wants to tell you!" Earl shouted, nearly dragging Rainbow Dash away.

Mac simply glared at the grey unicorn for a moment before glancing towards Fluttershy nervously.

"Hello Mac." Fluttershy said nervously, forcing a smile.

Rainbow Dash broke free from Earl's grip.

"You're kidding right? Fluttershy and Big Mac?!" She asked, surprised.

"Nope. He's obsessed with her." Earl replied, slightly exaggerating the situation.

Rainbow Dash pumped her hoof in the air.

"Yes!" She shouted.

Earl raised an eyebrow.

"Man I'm good at calling those..." She said walking away.

After a while, the Ipod was on a streak of playing nothing but 60s' music, which was driving most of the ponies at the party crazy.

"What the hell is this?!" Shining Armor asked, annoyed at the song as he approached Earl.

"Hey dude, don't disrespect the Beatles." The grey unicorn said in a serious tone.

"You're telling me you don't hate this?" Shining asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Good point... I need to pull these ponies out of the 60s'." Earl said, approaching the stage.

"The what?!" Shining asked, confused.

Earl payed no mind to his response, and simply walked up to Vinyl to retrieve his Ipod. He scanned the crowd for a second and saw Mac and Fluttershy talking, a bored expression across both of their faces. After sifting through screens for a moment, Earl grinned wickedly as he tapped the screen with his imaginary finger.

A single bass note erupted from the massive speakers, nearly shaking the entire town.

Mac's ears instantly raised upon hearing the sound and he quickly glanced towards the stage. Earl was still holding his wicked grin. Macintosh knew exactly what he was trying to do. Mac began bobbing his head to the beat, growing more and more powerful as the instruments intensified. Both Earl and Mac raised their hooves into the air and belted a loud scream, shocking nearly everypony in the room.

After the lengthy screech had ended, Mac slammed his hoof on the ground in sync with the pause in the song. What happened next, shocked even Earl.

"All around the world, we can make time, rompin' and a stompin' cause' I'm in my prime." Mac sang, bobbing his entire body rhythmically to the beat.

No. Fucking. Way... Earl thought for the second time in Equestria.

Applejack was shocked by her brother's sudden change in demeanor and quickly rushed to the stage.

"Born in the north just want to entertain ya', cause' I'm down from the state of Ponyvania." Mac continued as various members of the crowd began bobbing their heads as well.

"How in the hay did you do that?!" Applejack asked Earl upon reaching the stage.

"Do what?" Earl asked.

"I try not to whine but, I must warn ya, about the mutha fuckin' girls in Coltifornia." Mac sang, most of the crowd now bobbing their heads and dancing as well.

"Mac! You- you broke him out of his shell!" Applejack shouted. "He woulda never done something like this before!"

"Alabaster baby said; Hallelujah. Good god girl, I wish I knew yah."

"Oh, well I don't know, I just know what kind of music he likes." Earl said with a chuckle.

"Well thank yah' kindly. I've been tryin' to do that for months." Applejack said, tipping her hat to him "You're not so bad."

"You're not so bad yourself." Earl said with a smile.

"I know, I know for sure." Mac sang, glancing towards Earl and pumping his hoof in the air. "That life is beautiful around the world."

Earl raised his hoof as well and smiled.

After the song had ended, Vinyl Scratch called Earl over to the stage.

"Yeah?" He asked.

"We've got time for one more song before Celestia gets here, mind if I use a personal selection?" Vinyl replied.

Earl shrugged and nodded.

"Sure, why not?"

Vinyl smiled and nodded before levitating a record over to her turntables. With a small amount of levitation, she lifted the needle and placed it on the small black disk. Earl hated techno. He had despised it ever since he could remember, but if he could stand listening to any techno song, it would have been this one.

Everypony in the room instantly cheered upon hearing the song. Earl was surprised to find that it was actually a song in Equestria, but was even more surprised that it was so famous. Upon looking at the crowd of know dancing townsfolk, he saw Twilight standing on the outside of the group. Making his way to her, he got her attention and reached his hoof out to her. The purple unicorn smiled brightly and took it. To her surprise, Earl lead her away from the room and into the kitchen.

"What's going on?" Twilight asked raising an eyebrow.

"Well, I wanted to dance with you, if that's OK?" Earl asked nervously.

"Of course that's OK," Twilight said with a smile. "But why are we in here?"

"I suck at dancing."

Twilight smiled and laughed loudly.

Almost instantly the two began awkwardly dancing throughout the kitchen. The moves were shaky and out of time, as if neither had danced a moment in their lives.

"You're not that bad." Earl said with a smile.

Yes she was.

"Neither are you." Twilight replied, returning his smile.

Yes he was.

As the song began slowing down, the two slowly moved closer, until Earl's whooves were around her midsection and her head was resting on his shoulder.

"I change shapes just to hide in this place But I'm still I'm still an animal Nopony knows it but me when I slip, yeah I slip I'm still an animal." Earl sang softly into her ear, causing her to blush deeply and smile.

"I may have to hide what I really am for the rest of my life here." Earl said quietly. "But, I've got you."

The grey unicorn pulled away and stared into her eyes.

"And as long as I've got you," Earl chuckled. "then fuck the world."

Twilight smiled, rolled her eyes and leaned forward. Earl leaned forward as well and met her in a deep kiss for several moments.

For the rest of the song, Earl and Twilight simply sat on the floor holding each other. But, as it ended, the two could hear muffled voices from outside.

"Make way for Princess Celestia!" A voice shouted.