Crimson Hammer's Cloud House

Pinkie Pie had been preparing the cloud house for a party for many hours now. She was ecstatic that the new pony had volunteered his own home for the party. When questioned by Twilight as to how she was going to throw the party on a cloud-house, Pinkie's cryptic response was, "Physics!". Twilight had quickly stopped asking after that, she just assumed that it was Pinkie being Pinkie. The party had been ready for several minutes so Pinkie sent Rainbow Dash to collect her friends and the residents of Ponyville. After a while, Rainbow Dash arrived with Fluttershy so she was sent back out to get the newest pony in Ponyville.

Everything was ready, the drinks prepared, the snacks baked, the decorations set up, and the party-goers gathered. The only thing left out was the most important part: the pony the party was being thrown for! Pinkie looked out the window to see a rainbow streak on a bee-line for the house. She quickly silenced the other ponies in the room.

"Quiet everypony! Dashie is here with Crimson Hammer!"

The ponies all quieted down after that. The rainbow streak didn't slow down as it approached the house. She just flew straight through the doors to be on the receiving end of a very loud; "SURPRISE!"

"Twilight!" Rainbow screamed straight back at the crowd, which was disappointed that the new pony wasn't with her. A pink blur tackled Rainbow Dash out of the air.

"Dashie! Where's the new colt?"

"Pinkie, get off me! Where's Twilight?" Rainbow gasped, out-of-breath from her mad rush to the cloud-house.

Twilight approached the pair as Pinkie was getting off of Rainbow Dash.

"What do you need Rainbow?" the lavender unicorn asked.

"Twilight! The new guy, he's a criminal!" she screamed.

"What? Really? How do you know?" asked Twilight, all questions as usual.

"That stallion, he was singing about how he was wanted by the guards… dead or alive." She whispered the last 3 words.

"I'm sure you just misheard him, Rainbow." Twilight said, her voice sounding hollow.

"No I didn't, Twilight. It was ridiculously obvious what he was saying." Her eyes got a hard, determined look to them," We gotta clear these ponies out, I got a plan…"

20 Minutes Later

Crimson Hammer slowly made his way back to his house. He was in no hurry; the party had to wait for him after all! He had a feeling it would be a surprise party, and his feelings were rarely wrong. However, as he landed in front of his door, something was off. He knew there were ponies inside his home, but not the multitudes Pinkie would normally invite. Perhaps she had a small party planned instead? Just her and the other Elements? He opened the door to find a dark room, with 6 ponies that were trying to hide and failing, miserably. He stood in the doorway, looking in.

"If you wanted to shout 'Surprise' you should have done it sooner. The 6 of you aren't very good at surprises."

He flipped the light-switch to unveil who was in the room. As expected, it was the 6 Elements of Harmony. They looked at him in shock, and anger.

'Probably upset that I knew they were here.' He thought.

He walked past the ponies and into his kitchen. It wasn't very well stocked, however. He still managed to make himself a sandwich. He sat down at the table in his dining room with his sandwich and an empty glass, back towards the window with the rainbow falls past it. The mares walked in and took the other seats at his table, all of them with serious, stern, and aggressive faces on. At this sign of obvious displeasure, The Forgemaster began to wonder what was going on. There obviously wasn't a party, as there were no decoration in the other room, and these 6 looked upset.

He looked up from his sandwich, which looked unappetizing right then, and said, "What?"

The ponies just continued to stare him down. Inwardly, he was tickled by their display. Outwardly, he gave a stare similar to theirs.

'HAHAHA! They think they're so tough, well I can fix that!'

In an impressive display of silliness, Crimson Hammer opened the window behind him, reached out with his glass, and filled it full of rainbow. He looked back at the mares, whose stares hadn't yet broken although they were confused, and drank the whole glass.

Hey was surprised by how spicy the rainbow was, but it was nothing compared to a Trinidad Moruga Scorpion pepper. Those things hurt. However, the looks on the faces of the mares in his dining room were worth any discomfort he might have felt. He was giggling on the inside, but on the outside he had his poker-face on. The mares were astounded by this feat of willpower and it showed on their faces.

He waited for them to regain control of their faces. Silliness over, The Forgemaster sat down and prepared to get talked to furiously. However, that didn't stop him from poking fun at them. He crossed his hooves in front of him and leaned over the table in a businesslike manner.

"I assume you are wondering why I brought you all here, today." He said, completely serious.

The girls freaked out when he said this. Twilight had gone fiery death on her chair. Pinkie Pie had started to laugh her brains out. Rainbow Dash tried, and failed, to conceal a grin. Applejack just stared at him with more anger in her eyes. Fluttershy hid behind her mane. But, Rarity seemed to retain control of herself, and managed to speak for the group.

"All jesting aside, Crimson, we needed to speak with you about a matter that was brought to our attention." She said.

"If it is regards to the ponies in the attic, I know nothing about that." He replied

"What? You have ponies in the attic?" she asked, not realizing he wasn't serious because his voice didn't change.

"I know nothing about that." His voice remained the same.

"Ugh… We have to speak with you about something important, something serious, and we can't have you joking with us!" Rarity was getting upset now; the other mares were just watching the showdown between them.

"If it is in regards to the platoon of Royal Guards outside my house, I would be happy to speak with you."

Rarity did her best to look confused, "There are royal guards outside?"

Flashback

"Spike, send this letter to the princess immediately, we might need help with Crimson Hammer, the cloud-walking spell will only last so long, make sure you mark it as urgent." Twilight told Spike as her friends circled around them.

Rainbow Dash spoke, "Yeah, if he gets violent, we're gonna need those guards."

"I'm on it!" Spike said, and released a burst of green flame onto the scroll.

End Flashback

"They were quite obvious about it. Their commander is obviously inexperienced. I could see them from Ponyville's Town Hall: without a telescope."

"Oh… really?" came the eloquent unicorn's ineloquent response.

"Yes."

A few moments of silence were observed. Twilight started the discussion up again.

"Well, since we all know why we're here…" she began.

"I don't." said Crimson Hammer.

She seemed to be unable to continue, her mouth made movements but no discernible sound came out. So instead he turned to Applejack.

"Miss Applejack, as Twilight Sparkle is unable to answer, I humbly request that you do so."

She obliged him, "We're here 'cause Rainbow says that you may be ah criminal."

He turned to Rainbow Dash, "Really, Rainbow Dash? After all we've been through…"

She blushed but didn't avert her eyes, she said, "I heard you singing, criminal scum!" (A/N ; LOL.)

He sighed, "So you heard a song and immediately assumed that I was a criminal?"

"Well, no! The words of the song you sang…"

"Were just words, Rainbow Dash, they had no meaning to my situation." He sighed, "I can't believe that you heard a song and assumed I was a criminal, you ruined the party and wrecked some blooming friendships. Good going Dashie."

The mares didn't speak up, so he continued.

"Do you lot want to call off the Royal Guards, or will I have to fight them off? Either way is fine, although one has more long-term problems than the other does."

"Ah'm still not sure if we can trust yah… but Ah don't think you're a criminal, neither." Applejack said.

"YEAH! You're way too funny to be a dirty, nasty, meanie pants criminal!" Pinkie interjected.

"I'll go tell Commander Firespark that there is no trouble, and that you aren't a criminal." Twilight said as she left.

The ponies left one by one, until only he and Rainbow Dash remained.

"You going to leave too, Rainbow Dash? Or are you going to try to seduce me and stay the night?" he said.

"I'll… be going." She stood from the table and went for the door.

"Good night, Rainbow Dash."

She looked back, "Good night, Crimson."

She flew home slowly. For 2 reasons, number 1: her home is right next to Crimson's house. Number 2: she couldn't stop thinking of how Crimson had called her 'Dashie'.