As the group of ponies approached the edge of the forest, Princess Celestia spoke the thing on everypony's mind.

"Forgemaster, I don't think it's a good idea to walk through town naked."

"Neither do I." came the unexpected response.

"Well, the girls and I will go to the chariot where the guards are waiting and get into town that way. You should sneak to the other side of town to Carousel Boutique; Rarity can make clothes for you there." Turning to Rarity she said," Rarity, go straight to your boutique and get him cleaned and some clothes." At this Rarity nodded.

Celestia then turned to Fluttershy and said, "He'll need the anti-venom soon, get to the hospital and then to Rarity's Boutique as fast as you can."Fluttershy nodded. Finally, Celestia turned to the Forgemaster and said, "You'll have to sneak to the Boutique, I don't want you causing an uproar in the town before we can introduce you properly."

"Yes." The Forgemaster replied. He then held his hand palm up whereupon a small blue light was seen. In a flash, the blue light was gone and so was The Forgemaster! All the ponies gaped at the sight before them, even Celestia. The human had just used magic! To turn invisible no less; invisibility is a very advanced and complicated spell to use, but the human pulled it off like to was easy!

Celestia got over her shock faster than the other ponies and managed to speak," You never told us you could use magic, human!"

The sardonic reply came from several feet down the path towards Ponyville. "Never asked."

The ponies were still staring down the path in surprise when Celestia spoke to them, "Come on my little ponies, we have a party to attend. We'll get answers out of him after."

All of the ponies were content with this. Except Twilight, who was overjoyed at the concept of meeting another being besides a unicorn that could actively use magic! Her head was so awash with the possibilities that Rainbow had to smack her to get her out of her daze. The ponies then went to Ponyville to attend the celebration. Fluttershy and Rarity went about their tasks as quickly as possible through the crowds.

As Rarity walked up to her boutique, she noticed the dirt on her doorstep. Apparently, he had cleaned as much dirt as he could off before entering.

'What a gentlecolt', thought Rarity.

As she walked in, she saw The Forgemaster wearing a small clothe around his waist, covering himself in front of the lady-pony. He was the first to speak, unexpectedly.

"Shower?" he asked, clear as day.

Rarity was too busy inspecting the now-slightly-cleaner creature in front of her to respond immediately, but she soon said, "Oh yes, dearie. First door on your right, upstairs is the bathroom. I'll have a towel waiting for you, be quick so I can start on your clothes!"

The Forgemaster walked up the stairs and to the bathroom. As he walked in, he noticed that pony facilities were different from human facilities, but that was to be expected: differing body structure and all. He quickly identified the shower, stepped in, and cleaned himself. He noticed that the ponies seemed to only have one temperature: cold. But, then again, he was in a small village. Maybe it was different in the cities.

Fluttershy had just arrived with the anti-venom when he stepped out of the shower. She knocked on the door just as he brought his towel up to cover himself.

"Um, excuse me, but I got the anti-venom." Fluttershy spoke, barely audible through the door.

He opened the door to see Fluttershy with the anti-venom. A small blue container and a syringe with a needle for injection was what she had brought. He stepped back and got to the floor, then held out his hand for the instruments. Fluttershy seemed appalled at this; she could hardly let the patient fix himself!

He noticed the look she unknowingly gave him, a look of shock and horror, and realized she didn't like him treating himself.

So he spoke, "Fluttershy, you don't know enough to help me, give the anti-venom and syringe here."

She realized he was right; she knew nothing of human anatomy. So she handed the materials over and watched as he drew the blue liquid into the syringe, insert the syringe, needle first, into his arm, and push down the plunger. The pain in his leg was subsiding immediately and was nearly gone completely when Rarity called out.

"Forgemaster, if we don't get started on your clothes soon you'll have to be nude for the celebration!"

He walked downstairs, Fluttershy following him. As he reached the bottom he said 2 things.

"Blinds. Door."

Rarity quickly drew the blinds and locked the door. He stepped on the platform she indicated with her hoof.

She said, "While I take your measurements, please use this sketch-pad to draw what you want me to make."

He nodded and took the sketch pad and pencil and began to draw.

They worked in silence until the inevitable came; the measurements needed under the towel.

"Dear, you must remove the towel so I can take your waist and thigh measurements."

"No."

"I'm a professional, it won't be awkward."

"Yes, it will."

After several minutes of them bickering back and forth, he asked if he could do the measurements, she acquiesced, and the issue was resolved. He gave her the sketch pad and she was amazed at the level of detail! Not only did he make accurate illustrations of what he wanted, he gave measurements in units, a scale to size, and an entire drawing of what he would look like when he wore the clothing as an outfit!

Rarity was amazed, "How did you draw this! It will look great on you; the colors flatter you, they show off your figure, and I think I can make it in mere hours! I simply must know your inspiration; these clothing ideas are so original."

He looked her dead in the eye and said, "Captain Barbossa."

She said, "Who?"

"Another human, you won't understand."

As he stood there, towel now draped correctly around his waist once more, he had an idea, and asked Rarity.

He asked, "Rarity, do you have any small, hard things. Like a rock or some tile?"

She said, "No, but I do have some spare gems, would those do?"

He was ecstatic; the idea he had would work far easier with gems than with stones.

"Bring them here, please."

She came back a few moments later with a small bag of gems. He took them from her and took a small piece of metal from his bag that was on her couch then began his work. She went to the back of the shop to get materials for her work. As she went back there, she called out, "Forgemaster is there any particular material you want them in?"

He called back, "Leather", but immediately realized his mistake: these ponies won't take kindly to wearing the skin of an animal.

Thankfully, this crisis was averted when she called back, "What's leather?"

He capitalized on both her ignorance and her personality with saying, "Never mind. You're the expert."

She walked in with several bales of a black material he didn't recognize. She took an interest in his work; he had bent over the tiny gems and was scratching what looked like writing into them. He spoke before she could ask.

"Carving runes." He explained,"These will help me. Place them on clothes in places they won't fall, Rarity."

"What kind of runes are you tracing, Forgemaster?"

He pointed to sets of matching runes, at the first he said, "Protection", he pointed at another and said, "Transmutation", and finally pointed at the last with, "Magic correlation."

"Well, what do those do?"

"Protect me, change with me, do what I do."

"You can change your forms! How?"

"Magic.", Came the simple response to a rather complex question.

After that, she kept asking questions, but he never answered. Eventually, she sighed in frustration and stopped. He continued with his task, and she with hers. In a few hours, both were done. He even managed to cut tiny holes through the gems so they may be sewn in by Rarity. He then dressed up in the new clothes, to which Rarity complimented him with 'Dashing' and 'Fabulous'. She particularly liked the hat with a feather in it. With that show over, they walked outside together to go join the party that was still going on, somehow, hours later. As they exited the Boutique, however, things went sour fast.

There were 3 colts walking down the street and as soon as they saw The Forgemaster, they began to taunt the 2.

"Hey Rarity, is that one of your tame Diamond Dogs!" the one in the middle called out, his 2 friends snickering.

"Ugh, you ruffians! He is not a Diamond Dog, he is a human and not to be trifled with."

'Good going Rarity, now he'll have to act tough.' Thought The Forgemaster.

"Oh, he's not to be trifled with, is he? I bet he's as weak as a new-born filly!" the colt shouted back.

'Told you so' thought The Forgemaster.

"He's not! He could take you all on with one hoof!"

''Damnit Rarity.'

"Well, I guess we'll have to find that out won't we!" and with that horribly ironic remark, the colt charged, leaving his friends behind.

The colt was going to ram him. He just ran straight at The Forgemaster, head lowered, aiming for his waist. As soon as the colt got close enough; The Forgemaster lifted his foot up and kicked the colt straight in the chin, sending him flying straight back into his 2 friends. The colt was stunned for a moment, and in that moment his friends decided to take the initiative… a pity they were as dumb as their downed friend. They slowly stalked up to him, one going left, the other right. They didn't seem to understand just how far his reach was and the fact that he had 2 arms. He reached out and picked them both up simultaneously around the throat, and then slammed their heads together in front with a sickening *CRACK*. He then threw the knocked out ponies into the original antagonist who had just regained his footing on the other side of the street. As they impacted he too was knocked out, ending the fight with victory for The Forgemaster. Forgemaster - 1, random opponents – 0.

He turned to notice the surprised look on Rarity's face. So he said something that he knew would cheer her up.

"I got blood on my coat. That's a shame, true artwork this is."

Rarity beamed at the comment, then frowned at the stain; it was small and would come out, but she was still saddened. They then walked side-by-side to Sugarcube Corner, where the party was.