Rainbow Dash walked down mane street, headed to meet Pinkie Pie at sugarcube corner when a bright flash of energy appeared right in front of her. It was so bright she had to close her eyes.
When the light was gone, she opened her eyes and standing in front of her was a black pegasus with a black mane and tail streaked with white.
Around his ankles, just above the hooves were some strange bracelets, one on each hoof. Two had white stones in them, two had black stones in them. He raised his head and glanced around.
"Who in the hay are you?" Rainbow asked, spreading her wings to look bigger.
"The names Ninjastar. And you must be Rainbow Dash. I'm a big fan!" he extended a hoof out to shake.
Rainbow closed her wings and brightened at the statement, taking the hoof and shaking it.
"The one and only! I've never met a fan before! I've never seen you before!" she stopped talking and squinted her eyes.
"Wait, what was that flash a few minutes ago?" she asked.
"Oh, that was some teleportation magic. Anyway, I've heard of a place called 'sugarcube corner' here. I hear their baked goods are the stuff of legend!" he changed the subject quickly.
"Oh, that's where I was headed! Come on! Lets go!"
A few minutes later, Rainbow Dash walked through the front door of sugarcube corner, followed closely by Ninjastar.
"Hey Pinkie. What's up?" Rainbow asked.
"Oh boy! Rainbow! I'm so glad your-"
she turned around and cut her sentence short with a sudden gasp.
"Who's this? Oooh! A new pony in town! What's your name? Do you like cake? That's a silly question! Who doesn't like cake! Can I throw a party for you?"
she droned on as Ninjastar turned to Rainbow Dash.
"Does she even breath?" he asked.
"I think she has mastered the art of breathing and talking at the same time." Rainbow replied.
"And I bet Twilight will want to add you to the town records, and-mmph!"
Rainbow Dash cut off Pinkies speech by putting her hoof in Pinkies mouth.
"Pinkie, this is Ninjastar. Ninjastar, you okay with a welcome party?"
Ninjastar nodded.
"Alright. Pinkie, prepare the party, I'll hand out invites. Ninjastar, hang here and help Pinkie 't want the town seeing you yet." She finished.
Pinkie Dashed off, leaving a dusty outline of her where she was. She returned ion seconds with a basket.
"How'd you do that so fast?" Ninjastar asked.
She shrugged in response.
Rainbow shook her head and took the basket, flying out the door.
~2 hours later~
"Isn't this a great party?" Pinkie asked Ninjastar.
"Hell yes!" he replied.
"Come on! I'll introduce you to my friends! First off, Twilight!" pinkie grabbed ninjastars hoof and pulled him over to twilight.
"Twilight! I want you to meet our guest of honor! Ninjastar! Ninjastar, this is Twilight Sparkle! And I-Oooh! Punch!"
pinkie ran off to the punch bowl.
Twilight blinked for a few seconds.
"Um, hi. I'm twilight sparkle. And I know your name Ninjastar."
Her eyes were drawn to the bands around Ninjastars hooves.
"Those are some, interesting bands. What do they do? Or are they merely decorative?" she asked.
"It would take some time to explain... I'll probably be tired after tonight, so how about sometime tomorrow? In the park?" Ninjastar suggested.
"Okay then. That sounds good! Where are you staying tonight?" twilight asked.
"Well I don't really know yet. I'll find somewhere before the nights over."" He replied.
"Well then, I'll take you to meet rarity! Oh, and keep an eye on your bands. The stones in them look beautiful. And that sometimes attracts rarity."
Twilight led Ninjastar over to rarity and pointed her out, then went over to talk with the mayor.
"Um, hello. Rarity?" Ninjastar asked.
"I am sorry, but with it being so close to the gala I just cannot accept any more orders!"
she turned around.
"Oh, I'm sorry. You must be the new pony. Sorry about that comment. I've just been sort of swamped latey. What's your name dear?" she asked.
"I'm Ninjastar. And I may be able to help you with your orders. Judging by the hat and dress, I'd say you're a seamstress. I have some experience with a needle and thread." Ninjastar replied.
"Oh really? That would be great! When are you available?" she asked.
"Tonight, I'll be exhausted. Tomorrow morning, I'll be meeting twilight, and I'm going to ask rainbow to show me a good place for lunch, so how about tomorrow afternoon?" Ninjastar suggested.
"Oh darling, that would be wonderful! Nice anklets by the way. Now, I'm guessing you know pinkie pie, rainbow dash, twilight, and me, so that leaves fluttershjy and applejack. Fortanately, they're both over there!"
rarity motioned over at the two.
"I need to clear up a few details for a couple orders, so I won't be joining you. And fair warning, Fluttershy is, as her name suggests, shy."
With that rarity turned and walked off.
"Well howdy!" applejack called as Ninjastar walked over.
Fluttershy muttered something.
"Ah'm applejack and this is Fluttershy."
"Hello applejack, Fluttershy. I'm Ninjastar. So, what do you two do for a living?" Ninjastar asked.
"I own sweet apple acres! The best apple farm in all equestria!" Applejack said.
"No way, you OWN the world-famous sweet apple acres? That's amzing! And how about you Fluttershy?" he asked.
"oh, um, I take care of some animals." She muttered.
"I'm, sorry, what was that?" Ninjastar replied.
"i- take care of some animals..." she squeaked.
Ninjastar turned to look at applejack.
"She takes care of animals." Applejack clarified.
"Oh really? I LOVE animals!" Ninjastar was excited.
Fluttershy perked up. "Oh, really? Do you have a pet of your own? Maybe you could come by tomorrow and we could find you one! Um, if you don't mind." she suggested.
"Hmm, tomorrow I'm busy... How about the next day?" he replied.
"Oh, that sounds excellent!" she smiled.
"I'll come by tomorrow if I get the chance." He spotted a familier rainbow colored mane in the crowd.
"Listen, I gotta go. See you two later, okay?"
"Alright sugarcube." Applejack said.
"See you soon!" Fluttershy said.
Ninjastar walked back over to Rainbow Dash.
