The Second Chance

-Chapter 4: The Welcoming Party

*****later that evening*****

Tom and Rainbow Dash go to the welcoming party, held at sugarcube corner. While following Dash to the bakery, Tom realized one important, crucial, and essential thing in living in a environment: A home.

"So rainbow, I, um-"

" What?", asked Rainbow Dash.

" Umm, if you don't mind and have the space, can I......c-can...I...."

" Spit it out, already!", said an impatient Rainbow Dash.

Tom then went on his forelegs and begged.

"Please let me stay at your house!", cried Tom. "You're the only friend I have! I don't have a home, but I'll work for you! I'm good at cooking! Heck, I'll find a job ASAP!"

" But I-"

"Please?"

"But-

Tom then gave the saddest puppy-dog eyes that Rainbow Dash had ever seen. It could beat Fluttershy's pleading eyes in a contest.

" *sigh*, fine", said Rainbow Dash. "But don't rub it in anyone else's face! I'll let you sleep in the spare room I never use. You'll be working for me tomorrow on, till' you can pay for your rent."

Tom cried in gratitude with this said.

"T-THANK YOU! ILL WORK MY HARDEST, MIO PADRONE!"

" What?", asked a confused Rainbow Dash.

" 'mio padrone! ' means 'my master' from my culture ", explained Tom

" W-well, thanks for the support, my slave" blushed a  corrected Dash.

" We call servants: sono la tua cagna (I'm your bitch) , ", explained Tom.

" Whatever. Sono lah tuah cawgna"

"*Snicker*"

*****sugarcube corner*****

For a welcoming party, it was amazing for Tom. There was a DJ named Vinyl, a ton of treats and other junk that put a little weight on Tom, and even an alligator?!

" Relax, Gummy won't hurt you", Pinkie Pie comforted Tom. " He doesn't have teeth to bite you anyway."

"Ok, I trust you Pinkie."

"Dashie, I take back what I said: Pinkie Pie is amazing!"

" I know, right?", Rainbow Dash agreed. " She's an excellent jokester too!"

" I can see that by the alligator....f*cker scared the heck out of me.", Tom muttered.

In the back of Toms eye, he could see the Shy pegasus from earlier.

Tom slowly approached her.

"Hello", said Tom. " whats your name?"

"Hello, I'm flutter shy", said the pegasus.

" Im sorry, what was that?"

The pegasus started to whimper.

" dont cry!", asked Tom.

Come on Tom, you moron!, Tom thought to himelf. What did dashie say about her interests?

She liked animals, didn't she?

Was that his conscious?

"D-do you like animals?"

!

Suddenly, the Pegasus had a gleeful expression on her

"Did you say animals? I love animals! What's your favorite kind of animal?", said the super excited pegasus.

"What's your name in the first place?", asked Tom.

"Fluttershy, and you are?", asked the pegasus.

" My name is Tom", replied Tom. "It is a pleasure to make your aquantaince."

"Welcome to Ponyville, Tom", said a cheery Fluttershy.

Tom and Fluttershy went on a whole conversation about animals.

*****Later That Night*****

" Yo applejack! Did'ja bring the cider like we said?", asked a impatient Rainbow Dash

" Sure did!", replied Applejack. She loaded 10 six packs of cider on the floor, next to the table that she was sitting at.

"Who wants to play truth or dare?", asked Rainbow Dash.

With that said, bunch of ponies gathered around the table, ready to play.

Rainbow Dash explained the rules to Tom: "For the newcomer: Here's how truth or dare works: You take a shot of Applejack's hard cider for every dare or truth asked. Keep going till' you pass out."

"Yeah, can I just ask one question", asked Tom. " What's the legal age I can drink?"

" do ya have your cutie mark?", asked rainbow dash

"yeah"

"then start playing!"

Rainbow dash then grabbed a bottle of the (hard?) cider. She took a big swig of the drink and spun the bottle.

The pony it landed on, was Fluttershy.

"Oh dear....", said the threatened pegasus.

"Truth or dare", asked Rainbow Dash.

"Truth if you don't mind.....", answered Fluttershy.

" Was it true that you killed a bear?", asked Rainbow Dash. " Twilight told me..."

" Oh, that", understood fluttershy. " You see, I was giving it a massage, when twilight saw me."

" Some massage , thought Tom.

Fluttershy then took a guzzle of the bottle. Before she could spin the bottle, her face turned red and she passed out on the floor in exhaustion.

"She couldn't even reach half the bottle", observed Rainbow Dash. "What. A. Shame."

Rainbow Dash took the bottle and spun it for Fluttershy. The bottle landed on Tom.

"Truth or dare", asked Rainbow Dash.

Dammit thought Tom. It's bad enough I mentioned the death of mum'. Better choose a dare.

"Alright, Rainbow". said Tom. " I'll take a dare".

Rainbow Dash had a mischievous grin on her face.

Shit , thought Tom. shit is going to go down!

" I dare you to......"

With the suspense of what the dare was, Rainbow Dash's grin grew wider, while Tom's face grew paler.

" I dare you to eat this!"

Rainbow Dash pulled out a rainbow frosted cupcake.

"that's it?", asked Tom. "Just eating a cupcake?"

"Yeah, its good", replied Rainbow Dash. " Me and pinkie pie made it".

"Oh well. Easy. As. Pie."

Tom then took a bite. With that, Tom felt a sensation in his mouth- a burning sensation.

"YOWWWWWWW!!!!!!"

Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash were on the floor, laughing hysterically.

" Hot sauce always works", exclaimed Pinkie to Rainbow.

Tom immediately turned towards the table, containing the bottle of cider. Before he could drink it, Rainbow yanked it away.

" Not till' you finish the whole cupcake!", said Rainbow Dash.

Tom then shoved the whole cupcake down his gullet. His whole throat felt like it was on fire.

Tom then grabbed the bottle of cider, but found none inside the bottle.

Applejack took out another bottle of cider.

" Ere'", said Applejack. "Catch!"

With that said, Tom caught the bottle and took a big swig of the alcohol. It had a "rusty and metallic taste to it", so Tom recognized it was definitely alcohol."

Then Tom spun the bottle....

********Lots of drinking later***************

A drunken Tom and Rainbow Dash had returned to Dash's house.

"Ey' Rainbow! *hiccup* H-hey!"" said a drunken Tom.

"*hiccup* What?", asked Rainbow Dash.

" Ima tell all mah' friends, I slept at your place.", answered Tom.

"S-shut up! You *hic* little h-horny bastard!"

" Shut the *hic* up. At l-least I'm straight, you gay pride activist!"

" You *hiccup* want straight?", asked Rainbow Dash. " I'll g-give you straight!"

With that said, Rainbow reached over to Tom, and gave him a kiss. Her tongue swished in his mouth like a car wash. When she was done with him, she took out her mouth from his mouth, with drool  dripping from Rainbow Dash's face.

" T-that good enough for you, Tommy?", asked Rainbow Dash.

Tom, with no strength left, collapsed on the floor.

" Come on, let's go'ta sleep."