Life is Complicated

Spike and Tryston arrived in the at their destination.  Once they walked inside, all they could see was darkness.  "Oh dear," said Tryston, "It seems as though we have the wrong room."

"No," said Spike, "This is the right place."

"Well, that's strange."

Just then, all the lights came on in a flash, and there was a noise that sounded like some ponies yelling 'SURPRISE'.  Tryston jumped as soon as he heard that.  But he realized it was only Twilight, Pinkie, Rainbow, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, And Celestia.  "Welcome Tryston," said Pinkie, "To your annual Welcome Back to Equestria Party Extravaganza!!!!!!!"

"I believe what Pinkie's trying to say," said Rarity, "Is that we are holding this event to celebrate you returning to Equestria from being frozen in ice.  And I must say, Pinkie has outdone herself yet again."

"Long story short," said Rainbow, "We're here to party, so lets get started!"  With that, Pinkie somehow pulled out a record player, and stared it.  "What's a party without music?" she said.

With that, the party began.  Every pony in the room was dancing to the fast music that was playing.  Tryston was puzzled on what music it was, but he just went with the flow.  He eventually got the idea, and started to dance as hard as he could.  Pretty soon, the others started following his moves.  Rainbow Dash seemed to be jealous.

"Hey new guy!" she called, "I challenge you to a dance off!"  The whole crowd froze.

"Very well then," replied Tryston.

"Fine, you asked for it," said Rainbow.

*****

In the end, Tryston trumped Rainbow by far.  "Well well well," she said, "You've proved yourself cool in my book."

"Thank you," said Tryston, "That, means a lot."

"No problem," she said.  Then she flew off to join the others.  Tryston meanwhile began to walk over to a nearby balcony.  Twilight noticed him, and she decided to follow.

Twilight found him on the balcony staring out into the distance.  "Tryston," she said, "Are you alright?"

"Huh? Oh, hello Miss Sparkle," he said, "I didn't know you'd be out here."

"Tryston, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, it's just... strange."  Twilight eyed Tryston in confusion.

"I mean this world now," he said, "Two thousand years ago, enough time to forget, and it just feels like yesterday.  In my view, that is true.  Things are, different now.  All my old friends are gone, all those towns I knew are gone, and my only love ever, has her heart set for another.  Things are not the same as they once were.  It's all gone.  It was two thousand years, two thousand years!  And Celestia expects everything to be fine, but it won't.  I'm thankful that there are ones that wish to help me understand what goes on now, but that won't help.  Nothing can erase what happened to me.  How do you go on when all you knew is gone?"

Twilight knew just what to say.  "Tryston," she said, "It may seem that way, but you will always have Equestria as you once knew it, in here,"then she pointed to her heart, "Times change.  Ponies come and go, and if you can't adapt, you decompose."  Tryston just turned away.  "Don't push others away," Twilight continued, "If something happened to them you'd never forgive yourself.  Trust me, I know."  Tryston turned back to Twilight.

"I'm sorry," he said, "It's just, so hard to forget something like what I suffered from."  Twilight walked over to Tryston and rested a hoof on his shoulder.  "I know you can get through it," she said, "And me and my friends can help you.  Now lets get back inside."

So the two walked back inside to find, no pony there.  "Oh my," said Tryston, "It would seem that your friends left."

"That's alright," said Twilight, "I'll see you in the morning."

"Wait," said Tryston, "Before you go, would you... like to dance?"  There was a long silence.

"Well," said Twilight, "It's just, I've never danced with a colt before.  I wouldn't want to mess up."  Tryston just flashed a smile.  He took one of her hooves in his own.

"If I can unfreeze from two thousand years, you can dance."  And with that, they slowly started to sway back and forth.  Soon, they both started to get into the rhythm.  One, two, three, swing.  One, two, three, swing, twirl.  This went on for a while.  It seemed as though it would last forever, but all good things must come to an end.  After a good half hour, the two finally stopped.  There was once again a long silence between the two.  Finally, Twilight spoke.

"I guess I can dance like that," she said, "Thank you Tryston."

"What did I do?" asked Tryston.

"You showed me that I am able to dance with a colt.  That is something I never thought I could do."

"Well, um, your welcome."

"Now I'd better get going.  The others are probably wondering where I am."

"Alright then, see you tomorrow, Miss Sparkle."

"You too, Mr. Blauvelt."  And with that, the two exited the room, and went their separate directions.

' There's that strange feeling again,' thought Tryston, ' Somethings going on, and I'll find it out.'