Flugelhorn of my youth

Aircutter looked quite relieved when Twilight finally let him go after two and half boring hours of avoiding questions he didn't want to answer because they would bring up bad memories  or reviel secrets that he wasn't ready to share just yet or  worse she might not understand but she got enough info to be satisfied.

Seeing how he didn't have a place to home he would just stay on the ship and see about finding a way to make some bits and buy the land it was on and getting something to eat and pay for other needs.. He had just gotten out of Twilight's castle when... POP! Discord appeared before him! Causing Aircutter to stop walking and look at him a little annoyed.

" Finally! I thought Twilight would never let you go! I wanted to talk to you about us maybe becoming friends!" Discord said as he looked at him with a smile that only a certain well known crazy cat from another story could match.

" No offense but may I ask why I should agree to something like that? You said you were having trouble with making friends and I'm not exactly sure how it works myself. " Aircutter said with a hard look at him.

" That's why I think we should be friends! You are going to have trouble making friends and I'm going to have trouble making friends! You have a dark past that ponies are going to judge you by and I have a dark past that ponies are going to judge me by! Why it's like we are almost family here! " Discord said with a even bigger grin as  he made lighting and thunder appear behind him causing a few ponies to be spooked or look up it see if it was going to rain.

As mush as he hated to admit it Discord did have a couple of very good points there and he sighed as he had to wonder if this was going to prove a good idea but he had to admit he saw no reason to say no.

" I guess I got to start somewhere but no huggy or overfriendly stuff and don't expect me to always act like a friend and you have to respect my personal space!! " Aircutter said as he looked to see Discord's  reaction.

" Agreed!.. In fact I feel the  same way! Well mostly that way! Oh Fluttershy will be so happy to learn I made a new friend!  I can't wait to tell her! " Discord said and vanished with another pop!

Aircutter started to walk again when.. POP! Discord reappeared and shook his hoof.

"Oh thank you! Thank you! Thank you! " Discord said as he shook him so hard that his whole body shook. POP! He disappeared again.

He started to walk again when POP! He reappeared and Discord started to say something again.

" Just go already! I get the idea! " Aircutter said with a bit of a grumpy look and Discord gave him a claw's up and popped out to tell Fluttershy the news.

"What a day! Glad that's over.. Now to.. " Aircutter said to himself as he started to walk again.

"HEY THERE! " Pinkie Pie suddenly  said as she came up next to him and somehow stretched her neck to where he could see her face in front of him and she too had a grin but this one looked more like uber happy to meet him.

"GAH! What's the big idea? Aircutter asked as he  could understand how Discord could do strange stuff but this pink pony didn't make any sense.

" I'm Pinkie Pie and I want to have a welcome party just for you! I never had a pirate party before or at least not one with a real pirate there or should I say that wasn't a little pony's party!?  I guess what I'm trying to say is I'd love to have pirate party with a real pirate there!" She said with a smile so real and so happy that it made him uncomfortable looking at her as he was not used to any pony looking at him with such a happy smile that screamed I'm happy to meet you!

He sighed and wondered what was with this place that there would be those who would be willing to be his friend on such short notice. Was it the presence of Twilight or was it just a few ponies as most of the ponies moved away when he got near them? It didn't matter he had a hunch that if he didn't agree to the party that she'd drive him crazy until he agreed.

" Look if I agree to this party and you manage to get ponies to come will you leave me alone about it? " He asked

" Don't be silly! I want and need to know to know a few things and now my chance to ask a real life old school pirate.. Now do you have a parrot?  " Pinkie asked as she took out a sheet of scrolling paper that hit the ground and rolled a hundred feet away  causing Aircutter to moan in dispair..  It was really becoming one of those days when nothing went right but no rule saying he had to stand still for her questions and he did have shopping to do.

" Fine I'll answer if only to get you to not ask anymore but we are doing this  while I try to get some shopping done.  As to the parrot thing No; That parrot thing is a myth; Most pirates would never have a pet and if they did it would be a cat or dog.  In fact I  hate parrots. They make noise all night; They can repeat stuff you don't want them to say and they are a lousy companion on any ship.. " Aircutter said as they started walking and Pinkie somehow rolled up the scroll like a old window blind..

" Ok; Then I'll just not invite any real parrots... I'll just have to fill in if anypony want to see one. " Pinkie said as she wrote something down and Aircutter just sighed.. He didn't even want to know what she meant by that one but he got a bad feeling about it.

" Next; do you have any pirate super powers? You know like maybe eating some strange crazy fruit and becoming a super stretchy pirate? " Pinkie Pie asked with her trademark grin.

" What in the name of Equestria are you talking about? Do you have any idea what you are even talking about?" Aircutter stopped to look at her with a puzzled look.

" I have NO idea!!!!! It's as if someone comes up with the most  nonsense thing for me to say and I say it and yet at the same time it makes perfect sense that I should ask them because I'm the kind of pony that would think to ask them!  " Pinkie said with a smile  as Aircutter just facehoofed himself and started walking again..

" Oh for the love of.. You know what? Never mind! I'll just consider it part of your personality.  As that question.. I do have a few things that Sombra gave me but they are magical artifacts that he had no other use for them or felt that I could use them in his quest for  evil magical artifacts and they cannot do anything as silly as to make me super stretchy.  " Aircutter said as they entered the Sweets shop even though he wasn't sure he would be able to buy anything with his rep but he had to start somewhere and this place was as good as any and he did love his sweets as long as they were not too sweet.

"Okie dokey! Hi Mr  Cake! Can you help my new friend here?" Pinkie Pie asked to the pony behind the counter.

"Sure.. What will you have? " Mr Cake.

" Do you have anything in the way of crystal berry treats? If not then Raspberry ones will do." Aircutter  said as Pinkie Pie wrote something down.

" Oh yes; We do have crystal berry cupcakes and pies but they have not been selling well because a few ponies find the berries a little on the tart side. : Mr Cake said

" I'll take a dozen of the cupcakes and one pie. " Aircutter said as he gave Mr Cake a few of the bits he had found here and there laying around thanks to some careless ponies before leaving the empire but he looked at them funny.

" Hey! What kind of bits are these? Never saw this kind before!" Mr Cake

" They are from the crystal empire.. The exchange rate is the same as one of yours and they are working on replacing them but they still using the old ones there.. At least for now; They have been exchanging them. " Aircutter explained.

Mr Cake looked at them; Ok I'll take them but if they are no good you'll pay double the price the next time you come in but you may want to get some bits we use. " Mr Cake said as he took the bits

" You do raise a valid point and it's not like I got a ton of them. I'll need to find a way to make bits and I don't exactly have a good job history. " Aircutter said as he rubbed his chin with his hoof thoughtfully.

" I know! I know a way to make some bits! You could let me ride that pirate ship of yours! I always wanted to ride a pirate ship and Apple Jack is always needing a little help on the farm.. She may not pay much but she sure does strap on the feedbag if you know what I'm saying!" Pinkie Pie said happily.

' Hmm.. Get ponies to pay for a ride on my airship or use it to fly stuff to place.. Not a bad idea and I can work here and there until I get permission for it; I guess you're not the total airheaded pony I thought you were Miss Pinkie Pie. Aircutter said as he looked at his order..

" Oh I am a airheaded pony! At least that's what a lot of ponies say but please call me Pinkie! is something wrong? Pinkie as she looked at him staring at his order.

" I just remembered I don't have my saddle bags to put this in." Aircutter said

" Don't you worry! Pinkie's got it covered and grabbed a saddlebag that must've been behind the counter; At least that was where she pulled it from but Aircutter wisely decided to not question if she always had one there or not as he wasn't sure if he wanted to know the answer.

She put it on her back and put his order in the bag.

" Since I still got questions I'll carry it for you."  Pinkie said with her smile

" Okiee..  Guess that it for today and it looks like I'm not going to get rid of you anytime soon; Oh wait I promised Twilight that I would go to town hall and see about getting the land that my ship is docked over and no doubt she's waiting there to make sure I do; I hope I got something in exchange for the land or this could get sticky because I don't have no where near enough bits for buying land.. Eh.. I'll find a way; I always do.  " Aircutter said as he started walking out of the shop with a bouncing smiling Pinkie close behind.

" Now is it true that pirates can use three swords at the same time? " Mr Cake heard Pinkie ask as they left.

" Oh that Pinkie.. That pony can ask the strangest questions but I do hope that she'll be OK around that pony;  He's the dangerous type that's for sure" Mr Cake said as he went back to work.

To be cont