WAY Out of place

Canterlot Castle
Twenty minutes ago

Celestia stood on the balcony to her quarters looking down the valley to Ponyvill, contemplating over what she should do with the other two. A loud voice echoed over the castle.

DAAAAAAAAAAASH!

Her head cringed back and her ears pressed against the sides of her face in recoil of it's booming wave. It passed and she raised her head looking around. "Oh my."

We walked down the street together, my hoof still clutched to my throat. Twilight rubbed her hoof along my back. "When we get home I'll make you some tea."

I smiled through the stinging burn and looked ahead of us at Kian. He looked more depressed than anything. I only grunted and looked back to Twilight.

"He really is taking this hard. But remember, he doesn't really want to be here. He doesn't have any reason to."

I leaned close and rested my chin in her mane. She leaned against me and we walked close.

"I'm still happy you're here though."

We finally made it home after two hours of wandering around all for nothing. Spike hopped down and pushed through the front door with Kian. Me and Twilight followed into the library and looked at the darkness of the empty room.

Twilight trotted forward toward the kitchen. "I'll go get started on that-"

"SURPRISE!"

The light flicked on and nearly everyone Twilight must have known was there crammed into the library's mane floor. Twilight must have jumped at least two feet from it into the air. All her friends crowded to her in a group hug. Me, Kian, and Spike all stood by the door watching the scene unfold. Me and Spike smiled while Kian only stared blankly.

"Alright, so let me take a wild guess." He said looking at them raising a hoof. "Rarity." He said pointing at the white Unicorn with a styled purple mane.

"Yup." Spike nodded enthusiastically.

"And Applejack." He said pointing to the orange Earth pony with a blonde mane in a ponytail and wearing a brown stetson.

"Mmhmph." I nodded.

"Rainbow Dash." He said pointing to the cyan Pegasus flying over the group with a rainbow colored mane.

Me and spike nodded together.

"And Fluttershy." He said pointing his hoof at the yellow Pegasus with a long pink mane that hung partially over her face.

Spike looked over to him with amazement. "Wow, pretty good."

Kian only shrugged and walked toward the living room area. I watched him walk away and looked down to Spike shrugging myself. We walked to the group and stood by watching them.

Twilight held a hoof to her face. "I should've figured you'd get everypony here."

I coughed to get their attention. They all turned to me together.

"Oh, um...Hello, how do you do?" Rarity asked confused at my presence.

"Hey wait! You're the really big one from back at Sugar cube Corner." Pinkie said popping up out of no where.

I smiled and nodded.

"Hey wheres that other one?" Pinkie asked before disappearing.

I looked around myself trying to figure out where she went. I sighed and looked back at Twi and the other four.

"Well uh, howdy. It's nice to meet you mister uh..?" Applejack started, extending a hoof out.

"Oh, girls, this is James. A...friend, of sorts." Twilight said smiling.

I extended my hoof out and touched it to Applejack's. She looked down at my left foreleg as I lowered it. "Well shucks, looky here girls." She said pointing at it.

They all looked down at it with a few awww's and a smirk from Dash.

I smiled proudly and looked to Twilight.

Rarity came close and leaned in looking me over and looked down to my foreleg, examining the artwork I displayed. She raised her head back up and looked back to the others giving an approving nod. She looked back down to it. "I've never seen something such as this. May I ask how you procured it?"

I opened my mouth to speak.

"What is it anyway?" Applejack asked tilting her head to side, her stetson sliding a bit.

"Ooh ooh, I know, I know." Pinkie said popping up from behind her."It's Twilight!" She pointed down to it. "See, it says Twilight! It's even got her cutie mark." Pinkie beamed before disappearing again.

"That's really sweet of you." Fluttershy smiled.

I opened my mouth to speak again.

"Girls please, let him say something." Rarity intervened. She smiled brightly to me. "Please say something dear."

"Actually he-" Twilight started.

"He doesn't need to say anything. He's big, quiet, and looks cool. He's like Bigmac, only grey." Rainbow stated cutting her off.

Applejack smiled and nodded to her. Rarity still held her bright smile. "Please?" She asked. "I would be ever so grateful to know just how you acquired this." She said pointing a hoof at my foreleg again.

I opened my mouth to speak again.

"That's strange, It looks like it's on his skin." Fluttershy stated looking down to it.

"Well that's because it is." Twilight said looking over to her.

A small gasp came from just about everyone of them.

"Now that's cool." Rainbow said looking at it with a grin.

"Oh, what did you do to obtain it, a spell?" Rarity asked intrigued by it.

I shook my head.

"Well how else did'ya get it." Applejack asked.

I opened my mouth one final time, pausing to make sure I wouldn't be stopped. They all looked at me with widened eyes. My throat still hurt and I managed out what I could. "I-"

"Oh, right, you got a package from Canterlot!" Pinkie said popping up behind me with a medium sized rectangular package.

"God dammit Pinkie!" I snapped at her, my voice weak and strained.