It’s been two days since the invasion of the Changelings. Princess Celestia arranged a celebration for John and his friends, for their heroic actions. As for the most heroic human being himself, many of his friends began to question him about his new magical powers. They all wanted to know how he managed to use magic. The guys theorized that John had adapted to the magic in this world, while the ponies remained skeptical. Twilight gave him countless spell books, which apparently, he learned pretty quickly by giving them only one try. Above all, his guy friends were asking to do stupid things, like picking up a rock or lighting his hands on fire. Pretty much, John was the new gadget toy.

“You guys need to stop the dumb requests,” mumbled John, “Like seriously, stop.”

“C’mon John, you should be glad that you got magical powers,” said Aaron with a smile on his face.

“I am glad, but you guys keep on asking me to do dumb stuff.”

“I know, but John, you… got… MAGICAL POWERS!!!” said Tyler as he waved his arms in the air.

John sighed in grief for his reaction.

Just as I thought, he thought with such agony.

As the humans finished getting all dressed up, the Mane Six came inside the room they were in and approached to them.

“Hey guys. Are you ready?” said Twilight.

"Yeah," said Tyler, "I must say, Rarity, you did a good job on the outfit."

"No need to thank me darling," cooed Rarity, "Richard helped me with the design and, as a matter of fact, I finished the outfits faster than usual. Besides, you already thanked me earlier."

"I know, but it's wonderful," Tylor then looked at Richard, "You my friend deserve to be a fashion designer."

The human designer made a sheepish smile.

"Let's get going and party!!" yelled Peter, in tandem with Pinkie Pie, as they dashed away.

So the gang headed out towards the celebration. John was the last one to leave the room that Celestia offered him and the guys for the stay. Though there were a lot of guest rooms in the palace, the guest rooms were pretty much taken by the Elements of Harmony. At least the bed was bigger than a king size in their home world, so they could all sleep together. No homo.

John looked at the room one last time, before departure, and saw something that caught his eye. The lights were off in the room, but Luna's moon shined through the windows to see parts of the room. John couldn’t tell what it was at first, but then, he taken a closer look and it was a pony.

A familiar pony.

Not tonight Princeton, John thought.

Just as John was about to leave, he heard a few footsteps in the room.

"You not going to let me congratulate you?" Princeton tisked, "You are rude."

The human gave him a death look as the unicorn revealed himself in the moonlight.

"Don't you even dare," John growled, "You and your master have caused enough trouble as it is."

"Indeed, we did," Princeton admitted, "But it's for a cause."

"What cause? Kidnapping Jessica and Walden?"

The pony sighed as he looked at the window.

"You know, just because you heard it, doesn't mean it's true. Try to get the facts behind it. Otherwise, you're assuming things that aren't true. Yetson brought them here for a reason. Not just to mess around, but for something different."

Princeton, then looked at John.

"Besides, you remind me of me when I look at myself in the mirror."

"Sorry to interrupt your speech," the human interrupted, "But I have a celebration to attend."

Just like that, John left the room like that, leaving Princeton alone in the room.

“Hmph… He definitely knew how to handle the Queen, Master,” said Princeton, “And avoid trouble.”

“Oh yes indeed. He finally received his magical powers.” said Yetson as he appeared. “Which make things on schedule.”

“Correct. And he will be happy because he's getting a surprise.”

“Really? What is it?”

The servant then looked at his master.

"A good surprise."

Silence...

"How?" asked Yetson.

"Somepony contacted Celestia about it."

Yetson then lifted his right hand and created a small, red orb that was the size of a baseball. The light of the orb was dim, but bright enough to see in the dark. Yetson stared at it like if it was something precious. He, then looked at his servant as the orb slowly faded away.

"Have you set them up?" asked the Master.

"Yes and they're ready to go."

"Excellent. Go to Manehatten and get ready, my servant."

With a flash, Princeton was gone, leaving Yetson alone in the guest room.

“Soon, my beloved servant," Yetson brought the orb to his hand, "You too will find out… so will they.”

* * * *

At the celebration, everyone was enjoying the event. John and the guys met countless high class ponies who were surprised and a bit scared when they saw the humans for the first time. Classical music was playing in the same place where the action taking place, Pinkie Pie ate the deserts in a civilized way, and the rest were just hanging around. Overall, everyone was having a good time.

"This party is so amazing," said Pinkie as she ate the last cupcake on her tray, "The food here is delicious."

"Not mention the Wonderbolts are here, and spoke with John and his friends. How epic this night is!" said Rainbow Dash.

The Mane Six looked at the humans and they were being surrounded by ponies.

"I guess everypony wanted to know them," smiled Twilight.

"How's everypony doing?" asked Princess Celestia as she went approached to them.

"Wonderful princess," Rarity responded.

"I see that your friends are being occupied."

"Eeyup. Ah guess they are pretty much popular," said Applejack.

Tia looked at the humans as they were signing autographs.

"Well, I'm here to inform you girls that they'll be getting a surprise."

"A surprise!" jumped the party pony, "What kind of surprise?"

Celestia looked around and saw no pony nearby.

"Promise not to tell?" she whispered.

Pinkie Pie did the Pinkie Promise pose as the rest followed.

"Alright, here's their surprise."

One minute later.

"Really? Are you sure?" gasped Twilight.

"Yes," nodded the princess.

The Elements then looked at the humans and smiled.

"They'll be happy alright."

Meanwhile, John and his friends just finished talking the huge pack of ponies, which it was a relieved to them.

"Man, talk about so many ponies," said Tyler.

"At least we made some new friends," said Peter.

"Some? More like a lot," chuckled Ryan.

Phil exhaled in relief.

"It's just like home," said Richard, "When we were in highschool, so much popularity all over."

The guys gave him a dirty look.

"What?"

John raised his eyebrow.

"Oh. Sorry."

"Hey guys," waved Spike from the distance.

The humans turned and saw the little dragon coming towards them.

"Hey there Spike," said Aaron, "Whatcha got there?"

Spike looked down to his claws and he was holding a box.

"This? It's doughnuts from Doughnut Joe. He wanted me to give you guys some for saving Canterlot."

The purple dragon opened the box and it showed many different flavors of doughnuts. All of them with frosting, sprinkles, and chocolate chips. Their eyes began to glow as they looked at the delicious objects. Like if they were looking at a naked girl.

"Guys?"

"You know how long has it been since we ate doughnuts?" Ryan made a childish face.

John grabbed one instantly and started to eat it.

"Mmm... yummy," John said with his mouth full.

Later, the music began to die out as Princess Celestia came up to the stage where the music was playing.

"Mares and gentlecolts," spoke Princess Celestia. "May I have your attention please?"

Everypony including the humans turned to the princess.

"We are here to celebrate the heroic actions of my beloved assistance Twilight Sparkle and her friends for stopping another invasion of the Changelings."

Ponies began to applaud.

"And gave a round of applause for John and his friends from Earth."

Ponies cheered wildly as the humans waved.

"Now, a token of gratitude, I present to you, the ponies who sold millions of records and making them one of the best bands of all time: Seven Whooves of Down Street."

Suddenly, Rainbow Dash screamed very loud as some ponies looked at the rainbow pegasus while clapping.

"She seemed excited," said Richard.

"I know right?" Pinkie Pie suddenly appeared behind the group.

"How did you..." said Peter before being interrupted by the pink pony.

"She always liked them for their music, and so do I. Like their songs are mostly about being yourself and partying and stuff. Rainbow Dash is a huge fan than most ponies that I know of. She has posters, records, shirts, and even a pillow of them. Also she-" Pinkie's mouth was then covered by Spike's claws.

"I think they get the idea," said Spike.

After that commotion, one of the servants who was working for the celebration, rushed to the princess and stopped right in front of her, catching her breath.

"Princess Celestia...I have bad news," the servant huffed heavily, "Seven Whooves of Down Street have the flu. I'm afraid they can't come."

Ponies gasped in despair, followed by a no from Rainbow Dash.

"I don't understand. I spoke to them earlier and they seemed fine," said Celestia, confusedly.

"I'm sorry Princess Celestia," The servant bowed her head, "I guess it was all of the sudden."

"No need to. It's not your fault."

The humans walked towards the Elements and they were surrounding Rainbow Dash.

"It's not fair!" the rainbow pony cried, "I wanted to see them so bad."

"I know you feeling darling, but they don't want us to catch the flu," said Rarity.

The whining pony lowered her head.

"It's not fair," she whispered.

Fluttershy hugged her as Ryan looked at the stage.

"Man, I know you feel," mumbled Ryan.

John and the rest of the humans looked at Ryan. His lower part of his face was shaking a little as the facial expression turned a bit emotional. John sighed and realized that the same thing happened to them, but it made Ryan totally crazy for about an hour until he calmed down and moved on. Since then, he never listened to Nickelback.

Just when things were about to get any further, Ryan suddenly smiled and dashed towards Princess Celestia. The humans saw him went, having no clue what he was doing. The rainbow colored human tapped Princess Celestia on her side and began to whispered on her ear.

"What's Ryan telling her?" wondered Aaron.

Then, the princess nodded and flew away. The guys looked at the princess with confusion in their minds. Ryan went towards the guys with a bigger smile on his face.

"You guys are not going to believe what I just told Princess Celestia," said the smiling human.

"What?" wondered the humans.

"We are going to play."

The confusion humans gave Ryan the dead look.

"What?"

"You know how long it’s been, since we've played?" asked Richard.

"The last we played was at Graduation and that was..." Ryan paused and realized how long ago they played.

"That was more than a few months ago."

"But come on. We still got it."

"I don't know Ryan," worried Phil, "You know how I'm shy when performing in public."

"But you're a terrific musician after you snap out of it."

There was a complete silence between the group. Ryan made a step closer to them and made a smile on his face. The humans still had their dead facial expression and it wasn't going anywhere. Slowly, the smile on his face began to fade away. The humans exchanged looks and smiled.

"We didn't say no," said John.

Ryan looked up and sure enough, the humans were laughing.

"You always fell for that trick. Just like old times," laughed Aaron.

"You guys are assholes," Ryan grouched as he made an exasperated expression.

"Aww, is Ryan angry?" smiled Phil.

So, the humans got on stage while the ponies, who were chattering about the band the entire time, stopped and looked at the group of humans.

"Alright guys, lets show them what he got," said John as he grabbed the microphone.

"Right," the guys cheered.

Then, Twilight and the others saw the humans set themselves in each of the instrument they were good at. Peter lightly hit the toms of the drums, Ryan and Aaron tuned the electric guitars, Phil grabbed the cello, Richard examined the bass, and Tyler press his fingers softly on the piano. Rainbow Dash then stopped crying and stared at the group.

"Are they doing what I'm think they're doing?" asked the rainbow pony.

"I believe so," Twilight sighed with a smile on her face.

"Good evening everypony," John spoke on the microphone, "I know you were expecting Seven Whooves of Down Street, but since they're not here to perform, we might as well perform for you ponies."

A few ponies began to applaud.

"So, without further ado, we'll start by asking you one question; are you ready to be amazed by Seven Minds?"

Ponies began to cheer.

"Phil! Intro!"

Phil nodded and began to play for about a few seconds. After he was done, Ryan began to play the last three strings of the guitar in a rhythmic pattern. Then, Phil came in for a short time before the drums faded in.

Life is a waterfall,
We're one in the river,
And one again after the fall.

Swimming through the void
We hear the word,
We lose ourselves,
But we find it all?

We are the ones that wanna play
always wanna go, but you never want to stay.

We are the ones that wanna choose,
always wanna play, but you never want to lose.

Aerials, in the sky,
when you lose small mind,
you free your life...

While the humans were performing, Zerj approached to Princess Celestia, who was standing by the dessert table.

"They sure do know how to play," said Zerj.

"Indeed Zerj," smile Princess Celestia, "John has a wonderful voice."

"Yes he does."

Zerj placed himself by Celestia's side as the humans finished their first song.

"Are you going to tell them?" the unicorn asked.

"Of course. They'll be happy-"

"Not that. The other one."

Tia looked at her old friend as she raised her eyebrow.

"What do you mean?"

Zerj gave her a blank stare.

"Oh...that one," The princess then shrugged.

"Don't worry, I'll help you explain it to them. I'm sure they'll understand."

Princess Celestia looked away with a worried look on her face. She knew she would have to tell them, especially John. He was the one who encounter it in the first place besides the Elements of Harmony.

"I guess...it's worth it."

Zerj nodded in agreement and looked away.

"Now if you excuse me, I'm going to get some dessert before Pinkie Pie eats it all," said Zerj.

Later, the humans finished their third and final song as the crowd went wild. They whistled, clapped, and even shouted their names. Even the high class ponies were enthusiastically cheering. Everypony was amazed by their performance.

Especially Rainbow Dash.

"Ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh!" exclaimed the rainbow pony, "You guys nailed your performance!"

"Thanks, Dash," said John as the humans got off the stage, "Though, we could've done better."

"I'm mean, the guitar solos, that blew my mind."

"Well, I'm glad that you enjoyed it," said Ryan, "After all, I made the guys do this for you."

"Thanks Ryan I- wait," Rainbow Dash paused for a moment, "You did this... for me?"

"Yeah. I never let a friend be blue."

The guys looked at Ryan as the pegasus’s eyes began to get watery. She then dashed towards him and hugged him. The humans were surprised how Ryan, their friend, hadn't told them about his actual reason about the performance. Then again, they wouldn't dare to break the little moment. So they just let it slide and watched them hugged each other.

Soon the celebration was about to be over. Everypony was getting ready to leave the ballroom to head to their homes for the night. Though they wanted John and the guys to perform more, but the humans were getting a bit tired and so was they. Everypony was becoming a sleepy head.

Before they left, Princess Celestia came up to the stage with a smile on her face.

"If I may get everypony's attention," Tia spoke, "I want to thank you for coming to the celebration of John's and his friends heroic actions."

Ponies began to applaud.

"Well, before you go home, I have one last surprise for John and his friends."

The princess looked at the Elements and nodded. Then, they left the room within a few seconds while the humans watched them go. As soon they were gone, they turned their attention back to the princess.

"John."

"Yes?" John responded.

"I want to you to know that what I'm about to give you and your friends something that I believe you'll truly enjoy."

Before John could talk, the doors were opened slowly. The sound echoed the room, making Phil's spine shiver. Everyone looked at the door and saw the Elements walking in. John scanned them and saw that they were smiling. As they continued to walk, the group went to their left and saw another pony walking in. The humans looked closer and saw a pony who was black and white stripes.

"Zecora?" questioned the humans.

"Ahh. The humans seems to have questions in their minds," said the zebra, "But the answer is in front of their eyes."

Zeora step aside as two figures came in from the darkness of the other room. At first, the humans were not sure what they were looking at, but as the figures came in to the light, it was totally clear.

"Jessica... Walden..." John stuttered.

"John!" the two humans said in a unison.

The three of them ran towards each other and hugged.

"I thought you guys were dead," John cried.

"We thought the same thing for you," said Walden, "Well, I thought, but not her."

John looked at the girl. Her face was buried in his shoulder, and he could feel her tears. Walden let go of them as the guys came towards them. From the look of their faces, they were pretty shocked, but relieved.

"Jessica," said John.

"I...missed you... so much," she hugged him really tight.

"It's okay. I'm here," He wrapped his arms around her upper body.

John was so happy that his brother and Jessica were alive. His mind was full of joy and happiness. Despite of any tragic things that happened, this moment made any thoughts of sadness vanish.

Thank you Celestia, John thought happily.

Author's Note

Alright, I'm back where I stopped before the modifications. Shit is about to get real...kind of.

Edit by Narelpoax III

If you guys wondered what's the second song, it's this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUwEIt9ez7M