What Is This Place?

A/N: 4.6stars with 50 ratings. Guys, I love you all. Sorry this chapter was delayed a bit. Please read this to know why. And although you don't have to, it'd be highly appreciated for you to read and comment on this other post. I'm sorry if this one is a bit worse than previous chapters, but, hell, it's 3k words long. Give me a break.

Oh, and, Happy Christmas everypony!

Chapter 6: Party Time (Peter)

“You do know I can make more pancakes right?” I said as I helped Matt's pony self up. Twilight had used the same spell on him that she had used on me before, thus turning him into a pony as well. He had turned into a light brown pegasus with wine red eyes and red mane, and his cutie mark was a shield with a thunder bolt behind it.

Speaking of, that son of a grapefruit didn’t tell you about my cutie mark. Well, it’s a screw driver and a hammer aligned so they look like they’re forming an X with some duct tape in front of them.

By the way, why are all of our bad words replaced by a fruit?

Matthew was a little bit more hurt than me, since he clearly had some problems while standing up. “Don’t worry guys. I was just having a… solid conversation with the wall. Haha, get it?” I just rolled my eyes due to the stupid pun.

Twilight was as confused as she was the time after she used the spell on me. “Wha...what happened?”

“Oh, well you know, we’re just getting us to your attacking, then getting yourself confused and then you saying you’re sorry”

“I know, I'm really so sorry this time!”

“So you weren't sorry when you casted the spell on me, threw me against the wall and let one of your bookshelves fall on top of me?”

“Well, yes! But… Ugh, you know what I mean.” Logic: beating your favorite egghead since 2011.

“Ok then, I’ll be going over to help Rainbow Dash” I headed over to where Rainbow Dash was sound asleep and I left Twilight with Matt. I took her to the couch and just stood by waiting for her to wake up.

It took about 10 minutes for me to notice that she started to wake up, and she has the same technique as me when it comes to sleeping: if I don't wake up by myself, no one will wake me up.

I started poking her “Wakey wakey, sleepy head.”

"No!" She kicked me in the face. "Five more minutes!"

The buck itself didn’t hurt too much, but it was hard enough to power up my troll instincts. “But we don't have five minutes! Cloudsdale is burning up!”

The speed in which she got up was amazing. “WHAT!?”

“Now, now, calm yourself. It was a fake, just to get you up,” I smiled and patted her head a little.

“Why, you little...” She looked like she was about to try and strangle me, but she froze when she remembered something. “THAT THING. THE ONE THAT HIT ME, WHERE IS IT!?”

“Oh, that guy? He said he was going to steal all the things in your house.”

“And you let it go do that?!” She was downright pissed now.

“Hey, Iget paid to watch, not interact.”

Her mad face quickly became a confused one. “Wait, what?”

“Nothing.”

She facehoofed. “You're as weird as Pinkie Pie.”

Suddenly, a pink pony appears out of nowhere. “Did someone call my name!?” Everyone except me in the room appeared to be surprised.

“Sure did Pinks! Rainbow said I'm weird as you are”

After her initial shock, Rainbow spoke. “Pinkie, how long have you been there?!”

“Well, she’s been there ever since you woke up, right Pinks?”

“Yes I have! Wow, you’re so fun and beside that you’re new in town I remember when Twilight came to Ponyville for the first time and I was like ‘GASP’ and then I made her a super awesome welcome to Ponyville party! And since I don’t know you or your friend that is obviously trying to think of something to speak of with Twilight because he obviously likes her and the pairing will become canon later,” she pointed a hoof to Matthew, who was now wearing an insanely huge and red blush on his face. “I should make you both a Welcome to Ponyville party!” Out of nowhere, confetti exploded into the air as she raised her front hooves to show how excited she was.

“Yes, that would be awesome! Can we go Twilight? Can we, can we?”

Twilight, who was madly blushing as well, finally came to her senses and said “Ehh… Sure, why not?”

Pinkie Pie squealed “Great! I’ll see you in Sugarcube Corner tonight! Don’t be late!”

“Awesome! See you tonight!” As soon as I finished, she hopped to the door and left the library.

Rainbow Dash spoke first. “You two are so weird”

“You’re invited too Dashie.”

“Don’t call me that. Only my friends call me that.” She made sure to empathize the ‘friends’ in that sentence. “I always go to Pinkie Pie’s party. I’m going to have fun, not for you.”

“Fine by me. As long as you actually go.”

“Yeah, whatever.” She instantly bolted outside of the library, leaving through the window.

“Not so much luck, eh Romeo?” I turned to see Matt making fun of my failed attempts.

“Well, at least I tried. You’re not doing a good work talking with Miss I-throw-random-magic-spells-at-you-and-knock-you-into-bookshelves.”

Matt blushed once again. I’m never going to let him live this down. “I-I don’t know what you’re talking about…” Twilight giggled at this, which in turn only made Matt’s cheeks burn harder. “…ANYWAYS. We need normal pony names right okay?” He said, obviously trying to change the subject, which sadly happened.

Twilight spoke up as well. “And we also need to create a back story for both of you. We need to be prepared for anything. I don’t want you going out there and blowing your cover. Firstly, though, we need to think of your names. Anything in mind, Peter?”

I only gave her a confused look. “Peter? I don’t know who that is. My name is Skamper Gunallen.” I proceeded to shake her hoof. “Is that alright?”

Twilight nodded. “Original. Never heard of, but it’s not weird none the less. What about you, Matt?”

Matt just thought for about 6 seconds, and then shrugged. “Eh, I got nothing. Sorry, I’m not very good with names.”

“Ah, don’t worry Matt,” said Twilight as she gave her a reassuring pat on the shoulder. “we’ll think of something, just be patie-“

I just cut her off. “Your name is now Cloudswitcher. Take it or leave it so we can proceed to make our back story.”

Matt and Twilight nodded in agreement, though they seemed to be amazed by my amazing thinking skills. “Okay then, let’s create the story of our lives!” exclaimed Cloudswitcher.

And then Alvin was too lazy to keep writing because the back stories will be revealed later in the story anyways, so he decided to skip this entire scene since he wanted to sleep. Also, he did it for teh lulz.

(Rainbow Dash)

“So, lemme see if I got’cha here. First, a weird alien thing woke ya up from yer sleep, and then you talked for a while, then he ran up to Twi’s library, where he ‘hid’ himself, forcing ya to break in, so he hit ya with a statue on the head, and then you woke up only to find a white unicorn that told ya that the weird thing was stealing stuff from yer house, and lastly Pinkie Pie invited you to the party?”

I have to admit, that didn’t make too much sense, but that’s what really happened! “Uh… Yes?”

“Sugarcube, maybe he hit ya a tiny bit too hard, don’t’cha think?” Applejack snorted. She obviously didn’t believe me.

“But that’s what happened! I swear! Fluttershy, you believe me, don’t you?”

“Um, I’m sorry Rainbow, but that’s sort of hard to believe.” Fluttershy tried to hide behind her mane. How come my childhood friend doesn’t believe me!?

“But- ugh, never mind. Let’s just go to the party okay?” Applejack and Fluttershy only nodded, and we continued our way to Sugarcube Corner.

“So, um, who are these new ponies, if you don’t mind me asking?”

“I don’t remember well. They’re both colts, one of them is a red pegasus, and the other one is the white unicorn I was talking to you about. Actually, he seemed really eager about the party, and practically begged me to come along.” And that was the truth, too!

“Aww, someone’s sweet on lil’ Rainbow here!” I immediately regretted saying something as Applejack started making fun of me. “Don’t fret none, Rainbow, we sure won’t tell him anything until he asks ya out first, right Fluttershy?” Fluttershy didn’t say anything, probably because she didn’t want to take sides, but what do I know?

Wait, what?

“Wait, what?” I facehoofed. “Applejack, he WON’T ask me out, and even if he does, I WILL say no. He’s weird and creepy. I don’t want anything to do with him. I’ll probably just ignore him all day.”

“Yer call Rainbow. We’ll find out very soon anyways,” said Applejack. Or more like giggled…

Still in my trance, I just nodded. Before we even realized, we had already arrived to Sugarcube Corner. I looked at a clock hanging just the other side of the street. 7:35. The party had probably already started and was at full swing, and neither of us waited for the other to get in.

Pinkie really outdid herself this time. This party was even bigger than Twilight’s! Well, then again, there were 2 newcomers, so that was to be expected. I just shrugged it off and walked into the room to filled with ponies to (hopefully) find any friend of mine. Applejack and Fluttershy were talking in one of the corners of the room. Pinkie Pie was (obviously) partying hard at the center of the room with several ponies. Twilight was talking with Rarity, probably discussing something relating to fashion or books. Apparently all my friends were busy right now, so I had to find someone else to talk to for a while. I figured I could find one of those new stallions and introduce myself... Scratch that, find the new pegasus stallion, the unicorn gives me the creeps. He wasn’t hard to find. He was drinking some punch beside the treat table like any good socially retarded guy would. He better not be as weird as the other guy…

“Hey, new guy!” I called. He turned his head to me and waved, wearing a smile on his face. Maybe he has heard of me and he’s a fan? I walked up to him and introduced myself. “Hi! My name is Rai-“

He cut me off before I could finish. “Rainbow Dash, winner of last year’s Best Young Flier Competition and aspiring member of the Wonderbolts, not to mention the creator of the legendary Sonic Rainboom, that has only been pulled of twice in the history of Equestria, both times by you?”

“Hah, already heard of me, have you? Yep, that’s me! You forgot the fastest and most awesome flier in all of Equestria, though.” I extended my hoof towards him for a friendly hoofshake.

“Haha, sorry ‘bout that.” He extended his to shake mine. He was kind of strong, but not too much. Average, I think. “Anyways, I’m Cloudswitcher, and it’s a great honor to finally meet you.”

“Well, I didn’t know I had any fans except for the squirt.” Seriously, I didn’t. “You seem like a cool person.”

“Well, coming from you, I’ll take that as a compliment.” He grinned. He was cool. “By the way, I think my friend is looking for you. You met him this morning. He’s a white unicorn, do you remember him?”

He was. “Ugh, that white unicorn freak? What does he want me for?”

“I think it’s obvious, isn’t it?” He facehoofed, but quickly regained his posture. “Look, I know that Pe- I mean, Skamper can be a nuisance sometimes, but he’s a cool guy. You just have to get used to him”

“Skamper? Who’s that?”

“The unicorn freak, Rainbow.”

I don’t know HOW it happened, or, more importantly, WHEN it happened, but the freak appeared out of nowhere from behind my back. “Did somepony mention my name?”

Cloudswitcher was startled by that freak appearing out of nowhere, but obviously, me being the awesome pony I am, kept my cool.

(Quick notice from Skamper: Horse apples. Don’t listen to her. She was even more scared than Cloudie here.)

“JESUS CHRIST SKAMPER.” Wait, Jewho? “DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN.”

“Sorry Cloudie, you’re just too gullible.” He snickered, and he turned to me. Ugh, great. “Anyways, hello Dash.”

I really didn’t want to talk to this creep. It would be bad for my reputation. “What do you want Skamper.”

“You already know my name? Cloudie! Why didn’t you let me introduce myself properly?!”

Cloudswitcher looked skeptical, and raised an eyebrow. “Dude, since when do you care?”

“Since when do I care? Since were talking about the most awesome pony in all of Equestria!” In other cases, I would’ve felt flattered, but coming from this freak it was just weird.

He groaned. “Whatever.” Cloudswitcher immediately looked over to where Twilight was, and seemed really happy when he saw her alone. It was obvious he was hiding something. “Well guys, I’ll see you later. It was a pleasure to meet you, Dashie.”

“Sure, Clouds. See ya around!” For the first time, I didn’t mind someone calling me Dashie even though I only met them. This guy was cool, and he was most certainly not-

“Hey Rainbow Dash.”

…Most certainly not this guy here.

“What do you want, creep.”

“We should go on a date.”

…What? Was this guy out of his mind? There was no bucking way in Equestria I was going to go on a date with him! “No.”

“Why not?” Was he really this stupid and oblivious?

“Because you’re a creep, and you made me mad when you woke me up. So no, I’m not going on a date with you. Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever. Got it?” I didn’t even wait for an answer and walked up to talk to Pinkie Pie, who had finally calmed down.

After about 2 hours, the party finally ended, and I have to say, it was really fun! Now I mean it, Pinkie REALLY outdid herself on this one. But the best part was that I could finally go home and get some sleep.

The air was a little chilly today, but that didn’t matter. I always loved flying on a cold night, and today was no exception. It just feels so good; I don’t think words can rightly describe it. But the best part was that I was finally going to get that creep out of my tai-

“Hey Rainbow Dash!”

Seriously!? Him again!? Why does this keep happening to me!? I won’t lie, this time he startled me a bit. I looked down, but he wasn’t there. Where was he, then?

“Hey, Rainbow Dash!”

That didn’t come from below. It came from above. I looked up, and he was right there, standing on a cloud waving at me with that stupid smile. I flew up to his level. He was making me mad, but I wasn’t going to lose my cool. “What do you want creep. And most importantly, how in the world did you get up here?”

“Screw physics! We’re on Equestria! If Pinkie can do it, so can I!” What was he talking about? “But, look, that isn’t the point. I wanted to say that I’m sorry about what I told you this morning. I know it was wrong, and I’m just sorry.”

“Uh… It’s okay? I still have to find that thing anyways, and then I’ll kick his flank. Look, really, it’s okay. Just, don’t do it again, okay? And stop being such a creep while you’re at it.”

“Yeah, sure! And, I wanted to ask you something else.”

I knew what he wanted. I folded my arms and said, “No, I’m not going on a date with you.”

“Look, Rainbow Dash, I’m sorry, okay? I just want this one last chance, and if it doesn’t work, I won’t bother you again, deal?”

I wasn’t going to fall for his tricks. My answer was no, and it was going to remain like tha-

“Pleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaseeeeeeeeee?” He looked at me with his big eyes, practically staring into my soul. He was trying to pull a cute face, but he was just so creepy.

Ugh, I’m going to regret this later. “Fine. But one chance, and one chance only, we’re clear?”

His face lit up “REALLY!?” He started jumping happily on the cloud. “YEAH, SHE SAID YES SHE SAID YES SHE SAID YES SHE SA-“ The funny part came when he missed a step and jumped off the cloud accidentally. I could hear his scream turning fainter and fainter, until I heard a low “boom” on the floor. That stupid creeper just outdid himself. “Don’t worry, I’m okay! I’ll go pick you up tomorrow!” His voice was low, and he was clearly on pain.

“Yeah, whatever. Night, Skamps.” Finally, with that creeper out of the way, I finally left to my house.

The only problem is that I actually accepted to go on a date with this guy tomorrow. I really don’t want tomorrow to come. The last thing I want to do is spend some time with that creep. Well, whatever.

Tomorrow was going to be a very weird day.