My Little Pony From One World To Another And Back! by NickClash BCommander

2 days later, The Elements Of Harmony, the group of 8 humans, along with the 4 newcomers and the large group of Changelings, who formerly served Queen Chrysalis, had finally returned back to Ponyville, with the exception of the reformed Changelings, who had to go to Canterlot so that the princesses and the Royal Court could decide what to do with them. Despite the fact that these Changelings had given up their wicked ways, they still had to stand trial for any and all crimes they may have committed while serving Chrysalis and the Changeling Hive. Plus, there was also the matter of keeping Equestria from going into a panic when everypony so much as heard about the Changelings that were now staying in Equestria!

One thing was for sure and that was between the Changelings and the fact that they would now have to take into account that there were 12 humans in Equestria, instead of just 8, the princesses would be busy for awhile trying to get all this sorted out. Not to mention, like they had learned before thanks to curious and sneaky ponies like NewsFlash, it was only a matter of time before word got out about the Changelings, the arrival of 4 more humans, how their 8 human friends were kidnapped by Changelings, Chrysalis's plan to use them to conquer Equestria and what the humans did to the Changelings, Chrysalis and The Changeling Hive!

The princesses were quite shocked that the humans not only escaped, but managed to turn the tables on their Changeling captors, then devise and successfully carry out a clever plan to defeat Chrysalis and The Changelings, one of Equestria's biggest threats! They were just as equally surprised that John (albeit with some help from Twilight Sparkle and Ned's II Device) had managed to almost single-handedly fight and take down the wicked queen of the Changelings herself!

Because of this, the princesses and all those closest to them that they had already informed about these recent, shocking and unexpected developments were beginning to see why Chrysalis and the Changelings kidnapped their human friends in the first place! It also became clear that where the humans lacked magic, wings and natural defensive traits like sharp claws, fangs and horns, their race more than made up for with in ingenuity, immunity to magic and whatever weapons Chrysalis was forcing them to make for her and the Changeling Hive!

Despite the sensitivity of how other ponies would surely react to all this, the truth still had to come out sooner or later, but this time, the princesses and the Equestrian Government would immediately be quick to get the word out so that unlike last time, no curious and sneaky newsponies and the companies they work for don't make false accusations and spread any negative propaganda and rumors that could trouble, them, the Elements, the Changelings or the humans. And they knew just the pony who was going to help them do this!

"Guards! Bring him in!" Princess Celestia ordered as she and her sister were sitting on two identical thrones in the Canterlot Castle's royal Throne Room, watching some of the Royal guards escort a familiar newspony into the Throne Room.

Said newspony was soon revealed to be NewsFlash, who now looked angry, confused and worried at the same time. "What is the meaning of this!?" NewsFlash complained. "I was just in the middle of an expensive one-week vacation at Los Pegasus and then these rude guards show up, take me into custody and drag me all the way here against my will!"

"Silence! You're in the presence of the princesses and you will show some respect to them while you're here!" one guard commanded.

"Wait! The princesses!?" NewsFlash spoke in shock as he then noticed the two sisters of the Sun and The Moon sitting down on their thrones right before him.

Without saying anything, NewsFlash then got down and bowed to them to show his respect, not wanting to get on their bad side. Unfortunately for him, he already was!

"Your majesties, it is quite an honor to be in your glorious presence! What can I do for you today?" NewsFlash asked, wondering why they had made him come all the way to from Los Pegasus to them. "Did you read all about that story about the humans that I reported to my boss, who had it published and printed to all of Equestria and beyond? That's some pretty crazy stuff, huh?"

"Yes we did, NewsFlash, and that's what we want to discuss with you right now," Celestia replied.

"And what's that?" NewsFlash asked. "Are you gonna congratulate me for-"

"THOU IS NOT HERE TO BE CONGRATULATED!" Luna shouted in her Royal Canterlot voice. "THOU IS HERE BECAUSE OF THOU'S RECENT ACTIONS!"

NewsFlash didn't like how Princess Luna just spoke to him and this made him feel a bit nervous. "Are-are those actions forcing my boss to pay that outrageous amount of Bits for all my notes and pictures of the humans and everything else I learned that I reported to him? If it is, then I can assure you that for huge news like that, it was a pretty reasonable and fair transaction."

"THOU'S BITS THEY GOT AREN'T IMPORTANT!" Luna told him.

"Then, why exactly am I here?" NewsFlash asked.

"Like my sister said, you're here because of your recent actions," Celestia answered. "Or more specifically, how you went about reporting the humans and inadvertently causing many ponies across Equestria to panic partly due to your carelessness and false claims about the humans!"

"But those humans are the biggest thing to happen in Equestria in years! I had to let everypony know about them!" NewsFlash tried in vain to defend himself. "Sure some of my reports about the humans might've been overexaggerated like them wanting to invade Equestria! Even so, they're still aliens and a brand new species that we haven't even heard of before until just recently. That much is true."

"That doesn't matter. What you did was still wrong!" Celestia replied. "You were sneaky and spied on the humans the Elements, which was not only rude and inconsiderate, but also a huge violation of their privacy! You could've at least made your presence known to them and just asked them questions instead, rather than stalk them like the Timber Wolves do to their prey in the EverFree Forest! But no! You did what you did without their knowledge or their consent and as a result, not only did the humans have to deal with a bunch of other newsponies, Gold Nugget, the EBI and the EOOPS, but the Changelings also learned of their existence, kidnapped them and forced them to help them with their own cruel ambitions that could've put in Equestria in peril before they and the Elements managed to escape from the Changeling Hive just two days ago!"

NewsFlash didn't know what to say! He had no idea what the humans had been through ever since he left Ponyville and reported his findings to his boss. At the time, NewsFlash may have been desperate to find a juicy story that could save his job and his living expenses, but if he had known that he would only cause more harm than good, than he would've been much more careful and get answers directly from the humans and the Elements themselves instead of sneaking eavesdropping on them.

NewsFlash now began to feel bad about what he had done. He let his desperation, selfishness, pride and carelessness cloud his judgement and cause all sorts of problems for the humans, the Elements, the princesses and everypony else in the process. "I was a desperate stallion, who needed those bits real bad! I didn't mean for any of that to happen!" NewsFlash admitted.

"Well, it did and there's nothing nopony can do about it," Celestia said. "Fortunately, we've calmed everpony in Equestria down and reassured them that the humans mean them no harm and have no intention of invading Equestria. As for the humans themselves, they are now currently back in Ponyville, recuperating from everything the Changelings put them through while they were their prisoners."

"Well, that's good to hear," NewsFlash spoke.

"But there's still the matter of your punishment, NewsFlash," Celestia reminded him.

From the moment NewsFlash had heard what had happened because of him, he knew it was inevitable that he would be punished and now it was that time. "So what is my punishment? Am I going to jail? Am I going to spend the next 30 years or so imprisoned in the Royal Dungeons?" NewsFlash asked.

Celestia and Luna shook their heads. "No. Actually we've got something else in mind," Celestia replied. "NewsFlash, for your actions, you are hereby sentenced to..."

NewsFlash began to brace himself for whatever harsh sentence that he was about to be given. "...Live in Ponyville and make friends with the humans!" Celestia finished.

"What!?" NewsFlash demanded in shock and disbelief, not understanding why the princesses were giving him such a strange and lenient sentence.

"Did thou not hear what Tia has just told thee?" Luna told NewsFlash.

"I did. It's just you're just gonna let me off the hook just like that?" NewsFlash asked. "You're not gonna punish me or send me to jail or anything like that?"

"I wouldn't say that, NewFlash. You are still being punished, but since me and my younger sister have our hooves full with important royal business and we're in a good mood due to Queen Chrysalis and The Changelings, which has been one of Equestria's biggest threats for many years, having just been defeated, this time for good, and the return of the humans and the Elements Of Harmony, so we're gonna go easy on you this time!" Celestia informed NewsFlash. "But be warned that if you decide to report anything else about the humans again without at least their and the Elements Of Harmony's knowledge and permission, and ours, too, if necessary, then you will be arrested and spend the next 25 years in a prison here in Canterlot, understand?"

NewsFlash nodded and didn't say anything. "Good. Now, as I just told you a moment ago, you are to move to Ponyville and become friends with the humans," Celestia said. "Also, I want you to make amends with the humans to make up for everything that all those other newsponies, Gold Nugget, the EBI, EOOPS and The Changelings put them through as a result of your careless and inconsiderate actions."

"I will. I promise!" NewsFlash promised.

"Very well, then. Now that we're on the same page, you are free to go," Celestia spoke. "You may go home and begin packing up all your stuff immediately. Just don't take any longer than a couple days to move to Ponyville, okay?"

NewsFlash nodded and quickly left the Royal Throne Room as some of the Royal Guards closed the doors behind him. With NewsFlash gone, Celestia and Luna turned to each other and were now focused on dealing with the next matter at hoof: How they were gonna let Equestria know that there was now 12 humans residing in Ponyville, instead of just 8!

After a few minutes, Celestia turned to the Royal Guards in the Throne Room and gave them an order. "Guards, I need you to go around Equestria and pass around a message from me and my sister! Here's what I want you to tell everypony..."

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Meanwhile, back in Ponyville, the Elements Of Harmony, John, Gary, Michael, Ned, Alice, Claire, Tony and Eddie, along with the 4 newcomers, had all finally returned! They had just gotten back the day before and they had been exhausted from the long journey through the BadLands Desert, back across the border into Equestria and back to Ponyville! Not to mention, they had all been starving and thirsty as well, so it came as a huge relief to all of them when Applejack's family prepared another huge feast for all of them again similar to the one that the Elements, John, Gary, Michael, Ned, Alice, Claire, Tony and Eddie had been treated to just the other day, not that long before the 8 humans had been kidnapped by the Changelings and taken back to The Changeling hive against their will!

Yesterday, after they had all satisfied their hunger and thirsts, they had all wanted to go straight to bed, but they were all filthy from the desert, and the evil and cruelty of the Changelings and Queen Chrysalis! Everyone and everypony needed to take a bath or a shower, especially the humans, who hadn't done so for a few days now!

In addition, the party of 12 humans' clothes also needed to be washed and cleaned as they had also been wearing the same clothes that they had been wearing ever since they had arrived in Equestria and Rarity had been quick to point this out when they got back. "Darlings, this will not do! while you're all getting cleaned up yourselves, a nice change of clothes wouldn't hurt either!"

It hadn't been long after Rarity had said that that both she and the other Elements had all finally noticed all the dry Changeling blood that covered Tony's clothes and some of his hands, arms and face that had gotten on him when he killed Pound and all those other Changelings back at The Hive! This, of course, made her and the rest of the Mane 6 scream in horror and disgust until Ned calmed them down and told the 6 ponies that he and the others were just as shocked and appalled by Tony's brutal killings of the Changelings as they were and that they would talk to Tony about it later.

After awhile and being reassured by Michael that he would keep Tony under control if he stepped out of line, the 6 mares finally completely regained their composures, with the exception of Fluttershy (who was still shaking a bit from the fact that one of the Elements' human friends had committed murder and had took the lives of all those Changelings without any hesitation). The others all knew that even Tony didn't wanna get into a fight with Michael and both he and them all knew it! Tony was well-aware of Michael's tough reputation and knew that between the two of them, Michael was more athletic, faster and stronger than him.

Rarity had been the first to go wash up, which she quickly did at her house. When she got back to her friends and the 12 humans, she was surprised when she saw that none of the humans had yet to take a bath or shower. Ned was quick to remind her that he and the others had no other clothes to wear than the dirty ones that they were all currently wearing and that being humans, they had no fur to cover their entire bodies and private areas with. They may have been filthy and were beginning to stink, but there was no way that they were just gonna go get cleaned up, only to have to change right back into their smelly, dirty clothes afterwards and going around nude was certainly out of the question, even if there weren't any laws in Equestria that prohibited it or that no one back home would ever know that they had done so! Afterall, regardless of the circumstance, public nudity was just so strange and gross, as well as downright embarrassing!

Rarity said that she could help them all out and that they should all go ahead and wash up anyway. Twilight told the 12 humans that she had a bunch of white towels in her home that they could use to dry themselves off with and cover their bodies with after they got out from their baths and/or showers. Rarity then revealed to the group of 12 humans that she ran the Carousel Boutique in Ponyville and she made and designed clothes for ponies and could surely do the same for them.

But first, Rarity needed to take some measurements of each of the 12 humans to know how exactly big, small and tight she should make the new clothes for the humans before she went back to her place and got started, so she quickly pulled out a measuring tape and asked the humans to stand still while she took measurements from them. After she was finished, Rarity put her measuring tape away and said, "Alright. I'm all set! You all go ahead and get yourselves cleaned up. I get started on your new clothes and I'll be over with them as fast as I can! See you soon!"

With that, Rarity headed back to her place and began to work on all the humans' new clothes while Twilight led the humans into her house and they all took turns using the bathroom, starting with Eddie and Zach, who were the youngest out of all of them. Once they were inside the bathroom, they both quickly got out of their filthy clothes, happy that were finally out of them for the first time since they came to Equestria! While Eddie and Zach were kids, they knew how to use a bathtub and a shower all on their own, but being kids, they both preferred to take baths and play with all the bubbles.

Once they were clean, Eddie and Zach each grabbed a white towel and covered themselves like Rarity had instructed them to. With his brother clean, Gary went next, followed by John after. Then, came Roxanne and Claire and Alice. Then, Stan and Ned. After that was Jeff and Michael. Finally, Tony went last, which he initially refused at first as he loved his black shirt with a skull and crossbones on it and his black boots and wasn't planning to get rid of them, even though they were dirty, smelly and were covered in dry Changeling blood. However, after Twilight told him that his and the others' clothes would all be washed and cleaned, Tony finally agreed, but only on the condition that his black clothes be returned to him as soon as they're clean and dry.

After awhile, everyone and everypony was clean and good to go. The 12 humans had all been wearing the white towels that Twilight had provided for them and had been waiting patiently for Rarity to arrive with their new clothes.

Soon enough, Rarity did arrive with the 12 sets of clothes that she had promised. Rarity used her magic to give a pair of clothes to each of them as they began to study their new threads.

But their new threads were really just pajamas with slippers, instead of regular clothes. John, Gary, Michael, Ned, Tony, Eddie, Stan, Jeff and Zach were all given blue pajamas with little, red dragons on them, while Alice, Claire and Roxanne all got pink pajamas with cute bunnies, puppies and kittens on them. "So here you all go! Blue pajamas with red dragons on them for the boys and pink pajamas with bunnies, puppies and kittens for the girls!"

"These are pretty comfy!" John said once he got into his pajamas.

"Are you kidding? These are awesome!" Eddie shouted with excitement. "I always wanted dragon pajamas!"

"I may not be a cat person, but I do love rabbits and dogs a lot, especially rabbits!" Roxanne admitted.

"These may not have anything to do with sports, but they'll do," Michael said. "I think they're cool."

"Well, not me! These pajamas aren't black and there's no bones, weapons or even any good ol' profanity on them. Yuck!" Tony complained. "But seeing as though my black clothes won't be ready to wear again for awhile, I don't really have a fucking choice!"

"Just shut up and put them on, Tony!" Michael ordered. "Rarity went through all the trouble of making these pajamas for us and you should be grateful that you'll have anything to wear at all!"

"Oh, blah! Blah! Blah!" Tony rudely shot back.

"What was that!?" Michael demanded as he and Tony were so close to getting into another fight.

Luckily, Tony knew when to stop and replied, "Nothing. I just said that I'm tired and the sooner we go to bed, the better."

"That's what I thought you said!" Michael told him.

"You should listen to your friend, Tony. You're attitude and behavior is very unacceptable and nopony needs to hear you using such foul language all the time!" Applejack spoke. "I don't want you saying any of those bad words in front of my little sister, Apple Bloom, either or I reckon that you and I are gonna have trouble!"

"Same here, Tony. The last thing I want Sweetie Belle to do is learn those disgusting words and develop your bad habit of being incredibly rude and disrespectful to others!" Rarity agreed.

"Ooh! I'm so scared!" Tony spoke sarcastically. "What are you gonna do, ground me and send me to my room? Or give me a spanking?"

"Tony, that's enough!" John told him. "We're all tired and arguing isn't gonna help us!"

"Whatever. I'm going to bed," Tony replied as he pulled out a sleeping bag and a pillow from Twilight's closet and got comfortable on the floor.

"We should start calling Tony, 'Tony The King Of Jerks'!" John said to the others.

"I heard that!" Tony yelled angrily. "None of you guys are any fun! I hate you even more than school!"

"You know what, I changed my mind. School sucks more!" Tony continued. "It's so boring and it brings me down! I'm a full-grown adult now, for crying out loud! I shouldn't even still be in school!"

"Then, why didn't you just drop out of college, Tony?" Ned asked. "Just like everyone else, you're only required by law to attend school until you graduate from High School. So if you hate school so much, then why didn't you just stop going to college instead of making a big fuss about it like you are now?"

"Because without a college degree or major, the only jobs available to me are being a stupid janitor like Jeff was, working at a fast-food joint like McDonald's and a list of other dull and lame jobs that I want nothing to do with!" Tony explained. "I'm not gonna be flipping burgers or clean up filthy and stinky public bathrooms every week of my life until I'm old enough to retire! I'm too cool and badass for that! I should be rich and famous and be starring in action movies or something else like that! Heck, I should have tons of fans coming to me and asking me for autographs! But no! Instead, I've been living a boring life with a bunch of boring and lame people and here I am now stuck in this land of smiles and rainbows! I hate long speeches and being asked annoying questions! I'm not like that! I'm a man of action! The only person here, or in this case, pony that I ever even remotely thought was alright, was Rainbow Dash, even if that was only for just a brief moment! At least she knows where I'm coming from!"

Rainbow Dash didn't say anything, but what Tony just said was true. She could relate to how he felt as she had hated school too and was also more of a pony of action herself.

"Now, goodnight!" Tony said as he didn't say another word and slowly drifted off to sleep.

John and the others wanted to wake Tony up and scold him for his behavior, but that would have to wait until later. They were still quite exhausted and they needed sleep right then and there!

So, everyone and everypony else all immediately got comfortable and hit the hay and had a nice, long rest. After that, that brings us to where we are now as all the humans were still wearing their new pajamas that Rarity had made them in the middle of the afternoon since they and The Elements had only just woken up and Twilight had just started having all their old clothes washed.

Once again, the humans and ponies were all treated to a nice, tasty meal, only this time, it was just a picnic by a small pond next to Ponyville. Nevertheless, the 6 mares all provided delicious foods that both they and all their human friends could eat and enjoy.

Just as she had promised, once their clothes were all done, Twilight returned all the humans' clothes to them, starting with Tony, who wasted no time in changing back into his old, black attire once he got some privacy from everyone and everypony else. The others did the same and also changed back into their old clothes when they were alone too.

Later that day, the 12 humans were all wearing blindfolds and were being led back to Twilight's house by their pony friends, with the exception of Pinkie Pie, who was nowhere to be seen. The group of 12 humans all asked them what was going on and why they were making them wear blindfolds, but Twilight and her friends just told them that it was a secret and that they would find out when they all got to their destination.

Soon enough, they all reached Twilight's house and stepped inside as Twilight closed the front door of her home behind them. Then, Twilight and her friends told the humans that they could take their blindfolds off now.

When the humans all did so, they all quickly noticed that they were back in Twilight's house, but for some reason it was dark inside. Before they could say or do anything, the lights in Twilight's house came on and they all heard and saw Pinkie Pie and a bunch of other ponies wearing party hats shout out to them, "SURPRISE!"

The 12 humans, of course, weren't expecting this and were quite taken aback by this. "What's going on here!?" Gary demanded.

"Why we're throwing you a party!" a random blue, mare pony replied.

"What kind of party?" Eddie asked.

"A 'The Humans Helped Us Save Equestria From The Changelings Party'!" Pinkie answered as she began to jump up and down in joy.

"You could've just told us about the party instead of making us wear blindfolds all the way back here," Zach said.

"But then it wouldn't have been a surprise and where's the fun in that, silly?" Pinkie Pie replied.

"Is there a lot food to eat, like cake and ice cream?" Jeff asked hungrily.

"Of course, silly! It wouldn't be much of a party without cake and ice cream now, would it?" Pinkie Pie confirmed as she pointed to a nearby table where a huge cake, 6 cartons of ice cream, candy and other party foods were at on a wooden table.

Jeff rushed over there and instead of grabbing a small plate and plastic forks, knives and spoons, he grabbed an entire handful of the cake and stuffed it into his mouth, which bothered some of the party guests. Michael was forced to go over to him and tear him away from the cake and other foods on the table. "Jeff, have some self-control, you big glutton!" Michael berated him. "No one wants to eat a cake that you have been digging into with your bare hands!"

"I'm sorry! It's a terrible habit of mine!" Jeff admitted. "I-"

"No excuses, Jeff!" Michael told him. "Just for that, you're not allowed to eat anything else during this party!"

"Aw, man!" Jeff whined, cursing himself for letting his huge appetite get the better of him.

"So, Twilight, this is a nice party that you're throwing for us," Claire said.

"Thanks, but it wasn't my idea. It was Pinkie's. She's the one who decided to throw you a party in the first place!" Twilight replied.

"Why would she do that?" Roxanne asked.

"It's her job and special talent to throw ponies parties. That's what her Cutie Mark stands for," Twilight explained. "She's Ponyville's best and to be honest, only local, party pony."

"This party is lame," Tony spoke as he pulled out a cigarette, placed it in his mouth and lit it with his lighter.

"What are you talking about? I'm having a blast!" Eddie shouted excitedly as he and Zach were playing some party games like 'Pin The Tail On The Donkey' and 'Truth Or Dare'.

Tony then stepped outside and closed the door behind him and sat down on the front porch, knowing that the others would complain if he was smoking inside Twilight's house during the entire party. Tony wasn't alone for long, though, as he heard and saw Rainbow come outside and fly down right next to him.

"What is it now? Does no one want me to smoke outside, too?" Tony asked.

"Nah. I just don't feel like partying right now is all," Rainbow replied.

"Join the club!" Tony agreed.

"Well, knowing Pinkie Pie, that party isn't gonna be over until past 11Pm, so we got nothing better to do until then," Rainbow informed Tony.

"Oh, great, just my luck!" Tony complained.

"Since we're both bored and we have a few hours to kill, you wanna talk or something?" Rainbow asked.

To her surprise, Tony agreed and said, "Yes, but only because I can't think of anything better to do."

"Okay. So how are you feeling? I bet you can't wait for this day to end," Rainbow Dash asked.

"You're right about that! You got me there," Tony admitted. "But that's why I'm smoking now."

"Remember what said before about how you hated school and everything?" Rainbow inquired.

"Don't remind me!" Tony replied.

"Well, I didn't like school either when I was growing up! I used to be bullied and a couple Pegasus ponies would always tease me and call me 'Rainbow Crash'! It was so annoying!" Rainbow confessed.

"I used to be bullied too, but not anymore! Now, if someone ticks me off, I'll beat them to a bloody mess and bury them alive!" Tony replied.

"Nopony bullies me anymore, though, especially ever since I performed the legendary 'Sonic Rainboom' for the first time!" Rainbow revealed. "And now I'm much more awesome than I was before then!"

"I don't know what the fuck a Sonic Rainboom is, but I will admit that I somewhat envy you and however famous you've become since you did this Sonic Rainboom thing of yours!" Tony spoke.

"What about you? What are your plans?" Rainbow asked.

"I don't know and I don't care right now," Tony said. "I'll cross that bridge when I get to it."

"Oh, okay," Rainbow accepted. "Is there anything else you wanna talk about or-"

"If you're trying to get me to tell you about my backstory, then forget it! I'm not talking!" Tony told Rainbow Dash.

"There's one more thing I wanna say, Tony," Rainbow spoke.

"The answer is still NO!" Tony yelled. "Darn it! Why do people keep asking me about my life and-"

Rainbow grabbed Tony with her hooves and shook him hard to get his attention. "Tony, in the name of Celestia, just shut up and listen to me! There's something that I want to tell you that I just can't keep to myself anymore!"

Tony was surprised by Rainbow's outburst, but quickly regained his composure. Tony crossed his arms and said, "Fine. What is it?"

"What I'm about to share with you is something that nopony else or even my friends know about!" Rainbow spoke.

"You mean a secret?" Tony asked.

Rainbow nodded to Tony before she began to look around to make sure that nopony else, but Tony was watching her. When she was sure that the coast was clear, Rainbow pulled out a dead fish and made sure that Tony could see it too. Tony was very confused and asked, "This is your secret? You are carrying around a dead fish and you don't want anyone else to see it?"

Rainbow shook her head. "No, Tony. It's not the fish itself that I've been keeping secret, it's what I'm about to do next!" Rainbow replied.

Tony was about to ask what she was talking about, but he stopped when he saw Rainbow do something that he would never expect her to do! In fact, she did something that nopony would do in a million years!

Rainbow put the fish in her mouth, chewed it and ate it!

"Rainbow!?" Tony spoke in shock.

At seeing Tony's reaction, Rainbow hung her head down as she began to feel nervous and cried! "Now you know! You know about my secret!"

"You mean you-" Tony asked.

"Yes! The truth is I eat meat and nopony else, except for you, knows that I do it!" Rainbow confessed.

All of Tony's previous anger, boredom and frustration had left him and had been replaced with that of shock, confusion and disbelief. "I don't-don't understand!" Tony stammered.

"I don't blame you! Ponies aren't supposed to eat meat! It's unnatural and considered taboo!" Rainbow replied. "The only exceptions to it are beans, eggs, cheese and milk!"

"But why?" Tony asked.

"Because I secretly love eating meat!" Rainbow revealed. "I've always loved meat ever since I was a filly!"

"Why did you decide to tell this to me, though?" Tony demanded.

"I guess because you are kinda just like me in some ways and remind me a bit about myself," Rainbow said.

"So no one...I mean nopony else knows about this? Not your friends, not your family or Princess Luna and Celestia?" Tony inquired. "You didn't tell anypony else about your secret?"

"That's correct," Rainbow confirmed. "I mean how could I!? How would everypony react to finding out that a well-respected weather pony eats meat, especially when that pony is the famous Rainbow Dash and The Element Of Loyalty!?"

"So you're scared that they'll find out about this?" Tony concluded.

"I'm worried that if they all discover my secret, Twilight and the others won't be my friends anymore, my family will disown me and everypony in Equestria and beyond will call me a freak and cast me out!" Rainbow admitted as she cried some more.

"That's-that's rough!" Tony spoke as he now was actually feeling a bit bad about how he had falsely accused her of trying to trick him into spilling the beans about his past and life back home. Tony may have been a jerk, but there was something about the way Rainbow had been willing to reveal such a huge secret of hers to him and how she was acting right now that was getting through his incredibly stubborn and mean exterior.

"What will my friends think!? What will my family think!? What will the princesses think!? How will all of Equis think of me and my love of eating meat!?" Rainbow freaked. "For the love of Celestia, I hope that if other ponies discover my secret, it won't get me kicked out of The Wonderbolts!"

"I don't-don't know," Tony stammered. "But something tells me that there's another reason that you told me your secret, besides the fact that we may share some similarities."

Rainbow nodded again. "It's just after so many years of keeping this a secret for so long, I just had to reveal it to at least one pony! You don't know what it's been like living every day with this anxiety, worried about what others will think of you because of it! While I've done a pretty good job with keeping everypony else unaware of me eating meat, sometimes I fear that they may be getting suspicious!" Rainbow replied. "So I decided to confide my secret in you, which will hopefully ease my fears knowing that there's at least one pony that I know who won't think any different of me because of my secret desire and habit of eating meat."

Rainbow then asked, "You don't think I'm a freak or anything like that because I like to eat meat, do you?"

"No. I don't think there's anything wrong about that," Tony answered.

"You won't tell anyone about this either, will you? You promise you won't, right?" Rainbow demanded. Rainbow briefly considered making Tony Pinkie Promise to keep her secret between the both of them, but decided against, knowing that making a Pinkie Promise would also mean getting the pink party pony involved and unlike Tony, Rainbow didn't trust Pinkie Pie with knowing about or keeping her secret, despite the fact that next to Fluttershy, Pinkie was very outgoing and never broke a promise, especially a Pinkie Promise!

"I promise! I won't tell anyone or anypony else about what you revealed to me," Tony promised.

"Thanks, Tony! You don't know how much this means to me!" Rainbow thanked him before she got up, opened the front door of Twilight's house and flew inside to rejoin her friends at the party, having got a big weight off her chest and feeling better now, while Tony remained outside, still processing what had just happened.

Tony became lost in his thoughts and some old memories that he had been trying to bury for years came back to him. These memories were painful and Tony had been trying to forget about them, but Tony was now beginning to realize that like it or not, they weren't gonna stay suppressed forever! If that wasn't bad enough, then thanks to Rainbow Dash he was developing his own desire to share his own secret with someone else just like Rainbow had done with him!

"Oh, crap! I don't wanna think about those terrible memories anymore, much less talk about them!" Tony tried to tell himself. "I can't do it! I just can't!"

Tony was so oblivious to everything else that was going on around him while he was trying to block out the painful memories, that he didn't even notice it when the cigarette that he had been smoking, fell out of his mouth and landed on the ground.

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Back inside, everyone and everypony else was still partying and having a great time. Pinkie told them all that in awhile it would be time for them to open presents, which made both Eddie and Zach very excited. Jeff kept begging Michael to let him get something else to eat and Michael would keep telling him no, much to his annoyance and frustrations. Alice, Claire and Roxanne were complimenting Rarity on how well she made their new pajamas. John and Gary were dancing. Fluttershy had to go back home to her cottage real quick to check up on her pet bunny, Angel, and the rest of her animals. Applejack was hoof-wrestling Rainbow Dash. Spike was eating some gems. And Ned and Stan were telling Twilight about many of Humanity's greatest inventions and accomplishments of all time, which made the curious, unicorn mare as excited as Eddie and Zach were for getting to open presents soon.

After finishing her hoof-wrestling match with Applejack, Rainbow asked all her friends, except for Spike, to follow her upstairs into Twilight's Room. Once they were all there and alone, Rainbow turned to face all her friends as Applejack asked, "Hey, sugarcube! Why did you ask us all to come up here for? The humans are gonna open their presents in 5 minutes!" Applejack asked.

"Girls, there's something that's just happened that I gotta tell you," Rainbow said.

"What is it, darling?" Rarity asked Rainbow.

"Well, how do I say this? Uh, let's just say I feel weird," Rainbow replied.

"What do you mean by weird?" Fluttershy inquired. "You're not getting sick, are you?"

"No. I'm fine. It's just that I went outside to check on Tony and he and I talked for awhile," Rainbow spoke.

"Did that meanie say anything that hurt your feelings or offended you in any way?" Pinkie demanded.

"Well, yes, but after talking to him for awhile, he and I started to get along a bit," Rainbow answered.

"What did you talk about?" Fluttershy asked.

Rainbow had to think fast, knowing that she couldn't reveal her big secret to them, at least not yet, and she couldn't lie to her friends, thanks to 'Applejack The Lie Detector' around either. So, Rainbow Dash decided that she would tell the truth, but leave out everything about her secret instead.

"I told Tony about how I used to be bullied and called, 'Rainbow Crash' and also that like him, I never really liked school either and after telling him this, he actually began to open up to me a bit!" Rainbow replied.

"So does that mean Tony is gonna start being nicer now?" Twilight asked.

"I wouldn't go that far, Twilight!" Rainbow replied. "But that's not what I wanted to tell you! There's something that I want to tell you and it involves Tony."

"Well, go ahead and tell us, Rainbow!" Pinkie Pie told Rainbow Dash. "There's only 3 more minutes now before it's time for the humans to open their gifts!"

"Alright! Here's what's going on. I think I'm feeling weird and I think it's because I might be falling in love!" Rainbow admitted.

"With whom!?" Twilight asked as she and her friends were now wondering what handsome stallion Rainbow loved.

"With Tony!" Rainbow revealed.

"WHAT!!!" All of Rainbow's friends shouted in unison.

"I know! I know! How could I feel that way about somepony like Tony?" Rainbow spoke. "What I can tell you for sure is that I like him, and not just as a friend! I mean I like, like him!"