Rushing up the stairs with great determination: Twilight and Spike were on route to reach the room where Drew had been staying in record time. It was the only place he could have been if he went to try on the clothes Rarity had made for him. Drew hadn't been very jumpy since his first night in Equestra, but considering that fact that literal canon fire had erupted from inside the castle only a few minuets ago, nopony knew how well he was reacting right now. By this point, Twilight had magically set Spike on her back so she could run full tilt, as it were.

Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on how you look at it, Twilight and Spike would be finding Drew far faster then they originally anticipated. For just as Twilight rounded the corner into the hall where Drew's room was, she was not greeted to the sight of the hallway, but instead to the sight of Drew's frightened expression as he ran at exceptional speed through the castle.

It happened far faster then anypony could have reacted to it. Drew and Twilight collided at high speed, both getting knocked to the floor from the force of their individual momentums being suddenly halted, Spike being tossed a few feet into the air from the crash.

"Ouch...you okay Spike? Drew?" Twilight asks, wobbly returning to her hooves, and looks over to her Number one Assistant. To her delight, the dragon seemed fine, if only a bit annoyed as he was picking himself up. Satisfied with Spike's current well being, the lavender Alicorn quickly turns back to Drew.

Drew, on the other hoof, was not doing as good as Spike was. Still laying on his back, the human's eyes were closed as he rubbed a hand on his forehead, anypony could correctly guess that was the spot where he had collided with Twilight's own cranium. But by this point, Twilight had noticed that he had in fact managed to change his attire. While his shoes were the same ones he had arrived in, his new pants were a similar style to his old ones but they were now dark grey in color and they seemed to be made of a slightly different material. The torn up shirt and jacket combo he had been wearing since his arrival was now replaced by a single midnight blue shirt with long, slightly baggy sleeves.

"...I'm okay..." Drew manages to blurt out, slowly pushing himself to his feet. "...Can I ask a question?" He asks surprisingly calmly, Twilight thought, considering everything that was happening.

"Of course, what did you--" Twilight is suddenly grabbed by the sides of her face and made to look Drew directly in the eyes.

"WHY IS EVERYTHING EXPLODING?!" While he wasn't screaming, there certainly was an urgency and a loudness to his voice. So that was a "yes" in regards to the "did he hear the Party Canons" question.

"Calm down, everything's fine!" Twilight yanks herself away from the human's grip, thankfully it wasn't too tight, and she takes a step or two back. Like she feared, he was spooked again, but it didn't seem to be as bad as the last few times. He was making progress. "...Well, not FINE. But the Party Canons aren't exactly the prob--"

"I'm sorry. Did. You say. CANONS?" Drew interrupts again. Despite his memory loss, there were still some things he had some relocation of. And apparently, one of those things was the concept of ballistic weaponry. "What's going on?!"

"That's...a long story."

Back downstairs in the entrance hall, ponies had slowly began to pour into the crystal chamber ready for a good time. Pinkie, between her quick bursts of last minuet preparation, had been greeting the guests and assuring them that the guest of honor would be appearing soon. Of course, by this point the musician had finished setting up her equipment, and an upbeat but not overpowering melody filled the room. Easily enough to provide a positive atmosphere for the event.

As the number of ponies grew, so too did the number of Twilight's friends who were here to attend the party. Rainbow Dash was, of course, the first of this particular group to show up, but it was relieving to see Fluttershy and the Apple family were able to make it as well. This gave Starlight some relief, Twilight would be glad to see the ponies Drew had met prior were here to help keep things in check, if need be.

Not wanting to be a stick in the mud, and following Rarity's lead, the unicorn had elected to start mingling with some of the guests in the meantime. After all, it was a party, there was no need to be panicked the whole time over what was potentially nothing.

"Hiya, Starlight!" The tiny voice of Apple Bloom shouts from behind, causing the talented unicorn to jump a bit. "How've ya been lately?"

"You're Applejack's little sister, right?" Starlight replies with a soft tone, "I've been...busy..fine, but busy."

"Tryin' to help that hyumon guy, right?"

To say Starlight was taken aback by the young Earth Pony's insight was an understatement. "...Yeah. Did Applejack tell you about that?"

"Course she did...was it meant to stay a secret?" The young Pony's expression was suddenly changed to one of embarrassment. "A-Ah didn't tell nopony else! Promise!"

"Oh don't worry, it's fine! I just wasn't expecting anypony else to know...until he came downstairs."

"Oh, okay," The smile upon the filly's face is restored at that remark, "So, if ya don't mind me askin'...what's a hyumon?"

Once again, the talented Unicorn was caught off guard by the question. "That's...a hard question to answer, I'm still not entirely sure myself." Before the young filly count ask anything else, she was beckoned by the sounds of her two friends calling her over. Bidding the unicorn a good day, the earth pony went to go see her best friends. Not that Starlight minded, the conversation was a bit awkward for her. Letting out a sigh of relief, she decides to go get some of that cake she saw earlier.

"...So there's an entire town of ponies downstairs, right now as we speak, all here to meet ME?" Drew asks as the three of them slowly walk back towards the location of the party.

"Well, not the WHOLE town," Spike responds, "I'm sure there were plenty of ponies who had work or were sick or something. So it won't be the WHOLE town."

"But there will still be a lot of Ponies down there," Twilight interjects, her tone of voice still a bit concerned. "Are you sure you can handle it? You aren't exactly...the best in stressful situations."

The human looked hurt at this statement, though it was abundantly clear it was a facade, "What's that supposed to mean?"

"You're pretty jumpy," Spike chuckles a bit, jabbing an elbow into the side of Drew's leg. "Somponey comes out of nowhere, or a really loud sound happens, and you go in full panic mode."

"In my defense, both of those things are things that happen without me expecting them," Drew explains, leaping a few feet ahead and turning around, walking backwards as he talks to his friends. "But today the ball is in my court, because now I know what to expect. I may not be very good in the memory department, but I have a decent idea of what a party entails."

"You seem to know quite a bit for somepony with no memories," the young dragon squints his eyes, a bit suspicious of the human. "You SURE you have amnesia?"

"Amnesia does not equate to stupidity," the human continues, turning around and retaking his place between the dragon and Alicorn. "I still KNOW things...I just can't remember anything about my life," his bright expression sours as he thinks further on that topic. He stops walking, prompting his two companions to do so in turn.

"...It's kind of scary, actually. Not knowing who you are...not knowing where you came from..." Drew looks downward to an open hand, it was shaking pretty bad. "...If someone told me I just...started existing only a couple days ago, I wouldn't be able to deny it...how could I? I don't even have a name...I've been trying not to think about it to hard..."

"Drew? Do you need a moment?" Twilight asks, her expression mirroring the human's own, taking a step closer to him. "...Are you gonna be okay?"

Drew suddenly looks up from his hand, his eyes locking with Twilight's as his expression shifts back into a happy one. "Sorry about that. I got a little...carried away. I'm fine," he explains, continuing to advance to the party. However, after only a few steps he finds himself unable to walk any further. Looking down, he sees that his foot is being held to the ground by a familiar magical glow. He shift his gaze up to greet Twilight's, and it was already waiting for his.

"Drew...if you aren't okay, you can talk to me, that's what friends are for," the Alicorn explains, shortening the distance between the two of them. There was a silence in the hallway as the two stared at each other. Spike, looking back and forth between the two of them just staring at each other.

"I'm...gonna go get some cake..." the Dragon explains, quickly running ahead. Though his statement, and departure, went completely unnoticed.

"If something is wrong, you can tell me..." Twilight finally speaks, not letting go of the human's foot.

Finding that he would not be winning this battle through attrition, Drew lets out a defeated sigh. "...What's there to tell? I have no idea who I am or where I came from. That's kind of a stressful thing to deal with."

"What happened to your 'worrying about things won't change anything' attitude from yesterday?"

"...Sometimes it's hard not to worry," Drew explains through another sigh, his shoulders slumping down slightly. "...What if my memory never back?"

"Don't think like that...even if we can't find a spell to help you, amnesia usually isn't permanent. It'll come back, you just have to give it some time," Twilight explains, her frown slowly turning into a smile. "Besides, you said it yourself, 'it is what it is, we gotta deal with it.'"

"...I did say that," Drew's grimace lights up, a chuckle escaping his throat as he felt the magical force holding his foot down vanish.

"Now come on, I'm sure everypony is dying to meet you," With a shared chortle between the two of them, they continued walking through the crystal hallways.

"Ah this is gonna be good," Rainbow Dash comments, pinching a glass of punch between her two forehooves as she hovers above the ground, her wings rhythmically flapping. "I can't WAIT to see everypony's reaction to the human."

"...That ain't the only reason you came, is it?" Applejack asks through a half chewed bite of apple, the rest of the fruit balancing atop a raised hoof.

"Of course not! I'd never miss one of Pinke's parties!" the multicolored pegasus responds with a bright smile. "Besides, I wanna learn more about this human guy too."

"His name is Drew," Fluttershy interjects in her usual tone, trying to correct her friend.

"I know, but 'human' sounds WAY cooler then 'Drew,' I'm doing him a favor by calling him that!"

"So what do ya make of him, anyways?" Applejack asks after finishing off the fruit of her family's namesake. "I mean, I don't think he's anythin' bad...but somethin' about him feels...off." The two pegasai look towards the earth pony with their own brands of confused glances. "...Ah just mean it feels like he's not from 'round here. Ya know?"

"Well we are among some of the first ponies to ever see a human," Fluttershy explains, it was impossible to tell if she was being sarcastic or sincere."Maybe that's why?"

"Nah...it's somethin' else...like he's an alien from a story book somethin'," the orange earth pony continues, "...Not that Ah think he's evil or nothin', he seems nice enough from what Ah've seen, plus Twilight trusts him and all that, but Ah just think there's somethin' more to him then we think."

"Ah, there you all are!" Rarity blurts gleefully, waving through the crowd of ponies to greet her friends. In her magical grasp she carried a trove of items. A plate holding a rather modest slice of cake, along with a fork to eat it with, as well as a cup of punch and a decent stack of neatly folded napkins. "Quite the turn out, wouldn't you agree?"

"Pinkie's parties always draw a crowd," Fluttershy retorts, placing a hoof to her chin in contemplation. "I can't think of a party she's thrown that wasn't this lively."

"Of course, just making small talk," Rarity continues, looking around in an almost frantic manor. "Has anypony seen Drew yet? I brought him some new clothes this morning, and I want to see what outfit he picked for his debut to the town!"

"He hasn't been down yet, I've been eyeing the stairs the whole time," Rainbow answers with pride, her gaze turning towards the large staircase as she lands, her glass of punch now situated atop her head. "Nopony's been up or down it since I got here. And if Drew was down here, I'm pretty sure we'd all know." Sitting down on her hind legs like a dog, she clasps at the drink again with her forehooves and finishes it off in one big gulp, tossing the cup over her head and somehow managing to make it land perfectly in one of the trash bins Pinkie had set up.

"Ah, well I hope he chose something suited for an event like this," the white unicorn continues, taking an almost minuscule bite of her already modest cake, wiping her face with a napkin despite there being no visible crumbs. As if on cue, the sound of a loud bell echoes through out the chamber. Everypony's head turns towards the source, seeing Princess Twilight Sparkle standing at the halfway point of the staircase. Evidently she had cast some kind of sound spell to gather everypony's attention.

"First off, I'd like to personally thank everypony here for coming to Drew's welcome party," the Princess explains gleefully, visibly much calmer then she was when she had ascended the staircase earlier in the day. "Drew is also grateful for all of you showing up, it means quite a bit to him."

"Then where is he?!" Rainbow shouts, doing her best to hide her voice. This action earned her a shove from Applejack.

"I was getting to that," Twilight continues, seemingly unbothered by the interruption. "Now, Drew is a bit...different when compared to your everyday pony, and he was a little nervous at the thought of meeting all of you today,"

'He wasn't the only one,' Starlight, who was standing near the snack table, couldn't help but think as she took a bite from her slice of cake. 'Chocolate with strawberry frosting, huh? Not bad.'

"All I ask of all of you is that you keep an open mind when you meet him, and please try to not overwhelm him with questions," the Princess concludes, turning her back to her guests and signalling for somepony just behind a corner to step out. Stepping out into the public eye was, of course, Drew. Just as Twilight had said, he did seem a little nervous at the situation. But he was also managing it pretty well as he stepped past Twilight, stopping at the step just bellow hers. Everypony's eyes were locked onto the human, whispers and murmurs going threw the crowd. Questions about what he was or where he came from.

"Of course he chose the darkest and blandest clothes I made for him," Rarity mutters to herself, drowning her sorrow in another bite of cake.

"...If you don't like 'em, why'd you make 'em?" Applejack couldn't help but ask, giving her friend a puzzled look.

"I had assumed that Drew would want some...less striking attire for simple casual wear. I never expected him to wear those to a party!" Rarity explained, almost wounded by the human's choice in clothes. "I mean, I know the party was on short notice, especially for him, but I figured he'd go back and choose one of the flashier outfits I managed to make!"

"Maybe he likes darker colors?" Fluttershy asks, patting her friend on the back. "If it's any consolation, I think he looks quite dashing."

"Thank you, Fluttershy dear," Rarity responds, turning her attention back to the guest of honor.

Overlooking the large crowd of ponies examining him, Drew gulped quietly before clearing his throat. "Hello, everybo--...everypony!" he starts, correcting himself into using the local lexicon. He was doing his best to sound excited, but anypony could tell from a glance just how nervous he was. "I'm...pretty sure you have a lot of questions, and trust me, I do as well. First of all, my name is Drew, and I'm what's known as a human..." he pauses for a moment, eyes darting all over the room, making eye contact with just about every pony in the room for a fraction of a second. "And...that's about all I know since I have amnesia...thank you all for the warm welcome, I hope you enjoy the rest of the party!" Drew continues to walk down the stairs, Twilight only a few steps behind him. As he touches down on the ground floor, a few Ponies make way to let them onto the party floor.

"...They're all starring at me...what do I do?" Drew whispers to Twilight, who had now caught up to him and was walking by his side.

"This is just as new for them as it is for you," the lavender Alicorn whispers back. "They're just curious, they'll lighten up soon...ish."

Despite the less then normal introduction, Twilight was right in her prediction of the Ponies lightening up after awhile. It helped that he had a small group of ponies, and one dragon, in his corner to help back him up. The progress was slow at first, but eventually the tension that had entered the room had given way to the general cheery attitude Ponyville residents usually had. Several of the townsponies still had some questions for the human, and he did his best to answer each one he could. Again, with a little help from outside sources. Drew, in turn, had also opened up much more as the party continued, letting himself ask his own questions of the town, and laughing at jokes even if he didn't get the punchline. As the party concluded a few hours later, it seemed pretty safe to say that the town had warmed up to him quite a bit, even if there still were some reservations from a few individuals, but it was clear to the Princess of Friendship at least that these would clear up in time.

As the last few guests make their leave, and as Drew and Pinkie thanks them once more for stopping by, the human viably slouches downward with a loud sigh the second the large double doors close. The only ones who were left in the chamber with him was Twilight and her niche of friends, all of whom seemed satisfied with the day's festivities.

"...And you do that every day?" Drew asks, resting his hands on his knees as he continues to breath loudly.

The pink earth pony let out a rather loud snort, followed by a short giggle. "Of course not! But I do throw a LOT of parties! It's kind of my job as a Professional Party Pony!" She trots off towards a closet hidden behind the staircase. Or more accurately, she bounces towards it.

"Not to sound rude...but I do not envy you, pink floof of everlasting energy," Drew continues, forcing himself back into a more suitable posture.

"Don't sell yourself short, dude!" Rainbow Dash suddenly shouts, appearing in front of Drew with a burst of speed. "It took real guts to stay down here after everypony stared staring at you like that!"

"...Please don't remind me about that, it still kind of freaks me out..."

"Come on, you were great! Tell him, Fluttershy!"

"I can't argue with Rainbow on this one, " the yellow pegasus steps towards the conversation. "I know what it's like to get stage fright like that, what you did today was very brave."

"Seriously, stop. You're making me feel like the universe is trying to make me look cooler then I actually am," Drew retorts, "All I did was show up to a party. Anyone could have done that." He explains while looking around to the remnants of the day's activities. "Well...guess we should start picking up." Much to his surprise, the remaining ponies simply began to laugh at that statement, throwing the human into utter confusion. "...What's so funn--"

The question would never be answered, at least not through spoken words, as Pinkie Pie returned from the storage closet. Walking on her hind hooves, her forehooves were placed atop the device she was pushing into the center of the room. Said device was clearly some sort of vacuum cleaner, and a rather colorful one at that, with a face painted onto the front of it.

"Everypony stand clear! This thing can't tell the difference between friend and party favor!" Pinkie shouts, returning her front hooves to the ground as she reaches the room's center. And with that statment, Twilight and the castle's other residents began to travel upstairs, while the remainder of Twilight's friends made their way towards the exit. All of them shouting their goodbyes as they depart, Drew left standing in the center of the room dumbfounded at the device now sitting in the center. Before being allowed to ask what a single vacuum cleaner was supposed to do, he found himself being pushed by his lower back towards the stairs. Looking back, it was Pinkie Pie using her head to move him.

"Go and get some rest! The other part of being a Professional Party Pony is cleaning up the aftermath!" Pinkie explains, ceasing her pushing just as the Human's feet make contact with the stairs. "Now GETOUTTAHERE, I have a VERY intense cleaning method and you do NOT want to be caught in the middle of it."

Drew had elected to not question the pink Earth Pony, it seemed she knew what she was doing after all, so Drew simply went up the stairs at a brisk pace, Twilight and the other two waiting for him at the top. But the moment his foot touch down on what was officially the second floor, the sounds of a motor starting up emanated from the entrance hall. What followed could only be described as a hurricane of sound emanating from the lower floor. Nothing overpowering, but it was noticeable.

"...Do I even want to know?" Drew asks, as the four begin to walk further into the castle.

"Some questions are better left unanswered," Spike says while patting the human on the side of the leg. "And the less questions you ask about Pinkie, the easier it is to understand her."

Author's Note

Wow, the party didn't ACTUALLY end in disaster, despite the fact that I made it very obvious that it WOULD end in disaster. That's what we call "playing with expectations," kiddos...or bad storytelling. I'll leave that one up to you.