Alex was scared of what was happening to him. Out of nowhere he had been abducted and been dragged away. Fighting against the ropes around his wrists seemed to do him no good, except getting them scraped up and hurting. Also it seemed like his calls for help were unheard by anyone, or no one seemed to care to help which confused him even more, sure he was not very liked in town but he had at least hoped that the towns guards would step in?

He was being dragged a few more steps, all around him giggles and whispers of different voices, of which some of them seemed all too familiar to him. Couple that with the fact that three ponies today spoke of surprises, especially Apple Bloom who had hinted at that this was a plan Applejack had been in on as well, really turned up a few questions for him. What kind of plan did they have, as clearly there were more in on it, possibly even Twilight? This truly frightened him.

What if all that friendliness and kindness the Apple family had shown him, had only been a farce. Maybe he was now being sold off to some other pony. The more he thought about that, the more that seemed like a plausible possibility. To him it all added up. How friendly he had been handled to see if he would respond positive to it, the work he did every day to see if he was suitable for hard work. Even him befriending the fillies now seemed much more sinister to him. Maybe that had only been to see if he was good with kids. Maybe that's why they had been in on the plan too.

His train of thoughts came to a halt, when suddenly he heard a door open and felt how he was pushed inside a room and onto a couch. This seemed very weird to him but what made it even stranger to him was the odd smell in the air,to him it smelled of the soft smell of cotton candy he had gotten to smell before.The hoof steps of his capturers were now clearly audible and seemed to have a slight echo to them, had they been walking on marble floors in a church or something? He was wondering where he had been brought when his hands where freed with ease by somepony and the bag was pulled off his head and greeted with loud seven voices shouting.

"Surprise!!" He stared at the nine ponies that stood before him in bewilderment. Most of them looking at him with big smiles. Applejack,Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Fluttershy, Berry Punch, Rarity, Twilight and a pony that he had only seen on strolls through town with Applejack before stood before him however Rarity and Twilight stood rather in the back of the others, also he was sure he had not heard their voices within the surprise shout.

He tried to focus on the unknown mare but when he turned his head to her fully she was standing right in front of him, staring right at him. He also noticed the same cotton candy smell but before he could even think any further he was drowned in a sea of words.

"Hi I'm Pinkie Pie, i have seen you a few times before with AJ and always thought, Pinkie you gotta throw a party to welcome that new person but when i asked Twilight what you would like she only said that it would not be important cause you were not a pony and so it took me some time to find ponies who thought like me but now we are here and you are here, although we kinda abducted you and i bet that rope was really really itchy and breathing in that bag was hard and..." By this point Alex lifted his hand in defeat.

"Please Pinkie? One sentence at a time please."

"Okey-dokey-lokey, as i was saying......i wanted to throw you a party to welcome you, but it would have been a really lonely party with only us two, so i asked a bit around and gathered ponies i knew like you but also invited my best friends! So we can have lots of fun!" Alex nodded as he looked at Pinkie a bit closer, her name was the best description of her, she was pink, completely pink, the only difference was the shade of her mane compared to her fur. Her mane were poofy and bounced as she now hopped around a bit in excitement. He also clearly smelled the cotton candy scent on her.

"Umm Pinkie, could you tell me why you smell of candy?" He raised a eyebrow at her.

"Ohhh, thats because i made all of thesee!" she simply clapped her hooves together and light began to glow from what seemed to be crystals under the ceiling and the walls. At this moment Alex finally realized where he was in, he was in a huge room made out of crystal with a high up ceiling. All around him were tables draped with all different kinds of foods and sweets. It only started on one table with Cupcakes, Muffins, Brownies,smaller pies of every kind, a little tower of apple pies, three stacks of waffles two stacks on pancakes. On a different table different kinds of juices and drinks had been prepared of course a few bottles of hard cider and a specific unlabeled bottle stood in the front of it all. Over all the tables also were several bowls filled with all kinds of candies, jungle juices and punch. To say the least it looked like a feast for a king.

"How......" Alex was barely able to archive a cohesive way of wording. " How did you manage all of that? I mean....this is too much to get done in one day..."

Applejack giggled and spoke up."Well ya know, i knew ya would be around town today and not comin' back soon, so we all, or most of us made the plan to get this done and with a little bit of luck we made it in time. Plus Twi told me that yer investigations went well?"

Twilight nodded in a way as if she still tried to keep up her high attitude. "Yes indeed, that's why i even agreed to this. I originally only wanted to see if Alex really could behave well but as it seems he really had some good traits, not many but at least some."

Alex was about to protest when a small package was put in his lap by Rarity. "Here you go...., i tried to capture your....look, but don't expect too much, i don't use my best skills on a thing like you. I did this for Applejack's sake after all, cant have you running around reeking so dastardly. That may scare costumers off at worst." Alex wanted was already ready to spew back a insult but swallowed his anger as he looked around, despite those two, the others at least did not think low of him. A smile spread on his face.

"Yeah, thank you Rarity, i know my frame must be very hard to work with, that's along the lines of what you told me when you took my measurements right?" He chuckled as Rarity turned away, shielding herself so he would not see the blush on her face.

"Wait Pinkie, ya said you invited all of yer best friends....right?" Apple Bloom asked to which Pinkie nodded. "Did ya invite Rainbow as well."

"Silly filly, of course i invited Dashie as well, i mean there is no good party without Dashie's pranks right?" She giggled happily. Alex on the other hand got pale as a glass of milk.

Applejack walked up and layed her hoof on his shoulder. "Don't worry big guy, maybe she is too busy workin' out or somethin' i am sure she won't come when she knows the party is thrown for...-" with that the outside doors of the castle where flung open.

"Where is that bucking ugly thing?" Alex gulped deeply as everyone besides Applejack, the CMC, Fluttershy and Alex, looked around in clear confusion. The doors to the room flew open and in came Rainbow Dash.

"Oh there you are you filthy thing, what do you think anyone would throw you a party willingly?" Pinkie tried to speak up but Dash only continued. "Oh i bet Pinkie did it only because of pity, cause no one likes you probably. And the rest of them, you probably forced them to be around huh? Did not have enough the first time?" she slammed her hooves together.

Applejack began stepping between Rainbow and Alex but the human stopped her, a grim expression on his face.
"Okay Rainbow, that's your name right? I don't know why you are that way to me, and quite frankly i don't care. But know one thing, last time you had the element of surprise on your side and i did not want to fight, cause i had other things to do, but this time i won't back down to you!

"Pha,do you hear that guys, the big ugly monkey finally has grown a pair as it seems, you know what, last time i only went easy on you, maybe this time i will give you a real thing to pass out on." She smirked and looked to the others in, as if thinking they would take her side but everyone stayed silent.

She growled and flew at Alex, trying to hit him in the face, but due to going from straight stance to movement she did not had the same speed as the first time making it possible for Alex to catch her hoof with his right hand.

"Listen.....Rainbow. Back then i did not want to fight and that still stands. But i will if you force me to but not here and not today. Today i want to enjoy my day and live my life. You can either choose to stay and try to endure my presence, you have enough friends here after all. Or you turn and get the hell out of here.Because i really don't want to let these foods and drinks go to waste because of a petty fight." Rainbow just stared at him, as he let her hoof go and walked a bit back.

"Wha......" Rainbow looked around as all eyes were on the two before Rarity spoke up.

"Rainbow,i myself am not really fond of Alex i am honest enough towards him to admit that, in fact to me he is a brutish creature that lacks culture. But that does not change the fact that his help on Applejack's farm did some good. So i accept that too cause it is a fact. Also i herd of Sweetie Belle what you supposedly did, your attack on him i mean. I did not believe her as something as ludicrous as that i could not believe but i also did not believe Alex existed till he entered my shop,giving me the scare of a lifetime. But with how you act now, i tend to think that my sister maybe spoke the truth."

"Of course i did Rarity!" shouted Sweetie Belle in a clearly annoyed tone.

Rainbow now seemed to completely loose face. "What, you are defending that thing Rarity, don't you see how dangerous it could be? I have seen what he can lift while working at the farm, he is a ugly and evil monster i tell you." She looked at all of them, becoming more frantic.

"You know what, i don't need this, and you monster, buck you!! Once i see you walking alone, you are dead!" with that she flew off quickly. When she was gone Alex walked over to the table with the drinks and took a bottle of hard cider. Letting out a sigh of relief as he opened it and took a chug.

Applejack walked over. "Ya okay there, need anythin?" he shook his head and smiled softly then spoke loudly.

"Now that that's over, let's get this party started!" With that music was turned on and the party slowly began becoming more lively,even up to the point of Berry Punch and him getting drunk again and dancing together in some of the weirdest ways possible even rivaling Twilight's dancing skills, to everyone's enjoyment.

On the other side of Ponyville at the train station a train from Canterlot stopped, the conductor jumped out and called. " Ponyville train station, all passengers that want out please be careful when exiting the wagon!"

Three stallions stepped out from the train among many other ponies, those stallions however were clearly different as on their backs they carried bundled up armor, each one of them one. They were one pegasus one earth pony and a unicorn, the pegasus being in the middle. He had a sand blond mane and a night blue coat and was of lithe build, the pony to his right had a simple brown coat and black mane, his body was very robust, his muscles showing with every move. The unicorn had a ice blue coat and a mane of metallic silver color, he was of medium build, but his training in Canterlot showed in his movement.

They chattered among each other, the harshness of the work as a guard, the life in Canterlot, jokes about how the royalty treated their slaves. Then the muscle stallion asked the unicorn.

"Say Silver Mane...what did make you come with us to Ponyville, i mean besides having us around." he chuckled after that.

Silver gave a grin to that and answered. "Well i planned on paying my family a visit, i wonder how they are doing."

"What did you say was your wife's name again?" asked the pegasus.

Silver mane chuckled and looked onto Ponyville, his grin getting bigger. "Berry.....her name is Berry Punch."

Author's Note

Aaaaand here we are again, sorry again if the last few chapters were a bit weaker, this one as well, but i will make sure the coming ones will be more interesting. Also i really had a hard time writing Pinkie Pie....halp....

See ya next time!!