New species in Equestria

The next day, Fluttershy was gently carrying Marcus to the library. Unknown to the human, Pinkie told her that the party would start first thing in the morning as a surprise. Knowing Pinkie, by then the whole town would be at the library and Fluttershy found herself pondering how the rest of the town would treat her precious little human.

“Ready to visit Twilight, sweetie?” Fluttershy asked him.

“Yes, why are we going there?”

“You will see when we get there,” Fluttershy answered softly with a gentle smile.

Marcus simply nodded, as they continued on their way. It wasn’t long until they reached the library and Fluttershy gently knocked. The only sound inside was mumbling, before a loud shush silenced it.

“Must be busy. Well, since she is expecting us and we are friends, might as well enter,” Fluttershy said with an awkward smile.

The two entered the library, to find it was completely dark. Marcus shook in fright for a brief moment and gently hugged the back of Fluttershy’s head for comfort.

“Don’t worry sweetie. I am sure the light switch is here,” She assured him, before gently rubbing his head.

Normally, Fluttershy would be freaking out herself, but her motherly side overwhelmed her fears, so she could be brave for Marcus and assure him. It wasn’t long until Fluttershy found the light switch and quickly turned the lights on.

“Surprise!”

To Marcus’s complete surprise, there were a bunch of ponies surrounding him with cheerful smiles on their faces. He barely noticed a pink blur rushing past the crowd and stopped in front of him and Fluttershy, with a cheerful smile on her face, as she bounced in one spot.

“Did we surprise you? Did we?” Pinkie repeated in an excited tone.

“Yes, Pinkie you did,” Fluttershy answered with a little smile, “Thank you for throwing this.”

“It’s my pleasure!” Pinkie exclaimed, before walking up and giving Marcus a gentle hug, “Anything for Pinkie’s adopted nephew. Oh, we are going to have fun!”

“Come on Sweetie. Let’s go meet with the others and have fun from there,” Fluttershy suggested.

Marcus simply nodded with a small smile on his face.

Pinkie gently placed a party hat on Marcus’ head, as they walked right up to the rest of the group, who smiled at them. With them were two little fillies that simply gazed at the human with curious looks on their faces.

“Hello, little dude,” Rainbow greeted as she flew right up to him, “Enjoy, this party is for you and if you want, I will be more than happy to take you on a ride.”

“Rainbow,” Fluttershy simply said with a stern look.

“Like I said before, Flutters. I will be careful.”

“Hello, sugarcube, Rarity and I decided to bring our little sisters to meet you and become friends,” Applejack greeted with a smile.

“That sounds great, Applejack,” Fluttershy responded with a smile, as she gently took Marcus off her back and placed him on the floor.

“Come on, Applebloom. Introduce yourself,” Applejack assured the filly.

One of the fillies slowly and nervously approached the human. She was a light-yellow filly with a red mane that had a large red bow on top of it. When she got closer, Marcus noticed she seemed to be just as tall as him.

“Uh… Howdy my name is Applebloom,” The filly greeted nervously, as she held out a hoof.

“Hi, my name is Marcus,” He greeted awkwardly, before taking her hoof and shook her hand, only to be taken aback by her strength.

Applebloom was shaking his entire body. She quickly let go and Marcus gently rubbed his body as he recovered from that experience.

“Are you ok, sweetie?” Fluttershy asked.

Marcus simply nodded, as he finally recovered. Applebloom looked at him sheepishly and Applejack gave him an apologetic smile.

“Sorry about that, sugarcube. Us Apples are known for their strength, especially with hoof shakes,” Applejack apologized, “Applebloom is starting to grow into her own strength.”

“Now, Sweetie Belle, it’s your turn,” Rarity told the other filly with a gentle smile, before giving her a gentle pat on her mane, “I trust you won’t do the same when you greet him.”

Applejack gave Rarity a dirty look, while Applebloom nervously looked at the floor in shame. Marcus gave her a few gentle pats, causing her to look at him.

“It’s ok I don’t blame you,” He assured her.

Applebloom gently smiled and nodded, before giving him a quick nuzzle, making him chuckle. Applebloom found herself liking the feeling of his soft skin on her fur but stopped when she noticed Sweetie Belle approached them. She was a small white unicorn with pink and purple swirl mane and tail.

“Hi, my name is Sweetie Belle and it’s nice to meet you,” She greeted them nervously, while holding out her hoof.

“Nice to meet you too,” Marcus responded, while shaking it.

When they let go, Sweetie belle reluctantly handed her hoof to Applebloom, who was extra careful not to be too strong with her hoof shake. While she still shook Sweetie Belle, it wasn’t as bad as before.

“Now that you three met each other, why don’t you all go and play some games and eat sweets. Whatever you want,” Pinkie suggested with a grin.

“Just don’t spoil your dinner, Applebloom.”

“You too, Sweetie Belle.”

“Eat all the sweets you want!” Pinkie insisted, giving Applejack and Rarity a dirty look, which was returned.

The two fillies and human, ignored that and decided to do what Pinkie insisted on doing.

Fluttershy took a sip of punch, as she watched Marcus eat a cupcake with the two fillies and was happy to note they seemed to be getting along. It has only been a couple days since he has magically dropped into her life. She has taken care of different animals over the years but has never adopted one that was on the same level as ponies before. He may not be an animal like Angel or Harry, but she was going to take care of him like a good mom.

“Are you ok, Flutters?” Rainbow asked.

“Yes, Rainbow. I just hope things go well for Marcus,” Fluttershy answered.

“Don’t sweat it! He has us now. An awesome mommy and five awesome aunts, especially me,” Rainbow assured her with a grin.

“I suppose you are right,” Fluttershy responded with a small smile.

“Of course, I am right! When have I ever steered anyone wrong?” Rainbow asked with a cocky grin, which quickly faded when her Twilight’s egghead senses tingled, “Don’t answer that egghead!”

Four others chuckled, while Twilight simply shook her head with a smirk on her face. Fluttershy continued to watch Marcus with a smile on her face, as she took another sip of punch.

“Then Rarity threw the dress on the floor and screeched like a foal at ruining what she called, ‘the best dress she has ever made’, despite calling every new one that. By then I was fed up with it and quickly grabbed some hot water to pour on the dress, which easily removed the small amount of dirt from it. You should have seen her face, after realizing how easy it was to fix the problem,” Sweetie Belle told the other two, before laughing hysterically.

The other two quickly joined her. A pink blur suddenly rushed towards the fillies with a curious grin on her face.

“Getting along, you three?” Pinkie asked.

“Yeah, at first I wasn’t sure, but they seem like nice company so far,” Sweetie Belle answered with a smile.

“Same here. When Applejack told me about you, Marcus, and you being a human, I was a little curious, but was also cautious.” Applebloom added with a smile of her own, “I am glad she brought me here, so far.”

“That’s great. Now, what were you three doing?” Pinkie asked them.

“Sharing embarrassing stories about Rarity,” Sweetie Belle answered with a grin.

“You what?!”

Sweetie Belle gulped and turned around, to find an angry Rarity, giving her a stern look.

“I mean telling my new friends how wonderful you are,” Sweetie Belle answered with a nervous smile.

Rarity sighed and shook her head.

“As long as it wasn’t the time, I freaked out a little over some dirt.”

Sweetie Belle chuckled nervously, causing Rarity to groan in frustration.

“You didn’t just freak out a little. You were practically like a foal throwing a tantrum over not getting the toy she wanted,” Sweetie Belle responded with a smirk, after getting courage, since she was busted anyway.

“I… We are going to talk about this when we get home,” Rarity simply told her, before sighing.

“Now that is over. What do you three say, we play some party games?” Pinkie suggested with a smile.

The two fillies and human simply smiled and nodded in response.

“A little to the left, Marcus,” Applebloom told him.

Marcus carefully moved his hand a little to the left.

“Almost, just a little higher,” Pinkie assured him.

He moved it a little up and gently pressed down on it. He took off his blindfold and saw the tail was pretty close on target.

“Well, done! I think this is the closest anyone has ever gotten,” Pinkie assured him, before gently rubbing his head, “I say it’s good enough for the win. Ready for your prize?”

Marcus simply nodded with an eager expression on his face. Pinkie simply smiled back with a grin, before she pulled a rope, causing a small candy rain to land on Marcus and the two fillies. They all chuckled, as they took a piece of candy and placed it in their mouths.

“What do you say folks? Want to give these three a round of applause for a wonderful game?” Pinkie asked, through a megaphone.

Almost every pony cheered, while the two fillies and human continued to eat the candy. Once the rain stopped, they each carried as much as they could carry and found a spot to sit down.

“I have to say, this has been the best party Pinkie has ever thrown,” Applebloom commented with a smile.

“I say. While they are usually fun, this one takes the cake.” Sweetie Belle added.

“Did somebody say cake?” Pinkie asked, carrying three plates with three large slices of cake.

“Going all out, Pinkie?” Sweetie Belle asked.

“Of course! Anything for my adoptive nephews, especially for a mega party that is three celebrations in one. Enjoy you three!” Pinkie answered with a grin, before handing out the plates and disappearing in a pink blur.

“Well, what do you three say? Here’s to a new kind of friendship?” Applebloom asked the group.

Sweetie Belle and Marcus looked at each other with a smile and nodded to Applebloom.

“Here, to a new friendship!” All three cheered, before taking a bite of cake.

Later that night, Fluttershy gently tucked Marcus in their temporary shared bed and gave him a gentle kiss on the forehead.

“Did you have fun, Sweetie?” Fluttershy asked with a gentle smile.

“Yes, I did, mom,” Marcus managed to answer with a yawn, right before passing out.

Fluttershy froze after hearing his response. Mom? Her heart melted at him referring to her as such. She practically took on the role, but to hear him call her that was on a different level. She smiled brightly, before giving him another kiss and gently joined him.

“Good night, sweetie. I am your mother now and nothing is going to change that!”