Running from the Past

Lloyd was standing in his room, getting ready for the party. He dressed up in a casual outfit, no need for anything too fancy. After he came out of his room, he saw Twilight waiting by the door.

"You ready, Lloyd?" Twilight asked.

"More ready than I'll ever be, Twi."

"Okay then, let's go." Both Twilight and Lloyd then left the library.

After walking for about 15 minutes, the two of them reached Sweet Apple Acres, where the party was. They walked into the barn and found the party. Decorations were hung up everywhere, and it seemed that much of the town was present.

"Wow, this is a cool par-" Lloyd said before getting shot with Pinkie Pie's party cannon. Ouch.

"Hi Lloyd! You're just in time!" Pinkie said with anticipation.

"Oww, that hurt like a bitch, Pinkie, why don't you warn me next time?" Lloyd groaned. Pinkie simply laughed. Lloyd got up slowly. He rubbed his head with a groan.

"That was pretty good, Pinkie, what is that thing?" Lloyd asked.

"It's my party cannon! See?" Pinkie said as she loaded the cannon. She then shot a wall, quickly decorating it with balloons, banners, and such.

"That's pretty cool, Pinkie." Lloyd said with a look of approval.

"Anyways, onto the party!" Pinkie said.

Lloyd walked up to the snack table and got himself some punch. He drank it, this time he didn't have a complete sugar rush, but it still hyped him up. Within a few minutes, Lloyd was quickly driven insane by the music. He didn't like it, it didn't suit his style. He decided to do something about it. He quickly walked up to the DJ, realizing that he wasn't the least bit acquainted with her. Thinking about how he should introduce himself, the DJ quickly turned around to find Lloyd half a meter infront of her. She jumped a little, suprised by him.

"Oh, hello there!" Lloyd quickly said.

"Hey, you must be that guy everyone is talking about. I'm Vinyl Scratch."

"Pleasure to meet you, Vinyl, I'm Lloyd."

"Well, why did you come over here?" Vinyl asked with a mixture of curiosity and suspicion.

"If you don't mind, I was wondering if I could put on some of the music that we listen to back on Earth, see if the crowd likes it." Lloyd asked.

"Yeah, sure." He quickly took out his iPod, plugged it in, selected some songs, and let it rip. Quickly the first song started playing. All of the ponies quickly looked up to where Vinyl was supposed to be and only found Lloyd, shrugging. He quickly smiled and pumped up the tunes. All of the ponies liked the music. Vinyl quickly went back to her battle stations, realizing that Lloyd had just set a playlist up. She looked over to Lloyd, only for him to see her and flash a devilish grin.

Lloyd then remembered what Celestia had said. *Oh yeah, gotta introduce myself first.* He walked up to Vinyl and asked her if she could turn down the tunes for a second. Vinyl nodded, and did just that. Everypony looked towards Vinyl again, only for her to gesture to Lloyd. Everypony then stared at him.

"Hello, everyone, I'm Lloyd, and I'm new in town. Just wanted you guys to know. That is all." He then gestured to Vinyl to pump up the tunes, and the music came back on. The night went on, Lloyd occasionally getting up and dancing to one of his many favorite songs. He then sat down, exhausted after dancing. Rainbow then sat down next to him.

"Hey." Lloyd said.

"Hi, Lloyd." Rainbow said with the slightest bit of nervousness.

"Something wrong?" Lloyd asked.

"Nah, just exhausted."

"Same here."

"Lloyd?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you miss your old home?" Rainbow asked. Lloyd sat there, silent for a few seconds, pondering.

"Well Rainbow, I may miss Earth and all of my friends, but Equestria is my home now, and nothing is going to change that. Not to mention that I couldn't even go back home if I wanted to." Lloyd said. Both him and Rainbow then talked on for a while, just asking questions, getting to know each other.

"Well, I guess it's time to go, see ya later, Dash!" Lloyd said with a smile. He quickly got up and started walking towards the exit. He then remembered that he had to go tell Twilight. Lloyd walked through the crowd, and eventually found Twilight sitting in a seat on the opposite side of the barn, reading a book.

"Hey Twi."

"Hi Lloyd, something wrong?" Twilight asked.

"No, I just wanted to tell you that I'm going back to the library. I'm beat."

"Oh, alright then, see you at home, Lloyd!"

"Bye!"

Lloyd then exit the building. He was exhausted, but happy. It was quite fun for him. He started the walk back home. It was quite dark out, and Lloyd couldn't see too well. As he was walking, he heard something. He turned around to see a bush rustle in the wind. *Heh, whatever. I need to stop being so paranoid.* He kept walking, and was still about ten minutes away from home. He felt like he was being watched by something, and was constantly looking around. *What the hell is watching me?* Lloyd was only about five minutes away from home, and his paranoia got worse. He thought he was hearing voices in his head, and thought he saw things staring at him. He looked behind him upon hearing what he thought was a footstep, and saw nothing in the immediate vicinity. He stared further down into the night, and saw a pair of white eyes, the exact same eyes he saw on the creature in his nightmares. Lloyd quickly turned around and started running. He sprinted towards home.

He reached home, quickly entered, and shut the door with a slam. Lloyd was sweating now, and looked back outside. He didn't see a thing. He sighed a sigh of relief. He decided to go to bed. *No need to drive myself crazy, thinking about something that creepy.* He walked upstairs and and went into bed. It took him almost no time at all to go to bed. He went to sleep before Twilight even came home.