//------------------------------// // Chapter 6:Guest Of Honor, Princess Celestia // Story: This Unusual Little World // by PathOfTheAwesomePie //------------------------------// Well, now that the horribly misleading and crazy fan-service moment is out of the way, we turn towards the coming of the party. There were earth ponies, pegasi, and unicorns all here for the guest of honor, Princess Celestia. The party was in still in after planning, but before all of us: Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Fluttershy could go there,but we had a little problem we had to figure out before leaving Twilight's place. "Whaaaaaaaaaat!?" I said with shock. "I'm really sorry, Alex, but there's just no way we can let you go to this party seen by almost everypony in Ponyville."Twilight said with disappointment. "Sorry, sugerhone, there would be some ponies askin' lots of questions about ya." implied Applejack with her hat tilted down with her hoof. "Yea, but the party would be SUUUUUUUPER if you were there, not to mention MEEEE!~" said Pinkie in a somewhat caring and happily disappointed way. I looked at the moon, thinking of something, a way I could get into that party without being seen so easily. "What if I..." I was thinking in the moment, then Fluttershy came flying down over from the library's patio to come support me. ""I know mister Alex would love the princess's party...is it really so wrong to let him be there?" she asked in a soft,serious tone. The other five ponies, including me, looked at Fluttershy's surprised confidence and they started thinking of a way to get me into that party. Rainbow Dash took on a a smug look in an attempt of what seemed like an idea of hers "I could always ride the cloud there and--" though Dash was cut short by the glaring eyes of everybody shaking their heads. "Hahaha...I got nothing." She said as she went back to thinking. "Oh, what if he went in a disguise?" Spike suggested. "A disguise!" I restated snapping my fingers. "That'd be perfect, though...what would I be disguised as?" I asked said scratching my head. "Oh, Oh, Oh, Oooooooooh!" Pinke kept saying, flailing her hooves around wildy. "I knows what Alex's disguise could be, I really, REALLY know!" She shouted as everyone looked at her in confusion. Twilight gave a blank look on her face. "Pinkie, for the last time, just because you put a mustache on somepony doesn't mean--" Pinkie interrupted her. "No, no, no, it's something else!" "Something else?" Everyone asked altogether. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In less than a few minutes I was disguised as a giant cupcake...no wait, I was INSIDE the cupcake--- thought up by your friendly and silly neighborhood mare, Pinkie Pie! "Where did you even get a giant cupcake...?"Twilight said staring at me struggling inside of the enlarged bake treat. "Oh that's easy, while I was with Mr. and Mrs. Cake, I was given the duty ...tehehe, duty....to make a grand fantastically wonderful batch of cupcakes for this grand party, buuuuuuut they said it wasn't what they had in mind and so I kept it just in case of an emergency!" Pinkie said, pointing her hoof over at the giant cupcake, which I've finally settled in. There was a hollow area within it that had little peep holes that I could see through, it was conveniently a perfect fit. "It...it smells like blueberry..." I said as I continued to inhale the delicious scent. "Yup-a-roony~♪" Pinkie happily said. Rarity walked over to me as I stuck my head out of the top of the cupcake. "Oh my, Alex, you look quite delectable." she commented with a small giggle. "Haha, couldn't agree with ya more, Rare." said Applejack. "You look like a big and adorable cupcake, mister Alex." said Fluttershy flying overhead of the cupcake. "Oh god, what have I gotten my self into this time, CURSE YOU PINKIE PIE" "I can barely move..." I said with a plundering expression. "And you just HAD to say disguise didn't you, Spike!?" I said with a devilish grin that spooked him. "Hey, at least I gave you an idea that actually worked right?" Spike shrugged and smiled as Rainbow Dash looked over to us talking and focused back on Twilight discussing on how this plan may actually work. "Well at least we were able to come up with a plan to get Alex into Princess Celestia's party without getting spotted by by anypony else, now girls let's get ready to celebrate!" Twilight said walking over to me inside the cupcake. "Rarity, will you help me carry Alex and the cupcake to the party?" Twilight asked. "What, but what if I get blueberry in my precious mane..." Rarity said tending her mane with care. Twilight let out a small sigh "Rarity..." "Oh, alright,I just hope it isn't too heavy." Rarity said using her magic along with Twilight to lift me and the cupcake up. "Hey, I'm not that heavy you know." I said pouting. "Okay, I'll see you guys at the party, oooooh I hope the Wonderbolts were booked for this party, woohoo!" Dash said speeding out of the library ahead of everyone else. "A party for the princess, hmm, I'll finally be able to see Equestria's beloved ruler." I mumbled to myself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Soon afterwards, everything pointed to Celestia's party, there was so much dancing, flying, singing, and stomping of the hooves on the dance grounds.Rarity was with other ponies complementing how fabulous her decor was, Twilight taking inventory over everything that must be present for the party, Pinkie Pie...was just being Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash searching high and low for signs of the something, Applejack giving away apple related treats to keep everypony full for the night, and Fluttershy was readying her birds to sing for the arrival of Princess Celestia, and I was right besides her while she did so. While in the moment I'm stuck watching THEM have fun and I'm here on the sidelines at the fruit tables just standing...inside a giant cupcake. "Well...at least it smells delicious inside." Near me I saw Fluttershy with her bird chorus, looking at everypony in the same way as me. "Hey Fluttershy?" I asked looking at her from inside of the giant cupcake. Her eyes had widened and she shook her head and responded back. "Oh, hello mister Alex, isn't it beautiful, I'm happy everypony is having a good time." She said in her soothing voice as usual. I looked at Fluttershy in confusion "Well, aren't you going to go join them..?" I asked. Fluttershy looked at the ground. "No... it's fine mister Alex, I'm happy standing her until I ready my little birdies to sing for Princess Celestia..." She said hiding her face behind her mane. "Fluttershy..." I said almost bursting into manly tears . "That's right, MANLY!" I snuck out of the back of the giant cupcake so that no ponies who were still focused on dancing didn't see me and crept close behind Fluttershy and poked her tail. Fluttershy gave a tiny gasp. "H-Huh?" she said actively blushing. "Fluttershy, let me." I said, grabbing Fluttershy's left hoof and hastily went to a nearby secluded forestry opening where the party music could be heard. When we got to the opening, Fluttershy wasn't really sure what was going on. "Mister A-Alex, why are we here?" Fluttershy asked. I placed my hand out to her and she gave a surprised expression to why I did so. "We...should enjoy our time at this party as well as everyone else, shall we Fluttershy?" I said bowing with my hand still out. "Oh...I..." Fluttershy tapped both of her front hooves together. "I don't know mister Alex...I should just wait until my little blue jays and I are--" suddenly I grabbed Fluttershy's hoof gently and I spun her around slowly then back to me. "Wow, that was something I've never done before!" She said, surprised. I looked at Fluttershy's blush filled face. "Well, this IS how you're supposed to feel at a party such as this." I said smiling at her. Fluttershy gave in and we started to dance around the forest floor, swaying with the music as if we were the only ones at a party of our own. Later we ended up with a fantastic salsa.(May seem hard to do it with a pegasus, but we made it possible!) Fluttershy was flying most of the time while we were dancing. As we ended our fun, Fluttershy let go of my hand and she turned away from me, hiding her face with giddy. "Huh, what's wrong Fluttershy, I didn't do something wrong did I ?" I asked. "I couldn't have stepped on her hooves like I did to Mia's feet at that prom ...did I,wait no... she was flying the whole time!" Fluttershy seemed to have kept clapping her front hooves together anxiously. "I just enjoyed the time we were having, and I-I can't thank you enough for a wonderful experience...mister Alex..." "Huh?" I asked. "I... I said, I..." Fluttershy turned around with a flustered face. "Uh oh, d-did I over do it on the charming?" "I loved dancing with you mister Alex, it was so much fun!" She said with lots of energy, then she fled straight towards me and hugged me to the ground. "Um, you're welcome, Fluttershy, heh heh." I said trapped by a pegasus's hug. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Later after my struggle to get out of Fluttershy's hug, we immediately got ourselves together and walked back to the party grounds and back to our places, but people started to crowd the cupcake that I used as a disguise. "Gah, what are they doing to my cupcake!?" I said in shock. "I think they're eating it mister Alex." Fluttershy implied. "Aw great without that cupcake I'm STOMPED!!!" I said as my voice echoed from the forest opening me and Fluttershy came from. The echo captured all of the ponies, pegasi, and unicorn's ears and they turned in shock of the sight of a human."Uh...oh..." I murmured. There were a dozen or more eyes that were and weren't turned to the cupcake that was now at me. I saw Fluttershy panicking and saw Twilight deliver a devastating face of both disappointment and guilt. I felt as if I screwed everything up, but it couldn't be helped. "Oh my, what is that!?" asked a pegasus. "Is it some kind of dragon or pony?" asked an earth pony herself. "Not like anyone I've seen before, do you thing it's from Canterlot?" asked a stallion. "Maybe it's here to eat us!" shouted a unicorn. After that comment the entire crowd of ponies panicked at the sight of me. "W-Wait I'm not gonna eat you...just...I came here--" I was interrupted by one of the pony's screams. "Calm down everypony, Alex is harmless he wouldn't hurt anypony, not EVEN Fluttershy!" shouted Twilight. "He's a super fun person to be with, and he even smells like blueberry just to make him all the more delicious and lovable!" Pinkie yelled, earning a few confused glares from some of the terrified ponies. "Why yes, Alex has even helped me with this party's decor!" said Rarity stamping down. "Alex is a truly great person, won't ya'll at least give him a chance!" said Applejack. The entire party was ruined still, because of my discovery. "Oh man, this looks bad..." Rainbow Dash shouted as she flew everywhere with worry. I looked at the panicked ponies all standing in a bunch , looking at me with frightened eyes. I took one step towards them, they took a step back, a few hitting the pegs that were keeping the banner for Celestia together. I just said nothing and walked in the opposite direction of the crowd, right out of the scene of the party. "Alex..." the six ponies who cared for me stood side by side and watched me leave. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I headed towards Twilight's house, and I noticed that everypony was indeed at that party, meaning the grounds of Ponyville was almost completely empty. "Man, I just get here in one day and I'm already messing things up..." I said going through all of Twilight's bookshelves. "Huh,Alex, what are you doing here, weren't you at the party?" Spike asked in what seemed to be a sleepy disposition. I just stared at the worn out dragon who probably just woke up, and said nothing. "Hey, Alex?" He asked again and again and again. "Just leave me alone you darn lucky dragon... least you're different and you don't have to go through the same stuff I have to go through..." "Spike, I'm trying to find a book on how to port to another world..." I sad with a fake grin. "Oh, if you need one of those, I think it's right in me and Twilight's room." He replied. "Oh, cool, thanks Spike!" I said dashing upstairs. I halted my rush then suddenly dashed back down and stared at Spike. "Did you just say you and Twilight's room...?" I asked still glaring at the purple miniature dragon. "Yeah...why ask that-- OOOOOH, I see what you're saying!" Spike said with a distinct laugh, I laughed in unison. "Nah...a pony and a dragon... GET OUT, haha!" I snapped out of the humor and returned to bolting upstairs to try and find a book that could take me back to my world. "I knew that coming to this world wouldn't last long." I said approaching Twilight's and Spike's room. "Hmm... it's got to be here somewhere." I said shuffling through the bottom of Twilight's bed. "Alex..." said a familiar voice from where there was an outside balcony. I saw Twilight there with worried eyes. "Ah...Twilight..." I said still shuffling through her books under her bed. "Why did you leave without saying anything...?" she said in a sorrowful tone. "Why wouldn't I... they all treated me like a monster or some unwanted outcast." I replied lying on Twilight's bed with lost hope in finding the book. "I just think I don't belong in this world in this world, the longer I stay here, the worse things might possibly get.!" I looked at Twilight. She teleported herself right on top of the bed with her hooves crossed. "Well I can't say I've never been there before or anything, but it's only because --" I interrupted her by saying "It's the Scream-O's unicorn pic, right..?" I said in a mild voice. "Excuse me?" asked Twilight in mid sentence. I told Twilight about the picture Spike showed me behind her back, she reacted with a slight blush and temper. "Spike, come here for a second, please?" she called out. Spike quickly ran up stairs and gave a saluting stance. "Oh, yes Twilight, what is it that you need?" Twilight gave a small grin. "Oh Spike, would you be so kind to tell me when you took...THIS!?" She held the exact same photo that Spike had shown me of her while she sported piercing eyes at him. "Yup, that was tooke--WH-WHERE'D you get that...!?" Spike gulped as he looked at his sleeping area near Twilight's bed then back at her. "Oh no matter how I got it, because nopony will ever see it again, right?" Twilight said looking at Spike with a solemn tone now. "Uh...um...n-no." He replied, burning the photo with his flames. Spike turned his attention to me. "Wasn't me, Spike, honest!" I whispered to him, he smiled a little and walked back downstairs. "Sorry little dude, promise not to get you in trouble again... just don't suggest any more disguises okay?" "Well now that that's out of the way." Twilight laid down back in her content position. "Alex, you should go back to that party and tell how you got here and what made you come to the party."She used her magic to take the book I held in my hands, I looked at it floating, noticing that the book I held was the one I was looking for. "Do you really want to leave Equestria..?" She said with saddened eyes, placing the book beside her left hoof on the bed. I wasn't sure what to say to the tearing purple unicorn. "Sorry Twilight...I..." I said, staring at the book Twilight laid beside her. "I understand Alex." replied Twilight, with few tears in her eyes. "I had thought I made a special new friend from another world...guess I was--" Twilight was interrupted by my hand petting her mane, She turned to me. "W-What's this?" She reacted with a small amount of tears still coming from her eyes. "Well, you didn't let me finish my sentence!" I said spatting my tongue out humorously. "I was going to say sorry for trying to do this so fast, I probably should've talked it out with all those poinies , I mean come on... I STILL smell like blueberries, who wouldn't want to get to know me better!" I said smiling. Twilight chuckled as she held back her tears and swiped them, Spike came in the room with food for us, then Twilight used her magic to levitate then throw a carrot into my laughing mouth. "Pfft,pfft, h-hey,what was that for!?" I asked with a small hint of rage. "Well, d-don't get me so worked up, Alex, though...it is glad to have you staying here with us." She replied with an ecstatic expression. "Hehehe, yea...I suppose so..." I said staring at the book that Twilight had near her still. It was marked as "Magic To Use To Travel Into New Worlds". "Such a wonderful student...I'm happy that I entrusted him upon you." said a voice that was new to me that was coming from the balcony. "Oh my, is that you!?" asked Twilight, lifting her head in surprise, though I was completely confused. "I think that was the princess." Spike said setting the food down as soon as he came up stairs, he followed Twilight onto the balcony. I thought for a minute, wait princess...you mean Princess Celestia!?" I said with widened eyes. I darted outside onto the balcony only to find Spike and Twilight standing in front of a mystical pony I've never seen before! "The one and only, Alex!" Twilight happily replied. I continued to observe what only seemed to be the silhouette of the princess shining in the moonlight, but once the light became less dense, I saw the spectacular pegasus..no,pony...no, unicorn, um, ALL OF THE ABOVE. It was the alicorn princess, Princess Celestia herself! "Whoooooooooa" I said keeping my eyes glued to the majestic princess. "Haha, seems you've taken your welcome quite well, aren't I right?" Celestia asked with a gracious smile. "Whoooooooooa"I continued with my mouth opened with awe, then Twilight tapped my shoulder with her hoof and looked at me with a lively face. "W-Wow it's just an honor!" I said bowing down,but accidentally tripped and fell on my face. Celestia gave a small chuckle. "You're indeed clumsy, aren't you Alex?" She asked. I regained my balance and thought about the party that was specially set up for her. "Wait...isn't there that party everypony's throwing for you though?" I asked. "Oh that's right, Princess why didn't you go to you're party, all of the ponies in Ponyville pitched in to help make it." Twilight implied. Celestia nodded her head " I just decided to hurry over from Canterlot to see my most faithful pupil." "Canterlot?" I asked,thinking about what it could possibly be. "Is it some sort of cake... cause it actually sounds delicious." a little of drool can from my mouth which I had to quickly wipe off. There was also a voice from outside screaming "Cake!" really loudly from the direction where the party is. Twilight, Spike, Princess Celestia, and I all said in unison "Pinkie Pie." "Well it's not a cake,Alex." Spike said popping my thought bubble with his short claws. "Aw..." I pouted. "It's the town I came from, Alex!" Twilight corrected my perspective on the matter. "Well, we'll have plenty of time to tell you about that at my party that I'm truly looking forward to." Said Celestia. "I hope it'll roll smoothly even though...that whole event just occurred." "Ah, I almost forgot about the party, forgive me Princess Celestia!" Twilight bowed her head. Princess Celestia flew to a chariot that had two pegasi in armor awaiting for her majesty, then Celestia looked back at me. "H-Huh?" I said noticing her staring at me. "Care to join me on my ride back to the party,Alex?" She asked making her self comfortable, and leaving room for the rest of us three. "W-Woah,really,sweetness!" I said fistpumping. Twilight,Spike and I board ourselves upon Celstia's chariot, and with ease, the two pegasi who were carrying us lifted off into the sky and we headed in the direction of the party. As we were sailing through the sky, I was thinking of what I could possibly do to resolve the issue I created with the whole cupcake and hiding incident, I felt like I was out of options, but I decided to let fate take it's path for me. "Heh, I guess a second chance would be best..." I told myself.