//------------------------------// // Pinkie Pie's Welcome Party For Accord // Story: Accord // by lorettafox //------------------------------// After a short walk across Ponyville, the five ponies reached Suagarcube Corner to see the outside of the colorful building was even more colorful than it normally was for Pinkie Pie had hung up various colors of balloons and had different colored streamers hanging across the front. "What do you think, Accord?" Pinkie smiled. "I thought you might like some party decorations that were bright and colorful!" Accord smiled. "These are really neat but-" he said when he noticed something off about some of the balloons. "-why do some of the balloons have faces drawn on them?" "Oh, I found some smiley faced balloons in my party supplies and I thought I'd use them since it's your first day here in Ponyville and since it's your party, you need to have the happiest decorations at your party!" "They certainly are an interesting touch, I'll say." Rarity commented. "Let's get inside and party instead of standing out here like boring chairs!" Pinkie smiled as she pushed the five ponies in through the door. The inside of Sugarcube Corner was even more brighter and colorful than it was outside. Streamers hung all over the ceiling while several tables that were set out for the party were covered in different shades of red, gold, and black. At least Rarity and Accord would match the decor of the tables. Balloons with smiley faces also graced the ceiling and tables as well. The balloons themselves were all sorts of colors. The instant they walked into the door, the ponies that were already there cheered "Welcome to Ponyville!" in unison, catching Accord and Twilight by surprise. The ponies all gave him a warm and welcoming looks on their faces. "Were you surprised, Accord? Were you? Were you?" Pinkie asked excitedly. Accord simply nodded in response. "Oh goodie! Then another surprise party is all go! Now that you're here Accord, you can have some food and make some new friends!" Pinkie insisted. "Well, I need make some friends at Rarity's. I think their names were Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo I think." Accord said, trying to recall the two CMC's he met and walked over to the party with. Scootaloo, who was grabbing a cupcake from the refreshment table overheard her name begin talked about by Accord. She ate her cupcake in a single go and walked over to Accord. "That's right. The name is Scootaloo, Accord. Applebloom is here now, so we need to officially make you a Cutie Mark Crusader!" Scootaloo smiled as she used a hoof to wrap it around Accord's neck and began to walk towards the table where Applebloom and Sweetie Belle were standing. "So, where is this pony y'all told me about, Sweetie Belle?" Applebloom asked her. "There he is!" Sweetie smiled as she pointed a hoof at him. "Hey there, Accord! This is Applebloom, the CMC leader." Applebloom gave Accord a smile. "Hey there. So you're the newest colt in Ponyville and ya'll have no cutie mark I see. We don't have ours neither. Sweetie been telling me you've been wanting to join the CMC?" Accord nodded at her question. "A shy pony now? Don't worry." Applebloom smiled. "We'll break you of your shyness so you're not so timid like Fluttershy." "I-I'm not that shy...b-but I feel like I can trust you." Accord smiled. "You're giving off a positive vibe. Applebloom, was it?" "That's right. Applebloom of the Apple family. I live on Sweet Apple Acres, where we grow the best apples on this side of Equestria!" "Wait, you live on the apple farm?" Accord asked excitedly. "With Applejack?" "Applejack's my big sister. You met her already?" Accord nodded. "She's says you guys harvest apples and sell them at the market!" "Well, that's what Big Mac and Applejack do. I sometimes help sell, but after that one incident, Applejack won't let me sell apples in town. Only apple cider during cider season." "Big Mac? Whose that?" "Big Mac's my older brother. I'm the youngest in the family. There's also Granny Smith whose already asleep by this time." "All four of you live on the farm and collect apples all day long?" "Well, most of the time, yes. Wow, you sure ask a lot of questions, Accord. I've never met a foal who asked so many questions." "I just want to know all I can about Ponyville and Equestria!" "Twilight has told us that knowledge is the most valuable thing there is. Now, wasn't I going to let you into the Cutie Mark Crusaders or you just gonna keep asking questions about me?" "I'd like to join the Cutie Mark Crusaders." Accord smiled. "That's what I thought." Applebloom laughed. "I dub thee into the Cutie Mark Crusaders! I learned that from this knight book Twilight showed me one time." "I'm living with Twilight." Accord responded. "In the big tree that's Ponyville library!" "We've been there quite a few times." "Are you two just gonna just chit-chat through this party or are we gonna have some fun?" Scootaloo asked eagerly. "Enough talking! Time to get on the dance floor!" Sweetie Belle spoke excitedly. "We only get to attend so many parties!" "They're right! Come on, it's time to show Ponyville your stuff, Accord!" Applebloom said as she motioned a hoof for him to come forward and follow her to the open space that was serving as the dance floor. Pinkie Pie had recently gotten a special dance floor put in (she had to save quite a few bits) that it lit up whenever anypony danced on it. The floor was made of tiles and each one was always a different color then the ones around it to give it more of that party feel. Pinkie said she just had to whip it out for this party. "I see the guest of honor has finally made it to the dance floor!" Vinyl Scratch called from her DJ booth. "Do I have the perfect song for you! Pinkie said it'll remind you of something from the past or whatever. Let's get this party really started!" The DJ unicorn used her magic to levitate down a record and place it on her DJ station. She placed the needle on top of it, producing a techno beat to come roaring out of the stereos. "Get out there and shuffle, my little ponies!" Vinyl yelled over the music, her head bopping to the beat. "S-Shuffle?" asked Accord. "It's the newest dancing sensation! Vinyl has been telling everypony in Ponyville that she saw some pony earlier yesterday doing the move and she made the dance spread like wildfire at the party she hosted yesterday." Applebloom explained. "It's real easy to do it too! You just have to have some balance standing upright on your back hooves. Like this!" Carefully getting up on her back hooves and making sure she didn't fall over, Applebloom slowly began to slide her back hooves as her front hooves bounced each time as her back hooves went back. She quickly increased in speed and was now performing the dance move Vinyl had called shuffling. As Applebloom was shuffling happily, several other ponies had began to mimic the same exact move. Within a few moments, at least half of the ponies on the dance floor were now performing the dance move. "Come on, Accord! Join us and dance the shuffle!" Applebloom encouraged as she kept on shuffling, occasionally switching into the opposite direction. "I'm not sure if I should." Accord muttered. "Don't tell me your scared to dance in front of other ponies? You shouldn't be scared, we're all just here to have a good time and celebrate your arrival in Ponyville!" smiled Applebloom as she kept on dancing. "But I've never-" Accord spoke before he realized he heard a small voice coming from the back of his head. "Go in and dance. Show them a little chaos with your moves." the voice laughed, sounding eerily like Discord. "O-Ok." Accord agreed with the voice, feeling as if he could trust the voice, like he knew who exactly was talking to him. Accord walked onto the dance floor and began to mimic the dance move Applebloom and about half of the ponies on the floor were doing. He moved his front hooves back and forth with the rhythm while his back hooves were sliding against the ground. He smiled that he was dancing, it seemed to feel amazing just to get out there and dance! Before Accord knew it, he went beyond shuffling and began to throw in other moves like spins and jumps to his shuffling. He began to go everywhere, causing most of the other ponies that were dancing to stop and stare at little Accord. For a young colt barely less than a few hours old, he sure had some dance moves. Then again, he used to Discord, so some things Celestia's magic could never take away from him, even if he was Accord. "Go Accord! Show off them dance moves!" Applebloom cheered excitedly. Accord kept on dancing, earning loud cheers from the ponies that were watching him. In a corner, Twilight was sipping on some punch when the cheering caught her attention. Using her magic to carry her drink, she walked over to the dance floor to see what all the commotion was about. She saw the same Accord that everypony watching saw. She was stunned, she had never seen a foal dance so well! As she looked closer at Accord's dancing, something about the dance seemed familiar. She remembered Pinkie telling her on the way to the party that Vinyl had just learned the move literally just yesterday. She knew she had seen the move before Vinyl had ever discovered the move. But why was that dance move so familiar. Accord quickly performed another small jump before returning to normal shuffling position. Then the thought it her. Twilight remembered where she had seen that move before. That stupid dance move! It was originally Discord's! When they were in the castle and found out he had stolen the Elements, he had taunted them all as a stain glass painting and performed that stupid dance on top of her painting in one of the glass windows. That little dance still urked her, even though it had only been a few seconds of her life and she thought she would have simply would have forgotten it. But with all her constant studying, she quickly devolved a photographic mind, being able to remember quite alot, even the smallest events if the were significant. After watching Accord dance for at least another ten minutes, she decided then that she had enough of seeing Discord's old stupid dance move. Twilight walked out onto the dance floor to tell Accord to come and get some food as he hadn't eaten anything since he arrived. Before she could lay a hoof on him, Pinkie Pie quickly walked out and began doing the shuffle and purposely used her hips to knock Twilight into the center of the dance floor, in order to get her to dance since she was technically being a wallflower. "Dance, Twilight! Dance!" Pinkie Pie encouraged as she kept on doing her shuffle. "B-But..." Twilight stuttered as she was no dance pony, only being able to dance in front of her close friends and family. "Come on, silly filly! If Accord can do it, then you should be able to dance no problem! Oh! That's gives me an idea!" Pinkie said excitedly. "Hey Accord! You should show Twilight here a few of them dance steps!" Accord turned around still shuffling and smiled at Pinkie Pie. "Sure thing, Pinkie!" Accord spoke as he shuffled on over to Twilight. "Come on Twilight, you really should join me. I was nervous just fifteen minutes ago, but something to told me to just get out there and dance! And now look, I'm the life of my own party!" "B-but..." Twilight stammered. Pinkie Pie stopped shuffling and ran over to Twilight. "When in doubt, shake that flank!" Pinkie said excitedly as she pushed Twilight further onto the dance floor. Now that she was in the middle of the dance floor with everypony staring at her, she really didn't have a choice. She slowly got onto her back hooves and began to do the shuffle. For a good portion of the party, both Twilight and Accord seem to just dance the party away!