//------------------------------// // Chapter 5: Ponyville // Story: With Bursts of Speed! // by Box of Imagination //------------------------------// As Skye’s consciousness slowly rose from the depths of slumber, each of his senses followed as he awoke. His vision was greeted by sunshine peircing through the blades of his window blinds, the smell of dust and wood drifted into his nose, and he felt incredible warmth provided from the silky smooth blankets wrapped around him. Skye took a deep breath to cherish the serene moment, before his hearing returned anyway. Suddenly, a loud and very sharp ringing started to assault his ears. Clasping his ears with his hoofs due to the immense pain, Skye rolled out of his bed and on to the floor. The ringing combined with other various near and distant sounds caused an overwhelming cacophony of noises that made it hard to concentrate on anything. Grabbing ahold of the night stand, Skye pulled himself up to standing and made his way down the hall and into the bathroom. The ringing was starting die down, but it was still persistent and his hearing became so sensitive that every little sound made him wince. It was as if somepony was pounding nails into his skull. He endured the pain as he began his usual morning routine. Skye stepped into the shower and turned the knob to warm. Too bad the water took forever to heat up. Rainbow yawned as she sat at a table with a cup of coffee in Sugarcube Corner, “Pinkie, you better have a good reason for having me meet you here so early.” Pinkie bounced chaoticly around the bakery doing multiple tasks at blazing speeds, “Well I had a VERY CRAZY Pinkie sense combo when I woke up this morning! Looks like today is gonna be one hectic day, so I decided to get a head start on baking today AND you offered to help me anytime I needed it.” “So I did...” Rainbow frowned before taking a sip of her coffee. “What do you think is going to happen today anyway? Pinkie shrugged, “If I had to make a wild guess, I’d say we’d have a newcomer in Ponyville, possible accident of some kind somewhere, and maybe some snow. It just feels like a doozy of day, but it’s kinda hard to tell sometimes.” Rainbow raised an eyebrow before sighing, “Whatever Pinkie, what do you want help with first?” Pinkie pointed to a bowl of prepped cupcake batter on the table back in the kitchen, “Can you go start mixing?” Rainbow got up and stretched, “Sure thing.” Stepping out the shower, Skye pulled a towel off of a nearby rack and dried himself off. Looking in the mirror, a stranger of a reflection stared back at him. Even though it had only been barely a day since he woke from a coma, he still wasn’t used to his new appearance. While was admittedly way cooler (and a tad bit sexier) looking than the old him, it kinda felt wrong and out of place. Vibrant violet eyes stared back with a look of uncertainty. ‘Definitely gonna be a while before I’m used to all this’ Skye thought as he quickly brushed his mane back into its windswept shape. Setting the brush down, he took one last look at himself before leaving the bathroom satisfied. Walking downstairs, the sight of a ton of boxes reminded him of the long week ahead of him. Unpacking was something that he loathed doing, but unfortunately that was unavoidable. Skye took a glimpse at the barren kitchen knowing well that it was completely devoid of food, leaving breakfast at home not an option for today. Grabbing his worn out saddlebag and the key to his house, he opened the front door and walked out into the cold winter air and began the trek into town. An untouched blanket of snow laid over Ponyville, signifying winters presence. Empty trees sat scattered along the path to town, ice sickles and frost giving the otherwise dull trees a beautiful glittering reflection when touched by the sun’s light. The scenery before him was truly a sight to behold, despite it being summer only a day and a half ago for him. Still, he found winter to be quite charming aesthetically when he put aside his hatred of the cold weather. Although as pretty as it was, it would never be his favorite like autumn was. Entering town square, Skye began deciding what to do first. Before deciding, a combination of a yawn and a stomach rumble spoke for him first. “Coffee and breakfast it is.” Skye said quietly to himself as he looked around for a place to go. A building in distance that vaguely looked like a gingerbread house caught his attention. ‘Sugarcube Corner? I haven’t been there in forever!’ Skye smiled, the last time he went he was a little colt visiting his mom. Excited at the thought of delicious sweets, he switched from walking to a quick sprint. Bursting through the sweet shop’s doors, he skid to a stop at the sight of so many mouth watering treats of all kinds. The smell of sugary goodness was incredibly overpowering to his nose, but he wasn’t complaining one bit. Skye rung the bell on the counter and waited for somepony to come to the counter. After about thirty seconds of waiting, a bubbly pink pony raced over to serve him. “WELCOME TO SUGARCUBE CORNER! WHAT CAN I GET YA?” Pinkie greeted. Skye nearly jumped out of his skin, his superspeed reflexes failed to alert him of her presence. “Y-yeah hi there, can I get a large mocha coffee with extra sugar and cream? Oh and also a chocolate muffin, please?” he replied after catching his breath. “Sure thing! That’ll be 10 bits!” Pinkie said with a huge smile on her face. Skye looked at Pinkie for second trying to find the reasoning for her enthusiasm, before shrugging and giving her 16 bits. “Keep the change.” Pinkie gasped, “Thank you so much! We’ll have everything out lickity split!” Suddenly the pink pony sped off into the kitchen. “That pony is the very embodiment of pure positive energy.” Skye said with a chuckle to nopony in particular. A raspy voice in the corner of the room laughed. “That’s Pinkie Pie for you though! Truly a Ponyville treasure.” Turning to source of the somewhat familiar voice, there sitting a table in the corner was Rainbow Dash enjoying a muffin. Skye smiled, “Rainbow Dash?” Rainbow’s expression scrunched up into one of confusion. “Sorry, wait a minute... Do I know you?” Skye scratched his head in thought, ‘Must of not made a very big impression if she doesn’t remember me. I was the one who gave her a Wonderbolts ticket when she lost hers after all.’ “We met a while back at a Wonderbolts show.” he replied as he sat down at a table nearby. “You’re going to have to be a little more specific than that dude. I go to a lot of the Wonderbolt shows. More than the average pony can count.” Rainbow said with a smirk. Skye laughed, “It was the one back in August here in Ponyville. I was the pony who gave you a VIP Wonderbolts ticket when you lost yours.” Rainbow’s eyes went wide, “That can’t be! That was the pony who also saved Celestia and is sitting in coma at her castle right now.” Skye pointed a hoof at her, “Correction. WAS sitting in a coma at her castle. I woke up a day and a half ago.” “How can that be though? You were near the brink of death when the girls and I intervened. The doctors said it would be a long time before you would recovered. Yet here you are with not a single scar or scratch of any kind on you!” Rainbow replied dumbfounded. Skye relaxed in his chair and shrugged, “I’m still not sure myself and neither are Celestia’s best nurses and doctors. It really is a mysterious miracle of some kind. That being said, I didn’t come out fully unscathed.” he ran a hoof through the darker blue streak of his mane and pointed to his violet eyes, “My body couldn’t fully heal itself properly, so it compensated by giving my DNA a minor makeover here and there.” Rainbow stood up and started walking around him, “It looks like it affected more than your hair and eyes though...” She observed his physique, he was taller than last time, he now had very defined muscles, and very big wings. Rainbow briefly blushed before shaking it off and walking back to her seat. Skye nodded, “Yeah, that’s all that has noticeably changed so far.” he twitched slightly knowing full well that there was more that had changed, “but more could be different for all I know. It’s just too early to tell.” “That’s incredible. Even though you hardly know us at all and the girls and I haven’t fully gotten a chance to formally introduce ourselves, I’m sure they’d like to know your okay.” Rainbow smiled. Out of nowhere, Pinkie popped into existence and set a coffee with a chocolate muffin in front of Skye. “Oooo! And I know just the way to do that!” Pinkie said beaming with excitement. “How?” Skye asked, not knowing what he was getting himself into. Pinkie took a deep breath and then shouted, “A PARTAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!” Good thing Skye’s instincts caught on and he was able to cover up his ears and save his hearing. After Rainbow assured him it was safe to uncover his ears, Skye asked “A party? Why a party?” Pinkie giggled, “More like why not? You did save the princess and you’re technically new to Ponyville.” she sat next to him before continuing, “I feel like there’s going to be a third reason very soon too, but a party to celebrate would be a perfect place to make some friends and celebrate everything silly!” Skye raised an eyebrow at Rainbow who just shrugged and mouthed ‘Just go with it.’. “Sure, a party does sound kinda fun.” “Great! Then a party it is! Be at the Castle of Friendship at sunset, it’s a big shiny crystal in the middle Ponyville so it’s kind of hard to miss. See you then!” Pinkie said as she bounced away to the kitchen. Taking a few sips of his coffee and a bite of his muffin, he turned his attention back to Rainbow “How is she gonna pull off setting up a party by sunset?” he asked suddenly confused. “You underestimate her power dude. When it comes to parties, Pinkie’s power challenges that of Celestia’s” Rainbow joked. “Anyway, I never did get to thank you for that ticket. So thank you.” “It’s no big deal, I was given those tickets as a birthday gift from my brother. I didn’t even know what I was going to do with the extra ticket.” Skye said as he set his coffee down, “When I saw that you lost yours, I wasn’t gonna let your day be ruined. Even if it meant giving away the ticket.” Rainbow smiled, “I’m not one for mushy emotional stuff, but that genuinely made my day when you did.” “Again. Don’t mention it.” Skye smiled as he took another bite of his muffin. As he enjoyed his treat, something started to feel off. The smell of smoke and sounds of screaming started to overwhelm his senses. “Do you hear or smell that? Something’s wrong...” Skye asked with a serious look as he tried to find the source of the smoke. Rainbow was very confused and shook her head, “No. All I smell is sugar and all I hear is ponies talking. Why?” Without answering her, Skye got out of his chair and ran out of the bakery. Outside he spotted a plume of smoke in the distance about a mile away. ‘No doubt something is on fire.’ he thought to himself. Rainbow stepped outside next to him. “Rainbow, go get some weather ponies to help put out a fire and meet me there!” Skye said pointing at the smoke. Rainbow nodded taking off. Once she was out of sight, Skye started to spark and fill with energy before taking off like a lightning bolt towards the source of the smoke. Next to a few shops was a house that had erupted into flames and was surrounded by panicking ponies. Upon further inspection, he spotted a pony made out of fire walking towards the ponies. This pony was gettting ready to attack the innocent crowd. Skye sped up and dived towards the pony. Suddenly, he crashed into him and knocked him on to the ground. Skye rolled a bit before picking himself up. Before he could address the burning pony, he noticed his mane was on fire and quickly patted it out. “I know it’s winter and it’s cold, but a small bonfire would have been enough buddy.” The fire pony started to chuckle with a menacing smile, “Where’s the fun in that when I could not only warm up a little, but also get revenge on the very pony who fired me and ruined my life?” he said pointing to the burning house, no doubt still occupied. “I don’t know about your situation at all, but lighting a family’s house on fire two days before Hearth’s Warming? That’s kinda going overboard in my opinion, but who am I to judge? Anyways, I hate to break it to you but I’m going to need to you stop this immediately or else.” Skye said approaching him very slowly. The burning pony began to laugh, “You? Stop me? Oh please! You're just an ordinary Pegasus! Your wings would only feed my flames!” Skye smirked, “Try me!” The fire pony burned brighter before throwing a fireball at him. Skye concentrated on the fireball’s movement dodged it with a backflip. “You’re going to have to try harder than that, matchstick.” he laughed after landing. “Matchstick!? I’ll have you know the name’s Pyromane!” Pyromane yelled as he breathed fire out of his mouth at Skye. Skye swiftly stepped out of the fire’s trajectory. ‘Fire breath? That pretty awesome, but the name Pyromane? Seriously? That’s the best he could come up with? Lame...’ he thought to himself. Upon reaching safety he looked over to the burning house, ‘I need to get this guy out of the way quickly. If there is anypony alive in that house, they’re not going to be for much longer if I don’t hurry up!’ Observing Pyromane, Skye began to hatch a plan. The pony was basically a living fire, leaving only a few options on how to take out said fire. He could put him out using the surrounding snow, but there was not enough snow nearby and it would take too long to get more. The family and their house were quickly running out of time after all. The next option was water, but the weather ponies were still not here. This left one last option, suffocating the fire. But how? Suddenly, Skye had an idea. If he spun around Pyromane counterclockwise fast enough, it would suck the oxygen supply out of the fire and would put Pyromane out of commission. Sparking with tons of energy, he took off as fast as his legs could carry him right now. As Skye sped around Pyromane, the burning pony began to struggle to breath and the fire that covered him was starting to die down, but it wasn’t fast enough as he needed to put Pyromane out completely. Speeding up and adding his wings to the equation, Skye finally managed to put out Pyromane completely and watched as the pony passed out due to exhaustion and oxygen deprivation. Skye felt kinda bad, but it could of ended much worse. Skye slowed to halt and took a minute to catch his breath. Looking into the crowd of ponies, he pointed towards two stallion. “You two! Go get some royal guards quickly and detain this guy!” he commanded. The two ponies nodded and ran off carrying an unconscious Pyromane. Turning his attention back to the home, he began concentrating at the situation at hoof. As Skye focused, began to hear what sounded like three panicked heartbeats inside the house. Two of them were on the first floor and sounded like adult heartbeats due to them sounding slightly slower than the third, and the third was one of a child’s and was located on the second floor. Without thinking any further, he dashed inside. Once inside, the entrance collapsed behind him and the flames grew. ‘Great. That’s just what I needed.’ Skye thought to himself with an eye roll. Skye listened carefully and noticed that the heartbeats were coming from the kitchen. He quickly ran into the kitchen towards them. Inside was a green unicorn stallion and a orange earth pony mare underneath a table embracing each other. Skye approached them and knelt down. “Are you two okay?” Skye asked and the couple nodded, “Don’t worry, everything’s gonna be alright.” Scanning the room, he spotted a backdoor that he assumed led to the backyard. Turning back to the couple, he got an idea. “Look, I’m going to kick open that door and you two are going to get out of here to safety. Got it?” The mare began to panic, “W-what about our little girl!?” “I won’t leave until I get her out safely, but you need to get out of here. There is a very high chance this place could cave in any moment . Alright?” Skye explained. The couple nodded, “Good.” Walking up to the door, he raised his hind legs and with as much strength he could, kicked the door open and knocked it off its hinges. “Go!!” The couple wasted no time exiting the building, leaving Skye behind with one more task. He left the kitchen and spotted the stairs. At this point, it was starting to get harder to breathe, but this wasn’t going to stop him. Skye ran upstairs and shouted, “Is there anypony up here? If you can hear me, shout where you are!” A couple seconds passed as Skye listened carefully, suddenly he heard a very weak voice cry out. “I’m in the bedroom at the end of the hall! Help me I can’t breathe very well!” As soon as he heard the filly, Skye charged his energy up and bolted down the hall and knocked down the bedroom door. Once inside, he started searching the room for the filly. “I’m down here under the bed! Hurry!” the filly cried out. He ducked down underneath the bed reached out for the filly who quickly grabbed his hoof. Skye pulled her out and picked her up. All that was left was to get her out safely, but he had to think fast. He couldn’t go back downstairs due to the house’s failing structural integrity, which meant the only way out was a window. Skye looked at the window to the right, it was locked shut and looked pretty sturdy but it was the only option at the moment. Skye looked at the filly, “Okay, we’re going to do something pretty crazy. So I’m going to need you to do something for me.” “What?” the filly asked trembling. “When I count to three, you’re going to close your eyes and hold on tight. Alright?” Skye explained. The filly nodded. Skye gave her an assuring smile, “Alright lets do it.” Backing up, he got as much distance as he possibly could between him and the window. If he was going to make this work, he was going to have to go from still to full speed nearly instantly. Skye concentrated on his remaining energy, he could do this. Closing his eyes, electricity started surging throughout his body, “One... two...” Skye opened his eyes to reveal brightly glowing violet irises full of determination. “Three.” In the time it took a pony to blink, Skye had charged at the window full speed and right as he was about crash through it he wrapped his wings around the filly as a shield and dived out the window right when the glass shattered. Time finally caught up with him and pain filled every part of his body upon hitting ground full force. Very slowly, Skye picked himself off the ground while clutching the filly in his wings. Up in the skies, Rainbow along with ten other weather ponies arrived with an oversized bucket of water and without a moment to spare they put the fire out. Making his way over to the couple, Skye gave them the foal. Before he could walk away however, the couple embraced him. In the background, the crowd began to cheer at his heroics. The feeling was awkward and embarrassing at first, but it slightly grew on him. As the couple released him, Rainbow landed and walked over to him with a proud smile. “It might just be a coincidence, but it looks like you have the blood of a hero” Rainbow smirked. Skye chuckled, “I’m leaning more towards coincidence.” he said before wincing. Rainbow noticed and became a little concerned, “You okay?” Rubbing a few bruises and cuts that were starting to make their presence known, Skye replied. “Just sore from a really rough landing.” “Well we can’t have you limping like a zombie or something before your party tonight.” Rainbow said patting him on the back, “I have some friends at the local spa who will fix you right up. They owe me a few favors so if you mention I sent you, you’ll get in free of charge.” “Thank you.” Skye said before his left wing began to throb, “Not gonna lie. A massage does sound pretty good right now.” Rainbow nodded, “Go head over there right now. Just don’t be late to the party ok?” “Good idea. I’ll see you later tonight then.” Skye smiled as he slowly lifted himself into the air and flew away. Rainbow watched as he flew away, “There’s something different about that colt. No doubt about it.” Three hours later... Stretching his wings, Skye truly felt like a million bits. Aloe and Lotus had worked their wonders soothing all his aches and pains that he received today. First he got a deep massage that got rid of knots in his back that he didn’t even know he had, then he got to sit and soak in a relaxing hot bath of water that was scented like an assortment of fruits. If it weren’t for the fact that they were closing early today, he probably would have fallen asleep in the bath. The chilly evening air and Celestia’s magestic sunset welcomed Skye as he exited the spa. The streets were nearly devoid of ponies which felt unusual to him, but felt like it wasn’t worth questioning. He hadn’t been in Ponyville long enough to know what was the norm was around here. ‘Now where did Pinkie say to meet again?’ he looked at his surroundings, until he spotted a tall glistening tower. ‘Aha! Castle of Freindship!’ Skye smiled and started sprinting towards it. At the entrance, he stood in front of the door wondering what to do. ‘Do I knock or something?’ As he was about to knock on the door, it slowly opened on its own and revealed a room with no lights on. ‘Huh? I must of missed the part-‘ Before Skye could complete his thought, he was interupted by ponies shouting in unison. “SURPRISE!!” Filling the foyer of the castle, was a multicolored crowd of party-enthusiastic ponies of all kinds. Streamers, balloons, and confetti decorated the walls and floor. It was becoming very clear to him that this was all a part of certain pink pony’s plan. Right on queue as if she read his thoughts, Pinkie Pie jumped in front of him and pulled him inside. “YOU MADE IT!!” Pinkie Pie beamed, “What do ya think?” “I’ve never had a surprise party before, but I have to say I like it lot.” Skye smiled. Pinkie pointed to the center of the room where a table with refreshments was located. “My friends are waiting by the snacks, they’re very eager to meet you for realsies this time.” Skye glimpsed over to the girls and nodded before turning back to Pinkie Pie, “Let’s not keep them any longer, shall we?” Pinkie nodded and grinned as they walked over to them. Twilight was the first to notice them and turned her attention to Skye, “Hey, glad to see you’ve recovered mister...?” He chuckled, “Swift. Skye Swift. Just call me Skye though!” “Well than, it’s nice to finally meet you Skye.” Twilight smiled before observing him, “I have to say your recovery is extraordinary!” “Yeah I’m quite lucky to say the least!” Skye nervously rubbed the back of his head. He wasn’t used to mares eying him, analytically or romantically. All this attention he was getting lately was a little too much for him. “Lucky indeed!” Twilight laughed, “ Allow me to introduce you to everypony.” She pointed to Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash, “You already Pinkie and Rainbow, so we’ll start off with Applejack. She works at Sweet Apple Acres and is one of the most hardworking and honest ponies you’ll meet!” Applejack tipped her hat before before holding out a hoof which Skye gladly shook. “Pleasure meetin’ ya!” she smiled, “You should stop by mah farm sometime! I’d be happy to give you a sample of our tasty new apple cider recipe we’ve been working on.” “That’s sounds fun, I’ll stop by the next time I fetch some groceries!” Skye replied before looking over at the next pony. Twilight walked over to Rarity, “Here is Ponyville’s fashionista, Rarity-“ “MY WORD!!” Rarity gasped running over to Skye, “That poor saddlebag!” “What?” Skye took off his bag and looked at it, “Oh this old thing? Yeah it has seen better days.” Rarity snatched the bag from Skye's hoof and inspected it closer, the bag had several tears and the fabric was scorched here and there. "This is completely unacceptable! I am going to make you a new one right away!" "You don't need to do that Rarity." Skye chuckled at her antics. "Darling I insist! I can make one that'll perfectly suit your tastes as well!" Rarity smiled as she folded up Skye's bag and put it into her bag. Skye was about to try to kindly turn her down again, only for Twilight to put a hoof in front of him and shake her head no. "Just let her Skye, she is the element of generosity after all." Twilight said turning to a yellow pegasus mare, "Last but not least we have Ponyville's animal caretaker, Fluttershy!" Fluttershy stood in front of Skye, nervously pawing at the floor with her face hidden behind a carnation pink mane. The lighting the room reflected off her eyes revealing glossy cerulean irises. Skye noticed how nervous and shy she was, so he relaxed his posture a bit, loosened his eye brows and gave her a gentle smile. “Hey there, I’m Skye!” Skye greeted, “I’m promise I’m not too scary once you get to know me. In fact we have something in common, I like animals too.” Fluttershy slowly relaxed and smiled, “You do?” Skye nodded, “Yeah, in fact I used to take care of a bird sanctuary in my free time back when I was in school.” Her eyes widened, “Oh my goodness! That must of been amazing!” “Indeed it was!” Skye grinned, “I could tell you some stories sometime if you’d like?” “That’d be great.” Fluttershy nodded her head. Skye smiled before standing back up and stretching. “Well it’s very nice to meet you all, but this is a party. Let’s go have some fun!” All of the girls nodded their heads in agreement and began to disperse throughout the room. Glancing around the room, Skye spotted several activities he could participate in. There was a makeshift dance floor in the middle of the room where ponies were grooving to DJ Pon-3, a lounge area that a few ponies were casually talking to friends, and a game area where there was darts, bobbing for apples, and a few other games. Despite the variety of activities, Skye had his sights set on the stage. As always, he had the irresistible urge to sing and perform. On the stage next to the DJ booth was a set of common instruments like the piano, guitar, drums, and other tools of a musician’s trade. He continued to eyes the instruments until he gave into his temptations. Skye quickly made his way over to Pinkie Pie and pulled her aside, "Hey Pinkie, do you think I could perform a song?" Pinkie's face lit up and she gave an incredibly big smile, "Of course you can! Just let the DJ know and she'll help you out." "Thank you." Skye returned the smile. Weaving through the crowd, he slowly made his way onto the stage and to the DJ booth. Skye waited a moment for the song to end before whispering something into the DJ's ear. She smiled and nodded before Skye walked out in to the center of the stage. Noticing that the music stopped, everypony turned their attention to him. On queue, drums and a guitar began to play. [Song: Red Vox - Settle For Less] As the intro progressed into the main melody, ponies began to bob their heads to the beat. Skye smiled at the audience as he started to sing. Turning their attention to him, the girls look at him in surprise. "Wow he sounds really good!" Rainbow was the first to speak. Rarity nodded, "Agreed! What a delightful voice!" Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Twilight hummed in agreement while Fluttershy simply sat there enjoying the music. Moving into the chorus, Skye continued to sing and follow each of the notes smoothly. Mesmorized by the backing instruments, the audience began to sway as he entered the chorus for the second time. Skye felt his throat getting dry, but that wasn't going to keep him from finishing the song nicely. After finishing the last of the lyrics, he hummed along with the melody as the song gently came to a close. Before he even had a chance to take a breath, the audience erupted into applause. Skye smiled and let out a chuckle as he repositioned the microphone and bowed. "Thank you everyone! I'll let the DJ take it from here though, 'cause I'm beat!" He laughed before leaving the stage. Skye made his way back to the refreshments to grab a glass of water. His throat was still sore from breathing in smoke earlier, not to mention singing only made it worse. While he downed the drink, the girls walked over to him. "We didn't know you sang!" Twilight said with a giant smile. Rainbow flew over to him and nudged his shoulder, "Yeah, how come you didn't mention it?" Skye simply shrugged, "Why spoil the surprise?" "Well ya sure did surprise us!" Applejack laughed. Pinkie was hopping as she spoke up, "I know right! You should perform again! ENCORE! ENCORE! ENCORE!" Before she could continue chanting, he cut her off. "I would love to but after such a long day, I need to get some rest." "He is right Pinkie, we all should get some beauty sleep." Rarity agreed. Fluttershy nodded, "Yeah and I need to feed Angel before I go to bed." "Tell you what, I'll come by later tomorrow and give you all a special performance during lunch. Okay?" Skye smiled. Pinkie squealed with excitement. "Sweeeeeeet!!!!!" Skye yawned as he made his way over to the entrance, before leaving he turned back and waved to everypony. "Thanks for the party! And I'll see you all later!" The girls waved as he left and began the long flight home. Entering his home, Skye stretched and made his way upstairs and to his bedroom. Still sore from earlier, he very gently entered his bed and made himself comfortable. 'What a day' Skye thought to himself before slowly drifting away to dreamland. Little did he know, what tomorrow held in store.