//------------------------------// // Chapter 38: IT’S PARTY TIME! P-A-R-T-WHY? BECAUSE I GOTTA! // Story: Balance of the Mind and Body // by Swift Blaze //------------------------------// The next morning, Al and Blaze woke up before dawn. They soon realized they slept through dinner and the night. The humans started to pack up whatever they had with them. They also noticed the others have already left. Blaze thought they must have left after dinner. He wouldn't have blamed them for not saying goodbye. It was a hard training period and they just wanted to return to their homes, or where they’ve been staying. The humans exited the barracks and made their way to the train station. “Guess we were worn out more than we thought,” said Al. “Glad we’re done with the training. I don’t know if I can take any more of it.” “The Royal Guard Training might be done, but you still need some more to gain better control of your powers,” replied Blaze. “Let alone, your anger control.” “Aww. I hate homework!” “Don’t worry. We won’t be starting it when we get back. Both of us do deserve some R & R after that. Plus, you finally get to meet the mane six. Just remember, no mention of any future thing about them. Better yet, you know nothing.” “How come?” “One, they never met you. Two, you know about them, but you never met them in real life. Three, they know nothing about the fact we have knowledge of this world before coming here. Pinkie Promise you will not tell them anything that has yet to happen.” Blaze said with a serious face. Al thought it over before giving out a sigh. “Fine, I Pinkie Promise not to overreact when I see them or mention anything from the show. Cross my heart. Hope to fly. Stick a cupcake in my eye. OW!” the white hair human actually poked his eye while doing the promise. The pair finally made it to the train station. Blaze headed to the engine to see if he could find Smoky, the train conductor. After a few minutes, the black hair human spotted him by one of the passenger cars. Blaze lead Al over to him. “Good morning, Smoky. Mind letting me take my friend along with me?” he asked. “If you both have tickets. I have no problem with you two boarding,” the stallion replied. “Come on. You said I could hop on for free for clearing that rock slide and fixing the track.” “You didn’t fix the track. An Earth pony named Swift Blaze did that. Wait, how do you know about it?” “I’m the one that did it, I couldn’t show you this form because magic changed me into my pony form. I came here for Royal Guard training.” “That’s the same thing he said. Ok, now that you’re in this form, show me the pony form that you can change into at will.” “Alright. Let me just tell you now, that form is no longer an Earth pony.” Blaze performed the shadow transform jutsu. “I’m now a Unicorn pony.” Smoky dropped his mouth open for a few seconds, before closing it back up. “I guess you’re that pony. Sorry about that. So, that’s your human form. You didn’t mention you also had a tail.” He transformed back to it. “Another thing that happened while doing the survival part of the Royal Guard Training. I’m still trying to figure out why. Oh, let me introduce you to another human in Equestria. This here is my friend, Al.” “Pleasure to meet you, Al. Just like I offered to Blaze, you may ride this train for free.” “Likewise and thanks for the offer,” he replied. “If you need any help with something on the train, let us know.” They boarded the train and enjoyed the scenery as they made their way to Ponyville. While on the train, Blaze had an idea pop into my head. He wondered if Al would like to pull this prank with him. Being so serious while doing the training, he needs something to lighten the mood.  He turned to the white hair human and said, “Hey Al, I’m thinking the girls are going to either be waiting at the train station or at my house. I’m itching to pull a prank. You game?” He just smiled at the idea. “To pull a prank on those pranksters and everyone else, you know I am.” Blaze whispered the plan to him. Al nodded at each step and almost laughed out loud at the final step. Once they saw Ponyville coming into sight, he grabbed onto the other human and teleported them off and onto the road path that was next to the train. They started the walk towards town. The humans stayed by the EverFree forest, in case they saw or heard a pony coming. The pair went by Sweet Apple Acres, with no sign of the Apple family. They soon rounded the corner and saw Blaze’s house in the distance. There were several ponies running in and out of the house. Nothing was set up in the front yard from what they could see. Blaze could make out Pinkie Pie was giving out commands to other ponies. Al spotted Rainbow Dash and she was about to do a flyby. Both quickly took a few steps into the woods to stay hidden. She continued to Blaze’s house and stopped in front of Pinkie. The pink mare quickly jumped in the air and they heard her say, “Blaze will be here soon! Everyone to your hiding places!” They all went inside and closed the door. Blaze turned to Al and said, “Ok, they’re expecting to see a single human come walking down this road to that house. You’re already wearing one of my Gi. So, they’ll think it’s me. You know what to say when you open the door, right?” “No problem. You’re going to change into a parrot and sit on my shoulder and act like one,” Al said. “Of course. They have not seen me change into an animal before, only into other ponies. You ready?” “Dude, I was born ready.” They bump their fist together. Blaze transformed into a colorful parrot and sat on Al’s shoulder. The human started the walk to the house. They could see several ponies looking through the windows and quickly disappearing from view when they spotted the human. He walked up to the door and placed his hand on the door handle. He looked towards the parrot. Blaze gave him the nod.  Al quickly opened the door and shouted, “LUCY! I’M HOME!” All the ponies jumped from their hiding places and shouted, “SURPRISE!” The way they said it was from a happy tone to a confused tone when they saw it was not Blaze at the door, but another human. “AHHHH! What was that for?!” Al said, acting scared. “Who are you?” Twilight Sparkle asked the unknown human. “Name’s Al. I’m going to guess that surprise was for the other human that is in Equestria,” he replied. “You know Swift Blaze!?” “Yep. Met him during the Royal Guard Training. Actually, he found me in the EverFree Forest.” “AAAWK! EVERFREE FOREST!” Blaze said in parrot talk. “Aw, what a cute birdy you got there. Did you find him in that scary forest?” Fluttershy asked. “Sure did. He kept me company till Blaze and the other recruits found me on their survival exercise. The forest reminds me a bit of home, except for the dangerous creatures,” Al said. “AAAWK! DANGEROUS CREATURES!” Blaze said. “What else can you say, um, what is his name?” Fluttershy said. “I call him Mr. Cotton’s Parrot,” he replied. “That’s a stupid name to call a pet.” Rainbow Dash said.  Blaze flew off Al’s shoulder and landed on top of Rainbow Dash’s head. He then started to peck at her head.  “HEY! Ouch! Quit that!”  The blue Pegasus flew around to try and shake the bird off. He stayed on as he gripped her mane with the talons and continued to peck. “I think you should take that back if you want him to stop.” “Fine! I Take It Back! Your Name Is Not Stupid!” Blaze flew off Rainbow Dash’s head and back onto Al’s shoulder. She flew up next to me and stuck her tongue out. The bird quickly snapped at it. The mare screamed from the pain. Everyone is now laughing. Rainbow Dash just flew to the couch and sat down with a pouty face. “So, Al, do you know where Blaze is?” Twilight Sparkle asked. “He was very tired from the training and slept in. I took the early train. He told me last night where his house is,” he replied. “Hold up. My sister would have informed us if she saw another human coming off the train.” Applejack said. “Well, I didn’t ride inside the train. I rode on top as I had no money for a ticket. I hopped off before coming into town.” “There’s something going on with ya. I’m feeling a whole bunch of lies coming from ya. Now tell us the truth.” “Alright, you got us. Guess I can’t pull a joke on you Applejack.” Blaze said in my normal voice. “Blaze, is that you? How did you become a parrot, darling?” Rarity asked. “Transformation Jutsu. What? You didn’t think I could only change into other humans and ponies. Did ya?” “I knew it was you Blaze the entire time.” Pinkie Pie said. “How did you know?” Twilight Sparkle asked. “My Pinkie Senses told me silly.” “Then why did you not tell us?” “You didn’t ask.” Twilight was now frustrated. She quickly calmed back down and said, “I take it Blaze you are able to go back to your human form again?” He replied, “I can, though Al isn’t the only surprise I have to show.” Blaze transformed back into his human form. “I have a pony’s tail.” “WWWHHHHAAAATTT!” All the ponies in the room shouted at the same time. “Also, my pony form has changed.” He changed to his pony form. “I’m now a Unicorn in this form.”  The humans saw several ponies collapse from the double shock. Blaze counted them up.  “I won the bet. I told you I can get more than eight ponies to faint when I showed what happened to me.”  He changed back to human form and summoned the Elements of Order book to him.  “Which side do you want it on?” “Alright. I’ll take it on the left,” Al said. Holding the book with both hands, the black hair human wound up and swung the book into the left side of the white hair human’s head. He spun where he stood from the impact. He remained standing and was only dazed for a few minutes. “WHY DID YOU HIT HIM WITH THAT BOOK!” Twilight Sparkle screamed.  The purple Unicorn quickly used her magic to try and pull the book from Blaze. He held on tight as he was dragged to her. When the human was close, he flicked at her horn and her magic stopped. “First, don’t take what does not belong to you,” replied Blaze. “Two, that was how some humans sometimes settle bets. Though, we used phone books.” “The Elements of Order book has a very hard cover. I think you broke my jaw,” Al said. He used his hands and forced it back into place. “Ah, that feels better.” “Elements of Order? I have never heard of those.” Twilight said.  Being very quick, she used her magic and pulled the book out of my hands. Twilight opened it up and tried to look through it.  “What language is this in? I can’t make out anything in here.” Blaze walked up to her again and flicked her horn. When the magic hold was gone, he grabbed the book and sent it back to his secret storage in the basement.  “Next time, ask before taking,” he said. “I’m sorry for flicking your horn.” Twilight rubbed her horn. “I’m sorry too. Books I haven’t read always interest me. Especially old ones. Where did you get that?” “How about we talk about that tomorrow. I see you’re trying to throw me a party and here we are just chatting. Where’s the music, food, drinks, and games?” “They are right HERE!” Pinkie Pie said.  The pink mare pulled out a small box with a big red button. She slammed her hoof on it. They heard a rumble outside. When everyone stepped out of the front door, the group saw a massive cannon coming out of the top of the forest tree line. It was aimed at Blaze’s house.  Before he could make a hand sign, it fired. The black hair human closed his eyes and braced for impact from whatever it shot out. After a few seconds, nothing happened. He opened them and saw his front yard was now decorated for a party. Everything for an outside party was there.  He turned to the pink mare and said, “Congratulations, Pinkie, you’ve finally got me with something I wasn’t expecting.” She ran over to him and gave the human a great big hug. “Oh, I knew you would like that. I’m just glad it didn’t explode, like in testing.” “When did you test it and how big of an explosion? You know what, nevermind. Let’s get to partying!” Everyone cheered and made their way out onto the front lawn. Blaze stuck with the six closest pony friends, Spike, and Al. They all headed to where the punch was. With young fillies around, there was no alcohol in it. The ponies were talking about what happened while he was away.  Blaze already knew about the dragon napping on the mountain. Turns out, they had the parasprite infestation the next day. The construction workers really worked fast to put the town back together. He was glad they didn’t eat his house. The human thought his chakra barrier on the house mustn’t be to their liking.  The next week, Rarity made the dresses for the girls. Finally, a few days ago, they met a Zebra named Zecora. They didn’t state about the Poison Joke incident. Both Al and Blaze kept their cool so as to not bring that up. “I just realized, I haven’t properly introduced everyone to Al,” said the black hair human. “Everyone, this is Al, another human. During my training, we had to do some survival training in the EverFree Forest. I found him at an abandoned castle.” “That must be the same castle where the Elements of Harmony were,” Twilight Sparkle said. “It is as Princess Celestia confirmed it.” Blaze pointed to each pony as he went and said, “ Al, this is Twilight Sparkle, Spike, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Rarity.” “Nice to meet you all. Blaze has told me about you while we were in the barracks. It’s nice to put a face to the name,” Al said. “Allow me to be the first here to welcome you here to Ponyville,” said the purple Unicorn. “I’m sure you’ll adjust to living here as Blaze has.” “I will, as long as you don’t change me into a pony. I heard the pain Blaze went through when he changed via magic. I’ve had enough pain to last a lifetime.” “Oh, you poor dear. What happened, if you don’t mind sharing.” Fluttershy asked. “I’d shared them with Swift Blaze. The things I saw and had to do, well, no one has ever experienced. Thank you for asking, but I don’t want to frighten you with my tale.” “Oh, you poor dear. It must be dreadful if you think it was that bad. Is there anything we can help you with?” Rarity asked. “So I don’t have to keep on wearing Blaze’s clothes, you think you can make some for me?” “But of course darling! Blaze was very specific with what he wanted. Can you allow me to make something that I think you will look dashing in?” “I do need a tux for the Gala. Princess Celestia invited all the recruits we trained with to it. For normal clothes, I do want a say in those.” “OH THIS IS GOING TO BE LOVELY! TWO HUMAN ESCORTS TO THE GALA! Come to my boutique tomorrow so I can get your measurements. Blaze can show you where it’s at.” Al leaned over and whispered to Blaze, “How long were you there to get your measurements?” He replied in a whisper, “Hours. I had a clone do it though. I did feel the pain from the pricks of the needles when the clone released. I don’t think you will be there as long as she has mine for a template.” “Thank you for being the guinea pig,” We brofisted. “What were you two whispering?” Rainbow Dash asked. “Guy stuff,” Blaze replied. “Things you won’t understand.” “I’m a boy dragon. You can tell me,” Spike said.  “Sorry, this is for human guy knowledge only. I’ll tell you what. Next weekend, how about the guys hang out for the day. We can include Big Mac.” Al decided to play a wise ass. “Wait, there is a pony named after a burger from home?” He asked. The other human saw what he was doing, so he played along. “No, it’s short for Big Macintosh.” “So, he’s named after the apple computer.” “No. He’s Applejack’s big brother. I take his name from the Macintosh apple.” “Ahh. A big, red, juicy apple. Very delicious.” “What in tarnation are you two going on talking about my brother?” Applejack asked in a serious voice. “Relax, Applejack. I’m sure your brother is a nice pony,” replied the white hair human. “Working on an apple farm, all the ponies there must smell like apples for eating them all the time. They probably sweat Apple Juice.” Blaze couldn’t believe Al said that. That human is really going to get it. He quickly backed away from him as he saw what was coming. Applejack spun around and bucked the white hair human right in the chest. He went flying over the house and backyard. He landed several feet in the woods.  Blaze raised his arms up and shouted, “AND IT IS GOOD!” “Would you care to join him?” the orange mare asked as she spun her head around. “No, thank you,” he replied. “I would like to apologize for him right now though. I think his brain is still scrambled from the beating I gave him yesterday.” “Well, I just don’t like it when someone talks about the Apple family like that. Guess we should go and check and see if he is ok.” “I FOUND HIM!” shouted Pinkie Pie. “He's not good at playing hide and seek.” The pink mare was dragging him along by her tail wrapped around a leg. He had several lacerations on his arms from falling through the treetops. Bruises were starting to show and a few limbs appeared to be bent the wrong way. “I didn't realize I kicked him that hard! I’ll go and get the Doctor,” Applejack said. “Don’t bother. Those injuries are nothing to him.” Blaze replied. He walked up to the human and gave a kick to his head. “Come on Al and heal yourself. You’re scaring the ponies with your injuries.” He opened his eyes and sat up. “You’re no fun. Won’t even let me play possum,” he replied. “Next time you do, I’ll let Twilight change you into a pony so they can heal you.” “ANYTHING BUT THAT!”  Al concentrated on healing. The lacerations sealed up, bruises disappeared, and broken bones were no longer broken. He got back onto his feet once he was done. “How were you able to heal yourself? Do you have the same abilities as Blaze?” Twilight asked. “No, I don’t. My blood is unique.” “Is that why your blood was purple instead of red? How did you get it? Were you born with it? Was it some . . . Mmph mmph.” That’s when Blaze had placed his hand over the Unicorn’s mouth. “Please Twilight, can you not interrogate every new creature you come into contact with? Let us just relax and enjoy the party. If you can, I’ll tell you tomorrow what your next assignment from Princess Celestia is.” The black hair human could tell she really wanted to know now, but she remained calm and collected herself. “Alright Blaze, you have a deal. Welcome home.” Twilight Sparkle then reached out and gave me a hug. Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Spike, and Fluttershy soon joined in the hug. “And me without a camera,” Al said. “I have one!” Pinkie Pie sad. She reached into her mane and pulled one out. Then tossed it to him. Al grabbed it and quickly took the picture. “That’s a keeper.” The group hug broke up and Blaze could breathe normally again. Everyone spread out to mingle with the others that were there. The black hair human chatted with several others, including Ditzy Hooves and Lyra Heartstrings. Lyra really wanted to know how he got the tail. He just told her some fluke aftereffect of being magically turned into a pony for two weeks. She bought it and headed off. Blaze decided to find Twilight to ask her something. He spotted her over by the snack stand getting a slice of apple pie. As he headed over, he said, “Hey Twilight, I got a quick question for you.” “What is it, Blaze?” Twilight asked. “I was wondering why you or any of the others were not at the Royal Guard Tournament?” “I knew about those while I was staying at the castle and being taught by Princess Celestia. I asked her if I could see my big brother when he went through it. She told me due to how the matches are done, it wouldn’t seem right for a filly mind to see the violence and language that occur. That’s why only Guard ponies and the Princesses watch.” “I do agree with Princess Celestia. They were pretty violent. I think another reason she has the guards watch is so they are used to that type of injury instead of cowering when they see a fellow guard injured.” “Well, I’m glad you survived it. Though, I still want to know how your forms changed and where you got that book.” “And I promise you that I’ll tell you tomorrow. Let’s go and finish enjoying the party.” The party continued into the afternoon. The sun was beginning to set. Blaze looked around and saw a pony was setting stuff up on the stage. The black hair human wondered why he hadn't seen Vinyl Scratch yet. He assumed the mare must have wanted to make sure she had enough energy to get this party to go through the night.  The human headed up to the stage to talk to her. “Hi, Vinyl. Glad you could make it,” he said. “Hiya Blaze! Glad to finally see your human form,” she replied. “Of course, I did not expect to have a tail from what Lyra has said about humans.” “I think that is an after effect from being turned into a pony by magic for two weeks.” “Magic can do some crazy things. I would never miss throwing a party for the human who saved the town.” Blaze got pulled away by Al. He whispered, “Dude! I didn’t think you are friends with DJ Pon-3. Have you played any music from our world here?” “I’ve only met her once before. A few days after stopping that tornado you came through. And no, I haven’t played any music. Why, do you want to?” Blaze whispered back. “Of course! I know of two songs I know they will all love. Let me get my iPod out.” Al dug into his pocket and pulled it out. “SHIT! The battery is dead. I don’t think I have the cable to charge it up. There goes that dream.”  Al was now very sad. Blaze was thinking about what he could do. The only idea that came to his mind was one that thought he would regret this, maybe. “Do you know the song names?” “But of course!” Al told Blaze the two names he wanted to play. “So do you have some jutsu that can play those songs from my head? Are you going to use lightning to charge my iPod back to full charge? What are you going to do?” Al asked in an excited state. “Take a chill pill. First, no jutsu to play a song from the head. It will sound awful. Two, no lightning unless you want me to fry it. Three, I have a solar charger you can plug yours in to charge it up tomorrow. Lastly, the reason I have that is,” Blaze summoned his iPad to him. “I have those songs on here too. Al quickly moved and gave the black hair human a big hug. “OH, MAN! YOU ARE A LIFESAVER!” “You can let go of me now. Let’s go talk to Vinyl and make sure she can connect to it.” “I hope she does.” “Hey Vinyl Scratch, allow me to introduce you to another human. This here is Al,” Blaze said as they walked up to her DJ setup. “Hi AI, nice to meet you,” Vinyl said. “I can’t believe I’m meeting the famous DJ Pon-3!” Al said. “How do you know about my music?” “Oh, I haven’t heard it myself. I just heard what the guards said while we're going through the Royal Guard Training.” “Ah, well, the rumors are true. I am famous.” Blaze whispered to Al, “Nice save. Just watch what you say.” Al nodded. He then spoke to Vinyl Scratch in a normal voice, “Al and I were wondering if you would not mind playing a couple of songs from our world.” “That would be awesome. How are you going to do that?” Vinyl said. The human revealed his iPad. “They are stored here. All we need is a cable, like on headphones, to plug into your system,” Blaze said as he indicated the port. Vinyl looked at the port carefully. “I think I might have a cable that will work. Give me a minute.” She began to rummage through a box of various cables. Vinyl then pulled her head out with a cable in her mouth. “Will this work?” He took the cable from her mouth and looked it over. One end had the red and white audio plugs. The other end had a headphone plug. “This will work. We will be back after you are all set up and gotten the ponies into the mood. Don’t want to start blasting them with music from another world.” “I can’t wait to hear what humans are capable of making. Can you give me a hint?” “There were so many artists of every style across our planet. Pretty much every known style had at least a couple hundred artists playing it. Even there were some DJs like yourself.” “That many! I better finish so we start bumping out the jam,” Vinyl went back to work running the wires for the sounds and light system. The humans walked away so Vinyl can focus on it. Blaze took Al into the house to show him around the house. He indicated the guest bedroom he will be sleeping in. Seeing they were going to be playing music from their world, they decided to discuss how they were going to present it. Just playing it would seem boring. After thirty minutes, the humans came with a plan. Blaze and Al made their way back outside and saw Vinyl Scratch was starting to play some music. Rainbow Dash then flew towards them. “Is it true you are going to play music from your world?” Rainbow asked. “Who said that?” Blaze replied. “Vinyl Scratch said that she has a special treat for us with some help from you two. What kind of song are you going to sing? Wait, you can play musical instruments, right?” “Neither of us can play any musical instruments. You’ll just have to wait when it's our time to be on stage. After the show, you might even say we are twenty percent cooler,” Al said. “I’ll believe that when I see that.” “Remember Rainbow, don’t underestimate what we humans are capable of,” Blaze said with a smirk. The blue Pegasus giggled and flew back over to where several ponies were dancing to the music. The humans went to the drink station to get some punch. They both grabbed a cup that was pre-filled and took a sip. “This punch tastes different,” Blaze said. “I think someone spiked it,” replied Al. “Nah, it does not taste like Spike. No ash flavor.” We both began to laugh. Another pony comes walking up. “How do you like the punch? It was a little bland before, so I added some booze to it,” the pony said. “You sure it’s alright with little fillies and colts running around?” asked Blaze. “It’s fine. They’ve been taken home at sunset. Time for the grown-ups to have fun. I’m Berry Punch by the way,” the mare said. “Nice to meet you. I am Swift Blaze and this other human is Al.” “Ah, so you are a different creature. I thought my mind was playing tricks on me again. Now I know I can drink some more. Excuse me.” Berry filled up her cup with more punch. She then stumbled off to chat with some others. “I like her,” Al said. “I think I’ll stick to water now.” Sometime later, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash came up to me after I took a break from dancing. Al was still on the dance floor partying away. “Hey Blaze, are you having a fun time?” Pinkie Pie asked. “You know it,” replied the black hair human. “I want to thank you for putting this on. I needed this after two hard weeks of training.” “I’m happy to see you smile.” “Pinkie and I wanted to give you this special cupcake we made just for you,” Rainbow Dash said. “Aw, you did not have to,” he said. Blaze looked at the cupcake and saw the cupcake was blue and the icing was pink. He thought it was an interesting choice in colors. He believed they must have chosen those to have him remind me of them. “So what’s the flavor?” “You’ll have to eat it to find out,” the blue mare said with a quick snicker laugh following. Blaze thought it over. He decided they weren't going to poison him because they were friends, the human grabbed the cupcake and took a big bite out of it. “Wow! Strawberry flavor. I would have never guessed that. Though, I’m detecting something else. Can’t tell what.” “Those are just the other ingredients that were needed to make the base of the cupcake silly,” the pink mare said. “Probably you're right.” Blaze finished the cupcake in two more bites. “Thank you for the special cupcake. It was delicious.” “Glad you enjoyed it. We’re going to head back onto the dance floor. Want to join us?” Rainbow Dash asked. “Nah. I think Al and I will be doing our thing soon. Want to make sure I have enough energy for that.” “Can’t wait to hear what you’re going to play.” They both did a quick snicker laugh as they wandered back onto the dance floor and went on dancing. About an hour later, with the ponies dancing and having fun, Vinyl Scratched turned down the volume to make an announcement. “Alright you party animals, you having a great time!” She shouted into a microphone. The crowd cheered loudly. “That’s what I love to hear. I think it is now time for our guest of honors to come up on stage and show us some music from another planet!” The crowd cheered even louder and started to chant our names. “Guess it’s time. Ready to make your entrance?” Blaze asked Al. “Let’s rock this joint,” he replied. The black hair human performed an Earth jutsu and launched Al and himself into the air in the direction of the stage. They did several flips in the air over the crowd. The humans landed on one knee and one hand touching the stage at the same time. They stood up and took in the applause and cheers. Vinyl Scratch tossed a microphone to Al and Blaze. “HELLO PONYVILLE! YOU HAVING A BLAST TONIGHT?” Blaze shouted into the mic. The ponies cheer loudly. “Well, thank you for coming. I’m pretty sure you all know me by now. I would like to introduce you to my good friend that has also come from my homeworld. Say hello to AL!” Al waved his hand in the air as the ponies cheered for him. “Thank you all for accepting me as you did for Blaze. One of the things I liked back on Earth was music. Hearing what you ponies can play puts some of the bands back home to shame. Let’s hear you cheer for the DJ of the night, DJ Pon-3!” The crowd cheered again. “To show my appreciation, Blaze and I are going to play some of the good music. Sorry to say, but neither of us can play an instrument to save our lives.” “Worry not, for we have the next best thing from our world. The wonders of technology!” said Blaze as he held his iPad up in the air with one hand. “Gives us a moment as we get it plugged in.”  He quickly went over to Vinyl and grabbed the cord she left out. The human plugged it in and was about to go back when Vinyl stopped him. “Blaze, how do you work your device?” Vinyl asked. “I’ll let one of my clones help you.” A quick shadow clone jutsu later and another Blaze appeared next to Vinyl. “I’ll pull up the songs and allow you to adjust the audio levels and lighting to match,” the other Blaze said. Vinyl replied, “Sounds like a plan.” Once Blaze was back on center stage, Al started the routine they planned. “Hold a sec Blaze. We can’t perform wearing these plain clothes, you got something to fix this?” he asked. “Hmm, I know! NINJA ART! TRANSFORM!” Blaze said.  Both of them disappeared into a cloud of smoke. Only to reappear when the smoke dissipated wearing new clothes. The humans were wearing a white-collar shirt not button up. Their six-back chest could easily be seen showing off the intense training they both went through. Al and Blaze were also wearing black leather jackets that shined in the light. The other clothing items they had on were black jeans, black shoes, and black sunglasses that wrapped around. The humans had our arms behind their backs, waiting for the music to start. The clone Blaze saw the humans were in position and started playing the first song. Once the music got going, Vinyl Scratch got into the rhythm and began to have the lights match along with it.  “PARTY ROCK!” Blaze shouted. “YEA,” Al said. “Wooo!!!!” “LET’S GO!!” “Party rock is in the house tonight,” they both sang. “Everybody just have a good time. And we gon’ make you lose your mind. Everybody just have a good time. Party rock is in the house tonight. Everybody just havea good time. And we gon’ make you lose your mind. Everybody just have a good time. We just wanna see yaa!. . . Shake That!” Al and Blaze went back and forth with the lyrics while doing the dance moves. The black hair human soon noticed the ponies in the crowd began to pick up the moves and followed along. The others soon followed. By the time the second chorus started, all the ponies were dancing to the song. Blaze gave a nod to his clone. That signaled him to bump up the special effects. He sent out several ki balls and had them explode like fireworks up in the sky, matching the rhythm of the music. Spike suddenly joined the humans on stage and was keeping up with their moves. Not breaking the rhythm, Blaze did a transform on the dragon to give him a leather jacket and sunglasses to match. The crowd cheered even louder for Spike now. The three of us continued to sing and dance until the song ended. “Give it up for Spike, the mad dancing dragon!” Blaze shouted into the mic. The ponies cheered and shouted his name. Spike took several bows with hand waves in between. Spike was about to hop off the stage when Blaze stopped him. “Where do you think you are going?” he whispered to him. “Off the stage, so you can do the next song,” Spike replied. “Nope. You have some nice moves, so you’re going to participate in the next one.” “But, I don’t know the moves or the lyrics like you two.” “This next one is easy. Hardly any lines and the moves are easy. You’ll pick it up quickly.” Blaze summoned a scroll with the lyrics and dance moves on it. “Give this a quick read as we’ll start in a few minutes. I know you can do it.” “I trust you, so let's get this over with.” The black hair human headed to the next position he needed to be on stage when Al came over to talk to him. “What’s going on? Spike was not in the plan for these numbers.” He whispered. “We didn’t know that he could dance. Trust me, it’ll be worth it. It might also help him get recognized by Rarity sooner,” Blaze replied. “I take it he is going to take the lead on this one.” “He will be perfect for it. Come on, get ready before the crowd gets angry and start to throw tomatoes.” Once everyone was in position. The Clone Blaze cuts the light to the stage. Blaze did another Transform Jutsu and changed their clothes. Then, did a low fog jutsu to roll off the stage. Clone Blaze started up the next song and sent several ki balls to light them up from behind. A spotlight shined on Al as he said, “Oppa Gangnam Style.” The next spotlight shined on Blaze when he said, “Gangnam Style.” The humans were both wearing the same clothing. They had black shirts buttoned up and were sparkling in the light. Their pants were solid black and very baggy. The cross-section between the legs was below the knees. Their hair was styled to the back and they kept the shades from before. The final spotlight shined on Spike. He was wearing a light blue tux with black trim on the collar and pockets. He also had a white shirt and black bow tie. His shades changed to classic black sunglasses. Spike began to sing the lyrics as all three of them performed the dance moves. The crowd was in awe at seeing how well Spike was doing. We all then shouted, “OPPA GANGNAM STYLE!” The three of them began to dance like they were riding an animal and throwing a lasso over our heads. Blaze saw the crowd was enjoying it as they began to try and copy the moves as best as they could do. The group on stage began the next set of lyrics. This time taking turns at them. Clone Blaze moved the ki balls around as Vinyl Scratch controlled the stage lighting to the music. When the second chorus began, Twilight, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash joined on stage. They all danced in rhythm as the crowd did as well. The ponies were cheering as they danced. Al, Spike, and Blaze continued to sing and dance the rest of the song as all the ponies followed along. When the song finally ended, the lights cut out. The ponies cheered and were chanting for an encore.  Al came up to Blaze and whispered, “What are we going to do? I don’t know of another song they will like.” “I got this one. Just follow along to the music,” he replied. The black hair human signaled the other him to start the next song he planned, just in case. As the clone started to pull the song up, Blaze Earth Jutsu several solid, big gemstones to the front of the stage.  When the music began, Blaze fired weak ki blasts at the gems, causing them to light up to the timing of the music. Al recognized the song and took the lead in singing. The stage lights were slowly coming back up, till they went full blast when the volume increased. The ponies easily caught to the dance moves as the lyrics. They jumped when the song said to and twirled in a circle when told to move around. Blaze continued to fire blast at the gems and danced at the same time. When the song ended, the humans took their bows as the ponies cheered. Vinyl Scratch got on a mic and said, “Let’s hear it for Al and Swift Blaze, the HOTTEST humans in Equestria!” The ponies cheered even louder now. The ponies soon began to leave as the party was now over. Al and Blaze helped the mane six and Spike with the cleanup. The black hair human said goodbye to them as they headed to their homes. the humans headed inside and went to their rooms. Blaze felt that was an awesome party. He was glad to be back home now with his friends. The only thing on his mind now was wondering what tomorrow will bring for him?