After going through the portal and going through unconsciousness, he was laid on his expected guest bed in the Crystal Empire and snug into the warm, soft blankets. He could suddenly hear voices calling to him, “... omas?... Thomas?... mas?... Thomas?... Thomas?... Wake up, sweetheart.”
He slowly blinked his eyes open a little until he slowly began to close them, but he suddenly kept blinking as his vision was still blurry, but he suddenly could barely see a huge set of colors around him. He let out a small soft grunting noise as he found himself being held by a pair of creamy yellow hooves and wings wrapped around him in a cradle and cuddled against her chest and snuggled with her fur. When his blurred vision cleared up, he somehow saw himself surrounded by his aunts, and being held in a cradle by one pony he loved the most as Fluttershy looked down at him. “M-M-Mo-Mom... MOMMA!” he cried out as he sat up and wrapped his arms warmly around her chest as she looked down at him again.
“Oh, Momma! I’m so sorry! I’ve missed you so much!” Thomas said, shaking with light sobs. “Shhhhhh shhhhhh... There, there, baby. It’s okay. Momma’s here. Momma’s got you,” Fluttershy replied, rocking herself back and forth gently while hugging and holding her son, until she felt tears of her own starting to leak from her eyes and roll down her cheeks. She then wrapped both of her forelegs and one wing around her little boy in a warm embrace and then laid her head over the top of his head, and rubbed her hoof up and down his back soothingly to calm his crying. “I missed you too, sweetheart,” Fluttershy said sweetly. Thomas looked at her eyes while resting his head on her chest. “In fact we all missed you, precious,” Rarity said, until she gave him a kiss on the cheek. “And we’re glad that you’re back with us,” Twilight said.
“She is correct,” a voice said. It was Princess Celestia. “Princess Celestia!” Thomas exclaimed, until she walked over to let him hug her hoof, until she placed it on his lap, and then wrapped her wing around him and Fluttershy to hug him. “Thomas, you don’t need to apologize for doing something you never attended to do, but we’re just all glad and relieved that you’re safe.” Thomas nodded, until she leaned over to give him a kiss on the cheek.
“Thomas, good to see ya, little buddy,” Shining Armor said. “Shining! Cadance!” Thomas exclaimed. Flurry Heart excitedly cooed about his return. “Flurry!” Thomas exclaimed, until the baby alicorn flew over and hugged him as he hugged him back.
“How are you feeling, sweetheart?” Cadance asked. “I’m feeling a little bit better, now that I’m home again,” Thomas replied, and then he hugged her chest as she wrapped her foreleg around him. “I figured,” Cadance replied, giving her nephew a kiss on the forehead.
“Would the young and dear child of dear Fluttershy like to tell us about thou big adventure with Sunset Shimmer?” Princess Luna asked. Thomas nodded, and then started from the beginning.
Later on, at the ballroom in the Crystal Palace, every pony that was invited was chatting with others, and enjoying the party. Thomas suddenly felt happy that he was invited as well, until he suddenly went over to congratulate his Aunt Cadance and Uncle Shining. “Happy anniversary to you and Shining Armor, Princess Cadance,” he said. “Thank you, sweetheart, but you don’t need to be to formal,” Cadance said sweetly, bringing the boy over for a hug. “By the way, we’ve got a surprise for you. Come with me.” Thomas then climbed onto her back and then Cadance took him somewhere in the room and then she showed him a couple of presents with his name on them. “We realized that you’re birthday already passed when we came and we forgot to get you these, so we decided to give them to you now. They’re all yours,” she said. Thomas then climbed off her back and then went to open his presents.
He got a toy train set, some new clothes from a Crystal Empire outfitters store, and some new plushies for him to play with his Snuggle Bear teddy. He got a cartoonish tiger plushie, a blue lop-eared donkey plush, a large light purple elephant plushie, a green T-Rex plushie, and both a small pig plushie with a red scarf and green vest and green and yellow frog plushie with blue overalls. “Thank you, Princess Cadance,” Thomas said, until he hugged her foreleg, and then she smiled warmly at him and wrapped her foreleg and wing around him. “You’re welcome,” she replied.
“Thomas? Did you like your gifts?” Fluttershy asked. Thomas nodded, and then Fluttershy thought of an idea, “Why don’t we go get some cake?” Thomas nodded excitedly, and then he followed her and Cadance to a table to have cake, and where their friends were sitting.
Above all, Thomas was very happy to be home again, but will remember to visit Sunset if he feels the need to.