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// Fun times/Awkward times 
// Story: A past long forgotten and Hope for the future. 
// by zero504 
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Twilight's Castle

I woke up from the nice nap that I had with Twilight. I knew that me and here would most likely get along with everypony and especially develop more closer feelings. A few hours later, Twilight and I headed to Sugarcube Corner for a bite to eat and in actual reality to go to a party meant to be in my honor. Needless to say I hadn't expected it since Twilight kept me rather busy asking more about my life and other habits. (She was a Scientist/Researcher after all)

I was certainly very surprised when the Cakes had brought me over to a room that was meant to be a setup for Pinkie's parties. So everyone sure surprised me when of course I heard "Surprise!" I certainly jumped at that, but recovered quickly. Pinkie was beaming and excited to see how well her planning had gone off. The mane 6 were there and happy to see me and also to my surprise where several other creatures as well. Most of the Town came cause they were invited and also curious to see and learn more about me.

Turns out the creatures that were there were known as The Young 6. Ocellus, Silverstream, Gallus, Sandbar, Yona, and Smolder. They were pretty interested in me since they had never seen anyone like me before. Of course Ocellus was a bit shy and reserved but that was understandable.  As for the others, They of course asked questions and such. I absolutely loved the charm of Silverstream. She was a bubbly personality and we got along reasonably well. Smolder liked me and when she found out that I was interested in her species, She was real chatty and also teased and play punched me sometimes, but all in all I came off with more information and a sense of comradery. 

Of course, like I mentioned before a lot of the Town were here, including of course Bon Bon and Lyra. They of course Winked and such at me and continued on their merry way by getting some delicious punch made by Punch Berry. Of Course, I knew that the Punch was Alcoholic and many ponies flocked to have some. I avoided the drink like the Plague for good reason. Now that I was 16 again, I most certainly wasn't of age, and I knew Alcohol was not my friend.

Luckily there was Apple juice and other refreshments ready for the taking. I went and mingled with a lot of different ponies. Of course, i also met the Cutie Mark Crusaders. At first, they were a little shy but after some introductions from their  sisters, that changed their tunes a lot. Turns out that a lot of the colts and fillies were genuinely interested in me. I made sure I treated them with the utmost care and respect. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon was most certainly interested too, but due to the nature of Diamond, She was more snooty around me. Still I respected her and her family as I respected all ponies and creatures.

Music was provided by Octavia and Vinyl. The 2 mares were certainly amazing at their musical talents and i was genuinely curious about the music that they performed. Needless to say their musical performances were great to listen to and I hoped to talk to them in the future. Mayor Mare was there also enjoying the Festivities and I was curious as to see what she had been up to as of late. After striking up a conversation with her, I had learned a great deal more about the town and what had been going on as of late.

Sometimes a party can get too rowdy and lots of issues can go down depending on the scenario. Needless to say a lot of Ponies were getting rather drunk despite their being Colts and Fillies there. The Adults were certainly not acting appropriately in front of the kids. As for me, Rainbow Dash kept trying to get me to drink some Punch. "Come on Max, just a little bit aint gonna hurt ya!" *Hic!* "No thanks, Rainbow besides I am not the right age. Also, Alcohol isn't for me." Rainbow countered saying, "You were a lot bigger before, and not to mention this stuff is awesome! I dare you to try some or are you chicken?!"

To be frank, that really hurt me and got me real angry. "AS I Said, Not interested, and as far as I am concerned I dont want to drink so leave me alone!" Rainbow replied, "Your a Chicken! Bok Bok Bok!" I stormed out of the Establishment. Needing to cool off before I got even more angry and upset. The last thing I wanted was to cause trouble. Rainbow attempted to follow, but AJ stopped her. She had a feeling she needed to step in before things got more out of control. Of course, a lot of ponies had noticed I had left and was starting to worry a bit.

After a few moments, I was a bit calmer but still angry and hurt. Applejack came outside to check up on me. "Hey Max, You OK? I was worried and many of the others are worried about you storming off. What's the matter?"

I looked at her with a nervous look. I felt bad about raising my voice and such. "Sorry Applejack, It's just Rainbow really triggered me. I know she's drunk but I would figure she would have more tact then that. Also, I kind of have a thing against Alcohol for a specific reason." Applejack seemed genuinely surprised at that. "What Reason is that, if I might ask?"

"It's Complicated.. But I will try to explain." (This is long and kind of hard to talk about, so bear with me. You can read a little more about Max's backstory in Chapter 2, the Bio-Max) Needless to say, it mostly stems up with my childhood being quite painful to deal with. I grew up with a Stepfather who unfortunately was abusive and aggressive. He had a huge Addiction to Alcohol and it effected me very greatly. He had a pretty messed up childhood himself which I hadn't found out about until he was much older and he told me, but mainly my Dad was pretty angry about my real father abandoning me and my Mom when I was 3. Later on in life, I struggled with dealing with my past issues against My stepfather and hated him for every negative thing He had said and did to me as a result of his Alcoholism and pent up issues.

It all ended in a Crescendo when I lost my only protection after my Mom passed when i was 17. My Grandmother died when I was 16. Needless to say it was all too much for someone like myself. I told myself I would never drink any Alcohol because of how it effected my Dad's life. 

Applejack was shocked to hear about all this, She had no clue as to what I had gone through before. She definitely needed to tell her Friends about it. Especially going forward. "Max, obviously this is a serious matter. You need to tell all of us about it. Something tells me you are gonna need counseling and other things when this is all through. But to the Situation at Hoof/Hand. I will be speaking to Rainbow about her behavior, But I feel like you should enjoy the party while it lasts. Don't you fret none about the situation. We'll handle it." She then gave me a warm hug. "Now go on and git!"

So I resolved to finish up the party and have myself a good time. Rainbow didn't bother me again afterwards. She was pretty drunk and passed out. Speaking of Drunk ponies though. Twilight looked like she was a bit too drunk and i realized she may need some help. Within due time the party ended. Some of my Friends were sober and started helping to clean the place along with Pinkie Pie. I would have stayed and helped to clean up but they already had told me to go home.

After Draping Twilight on my back and give her a piggyback ride (or is it a ponyback ride?) We managed to get back to the castle. Twilight was most certainly quite exhausted and needed a cleanup. I ended up getting myself and her cleaned up nicely and laid her down to rest. To be honest, after the day's events I most certainly needed to get some rest too. Twilight happily snuggled up with me. It was rather sweet. Despite the day's events, it had went reasonably well. I knew however that today's events were certainly going to interest my Friends and I knew the situation wasn't completely over.

Until Tomorrow then, I guess. We shall see what the day's events will unfold. I fell into Blissful slumber.