//------------------------------// // Episode 3: Planning the Party // Story: (NOT CANON) MLP:FIM: Andrew's Story (Season 1) // by AndrewsArchive //------------------------------// Episode 3: Planning the Party Pinkie Pie wiped the sweat off her head as she gazed at her fine work. She knew that her ‘Welcome Human’ party was going to be a blast. As she had prepared so much for Andrew's inevitable arrival. And now that he was in Ponyville, she was more eager than ever to start this. "Oh, it's amazing! Probably my best work as of now!" Pinkie Pie smiled as she continued to stare at her masterpiece of a party. But before she could idolize her work any longer, Lachlan then came into SugarCube Corner with Twilight, Spike, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Fluttershy behind him. "Got our friends, Pinkmeister!" Lachlan said, getting the party pony's attention. "And Rarity is still distracting Andrew as we speak!" "Great work, Lachlan!" Pinkie smirked, "I'd say the student has become.... the teaching assistant!" "Gotta say, Pinkie. You and Lachlan did a pretty awesome job at this!" Rainbow Dash spoke up, "There's no way Andrew wouldn't love this!" "Just wait until he tells me his birthday!" Pinkie beamed, "I wonder how old he is though..." "I mean... his voice is pretty deep... err... I'll say he's 17 or 18." Lachlan said. "Maybe... let's not assume his age and focus on giving a better impression for him." Twilight said, "But on a serious note. how many ponies are showing up to this party, Pinkie?" "Oh, well. I have thought about that, and I decided to invite half of Ponyville to this party!" Everyone's eyes went wide at that. Did Pinkie really invite HALF of the town to this party? "Woah... isn't that a bit overkill, Pinkie?" Spike asked. "Oh pffft!" Pinkie snorted, "Of course not! What makes you think something like that?" "Ah' mean, it's great that Andrew's back and all. But shouldn't we be worried that the other ponies might be terrified of Andrew 'n' all?" Applejack asked. "I dunno, nopony seemed bothered by his presence when we first got here." Lachlan pointed out. "I'd say we're in the clear." "Applejack and Spike do have a point Lachlan," Twilight said, "Like I said, we have to make a better impression than we did months ago to Andrew when Alex came into town unwillingly. And if we invite too many ponies here, we could possibly overwhelm him!" "Oh dear..." Fluttershy said, "I don't want to see Andrew so terrified." "Don't worry about that, your Auntie Pinkie will make sure nopony is a meanie pants to Andrew!" Pinkie assured the yellow pegasus, who just gave her an unamused stare. "I'm still a year older than you." "Goodness, darling." Rarity said, "I can't believe those other horrid ruffians from this... FBI... thing... could strip you of a parent figure and try to do some awful experimenting on you!" Andrew nodded his head as he sipped his lemonade, "Yeah, humanity is incredibly flawed, and I'm honestly glad I ended up here! Because things actually got better for me in the end." "Well, I promise you, Andrew darling. Me and the girls will try to make your life here as better than it was in your world" Rarity assured. "But I must ask you something?" "Yeah?" Andrew replied. "How exactly is fashion all like back on your planet?" she asked, considering that he was wearing clothes. "I'm quite curious to know myself." "Oh, umm..." Andrew replied, trying to find his words. "It's....kinda the same.... Except the clothes are made to work with our anatomy and not ponies." "My my.... How fascinating!" Rarity said, "I do suppose that making clothes with your anatomy won't be too hard. I have made some dazzling clothing for Spike won't be a problem." "Alright, I'll take your word on it.." Many recognizable ponies entered Sugarcube Corner hearing about the Welcome Human Party because of the invitations Pinkie had sent out days prior. Said ponies either showed up out of guilt for the incident or because they never heard of a human before, or they heard about the story of Andrew stopping a lookalike demon from destroying the princesses. She greeted each pony who arrived there. The ponies all gathered into their own groups, talking about what had been going on in their lives. But then each talking about the guest of honor's inevitable arrival. **** "I can't believe it! The human's here! In Ponyville! He's living with us!" Lyra beamed. She was too ecstatic to see Andrew due to her odd love for human culture. "Lyra, he has a name." Bon Bon replied with a deadpanned expression on her face, "I get it, it's exciting to see a creature you've fantasized about. But please control yourself!" "I'm sorry, Bon Bon! I just can't help myself!" Lyra said, which made Bon Bon groan in annoyance. **** "I must say, Vinyl. I wasn't there when the whole 'Human Hunt' thing was occurring. But hearing about how he defended the princesses from that awful demon that wore his face has me quite interested about him." Octavia said to her mute friend. who nodded in agreement. "But I do hope that we can make a good impression for him since all the other ponies couldn't do that very well when that other human arrived here." Vinyl lifted a hoof up to her own chin and thought about it. She also wanted to make up for the bad first impression when Alex showed up before Andrew did. An idea came to her head as she turned to Octavia to tell her through gestures a way they could make this party grandiose. **** "This is exciting crusaders!" Apple Bloom said, "Andrew's finally comin' back to Ponyville! Ah' missed him so much!" "Yeah! He showed that evil monster who's boss!" Scootaloo said, "He reminds me a lot about Lachlan." "Oh definitely!" Sweetie Belle squeaked, "Hearing about how they met and sticking together to find Alex was amazing!" "Y'know, I gotta ask...." Scootaloo said, "Lachlan has that weird lightningy thing that happens to him when he's upset or powered up, right?" "Uh, yeah?" Apple Bloom replied while raising an eyebrow. "And Andrew also had the exact thing too when he blocked that monster's punch. Do you think it maybe Lachlan unknowingly gave Andrew some of his power?" "Hmm..." The trio thought of it for a while about the topic. "Nahh..."