Chapter 5
Welcome to Ponyville
"Okay", Twilight shouted behind her. "We're here!"
Forge trotted up beside her and looked towards the town. "Welcome to Ponyville."
They made there way into town and Forge began looking around his new surroundings. The town was bustling as everypony went about their daily business. As they continued through town, Forge noticed that some of the ponies were starting to take notice to his arrival and were staring at him.
"Uh Twilight", Forge said. "Why are they all staring at me?"
"I think they're just trying to decide if your a good pony or not", Twilight replied in a matter-of-fact like tone. "Your new so they don't know what to expect."
"Oh. Well they could just ask."
They continued through the town, arriving at a giant tree in the middle of it. Forge looked at the sign that hung form one of the branches; It read 'Library'.
"This is the library", Twilight told Forge. "Feel free to visit me at any time while you live in Ponyville."
"Visit?", Forge said in confusion.
"Yes. I live here."
"You live in a library!" Twilight shook her head in response. "Nerd", Forge snickered.
Twilight glared at him, clearly not approving of Forge's comment. Forge looked at Twilight before wiping his smile off his face. "I-I mean its sooooo cool that you live here. He he...It's not nerdy at all...", he rambled before looking at the ground. "Sorry. I didn't mean it."
Twilight smiled at Forges' attempt at apologizing. "It's okay Forge. Rainbow says the same thing so I'm kind of used to it."
Forge breathed a sigh of relief before following Twilight back into town. "So, where to now?", he asked.
"The Carousel Boutique; Rarity's home."
"Oh good. She wanted me to visit anyway. Lead on Twilight."
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Twilight and Forge arrived at the Carousel Boutique where a commotion could be heard coming from inside.
"What's going on?", Forge asked.
"I don't know", Twilight replied. "Let's check it out."
Twilight knocked on the door. "Rarity", she shouted. "You okay in there." No response. Twilight began to push the door open until she fully entered the Boutique. "We heard a commotion and we're-AAAAHH!"
Forge rushed in at the sound of Twilight's scream. "What? Twilight, are you okay? Where's Rar-AAAAHH!" Forge and Twilight stared at what lay before them. The entire boutique was in shambles, with articles of clothing and pieces of furniture strewn all over the place. And in the corner or the room was Rarity, huddled in a fetal position slowly rocking back and forth.
"Rarity!!!", they shouted as they ran to her side. The white unicorn looked up at them with shear horror.
"Rarity, what happened?", Twilight asked.
"Oh Twilight, Forge. This is the worst possible thing!", Rarity managed to say.
"Was it burglars?", Forge asked.
"Worse. Much worse."
"The diamond dogs?", Twilight added.
"Worse."
"Then what!"
"I-", Rarity began to say. "I-I lost a special diamond ribbon for Hoity Toitiy's dress order and now I can't find it!"
Forge and Twilight's mouths dropped as Rarity broke down crying. "So let me get this straight", Forge began to say with clear frustration in his voice. "You turned your house inside out...and had a mental breakdown...all because you can't find a stupid diamond ribbon..."
"Uh-hu", Rarity sniffed. "Now I'll never finish the order and I'll be the laughing stock of the fashion world. Oh woe is me!"
Forge's eye began to twitch a little before he continued speaking. "What the fuck!"
"Forge!", Twilight said shocked that Forge would use such language.
"I'm sorry Twilight, but this is just absolutely ridiculous."
Twilight looked at Forge but something caught her eye. A little glimmer of light appeared from underneath the desk that hadn't been turned over in Rarity's desperate search. Forge noticed Twilight's attention was focused elsewhere and turned to see what she was looking at. Forge walked over to the desk and reached in behind...to find Rarity's diamond ribbon. Forge looked back at Twilight who just smiled feverishly, before sighing and trotting to Rarity who was still balling her eyes out.
"Is this your ribbon?", he said holding the ribbon in front of her. Rarity immediately stopped crying and she swiped the ribbon form Forge's hooves.
"Oh you found it!", Rarity said. Her mood had completely changed and she was now acting as though nothing had happened. "Thank you Forge."
"Yeah...no problem."
Rarity began looking around at her home before speaking again. "Oh my this place looks positively dreadful. No matter, I can fix this." Her horn began to glow and the clothing littering the floor and the furniture did the same. Soon the clothing had folded itself and was being placed into neat piles, while the furniture returned to it's upright position. "I'm sorry you had to see that. I've been really busy lately and I tend to get a little over-dramatic."
"No kidding", Forge muttered under his breath.
"So, now that everything's back to normal can I help you two with something?", Rarity chirped.
"Actually", Twilight began. "I was just showing Forge your home so I think we've seen enough." Forge noticed that Twilight was slowly backing her way up towards the door. He glanced at her and she moved her head slightly in the direction of the door.
"Oh...uh, yes!", Forge said backing up as well. "You have a lovely home and I wish we could stay longer but uh...we need to go. So much more to see you know."
"Oh, all right. But, do come and visit again soon."
Twilight and Forge were outside now. "Y-yes of course." Twilight said nervously.
'Y-yeah, I'll see you later Rarity", Forge stammered. "Bye." He slammed the door behind him and he and Twilight began galloping towards town.
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"Well that was...interesting." Forge said. He and Twilight had made it back to town and were now heading to Sugarcube Corner.
"Yeah. Please don't think any less of her", Twilight said a little embarrassed about what happened. "She's really a nice pony. Just...over-dramatic."
"Don't worry Twilight, I don't think any less of her", Forge reassured her. "I'm just a little weirded out right now. I mean...all that for a damn ribbon!"
"I know", Twilight giggled. "That's Rarity for you."
They laughed at that as they turned the corner. Forge looked at the building in front of him and he couldn't help but start drooling. The building looked like it was constructed normally, but the roof looked life it was made from giant pieces gingerbread covered in frosting and sprinkles. It was then topped off with what looked like a giant cupcake.
Forge quickly wiped the drool away from his chin and began to speak. "This place is making me hungry just looking at it", Forge said. "Which one of your friends lives here again?"
"Pinkie Pie", Twilight answered. "The hyper-active pink one you met yesterday."
"Oh yeah. How could I forget her?"
"Come on, your probably hungry now huh."
Forge's stomach growled in response. "That's a yes."
Twilight and Forge made there way into Sugarcube Corner, but not before Forge took one last look at the building.
"I wonder if the roof is actually made of gingerbread...", he thought.
They entered the building only to be greeted by complete and total darkness. "Hey, I can't see a thing", Forge said. Just as he finished talking the lights turned on and he was greeted by confetti and screams.
"SURPRISE!!!", everypony in the room shouted leaving a stunned Forge staring at them. He looked above his head as he noticed a giant banner with the words 'Welcome to Ponyville' written on it. Forge looked at the crowd and noticed that Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie were all amongst them. Even Fluttershy and Rarity had made an appearance.
"Hi Forge," Pinkie said excitedly. "Were you surprised? I hope you like it. I made this party super-uper-duper special for you. So do you like it? Do you? Huh huh huh!"
"Pinkie...this is amazing! Thank you."
"Yay! He likes the party!", Pinkie said. She quickly turned around and faced the white pony near a turn table. "Ok DJ, lets get this party started!"
The pony smiled and began to play some music. Pinkie immediately ran into the middle of the room and began dancing while the other ponies started eating the food that was placed out or playing the various games around the room.
Forge laughed before turning to Twilight. "You knew about this didn't you?" he said with a smirk.
"Yeah, I did. Do you like it?"
"I love it! It's been a while since anypony's thrown me a party."
"Well than don't just stand there! Go enjoy yourself. You are the guest of honor after all."
"I should before Pinkie gets mad. Thanks Twilight." With that Forge made his way to the dance floor.
Twilight shook her head as she watched Forge, and Pinkie dancing to the music. She didn't notice Applejack approaching her. "Great party huh Twilight", she said.
"Yeah," Twilight agreed. "Pinkie always throws the best parties."
"How was Forge fer' ya'? He didn't give ya' to much trouble did he?"
"No", Twilight said glancing at Forge who was now having an eating contest against Rainbow. "In fact, he was a pleasure to be around."