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// What's a party? 
// Story: Never Forget 
// by Pokemon of the Night 
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Emerald’s pov


I just stood there not really sure what was going on, I mean I had no idea what they meant when they all yelled surprise and also what was with all of the new faces. Finally I spoke again.

“W-What’s going on” I said nervously. Suddenly Pinkie Pie appeared out of no were for the second time today.
“What do you mean silly this is your welcome to Ponyville party, so were you surprised, were you, were you?” she said getting closer to my face with ever word. 
I just gave her a confused look and I decided to ask her a probably stupid question. “What’s a party?”

Suddenly everything got real quiet and all eyes were on me with looks of concern mixed with confusion. Idiot you should have just kept your mouth shut, now they’re all going to think you’re stupid and clueless, idiot, idiot, idiot, I heard a voice say in my head as I mentally beat myself up for saying something that seemed stupid. Suddenly before I could even realize what was going on I was scooped up off of Twilight’s back and I found myself in Pinkie Pies hooves I think I heard someone call them once. I then stared to swing back and forth.

“How could anypony or anyone not know what a party is” she said why I heard light sobbing so I look up at her face and sure enough she had tears in her eyes which made me even more confused and worried. She then continued to speak “I-It’s just so sad, h-have you never b-been to a party before or maybe they don’t have parties where your f-from.” I continued to look at her not knowing what to say then I looked everyone else that was staring at me even Twilight and the rest of her friends. All of them had the same looks as all of the others even Twilight except instead of confusion she had a look of understanding. I was about to try and say something but then I saw Twilight coming a little closer so I waited to see what would happen.
“Pinkie I’m sure he know what a party is and I’m also sure he has been to some parties before, he’s probably just a little tired from the busy day we've been having” She said. I knew it was a lie because she didn’t want any of them besides her friend to know yet and that made me feel even worse knowing that she had to make up a lie like that for me.
“Ohhhh that makes sense” she said as she set me back down on the ground and wiped the tears from her eyes. 

All of their faces started to soften up a bit and they all started to smile but there was one thing I noticed. While all of the unfamiliar faces gave genuine happy smiles the six ponies I first met all gave me sad looking ones. It was then that Twilight spoke up loud enough for everyone in the room to hear.

“Alright everypony how about we get this party started for the human of the hour.” After she finished those words the room burst into an uproar of cheers and hoofs stomping the ground and they a scattered to various parts of the room doing various things with the exceptions of the first seven I met. I then felt something touch my shoulder, it was Twilight’s hoof. “So what do you want to do first, we could go over to the snack table, we could play some games, or maybe we could all just talk” she said while giving me that calming smile of hers.

I thought about it for a moment but before I could decide my stomach answered for me. This caused them all to giggle a little which soon I joined them.

“How about we get you something to eat”

I nodded, then I got back on Twilight back and we made our way over to the snack table.


Twilight’s pov


We arrived at the snack table so I decided to ask what he wanted. “So Emerald what do you” before I could finish Pinkie interrupted 
“Emerald is that what you named him”
“Oh yeah I forgot to tell you all, I thought about what you all said and after thinking about it I decided to go with Emerald Blaze but I had to ask him first and he said he like it so that’s his name at least for now.
“What do ya mean for now” asked Applejack.
“Well I just figured that when or if he ever got his memories back he would probably want to go back to his other name”
“But what if he likes the name you gave him better, I think it sounds pretty cool”
“I agree with Rainbow Dash darling perhaps he will like the name you chose for him better”
“Maybe, what do you think Emerald” I said turning my head to look at him. But when I did I noticed that he wasn’t even paying attention to the conversation he was just staring at all of the snacks so I decided I would ask him later. Rainbow apparently noticed him not paying attention to anything but the snacks to so she flew in front of him and waved a hoof in his face which snapped him out of it.
“Oh um I sorry what did you say”
“Its okay dude” she said while laughing a bit. “Anyway what do you think you want to snack on?”

He didn't say anything he just looked at the snacks and then back at Rainbow. He did this for a minute until finally he said.

“What can I have?”
This caused Rainbow to get a confused look on her face. “Um what do you mean?”
“I was just seeing what was acceptable for me to eat”
“What”
I decided to speak up because I think I had an idea of what he was talking about. “I think he’s asking us what we think he can have, right” he just nodded his head.
“Oh, well you can have whatever you want”
“Are you sure”
“Yeah I’m sure right Twilight”
“Of course, now how about we find you something to eat” 
His smile widened at that as we then proceeded to look at what there was.


Emerald’s pov
10 min later


We finally found some chocolate chip cookies I wanted and they were very good. While I ate them I glanced at Twilight and noticed that she looked like she was in deep thought. I was about to ask her what she was thinking about but then that voice in my head came back.

It’s none of your business you idiot, if she wanted a stupid kid like you to know she would tell you, why don’t you try thinking for once and besides these things aren't your friends and you’re not theirs you don’t need to know what’s on their mind and you shouldn't tell them what’s on in yours.

Immediately after the voice in my head had stopped talking I decided to not ask her, I just continued to eat my cookie not even looking in any of their directions. Not even a minute later I hear three voices calling out to me. Well sort of, I don’t think they knew my new name yet so they ended up yelling “HEY HUMAN KID” which I just figured was referring to me which caused me to look in the direction of the voices. When I did I saw who it was it was, it was Sweetie Bell, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo. The first to greet me with a hug was Scootaloo which kind of threw me off for a moment because I wasn't expecting it and she didn't seem like the touchy feely type, but I soon returned the hug none the less. It actually seemed to last a little longer then intended and it took her a minute to notice but once she did she immediately let go.

“S-S-Sorry about that” she said with a slight blush
“D-Don’t worry about it”

This caused the other two to giggle but when they were done both Apple Bloom and Sweetie Bell was done they also gave me a quick hug.
“Hey”
“Hey” they all said in unison.
“Girls he has a name now, its Emerald Blaze so you can call him that instead okay”
Scootaloo was the first to speak up about my new name. “Wow cool name dude”
“Yeah it fits ya perfectly”
“Defiantly”
“Thanks” I said blushing a bit from the complements. “Anyway what are you three doing here?”
“What do ya mean we wouldn't miss your party for all of Equestria”
“Yeah, totally” 
“Hey didn't we come over here to ask him something”
“Oh yeah” said Apple Bloom in realization “We came to ask ya if” she was then cut off by Scootaloo.
“Do you want to join the Cutie Mark Crusaders” she said excitedly.
I just tilted my head to the side in confusion which I think Apple Bloom caught on to.
“Oh I’m sorry ya probably have no idea what where talking about, the Cutie Mark Crusaders is our club”
“Yeah we go on all sorts of adventures trying to get our cutie marks”
“Even though sometimes we get ourselves into sticky situations” Sweetie Bell giggled 

I sort of understood a little bit better now but why did they what me in their group and what were cutie marks anyway. Suddenly I felt something on my shoulder, it was Twilight’s hoof.

“Um girls I hate to interrupt but I don’t think Emerald can get a cutie mark”
“WHAT” they all said rather loudly making a few others turn to look in our direction.
“Well since he’s not a pony he probably can’t get one”
“Oh” they said as they looked sadly at the ground, but then Scootaloo seemed to get her resolve back for as she spoke back up.
“That shouldn’t matter, even if he’s not a pony and can’t get a cutie mark he should still join, he could maybe.” She paused for a moment obviously trying to think of reasons for me to join but then it seemed to come to her. “He could help us try and get ours and we probably still could have fun trying all of the different thing we do to get our cutie marks together”

This seemed to bring Apple Bloom and Sweetie Bell out of their sadness and they both immediately agreed with Scootaloo.

“I don’t know girls”
“Please” they all said giving her this sort of pouty look.
It actually didn't take Twilight long to cave in. “Oh alright but promise me you with keep an eye on him and make sure he stays safe”
“Yea” they all cheered the Apple Bloom spoke “don’t worry Twilight will take good care of him after all he’s one of us now” she said as all three of the grabbed me for a group hug, I’m really not use to all of these hugs, not that there bad. 

Twilight as well as the others who had been silent this whole time just smiled at the sight but then Twilight took a long pause as if she was in deep thought but then finally started to speak again. “Hey girls I have a favor to ask you three”
“What is it Twilight” said Apple Bloom.
“I was wondering if you could go take Emerald to play some of the games, maybe bobbing for apples or pin the tail on the pony”
“That sounds like a great idea, come on Emerald”
“Mind if I come” said Spike”
“Of course not Spike”

Apple Bloom and Sweetie Bell then dragged me by the sleeves with their teeth while Scootaloo came up from behind and pushed me along. I turned my head back for a second to see Twilight standing there and smiling at me and then she turned back to talk to her friends while I went with the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Spike.


Twilight’s pov


As I turned back to my friends a feeling of nervousness swept over me as I had a very important question to ask them but I wasn't sure how they would react.

“Hey girls I have a question”
“What is it Twi” Said Applejack.
“Well um I kind of been thing about it all day and there have been strange things I've been feeling towards Emerald and I know that it might be a little soon but um I-I….”
“Just spit it out already” said Rainbow.

I sighed as I knew that I had to say it no matter what.

“I was thinking about adopting him” I said very quickly.

It was uncomfortably silent for the longest time and I started to think that maybe this wasn’t such a good idea that is until Pinkie Pie stated talking.

“That’s a great idea Twilight that will probably make him so so so sooooo happy”
“Yes darling I agree it sounds wonderful”
“Yeah” 
“Totally”
“That great Twilight, I think that it would be great for him to have a mother”

I just stood there with my mouth open a little not really expecting those responses. I mean I thought they might at least understand but I didn't think they would be full on board with the decision.

“Really none of you mined”
“Why would we” 
“Well it’s just that I wasn't sure about how everypony would feel about it since he wasn't a pony and also he might still have parents somewhere he just can’t remember them”
“First of all Twilight it doesn't matter what anyone else thing all that matters it what you and him feel about it and secondly maybe he does still have parents but they’re not here right now so somepony has to look after the little guy, he already does seem to have taken a liking to ya”
“I guess your right”
“Of course I am, now then have ya already told him”
“Not yet I just wanted to talk to all of you first”
“Well like we all said we all think it’s a wonderful idea and no matter what will be there for both you and him”

The rest of the girls nodded in agreement which made me smile.

“Thank you girls” 

30 min later

The party was coming to a close as ponies were leaving one after the other. The girls and Spike then brought Emerald back to me so I decided to ask him if he had a good time.

“So how was it, did you have fun?”
“Yeah” he said with enthusiasm “It was great, I actually think I won a game called pin the tail on the pony”
“That great”

He then yawned and started to rub his eyes.

“It seems like someone is tired” I said as I bent down and he got on my back
“Well I guess we should all be heading home” said Applejack as she head to the door with Apple Bloom
“Yeah I got some weather duties to do tomorrow.
“I also have some work to do”
“ Hey maybe after I’m done helping Mr. and Mrs. Cake tomorrow maybe I come over here to see how it went”
“How what went?” questioned Spike
“I’ll tell you later”
“We’ll see you later Twilight, Spike, you to Emerald”

All he did was waved his hand in acknowledgment but did say anything because he had his eyes closed while resting on my back as all of the left.

“Alright how about we all go get ready for bed” I said with a yawn of my own.
“What about telling me about what Pinkie was talking about”
“I promise I’ll tell you as soon as I get him to bed”

That seemed to satisfy his curiosity but now that left me with one more thing to think about. How was I going to ask him if he wanted to be my son, I thought as we made our way up the stairs.