//------------------------------// // Well That Happened... // Story: New World Jams in the Old World Era // by Night Music //------------------------------// It was awkward in the crystal tree house today, really awkward. Spike had five ponies that were fairly angry at him for reasons that he could not recall at the moment. But angry did not even come close to how the ponies were feeling. No, not even close. As they all sat in the living room of the tree, all of them waited in silence until one of them spoke. "Now... Now I know what you all are thinking but whatever it was, it wasn't my fault." Spike said in a nervous tone. Again, the awkwardness prevailed. It wasn't really awkward, the only one this was awkward for was Spike. "So, before anybody tries to kill Spike, let's try to ask him what happened last night..." Twilight said before she sighed and inhaled a large amount of air. "So, Spike, care to tell us what happened last night, preferably the reason why Apple Bloom, Sweetie belle, and Scootaloo, have your name tattooed where their cutie marks should be...?" Spike looked at the ponies around him, and what he saw made him wish yesterday had been just a normal day. Apple Jack had a look like she was going to kill him. Rarity had the look on her face that made him think that she was going to put him in her next dress. Rainbow Dash seemed ready just to beat the scales off of him and. Big Macintosh, he had his trademark face on him, emotionless, but full of thought. And Twilight? Twilight had a face of worry, worry that he wasn't so innocent. "Uhm-" Spike scratched the back of his head. "Funny story that one, I uh, can't... remember?" Apple Jack slammed her hoof down on the ground at this. "What do you mean ya can't remember!? You can't remember the moment you branded my little sister!?" Apple Jack screamed only being held back by the foreleg of her bigger brother. "Branded?! Apple Jack listen to yourself, why in pony hell would I have your sister branded?! Or get a tattoo of my name for that matter. That just makes no sense!" "Oh I'll show you something that makes no sense, come here you little-" Apple Jack struggled to get past her brothers foreleg the only thing making past him was her legs as they tried to reach for Spike. With all of the commotion, nopony seemed to notice the pony in the background just watching. But something that had make them all jolt upward in fear was the voice, not one they were hearing, but thinking. "All this hate isn't good for my vibes, why can't we all just kiss and make up?" "What in the name of Celestia was that?" Twilight asked as she looked towards her friends. "It was him, he's the one from Everfree forest." Spike said as he pointed a shaky claw towards the one pony in the room that shouldn't have been there. "Apple Bloom said the on makin' the music in the Everfree was some funny lookin' monkey thing. Not a regular pony..." Apple Jack said as she continued to glare at Spike. "Excuse me. Sir? Could you leave? We're trying to have a polite conversation with our friend here." Rarity suggested with a hoof towards Spike. The stallion did nothing but mutter, he didn't even acknowledge their presence. Instead, he continued to make his way to them. Once he stopped muttering all he did was grin and trot to them. To see if she could get him to speak, Twilight decided to stop him. "Sir? Is there anything you need? If not then could you kindly make your way to the exit?" As he got closer and closer, Twilight noticed things about him. He had a pair of Jet black and blue shades on his face obscuring his eyes. A long black mane and tail. And his flank was void of any cutie mark. His entire body was the same color as his shades, the blue was harder to notice since all it encompassed was the spiral of his horn. This time he muttered he was right next to them, but they could just barely make out what he had said. "You want the tattoos gone?" Nopony said anything, they just all sat there in confusion at what the stallion had said. "What? You know about the tattoos?" Twilight asked wanting to hear what ever he had to say. "Pass this test, and all of your worries will be put to rest." Twilight's ears had perked up at this. "Test? What kind of test?" "Accept this offer and you shall see, a test for all of you, there shall be." The stallion said and resumed smiling. "So yer saying that if we pass this test of yours than the girls tattoos will be gone?" This time, the stallion said nothing, all he did was smile and nod. All of the ponies looked at each other and shrugged. "Okay, we accept this test now, what are we supposed to do?" Rarity said. "THANK YOU! You have no idea how hard it is to rhyme and think of how to answer. I don't wanna know how Zecora feels..." The stallion said. This made the ponies look at him like he was crazy. "Anyways, what you have to do is show your true self for the night and say your deepest secret. Basically, be true to yourself, blah blah blah, something about self discovery and acceptance." The stallion read from a script he pulled from... somewhere. "And don't worry, there's going to be no hiding for tonight." At this the whole world felt odd. Twilight looked at a clock that had been hanging on the wall and it was already midnight. "What did you-" Twilight tried to ask before something she heard stopped her. In fact, what she heard wasn't even the smallest problem. They weren't even in the castle anymore, it seemed like a dank cave, and the clock she had looked not a second ago was gone. And they weren't even the only ponies there. Again it seems the teen populace of Ponyville had shown up. "So, Spike..." The stallion said. Twilight looked over to the stallion and what she saw had frightened her, instead of the stallion she saw earlier, had been the ape creature Apple Jack heard Apple Bloom describe. Tall, black hair, shades, white clothing. pale skin and like a dragons, but more blunt. And his grin was different, instead of his pony teeth, there had been a set of canines which most predators bare. "You ready to be my number one assistant?" He said as he poked Spike on the forehead. Spike visibly changed after that. His colors seemed to radiate off of him like neon lights and he now bore the same shades as yesterday. The fires on his person, now moved as if they were real fires. Spike looked down at himself and leaped in the air, pumping a fist and shouting. "Let's show these ponies how it's done!" "Right on my dragon buddy..." They had stepped through a doorway and appeared up on what seemed like a stage. As they reached a table on stage, Spike reached forward and grabbed a microphone that had been hanging from the ceiling and pulled it close to his new friend. The creature tapped it with his claws and spoke into it afterwards. "Oka~y Ponyville! We have some guests here for tonight, I want you all to meet, Princess Twilight Sparkle, Apple Jack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Big Macintosh. It seems they have accepted a challenge and are here to do said challenge." Everypony cheered at this and stomped their hooves. After a minute of cheering he raised a clenched fist and the room went silent. He fiddled with the table and music began to build up until it was clearly heard throughout the cave. "Why don't we all just have a good time, and..." The creature paused for the lyrics to start playing. Both Spike and the creature began maniacally laughing as the faces of the five newcomers went red as the lyrics began playing. "AND SHAKE WHAT YOUR MAMA'S GAVE YOU!"