Twilight pulled up four extra chairs for the gems to sit in for a quick meeting. As someone like Twilight knows, organization is a must when dealing with chaotic beings from another dimension. Why are they here? What are their true intentions? To be able to trust these strangers, Twilight must pick their brains in front of her element-bearing friends.
"Ahem. So, Amethyst is it?" Twilight looked towards the purple alien, nervously.
"Yeah." Amethyst said, still eating to the surprise of nobody. "I'm- buuurrrp really liking the food here." Twilight turned her head towards Pinkie Pie and gave her a mean look.
"Pinkie Pie, why did you invite Amethyst and... Um-" Twilight scratched her head trying to think of the human's name.
"Steven!" Steven yelled impatiently.
"-Steven, into our castle without proper identification and further questioning as to why they were here?" Twilight said eruditely. Pinkie Pie shrugged.
"I don't know. They seemed like fun. Plus, I haven't seen them in Ponyville before so I figured we could throw them a party." Pinkie Pie smiled. Pearl laughed nervously, not sure a party would be a good idea.
"Pecan Pie, I assure you that we will not be staying long." Pearl said pitifully. Steven whined, hoping they could stay and have fun for a little while longer.
"My name is Pinkie Pie." Pinkie Pie smiled. "But Pecan Pie sure is delicious." Pecan Pie is the godmother of all pies.
"Why not? We can stay, right?" Steven gave Pearl a cute look, begging for her to comply to his wishes. Pearl sighed. She wouldn't fall for this again.
"It's not our decision, Steven." Pearl looked nervously at Twilight and the rest of the ponies, who seemed uneasy about everything that's going on.
"We can't let interdimensional beings stay here in Ponyville without causing a riot." Twilight explained. She preferred everything to be in order, she wouldn't know how the other ponies in town would act after seeing them.
Garnet's form flashed, materializing herself into a red pastel-colored being native to Ponyville, in the form of an Earth Pony, complete with a cutie mark of a red and blue gem.
"How's this?" Garnet asked, and immediately the jaws of everypony dropped to the floor. They were not expecting that in the slightest.
"How did you do that?" Rarity belted excitedly. She was in awe at Garnet's power, as well as her gem-like appearance.
"That was awesome!" Rainbow Dash yelled. She was literally scared out of her mind, but kept her composure and responded in the normal perpetual shock of having just witnessed the incredible act
"Wait!" Steven said. "I can shapeshift too!" He groaned, trying to activate the shapeshifting powers of his gem, eventually shapeshifting his head into a disfigured mule. He failed miserably, braying horribly before changing back. "No fair, I still can't control my powers."
"Aw. It's alright kid." Rainbow Dash said, ruffling her through Steven's hair. Steven gasped in awe.
"Rainbow Dash just touched me." He whispered to himself.
Pearl and Amethyst followed Garnet's lead and reluctantly changed into ponies. Amethyst, into a lavender pegasus with a purple gem for a cutie mark, and Pearl into a snow white unicorn with a similar white cutie mark.
"This is ridiculous." Said Pearl, her eyes crossing from staring at her new horn.
"I think it looks cute." Amethyst smiled. "Look at me, I'm a pegasus." She flew around the room before cutely stumbling under Twilight's feet.
"Rainbow Dash, I think you'll need to give her flying lessons." Twilight suggested.
"Can do." Rainbow Dash said with a salute.
"What do we do with er... Steven, if he can't change into a pony?" Applejack asked. Twilight rubbed her hooves in thought.
"Well, we have a lot of room in this castle. He can just stay here until he gets full control of his shapeshifting powers." Twilight ordered. She didn't want to leave him anywhere, but figured it would be best while he was still human.
"Why can't we just take him and leave?" Pearl asked unamused, wanting to return to Beach City.
"Because you'll attract too much attention." Twilight said delusionally. She can't have anything go wrong, she wasn't ready for an uproar. She needed to take a break. Pearl groaned. So much for getting out of there.
"Oh come on it won't be so bad." Amethyst smiled dumbly. "We can finally have fun for once." Amethyst, fed up with Pearl's demanding attitude, was happy to see Pearl in such a precarious position.
"Why don't we welcome you guys to Ponyville?" Pinkie said, then gasped. "With a party!" Pinkie smiled.
"Pinkie Pie, yesterday we celebrated the birthday of a cactus, and the day before that we celebrated whacking day." Rainbow Dash said, rolling her eyes in jest.
"That cactus was 1,300 years old. And we needed to celebrate getting rid of all those snakes!" Pinkie said in protest. Those snakes were obviously no joke, and needed to be whacked.
"Even with yer near pointless parties, you never disappoint, Pinkie. Except for the cactus cake." Applejack shuddered. She can handle spicy foods, but that was just plain wrong.
"How was I supposed to know that cake had real cactus in it. I ordered it from Discord." Pinkie Pie explained. Discord is obviously reformed so he doesn't have time for chaos anymore, right?
"That sounds like fun." Steven smiled, eager for the party.
"Steven, you can't come." Twilight said point blank. He wasn't coming, can't have any extra attention.
"Aw why not?" Steven protested. Obviously Twilight just thought of a perfectly reasonable reason why Steven cannot show up at a big party that may or may not have cactus cake.
"Because if ponies see you they'll freak out." Twilight said. "You're staying in the library with the door magically sealed so you can't get out." Twilight grabbed a hold of Steven with her magic and shut him in. Right now, the only pony in danger of freaking out is the one in charge of everything.
"Twilight, how could you?" Steven cried, staring at the towering door, guarded with Twilight's force field. A book shortly fell on his head with a changeling on the cover. "Shapeshifting Spells. Hmm... I'm not a changeling but I suppose I could learn some of this stuff." Steven sat down in a bean bag chair to read, staring up at the tiled ceiling. "Either this castle is too big, or I should be way taller."
"So is a party really going to help us feel welcome?" Pearl asked Rarity, clearly over the possibility of her having any relation to Homeworld.
"Yes, Pinkie Pie throws excellent parties, although they can be a bit juvenile. Can I get you a formal gown for the occasion?" Rarity asked, being generous as usual.
"Uh, I think my full body armor will do just fine." Pearl exhaled. She didn't want to wear a dress. Not here, not ever.
"We have a few early birds." Pinkie sang. "Pearl this is Ditzy Doo and Thunderlane." Thunderlane, having an awkward crush on Ditzy Doo for awhile, decided to ask her out. Ditzy agreed, she was happy to go outside. It was such a nice day out after all.
"Nice to meet you, Ditzy." Pearl said nervously to the crosseyed mare. "And Thunderlane."
"You seem prim and proper, where did you come from, Canterlot?" Thunderlane asked.
"Beach City actually." Pearl said awkwardly.
"I thought Bleach City was a laundromat." Ditzy said confused. She went to Bleach City once, but got kicked out after taking a ride in one of the washing machines.
"Twilight?" Thunderlane asked curiously. "Can you show us Beach City on your map?" Being curious about the geography of Equestria, he wanted to be aware of every single place in Equestria.
"Um... the map is broken right now." Twilight lied. Obviously, the map is fully functional. However, Beach City is not in Equestria.
"Oh, sorry." Thunderlane trotted off awkwardly, Ditzy following, still wondering why they were inside.
"Pearl." Twilight whispered. "If anypony asks, you came from Canterlot, okay. Just so nopony gets suspicious." Twilight said nervously. Everything needs to go right, they'll go home soon and everything will be back to normal. But for now she must make sure everything is going exactly the way she wants it so nothing goes wrong.
"Fine." Pearl rolled her eyes. More guests came tumbling in.
"Emergency! Get me the guac stat!" Pinkie yelled, pulling a cart full of chips, imitating a physician.
Pearl blended awkwardly in the crowd and saw Amethyst jump in the punch bowl, shapeshifting into a crocodile. She walked over to her angrily. "Amethyst!" She scolded. "Stop shapeshifting this instant, you're going to get us caught." Amethyst jumped out of the punch bowl, quickly changing back into a pegasus.
"Chillax, Pearl, have some guac." Amethyst smiled.
"I don't want any-" Pearl protested, before Amethyst shoved a glob of guacamole down her throat. Pearl swallowed and shuddered in response.
"I don't eat, Amethyst." She said unamused. Amethyst laughed.
"I know." She said, smugly.
"Let's take a moment to honor our guests." Pinkie Pie said, with a microphone. The clamor of ponies around them began to quiet and stare at the gems.
"Garnet, Pearl, and Amethyst." Pinkie said. "May you always feel welcome here in Ponyville. FOREVER!" She squealed. Pearl cringed, Garnet smiled, and Amethyst looked forward in shock. Twilight whispered to Pinkie.
"They're leaving soon, Pinkie." Twilight said, inaudibly into Pinkie Pie's ear.
"Oh, right." Pinkie Pie smiled in nervous laughter, still holding the microphone.
The ponies in the party smiled and resumed talking, quieting once more when Celestia herself entered the rec room.
"Sorry for being fashionably late." Celestia beamed. "I hear we have some new guests here in Ponyville." The ponies kneeled, including Garnet. Amethyst and Pearl stayed on their hooves in shock, before Garnet pulled them down.
"Have some respect." Garnet scolded.
"Enjoying your stay in Ponyville?" Celestia asked the three politely. The three mares rose to their hooves.
"I guess so." Amethyst shrugged.
"Very much so." Garnet said.
"I think we're enjoying ourselves." Pearl said nervously.
"Is that so." Celestia smiled. "Well I best be go-" Celestia was interrupted by Steven, flying into the room in the form as a red-maned changeling.
"I'm here for the party." Steven smiled, landing in Celestia's mane. Everypony gasped. "What did I miss?"