Pinkie Pie dragged Aeolus all throughout Ponyville. She literally dragged him, as she pulled him his body just left marks on the ground.

Does this pony realize you are missing your wings? Not your legs!

Aeolus smiled though, Pinkie was trying to help in the only way it seemed she knew how. By being random.

"That over there is the hat store where I get my hats, and that over there is Bon Bon's house, and that is Doctor Hooves' house, and that over there is Lyra! Hi Lyra! And Oooooooo look over there! It's Thunderlane! HEY THUNDERLANE (pointing at Aeolus) THIS PONY CREATED YOU!" Aeolus jumped up to Pinkie's mouth instantly.

"Um Pinkie, I don't think we should go around telling people I'm the wind spirit… it might bring me attention I don't need." He said kindly to her. He lowered his hoof.

"Okie Dokie Lokie" she beamed. "THUNDERLANE THIS PONY DIDN'T CREATE YOU!"

Typhoon. Is going to kill us all.

Aeolus could practically feel the voice in his head facehoof.

The Pegasus looked incredibly puzzled, he then shook his head, turned around and walked away. Pinkie looked at Aeolus with a wink and smiled widely. He just looked away and sighed.

We are too old for this mess.

They continued to walk through the town, Pinkie continued pointing out every pony she knows. Which happened to literally be every single pony. Some of them, mostly the Pegasi either didn't seem interested in meeting him or straight up ignored Pinkie completely. Pinkie didn't seem to mind, she just continued to bounce alongside Aeolus as they trotted around town. He figured it was time to get serious though. He had elements to learn and evil spirits to destroy.

"Hey Pinkie, so how do you plan on teaching me how to utilize laughter within myself?" Aeolus asked. He wanted to learn all six elements as fast as he could and defeat Typhoon, regain control of Equestria's weather, and give Pegasi their flight back… he just honestly didn't know where to start.

Pinkie looked at him briefly, then ran off blazingly fast into the nearby prank store. She had told him that she and Rainbow would go there for their prank gags. Aeolus sat there confused… but only for a brief moment due to the tapping he felt on his shoulder. He turned around and there was Pinkie Pie.

"Ahh!" he shouted. "Pinkie how did you do that?" She frowned at him

"How'd I do what?" She asked. Aeolus began to explain but then Pinkie interrupted him. Replacing her frown with a big smile.

"Well don't worry I got the perfect thing to get some laughters going here!" She pulled out a pair of Groucho Marx glasses and placed them on his face. "Now to find some ponies for you to make laugh!" She pushed him towards the nearest little crowd of ponies, and shouted "Go my young apprentice, teach them the ways of the laugh!"

Aeolus had no idea what he was doing. He walked up to the ponies who at first didn't care to look at him, as he was about to talk to them there was an explosion of confetti around him. Pinkie giggled from behind a nearby bush. The group of ponies broke conversation to look at him, and began to laugh hysterically. Some pointed while other fell over clenching their stomachs. Aeolus blushed and took off the ridiculous glasses… he turned around and walked back towards Pinkie head low. She was still giggling till she saw him. She bounced out of her bush and congratulated him.

HAHAHAHA! That sure made ME laugh!

"Wow! You were so great! They laughed so hard! So did you learn laughter? How exactly will we know when you've done it?" she continued rambling till at a voice from behind Aeolus shouted "Pinkie Pie! There you are, I thought I heard you laughing over here!" Aeolus turned and saw a dark blue unicorn with a long brown mane trotting up. When Pinkie saw him she jumped impossibly high over Aeolus and landed right on top of the unfortunate unicorn.

"Impy! I'm so glad you're ok!" She got off his back and allowed him to stand up, only to squeeze the daylights out of him with a huge hug. His eyes seemed to bulge as Pinkie hugged him, she finally let him go and they rubbed noses before the unicorn took notice to Aeolus.

"You must be Aeolus? My name is Improv, Pinkie's colt friend, Twilight told me I could meet you guys out here." He reached his hoof out in greeting.

Aeolus had a look of confusion, but nevertheless copied the gesture and shook his hoof "Yeah, I'm…" He paused. "New here… and-" But he didn't get to finish as Pinkie appeared in between them. "And I'm trying to teach him laughter!" She yelled in excitement.

Improv raised an eyebrow. "Teach him laughter? How does that work? And… well why?" He asked them a little confused.

Aeolus shook his head, practically begging Pinkie not say a word. Pinkie Pie however was inhaling the biggest breath possible. He was gonna try and stop her, but at this point he knew it wasn't possible.

"Well you see Impy, two nights ago Aeoly crashed into the Everfree from the sky and Zecora found him and she brought him to her house and then she got Twilight and then Twilight tried to fix Aeolus' memory but then it didn't work and then she started taking him to Ponyville and then he met AJ and then Twilight couldn't fly and then they ran to Ponyville and then I blew up and then there was pink dust everywhere then Rainbow showed up all mad and then ponies laughed at Aeoly and then they booed Twilight off stage and then it started raining and then we had a sleepover and then Cadence showed up and Flash died and then he didn't die and then we found out that an ancient evil spirit named Typhoon has come back and the only person who can stop him is Aeoly who is actually the wind spirit and creator of all Pegasi and then Celestia and Luna came and then they said that he had to learn all six elements of harmony and then he'll be able to stop Typhoon and save Equestria and so I'm teaching him the first element and then he met Thunderlane and then I gave him funny glasses and then he made all those ponies laugh!" She took the deepest breath possible, then casually finished with "so don't worry, my work here is done." She smiled and then began to bounce away and smelled some nearby flowers. Improv looked at Aeolus, jaw hanging low.

Make sure you sign our names correctly on the autographs

"Wait so you're the… but Typhoon is… but the elements… wait what? You're the great wind spirit Aeolus?" He barely was able to get it out. He hyperventilated slightly, having a bit of a fan-mare moment.

Aeolus looked down, poking at the ground with his hooves. "So it seems…" He flashed Pinkie and angry look. Who waved at them both from the flower bed she was practically snorting up her nostrils. He looked back over at Improv, who had a massive smile that matched one of Pinkie Pie's.

Sweet Celestia. He's as crazy as she is.

"That is so awesome! I was in a play not long ago where I played as the wind spirit's … I mean your opposite, Typhoon! It's one of my favorite stories from the Equestrian Spirits guide book!" His saddle bag's flap glowed blue as his magic opened it up, and pulled out the same history book that Twilight had in her library. "They only have four copies of this book in history! I got mine from a Unicorn vendor up north… he gave it to me for a decent price!" He explained excitedly. Then his expression soured. "Wait… but if Typhoon is real. Then… that's not good."

Pinkie popped up from behind Improv. "See! I told you carrying your favorite book around for book emergencies was a good idea!" She giggled and jumped on his back, Improv didn't shift at all, making Pinkie seem weightless.

"So you need to learn laughter huh? Hmmm…." He looked at the silly glasses on the ground… "Pinkie no offence but maybe you're going about this the wrong way." He reared up and she slid off his back onto her hooves perfectly.

"WHAT?" She looked at Improv, with a look of absolute betrayal. "I know what I'm doing Improv! He already learned laughter, those ponies laughed when he went up to them with funny glasses so I taught him well." She replied.

"No Pinkie those ponies were laughing at him, not with him! It's different if we wear the funny glasses and walk around, ponies are used to us, but since Aeolus is new in town they probably think he's a weird pony." Improv explained, Pinkie's eyes widened realizing what the unicorn was saying to be true. She began to cry dramatically and the sound of violins being played came from out of nowhere. "Oh no! Aeoly I'm so sorry, I hate when people laugh at me… I didn't mean to embarrass you, please oh please won't you find it somewhere in your eternal heart to forgive me?" Her eyes quivered with tears.

Aeolus smiled slightly, raising an eyebrow at her. "I don't know… maybe if you do me something in return.'" Pinkie's eyes got impossibly wide. " . IT."

Spike mentioned while I was reading last night that you made some of the best treats in Equestria. Since I have no idea what cupcakes or cookies are, I'd love to try some! I am pretty hungry." Her reaction was somewhat overwhelming.

She screamed so loud that a few nearby windows broke… and so did Pinkie. She broke into song.

I'm going to make treats for Aeolus!

He's the lord and creator of all Pegasus!

Before she could say another word Improv tackled her and put a hoof over her mouth. Aeolus was hyperventilating for a moment. She continued to mumble her song through Improv's hoof but it was impossible to understand her. Aeolus thanked Improv greatly.

"No prob, Typhoon feeds off fear. We can't have ponies find out who you are because then some will make the connection."

Finally, a pony that might be able to help us.

Come on Impy! We gotta go to Sugar Cube Corner, but I have something for you to do!

Improv let Pinkie up and then they trotted to the side of the road, Aeolus a few feet behind. Pinkie was whispering into Improv's ear intently for a few moments, before he nodded and ran off with a smile.

Aaaand he's gone. Wonderful.

Pinkie Pie turned around. "Improv is gonna go run some important errands. He'll be back in a bit." Aeolus opened his mouth to speak but was immediately cut off "NONE OF YOUR BEESWAX"

"What?" Aeolus asked confused.

"I know you were about to ask him what he was up to! It's rude to get into other ponies business." She beamed like the morning sun. A little too brightly.

"Actually Pinkie Pie I was gonna ask about those treats. I'm really hungry…"

"Oh that's right! Come on lets go to my house!" She turned and started to bounce down the street. She got a good amount of air with each bounce.

As Aeolus followed Pinkie around Ponyville he was noticing a lot of dreadful looking Pegasi. They either hung around each other in groups or just moped around alone. A couple of them were flapping their wings as hard as they could but to no avail. None of them could fly.

Seeing this many Pegasi this miserable. It destroys me.

Aeolus couldn't help but agree. Seeing all them sad made him feel even worse.

He wasn't paying attention to Pinkie Pie and so when he looked straight ahead he noticed she was gone.

"Damnit." He cursed to himself. "Pinkie Pie?!" he called out loud but heard no snorting giggle or bouncing. Aeolus found himself standing in the middle of a bustling market. The food venders were shouting out their various products to the Ponies walking by. Aeolus walked up to the nearest one, a kiosk for cherries.

"Hey did you happen to see Pinkie Pie walk by here?" he asked the vender.

"Nope sorry kid, hey you want to buy a cherry?" the vender was trying to sell him.

"Buy? With what?" Aeolus kinda turned his head confused at the concept of buying.

"Yeah with bits. You got any or what? If not go away cause you're holding up my line!" He pointed behind Aeolus, who turned and saw a massive line that seemed to have come out of nowhere behind him. He blushed slightly and walked away. He found his way out of the food market and back on the main road of Ponyville. He looked down at his hooves and continued forward with a sigh. He tried thinking about his past a little more.

"Hey mister" A voice from behind him whispered. Aeolus turned on a whim trying to see where the voice came from. But there was nopony there. He slowly turned back around and started to trot before his attention was grabbed again.

"PSSSST!"

Aeolus turned again and saw a grey hoof in a small alley between two houses waving him over. He approached slow and kept his guard up, but as soon as he turned into the muddy alleyway he knew he wasn't in danger. There stood a small grey Pegasus with a blond mane. She had a cute smile on her face.

What… what's up with her eyes?

The Pegasus' eyes were crossed, one faced upwards slightly, and one faced downwards. "Hi! My name is Ditsy! What's your name?" She reached her hoof out towards Aeolus, but misjudged the distance and jammed her hoof into his chest. She instantly retracted her hoof and blushed slightly.

Aeolus used his own hoof and rubbed where she had "punched" him. When he noticed her embarrassment he smiled kindly at her and replied.

"My name is Aeolus. What can I do for you Ditsy? Why are you sitting in this dark alleyway?" He asked and looked around. There wasn't much to see really, it was dirty and muddy from the rain.

"Well since we Pegasi can't fly anymore I had to do my mail route on foot… some ponies started to make fun of me so I ran into this alleyway to hide. I peeked my head out and saw you walking all alone looking sad too! I figured it's better to be sad buddies with somepony else then all alone." She smiled again and took a small step forward, tripping over a rock and falling against Aeolus who fell over with her.

"Oops… my bad" she said sheepishly. She stood up and shook some of the mud off of her body. "So why are you walking around all sad?" She chippered up and asked. He himself stood up and got a better look at the mare.

He noticed her Cutie Mark were some bubbles. Seven to be exact. He looked back at his blank flank once again, wishing… hoping… praying he would get his. He looked at Ditsy, noticing her confused look. He still had a question to answer.

"Oh I was looking for Pinkie Pie. She was supposed to take me to Sugar Cube Corner so we could eat… but I kinda lost her." His response made Ditsy smile.

"I can take you there! I know exactly where that is!" She trotted past him and started heading up the street he was going when she had stopped him. It took Aeolus a minute before realizing he was supposed to go with her. He galloped up right next to her and kept the conversation going.

"So Ditsy, tell me a little about yourself." He asked her. He couldn't exactly explain it, but he was curious to hear about her life.

"Well I'm a mailmare. I go around Ponyville and deliver mail to everypony… and during Winter Wrap Up I help the weather team get the skies cleared and bring southern birds back! I always go the wrong way though" She giggled softly to herself before continuing. "I also have a daughter. Her name is Dinky. She's the most important thing in the whole world to me! She's my little muffin."

Aeolus smiled. "She sounds nice. I hope since you can't fly it doesn't affect you working."

"Oh it does. I get made fun of for barely being able to fly to the right place, imagine how I am walking to places!"

Oh and this is the pony you ask for directions? Good choice.

"Shush." He said quickly to his inner voice. Ditsy and Aeolus walked in silence for a bit, various ponies had different reactions to her. Some waved and said hi, others snickered to themselves. Aeolus didn't understand why they were being so cruel to her, but he was gonna take care of it himself. A pony they walked past laughed at her and called her cross-eyed, before he could even begin to laugh at his own joke Aeolus towered over him.

"Why are you being so mean? What did she ever do to you?" He quizzed the pony. Ditsy blushed slightly "Aeolus its ok I really don't think it's that big of a d-" the pony interrupted her.

"Who Derpy? Ha! What's there not to laugh at? She's cross-eyed and dumb. All she does around here is deliver the mail to the wrong ponies and eat muffins. You ask me she's just a waste of space." He trotted off laughing to himself. Aeolus turned and looked at Ditsy. Her lip quivered softly and each of her crossed eyes were producing even amounts of tears.

"I… don't understand… why ponies hate me so much…"

Why didn't you do something?! Stand up for her damnit! She's a Pegasi for Celestia's stake!"

Aeolus had no idea to react, it was the first time he had seen anypony get treated so badly. "Ditsy I'm sorry… I should go take care of this right now!" But she stepped in front of him.

"No… let's just go to Sugar Cube Corner… I think some muffins will do me some good."

They trudged on in silence. Aeolus stared at Ditsy without realizing it. Her crossed eyes looking sad. She sighed softly, head hanging low. Aeolus' ears flicked upward at the sound of distant thunder. He looked up and saw a massive storm cloud way in the distance, slowly hovering over a tall mountain in the distance. Aeolus couldn't see all too far so he squinted a little to try and clear up his vision. What happened next shocked him.

When he squinted his vision zoomed in all the way to the storm. He could see the red lighting flash from within the clouds, confirming his suspicion that this is the work of Typhoon. He turned his head slightly to look at the mountain and was shocked to see a castle resting on the side of it. It was huge and very regal. When he squinted a little harder his vision zoomed in even more. He saw the streets filled with very proper ponies, they wore fancy clothes and hats, and some even had diamonds stitched into the material. The names of the various shops and restaurants were clearly visible. His head traveled upward towards the main castle, the windows were stained glass, each one depicting different scenes. He could see the shadows of guards against the glass. When he gave attention to the windows themselves he noticed some of them were familiar to him. They showed Twilight and her friends, accomplishing the various tasks she herself said they had. He smiled slightly and then noticed movement in the corner of his eye. Princess Celestia stood on a balcony, her horn glowed bright yellow. Her neck was straining, and her face held a look of struggle. After a moment of this the cloud completely dispersed. Aeolus could perfectly see her expression. She smiled for a moment, before collapsing on her side. Guards rushed in from the open door behind her and after lifting the Princess up they took her inside the castle and shut the door.

His vision zoomed out when Ditsy waved her hoof in front of his face quickly.

"Hey! Are you ok? We made it!" She said happily. Not a trace of tears or sadness left on her face.

Aeolus stood before a massive two-story building. It was painted yellow with a brown roof, and decorated with white all around the trimming of the roof. There was a small sign that said "Sugar Cube Corner" on the side. Ditsy bounced up to the door, but tripped and fell right into it. It swung open as she hit it, and she landed right on the floor. Her frown was heartbreaking, only an "ow" leaving her mouth. Aeolus rushed to help her up, but she got up quickly on her own, and happily skipped to the counter where a blue mare waited to take some orders.

"AEOLUS! THERE YOU ARE!" Pinkie Pie shouted at him from kitchen. She waved him over

He wandered to the back where she had an assortment of different colored foods on various trays. They all smelled delicious!

"Sorry I left you behind! I was just so so so excited to cook for you and I ran ahead! But Derpy brought you here so here you go!" She grabbed the nearest cupcake and shoved it in Aeolus' mouth.

He nearly choked on it for a moment but when it touched his taste buds he nearly lost his memory all over again. "Holy Celestia… This. Is. Incredible."

This mare. I have been wrong. She may not be a Pegasi, or the prettiest of Earth ponies. But according to these treats, her flank will do. We must bed with her at once.

Aeolus spit out frosting everywhere. It all hit Pinkie who didn't react as cupcake bits and frosting flew in her eyes.

"So do you like it!?" She asked excitedly.

He nodded sheepishly then excused himself for the moment. He walked outside through the kitchen door and started to have a conversation of sorts with himself.

"What was that about?! Bed with Pinkie?! WHAT?!"

It just feels right to me, a thousand years ago it was custom for Spirits to have many mares or stallions.

"OUT OF ALL THE THINGS YOU CAN REMEMBER THIS IS WHAT YOU GOT?!"

A couple of ponies walking by were staring at him. He awkwardly whistled till they were out of earshot, then continued.

"Look I'm gonna back inside and eat some more good food… stop being weird!"

He trudged back inside the bakery and found Pinkie Pie standing right next to the door. "Bed with me? What do you mean?" She smiled cheerily at him.

"Um… it's nothing Pinkie." He smiled awkwardly.

With that they both started to chow down for a bit. About an hour passed and they both ate every single thing Pinkie Pie managed to bake.

Think about the possibilities! A mare that can make such delicious foods… all to yourself! Just banish Improv. It won't be too hard!

But Aeolus ignored him completely, he looked at Pinkie who was drenched in cake frosting on the ground.

"Pinkie tell me something. Why are you laughter?"

She licked all the cake frosting off her body and the ground in a matter of seconds, burped loudly, then responded. "What do you mean?"

"Well you know… why are you the element of laughter?"

"Well I got my Cutie Mark after throwing my first party to spread the joy I felt after seeing my first rainbow. Ever since then I love to make everypony I can happy! Spreading joy is one of the greatest joys itself!" She got up and stretched. "When we first met Twilight we had to go into the Everfree to find the Elements of Harmony. At one part we got to this super spooky part of the forest, where the trees had scary faces and it was all dark and scary and dark! But I told the girls what my wonderful Granny Pie used to tell me when I was little. That even when something seems super super scary, laughter is the best way to make it go away. Sometimes you just gotta giggle at that bad ol' ghostie!" She laughed with a snort.

"Giggle at the Ghostie…" he thought about Typhoon for a bit.

If you tried laughing him away, he will destroy you. Trust me I know.

Aeolus and Pinkie spent the rest of the afternoon telling jokes and making food together. He learned how to bake all kinds of cakes and cookies.

May all bow before the might of Aeolus! Spirit of baking!

His voice in his head teased him. But he truly was having a really good time with Pinkie, aside from her natural silliness she was really funny and a good friend. Aeolus felt like he hadn't had a real friend in centuries. For all he knew… maybe he didn't.

BONG. BONG.

A bell tolled in the distance, Pinkie gasped and looked at a watch she happened to be wearing from out of nowhere. "Oh my goodness we are gonna be late! We can't be late!"

"Late?" Aeolus was cocked his head to the side, looking out the window he noticed it was starting to get darker. What could they possibly be late to?

"I have surprise for you! Come on we gotta go back to Twilight's!" While Aeolus had looked out the window Pinkie had somehow managed to clean the entire kitchen in a matter of seconds.

I'm having strong suspicions that this pony may be a spirit of some kind. She does things that just aren't natural.

Aeolus silently agreed. Pinkie suddenly grabbed his hoof and started her usual process of dragging him out the door and towards Twilight's house.

As they slowly approached her home they noticed bright and different colored lights shining out of the windows, the entire tree reverberated from sound inside.

"Wow, Improv went all out this time! Looks like I'm gonna have to come up with something bigger the next party!" Pinkie said with a serious tone. Aeolus was a little confused but stayed quiet until they were right at the oak door.

Pinkie opened the door and her mane went flying back, the music was incredibly loud. She laughed and galloped inside, Aeolus stepped in and saw at least 30 or so ponies packed inside of the library. Thankfully the bottom floor had a few rooms so there was a good amount of space and everypony fit. There was a little booth where a white pony with a spikey blue mane and purple glasses was shooting her magic from her horn into a small box. Large metal speakers next to her were booming. There was a creature next to her that Aeolus didn't recognize. He was huge! He had claws on its front legs, and a beak, and from that beak came an awesome voice. The creature was singing songs into the microphone, everypony in the library was cheering and singing along. Some danced, others stayed near the tables with different foods and drinks that lined the walls. The music was insatiably catchy. Aeolus soon found himself bobbing his head to the beat. Pinkie suddenly appeared in front of Aeolus making him jump.

She waved a hoof behind her, "So?! What do you think of your party?!" Improv came up behind Pinkie and gave her a hug. He looked at Aeolus with a smirk "I think I might've beat Pinkie this time." She gave him a look like he had broken the most sacred of Pinkie Promises.

"My party? I don't understand, I thought we were supposed to keep my profile here low. Why throw me a party?"

"Just because you are trying to keep yourself hidden doesn't mean you can't have some fun! We tried to teach you laughter today but we can pick it up tomorrow!" Pinkie zipped off to the nearby table and inhaled an entire cake before returning. "SEESH? ISH FUN!" crumbs flew from her mouth in every direction possible.

"I have some pretty sick connections all over Equestria, I invited that Griffon over there to come preform! His name is Scau-" The song changed and Pinkie mashed her face into his.

"THIS IS OUR SONG!" She grabbed and lifted him over her head and galloped to the dance floor. Aeolus had no idea how to react to that.

With all the turmoil that had been going on with the storms and Pegasus no longer flying, Pinkie and Improv sure knew how to throw a party. He aimlessly nudged his way through the crowd, looking for somepony he could talk to. He appreciated the gesture from the couple, but didn't feel comfortable around so many different ponies or a griffon.

He noticed Applejack and a big red stallion he didn't recognize serving food to ponies at one of the tables, Rainbow and a grey Pegasus were dancing in the middle wearing black sunglasses. Fluttershy stood off to the side with Rarity and they both were bobbing their heads to the music, partying softly to themselves. Spike was running around with a lamp shade on his head looking really silly. Aeolus finally spotted who he was looking for, Princess Twilight Sparkle. She was seated near a window looking out towards Canterlot, she didn't seem all too interested in the party at the moment. He nudged his way through the crowd and walked over to her.

"Hey Twilight… are you doing ok?" He asked her sincerely, but a little loud to try and talk over the music. She turned to look at him, smiling when she saw him.

"Hey Aeolus, how are you doing? Enjoying your party?" Her smile disappeared and was replaced with a look of worry. She glanced over the Canterlot again, sighing deeply.

"You know… I saw Celestia today." Aeolus muttered. Twilight immediately turned with a fierce gaze on the wind spirit. Her purple eyes bored into his own gold ones.

"You did? When? Did she come and see you? She came and saw me but she didn't say anything bad! She must think I'm gonna fail, what did she say to you?" She rambled on for a moment.

Aeolus shook his head quickly, "No Princess it's nothing like that… do you remember when we were walking to Ponyville yesterday and I mentioned buildings in the distance that you couldn't see?" She nodded at him in confirmation. "Well I looked toward the castle earlier today and was able to see the entire kingdom. Including Celestia, who stood on a balcony and used her magic to get rid of some storm clouds heading toward Canterlot… she then fell and her guards came and helped her inside. Typhoon must be getting stronger, faster than we all anticipated." He finished. Twilight looked like she was gonna cry…she blinked the tears away and took a deep breath, she lifted a hoof up to her chest and extended it outwards as she exhaled. After a moment she spoke.

"Aeolus if Typhoon is getting stronger, then you have to learn these elements as quickly as you can… that's why Pinkie threw this party. Go out there and have fun, let's not think about things that are out of our control at the moment. Go have fun ok?" She said it with a commanding tone, she perhaps didn't mean it to across that way, but Aeolus nodded and began to walk back into the crowd. He turned and looked at Twilight from across the room, his vision zoomed in just enough to see tears falling from her face onto her windowsill.

Now having returned to the party Aeolus felt a little better, the ponies around him were laughing and dancing… when the currently playing song ended, the Griffon handed the mic off to Pinkie Pie.

"Hey there all you crazy party ponies! Are you having a good time?" She shouted into the microphone, all the ponies reacted with a massive "YEAH!" One incredibly huge white Pegasus with tiny wings was a little late and yelled his "YEAH" after everypony else, ponies all over the library laughed softly at him.

"Let's take a moment to introduce the newest pony to Ponyville! Come on up Aeolus!" A bright light shown over Aeolus, the crowd gave him some space. "If you see Aeolus say hi to him! He lost his memory, and needs help becoming the Spir-" Rainbow Dash dived at Pinkie and snatched the mic away.

"Brighten his Spirits! He lost his memory and just needs some ponies to brighten his mood." From different corners of the party each Element of Harmony breathed a sigh of relief. Each grateful for Rainbow's quick thinking.

The DJ pony shot a burst of magic into her booth and more loud catchy music began to play, she bobbed her head to the rhythm and all the ponies cheered and began to dance again. The Griffon took back the microphone stand and started singing. Aeolus narrowly dodged any more attention by hiding himself near Rarity and Fluttershy for a while. He figured he could get to know some more of the ponies willing to help him.

As Aeolus snacked and drank. He would be approached by a few different ponies who greeted him and gave their condolences for not having his memory. But one interaction stood out from the rest. He was approached by two Pegasi, a yellow mare, and a peach colored mare.

"Hey there! My name is Raindrops! This is Blossomforth, we just wanted to come say hi!"

All these Pegasi, and you won't even consider taking one upstairs for a little… spiritual training.

Aeolus had a tough time keeping his expression calm as he spoke back to the ponies.

"Hello there, I'm Aeolus, are you enjoying the festivities?"

Blossomforth turned her head slightly. "The party? Yeah it's great! Sorry to hear you lost your memory." Her tone shifted slightly, turning a little sultrier. "Would've been nice to know if a cute stallion like you had a mare or not" She and Raindrops winked at him, clearly waiting for a reaction.

YES! THIS IS WHAT I MEANT! THE FUN HAS INDEED BEEN DOUBLED! Go ahead Aeolus they are clearly offering themselves to you!

Aeolus smiled at the mares but didn't offer anything in return.

"Right? That's why until I know for sure if there is someone waiting for me somewhere I'm gonna stay unavailable. You mares a great rest of your night. They both scoffed and huffed away heading back into the party.

You just… you son of a… I'm not talking to you for the rest of the night.

Aeolus was just fine with that. At some point he spotted the Pegasus that helped him earlier, Ditsy. She was happily dancing with a couple other Pegasi, Raindrops joined her and they seemed to be having a good time. Aeolus smiled and got a refill on his cider.

Not one mare. But two mares damn you.

Aeolus casually sipped his drink. "I thought you weren't speaking to me"

Buck yourself.

The party continued for hours, non-stop music and food, some ponies came and some ponies went, but everypony was having a good time. Everypony but Twilight.

She went up to her room at some point, nopony seemed to notice her leaving… but Aeolus did. He wanted to check on her but halfway up the stairs decided against it. He didn't want to upset her again.

Nopony seemed to be paying attention to the outside, during the party it began to storm, as hours went by it slowly intensified in wind speed. Rain turning torrential.

Rainbow approached the pony at the booth and whispered in her ear. After a second she nodded and turned up her music, Aeolus figured maybe to hide noise of the storm so nopony would panic. Aeolus walked through the crowd. All the dancing and talking had made him hungry once again, he was heading over to the little kiosk Applejack was managing for some apples. His hoof bumped into something on the floor in the middle of the library. He looked down and saw a small sleeping purple and green dragon.

"Oh no Spike!" Aeolus quickly picked Spike up with his teeth and layed him across his back. Aeolus had no idea what to do with the little guy. He then remembered how the night before when he fell asleep Twilight brought him upstairs, Aeolus decided to do the same. He carried him upstairs and found himself in Twilight's room. Not surprisingly there were many more bookshelves in the upstairs loft. He started noticing little details hinting towards Twilight's neatness. Such as bed being set perfectly. Not a crease in sight on the sheets. Aeolus saw an impressive telescope lined with gold right next to the rather large window in the room. When he actually looked out the window he saw something unusual. It was storming terribly yes. But there was also an eerie black fog slowly descending on Ponyville. Spike snored softly on his back and he remembered why he was up there in the first place.

He searched for a place to lay Spike down, he spotted a small basket with a pillow and blue blanket which he figured was his bed. Aeolus layed Spike down and put the blanket over him. Twilight came up from behind and touched his shoulder scaring the hay out of him.

"Whoops hey sorry! Thanks for bringing Spike upstairs, when he tries to stay up past his bedtime he just passes out shortly after, wherever he is." She explained with a giggle. Aeolus smiled for a moment but quickly his expression weakened.

"Twilight. I feel something is wrong. I can't place my hoof on it, but something just doesn't seem right about all this. That storm outside doesn't seem like the last two." He was surprised to see her reaction to be one that agreed with him.

"Look Aeolus… I've been reading a couple different books… there's something you need to know… I-" but she didn't get to finish, she was interrupted by a massive red flash that lit up every part of the library, followed by an incredibly powerful crack of thunder. The tree shook violently, the music downstairs stopped and all the lights blew out. Ponies screamed. Twilight and Aeolus ran to the stairs, it was nearly pitch black, Twilight's horn had a purple glow around it, lighting the way. When they looked to the bottom floor there were other random splotches of light that varied in color depending on the unicorn. Twilight spoke loudly and got every ponies' attention.

"Don't worry every pony, I have a magical lightning rod that protects my home, we are all safe. It should attract all the lightning from the storm so your homes will be safe as well." The ponies in her house were panicking still however. Some pounded there hooves and some paced, Pinkie tried to calm some down by shoving cake in their faces but it was only making the situation more stressful. Applejack was trying to give out treats and try saying comforting things to the ponies but no one listened.

"THIS IS THE PEGASUS' FAULT! IF THEY COULD FLY THEY COULD GET RID OF THIS DAMN STORM!" A dark blue Earth pony yelled out. The grey Pegasus that was with Rainbow all night got in his face and shoved him and within seconds all Tartarus broke loose. Ponies were fighting all over, The Griffon and DJ had to flee the music booth as ponies were throwing each other around. Risking hitting their equipment.

Aeolus could no longer stand all the noise… his head started to hurt as he summoned as much volume as he could, he yelled very loudly over everypony else. "QUIET!" His voice boomed throughout the home, the windows reverberated and all noise from everypony ceased. They all looked up at him in surprise… looking very frightened. Aeolus began to regret his yelling. Fluttershy and Rarity looked terrified. Only making him feel worse.

"Listen to me. I have only been here from one day and I have learned so much from so many of you. I've learned to extend a helping hoof to a pony in need, I've learned that during any situation you can find something to laugh about." As Aeolus spoke more and more ponies turned to face him, some were smiling.

"No matter the situation. There is a bright side, and if you can find and exploit it you can turn that bad situation into a good one!" He looked at a couple unicorns whose horns were still lit and chuckled to himself.

"You know what would be funny? Having little 'Sword' fights with your glowing horns." A couple of Unicorns looked up at their glowing horns… then looked at each other with devilish grins. One was wearing a cloak, and raised the hood over his head, making himself look mysterious. A few started having their "sword fight" as they swung their heads there was a trail of light, giving off a pretty impressive show. Some ponies laughed, others cheered softly.

Do you feel that Aeolus? Keep doing what you're doing.

For once he agreed with himself. He was feeling odd. But he kept going.

"How about some scary stories? One where at the last second the bad guy (his voice raised to the volume it had before) YELLS SOMETHING SCARY AT THE END." Everypony jumped at his sudden outburst, but many of them laughed at each other.

"You know you were scared!" one said to another.

"No way, you're way more scared!" they replied.

"Look everypony. There is a crises on our hooves. Instead of blaming the Pegasi for things going wrong. Comfort them! Make them smile" at that last word Aeolus felt a tug in his heart.

Aeolus. Its time.

Aeolus was starting to get dizzy. The ponies throughout the library however were taking his advice and ran around the library. Having horn sword fights or telling stories. The white Pegasi stood up tall and yelled "YEAAAAAH!" scaring the life out of at least half the party, there was a roar of laughter. Aeolus had black dots in his vision. He began to glow softly. The outline of his body had a hue of blue. Behind Twilight near her bed there was a bright blue light slowly intensifying. Twilight turned and gasped. Inside the glass encasing where she kept the elements of harmony, Pinkie's Element of Laughter was glowing. The others saw the light and quickly rushed up the stairs. The light coming from both Aeolus and the element was nearing levels of blinding. The ponies around the party looked up towards the stairs. Seeing Aeolus glow made them all quiet down and watch in awe.

"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I THINK ITS WORKING!" Pinkie could barely hold her excitement, she grabbed Fluttershy and squeezed her. Her eyes bulged as pinkie slowly cut off her air supply.

Wind began to pick up in the library blowing books off their shelves, and napkins and other papers into the air, it all swirled around Aeolus, his eyes opened, and they were shining with a bright gold light.

"Hold on everypony, here we go!" Applejack yelled over the wind, holding her hat on her head with one hoof. The light now so bright everypony had to look away. And then it was gone. The wind dissipated. Aeolus was in the same spot he was before but he was unconscious. Only for a moment, he quickly woke up and started trying to stand. The Element bearers ran to him immediately, Twilight used her magic to help him to his hooves. He shook his head and smiled at them all. "Well… one down… five more to go." He said before passing out again. Rainbow caught him on her back as he fell.

Come Aeolus. I have much to show you.

"What is with this pony and passing out all the time?" She said to the others. Fluttershy placed a hoof on his head to feel see his temperature, but noticed something different about the stallion. Her voice got some excitement to it.

"G- Girls? Look he has a cutie mark now!" She stammered to them. They all looked and sure enough, on his flank was a lone white cloud.