My little pony: The Urchin and the Princess

Disclaimer: Yeah, I'm aware of the errors I've made in spelling and grammar. Also, thanks! I'm pleased with the pace with this story. A lot of the Human/pony stories jump right into the mesh of them falling for each other which is why I'm taking it slower.

Chapter 6: Hot tempered party

SUUURPRIIIIIISEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

"WHAT THE HELL" Jack screamed, falling onto his rear as everything became bright in an instant. Hearing an assortment of cheering mixed with laughter, he looked to see that Twilight sparkles library was covered in an assortment of party decorations. The mane cast, along with Spike cheered for Jack's arrival as well as a large group of other ponies from the conference. Looking around at the food, presents and games; he found himself flustered and put off guard. Getting up, Jack had completely forgotten about the encounter with the strange human as he blushed lightly "W..what is this"?

"What is it? It's a party for you Silly" Pinkie giggled, hopping in front of Jack and putting a party hat on his head before hopping back.

Jack became silent as he looked down. "Y..you put on a party for me" he asked. These ponies they…went to all this trouble…for him?

"Course we did, it's the best way of saying that we're glad to have you here" Applejack smiled, as her friends nodded in agreement.

Jack remained silent as he tried to control his emotions. It had been a long time since anyone had thrown him a party, and he was honestly touched by the kind gesture. He had a reputation of keeping it cool though, so he swallowed whatever "over the top happiness" he had within him, as he looked up with a small smile as he commented "…thank you".

Entering into the room, he looked around in a mixture of awe and amazement. The ponies sure went above and beyond the call of duty whenever it came to throwing a party. In fact, they seemed kinda similar to how humans threw parties. Cept for teenage humans, it usually involved opening a keg of alcohol and involving some underage drinking. That's how Jack used to party until about a year ago when he was fifteen.

Someone he knew in the neighborhood was throwing a party when their folks were outta town. He snuck into the party, and had a couple of beers. Sadly, the alcohol affected his judgment and made him into a bit of an ass at the part as he remembered he was constantly throwing up, and tripping over his own feet. Someone he dragged him and tossed him into the bathtub so he could sober up. Unfortunately, the cops had shown up and started to arrest anyone who was drinking underage. Luckily, he had managed to climb out a window and sadly fell..straight into a dumpster. He laid there for a few hours before the cops had left, and he made his way home.

After that little incident, he hadn't had a single alcoholic beverage. "These ponies have it all" Jack thought with slight envy as he approached the fruit punch bowl. No alcohol, no illegal substances. This world was so perfect, that it didn't need to rely on illegal drugs to help one relive themselves of stress. "Lucky ponies" Jack muttered aloud.

"Sooo, what do you think? We got ice cream, cookies, lemon drops, brownies, cupcakes, sugar coated buns, candy, slo" Pinkie had bounced out of nowhere, as she started to list all of the types of food and beverages they had.

"Whoa whoa slow down" Jack smiled sheepishly! Was Pinkie Pie just on an all happy, all sugar diet? It would certainly explain how cheerful she was, and how she was always bouncing all the time. Shrugging, he said "I'm probably just gonna give the brownie a try" he shrugged casually. Whilst he did like sweets, he preferred to keep the consumption of sweets to a minimal. Popping a small brownie into his mouth, he immediately thought "Well, their brownies certainly taste the same as ours".

Jack's eyes shot open in shock, as he suddenly felt a welling heat bubbling, erupting from his throat that burned as if he had just swallowed a gallon full of hot sauce. Sweating nervously, as he could see the faces of ponies who were struggling not to laugh; he couldn't hold it back as he opened his mouth and a slew of fire erupted. "SPICY" he shouted in alarm, as he panicky looked around for something to cool his throat as it felt like it was now on fire!

Staggering over to the punch, he dunked a cup as he attempted to poor it down his throat to sooth the spiciness. All he felt was a coolness on his short, as he opened his eyes to see a hole in the cup that had made the punch spill over his white hoodie. Hearing the laughter of the others, he looked around confused as he tried to register what had happened.

"Ha ha! Oh Celestia, the dribble glass plow. Gotacha Jack" Rainbow Dash cracked up, causing more laughter amongst the ponies, as Dash grinned at Jack; showing she had been the perpetrator behind that little prank.

Jack quickly downed fruit punch through a glass that wasn't pranked, as he panted and tried to catch his breath from the spiciness. Panting, he glared at Dash as he attempted to laugh it off. "Ha ha, I'm laughing" he muttered sarcastically. Blinking, he thought "What's with me"?

Usually whenever it came to being pranked, Jack was a really good sport. When he was eight, his buddy Kent had pranked him on April 1st by setting up a bucket filed with chocolate milk to soak Jack, when he had attempted to walk into Kent's room. Jack had at first appeared angry, but then grinned as he tackled Kent and started putting Chocolate milk into his hair. This should have been nothing, and yet he strangle felt..defensive…more defensive then he should have been.

"It's no big deal" he told himself, harmless fun. Chuckling weakly, he passed by the ponies uncomfortable as he spotted Twilight. Smiling, he thought "At last". "Hey Twilight, when are the princesses supposed to arrive" he asked. He had a lot of questions for them.

Twilight smiled as she said "They should be arriving sometime within the next hour". Noting the impatient look on Jack's face, she had a feeling that he was rather eager to discuss how to get home, or at least how Equestria worked.

"Hey Jack, come over an bob for Apples" AJ called as she wanted Jack to have his luck at the game, as Lyra and Bon Bon finished up.

Approaching, Jack felt something knick against his head a she turned in the direction of where it came from, not noticing a strange liquid being poured into the water. Turning back, he shrugged "Huh, guess it was nothing". Staring into the water at the apples, he plunged headfirst into the water and moments later emerged with a red apple in his mouth, as he grinned victoriously. Notching the ponies laughing, he asked "What"?

Staring back into the water, he gasped as he could see his jet black hair had been died a ocean blue. His hair! His jet black hair was now blue! Looking down at the floor, he struggled to keep his anger in check. This was not cool!

Feeling his cheeks flush with embarrassment, he was handed a towel by AJ who was struggling to control her giggling.

"Hehheh, oddly enough you look more natural with blue hair rather than black" AJ grinned through her laughter, as she failed to notice the flash of anger directed at her by the human.

"He..heh" Jack laughed weakly, now becoming annoyed. Dyeing his hair like that was a really dirty move on their part he felt, as he usually wasn't one to be caught off guard and hum… "It's just pranks you sensitive moron" he scolded himself.

Walking away from the punch bowl, he looked over at one pony who caught his eyes. She had a rocking mane, with a mixture of blue and teal. She was a unicorn as evident from her horn. She had white coat, and a similar blue/teal colored tai. Her most distinguishing features however were her shades. She was from the looks of things, scratching things up. "Wonder if you can request anything" Jack thought as he approached her. "Heya" he spoke politely to the DJ.

"What's up" Vinyle grinned as she high hoofed the human.

"Not a lot, are you taking request" Jack asked as he wanted to see what if he could try singing something from when he was a kid. Receiving a nod, he looked over at behind where Vinyl took songs. A small portable computer with list of songs were displayed on a small monitor. Seeing a microphone, Jack spoke "Kryptonite". Watching it flip through stations, he smiled as he saw it halt on Kryptonite by Three doors down.

"Yeah, that's the one" he smirked, as he asked for a microphone. When Vinyl nodded, she started to play the song. As he heard the familiar 90's song begin to play, Jack looked up as he noticed the ponies dancing halted as they started to hear this song they had never heard of before. The bear was apparently pleasing to them, as some started to go along with it; liking the drum's mixed with electric guitar.

Approaching the crowd, Jack looked into the mike as he counted to himself as he waited for it to reach the starting point, as he began to sing.

=Kryptonite=

"I took a walk around the world to ease my trouble mind, I left my body lying somewhere in the sands of time" Jack begun, getting the attention of the ponies in the room as they stared at this stubborn, sarcastic, and abit rude human; not expecting him to have a good singing voice.

"I watched the world float to the darkside of the moon..I feel theirs nothing I can doo…yeaaah" Jack shrugged as he bopped his head up and down at the beat, inciting his friends to follow suit in a way as he started to snap his fingers with what he heard.

"I watched the world float to the dark side of the moon…After all I knew it had to be something to do with you. I really don't mind what happens now and thennnn" he dragged off as Jack's legs started to move with the song, whatever anxiety and defensiveness he was feeling starting to leave him. For the next line, he pointed at the mane six.

"As long as you'll beeee my frieeend at the ennnddd" he smirked as the song kicked up. As the drum solo kicked in, the ponies were now much more into it, some of them jumping up and down, others stomping their hooves along with the song. Jack leaped into the air, as he shouted "If I go crazy then will you still call me superman If I'm alive and well, will you be there holding my hand I'll keep you by my side with my superhuman might Kryptonite".

Pleased at the sight of his friends dancing, Jack glanced over at Vinyl as he noticed her bopping her head, grinning at the song as she high hooved Jack, who smirked back in response. Eyeing Rarity, he smirked as he noticed her starting at him. No doubt she was impressed by his dancing skills!

Rarity was listening, and watching in armament at Jack's singing, so put off by it as she was stunned a she suddenly danced up to her, and gently pulled her up in front of every pony with him as he heard him sing "You stumbled in and bumped your head, if not for me then you'd be dead I picked you up and put you back on solid ground". Being twirled into place as he gently released her, she found herself blushing immensely as she murred to herself "Oh my..", not knowing that was not ment as a love statement.

Repeating the song, Jack smiled as he back flipped in mid air, amazing the ponies as he did a Chinese jump up kick, landing on his feet as the song came to an end.

Rubbing the back of his head as he handed the microphone back to Vinyl, he thought "Well, that went well". Going to meet his friends, he was immersed by comments and praise. "Heh, it's just a little song I remember from when I was a kid" Jack admitted sheepishly. He had to admit that it really felt good to cut loose and have some fun. Forgetting all about the misplaced anger from earlier, he blinked as he saw a huge cake get pushed out of nowhere.

"Cake for the party guest" Pinkie giggled, as she presented the vanilla cake, with pink frosting. Pushing Jack up to it, she grinned "Blow out the candles".

Nodding, Jack inhaled as he blew away; existing sting the flames. "What the" he thought in surprise as he saw the candles suddenly relight themselves. Staring oddly, he blew once more as the candles once more went out and once more came back on. Getting annoyed now, he inhaled a lot of his breathe before releasing only..for it to come back. Hearing snickering from the others, he glanced over at Pinkie.

"Relighting candles, classic" she grinned at Jack.

"Hehheh…" he chuckled feeling the defensives anger come back. Shaking his head, he blinked as he wondered what was wrong with him. Five minutes ago, he was dancing and having the time of his life. Now he was getting annoyed with them over harmless pranks. "Humph" he huffed as he looked over at AJ who was challenging other ponies to arm wrestling..or was it hoof wrestling. Getting a completive look in his eye, he thought "Let's see how strong country girl is".

"Yo AJ, I'll take you" Jack smirked as he sat down at the table where AJ had just finished Rainbow Dash. Hearing a collective Oooo from the crowd, Jack shot them all a cocky smirk as he noticed AJ's look.

"What! Get outta town. If I couldn't beat Applejack, then what makes you think you can" Rainbow Dash asked, as she poked Jack in the shoulder smirking.

"I'd listen to Dash if I were you Jack. Maybe amongst humans your one of the strongest, but I don't know if they can match up to a pony in strength" AJ commented, crossing her arms as she grinned playfully at the human.

"I don't know if I can win, then again I don't know if I'll lose. Only one way to find out you know" Jack shot back, as he placed a hand onto the table and locked it in place as he looked at AJ who was staring at him with a mixture of skeptism and amusement. "Hey, we don't have to do it if you don't want..I can understand if you're scared". That touched a nerve as he saw AJ's competiveness come back full streak.

"Ah ain't scared of nothing. If you think you can go hoof to hoof with me, then by all means let's get it on" AJ declared as she locked her hoof around Jack's hand. As they readied, she smirked "On three. One…two…THREE"!

Jack grunted as he put his full force into his arm, as he found himself…surprisingly holding his own for a few moments since it was clear that he stood no chance against AJ in the strength department. As his arm was slammed down, he shrugged "As I thought, I stood no chance".

AJ was surprised. Surprised that Jack had last a few moments since he wasn't a pony, and since it was clear he was weaker than her, but what surprised her most was his graciousness when he lost. "Well, I'm surprised you last against me, and I'm glad you didn't get upset" she smiled honestly at the human.

Eyeing over at the dart board in the corner, he smirked "I can win at darts however. I'm strong for a human, but I can defiantly beat any pony here in a game of accuracy. Anyone wanna try me"?

"Oh yeah? Any pony huh? You think you can tango with me" Dash remarked, as she stepped up in front of Jack. Going past him, she smirked "I happen to be an expert when it comes to darts, so you'd best back out now".

"I prefer action over talk in a competition that I know I can dominate" Jack responded as he stepped up next to her, as he plucked out a dart. Staring at Dash, he said "How about we make things abit interesting? Whoever wins gets big badass points"?

"Your on "Dash shot back.

Twilight chuckled as she whispered to Fluttershy. "Its like looking at Dash competing against Dash".

"Hehheh, they sure are completive" Fluttershy agreed.

"Me, he was referring to me" Rarity thought alluringly. When Jack had sprung out during the dance, and started to dance with her she felt like she was in her fantasy world. Dancing with her love, as they celebrated being in one another's presences. She had to admit, she was quiet literally swept off her hooves by his dancing; but was pleased by it. She became unpleased when the dance ended and Jack started to participate in the party games.

"Boom baby" Jack laughed, pumping his fist into the air as he landed up near the bull's eye on his first shot. Crossing his arms, he eyed over at Dash.

"Hows this? Oh yeah" Dash shot back grinning, as her dart landed in the outerrim of the bull eyes. Getting another shot, she tossed her dart into the air cockily as she shrugged "This is too easy". Tossing it, she gasped as her cockiness got the better of her and she missed the target all together.

Jack on the other hand was in his element, as he thrusted the dart and shot a victorious smirk as it landed and got himself badass points! "Hooooo yeah "laughed Jack as he jumped into the air in victory. Turning next to Dash, he smiled as he stuck out a hand. "Good game" he said to her good naturally.

Dash hated losing. It made her feel like a failure at times, but when she saw him stick his hand out to shake her hoof, she smiled modestly as any annoyance left as fast as it had appeared. "Good game" she admitted to him.

"Ummm, we have umm..presents here for you" Fluttershy softly spoke to Jack, getting his attention as he approached. Looking down, she said "I umm...well, got you or umm...well..". Realizing he was staring, she said "I'm sorry, I..". She was cut off by any further stuttering as Jack hugged her, causing a tiny eep and light blush to etch across her cheeks.

"You don't have to be so shy around me, he spoke simply to her" Jack said, smirking as it was he who made her blush this time, and not the other way around like it had been the last few times. Turning to the presents, he thought "Last time I got presents was...hmm, maybe a few years ago? Wow, time really does fly bye". Ripping off the wrapping, he was surprised to see a tiny V shaped necklace, that was embedded around a red casing. "Huh, from Fluttershy" he asked aloud, as he turned to smile at her.

She smiled back as she explained "It stands for valor, since you're a really brave human. Heh heh, it's almost as if your purposely seeking adventure at times. So I thought it was appropriate".

"Thanks Flutter" Jack smiled at her. As he went through the rest of the gifts, he suddenly felt hungry. Remembering the cake, he turned as he went to go and grab a slice.

Unfortunately, it was at this exact moment that Spike had chosen to play with a remote controlled car that Pinkie had gotten Jack, and he was letting Spike use as Spike accidently drove it in front of Jacks path. Realizing what was about to happen, Spike gasped in shock. "Jack, watch ou.." Spike called out.

"WHooooAAAaaaaa" Jack shouted, eyes wide as Spike had accidently hit the accelerate on the car to hard that Jacks foot landed on it, and the momentum of the car sent him forward as he went and landed face first into the cake. The entire room became silenced by this skeptical as the ponies watched as Jack slowly lifted his face out, frosting dripping from his cheek as his face had become plastered with vanilla frosting. A snort came from one of the ponies, as suddenly it caused a chain reaction of laughter amongst the ponies at the party as they pointed and laughed at the hilarious spectacle.

"Wh..what just happened" Jack thought, his mind still catching up with what had occurred. Wiping the frosting out of his eyes, he looked around slowly at the sight of the ponies laughing hysterically, some of them pointing at him as they held their guts to try and contain themselves. Humiliation and anger mixed within Jack, as he winced at the laughter of all these strangers. Staring over at his friends, he thought "Their not laughing, they'd support m..oh".

They too couldn't stop themselves from laughing, as Jack glared not wanting to show how hurt he was. He was took a step forward to yell, when Pinkie trotted up and slapped him playfully on the back at how fun he was; unaware of how he felt. This mixed with the frosting that had dripped onto the floor, caused him to trip and fall forward to the floor; inciting more laughter from the ponies.

Crraaaaaaaaaaaaaack.

Jack froze, suddenly ignoring all else that occurred within the room as he heard the distinct crack of something he held dear to him break. "No...Nonono..please no" he begged internally. With a shaky hand, he gently reached into his pocket and removed the golden chain he kept so dearly from his pocket, as he slowly popped open the watch. Blinking as he saw shards of glass fall from where it had broken, he stared emotionally at the picture.

With how Jack appeared or came off as, self confident, strong, sarcastic it would think that whatever it was; it certainly wasn't something of any important sentiment.

Instead, what laid within was a picture. A pair of humans stood in front of sleek aircraft carrier on a bright sunny day at an airport. A tall man, in his mid thirties, with a black hair, in a crew cut hair style, green eyes; dressed in military fatigues was standing beside a tiny boy with similar black hair, hetrochromic eyes, wearing a white t-shirt with blue overalls. The man was hugging the boy, who looked around six as the boy was happily hugging the man back. At least he was as a small shard of the glass had slight ripped the pic, barely making the man's face recognizable.

Finding himself slowly shaking, Jack stood up slowly as he kept his head low; wanting to hide the tears of frustrated anger; as he thought "How could they...it's all...all I have left of him and they wrecked it..". The irrational side of him wanted to stand up and start trashing the party, make them feel the sorrow he was feeling. But no, no way was he gonna sink to that level and act out like a baby!

Instead, Jack turned without a word swiftly as he opened the door, forgetting to pick up the picture in his emotional state That got the attention of his friends, as they noticed him leaving

"Jack? Hey Jack where ya going" Pinkie asked, barely catching the frown on his face. Her friends followed suit in calling after him.

Rarity blinked as she looked down on the ground to see the broken remains of what Pinkie had wanted to see, noticing the picture as she approached and noticed its state. As she picked it up, she realized who the boy was as she looked back up in time to see the door slam shut; as Jack left. "Jack..." Rarity spoke softly, realizing that the innocent pranks had gone too far.

They had little time to reflect this however, as suddenly the room glowed with a mixture of white and blue as a brilliant beam of light emerged within the middle of the party. The light slowly faded as it revealed two tall creatures. One of them had fur that was pure white, whilst the other was a night blue. They resembled both unicorns, and Pegasus as the alicorns stared around the party at the guest who bowed their heads in respect at the sight of them. As Celestia stepped forward, she smiled "I was informed that a human was here, and he wished to speak with us".

Twilight blushed embarrassed, by the fact that the pranks had driven their friend away and now Jack wasn't here to greet them as she stepped forward to explain herself.

"Son of a bitch" Jack swore, as he kicked at a stand; knocking over some fruits as he wiped off the last of cake from the party. Trudging through the night miserably, he blinked as he kicked at a few more things. He was angry. He was angry at everything, and everyone. Himself, his friends...everyone.

He was angry with himself for allowing his emotions to get the better of him, and not enjoy himself at the party. He usually was good at controlling his emotions and yet it felt like they had been given a..push if that was the appropriate choice of words into becoming much more emotional.

He was angry with his friends, for damaging the only thing he had left of his father. When his father died five years ago, that picture was the only thing that reminded him of his dad and he treated it with care and respect everyday..it was precious to him. They had the nerve to damage it!

Growling, he sat down in a huff at a bench as he felt like he wanted to just disappear and leave. To hell with Equestria, and to hell with the ponies! "You don't really mean that" he told himself as he lowered his head in shame. Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack and everyone else. They were his friends. How could he even think those things?

"Hey, are you alright kid" A voice called out to Jack, causing his head to snap up as he caught sight of Sid staring at him with what appeared to be mock concern. Sid approached as he sat down next to Jack on the bench, as he laid his head back casually. "Saw what they did to yah through the window, real friends you have their" Sid smirked at Jack.

"They were just...harmless pranks...and I never asked for your opinion" Jack grumbled, as he did his best to ignore the other teen. Staring away, he muttered "What do you want anyway"?

"I stopped by to see if you were alright. After all, humiliating you like this isn't what I call a friendly thing" Sid snorted, as he snapped his fingers; causing a cigar to appear as he took a puff from it. Making it vanish, he said "Here's the deal, these ponies have done you a great injustice. Hurting you, and making you feel like crap. Embarrassing the shit outta ya. Tell me, have you ever heard the old saying "An eye for an eye"?

Jack stopped as he looked up, and as he said with wonder "What are you saying"?

"I'm saying that I'm bored right now since everything here is so orderly, I think throwing in a little chaos will help lighten things up and at the same time help get abit of retribution for ya for what they did" Sid shrugged as he clapped a hand on Jack's shoulder. Giving him a grin, he asked "What'd ya say to a little misconduct"?

Jack was tempted to tell this guy to go jump in a ditch and die, but when Sid placed his hand on Jacks shoulder he felt...compelled to go along with what this guy was saying. Hell, it could be fun to cause some trouble as he did many times when he was much younger. He was feeling particularly vengeful tonight as a slow smirk etched over his face, as he glanced at Sid.

"What'd you have in mind"?

There, next chap is done. I do hope that I didn't make Jack appear too out of character or emotional here. Whilst he is sarcastic, tough, and self confident, at the same time he can be sensitive. Well, till next week if I do manage to get something up before Christmas. If not, then Merry Christmas ya'll till next update!