After a few minutes of walking through town, we came to a tree, but it looked like a house, well, library. I guess I'll call it a treehouse. As I looked through the window, I could see millions of books lining the walls. AppleJack knocked on the door of the treehouse, and a small purple dragon opened the door. "Oh, hey AppleJack! Uh, who's the weird guy?" He said, pointing at me. "Oh, that's Perky! Ah met 'im a while ago at the farm! Perky, this is Spike!" She introduced me to him. I walked in the treehouse, looking around at all the books. "You own this place?" I asked Spike. "No, Twilight does!" He said. "Uh, who's Twilight." I asked. "I am!" A purple pony said, walking down the stairs of the treehouse. "Twilight, this is mah friend, Perky!" AppleJack said, running over to Twilight. Twilight walked over to me and said, "Hello, Perky! I'm Twilight Sparkle, Princess Celestia's prized student!" She smiled. "Oh, I forgot to tell ya, Perky! Princess Celestia rules Equestria!" AppleJack explained. "Shouldn't the QUEEN be ruler?" I asked, puzzled. "There is no queen." Spike said, walking over to the three of us. "Well, there was, but not anymore. Nopony knows what happened to her. Well, maybe the princesses, Luna and Celestia, do. I really dunno." He told me. "The queen just... up and dissapeared?" I asked. Spike shrugged. "Anyway, Ah've gotta go introduce Perky to the others. Catch ya' later, Twilight!" AppleJack said, walking over to the door. I followed after her. "Bye AJ! Bye Perky!" Spike and Twilight called to us as we left. "Who's next?" I asked AppleJack. "Pinkie Pie!" She replied. I wasn't too amused by the name. Seemed a bit party-ish. Before I knew it, we came to a sweets shop. "This is SugarCubeCorner! SCC fer short." She said, opening the door. "Oh, hello AppleJack!" A light blue pony called from the front counter of the store. "Hi Mrs. Cake! Is Pinkie here?" AppleJack walked up to the counter. "Oh, she's downstairs! She said she was going down there to make cupcakes!" Mrs. Cake said, opening the basement door. "Pinkie! AppleJack's here!" She called downstairs. "Be up in a second!" Pinkie called back. We heard footsteps, and then a pink pony with a fluffy, pink mane, almost like cotton candy, hopped up. "Hey AppleJack! Ooh, what's the green thing?" She trotted over to me. "It's not a thing, it's a hedgehog, and his name is Perky." She explained. "Ooh! Hi Perky! I'm Pinkie Pie!" She gasped, louder than any gasp I had heard before. She dashed upstairs. "Oh, ponyfeathers." AppleJack said. "Ah'll be right back. Stay put." AppleJack trotted up the stairs. I heard them talking a bit, but not very long. AppleJack came back down. "Ah new this was gon' happen." She said as she trotted over to the counter. "What?" I asked, walking over to her. "Y'see, Pinkie throws these huge welcomin' parties fer everypony new in PonyVille." I was surprised to here this. I didn't know she threw parties for everyone new here. I stayed silent for a moment. "Ready!" Pinkie shouted from upstairs. "Perky, AJ, gather everypony and town and bring them here! I've got a surprise. AppleJack and me walked out the door. "EVERYPONY STOP 'N LISTEN FER A MOMENT!" She shouted. Everyone immediatly came to a halt. "PINKIE WANTS Y'ALL AT SUGARCUBECORNER! SHE SAYS SHE'S GOT A SURPRISE!" That instant, everyone dashed into the small shop. We walked back inside, and ponies already flew upstairs. "Time for the inevitable." I mumbled, walking upstairs. As I came upstairs, a cannon shot confetti straight at me. "SURPRISE!" Pinkie shouted. I spit some confetti out of my mouth. "Damnit! It got in my mouth!" Everypony stopped for a moment. "Ya better shut up, we dun' speak like that here in Equestria." AppleJack whispered to me. I froze for a moment. "Uh, I mean, yay.. a party." Pinkie wasn't very thrilled at my response to the cannon.