A/N: I'm back once again! I present to you: another new chapter!

I will be preparing the next chapter, and a special "Nightmare Night" chapter afterwards. The next chapter is an idea I didn't originally plan on writing but I give thanks to Steve03 for giving me a good idea of doing "Amending Fences" for the next chapter.

In other news besides the two chapters, I saw the two newest episodes "Canterlot Boutique" and "Rarity Investigates!", some good episodes. I will be writing another one-shot as well, but it will be a Hearth's Warming Eve related kind of one-shot. To avoid giving out spoilers, I will just say that that characters involved will be Twilight and Brayden. Completely different from my previous one-shot.

Due to the enormous reviews I've gotten (and appreciate), I have to limit them but I will still gladly respond to the few that have followed the story from there. So... Review Response Time!

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"Come on Brayden! We don't want to be late for the autumn festival!"

I could see those brown eyes of mine in the mirror, staring right back at me with a boost on confidence inside of me. The soft tone of my closest friend had called me while I was upstairs getting myself prepared for such an event to happen today in Ponyville. I was just finishing up on placing a leather jacket around me that covered up my cotton red shirt. I was already decked with jeans and my black leather boots on me, so I was prepared for the autumn weather as it settled into Equestria.

The environment outside of my bedroom's windows were quite a sight to see. A few orange leaves on the trees, move for a bit by the chilling wind itself. At least a few from what I could see had broke off where they would be growing, spiraling down slowly towards the ground. By the time that all of the leaves have fallen, my favorite season winter would already be here. A few of Fluttershy's small critters are in the trees watching the leaves go, and others storing their food in for hibernation.

I grab the comb on the top of my wardrobe and gently stroke it through my growing hair which had been growing for a month. Now, my hair wasn't too long, but it was at a good enough length to comb it gently to get the tangles out, especially during my showers in the evenings. A few more strokes are made, and I clean it up after usage also remembering to place it back onto the top of the wardrobe when I was done.

I turn from the mirror's gaze and to my bedroom door. Moving forward, my right hand reached out to the knob and gave it a turn and a pull to open the door. I take another look into my bedroom with the Song of Order still there by the closed window, resting and afloat with no trouble in either our way to be worried about. I slip past the open door and out into the upper level hallway.

I can hear Fluttershy's hooves trotting downstairs, waiting for me to come down most likely. Well, if that is so... I shouldn't keep her waiting any longer. I walk forward towards the stairs and can hear my boots making contact with the wooden floor below me. My feet step off from the upper floor and I make my descent down towards the main floor.

Past the ceiling, I could see Fluttershy feeding a few of her critters with acorns and other healthy stuff like small fruits and nuts. On her fur coat, she is wearing a soft vest to help her keep warm from the fall weather most likely. Her ears perk up when she is done feeding them and she turns and sees me, going down the last of the steps of the stairs.

Her hooves trot forward and she appears much closer to me. "Are you ready to go?" She asked me, a smile blooming upon her sweet face.

"Yes," I responded to her. A warm smile appears on my mouth, my right hand moving over to the doorknob and taking a hold of it. "I'll open the door for you."

She kept her smile and waited for me to open up the door to the outdoors like I had done every day of being here in Equestria. I pull open the door and allow her to go outside first, following by me afterwards as I am always this kind to appreciate the respect towards females. That same smile on her face remains when she passed by me, with the process of me following behind her afterwards after watching her go past.

Stepping into the outdoors, I turn around and close the cottage door behind me. I join up with Fluttershy, walking beside her. I notice that her vest is a bit off, so I stop walking for a moment.

"What is it?" She asked me, seemingly a little concerned.

I shake my head with a smile, moving closer towards her. "It's nothing Flutters. Your vest was a bit 'off' from position, so I'm fixing that a bit for you." I said to her.

I move her vest a bit into a good position on her coat where she'll be warm. I don't notice the blush on the both of her cheeks while I am adjusting the soft vest. After finishing, I do take notice of the pink on her cheeks and then realized that it was probably the nickname that I ended up saying to her. She looks happy, so I am in relief that I haven't embarrassed her accidentally from that.

I walk beside her once again, joining up along the trail of dirt with the falling of orange leaves alike drifting downward past and above us toward the ground of dying grass which I know would grow back in the beginning of spring and the very end of winter itself. A few squirrels are about the valley gathering the acorns and storing it with them when the autumn comes to an end for the few months of hibernation in the season of snow.

I could see Ponyville in the distance, a few ponies bustling through the edges and across the bridge coming in or out of the village. A short walk there takes me and Fluttershy to the recognizable stone bridge that borders between the valley and the town itself by the small stream of river water. Various fish were aswim under the cool blue, swimming in preparation for the next season yet to come. Surely enough, Fluttershy tosses in a bit of food for them to munch on should winter end up coming more quickly.

The columns of wooden pillars stood high with white heavy sheets to cover up the structure that were decorated with fallen orange leaves from the trees and painted words well made to say "Ponyville Autumn Festival" above on it in the traditional colors with pumpkins available with other squashes and a faux turkey statuettes on the long white-cloth covered tables around a bit of the town square. A large stage made of wooden planks were there to make way for the musicians of any type of music fit to be played at a festival like this.

From such a distance, they were well-positioned and planned out while I made my way forward towards the square. A few ponies one-by-one could be seen gathering into there, a few familiar faces to be seen by my own eyes.

Those young fillies and colts, galloping about and playing tag with one another or just conversing with one another have the time of their lives. Though the festivities haven't begun yet, it still counts as something special in that point of their growing lives. A few of their parents stand and watch them play, with warm smiles on their mouths, and another few were joining in the fun with the younglings.

A few stands with ponies selling or giving away free food were there with the vendor ponies bustling to get everything ready to sell or give away whether it was pumpkins, plums, apples, foreign food from all over Equestria that were non-meat products, the Saddle Arabians preparing a sweet soup made of products still unknown even to me, and many others from different parts like the Swanland Rivers, the Elk Highlands, and many other places I never knew about. I was even surprised to see a few Zebra delegates here to share their supply of wealthy food too expensive to sell in their own land. Apparently, there is a crisis going on at the moment there, but I'm sure it'll be figured out sooner or later.

I could see the Sweet Apple Acres stand being set up by the four recognizable members of the Apple family. There was Applejack, just going over the last of the products jotted down on the list of supplies placed upon a small billboard on how much they sold in their products. Granny Smith was setting up the cashier and making sure that it would open and close properly. Big Macintosh carried in supplies of those various apples from the trees at Sweet Apple Acres, stored in barrels. Apple Bloom was helping out Applejack with the entire booth.

I make my way over to join up with them to see how they were doing. Fluttershy remains beside me, a smile on her face appearing when she saw her friend with the recognizable Stetson-like hat. The closest we got to the booth, my close friend Applejack takes her eyes off from what she was doing, having finished and double-checked already. With myself in her sight, she smiled.

"Hey AJ," I said to her, stopping in front of the vendor. "How's everything going?"

"Brayden!" She sounded rather joyful when she spoke to me. "Ah'm doin' really good. Can ya already believe that autumn came by so fast?" She illuminates a chuckle from her lips.

While I respond to her, I place the both of my hands together. "Yeah, it feels I was only here yesterday in the summer when I first appeared. It's not one of my favorite seasons, but the next one to come is my personal favorite."

"Ya like winter?" She sounded surprised. "Why do you like it as a favorite?"

"I'll explain a little bit why," I said to her. My mind rushed right into the examples of why I think winter is the favored of all other seasons to me. "Personally, I like winter because... well, it's not because of the cold I can assure you of that. I like it for the reason for that it is a beautiful sight beyond my own words with the winter air. There is also the holidays like Hearth's Warming Eve, which is like the equivalent of Christmas back where I come from. The reason for sight as well... it's the snow really, and the smell of air reminds me of childhood days getting ready for Christmas morning."

Applejack looks a little puzzled. "Christmas?" She ponders with question. "How is it similar to Hearth's Warmin' Eve?"

"It works in the same kind of way. Though I'm pretty sure Equestria has the difference from its traditions. Like, for example gift-giving. Every Christmas Day morning, sometimes even Christmas Eve in a place there called Europe: everyone there recieves gifts of stuff they wished to have for that holiday. Not to mention the Christmas trees in their living rooms, and the smell of warm, fresh-baked gingerbread houses when you enter your own friend's house." I explained to her, feeling a bit of the nostalgia come to me while I was talking. "It does bring back a few good memories."

"Hmmmm," I could hear Applejack, placing her hoof onto her chin. "Well, every Hearth's Warming... Ah can recall seein' gingerbread houses, but the Christmas trees: aren't they the ones with the lights and decorations?"

I nod my head at her. "Yes Applejack, you are correct. Those are Christmas trees, remember?" I said.

"Dang nabbit!" She says with a brief chuckle in her voice. "Ah nearly almost forgot 'bout that! I really need to get back to rememberin' those things when winter arrives!"

Both me and Applejack were surprised all of a sudden when that recognizable pink pony appears out of nowhere. She had appeared behind the counter with Applejack, having popped up from probably... don't question me about it. I don't know about Pinkie Pie physics, so all I can assume is it's just Pinkie being Pinkie that's all.

"Not to mention those fresh gingerbread houses that Brayden just mentioned!" She exclaims in the usual joyful and happy voice. A smile was upon her face, having probably overheard me talking to Applejack about mentioning them. "They have such a fresh taste here, baked specially over at the Sugarcube Corner and any baker's shop in Canterlot... pretty much all over!"

"Pinkie?" Applejack doesn't sound so surprised anymore, and there was a questioning tone in her voice. "However did you appear right there?"

The pink pony looks around for a clue, but she still kept that smile when she rose the both of her hooves and shrugged. "Don't know, but I did overhear you guys talking about Hearth's Warming!" She says to the both of us. "Now you got me wishing that winter would come soon with the smell of gingerbread coming to me..." She took in a deep breath, and let it out. "Oh, the smell of hot, fresh gingerbread."

Fluttershy hadn't said anything yet after that, so she is the first to speak after Pinkie had appeared. "Well, it certainly is good to see you Pinkie. Ready for the festival?" She asked her.

"Of course!" Pinkie exclaims once again. "That's why I arrived early! I was just making sure that everypony was doing good with setting up and all that. If one wasn't doing very well, I would help out! I even got to help out the quill pony set up his booth so he can give away free quills for the day, and you know how much Twilight is going to be happy to see that there are more quills for her to get!"

"What about books?" I said with a smile appearing on my face.

"Of course!" Pinkie says. "She isn't Twilight without her books after all!" She giggles after having finished speaking.

"Speakin' of Twilight, wherever could she be?" Applejack asked, her eyes looking about for the sight of her.

Pinkie responded to her. "Don't worry Applejack, she's probably on her way here already. Which she and Spike should be entering Ponyville right about..." She makes a dramatic pause to keep us in suspense while that smile remains on her face. "Now!"

There was an awkward silence after that, but nevertheless, I would be happy to see Twilight just like usual. Pinkie puts an innocent look on her face as if nothing was wrong, just as nothing wrong is going on at the current moment. "Oh look! Somepony needs help!" She says, hopping with a slide over the counter, and dashes off to help out one of the vendor ponies.

I turn back to Applejack. "So what's the plan for today? What'll be happening?" I asked her.

"Well partner," She says, a bright smile upon her face. "There will be a bit of dancing goin' on here in the square. But if yer hungry, there's food available here at any of the stands, and many tables to sit at. But Ah'm sure ya probably know that by now."

I scratch the back of my head. "Well, I actually didn't know that. Thank you for informing me though." I said to her.

I could feel somepony on my left side pulling a bit on my jeans to get my attention. I turn my head down and to my left. I knew that it was Apple Bloom, having known about that familiar color of her coat.

"Hi Apple Bloom," I greet the young Apple filly. "And how do you do?"

"Ah'm doin' fantastic Brayden!" The young and eager filly said with that hint of joy in her voice's tone. "Today, me and mah friends are finally gonna get our cutie marks!"

"You are, hm?" I responded, one eyebrow raised on my forehead. "What will you and them be doing today?"

She stood proud when she said this. "Today, we will finally be gettin' our cutie marks in square dancin'! I'm pretty sure we'll be called the Three Square Dancers after all."

"Did you and them practice?" I asked.

She nodded her head. "Eeyep. All of us practiced while we were waitin' for this day and today will be the perfect chance to pull it off."

"Well other than your stuff with Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle, are you just helping out your family in setting up?" I asked her after she had answered.

"Oh yes, we're sellin' the usual apples, but we brought along some extra stuff. Today is going to be a special ingredient that we use to make apple-shakes!"

"Apple-shakes?" I asked, sounding a little curious.

"Apple-shakes!" She says to me, sounding excited. "It's just like havin' milkshakes except ya can see that it's an apple version of it! Creative, huh?"

I smile at her. "Yep. I will admit, that is some good creative creativity that you and your family have put into making." Speaking of which, I could really use an apple-shake right about now... oh wait, they're still setting up. Never mind that thought then.

I could feel Fluttershy's recognizable soft hoof gently touch the top of my right hand. I turn both around and down, and smile when my brown eyes make full contact with those cyan eyes of hers, glad to have brought my attention to my close friend again. She holds an innocent smile on her face, just like she always was every day that I've known her.

"Um, I don't mean to interrupt you and Apple Bloom talking to one another. But, um, I saw Rarity close by with Rainbow Dash. Could you join with me so you can see your other friends?" She asks me.

I nod to her with the same smile and gently stroke her soft hoof that touched my hand. "Alright, I'll just say goodbye to AJ and Apple Bloom first." I said.

I let go of Fluttershy's hoof and turn to look back at the same joyed Apple Bloom once again, telling her what was going on for that brief moment that Flutters told me. "Apple Bloom, I have to get going with Fluttershy to join up with Rarity and Rainbow Dash, but I will probably see you around with Scootaloo or Sweetie Belle, right?"

"Alright!" Apple Bloom said. "Also, Ah will see ya around too!"

I get down on one knee and open the both of my arms, offering the young apple filly a friendly hug. The smile remains on her face when she hops onto my knee and puts the both of her small hooves around me and my arms were around her. We both share the friendly hug for a brief moment and then we release. She hops off of my knee.

"See ya later Brayden." She says, trotting off behind the tent to help out Big Macintosh and Granny Smith I suppose.

"Ya goin' already?" Applejack says to me with a chuckle.

I get back up and turn to look at her. "Yeah, Fluttershy wants me to go with her to meet up with Rarity and Rainbow. It would be a coincidence if both Pinkie and Twilight meet up with me and the others."

Applejack kept her smile. "Ah understand. Ah honestly could join the both of ya'll but Ah have to stay 'n' work the booth of apple-shakes, a new family invention. Family comes first after all. Ya can give me yer goodbye hug, just go around the stall and past the counter, Ah don't mind."

I walk to the left of the booth, making two turns at the end corners and into the booth on the other side of the counter. I open the both of my arms and gently put them around Applejack's neck. I can feel her one hoof go around my back, and we share a close, friendly hug. The hug was for a few moments and then we separated, smiling at one another with honest trust beaming from our faces.

"I'll see you later Applejack." I said to her.

Applejack waves to me while I was leaving with Fluttershy. "See ya later Brayden!" She said to me, happy as can be.

I was walking beside Fluttershy once again, greeting a few familiar faces that pass by us in the town. A few pegasi make flight into the light blue autumn sky under Celestia's bright sun, probably moving a bit of the clouds and preparing the wind from the weather factories in Cloudsdale above.

Thinking of Cloudsdale I will admit makes me a little jealous because I don't essentially have wings unless I use the Song of Order, but I could not really use it because it only could ignite when danger is nearby really, so I can't really imagine what wings I would have if I was able to get some... I don't know. Angels earn their wings through goodwill and the deeds of peace they make to keep unity in their lives.

From across Equestria's skies, I can see the shadow of Cloudsdale from down here. It's quite sad because if I were to step on the clouds right now, I would fall right through. I shouldn't feel jealous at all though.

Rainbow Dash flew above us when we were both half-way towards Rarity, having noticed the familiar shapes of us I suppose. She flapped the both of those majestic, strong wings when she descends to the ground and makes contact. "Hey Fluttershy, hey Brayden." She greets the both of us, closing her wings to give her flight a bit of a brief rest.

Fluttershy has a smile on her face when Rainbow joins up between me and her while continuing forward towards Rarity. "Oh, hello Rainbow Dash. I guess that you're here for the autumn festival as well?" She both greets and asks her.

"Of course!" Rainbow said cheerfully. "The autumn festival is one of Ponyville's best festivals in the years back and ahead. Why, I recall my dad bringing me to the autumn festival at such a young age with fillies around my age at the time to race in the skies... and such, you get what I mean though right Brayden?"

I nod at her. "That's right, and I'm just about seeing that this will be another big one, though this is probably my first."

"It's your first?" Rainbow smiles at me. "Well, I'm sure that you'll know what goes around and comes around here."

"What kind of activities are there here?" I question, wanting to know a little more.

Rainbow used a hoof to scratch her head and then begins to explain and point everything out for me with a single hoof. "Well, you've obviously seen the vendors where free samples of food new or usual can be tried out. But we've also got the open lounge open close by at the Silver Stallion where there are two sections: one where others just chill out and talk, the other where most want to party off on the dance floor to music provided by Vinyl Scratch herself. The main festivities take place here though, with activities for the young fillies and families, to square-dancing, to the opening festivities speech by Mayor Mare, and many other things to do around the town."

"Not to mention that food prices in town are... 50% off today!" Pinkie jumps in, giving me a bit of a light scare. She joins up beside me on the right, and with my two other friends accompanying me.

"Hey Pinkie," Rainbow Dash greets her. "You in for the festival as well?"

"Well yeah!" The energetic pink pony exclaims with a happy giggle coming from her. "I was helping everypony prepare for the event and even helping out set up the Sugarcube stand with the Cakes for them to give away free samples of their delicious goods. So why would I say no to attending the festival, especially when all of my good friends are coming to attend as well?"

We continue, but I don't notice the mare coming up in front of me as I continue forward with my friends. Me and the mare accidentally bump into each other, in a light kind of manner. I take one or two steps back when I recognized who this mare was. I thought I recognized the color of this older mare's eyes and the mane that looks like it would be in the style of a regular human, but with one ponytail on one side. She was only a bit surprised when we bumped into each other, but I don't think she was in a hurry.

I wouldn't have known that it would be Button Mash's mother in front of me.

"My apologies, I didn't see you right there." I said to her with a tone to ensure that truely made sure I meant what I said.

She smiles at me, saying "That's okay, I didn't see you coming either. I'm just keeping an eye out for my son Button. That boy just loves to play those video games of his on the JoyBoy, but I remember playing games at such a young age too."

"Where I came from, video games also exist." I confirmed to her.

She pauses for a moment to think and speaks out. "Wait, I thought I recognized you as that human around Ponyville."

I nod to her with a smile and move my hand forward a little bit. "That is true, and I am that human just like everypony says. My name is Brayden, and what is yours miss?"

She takes my hand with her hoof, shaking it. "I appreciate your kind manners. My name is Elaina Mash, and it is nice to meet you." She said to me. "Also, you don't have to call me miss. I am already married after all."

"It is nice to meet you too Elaina." I said to her, my smile remaining the same.

"My husband is around here somewhere helping out at the festival," Elaina continues. "Button didn't want to leave the house, so I needed to get him out of there because this is an important festival to attend for the sake of Equestria."

"How did you get him out of there?" I asked.

She giggles. "Well, I had to tell him that I would ground him like usual if I didn't see him up and out of his room in the approximate count to 5."

"Well, that escalated quickly." I comment.

I can see Rarity trotting up to me, her and the rest of my friends to join in. Just like Fluttershy, she was also wearing a vest to help protect her from the wind that dropped temperature though few days ago. After all, it is the season for that and a month since autumn started. But again, Nightmare Moon should come in the weeks ahead so I can't wait to do what Pinkie does minus how both of us are too old for free candy? Never, I would never stop trick or treating... well at least until I reach an elder status.

"And it's tough as a mother really, because his brother knows when it's time to stop playing video games whether its school, dinner or bedtime. Button stayed up all night at one point playing video games when it was a school day tomorrow. Grounded him then."

"Well, I will admit that I have not had trouble from Button Mash when he is over at the Boutique with my sister Sweetie Belle," Rarity finally spoke in, joining in the three-way conversation with the others listening in on it. "Well, he hasn't caused it yet. I do tend to keep an eye on the two though."

"Hello Rarity," Elaina greets the white unicorn. "How are you this afternoon?"

"I am doing fantastic Elaina, and yourself?" Rarity asked.

"Fantastic, but getting Button out of the house was quite stressful, so I'm glad to put that off my mind." She responds to her. "It's already hard enough to get him out of the house without him begging to stay inside, including the attempt of making an excuse why he should stay at home."

"I'm not a parent myself, but I know exactly how you feel," Rarity says. "My younger sister Sweetie Belle lives with me at the Boutique, so it is also pretty important for me to watch over her, especially since my parents only come to visit a few times each month."

Alas, I'm already starting to remember the Season 2 episode "Sisterhooves Social" in which both Rarity and Sweetie Belle were in an argument, and eventually it led into a completely different direction of what you'd usually expect from the two. Sweetie still pulls off a bit of shenanigans, but even now Rarity tolerates them.

"Speaking of which, I can see both Button and Sweetie Belle over there right about now," Elaina points with her hoof to the direction they were at. "Those two are always talking when they were close by. When Sweetie's over at our house, she's always upstairs with him playing video games in his room."

I turn my head around and could see that familiar brown colt with the beanie atop of his own head. He was talking to Sweetie Belle, trotting with her in a different direction from where we would be. But again, they are probably at a close enough range for us to hear what they were saying. But again, Elaina would be the first to call out to Button Mash and bring him over if she needed to talk or inform her own son of something.

"Button!" She calls out, just when I am thinking of that.

Button's ears perk up and he turns to Sweetie Belle with inaudible speaking from the short distance he was. I could tell that he was probably telling her that he'll be right back. After Sweetie Belle nods in understanding, the young and eager colt gallops over towards us, directed to his mother in a bee-line kind of way.

He looks at his mom. "What is it Mom?"

"Button, you ended up galloping off when we arrived," She warned him. "Please don't do that as you could be anywhere when the crowds form."

"Sorry Mom," Button says, only feeling a little bad. "I had to keep an eye out for my friend Sweetie Belle. It's always fun to be playing video games with her or just talking to one another." His attention is diverted from his mother and to his right, seeing me stand there not even knowing that I have been conversing with his mother that whole time. "Who is that?" He spoke, pointing a hoof at me.

"Button..." She mildly scolds at him. "You know that it's not nice to point at somepony that you do or don't know."

He turns to his mother with a brief apologetic look on his face and turns back to me, keeping that same look. "Sorry about that mister, but who are you?" He asked after having corrected himself, and not pointing at me.

I look down at the young colt, getting down on one knee so that my height didn't frighten him too much. "My name is Brayden," I make the honor of introducing myself, putting an open hand to my chest. "I can assume that you must be Button Mash."

"How'd you know my name?" He asked, sounding only a little curious.

I shrugged. "I guess your mother mentioned your name to me." I respond to him in simple terms. His mind is still so young, he probably won't understand that I am from a different world.

"I... see." The young colt says, still questioning in his head with the same curiosity about what I have said to him, as a process to that thought.

"Elaina, I hate to butt in at this moment but would you like to join us for the day?" I can hear Rarity ask Button's mother.

Button turns around and my eyes look straight up at Button's mom. "Well, we can't. We're looking for Button's father and brother at the moment, going to spend a bit of time together. Maybe another time though." She says with a smile upon her face.

"Alright. Family does come first after all." Rarity says.

Pinkie spoke out of the random. "My family isn't here today, they are all back on the rock farm."

"Come on now Button, go finish playing with your friend Sweetie Belle and then join up with me when you're done with what you need to do." Elaina says to her son.

Button nods with a smile. "Alright Mom." He says and he turns and gallops off back towards where Sweetie Belle had been standing the entire time.

"Well, it is good to see you Brayden," Elaina says to me. She lifts up her right front hoof and offers to shake my hand. I move my right hand forward and take her hoof, giving it a friendly hand-hoof shake. (Yes, that's what I am going to call it now.) "You are invited over to the house any time. We would be happy to prepare you dinner of the sorts."

"Sounds good, and when I have the time I will come right over." I say to her.

I let go of her hoof once we both finished shaking. "Have a good day now." She said with a smile on her face, and trots off in a similar kind of direction to Button.

All of us were silent once again after Elaina had left. None of us said a word just yet, as this type of silence I recognized could one that we were trying to process a sort of thought through our heads on what to say next. Around us were the usual ambience of the busy town with ponies talking to one another and the sound of their hooves trotting along.

Rainbow Dash is the first to break the silence. "So what do you all want to do now?" She asked us. "I have the idea of going to the Silver Stallion to just lounge about, just all of us talk about what's going on in our lives."

"I'm all open for that!" Pinkie exclaimed and jumps up and down excitedly. "Cake are going to be served there, and all sorts of those pastries like those cinnamon buns with the creamy frosting! Chocolate cake, vanilla cake, strawberry cake, you name it!"

Rarity began to comment when her friend was done. "Pinkie, the cinnamon buns are only served around winter during Hearth's Warming Eve. Though I do enjoy a good taste of those sweet treats."

"What do you expect though?" I spoke. "Not only is she a good pastry and cake baker, but she sells cakes and cake accessories."

"You are right and correct about that!" Pinkie says to me.

Rarity looks at both me and her. "Anyways you two, Rainbow suggested that we go to the Silver Stallion. I do so like how it's in participation with the festivities. I believe that you both want to attend with me and her?"

I nod my head in agreement and so does Pinkie. "Will Twilight be able to meet up with us?" I asked.

"You never know," Rainbow Dash says. "She always joins up with us when she isn't too busy, so I believe she'll join up with us sometime later today."

"Fluttershy dear," Rarity acknowledges her. "You haven't said a word just yet. Are you interested in going with us?"

She nods her head. "Of course Rarity, I would love to join all of you." She says in response to Rarity's question.

I began to follow along with the rest of my friends, the sound of my boots touching the ground each time taking those steps forward. Rarity led the way while I walk beside both Fluttershy on my left side and Pinkie Pie on my right side. Rainbow is also with us, though beside Flutters.

"Isn't Applejack coming too?" Rarity asked in front of us at a good volume for us to hear her.

"She's too busy at the moment Rarity," Fluttershy says. "She has to work at a stand with the family to share a new apple-related ingredients."

"Apple-shakes she calls it," Rainbow said, rolling her eyes a bit as if in a bit annoyed for what her friend would name it for. "I just don't see how it makes sense to call it an apple-shake. If I'm that thirsty, I would just get a milkshake at Sugarcube Corner."

I raise the both of my hands. "Whoa there now, you're kind of judging a book by its cover a little early Dashie," I said to her, sounding a little warning in my voice though I do not sound stern about it. "Why don't you try it before you judge?"

Rainbow Dash continues trotting in silence for those few moments. "You're... you're right Brayden. I'm sorry for acting a little bit, judging there." She said to me, feeling only a little down."

"It's okay Rainbow," I said to her with a smile on my face. "I am a picky eater myself, but if I am willing to, I will try new things to munch on. Essentially it is an acquired taste, so it took me a while to like a few certain foods. I'm not allergic to any though, so you don't have to restrict any food from me. I'll be just fine if I'm eating peanut butter, to which I know people back on Earth... selected people are allergic to that, tree nuts and sadly even milk products."

"Allergic to milk?!" Pinkie gasped and says in shock. "That must be quite terrifying for them to not be able to eat any of those, let alone anything with peanuts!"

"Yes it is. It's sad really how restricted themselves they feel about it." I said to her, sounding a little bit like a felt bad for those back where I used to live.

Rarity speaks out again. "Speaking of that world you came from Brayden... have you made your decision on whether you want to go back there? We all will be happy to accompany you there."

I paused for a brief moment as I walk with them. "Well, I am starting to talk about it a bit, so I might be considering to go there and bring you guys along to see what Earth looks like." I said to them.

Rainbow flaps her wings and heads into the air with a cheer. "Alright! I could definitely see what it would be like going through the clouds there just like here."

"I think it's a bad idea to go too high into the atmosphere," I explain to her. "The skies of blue there don't go on forever, so you would see outer space, but you would probably risk yourself getting caught by the satellites in orbit around the planet. I don't want you to be taken away by scientists who want to possibly experiment on you."

"Cool!" Pinkie says, sounding a little amazed.

"No, not cool Pinkie. It's bad," I said to her to prove the truth to her. "Anything different or not could probably be taken away and kept there for good with limited sunlight, a different supply of food, no friends and worst, no parties."

"No parties?!" Pinkie exclaimed in shock once again. "Well, it's definitely best not to get ourselves caught there."

"I have a bit of an idea on where we could go. It's a cottage by the beach where I live, and nobody there will be able to see any of you since it is a private property and a rather large piece of land after all. There shouldn't be any risks of any of you getting taken away from me. I would protect you all if anything like that should happen."

Rarity turns her head around and looks at me. "I appreciate that you will do what you must do to keep us all safe. Do you think that the Song of Order will work on Earth in case?"

"It might," I said to her. "But from where I come from, magic is forbidden there as it would be considered witchcraft and most others there consider it a crime to commit that. It probably won't be wise to try bringing it along. I'll have to think more about that though should I decide to bring it."

"Alright," She says. "You take all the time that you need to gather everything for our trip to Earth. When ready, just say the word and we'll all meet up at Twilight's castle. I'm sure she has a spell or something to get there."

"Well Princess Luna used a spell to bring me here, so I will probably have to consult her when I am in the dream realm." I respond to her, bringing in a little extra detail just in case.

Rarity nods her head, turning it back forward afterwards. We continue on ahead with the rest of my friends having smiles upon their faces, glad to see that I will be joining them like usual. Why would I not join them? They're my best friends and without them I wouldn't be able to move ahead with the inspiration to reach my goals eventually.

I lightly chuckle to myself inaudibly and think to myself. "You know what, a chocolate cake would sound nice after all." Goodness Pinkie, you're already making me hungry for dessert already.

Wait a moment, I could just have it right away once we get to the Silver Stallion. Never mind, time to continue with the rest of my friends. I do have my mind set on going back to visit Earth, but I'll save that for another time soon.

When the return to Earth happens, I know it'll be good. I should remain out of the public human eye there though, should anyone there say that I'm dead.

I still have a load to think about that.