Chaotic: Brony Player
By: Blur the Hedgehog
Disclaimer: Blur the Hedgehog does not own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic nor does he own Chaotic. They are registered trademarks of their respective owners and subsidiaries. I second that statement. Pinkie pie you are not supposed to be here yet. Oops, sorry.
Summary: Kenny, high school student, card game player and … world saver? Watch as his visions of the future send him on a journey across three worlds. With new creatures, new places and a song or two.
Chapter 2: brothers bind and ticket trouble
Two men stand before each other. One wearing a black shirt with a hedgehog on it and the other has a red shirt and a t-rex on it. The first has a buzz cut while the other has a wavy hairstyle. These were the only differences between the two. They both had woodsy brown hair and blue eyes. They had the same round body shape. In their hands were red and black devices. They stared at each other both glaring as if they were bitter enemies.
"So Bert," the crimson clad man said as he narrows his eyes. "You think a week is long enough for you to be ready for this."
"I am more than ready." The ebony clad man, now identified as Bert, stated returning the glare, "Kenny you knew this day would come the minute I said I wanted to join you."
"Then I guess there is only one thing to say." Kenny sneered as he looked away. "I'm so happy you're finally getting to come to chaotic!"
Bert found himself in one of Kenny's vice-like hugs. He could have sworn he heard his ribs and arms crack under the pressure. Bert had started playing chaotic a week ago and had risen up the ranks online to the point where he got his pass code.
"I can finally introduce you to Payton, Sarah and Crystella." Kenny squealed as he squeezed his brother some more.
"I'm happy too bro." Bert wheezed, "Can't breathe, let go."
"Oops," Kenny chuckled sheepishly letting go, "Sorry about that. I guess I was channeling pinkie pie there for a second."
Somewhere in equestria, a pink on pink pony sneezed confetti out her nose. The brothers nodded as Bert finished punching in his code. They hit the enter button and were enveloped in light. They stood at the top of a two-story building. Bert looked about seeing people and robots everywhere, the players were either talking strategy or they were ordering food. No longer able to contain his excitement, Bert stated as he rubbed his nose, "This place is tight!"
"Well now this is a nice change of pace." A red orb stated as it drew near, "It would seem there is another original player out there. Now then, Bert aka Armedragon, you have a match in the Krelin Drome."
"I can already tell," Bert said as he popped his neck. "This is going to be one heck of a party."
"Ozaru the Beastly," the chaotic bot said turning to Kenny, "You have a match in the Orin Drome scheduled for the same time. Please prepare however you wish."
"On it robot dude." Kenny stated giving a thumbs up. "Come on bro, I got some scans for you."
"If it is going to help me win, I guess I could take them." Bert stated as he and Kenny walked to a trade station.
"Yo Kenny," a male voice shouted. The brothers turned to see a portly man waving them over. His present green vest told most who he was.
"Payton, my man." Kenny shouted back as he and Bert walked over to him. There were four others sitting at the table with him. One was a man with gravity defying red spikey hair and a tan vest. The man next to him was raven haired, and had a grey t-shirt over a blue long sleeved shirt. The girl to Payton's immediate right was a red head with a dark blue top and green legging. To her right was an ebony clad girl with black hair.
"Kenny," the ebony girl squealed as the brothers neared them. "I'm so glad you could make it back." She then hugged him and laid her head on his shoulder.
When was my bro a ladies' man? Bert asked himself seeing how the girl reacted. Tapping Kenny's free shoulder, Bert asked, "Are you going to introduce me to your friends, or are you going to make out right here in the port court?"
The girl then looks thoughtfully at Kenny with a sly smile on her face. Before she could say anything Kenny stated, "Crystella, do not encourage him."
"Oh you're no fun." Crystella said with a pouty face.
"Hey Kaz," Bert asked the red haired man, "I thought you said you and Crystella were not on good terms? What is with the one eighty in attitude?"
"You see she came to us three days ago and wanted to apologize for her attitude and treatment of us." Kaz explained thinking back.
(Flash back: three days ago. An: Oooooh, waaaaaavyyyyy. Pinkie, not again.)
Kaz, tom, Payton and Sarah were sitting in the port court having lunch and discussing battle strategies. Kaz was showing the others his latest scan of Chaor and was explaining his newest stats. As usual, tom scoffed at this and said that his Maxxor would mop the drome with him. Sarah and Payton were more concerned with lunch then decks now.
"Excuse me." A voice said nervously. "Could I talk to you all for a second?"
They turned to see Crystella standing over them rubbing her arm. She did not seem to want to make eye contact. She could feel them stare at her angrily, not that she could blame them. The pause started to get awkward for a second. Sarah was they first to speak.
"What did you want to talk about?" she asked not really in the mood for snide remarks.
"I wanted to apologize for my behavior." Crystella said after taking a breather.
"We heard that before Crystella." Tom stated crossing his arms, "Do you honestly expect us to believe you?"
"You don't have to believe me." She said turning away, "I just thought you would like to know."
"I'm so proud of you." Another voice stated happily. Everyone turned to see Kenny walking up with a smile and red knuckles. He hugged Crystella and said, "You are well on your way to permanently severing your ties to clay. Make no mistake my dear, it will be a long and hard process but, it will be well worth it."
"I know that." Crystella said as she relaxed into his arms. "However, this is a good start."
"You better head off to your Drome match." Kenny said ending the hug, "I'll see you around my ebony-hime."
Payton and the others could only gape at this. Crystella, the evil ice queen of Chaotic, was being nice. She was honestly being nice to them. Kaz was the first to speak this time.
"I'm not the only one who heard that right?" he asked coming out of his stupor.
"What in the world could have caused that?" tom asked mentally slapping himself.
"I guess the rumors are true." Sarah said as she rubbed her ears.
"What rumors are you talking about?" Payton asked turning to her.
"There is a rumor going around that Kenny and Crystella are an unofficial couple." Sarah stated watching Crystella leave.
"whoa." The guys said.
(Flashback end.)
"From then on we've had a more cordial relationship." Crystella said leaning against Kenny.
"Well now isn't that nice." Bert said as he placed his feet up onto the table. He grabbed a slice of pizza and asked, "When do you plan on taking her to bed with you?" Bert had used the pizza as a pointer before eating it. Kenny did a spectacular spit take right into Payton's face.
"oni-san!" Kenny coughed as he all but choked on his soda, "That is not funny! It was also a waste of a good soda."
"Not to mention," Payton growled as he wiped his face off, "You got my best shirt soaked."
"Sorry, could not resist doing that to you bro." Bert laughed as he took another slice.
"Anyway," Kenny groaned as he ended crystella's embrace. "Bert and I need to get to a trade station so I can give him some cards." He then grabbed Bert and dragged him.
"My pizza." Bert whined as he reached out to it.
"It will still be there." Kenny sighed at the way his bro was acting, "Right now we need to get you your cards so you can beat clay."
"You had a dream about who I was going against?" Bert asked as he sat down at the trade station.
"Yes I did." Kenny said sitting opposite him. They locked their scanners in and Kenny said, "Now the first couple of cards I got when I went back to equestria."
(Flashback: one week ago.)
An orange pony with a blond mane and tail was working in her family's orchard. She had been kicking trees since before dawn. She tilted her hat up and wiped her brow.
"Whoo-weee." She said, as she took a break, "Not a bad way to start a morning on the farm."
She saw a bright flash of light near the west orchard. She ran over to greet the pony that made that familiar flash. When she got there, she saw Kenny walking toward her.
"Howdy Kenny," she said brightly, "What brings you back to equestria?"
"Hey there applejack." Kenny said giving her a hug, "I'm on a scan quest. My bro is going to get his pass code in a week and I want to get him some scans."
"Well now that mighty nice of you to do that for him." Applejack stated as the two of them walked back to the farmhouse, "What are you planning on getting him?"
Kenny scratched his chin and asked, "Are there any large bodies of water near here? Natural or otherwise?"
"The ponyvill reservoir is just on the other side of that hill." Applejack said pointing to the left. She was pointing past a stand of what seemed to be dead trees. He started to walk into it when applejack grabbed his shirt in her teeth and said, "You don't want to go that way haystack."
"Why is that?" Kenny asked after he stopped.
"That's the zap apple orchard." Applejack stated spitting his shirt out. "If it isn't time for a zap apple tree to give fruit, you could get one powerful shock." Just then, an aphid landed on one of the trees and was hit with a current of electricity. "Like that." Applejack said as the bug exploded.
"Wow thanks." Kenny said nervously, as he got an idea for his next match. He and applejack walked around the zap apple orchard. Soon they were on the banks of a large pony made lake. Kenny could see the dam at the far end. Kenny took out his scanner and pointed it at the lake. All of a sudden, the lake started to bubble and foam. Something huge broke the surface and drenched both applejack and Kenny.
"Oh terribly sorry about that." A familiar male voice said. They looked up and saw a violet-scaled creature looking down at them. His orange hair and mustache were a dead giveaway.
"That's quite alright Sebastian." Kenny stated ringing his shirt out, "I was going to find you after I got a scan of the lake anyway. Come to think of it, why are you here?"
"Well my home in the ever free forest might be fine for lounging about with a book; however it is not good for morning calisthenics." Sebastian stated as he stretched the stiffness out of his joints, "I come here at least three times a week to keep limber for my overall health."
"Well while you're here, can I get a scan of you?" Kenny asked holding his scanner.
"Oh of course you can my friend." Sebastian said holding his arms out.
(Flashback end.)
Bert looked down at the fearsome looking dragon he got. It had good speed and strength stats had high wisdom stats. He nodded in approval at the creature. The location made water and air attacks stronger.
"This next scan I got at sugar cube corner." Kenny said flipping through his battle gear scans.
(Flashback. An: I hope you aren't blinded by that. Pinkie pie, why are you doing that?)
Kenny was walking through ponyvill watching all the different kinds of ponies. He saw Pegasus ponies moving some clouds in for an afternoon drizzle. He still wished the weather on earth could be scheduled as it was in equestria. He also saw unicorns using magic to levitate things. The earth ponies were at stalls selling stuff. A sudden growl caused him to look around.
"Oh it's you again." Kenny stated patting his belly, "I guess it is about that time." He spotted a cyan blue unicorn with an hourglass cutie mark. "Excuse me miss?" Kenny asked as he tapped her between her shoulder blades, "Could you direct me to sugar cube corner please?"
"It's down the street there." She stated pointing her hoof, "Just look for the building that looks like a giant gingerbread house."
"Thanks a lot friend." Kenny said heading down the street. He soon came to a building that indeed resembled a gingerbread house. "Now it is time to get something to eat."
"Kenny!" a voice shouted. Kenny turned to see a blur of pink fly at him. He was tackled into a hug and felt something nuzzling him.
"Hey Pinkie." Kenny said as he returned the hug.
"Are you and your brother here to help twilight?" pinkie asked excitedly. Kenny blinked and groaned at this. "Oh wait, that hasn't happened yet, has it?"
"Pinkie," Kenny growled rubbing the bridge of his nose, "Quit breaking the fourth wall. Actually I'm here to get something to eat."
"Then you made the right choice." Pinkie pie stated as she popped up from the other side of the counter.
"How did I get in here?" Kenny asked as he looked at the cakes and pies on the shelves. The inside of the bakery had many sweet smells. He shrugged off his confusion when his stomach growled again. "I'll have some chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting please."
"Okie-dokie-lokie." Pinkie pie said cheerfully. She disappeared behind the counter and reappeared behind Kenny saying, "Here you go." She had a tray of cupcakes in her hooves.
"Oh yeah these will hit the spot." Kenny cheered as he took the cupcakes. After he had enjoyed his sweet lunch, he went outside with pinkie and said, "This question might seem really random. However, do you have a giant flyswatter on you?"
"Will this do?" she asked pulling a giant flyswatter out of nowhere. It was pink and half as large as the bakery.
"E'yup," Kenny stated lifting his scanner, "That will do."
(Flashback end.)
Bert looked at the new battle gear and saw that not only did it do twenty damage but also changed the location to one on the top of his deck.
"It's pink." Bert sighed as he rubbed the bridge of his nose. He then saw the look Kenny was giving him and said, "Not that it really matters." If I ever get to equestria, I am asking pinkie pie for a red one and a sledgehammer. Bert thought as Kenny flipped through his mugic.
"After twilight got me an appointment with celestia, I hopped a train to canterlot." Kenny said as the memory of that day played back in his mind.
(Flashback. An: wouldn't that be a playback. Oi, I am trying to make it good.)
The train ride was rather smooth overall. The conductors were friendly, the snack cart was excellent and the seat was comfortable. He was amazed by the city's beauty as he walked out of canterlot station. Every building looked like it was cut from polished marble. The ponies there were dressed in high society attire. A few of them seemed to be real snobs though. He soon found a unicorn in gold armor and thought he could help him. The unicorn also had a white coat and a blue and indigo streaked mane and tail. On his flank was a shield that had a six-pointed star on it.
"Excuse me sir." Kenny said to the guard getting his attention, "I have an appointment with princess celestia. Could you show me where canterlot castle is?"
The guard looked Kenny up and down then asked, "You have an appointment with the princess?" Kenny nodded at this. "Very well, follow me."
The guard and Kenny made their way up the mountainside and to the front gate of the castle. It reminded Kenny of something he read in a book. It had high towers and smooth walls. Like the rest of the city, it gleamed in the sun.
"By the way I didn't get your name," the guard stated as if he had smacked himself upside the head.
"My name is Kenny." Kenny said with a smile, "Judging by your cutie mark I'd have to say you're related to twilight."
"She is my little sister." The guard stated puffing his chest out. "My name is shining armor. I am a lieutenant in the royal guard. I hope to be captain soon. How is twily doing?"
"You mean aside from settling into life in ponyvill, making friends, finding the elements of harmony, freeing Princess Luna from nightmare moon and saving all of equestria from nighttime eternal." Kenny said nonchalantly, "Nothing much as far as I can tell."
"Wow, that is quite a list of accomplishments she has." Shining armor stated. "Well here is the throne room." Shining armor knocked on the door and a female voice said, "Enter."
The throne room had high columns and crystal sconces and chandeliers. There were stained glass windows on both sides of the room. One depicted a creature that looked like it crawled out of Mother Nature's scrap basket. Another depicted the same creature being beaten by a white alicorn and a dark blue alicorn. Kenny felt honored when he saw a window showing the girls and him freeing Luna from nightmare moon.
"Welcome Kenny." The voice said brightly. Kenny turned to the center and saw who spoke. Up on the raise dais was a throne of gold and crimson. Sitting on the throne was a snow-white mare. She had swan like wings and a spiraled horn. She wore gold jewelry and slippers. On her flank was a sunburst pattern.
"Thank you for seeing me princess celestia." Kenny said with a bow. "How is Luna doing these days?"
"She is doing very well." Celestia said with a nod, "She will be very happy to hear you are thinking of her."
"That is good to hear." Kenny sighed, "By the way princess I am here to get a scan." Celestia cocked an eyebrow at this. "I already understand that I need to do something really impressive to get a scan of you or Luna. I would like instead is a scan of the chorus of harmony."
"That I can most certainly give you." Celestia stated as her horn glowed. A beam of light shot forth and connected to Kenny's scanner. A cascade of numbers and letters flowed down the screen. Kenny smiled at the double helix of rainbow colors that depicted the mugic.
"Thank you princess." Kenny said with a bow. He turned to leave just as the doors opened. He saw a white unicorn stallion walk into the room. He had a blond mane and tail that was highly styled. As they passed each other, Kenny felt the urge to sock this pony in the snout.
(Flashback end.)
"So after I warned celestia about you temper," Kenny stated, "I ported to the underworld arena and challenged the biggest toughest creature. Needless to say I needed to blow of some steam."
"Wow," Bert said as he looked at his new mugic, "Was he really that big of a pain?" the chorus of harmony allowed the player to remove advantages given by locations or battle gear. In addition, it could remove one stat from an opponent. The battlefield could be unlocked and rearranged. The player could also swap his or her own stats around.
"Yeah he was." Kenny said with a growl, "Well it looks about time for our drome matches. Good luck bro."
(Scene change: Krelin Drome.)
Bert was standing at his scanner dock waiting for his opponent. Just to make sure he would not be disqualified, he had arrived ten minutes early. His arms were crossed and he was tapping his foot. "I'm waiting." He said in an impatient singsong voice. Suddenly the door on the other side opened and in walked a man with orange hair and sunglasses. This man was clay and he seemed upset about something.
"Got a face full of fist again, clay?" Bert taunted with a smirk.
"Well now," clay said as he saw Bert, "It would seem someone knows who I am. A new player like you must be honored to fight a veteran like me."
"By the way," Bert stated smiling broadly. "My brother Ozaru the beastly sends his regards."
"He's your what?" clay shrieked at this realization.
"Players assemble your teams and pre pare for battle." The chaotic computer stated.
Bert smirked as he set up his dragon. He imagined his brother was doing the same. Meanwhile in the Orin drome, Kenny was putting the final additions on his team. He had applejack as his creature and equipped her with the element of honesty. He made sure to have a high chance of getting sweet apple acres. He also had the chorus of harmony out.
"So Caiber," Kenny said to a strawberry blond man across from him. "I'm about a week older than you here in chaotic. This means I am the perfect opponent to cut your teeth on."
"Thanks I guess." Caiber said as he finished his team.
"Players lock your decks." The chaotic computer stated. "Battle field set."
Caiber almost bust a gut trying not to laugh. He quickly remembered an online battle he had once. He got serious and reached for his location randomizer when Kenny said, "You can still have the first attack but I would like to pick where we battle."
"Sure." Caiber said hesitantly.
Meanwhile in the Krelin drome, Bert told clay that he would give him the first attack. Clay was starting to get cocky. He activated his location randomizer and it landed on, "Necromancer bog." The image of a green swamp like area with bone along the banks could be seen.
"Van blute attacks Sebastian." Clay sneered as he touched his creature. Bert touched Sebastian and was covered in his code. When the code parted a giant snake like creature stood in Bert's place. The orange of its hair and mustache contrasted in a good way with his purple scales. Bert felt the mind of the creature and thought; I am going to need something very vicious to do.
Clay was now some kind of winged zombie creature. It looked like it could fall apart at any second. He was also a very sickly green. The abomination cackled evilly and said, "Let's get chaotic."
An: Fight scene music time. Indeed pinkie.
(Background song start: sonic heroes: what I'm made of.)
A flash of light left Bert on the edge of the notorious bog. The mind of the serpent was going nuts. Bert slipped into the polluted water and felt a strong urge to flee. He slipped under the surface to wait. He did not have to wait long as the monstrosity flew overhead. Bert then made his move. The water bubbled and foamed and a column of water hit van blute.
(Scene change: Sweet apple acres.)
Applejack was running for her life, dodging fireballs thrown by an anthropomorphic lion. Said lion had on a metal chest plate and gauntlets. He ran after applejack with murder in his eyes. Applejack tried her darnedest to not be hit. She managed to use rock wave to shortly blind the lion so she could hid.
"Got to hand it to the new blood," Applejack/Kenny stated in a southern drawl, "He sure doesn't give up easy."
"I'm going to get you Ozaru," Tangath Toborn shouted wiping some stone out of his eyes, "You'll never get away from me, my little pony."
Come on applejack, Kenny shouted in his head, show me where the zap apple orchard is again.
Suddenly applejack took off down one of the rows at high speed. She ran down a very familiar path and soon was within sight range of the orchard. Tangath followed close behind trying to fry the annoying equine. Applejack used rock wave to block the angry fire bees. She was now in the middle of the stand of dead trees, smiling like the Cheshire cat.
"Finally decided to stop running huh?" Tangath/Caiber chuckled as he reached for a tree, "guess I should end this now."
(Scene change.)
After clay had recovered from being blindsided, he began to attack. However, his attacks never landed as Bert was thrashing about so much. He shrieked, wailed and shouted, "What a horrid mongrel you are. I have never seen such a grotesque being such as you. Get away from me you vile little beast."
Clay was blindsided again as Bert's tail wiped around and struck him to the ground. He was then bombarded by air and water attacks. The health of his creature dropped dramatically. Bert activated his battle gear and the location changed. The water went from a sickly green to blue. The bones turned into rolling hills.
"Oh my this is a lot better." Bert stated as he dove under and resurfaced. "Now for you, you retched creature." He raised his hands and shouted, "Chorus of harmony, turn this ugly monster to stone."
A rainbow colored blast of light fell from the sky and covered clay. His legs locked straight out, his back stiffened up; his arms and wings turned grey and stopped moving. The last thing he was able to see was Bert bringing the flyswatter back behind his head. There was a flash of light and the players were back in the drome. Bert was still looking like Sebastian.
(Scene change.)
Caiber had just grabbed hold of one of the trees and were electrocuted. He wobbled a bit and tried to brace himself on another tree and were shocked again. He shook his head and looked at the trees.
"I thought you might get a charge out of that." Kenny stated trying hard not to laugh, "Don't you fret any. That's just the zap apples way of saying they are not ready yet."
"Fine then," Caiber growled adjusting his stance. "I won't even get near these trees."
"You make it sound so easy." Kenny said tilting the Stetson forward, "however, can you avoid the trees once I use my mugic." A look of horror flashed over Caiber's face. "Chorus of harmony, swap my strength for speed."
A rainbow colored tornado swirled around Kenny for a few seconds then vanished. All that could be seen was an orange blur. Tangath was smashed into a tree and were zapped. The blur collided with him seven more times. A bright flash of light ended the match.
"Yall got skill, I'll give you that much." Kenny stated as he changed back, "Don't let one lose keep you from doing what you love. I'll be waiting for a rematch any time you want."
(Scene change: port court. Song end.)
Bert was sitting down at the table he was at earlier. He was reveling in his victory over clay. As he reached for another slice of pizza, a box was snapped around it. Bert looked up and saw Kenny putting it in his backpack.
"Come on bro," Kenny shouted happily, "We need to get to equestria and meet the girls." He then grabbed him and ran to the transporter pads. Bert was dragged like a ragdoll.
(Time skip: two hours.)
Kenny and Bert were walking behind applejack and a violet unicorn. Her mane and tail was purple and pink streaked. She had a small dragon on her back. He was purple and green. These two were twilight sparkle and spike. Twilight and the others were carrying baskets of apples. Kenny had introduced Bert to most of the mane six as he and pinkie called them.
"I really appreciate the help you guys." Applejack said looking back at her friends. "I bet big Macintosh that I could get all these golden delicious apples into the barn by lunch time, he would have to walk down Stirrup Street in one of granny's girdles."
Bert, applejack and Kenny laughed at that. An image of the giant stallion squeezed into the tiny garment flashed before them. Kenny looked at Bert and saw that they had the same idea.
"We would sell tickets to see that." They said in unison.
"I am glad that the goal is lunch time." Twilight said after her belly growled, "All that hard work has given me an appetite."
"I know right." Spike stated as he tossed an apple over his shoulder. It hit twilight in the head and she glared at him.
"Puh-lease spike," twilight groaned in annoyance, "You've been sleeping on my back all morning."
"That's what I mean," spike stated, "You lot took so long I missed snack time."
"Kids will be kids." Kenny sighed as he hefted his load into a more comfortable spot.
"Bruised," spike stated as he tossed another out of the basket, "Worm," as he tossed it Kenny used his pocketknife to cut it in half. The worm was on the ground shaking like a leaf. "Ah ha!" spike exclaimed as he held up a perfect apple.
"Wow spike," twilight stated licking her lips, "That looks…"
She did not get a chance to finish as spike crunched down on the apple. Kenny, twilight and Bert glared at him. "Spike!" twilight growled.
"What?" spike asked as he swallowed. He then looked like he was about to spew all over twilight. A burp escaped his lips and a plume of smoke issued out. The smoke curled up and turned into a scroll with the royal seal.
"A letter from the princess?" twilight asked as spike hopped down to pick up the scroll.
"Hear ye, hear ye!" spike stated after he cleared his throat and picked up the scroll. "Her royal highness, Princess Celestia, is pleased to announce that the Grand Galloping Gala is scheduled to be held in Canterlot on the 21st day in…" spike trailed off for a second as he skipped the boring technical stuff, "Here by invites twilight sparkle, Kenny the human and one guest each."
"The Grand Galloping Gala!" twilight and applejack gasped.
"The Grand what now?" Bert asked scratching his head.
"The Grand Galloping Gala is the biggest event in all equestria." Twilight stated happily, "Ponies from all over come and have a good time."
"Have you been to the Gala spike?" Kenny asked looking at the dragon after he coughed up four golden tickets.
"No and I want to keep it that way." Spike stated assertively. "I'm not into that girly frou-frou stuff."
"Come on spike," twilight said trying to encourage her assistant, "A dance would be nice."
"It'd be a heap more than nice!" applejack stated with a smile on her face, "Lands sake, if I had an apple stand set up I would be able to drum up a whole lot of business for the farm. With all that money we could do a lot of fixing up around here." An image of a dilapidated barn swam before her eyes, "We could replace that saggy old roof," a brand new barn flashed into view. A giant red stallion trying to pull a rusty plow, "Big Macintosh could replace that saggy old plow," a brand new plow glimmered in the place of the rusty one. An ancient mare shuffled along with a walker, "And granny could replace that saggy old hip," the mare now looked around forty years of age and danced happily.
"Well now," twilight said as she heard a good reason to take applejack, "Would you like to…"
Just then, a multicromatic blur fell from above. It was a Pegasus mare with a cyan blue coat and rainbow colored mane and tail. She had magenta colored eyes and a thundercloud on her flank that was shooting out a rainbow thunderbolt.
"Are we talking about the Grand Galloping Gala?" the cyan mare asked.
"Rainbow dash," applejack growled clearly annoyed at the cyan mare, "You told me you were too busy to come help out. What were you too busy doing, spying?"
"No," dash said defensively, "I was busy," everyone looked up and they saw a blanket and pillow on a branch, "Napping. The wonder bolts perform at the gala every year. It would be an awesome chance to show them my stuff. I can see it all now." A dreamy look came over her face, "the wonder bolts are entertaining the crowds with their awesome skills." Three blue and gold clad Pegasus ponies' flyby a crowd of spectators. The wonder bolts leave a trail of storm clouds. "The crowd would have their eyes focused on the wonder bolts," the spectators followed the flyers in awe. "Then in comes," the trails are cut by a rainbow blur, "Rainbow dash!" she was silhouetted against the sun. "I'd get every ponies attention with my high speed strut." Dash trotted past the crowd at twenty-five miles an hour. "I would then wow them with my fantastic filly flash." Dash dive bombed the crowd and pulled up at the last second. "Then for my grand finally, the buccaneer blaze." The move was so awesome that the author was temporarily blinded. "The wonder bolts would insist that my signature moves be incorporated into their act." Dash landed and shook hooves with the lead wonder bolt pony. "Then they would welcome me as their newest member." Das and the wonder bolts do another flyby.
"So basically you plan on high jacking their air show." Kenny surmised a little afraid for his speedster friend, "That is ten different kinds of bad."
Dash nervously chuckled then said, "I just happened to hear you two had an extra ticket."
"Yeah we do but." Twilight began only to be cut off by dash cheering.
"You have got to take me to the gala." Dash stated getting uncomfortably close to twilight and Kenny.
"Now hold on an apple polishing second." Applejack growled as she yanked on dash's tail. "I asked for one of those tickets first."
"That doesn't mean you own them." Dash retorted after applejack spat out her tail.
"Dash is right AJ." Kenny states causing dash to smirk. "THEY'RE OURS!" he shouts blowing the two back a couple of paces, "You two are starting to act like a couple of foals fighting over the last cookie. If you keep this up, none of you are getting a ticket."
The two mares looked down at the ground ashamed. They really did not want to be seen in that kind of light. Bert had been quiet for a while. He then cleared his throat and asked, "When you say every pony, do you mean every pony?" twilight nodded and Bert continued, "Does that include Princess Luna?"
"I think so, why?" twilight asked scratching her chin.
"I would certainly like to me her." Bert stated kindly. "My brother had a dream a few nights ago." A grand ballroom filtered into view. The room was filled with ponies. "I'm at the Gala in a room filled with ponies. They bump into me rather rudely almost knocking me down." Bert was looking rather fearful as the ponies bump into him. "Just as I start to feel like I am going to get trampled, a pair of hooves latch on and rescues me." A shadowy figure reaches in to the room and pulled Bert out onto a balcony. "I turn to thank my rescuer only to see her. Standing majestically in the moonlight is Princess Luna. Her coat, mane and tail are darker then when you all last saw her. She smiles as I awkwardly thank her." Luna closes her cyan blue eyes and nods. Luna turns and spreads her wings. "Just as she is about to leave I stop her and asked for some time to talk to her. She seems fearful at first but agrees." Luna and Bert sit down on a bench and start talking about their lives. "We spend the rest of the evening just talking."
"So I can safely assume that Kenny's other ticket is already called for." Dash said after hearing Bert's reason to go. A low growl gets everyone's attention and twilight nervously chuckles, "Well would you listen to that, I am starving. I do not know about you but I cannot make important decisions on an empty stomach. I promise once I have something to eat I'll let you know who I'll give the ticket to."
"Okay." Dash and AJ said as twilight, spike, Bert and Kenny walk off. They soon glared at each other. "Hoof wrestling, winner gets the ticket." Dash and AJ setup on an old stump and begin the match.
(Scene change: downtown ponyvill.)
"So who are you going to give the ticket to twilight?" spike asked as he rode on twilight's back.
"I do not know spike." Twilight groaned as her head was getting fuzzy, "But I really cannot think clearly when I'm hungry."
"We would offer to share the lunch we packed," Kenny said in an apologetic tone, "But it has meat on it." He pulled out their pizza and sighed.
"Don't worry, spike and I will find someplace to eat." Twilight said reassuring her human friend. They were walking past sugar cube corner when a pink blur flies out the door and hits twilight. The dust settled and reveled the pink on pink form of pinkie pie. The two tickets land on her muzzle just as she opens her eyes.
"AAAhhh!" she screamed and ran around, "BATS, BATS ON MY FACE! HELP!" she stopped when she saw a glimmer of gold. "Wait is these?" Her eyes filled with stars at the realization, "Tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala!"
A huge carnival appears before pinkie. There are booths selling sweet treats and party favors. Streamers and party lights are set up everywhere. A photo booth can be seen and a warped mirror. There are games spread all around including pin the tail on the pony. "Why should I describe what I want to do there when the author did it for me?"
"Pinkie would you not break the fourth wall, please." Kenny stated rubbing the bridge of his nose.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you twilight." Pinkie said enthusiastically, "This is the most wonderfully amazing gift ever."
Spike had been tuning out pinkie as he picked up the tickets. He heard a gasp behind him and turned to see a white unicorn mare standing behind him. Her purplish blue mane and tail looked like a bolt of fabric rolled out. She had three diamonds on her flank. Her blue eyes locked onto the gold tickets in spike's claws.
"Are those what I think they are?" rarity asked not trusting her eyes.
"Tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala in Canterlot." Pinkie exclaimed. "Twilight is taking me!"
"The Gala," rarity gasped, "I design ensembles for the Gala every year. I have never had the opportunity to attend. The style, the culture the glamor, it is where I truly belong. It is also where I am destined to meet him."
"Him!" said Pinkie Pie as if she knew whom Rarity was speaking about. "...Who?"
"Him." Rarity sighed. A fantasy image flutters into view. In Canterlot, the rich folks are in the ballroom talking when they suddenly see Rarity with a dress walk in.
"I would stroll through the gala, and everyone would wonder, 'Who is that mysterious mare?' They would never guess that I was just a simple pony from little old Ponyvill." The throne room appears. "Why, I would cause such a sensation that I would be invited for an audience with Princess Celestia herself, and the princess would be so taken with the style and elegance that she would introduce me to him, her nephew: the most handsome, eligible unicorn stallion in Canterlot." The stallion from earlier in the chapter looks at Rarity. "Our eyes would meet, our hearts would melt. Our courtship would be magnificent." Rarity and the stallion danced around the ballroom. "He would ask for my hoof in marriage," the stallion had a ring on his horn with an enormous diamond set in it, "and of course, I would say, 'Yes!' We would have a royal wedding," a large cathedral held every pony in Canterlot. Rarity walks in with a wedding gown with a long train. "Befitting a princess, who is" she paused to giggle. "...what I would become upon marrying him, the stallion of my dreams."
"Twilight," rarity whimpers as she comes out of her dream, "I simply cannot believe you would invite Pinkie Pie so she can... party, and prevent me from meeting my true love. How could you? Humph." Rarity seemed a little disappointed by Twilight's decision even though Twilight did not invite anyone yet.
"Excuse me for second ladies." Kenny said as he dials up a location. He ports away to the castle of the royal pony sisters and roars, "HOW CAN THAT AWESOME MARE THINK THAT ARROGANT TWIT, BLUE BLOOD IS GOING TO TREAT HER RIGHT!" While this scene unfolded, Angel who is one of Fluttershy's bunnies took the tickets from Spike.
"Hey!" Spike growled as he was surprised by the bunny's actions. Angel showed them to a butter cream yellow Pegasus who replies with a small gasp.
"Angel, these are perfect." said Fluttershy with a smile.
"Uh, listen guys, I haven't decided who to give the extra ticket to." said Twilight just as Kenny ports back to the scene.
"You haven't?" Rarity and Pinkie Pie asked in unison.
"Neither of us has." Kenny stated showing his tickets.
"Um excuse me," fluttershy said getting everyone's attention, "If you haven't yet asked any pony to go with you. If you have I'm sorry to be such a bother."
"You want to go to the gala too?" Bert asked, as he was surprised the shy mare would want to go to a place full of new ponies.
"Oh no," fluttershy said nervously. Angel taps her hoof and she then says, "I mean yes or actually kind of." Her gala fantasy appears. She is in a grand garden looking around at the flowerbeds. "You see it is not so much the gala as it is the garden surrounding the gala." She floats along the rows with a big smile. "The flowers there are the most beautiful and fragrant of all the flowers in equestria. That night and that night, only they will all be in bloom. However that is just the flora," she flitters over to a different area of the garden. "There is also the fauna. There are loons and toucans and bitterns, oh my." She looked at each bird in turn. "There are humming birds that really hum and buzzards that really buzz. There are blue jays, red jays and green jays, also pink jays and pink flamingos." The before mentioned birds landed on her one at a time.
"Wow fluttershy that sounds… lovely." Twilight said nervously as her friend got lost in her dream.
"Now wait just a minute!" a voice shouted from above. Everyone turned to see dash standing on a nearby roof. Kenny was mad, he had specifically told dash and AJ if they did not quit this non-sense they would not get a ticket.
"Dash," Kenny growled as she landed, "Were you following us? If you were, I did warn you about these shenanigans."
"No," dash answers nervously, "I mean yes I mean maybe. That doesn't matter, I'm just here to keep a couple of goodie four shoes like you two from making a bad decision."
"Wait just another minute!" another voice shouted. Applejack came walking up the road. Those bakas are going to give me an aneurism. Kenny growled and thought.
"Applejack," twilight said not believing what was happening, "Were you following us too?"
"No," AJ stated, "I was following this one," she pointed at dash, "Still trying to take my ticket."
The girls then started to argue causing twilight to cower. Kenny was getting a headache and could not take it anymore. He inhaled deeply and shouted, "ENOUGH!"
The girls quickly stopped and looked sheepishly at each other. Twilight calmed down quickly and said, "These tickets are our responsibility and we will decide who gets them."
"But twilight." Rarity whimpered only to be cut off by twilight hold up her hoof.
"EH," twilight growled, "I will have the final say in who goes or not. However I cannot think with all this noise," her stomach rumbled, "Not to mention hunger. Now shoo I will let you know what I decide."
"Okay." The others sighed as they went their separate ways.
"Do not worry," twilight said as her friends left, "I'll figure this out," she and Kenny were standing in an empty street, "Somehow."
"Well twilight you have a good lunch," Kenny stated as he turned to walk away, "My bro and I are going to…" he trailed off when he saw the pizza he had brought was gone. "Bert we were going to share that." Kenny shouted at the high speed retreating form of his brother. (An: in an alternate reality, a blue hedgehog had the feeling he should be very proud.) "It would seem that I'm joining you for lunch."
(Scene change and time skip: random restaurant, five minutes later.)
Kenny, spike and twilight were sitting at a table outside a restaurant. Kenny and spike were looking over the menus while twilight was really bummed out. She really had no clue who to take. "They're all my friends and they all have good reasons to go." She sighed as she used her magic on a flower in the vase on the table. "Applejack or rainbow dash, pinkie pie, rarity or fluttershy." She listed off the names and plucked a petal. "Who do I take and will the others be mad at me for not taking them." She laid her head down on the table sadly. She got a deadpanned look on her face and licked up the petals.
Just then, the waiter came and asked, "Have you made your decision?"
"I CAN'T DECIDE!" twilight shouted shocking all the other patrons.
"Onee-Chan," Kenny said rubbing her shoulder, "Calm down please."
"He just wants to take your order." Spike stated as he pointed at his menu.
Twilight nervously chuckled, "I would love a daphadil and daisy sandwich."
"Fruit salad with honey please." Kenny stated setting his menu down.
"Do you have any rubies?" spike asked hopefully. When the waiter shot him a look he said, "No, okay I'll have the hay fries extra crispy."
The waiter walked off and twilight was back in her funk. She sighed and asked, "What do you think spike?"
"I think we should try another restaurant." Spike said as he watched the waiter leave. "I like grass just fine but would it kill someone to offer some gemstones."
"Baka!" Kenny growled as he hit spike on the head with a dictionary. "She is talking about the ticket and who to take."
A sizable lump appeared on his head and he groaned, "You're still on about that."
"Spike this is important." Twilight stated getting in his face. "How do I choose? I could give up my ticket and give away to but that would still leave three disappointed ponies."
"Food is here." Kenny stated as the waiter came back.
"This looks so good." Twilight said as she is given a sandwich that has flowers instead of meat. "I'm sure everything will be a lot clearer when I eat."
Kenny and spike had already started eating when a whole bunch of ponies ran by them. Kenny was wondering what the hubbub was all about. They saw the ponies run inside the building and the waiter was holding the door. He cocked an eyebrow at them and asked, "Are you sure you want to eat your food in the rain?"
Okay what is he talking about? Kenny thought looking around.
"It's not raining." Twilight stated only to see the area around them was pouring but they were dry. "What's going on?"
They looked up to see a large hole in the clouds. The hole was roughly the same size as their table. Kenny had a feeling who it was that did that. He was proven right when a certain multicromatic mare popped into view.
"Hey there best friend I ever, ever had." Dash said cheerfully looking down from the cloud, "Are you enjoying the sunny weather?"
"Dash what are you doing?" twilight growled.
"I just saw the smartest most generous pony I know about to get rained on," dash said sweetly, "so I thought I'd kick open a hole in the clouds so she can dine in peace."
"You're not looking for extra consideration by doing me extra special favors to get my extra ticket," twilight accused, "Are you?"
"What," dash said playing hurt. The sun behind her head was looking like a halo. "No, no, no of course not."
"Right," Kenny said staring up at dash in disbelief, "And I'm Celestia's personal back scrubber."
"Seriously I would do it for any pony." Dash stated trying to sound sincere. Just then, ponies ran by trying not to get soaked. Dash chuckled nervously.
"Rainbow dash," Kenny growled before twilight could speak, "You close up that cloud this instant young lady!"
"Ugh," dash groaned in defeat, "Fine." She grabbed one side of the hole and pulled. The sound of a zipper could be heard as the cloud was sealed.
"That's better." Twilight stated with a nod as she tried to eat her sandwich. The rain then beat down on those sitting at the table. Her mane sagged down over her eyes, her sandwich got soggy and her ears drooped. She growled just as spike started to giggle.
"Twilight," a familiar voice gasped in shock. Rarity had walked up with an umbrella. "It is raining."
"No, really." Twilight said sarcastically.
"Come with me quickly before you catch a cold." Rarity said grabbing twilight dragging her toward the carrousel boutique.
(Scene change: carrousel boutique.)
They all stood in the main fitting room of the dress shop. Twilight shook off and was completely dry. She looked over at rarity and said, "Oops, sorry about that."
"Oh it's quite alright." A soaked rarity said waving off the incident. "After all we are," she slid over to twilight and nuzzled her neck, "The best of friends, are we not?"
This is starting to look bad. Kenny thought as he heard rarity's voice.
"You do know what best friends do, right?" rarity asked as she stepped back. "MAKEOVER." She shouted before twilight could answer. She pulled a changing screen in front of her and twilight. The sound of twilight protesting against whatever rarity was doing could be heard. The screen was removed revealing twilight in a very elegant dress saddle. It had a lacey fringe that rested neatly over her flank and shoulders. A decorative strap held the teal blue garment in place over her back. On her chest was a jewel-encrusted piece that had rubies. Around her neck was a necklace of blue, green and yellow.
"Oh you look divine." Rarity cooed as twilight took in her new look.
"Yeah it is rather pretty isn't it?" Twilight stated after she had given it a critical eye.
Spike made a disgusted face at the whole thing. Rarity came up to him accidentally stuffing his claws into his mouth. Rarity then said, "I have a dandy little number for the dashing gent." The screen appeared again and the sounds of a rather unpleasant experience could be heard. Spike emerged wearing a suit that belonged in the Victorian era.
"Now all you need is a hat." Rarity said placing a matching hat on spike's now wigged head.
"You clean up good kid." Kenny said with a light giggle.
"I already told you," spike protested, "I don't want any part of this girly gala guck. See you back at the library." Spike then took off like a shot. Kenny then sensed rarity's intentions for him and said, "Is that the time? I need to go check on my brother bye." He left the shop faster than greased lightning.
Kenny walked around ponyvill wondering what his bro was up to. He then found Bert hunched over for some reason. What he saw made him ask, "What happened to you?"
(Flashback: after he stole the pizza from Kenny.)
Bert had retreated to the Ponyvill Park and began to eat the pizza. He began to feel bad about leaving his bro behind but that was forgotten when he ate another slice. He was glad he was sitting in the gazebo when the rain started. Little did he know a shadowy figure was stalking him. The figure darted from bush to bush, getting closer to its prey. The figure marveled at Bert's dexterity. The figure waited for the right moment to pounce.
"Well," Bert said as he looked at the empty pizza box, "All good things must come to an end." He crushed the pizza box and walked to a nearby waste bin. The second it left his hand, he felt a weight on his shoulders and back.
"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!" A female voice squealed in delight, "A human! An actual human in equestria! This is the single most glorious moment in my life!"
Bert turned his head to see a unicorn mare latched onto him. She had a mint green coat and powder blue mane and tail. Her amber eyes twinkled in delight. She had the biggest smile on her face that Bert had ever seen. She then began to nuzzle his neck.
"Excuse me but who are you?" Bert asked in annoyance.
"My name is Lyra Heartstrings and I want to have your foal." The mare stated with a dreamy look in her eyes.
"Wow," Bert said nervously, "And I heard that dash was fast." He placed his hand on Lyra's hooves and said, "That is a very nice offer but I am not ready for that kind of relationship." He then tried to pry her hooves off him but could not. What in the world? Bert thought as he used all his strength and they did not even budge. "There probably is no chance that my asking you to let go would do any good, right?" Bert asked with an exasperated sigh.
"None what so ever." Lyra said as she cinched her hind legs around his waist.
(flashback end.)
"And we have been like this ever since." Bert said shaking his head. He noticed Kenny was now having giggle fits. Kenny composed himself and said, "I got an idea on how to get her to let go." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a long feather. He studied Lyra for a second then proceeded to run the feather along her side.
Lyra was soon on the ground begging for mercy as Kenny tickled her. While she was recovering from this assault, Kenny and Bert left to meet twilight at the library. As they approached the tree, they saw twilight and heard her grumbling about something. Kenny was the first in earshot and asked, "Twilight what happened after I left?"
"It would seem that rainbow dash, rarity and applejack had the same idea." Twilight explained irritably, "They were trying to butter me up so I would choose them instead of some pony else."
"At least you can get something to eat here." Bert said noticing Twilight's growling stomach.
When they entered the library, they saw fluttershy with her little forest friends cleaning the library. The whole scene was something out of an animated movie Bert and Kenny saw once. Twilight whimpered, "Fluttershy not you too."
"Oh hello twilight," fluttershy said softly turning to twilight, "I hope you don't mind but my friends and I are doing some spring cleaning."
"It's summer." Bert corrected her.
"Well better late than never." Fluttershy said meekly, "It was angel's idea." Everyone turned to see the white rabbit tossing a salad while wearing a small chef hat.
"You're just doing this for the ticket, aren't you?" Kenny said as he looked at her through half lidded eyes.
"Oh no," fluttershy said sweetly, "I'm doing this because you're my friend. Right angel?" she looked at the rabbit who gave her a look that said 'who are you fooling.' Fluttershy turned back and said, "Yes we are just doing this for the ticket."
"I'll give you points for honesty." Kenny stated.
"Well this is very nice of you and angel." Twilight said as she walked to the door, "But you are going to have to wait like the rest of them." She opened the door and said, "I'm going to have to ask you to leave."
"SURPRISE!" a bunch of voices shouted.
"Come on twilight." Pinkie pie said dragging her outside.
The ponies of ponyvill, gathered by pinkie to help her get the ticket, now surrounded twilight. They started to toss her in the air as pinkie started to sing.
"Twilight is my bestest friend. Whoopi, whoopee!"
"Pinkie..." said Twilight trying to interrupt her pink on pink friend.
"She's the cutest, smartest, all around best pony, pony!"
"Pinkie." Twilight said again a little louder.
"I bet if I throw a super-duper fun party, party!"
"Pinkie!" twilight said louder than before.
"She'll give her extra ticket to the gala to me!"
"PINKIE!" twilight, Bert and Kenny shouted in unison. The ponies tossing twilight let go in shock causing her to fall on her flank. Pinkie stood over twilight and innocently asked, "Yes, twilight?"
"At least the others tried to be subtle." twilight groaned at her hoping she would get the hint.
"Wait a second." said a grey Pegasus as reality caught up to her, "What gala, what ticket?"
"Twilight has an extra ticket to the Grand Galloping Gala." Pinkie stated absent-mindedly.
"Oh boy," Bert moaned slapping his hand over his face, "Now she has done it."
"THE GRAND GALLOPING GALA!" the gathered ponies shouted in unison. They started to swarm her and spike asking favors so they could get the ticket.
"What are we going to do?" spike asked nervously as he got on twilight's back.
"We're going to RUN!" twilight exclaimed as she darted away.
"Cue benny hill style chase." Kenny said as he and Bert saw the other ponies run after them. The brothers decided to do some roof running to make sure twilight was okay. Twilight and spike were cornered in an alleyway after three minutes of running and hiding. Twilight was so scared that her plea for escape was answered by her magic. In a flash of light twilight, spike, Kenny and Bert disappeared only to reappear in the library.
"Warn me the next time you're going to do that." Spike stated as he shook the magic soot off his disheveled body.
"I didn't know that was going to happen." Twilight said seeing as how she was just as confused as spike.
"Brilliant display of accidental magic twilight." Kenny said now that his vision was cleared.
"Thanks," twilight said standing up, "Quick lock all the doors."
Every window and door was closed and locked up tight. They turned out each light in the library. Twilight, spike, Kenny and Bert sighed in relief after they were done. Their victory was short lived when the light in the main part of the library. Upon a balcony looking down at them were applejack, rainbow dash, pinkie pie, rarity and fluttershy. Twilight screamed and said panicking, "I can't decide. I just cannot decide. I know the gala is important to all of you and I want to make you all happy but I can't."
Kenny pulled twilight into a hug and let her quiver and shake. The girls had the decency to ashamed. Applejack was the first to walk up. She placed a hoof on twilight and said, "I'm awfully sorry I put you through that. I guess we all got so gung-ho about it we did not realize how un-gung-ho we were making you. If it helps, I do not want the ticket any more. You can give it to some pony else, I will not be mad. I promise."
"I'm sorry too, twilight." Fluttershy said floating over to her friend, "I feel just awful that I made you feel so awful."
"Me too." Pinkie said in all seriousness, "It's no fun upsetting your friends."
"Twilight," rarity stated, "I must apologize for my unlady like behavior. It was wrong of me to force you as I did."
"Is there anything you want to add to this dash?" Bert asked before she could get all excited.
"I guess I still need to practice my move some more before I show them to the wonder bolts." Dash said with a nervous chuckle, "I guess I don't need that ticket either."
"We're sorry twilight." They said in unison.
"Spike take a letter please." Twilight said coming out of the hug. Spike took out a quill and parchment from nowhere. Twilight then dictated, "Dear princess celestia, I have learned one of the best things about friendship is sharing your blessings. However when you have more friends than blessings, it becomes hard to choose who should get them. With that in mind I am going to have to say 'thanks but no thanks' and return both of my tickets to the gala." The others gasped. "If my friends cannot all go, I don't want to go either. Your faithful student, twilight sparkle."
"Twilight you don't have to do that." Applejack said still in shock.
"I have already made up my mind." Twilight said as she turned to spike, "You can send the letter now."
"Okay." Spike said as he opened the window. He breathed a special fire on the scroll and the wisp of smoke flew off to the castle.
"Now you can't go to the gala either." Fluttershy stated, sad that her friend gave up on the gala.
"I couldn't enjoy myself without you all there." Twilight said as she and the others came in for a group hug. "So I would rather not go at all."
Spike soon looked like he was going to puke. Before applejack could say anything Kenny said, "Message for you twilight." Spike belched out smoke and a scroll appeared. He picked it up and read it aloud. "My dearest twilight, why did you not say so in the first place?"
"Whoa," Kenny exclaimed as he looked over spike's shoulder, "Six tickets to the gala."
"Now we can all go." Twilight said before her stomach reminded her of an important fact.
"Allow us to treat you to dinner." Rarity said graciously.
"I'll meet you back in chaotic bro." Kenny said as he brought out his scanner. "I got to go someplace."
(Scene change: Canterlot castle front gate.)
Shining armor was tapping his hoof waiting for some pony by order of celestia. He was holding five tickets to the gala but was told they were already spoken for. He had been told that the pony they were meant for would be appearing at the gate. A flash of light shortly blinded him and a friendly voice greeted him.
"Hey armor," Kenny said bringing his fist up, "How you been dude."
"I've been fine just bored." Armor said knocking his hoof against Kenny's fist.
"I'm sorry to hear that bro." Kenny said walking toward the castle, "I need to talk to celestia about giving me…"
"Five more tickets to the grand galloping gala." Armor stated holding out the golden items. "She was expecting you to come and told me to give these to you."
"Awesome." Kenny stated as he took the tickets. "Got to go armor, take care." He left in a flash of light.
(Scene change: port court, chaotic.)
After Kenny got back, he contacted his friends to give them the news. When he told them, he had tickets Payton said they could not take any thing that they did not bring to chaotic back home with them. Kenny glared at Payton and said, "Kill joy." Kenny reached into his pocket to pull them out only to find them missing.
"Check your scanner." Bert said randomly.
"Okay," Kenny said looking through his scanner, "Don't know why they would be in here." His eyes widened into dinner plates. "How did you know they were there?"
"Just a hunch." Bert said with a pinkie pie smile.
(Chapter end.)
