And here we are with chapter 3 of A Different Perspective. Thanks to everyone who has wrote a review so far and given me advice. Technically, this is my first non-human related Pony fic, so you may have to excuse some things. But once I get the hang of it, it should all be good, now...onward with the story!


The Ticket Master

So I woke up today with a start. For some reason, it had felt like I had just first moved to Ponyville, even though I have lived here most of my life. But this one was different. It was a dream, I had arrived in Ponyville, and met these 6 ponies. They all were familiar, because they were my friends. Rainbow Dash, Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity. But something was...off. They weren't themselves. It was like, something had changed them completely.

I shook my head, whatever it was...it was only a dream. So I got up, and went outside. It was a nice, sunny day like anyday. Normally I go and see what is going on with my friends, so I decided to go down to Sweet Apple Acres and see what's up.

I was flying above the trees when I heard Spike repeatedly say 'No' over and over again. Suddenly, Applejack spoke up.

"Thank you kindly Twilight for helpin' me out. I bet Big Macintosh I could get all these golden delicious in the barn by lunch time. If I win, he's gonna walk down sturrip street in one of Granny's girdles." She said, chuckling.

Twilight spoke up. "No Problem Applejack. I'm glad the goal is Lunchtime, all this hard work is making me hungry." She replied. I heard my Stomach growl and nodded with Twilight. I flew down infront of them. "Hey Applejack, Twilight!" I said. Applejack and Twilight stopped.

"Howdy there Blazing! I forgot you always stop by here to say hi and get some brunch. Why don't you join me and Twilight here, we was goin' to get some lunch anyways." She said, smiling. I nodded. "That sounds great."

Spike spoke up. "I know right?" He asked, chucking an apple. It bounced off Twilight's head.

"Puh-lease Spike, you've been lounging on my back all morning while we worked." She said to him.

"Exactly! You two were taking soo long that I missed snack time." He said, as Twilight's stomach gurgled. She chuckled. "I guess guess we better get some food..." She said, before spike starting tossing apples again. "Nope...no...hrrmmmm." He pulled out a bright red and juicy looking apple. "Ah-ha!" He said, holding it out. "Oh Spike, that looks delicious-" Spike bought it to his mouth and stuffed it in his mouth, biting it. "Spike!" Twilight hollered.

"What?" He asked, before putting his hands over his mouth. He burped out Green Fire, and it formed a Letter. "It's a letter from Princess Celestia." Twilight said, as Spike grabbed it.

Spike cleared his throat and began to read. "Here ye Here ye- The grand royal highness, Princess Celestia of Equestria, is pleased to announce the Grand Galloping Gala to be held in the magnificent Capitol of Canterlot, on the Twenty-First day of...yadda yadda yada, Quarterly extends an Invitation to Twilight Sparkle, and one guest!" Spike said.

The girls gasped. "The Grand Galloping Gala!" They both exclaimed. I looked confused. "The Grand Galloping Gala? Isn't it that high uppity dance they have every year?" I asked aloud. They started dancing and saying the name again, before cheering. Spike stood in the middle with an unamused face. I had a confused look. Spike made a gag face, before burping again, and sending out two Tickets. "Look! Two Tickets." He said, holding them out.

"Wow great! I've never been to the Gala. Have you Spike?" Twilight asked.

"No, and I plan to keep it that way. I don't want any of that girly frilly frou-frou nonsense." He said. I kinda nodded in agreement. 'The Grand Galloping Gala' is just some dance, there is nothing that special about it for me.

"Aw come on Spike. A dance would be nice." Twilight said. "Nice?" Applejack shot up. "It be heaps more than just nice...I'd love to go. Laand Sakes, If I had an Apple Stand set up, Ponies would be chowing on our Tasty Vittles till the cows came home. Do you have any idea how much Business I could drum up for Sweet Apple Acres? Why, with all that money we could do a heap of fixin' up around here. We could replace that saggy ol' roof! And Big Macintosh could replace that saggy ol' plow! And Granny Smith could replace that saggy ol' hip! Why, I'd give my left hind leg to go to that gala." Applejack said.

"Oh, well in that case, would you like to-?" Twilight began, before being interrupted by screaming. We all looked up to see a blob of blue come crashing down on us.

"Oomf" I hit the ground hard, and so did Twilight and Applejack. Apples went flying everywhere, and to top it all off, A rainbow colored tail was all in front of my face. "Are we talking about the Grand Galloping Gala?" I heard Rainbow Dash ask. "Uhm Rainbow...would you be as kind enough to get off of my head?" I asked her in a muffled voice. I heard her laugh and stand up. "Heh Heh...Sorry." She said, rubbing the back of her head.

"Rainbow Dash..." Applejack began, getting up. You told me you were too busy to help me harvest apples." She said in a accusing voice. "What were you doing...Spyin'?" She asked. Rainbow turned. "No, I was busy...Napping." She said, pointing up to the tree she was on. "And I just happened to hear that you have an extra ticket?" She asked Twilight. "Yeah but-" Twilight began.

"YES! This is so awesome." She said, doing a flip in the air and landing. "The Wonderbolts perform at the Grand Galloping Gala every year! I can see it now..." She began. "Everyone would be watching the skies, there eyes fixated on the Wonderbolts. But then, in would fly...Rainbow Dash! I would draw there attention with my super speed strut, Then I would mesmerize them with my Fantastic Filly Flash, and for my graand finale...The Buccaneer Blaze! The Ponies would go wild! The Wonderbolts would insist that my signature moves would be incorporated into their routine. And then...welcome me as their newest member!" She, before turning to Twilight. "Don't you see Twilight? This could be my one chance to show my stuff! You gotta take me!" She said, before Applejack grabbed Rainbow's tail and pulled her back.

"Hold on just one pony picking minute here! I asked for that Ticket first!" Applejack said, spitting Rainbow's tail out.

"So, that doesn't mean you own it!" She retorted. "Oh yeah? Well I challenge you to a hoof wrastle. Winner gets the ticket!" They rushed over to a stump and began to wrestle. Twilight walked over however, and pulled them apart. "Girls! These are my tickets, Ill decide who gets to go thank you very much! Whoever has the best reason to go...gets the ticket, don't you think?." She said to them.

Applejack steped forward. "Drummin up business for the farm."

Rainbow did the same. "A chance to audition for the wonderbolts..."

Applejack did it again. "Money to fix Grannies hip!"

Rainbow quickly followed. "Living the dream!" She said.

"Oh my, those are all pretty good reasons, arent they?" She asked. I spoke up. "Personally, I just want some lunch..." I said sheepishly. Suddenly Twilight's stomach growled again in agreement.

"Haha...listen to that. I am starving. I don't know about you but I can't make important decisions on an empty stomach. Sooo I'll think about it over lunch and get back to you two, okay?" She asked, walking off. Rainbow and Applejack looked deafeated. "Okay..." They said, before looking to each other, and continuing there hoof wrestle.

I looked at the two. "But Applejack, what about...oh forget it." I said, taking off. The promise of food won't be happening around there, so I headed for a cafe.

I had almost finished my lunch when I saw Twilight walk into the cafe and sitting down. She didn't look so good, so I walked over to talk to her. "Hey Twilight." I said, walking over. She looked at me, a scared look in her eye. "Blaze, I'm sorry but I just CANNOT DECIDE. Now you want to go too? This is putting too much pressure on m-" I stopped her from going any farther. "Twilight...no, I do not want to go. I was just going to enjoy my lunch with a friend...nothing more." I said, sitting down. I had finished my lunch on the way and was now just drinking some soda. "So you can't decide on Rainbow or Applejack?" I asked her

"Not just them, on my way here, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Fluttershy stopped me and told me why they wanted to go...now I cant decide at all." Twilight said, sighing. "Ugh...what am I gonna do? All five of my best friends have really good reasons to go to the Gala." She said, using magic to pull pedals off a flower in front of her. "Applejack, or Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie or Fluttershy or Rarity...ooh who should go with me?" She asked, setting her head on the table. Her stomach growled again, causing her to lick up the petals infront of her.

The waiter came over to the table. "Have you made your decision?" He asked, causing Twilight to bring her head up in anger. "I CAN'T DECIDE!" She screamed, causing everyone to look at her. Spike glared at her. "Twilight, he just wants to take your order." He said. She smiled sheepishly.

"Oh...I would love a daffodil and daisy sandwich." She said. Spike spoke up next. "Do you have any rubies?" He asked, causing the waiter to glare at him. "No? Okay...ill have the hay fries. Extra Crispy!" The waiter looked to me and I shook my head. "I already ate..." I said, having him walk away.

"What do you think spike?" Twilight asked. "I think we have to try another restaurant. I mean I like grass just fine, but would it hurt anybody to offer some gemstones?" He asked. Twilight looked at him in annoyance. "I mean about the Gala and who I should take." She said to him. Spike gave a small facepalm. "Oh, your still on that?" He asked. Twilight jumped from her seat, setting her hooves on the table. "Spike listen! How do I choose? And when I do choose, will the other four be mad at me? I mean, I could give up my ticket and give away two, but that would still leave 3 disappointed ponies. What if I-?" The waiter came up with their food. "Ah, your food" He said, setting it down. "Oh thank you, this looks soo good." She said, as spike was digging into his hay fries. "Im sure everything will be much clearer when I eat..." She said, bringing her food up to her mouth.

"Twilight, I think you should decide on what you think is right. If all else fails, you can just give the tickets back, maybe. You know...I'm confused on what you should do as well...and I don't even want to go." I sighed.

Suddenly ponies started running by us, going inside. "Uh Madam, are you going to eat your food in the rain?" The waiter holding a door open asked. I quirked a brow, and looked up. "It's not raining..." Twilight said at the same time as I looked up to see Rainbow Dash. "What's going on?" Twilight asked, looking up with me.

"Hi there best friend forever I ever had. Enjoying the sunny weather?" She asked Twilight. Oh boy...I think I know where this is going. "Rainbow Dash...what are you doing?" She asked. Rainbow simply smiled. "What do you mean? I just saw the smartest, most generous pony about to get rained on, so I thought I would kick a hole in the clouds to keep her dry so she can dine in peace." She said almost innocently. "Rainbow, your not trying to get extra consideration for the extra ticket by doing extra special favors, are you?" She asked with suspicion.

Strangely, the sun was directly behind Dash's head, which must have had an extra effect on her 'innocence' as she replied. "Me? No no no...of course not!" Twilight look unamused. "Uh-huh..." Rainbow kept on smiling. "Seriously, I would do it for anypony." I looked around as drenched ponies ran past us. Rainbow laughed nervously.

Twilight looked back up. "Rainbow I am not comfortable accepting unwanted favors. So I'd appreciate it if you would close up that raincloud right now." She said to her. "What what?" I asked looking at her. She looked serious. I looked back up at Rainbow. "Ugh...Fine..." She reached for the edge of the cloud. "Wait, No No No Non NO!" I yelled up at her. She looked down at me and smirked, before closing the cloud. "That's better" She said pulling up her sandwich, before we all got drenched. Spike had to keep from laughing while I glared at her.

"You should have taken the favor..." I said, before Rarity walked up with an Umbrella on her saddle. "Twilight! It's raining." She said, before twilight retorted. "No...really?" She asked. Rarity grabbed her. "Come with me before you catch a cold!" She said, taking off with Twilight. I moved my drenched hair out of my face, and looked to spike. "And she leaves us in the rain...how nice of her." I said, getting up. Spike shrugged and hopped on my back. I flew after Rarity and Twilight, as they made there way to the boutique.

Once inside, I shook myself dry at the doorway. When I finished, Twilight began to do the same, except she did it all over Rarity. "Oops, Sorry." She said to her. "Oh Its quite alright...afterall, we are the best of friends, are we not?" Rarity asked. "And you know what the best of friends do?" She asked another question, leaving twilight clueless. "Uhhhh..." She began, before rarity jumped and shouted "Make Overrrr." She said, bringing over a dress veil to Twilight. Twilight fussed around a bit before pulling it back, revealing a not so bad looking saddle dress.

Spike was making another gag motion before Rarity walked over, making him eat his hand. "And you, Spike. I have a dandy little outfit for a gentleman like you." She said, pulling the veil back over again. Spike yelped some before it was pulled back again, revealing him wearing some fancy looking outfit. I busted out laughing. "Oh Spike..." I heard Twilight say. "And as for you Blazing, I don't have anything at the Moment but I will make a lovely Tuxedo for you." She said, looking over to me. "Uhhh yeah, I'm not going. So thanks but no thanks..." I said. However, I don't think she heard me.

"Ugh, I told you, I don't want anything to do with this girly gala gunk! See you back at the library." Spike said, before rushing out.

Rarity forced a laugh. "Who needs him anyway? After all, this is all about you." She said, pulling a mirror in front of Twilight. "...And how fabulous you will look at the Grand Galloping Gala." She said, causing Twilight to realize something. "Wait...the Grand?" She was cut off as Rarity Gasped, running over to a ponykin, which had the same saddle on it. "And oh my goodness, what a coincidence...I happen to have an ensemble of my own. It matches yours to a tee." She began, as Twilight glared at her.

"We will be the belles of the ball, you and I. Everyone would be clambering for our attention. All eyes would be on us! And everyone would finally now the most talented, the most beautiful, most sophisticated pony in all off equestria is Rarity the Unicorn!" She said, before looking down and force laughing again. "And Twilight Sparkle...of course." She said, patting her mane.

"I see what's going on!" Twilight said, pointing a hoof at her. "Your just buttering me up so you can get the extra ticket. Well it's not gonna work! Your gonna have to wait for my decision just like everyone else. Now if you will excuse me, ive been trying all day to get some lunch!" She exclaimed, walking up next to me. "Did Somepony say Lunch?" Applejack asked, grabbing me and Twilight and pulling us out. She put us in front of a cart of food. "You've got to be kidding me..." She said, as Applejack began naming off the food.

When she finished she looked to Twilight. "So what do you say best friend?" She asked, causing Twilight's stomach to growl. "Uhh, is that a yes?" Twilight stood for a second, before bursting out. "No, NO! I don't know who I'm giving the ticket too, and all these favors are making it harder to decide. In fact, im less sure now than I was this morning...Ughhhhh!" She said, running off. "Soo...thats a maybe?" Applejack asked after her. I shook my head and flew off after Twilight.

"Ugh...I never thought being showered with favors would be so aggrivating." She said to me as we reached the library. She began to open the door. We opened it to reveal Fluttershy and a bunch of animals cleaning her library. I facehoofed when I saw this. "Fluttershy...not you too." Twilight said, sounded really tired and annoyed.

"Ooh, well hello Twilight. I hope you don't mind, were all doing a little spring cleaning for you..." She said. Twilight grumbled. "It's Summer..." She said. "Oh well...better late than never right?" Fluttershy asked. "It was angel's idea. Angel was on the table, making a salad.

"Your not doing this for the ticket...are you?" Twilight asked, her voice filled with suspicion. "Oh no...I'm doing it because you are my very best friend." Fluttershy said, landing. "Right Angel?" She asked, looking to her rabit. He had a different look on his face.

"Oh...yes we are just doing this for the Ticket." Fluttershy said. Angel came over with a salad in his hands. "No no NO!" Twilight yelled, heading for the door.

"Well, this was very nice of you and angel. But im not accepting any extra favors until I've made my final decision. So I'm gonna have to ask you to leave." She said, pointing a hoof out.

"Suprise!" I heard people yell, before pulling Twilight out. I went outside to see what was going on. Pinkie was singing a song and a group of ponies was throwing Twilight in the air. I sighed and leaned against the Treehouse as the song finished.

"" Twilight yelled, causing everyone to drop her. Pinkie walked over. "Yes Twilight?" She asked, batting her eyes. "Atleast the other ponies tried to be subtle about the ticket." She said, sitting up. I saw the other ponies turn their attention. 'Uh Oh...' I began. "Wait, what ticket. What Gala?" A Pony asked. This is going to turn out bad...

"Oh didn't you know? Twilight got an extra ticket to the Grand Galloping Gala." Pinkie explained.

"THE GRAND GALLOPING GALA?" The crowd exclaimed. Twilight looked back and forth, before finally looking at me. I only mouthed one word to her. 'Run'

She took off as everypony else began to follow her. I sighed and went back inside the library. A Few second later, Twilight appeared infront of me, with a burnt Spike. "What the-?" I asked.

"Ugh...Warn me next time your gonna do that." He said to Twilight. "I didn't even know it was gonna happen! Now quick, lock the doors!" She said to all of us. We scattered around the house, locking everything we could. We then turned out all the lights. However, another light suddenly turned on, and we looked to see our friends on the Top Floor, smiling at Twilight.

Twilight screamed. "I can't decide, I just cant Decide! I cant stand to disappoint all of you and you giving me gifts and doing me favors wont make any difference, because your all my friends and I wanna make you all happy, and I can't...I just CAN'T!" She sat down from frustration. I gave everypony else a look, and Applejack walked forward. "Twilight, sugar. I didn't mean to put so much pressure on you. And if it helps, I don't want the ticket anymore. You can give it to somepony else, I wont feel bad...promise." Applejack said. Fluttershy did the same thing.

"Me too, I feel awful because I made you feel awful." Pinkie was next. "And me too, it's no fun upsetting your friends." She said to her. Rarity spoke up as well. "Twilight, it was unfair of me to force you as I did." Rarity said. Suddenly, Rainbow Shot up. "YES! That means the ticket is mine!" She said, before looking at us. We was all glaring at her, me the most for what she did at the restaurant. She got the clue "Ya know, I haven't perfected my signture moves for the Wonderbolts anyway...I don't need that ticket either" She said.

"We all got so gum-ho about going to the gala, that we didnt see how UN-gum-ho we was making you." Applejack said, before everyone said they were sorry.

"Spike, take down a note." She said, as spike pulled out a letter.

Dear Princess Celestia,

I've learned that one of the joy's of friendship is sharing your blessings. But when there's not enough blessing to go around, having more than your friends can make you feel pretty awful. So, though I appreciate the invitation, I will be returning both tickets to the grand galloping gala.

Everyone surrounded Twilight. "What?" They all asked. I just nodded in agreement.

"If my friends can't go, then I wont either." Twilight said

Applejack sighed. "Twilight, you don't have to do that" She said. "Nope, I've made up my mind. Spike, you can send the letter now." Twilight said, as spike stuck his head out the window, sending the letter on its way.

"Now you won't get to go to the gala either..." Fluttershy said to her.

"Its okay girls, I couldn't possibly enjoy myself without me best friends being there with me." She said as everyone came in for a group hug. "So I would rather not go at all." She finished. Spike made another face, before he started to look like he was about to throw up. "Well wallow my withers spike, isn't that just like a boy, can't handle the least bit of sentiment.." Applejack said, before I looked over. "Excuse me?" I asked, just as spike burped out a letter. It was a response? "Woah Nelly!" Applejack said, as the letter flew over her head.

Twilight smiled, as spike opened the letter. "My Faithful Student Twilight...Why didn't you say so in the first place?" Spike said, before pulling out tickets. "Seven Tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala!" He said, waving them around. We all gasped, including me. "Now we can all go!" Twilight exclaimed. Everyone cheered, before we heard Twilight stomach growl...really loudly. She Laughed, as Rarity spoke up. "Allow us to treat you to dinner." She said, as we all filed out the door. Everyone, including me, gotten a ticket. Although I didn't want one. So I stopped when I got out the door.

"How come I don't get a ticket to the gala...?" Spike asked himself, looking deeply depressed. "I'll give you mine spi-" Suddenly he burped out another letter. "And one for you Spike..." He grabbed the ticket, looking very happy as he ran out the room. Applejack saw him and he immediatley changed his mood. "I mean gross, I have to go to?" He asked, walking by. He then took off running again. I laughed with Applejack before sighing

"Whats the matter sugarcube?" She asked me. I just shrugged. "I don't really want to go to the gala, I mean...I got no one to go with. I always saw the gala, or any dance for that matter, a fancy Date." I said to her. I heard Applejack chuckle and put a hoof on my shoulder. "Hey now, all of us are going, as friends. So there is no reason to see it as a date, even though your the only stallion in the group-" "Not Helping..." I cut her off. She laughed. "Right, anyways, you should come. I believe everyone will agree that it wouldn't be the same without you." She said to me, trying her best to be reasurring. I sighed.

"Yeah, I guess your right." I said, agreeing with her. "Afterall, the gala is 9 months away, I got more than enough time to make friends and stuff." I said. Applejack smiled. "That's the spirit! Now come on, I'm pretty hungry." She said, we turned as Rainbow Dash flew up. "Blaze, Applejack...everything alright?" She asked, walking up to us. Applejack nodded. "Everything is just fine." She told her, as we began to walk. Rainbow began to walk next to me.

"I kinda got to Apologize for what happened at lunch. I thought it was funny because Twilight wanted it shut but you knew what was going to happen, and I just laughed." Rainbow began telling me. Applejack had went on ahead, catching up with the group. I just slightly laughed. "Yeah well, try not to leave me outside to get drenched again, okay?" I asked her. She laughed as well. "Yeah, okay." She said, before we both laughed. "So Rainbow-" "It's Dash...you can call me Dash." She said, smiling at me. "So Dash, what is it about the Wonderbolts you like the most?" I asked her.

"Oh, don't get me started-" She began telling me everything there was to know about the Wonderbolts. We sat through dinner, talking about it. I was quite interested actually. After Dinner, we all made our way back, and suprisingly, Dash's house wasn't all that far from mine. So we talked as much as we could, until we finally made it to my house.

"So...wow. That is a lot of stuff to know about the Wonderbolts..." I said in awe at how much she knew. "You know a lot about them." I said. She laughed. "Yeah well, I have been a fan since I was a filly, it's my dream to be a Wonderbolt one day." She said, smiling. "Well, when that day comes, I will be cheering you on Dash. I know all of us will." I said, referring to our friends.

"y-yeah. Thanks." Dash said, stuttering for some reason. "W-Well, I better get going, see you around!" She said, taking off without another word. "Huh..." I mused, before going inside my house. I went up to my room, and set the ticket inside a frame next to my desk. It was a picture of all my friends. I had smiled, it was a fun day we had. I climbed in bed, and covered up. And for once in my life, I actually felt where I belonged. I truly believe that those girls, are my best friends. And nothing...will change that. Those were my last thoughts, before I drifted off to sleep.

And yes, Ponies do have soda! Watch Season 1 Episode 4...you will see.

Anyways Apologize for the late, late update, but I had been busy, and finally got to making a chapter. Also, if you read my Ponified HiE fic...expect a chapter for it here soon. Anyways, thanks for reading, and keep on being awesome!