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This is going to be interesting. So, I was walking around the school hanging up posters along with Twilight and all of the student six plus some of the other students saw it and began asking questions. Silverstream was the first to point it out and said "See? New posters! We never had those underwater!" They would probably get soaked and disintegrate just like that. Kinda like cheap toilet paper from the dollar store. Anyway, moving on. The rest of them made a bunch of noises and were crowing all around me which really made me uncomfortable, so I went into my shadow form and reappeared in my lion form away from where the crowd was. Ahh, much better. Twilight did say though "I won't keep you in suspense any longer." I hope so. "We're bringing one of Ponyville's oldest traditions to our school." And that is? "The Fetlock Fet." Oh goodie. That holiday. I'm being sarcastic for all the uneducated people out there. Smolder was confused and asked "The Fetlock what?" I said "It's a kind of dance that goes back generations and is practically as old as the hills." They all blankly stared at me and I rolled my eyes. "What? I read it in the book called "The History of Ponyville." I'll have to make sure to give that back to Granny Smith. It was nice of her to let me borrow it for a bit."

Sandbar said "Anyway, they're the best!" I beg to differ on that one. Ocellus said "I'm ready!" and changed into a pony. I don't think you need to do that. I said "I don't think that's necessary Ocellus even though that is a genius idea." Twilight said "Zach's right. You don't need to do that. This year, the event's at school and open to every creature." How lovely. I said "At least that means I don't have to be kicked out since I'm not a pony." Twilight looked at me and said "Zach! I would never kick you out! That's ridiculous. Besides, your presence is quite needed here after being gone for over a year." Yeah, thanks for the reminder. "Anyway, we're calling our dance "The Amity Ball." I'm not sure why that would sound any better. Ocellus said "Even better!" and changed back to her regular form. Yona said "Yona not know "Amity Ball" dance." You'll figure it out. "Yona only know traditional dance of Yakyakistan." Oh no. Please tell me it does not have to do with stomping. I don't want this school to be destroyed. "Go like this!" Oh no. She began stomping like crazy which shook the building and I had to hold her in mid air with my magic and carefully set her down so she wouldn't destroy anything expensive. "Ball dance like that?" Uh, no. Knowing Twilight, she wouldn't even allow that on campus grounds because there is a lot of expensive stuff in her and all of that can be destroyed in like two seconds which is really terrifying because this thing was not cheap.

Twilight had to take like 40% of my bank account out to pay for this school to be built and finalized. Since of course I seem to make all the money, Twilight often takes it out of my account so she can pay for things she can't fit on the school budget. She even has to take out money from my account to pay for property taxes for this school. I told her she should be using her own money to pay for that, but apparently, I make a lot more money than she does and my money can somehow pay for the taxes while hers cannot. According to her, she makes "too little income" in order to pay for taxes to keep this school running. Technically, I have reached millionaire level over the last year. I have made a lot of money since becoming royalty. In fact, all of Canterlot envies me now because I have all this money, but I refuse to tell them my secret when they ask. It's not anything illegal, but if I shared it with everypony, they would all become millionaires just like that. Yeah, that's how bad it is. Simply, I found a loophole in the money making system and it's completely legal, so it draws me in a whole bunch of income plus the fact I am the head of Equestria's defense system, so that also draws in a lot of income. I make millions of dollars every year. I'll stop right there because I don't want to give out any more details and not have a super cool and rare job anymore.

Sandbar laughed a bit and said "Not exactly. It isn't just one dance, it's a whole night of them." Yeah, that's pretty much how it is. "Plus, an awesome party." Well then, sign me up. Twilight said "And we'll have all the old Fetlock Fet traditions." Like what? "The Pony Pal contest, the lucky pot dinner, you'll love it!" We'll see about that. "So like this says, get your pony pal and come along!" Smolder said to Gallus "Wanna go? I got nothing better to do." Ahh, that kind of thing. I feel like this is an Equestrian version of a Prom. I always dreaded that day. I wanted to skip it, but I knew if I did that, everyone would instantly know and I would become the kid that didn't go to Prom. I could get away with it with Homecoming, but not for Prom. If Prom is coming around, you HAVE to show up or else you'll be known as the person that didn't show up and you'll be made fun of. So, I went with my buddies as a group and we hung out a bit. Apparently, I had attracted all the ladies because of how buff I was then. I took Weight Training my senior year of high school and within a few months, I almost looked like a white teenager version of Dwayne the Rock Johnson. So, you would imagine all the pretty girls thought I was hot or something. The only problem is it was pretty hard to pick and choose because I don't believe in the philosophy of multiple girlfriends because as a Christian growing up, that's just wrong. Even now, I still consider that wrong because it simply just doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever.

I'm good enough with one girlfriend and maybe eventually one wife. That's how I feel and none of you out there in the audience is going to make me change my mind. Anyway, when you do pick out an attractive girl, the other ones become jealous and resentful towards the chosen one. I think it's all just a bunch of bullcrap drama, but that's just how the world operates. So, one particular girl did stick out to me and choose her for the dance. Her name was Geymi and we danced with each other for a pretty good while. Of course, all my friends were laughing at me because they thought me and her were a "thing," but I told them they were drinking too much Kool Aid. Our senior year, we would do a thing where we tried to get drunk by drinking so much Kool Aid and then act like it when we would talk to one another. We pulled pranks on other people sometimes with that and we all got a good laugh out of it. We would be cracking up so hard that we would have tears in our eyes and have our stomachs hurt so much that it felt like we were being stabbed with a knife. Anyway, me and Geymi became good friends and we would hang out a quite a bit whenever we could, just as simple friends and then I eventually ended up here in Equestria. That's pretty much the story of that. Good times.

Anyway, I need to stop rambling so much. I've probably bored the audience to death with my extremely long high school stories so much that they would probably rather watch 12 Days of Scrubs for hours on end. Gallus replied "You had me at dinner." What the hay is that supposed to mean? Obviously, I ignored it and said wrapping Twilight in a side hug "Well, since this has to do with having "pony pals," I need to go get ready for this thing. See ya later. Ha. Ha. Ha. HA HA HA!" I disappeared into my shadow form and took off. I only did that cause I wanted to. I'm just stupid like that. I did hear Gallus ask "Uh, what was that supposed to mean?" Nothing. Twilight sighed and said "That's just what he does. It's part of his personality. Even though it's the strangest thing I've ever seen, it's what makes me like him so much." Thanks Twilight. That actually feels nice for once. "Anyway, who wants to help me hang more posters?" I would, but I have to get ready. Silverstream and Ocellus volunteered and the rest of the group walked away leaving only Sandbar and Yona standing there. Yona went up to the trophy case and Sandbar said "Hey Yona. Wanna be my pony pal?" I see that blush on your face, young man. You find Yona attractive, don't you? I understand. I remember in my Dual Enrollment U.S. History class in the 11th grade, there were 4 very pretty girls that I thought were pretty hot and attractive. Not gonna lie. It was always so hard to choose which one was the prettiest, and my brain always had dreams about which one would be my girlfriend.

I know that sounds sick and disgusting, but that's just how puberty works. The beauty of women starts to stick out as you get to middle school and continue on through high school. Back in elementary school, girls seemed the same to me. But as I have gotten older, their attractiveness and beauty began to stuck out and I would treat them as a completely different species because of how complex they were to figure out and also because of how nervous I felt. I would be sweating like crazy anytime I saw pretty girls. It's just part of puberty and those hormones. Anyway, back to the current topic. I'm sure the audience is sick and tired of me telling them all these stories that have happened during my childhood. "We can enter the contest together." I mean, that does sound weird, but eh, I will be accompanying Twilight anyways despite the fact we are only overseeing the party and actually being part of the contest. It's kinda sad because I could easily break out those dance moves with some sick music in the background without even trying. But whatever. Anyway, Yona was confused and said "But Yona Yak. Yona not pony." Weren't you listening? Any creature can enter the contest. Twilight specifically said so. There's nothing to be ashamed of if that's what you're worried about.

Sandbar responded by saying "So?" and Yona pointed at the trophy. She said "Pony, pony, more pony." That doesn't mean squat. That's just what the poster says. No big deal. Sandbar said "Ah, it's just a poster. Come on. It'll be tons of fun together!" Are you sure about that? "Promise." If that's what you want. Yona did agree and said "Okay. Yona go with Sandbar." How lovely. Now I'll have to hear the fanbase start shipping these two as if this made sense. Get those shipping fanfictions rolling bois. We'll be reading that in church Sunday Morning. Sandbar said "Great! I'll get the tickets!" Oh poop. I need to get that if I want to get in. Just because I'm royalty does not mean I can enter anywhere I want when I want. I have to get them for both me and Twilight. "See ya later!" Sandbar was excited and he took off. Yona waved and said "Yona not let Sandbar down! Yak best at being Pony Pal!" Yaks are not the best at everything Yona. That's just facts right there. I know your pride and ego just got bruised from that, but it's true. That's just how reality is. "But Yona not sure how if she not pony." I'm sure you'll figure it out. Unfortunately, Rarity came rushing by and accidentally crushed Yona under the clothing rack of dresses. Like always, Rarity was wearing her red glasses and having a rule around her neck while having a disheveled mane.

She said "Oh, terribly sorry Yona." Are you sure about that? "All these dresses I'm sewing for the dance have me completely frazzled." I can tell. Yona got worried and asked frantically "Dress? Yona need dress for dance?" I don't think so. You don't have to if you don't want to. I'm not. I'll whip up something, but anything like a suit or something like this is the Grand Galloping Gala. "Yona have lots to learn about being Best Pony Pal." Great job Rarity. Now you made Yona all worried now and she's going to have that stuck in her head. Ugh, why am I even friends with this mare? I left the school and followed Yona to see where she was headed. Apparently, she was headed off to Rarity's place which is kinda ironic since she basically started this whole mess in the first place. How interesting. Yona knocked on the door and poked her head in saying "Yona interrupting?" I hope not. Rarity laughed nervously and said "Oh, uh… well, not interrupting exactly. More like blocking the flow, stopping me from what I'm doi-, so yes, interrupting." Really man? That's just sad. "Now what can I do for you Yona?" Ugh, that face is so cringe. I need a better camera angle Hasbro. Thank you. Much better. Anyway, Yona came in the door and said "Yona not know Yak need special pony dress for dance." I could tell.

"Yona know can wear what Yona always wear?" Uh, I guess. I mean, you don't have to wear a dress if you don't want to. I'm not going to, but you can if you want. Rarity seemed surprised and said "Yona could." Bruh, come on. Use proper english please. "I mean, you could." That's better. "But the Fetlock Fet or whatever Twilight is calling it, it's always about a tradition." Kinda like Winter Wrap-up? Yeah, how the ponies do it here are weird. I don't even bother with it every year and help out Canterlot instead since at least I can use magic there. Twilight gets quite annoyed by that, but she knows the frustration of not using magic. Plus, she is happy that I'm helping out other ponies outside of Ponyville to "welcome spring" or whatever it is. "There's a certain way to do everything at the dance." Yeah, Twilight told me all about it recently and explained to me how it works so I don't look like a fool of myself. Yona said "Yes! That way, Yona want to learn. How to do all the pony things. Even if Yona has to wear dress." I think you might be blowing this out of proportion Yona. I don't blame ya, cause you're young, so stuff like that will get to your head easily, but don't listen to everything Rarity says, because she's not always right.

Rarity stammered a bit and said "If that's what you really want." Not really, but that's what you're making her think. Yona nodded and said "Yona be best Pony Pal for Sandbar." I'm sure he would be okay just the way you are. After doing some measurements, Rarity said "In that case, at an elegant affair like the pony dance, one must converse in a sophisticated fashion." I have no idea what you're talking about. It sounds like a bunch of mumbo jumbo to me, but since I'm not a "fashion pony," it would be considered nonsense to me. "Talking with Brussel Sprouts in your mouth helps you to learn to articulate." Oh gosh no. Not that voice. I hate it when someone talks like that because it drives me nuts. I don't give a heck if you are offended, that's how I feel. Also, Brussel Sprouts are disgusting. They look and smell absolutely nasty. That was the one vegetable that my mother would not force me to eat when I was growing up because she hated them as well. So, at least I got a "Get out of jail free" card which is nice, not gonna lie. "Take a mouthful and repeat after me." This is going to be interesting. I don't mean the good kind. "How kind of you to ask me to tea." Ugh, that voice makes me cringe so much. Yona did repeat that, but I couldn't hear what she was saying.

Also, the fact I could see her food inside her mouth which was very disgusting in my opinion. She's always the one to say uncouth, and what she's doing right now is very uncouth. I don't care that much, but that just sounds awfully hypocritical to me. "May I offer you a glass of punch?" Rarity took a look again and blinked in surprise at what she saw. I guess she wasn't expecting it like that. Oh well. That's what happens when you try to talk with your mouth full of food. "The weather is quite agreeable today." If anyone brings up the weather, I'm just going to slap them in the face because that's what they use as an excuse to avoid a situation they don't want to talk about. I've done it before, but you don't need to bring up the weather. I don't want to hear about it. There are more pressing matters that need to be attended to. Yona repeated Rarity one more time before swallowing the Brussel Sprouts and burping it straight into her face. Not only was it loud and shook the Earth a bit, but I'm sure that breath was quite disgusting. I definitely would not want to smell that. Also, Rarity may be a drama queen, but even she doesn't deserve to get burped into the face by someone else. I think everyone would find it disgusting. If you don't, you are weird.

Anyway, Yona said "Yona like Brussel Sprouts." I can tell since you feel so proud of yourself. Rarity on the other hand, was not very happy and quite annoyed by it which I don't blame her for. She said "Let's move on." and headed downstairs. I followed them in my shadow form and Rarity looked at Yona's hair for a second before saying "We will need to do something about your hairstyle, but first, let's find the right dress." Oh how lovely. She looked through all the dresses and sorted through them. "Now, purple taffeta, frosted chiffon, *gasps* Gold brocade; one of my favorites." Yona didn't seem all that interested and said randomly "Yona like brown." Of course. The poop color. How interesting. I guess Yaks like smelling their own poop? I don't know. All I know is Yak poop is very disgusting. It's so disgusting that they turned that into a curse word. You know which one I'm talking about. Rarity looked absolutely disgusted and gagged at the mere thought of brown. "Earth tones. They're so... heh heh earthy aren't they?" Yes, yes they are. "Don't worry. We shall find something to make you stand out." I don't think she wants that, but whatever. Yona said "Yona not want to stand out. Yona want to fit in." Yeah, it makes perfect sense.

Rarity said "Ahh, quite. And by the time we're through, it'll be like you've been going to pony dances your whole life." Next thing I know, she breaks out into a song and I put my ears on mute because I don't want to hear this. No disrespect to Rarity though. She does have a beautiful singing voice although, I think Twilight has the best one. Rarity comes in a close second. All of my friends have good singing voices, but I personally believe that Twilight has the best singing voice in my opinion. You can disagree with me all you want, but it won't change my opinion about it. Finally, after the song ended, the scenery changed to the School of Friendship. How odd. "I almost forgot. The most important part of the ball." And what would that be? Yona brushed it off and said "Oh, Yona already have Pony Pal." Yeah, I watched the whole thing. Rarity said "Oh, not that darling. The dancing." Oh right. How lovely. "And I know precisely who can help." And who might that be? Oh how lovely. Rainbow and Fluttershy. But how can they help? Yona was confused and asked "Uh, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy good at dancing?" Apparently so. Rainbow flew over and said "Don't be so surprised." Why shouldn't I? "I'm awesome at everything!"

I yelled while being invisible "No you're not Rainbow Dash! There's no such thing as being good at everything. So you better drop that right now!"Rainbow groaned and said "I knew he would be watching us. Sucha figured that." Yeah, of course I would be. I spectate all the time. "The only thing that I'm not really great at is baking, so he's got me there." Told ya. Fluttershy said "There are two traditional dances that everypony does at the fet." Like what? "After a few days of practicing with us, you'll know them both." I hope so. Yona said "And fit right in." Right. That theme. Let's go off that philosophy. Rarity said "Absolutely! We'll start with the slow dance, the Pony Cotillion. That's Fluttershy's speciality." Is it now? Hmm. How intriguing. Fluttershy blushed a bit and said "Oh, I wouldn't say specialty. It's just fun!" How so? "Here Yona. I made you a chart." HOLY CRAP! Dang, that looks extremely complicated. Fluttershy, what was going on inside that mind of yours? Nobody can read that except you. "All you have to do is follow these dance steps." HA! Easy for you to say, Fluttershy. You're a pony. You would know how it would work. But for a different creature that's never done it before, it looks like the most complicated Calculus equation they have ever seen.

"You'll learn them in no time!" You clearly don't know what you are talking about. Angel kicked the homograph and the music started playing. "Now just start walking." You make it sound so easy, yet it's so complicated at the same time. How does this pony not realize that? The ponies I hang out with are weird sometimes. "Step on whatever color I name." This looks like a game of twister. "Let's begin!" Let's not. We'll all just go to the moon instead and look for space junk. That sounds a lot better. "Blue, red, step ahead. Green, black, now step back." How interesting to say the least. "Now you try." Watch me. Yona said "Blue, red, step, oop, no, um, Yona start over. Blue, red, green, black, yak step back?" Something like that. Fluttershy said "Good. Now Black, Green, Red and Blue, Red, Black hold one and two, Red, Blue, Red once more, Green, Black, Blue, three and four." Unfortunately, Yona got herself twisted up and said "Ah! Yona feels like she has four front feet." Oh my. She had lost her balance and fell down on the floor. She watched as Angel Bunny did it with ease, and she felt embarrassed. Rarity sighed and Fluttershy said "Oh, umm… Maybe we should try this again later." Perhaps. Rainbow said "Don't worry Yona. That was the hard one." I guess considering the fact how complicated and difficult it was.

"Mine's way easier." First of all, mine's is not a word, and second of all, how would this be any easier? Angel flipped the disk over and the music changed. "A little dance called the Pony Prance." Seems just as difficult to me. "The key to this one is speed!" Really now? How so? "Come on Yona. Try it." How you just did it looks stupid and makes you look like a fool. I know it's tradition, but I'm just saying. I'm not a pony, so I can talk trash about it all I wish. "Just get with the flow and let yourself go." Uh, why did you say it like that? Especially in front of a Yak no less. Now, you're going to give Yona ideas and I'll have to clean up the mess. Speaking of which, Yona started stomping quite a bit, but she didn't exactly watch where she was going and started destroying things in the room which only made me shake my head. I don't think Rainbow meant it like that, Yona. Sure, that's how Yaks "relieve" themselves, but this is a pony thing, so you can't be destroying whatever you feel like because that could hurt somepony and I don't think you would want that. The music cut off and Yona stopped running and was panting before saying "Yona like the flow and go!" I think you have misunderstood what Rainbow meant.

Anywho, the room was a mess, so I had to pop in there with my janitor outfit on and had to clean up the mess and restore everything back to the way it was using my scepter. I said "Don't mind me. I'm just cleaning up things. Anyway, all done now. See you guys at the dance in a few days. Ha ha ha. HA HA HA!" I disappeared into my shadow form and took off. I saw Rarity and Yona head over to Sweet Apple Acres, so I decided to follow them over there. Applejack said "Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres, Yona." I've been here before, you dimwit. "Rarity tells us you need some help getting ready for the big dance." Yeah, definitely so. Also, I think the word some is an understatement. It's worse than that. Rarity said "Some? Ha! Indeed. And we only have a few more days." I can make that shift right now. Oh wait. Celestia and Luna would be furious with me at moving the Sun and Moon at random points in the day. It would also tick off a lot of ponies as well. Pinkie said "Well, you've come to the right place." How so? "Because if you ask me what my favorite part of the dance is, I'd say everything about the dance." That actually doesn't sound too far fetched. It kinda makes sense for Pinkie.

"But especially… this!" Oh right. That thing. "The Fetlock Lucky Pot Dinner!" How lovely. Applejack said "It's part of the Ponyville dance tradition. Everypony brings a dish to share and we swap them without knowing who's is who's." Well, yours kinda gives it away. Hmm. That reminds me. I need to prepare something for the dance. Hmm. What could I make? Hmm… AH HA! I got it! I'll make some banana pudding! It's perfect. Also, I need to disguise my bucket so it doesn't give me away. I have an idea for that as well. The shape of the bucket will be like the Rocket Fuel Tank that they would strap onto the Space Shuttle back when the program was still running and the color of it will be the wrap that is currently on the Stradman's GT-R. When I put both of those things together, no one is ever gonna guess that it was me. If you've seen Stradman's GT-R, you know how cool it looks. "Although, my lucky pot probably gives me away." Yeah, that's why I had to think about this. The space shuttle thing might be a bit suspicious, but no one is ever going to guess it has to do with space. So it's perfect mainly because of the color scheme. This way, it won't stick out where it could easily identify me like it does with apples and Applejack, but not too much where it doesn't even match the rest of the buckets.

I mean, you wouldn't want to have regular buckets with decorations on it, and then have one that is way taller than the rest because it looks like a fuel tank for a kind of space vehicle that is no longer existent as a government program. The shape will still be a Space Shuttle Fuel Tank, but it will still be a regular bucket just like the rest. Nothing will make it stick out too much. Pinkie said to Yona "You can cook anything you want." Yeah, I came up with something. "But, can I suggest, oh I don't know, maybe… CUPCAKES?!" Whoa there Pinkie! Relax. Don't put too much pressure on Yona. That generally does not go over very well. Rarity said "I already told Yona a little bit about that tradition." I'm sure you did. "She's even brought her own lucky… bucket." Oh dear. That face doesn't bring good signs. Yona said "Yak buckets are best buckets!" Eh, that's easily up for debate. She really doesn't think about these things logically. It's honestly pretty sad, but she's still pretty young, so I'll let it slide for now. "Yona think make traditional Yak dish. Strebert Stew!" UGH! What is that crap?! It looks like my cat's own vomit. "Extra fiber!" Even worse. That actually makes me feel even more sick to my stomach. I would probably have diarrhea if I tried to eat that. Even an unreformed changeling tasted a lot better than whatever this crap is.

"Ponies like?" Uh, no thanks. I'm good. I'm not going to disrespect you and hurt your feelings, but that does not look very appetizing. Pinkie said "Hmm. I'm not sure. So, just in case, let's get baking!" Well, that's a pretty good way to handle it. It's definitely better than how I would have done it, so good job to you Pinkie. You know how to change the subject without hurting someone's feelings and having an awkward transition. Yeah, throw that piece of poop out into the trash can. The rest of them walked in and Pinkie threw in a bunch of ingredients into a bowl. "Flour, milk, sugar, butter, icing, and we mix into these, and we pour into pans, and we bake." Dang, she went so quick that the author had to stop multiple times and rewind the episode just so he could write everything down. "Now you try it." Oh dear. I can only imagine how this is gonna go. Yona took the sack of flour and ripped it open into the bowl. However, something must have gotten into her nostrils because the next thing I know, she sneezed and flour was all over the place. Oh dear me. "Woah, that's one way to mix it." Eh, no really. Applejack came in with some apples and said "Let's try something a little simpler." Yeah, I would very much appreciate that.

"I'm sure we can do something with these." Yeah, I hope so. Yona stared at the apple for a second before crushing it and getting the stuff inside the apple all over the place and poor Applejack was covered in it. "Okay… Applesauce it is." Not a bad idea. Rarity facehoofed a little bit and over the next few hours, Yona went from place to place trying to perfect everything. After all that traveling happened, all of my friends except Twilight was snoozing inside of Rarity's place while Yona was finalizing a couple more things. Oh, I have an idea. I was right behind them in my shadow form looking like Sombra and I decided to play some loud music to get them to wake up. I turned it up to max volume and pressed play. If you guessed correctly, I played the gas gas gas meme. I made sure I picked the earrape version though. Suddenly, all of them woke up and I instantly stopped the music and disappeared. I went to my highly undisclosed location and just laughed my head off because of how funny it was. Basically, the music played right up into their ear and I stopped the music right after the part where it says "YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!" It was so dang hilarious. Anyways, after I was done laughing, I went back to Rarity's place to see what had happened. Thankfully, nothing got damaged and Yona seemed unaffected by it.

I heard Rainbow say "Look! She's dancing!" I can tell and thank goodness I didn't mess her up with my extremely loud music. That wouldn't have been good. Applejack said "How about that? And she's good!" You don't think I was paying attention at how she was doing her dance moves? Of course I was! I was watching her the whole time. Rarity went up and asked Yona "Yona, if someone at the party tells you they are thirsty, you say…" Can I get you a drink or something? Yeah, sounds about right. Yona said "May Yona, um, may I offer you a glass of punch?" Yep. That also sounds spot on as well. Rarity was blown away and exclaimed "By Celestia, I think she's got it!" Of course she does. Why wouldn't she? Pinkie said "She's really got it!" Of course she did. Move on please. Applejack said "Yona, you did it!" Yes, yes. How lovely. Can we talk about something else now? This is getting quite boring. Rainbow said "You dance great." I saw that you stupid ponies! Stop repeating things I have already heard! Fluttershy said "And are so well spoken." Eh, for the most part. The hoity toity voice can go, but other than that, I'd say those are pretty good manners. Pinkie said "You'll be the hit of the ball!"

We'll see about that. I have a pretty good looking outfit coming your way within the next few days, so be careful what you say. Anyway, they sang some sort of song that was still focused on fitting right in and all that nonsense, and I just went away from that place to get myself prepared for the dance. I have a date with a certain Princess of Friendship in a few days and I plan on impressing her by changing it up a bit, so see ya guys later. It is pretty neat that Yona has progressed so much in the last few days and I envy her a bit. I wish I could progress that much with something in a few days. But it always takes me months, years, or even never. Yeah, it does happen. So, it's pretty much how that is. Anyway, this is going to be an interesting dance for sure. I'm lucky that Twilight told me about all this or else I would be making a fool out of myself and that would be pretty embarrassing. That's never a good look for a prince like me. I'm just saying.

A few days later…

The moon has fully risen in the sky and I flew over to the School of Friendship to attend the ball. I gave the pony at the door my ticket and I walked right in. I did hear Spike say "Hello, every creature! I'm your DJ, Scales and tail spinning your favorite tunes all night long! So, welcome to the Fetlock, I mean, the Amity Ball!" As soon as I walked in, all eyes looked at me and were shocked. Let me tell you what I "wore" to this event. I still had my obsidian chestplate on, but I did change up my appearance a bit. I added both a flowing mane and tail with different shades of brown using a simple mutation spell and my scepter had turned into a full on unicorn horn at the exact length of Luna's and the aura was crimson red since that was the color of magic that the scepter blasted. Oh, one more thing. My eagle wings had that thing where it represented all the colors of the Sun that I had received from Hope Hollow back a while ago. If you've read that chapter, you know what I mean. Twilight was the first to come up to me and asked "How did you do that Zach?" I said "It was a simple mutation spell. I did it just for this occasion. I thought you might like it." Twilight blushed a bit and said "You did this for me?" I said "Of course. Now, care to follow your Equestrian Prince of Defense, my dear Princess of Friendship?" Twilight giggled and said "Why, of course I would. Nothing would make me happier."

She walked alongside me and I set down my lucky pot dinner while she wasn't looking. "So, did you bring anything?" I said "I did." Twilight said "What would that be?" I laughed a bit and said "I'm not going to tell you, you silly goose. That's part of the tradition. You'll just have to wait and see." Twilight made a pouty face and said "Oh fine. I guess I'll just have to wait." I smiled and said "Yeah, pretty much." I then leaned in and gave her a passionate kiss to which she returned eagerly and it put a smile on my face. We eventually did pull away and we watched as the event went on. I heard Gallus say "I'm just glad I'm here with you guys." You'll be fine. "At least I'm not the only non pony in the crowd." Yeah, there are a total of six of us who are not ponies which includes both me and Yona. Sandbar said "You're not still worried about that, are you?" He may be. I don't blame him for it if that's how he feels. "Like Headmare Twilight said, this is a dance for every creature!" Which is why I'm here. I mean, I did add pony parts to my body, but you can still tell I'm a lion no matter what. "There's no pony pressure." Well, you should have communicated that to Yona a long time ago because she doesn't seem to think so. The rest of them laughed and Ocellus said "You should have told Yona that." She's not wrong.

Sandbar was confused and asked "What do you mean?" Oh dear. I guess he hasn't heard the news. Silverstream said "Didn't you hear? Our teachers have been helping her get ready for the dance. She's been taking lessons." Well, with the exception of me and Twilight because Twilight was busy getting ready for this, and I am not a teacher, plus I was too busy spectating and goofing off a bit but all in the name of good fun. Smolder said "She's gone full pony for the dance." Hopefully, it's not too bad. Gallus pulled back Sandbar's tie and released it while saying "All for you." Sandbar fell to the ground and asked "For me? Why?" I have no idea. Oh wait. I know why. I was there the whole time. Duh. I don't know what's wrong with me. Yona appeared to him and said in that terribly annoying voice "How kind of you to ask me to the swaray, Sandbar." WHAT THE HECK IS THAT OUTFIT?! Rarity, what have you done? The rest of the student six were confused and Silverstream said "You look so weird!" Silverstream! That's not very nice to say! I know that thing is absolutely ugly, but don't say such things. She's been trying all week and we don't need your comments tearing it all down.

Sandbar asked with confusion "Yona?" and took a good look at her outfit. Yona replied "Quite. Oh, I do hope I make a good Pony Pal for you." UGH! That blinking of the eyes makes me gag. I love it when Twilight does it, but anyone else, I despise it. If they want to do that as their romantic tactics to someone else, that's fine. But don't do it in my direct line of sight. It's gross and disgusting to look at. I had to put on my soldier face just so Twilight wouldn't suspect anything. The rest of the student six were smirking and Sandbar said "Uh, of course you do." How so? "But Yona, you didn't need to do any of this." Well, it's too late for that. Smolder asked with annoyance "And why are you talking so funny?" Yeah really. That kind of voice just infuriates me because it demonstrates selfishness and arrogance which are both things I despise entirely. Yona seemed to be offended and said in that ANNOYING voice "I am not talking funny. I'm fitting in." That's not fitting in whatsoever. If that's what Rarity thinks is fitting in, she's thinking of the wrong town. It would work in Canterlot, but not here in Ponyville. Gallus said "Could have fooled me." I'm with you there buddy.

Rarity came in and said "Yona! You look absolutely scrumptious darling." Excuse me?! How can you say such a thing especially to one of your own students?! If you dare try to eat another animal, then I'll reveal to all of you that I eat meat and I won't feel ashamed no matter how hard you try. Because if you shame me for eating meat, but yet you eat another creature, then you are a massive hypocrite and would be completely unfair. I know life is unfair, but that is not okay whatsoever. Besides, I don't think it's even possible for any pony to eat another creature simply because of their flat teeth and jawline. But since I'm a predator and have very sharp teeth, I could easily eat one with no problem because my two front fangs could sink into the skin and just tear right out like tearing off the chicken on bone in wings. I'm sure Rarity didn't mean she was going to eat Yona, but that is very concerning and raises a lot of questions. It would be like if someone claimed to be a Christian but thought homosexuality was okay. Nothing about homosexuality is okay whatsoever. It's taking God's design of marriage and twisting it to fit the agenda of Satan. And don't try to say that is up in the air, because there is nothing for debate here. Plain and simple. Anyone who says that homosexuality can be up for debate and is okay to practice is a fool and shall be punished one day by God.

What's even worse is that Rarity did the french kiss thing with Yona which in my opinion was a little excessive and quite disgusting. That's just how I feel and I'm sticking to it. NOTHING will ever make me change my mind about it. "Why don't I get that for you?" Oh, now that's a much better lucky pot dinner than what I saw a few days ago. Sandbar was confused and asked Yona "You made a lucky pot?" That's the tradition. Everyone has to bring a dish. I did and thankfully, no one has guessed which one is mine yet. So, good job on my part. Yona said in that AWFUL voice "Precisely like ponies prepare." Whatever. Suddenly, Twilight tapped me on the shoulder and motioned for me to fly up along with her to welcome everyone to the dance. She said with boldness "Welcome every creature to our school's first ever Amity Ball!" How lovely. Anyway, carry on. "For those of you who have never attended a Fetlock Fet, we can't wait to show you some of our favorite traditions on this special night!" I could tell how Smolder and Gallus felt and I can empathize with them. I know how it feels to be the odd man out. Trust me. I've lived with that for years.

Twilight handed the microphone over to me and I said "It is very wonderful to see all of you tonight. But don't forget that pony pressure is non existent here. So, if you feel like the odd man out, trust me, you're not alone in this. Anyway, enough about that. So, Scales and tail, I'll turn it back over to you and let's GET THIS PARTY STARTED!" Everyone looked up through the sunroof of the school and saw fireworks get launched into the air and go off like how we saw in the final episode of Season 1 "The Best Night Ever." I did that myself. The crowd was amazed and a few seconds later, Spike said "Ohh, yeah party ponies. It's time to raise the roof and stomp your hooves for the traditional first dance of the night! The Pony Cotillion." He put the disc on the track and the music began playing. I watched as the ponies started dancing and I looked over at Twilight and said "Shall we?" I extended my paw out just for some emphasis. Twilight giggled and said "Most certainly my handsome prince." We did the dance and Twilight was actually surprised I was this good. I mean, not that traditional thing I would expect, but it's part of it every year, so whatever. I heard Yona say "Ah. Yona know this one!" I bet you do. Sandbar was confused and asked "You do?" Apparently so.

She's been practicing these last couple of days. Yona said in that extremely weird voice "Indeed. Green, Black, then step back." She still remembers. "Shall we?" I would, but I already have the most beautiful mare in all of Equestria next to me. Twilight obviously heard that and blushed heavily. She asked "You really think I'm that beautiful?" I said "Of course I do. Nothing could ever make me think otherwise. Every time I look into those beautiful violet orbs of yours, it always puts a smile on my face." Twilight's cheeks turned so red hot that they could probably burn metal. Yeah, adrenaline rush baby! She said "And every time I look into your eyes, I see the man that I've come to like so much." I feel like Twilight more than likes me and actually loves me, but I'm still not sure yet. We haven't gotten that far into the relationship yet. I know we've been "dating" for six years at this point, but some things just take time. We'll get there at some point. I noticed that the rest of our friends were watching Yona and Sandbar go towards the dance floor and begin to dance which only made me cringe a bit. Don't put the pressure on her. That's where things go wrong.

Sandbar was surprised at how good Yona was dancing and said "Wow. How did you learn this?" The answer is simple my dude. The ponies I hang out with on a day to day basis. Yona said "I had good teachers." and winked over to my friends. Unfortunately, she got her foot or whatever it's called on her dress and fell over causing the punch table to fly up into the air and cause a mess or at least that's what I thought. The music stopped and me and Twilight looked over to see what happened. Somehow, someway, the punch landed on Yona's head and nothing spilled. That's incredible in my opinion. Sandbar got worried and asked "Yona! Are you alright?" She looks fine to me. Yona said in her regular voice "Yona never practice dance with dress on." Eh, it's a bit more difficult. "Uh, I mean, *laughs a bit* may I offer you a cup of punch?" Nah, I'm good. I got my ice cold buckets of fanta back at the castle and I'll have that later. Yona managed to pour the punch into a cup without tipping over the pitcher and it just left me stunned. How can this creature do such a thing without magic?! It's incredible but truly confusing as well. It's not something I see every day. Spike then got back on the microphone and said "Time to shake things up a little! That's right, every creature!" You heard me right. What? That's usually what people say when they say that sentence.

"It's the Pony Prance!" He moved a control button to the left and the next song began to play. Me and Twilight decided to sit out for this one just cause. We didn't really feel like doing this one and we would rather watch instead. Sandbar said "Uhm, maybe we should sit this one out." Yeah, no problem with that. Me and Twilight did that and no one complained. Also, the other thing is this is not my style of music where I break out the dance moves. I need much cooler music in order to do that. Who knows? I might have Spike play that later on. We'll see. Yona didn't want that and said "No! I do so love the Pony Prance." Yona took Sandbar's hoof and dragged him over to the dance floor which left Sandbar confused and very flustered. This is the part where it all comes crashing down. I remember it from watching the episode. It's gonna crash and burn. Unfortunately, I noticed that Yona's hair got undone and fell in front of her face so she couldn't see. The problem is she doesn't know how to stop. She accidentally hit Sandbar and he fell on top of some other ponies. Twilight tried to stop it, but couldn't do anything about it. The building was shaking so much that it caused the music to stop and things were bouncing up and down as if this was an Earthquake or something.

Ponies were screaming, Yona was running around all over the place, and the building continued to shake. It was a hot mess. Both me and Twilight tried to get Yona to stop, but there was so much happening at one time that I could barely keep up. Yona's friends got in front of her and surrounded her by forming a circle and telling her to stop. They were just trying to help, but even that didn't work. Sandbar said "It's okay, Yona!" Yeah, it is. Just stop bouncing. Then, we can try to fix things. Smolder said "Just stop bouncing!" and Gallus said "We got you!" But apparently, Yona didn't get the memo on that, and hit every one of her friends with her hair by accident and continued to run. She was trying to get the weave off and when she finally did, she was heading right straight for the lucky pot dinner and she couldn't slow down in time. I saw that and immediately put an obsidian wall as a roadblock to get her to stop. Unfortunately, she crashed into it pretty hard and I could tell that did hurt. The table behind the wall shook quite a bit, but I was able to save everything in time. Some heavy things did crash on me, so I had to pick them up and put them back on the table. However, the place was a mess and the rest of the student six had food and punch covered on them.

Rarity said "What a clamorous Yakcident!" Gee, Rarity. That sure does help. Me, Twilight, Rarity, Ocellus, Gallus, Smolder, Silverstream, and Sandbar all went to check on Yona and I could tell she was not good whatsoever. She probably embarrassed herself pretty dang hard. Sandbar was very concerned and said "Yona!" Yeah, I know that feeling. Silverstream asked "What happened?" Her weave got stuck and was trying to get it off which resulted in this mess. "Are you alright?" Judging by how she looks on the ground, no. I don't think so. Yona turned around and was crying. She said "No! Yona not alright! *cries some more* Yona want to be left alone!" She ran out the door and took off in tears. Sandbar tried to talk to her, but Yona was running so fast, he didn't even stand a chance. We all had to watch and the banner fell down. Yeah, just to add more emphasis. I knew there had to be something I could do, so I went into my shadow form and took off after her. I looked all over the place and I finally found her at the Treehouse of Harmony right outside the Everfree Forest. Figures she would come here. This is where I would come to if something like that ever happened to me. That or my top secret area where no one could find me in there.

Seriously, I'm the only one that knows it exists in the first place. Not Twilight. Not Celestia or Luna. And definitely not Discord either. I heard Yona say "Yona sad, Yona sing sad song, sad Yona." Really? That's the best you got? Eh, I've heard better. But I understand the pain regardless. The bird looked at Yona and then flew away while chirping. "Yona no blame bird. Yona not want to be around Yona either." You really shouldn't say something like that. It won't solve anything. "Yona sad, Yona sing sad song." Before I could reveal myself to her, Sandbar came up to the entrance and said "Yona?" Yona hid in fear and I went behind the Tree just to observe some more. I could see through the Tree though. Sandbar then walked up and sat right next to Yona. Yona asked "How Sandbar find Yona?" It really wasn't that hard. All he had to do was simply walk up the stairs and find you sitting on the ground crying. Also, this is a pretty common place to go when you have trouble. The Spirit of Harmony said so itself that if you want to seek solace, you can come here so problems may be resolved. Sandbar said "I know you pretty well by now. I figured you'd come here. Besides, it's where I'd go if something like that happened to me." Same here. You're not alone in this, Yona.

We struggle along with you. It's all part of having sin nature. Part of that includes sadness, and will one day disappear at the second coming where "all our tears shall be wiped away and there will be no more sadness." Keep fighting Yona. I know you got that warrior spirit in ya. Yona said "Sandbar meet something awful and embarrassing!" I mean it kinda was, but it wasn't your fault. The only creature that I could possibly put blame on for this would be Rarity, but even then, it wasn't entirely her fault either. She was just trying to help Yona just like the rest of my friends with the exception of Twilight. "So awful Yona can not come down from Treehouse ever!" I think that may be a little extreme and that's actually pretty amazing that Yona can tie herself up like that and not die. This is part of the method of being hanged. I won't go into detail, because Fanfiction is supposed to be Family Friendly PG-Clean, so I'll just stop right there so the author's account won't get terminated because of "promoting violence" or something like that. Hopefully, none of the audience snitches and tells them anyway because that would suck. But he does have a backup if that does happen which let's hope it doesn't.

"Will Sandbar bring Yona food and water?" Oh my, this is the Season 8 premiere all over again except with two creatures this time instead of six. Sandbar said "You know, it really wasn't that bad. I don't think any creature hardly even noticed." Really Sandbar?! REALLY?! I think everyone paid attention alright. There wouldn't be a single creature that didn't see it. Even if they didn't pay attention that much, they might have heard and their curiosity got the better of them, so saying that is a HUGE understatement and really just a big FAT lie. Yona raised a brow in annoyance and Sandbar got nervous. "Well, maybe one or two didn't." I highly doubt that. "If they happened to be in Canterlot for the day." Who would even be in Canterlot tonight? Oh right. This is a pony tradition. So, probably ponies in Canterlot are doing the same thing as we are down south. "But anyway, it's all over now, so will you come back to the dance with me?" It's not that simple, Sandbar. Yona released herself and walked over to the balcony. She said "Yona disappoint Sandbar. Yona not make very good pony." Clearly you didn't, but you should have been yourself in the first place. Sandbar walked up next to Yona and said "Why would you think you disappointed me?" Because things didn't go the way she thought they would.

"And who said anything about being a good pony?" She thought that if she acted like a pony, then she would help you win the Pony Pal contest. But there was obviously a clear failure of communication on all parties here. Yona said "Yona just want to do all the right pony things and fit in at dance." Well, that obviously didn't happen. Instead, the opposite happened which is much worse than blending in with the crowd. "Then, maybe Sandbar and Yona win Best Pony Pals contest." I think Twilight should have changed the posters and the trophy so it could fit better with the theme so non ponies don't feel the pressure. "Instead, Yona win worst pony ever." HEY! Be careful. I don't want this to get destroyed too. We already had two trees disappear from this series and I ain't about to add a third one to the list. Also, I can think of two ponies who are worse than you are. Sandbar said "That's not true." He's right. Yona didn't exactly believe it and said "Really?! Sandbar, name two ponies worse than Yona." Let's see here. Sombra and Cozy Glow. They are a lot worse than you are. Trust me. I had to deal with them back to back which really wasn't fun, I'll tell you that right now.

Sandbar answered confidently "Cozy Glow and Sombra." Yeah, they were the villains from the last two double-parters we had here in the series right now. More is coming though, so hold your horses. Yona blinked and said "Okay. Sandbar right. They worse." Pretty much. Sandbar said "Yona, it doesn't matter if you're a great pony or a horrible pony." He has a point there. "You're the best Yona I know. That's why I asked you to the dance." Never change who you are just so you could "fit in." Oh dear me. Not the blushing. Get me out of here. I don't want to hear the comments of these two being shipped. It's not that I am against it, it's just I don't really want to hear about it. That's just how I feel. Sorry if you find that offensive. I regret nothing. Yona said "Really?" and had a blush on her face as well. Even the author is gagging at this right now. He means no disrespect to anyone who supports this shipment, but he's not a big fan of it, so he apologizes to those he may have offended. Hopefully you people out there in the audience can understand that. Sandbar said "I never wanted you to be anything other than what you are. My friend. Yona the Yak." Now that's more like it. Yona felt so touched and gave Sandbar a hug even though it did surprise him. He didn't care though. "So, what do you say? Let's go back to the dance?" Sounds good enough to me.

Both of them walked down the stairs and headed back to the school. I noticed that they were cleaning up inside of there and the environment was just miserable in there. The door opened and my friends looked to see who it was. Yona seemed worried, but Sandbar assured her that it would be okay. "Don't worry, I'm with you." The rest of his friends came over and Gallus said "We all are." They went in for a group hug and my friends came over to them. Pinkie said "Yona! Are you alright?" As soon as she said that, I reappeared into my lion form and was flying next to Twilight. They all seemed to notice, but not enough to say anything about it. Fluttershy said "We were so worried when you disappeared like that." Yeah, we all were. That's why I went after you. I might have actually brought you back, but I did want to give you and Sandbar the space to talk it out without having anyone else around. Yona said "Yona fine. But Yona sorry. Not mean to make such a mess and ruin the pony dance." We don't blame ya. Applejack took off her hat and said "It's not your fault sugarcube." She has a point. Rainbow said "It's the opposite!" I guess.

But even still, I don't put the blame on you entirely. "If anything, we should be apologizing." And why is that? Pinkie said "I thought we were teaching you how to have fun at the dance!" That's what it was supposed to be, but it turned into something else. Rarity said "We never meant to try and turn you into something you're not." It happens. I understand. Yona said "Is okay. Friend help Yona feel better." Exactly. I said "I think we can all learn a very valuable lesson from this. We should never change who we are simply because we want to fit in with others. Also Yona, the whole fitting in thing would work better in Canterlot, not here in Ponyville. Isn't that right… RARITY?!" Before Rarity could say something, she saw my glare and sighed. She said "He is right. I should have realized that was a Canterlot thing and not a Ponyville thing. I guess we should have communicated that better." Indeed. Twilight said "And that's why we're giving you this." Oh my. The Pony Pal prize. Yona gasped and Sandbar said "No way! The Pony Pal Prize!" Yeah. That's what it is. Twilight said "From now on, it's the annual Amity Ball award for friendship!" That sounds a lot better. Applejack said "No Ponyiness required." Yeah, anyone can succeed at friendship at any time. You don't just need to be a pony in order to do that. I'm glad Chancellor Neighsay realizes that now because that was really frustrating beforehand.

Rainbow said "We decided that you guys totally earn this." I agree. I said "Nobody else deserves this more than you guys." Rarity nodded in agreement and said "Your actions tonight exemplify the true meaning of friendship." I couldn't have said it better myself. Twilight said "Congratulations, you two!" Yeah, congrats. The crowd cheered and Spike came over and said "Yona! I'm glad you're back!" Yeah, me too Spike. We all are. "Everypony wants to learn that crazy dance you did!" Right. I said to Yona "I think he means the traditional Yakyakistan dance." Yona said "Oh. Yak dance? It's easy. Yona teach. If every creature want to learn?" I'm good. Rarity said "It would be an honor." Pretty much. I said "I have no problem with it." I nodded to Spike to get the music rolling and he went back over to the DJ equipment. He grabbed the microphone and said "Queue us for it, and DJ Scales and tail is going to deliver!" Yes sir! "Every creature join Yona for… The Yakyakistan Stomp!" Here we go. Let me put a protective spell on everything first so that nothing breaks. Ahh. There we go. Now we can get rolling here. Spike put the disc in and the music began playing.

Once that got going, Yona demonstrated how it was done and the rest of us soon followed with her. Even though all of us looked ridiculous doing it. But I don't care. I'm having fun regardless. After that was over, I went over to Spike and handed him another disc so we could get the REAL party started. This actually is going to be quite fun and no, this is not the gas gas gas meme. That's only used to wake people up, not to use for a dance. You might be able to figure out what the song might be, but I'm not going to tell you because then it would ruin it, so I'll have to be quiet even though I really do want to tell you. But, rules are rules, so there's nothing I could ever do about it even if I wanted to. That's just how life is these days. Twilight did raise a brow in suspicion, but I winked at her telling her it was going to be awesome. She actually believed it for once instead of assuming the worst which is something she always does and it's very annoying. Anyways, I'll shut up now and we can get this music started. HECK YEAH BABY!

[Insert Celebration from Kool and the Gang]

Yep. You guessed it right. What? It fits perfectly. I don't see what the big deal is. Anywho, once the music started playing, Twilight immediately shook her head and whispered "Oh no. Not this again." Sorry, Twilight, but we got to do it anyways whether you like it or not. I said "Now the real party begins!" I got to the middle of the dance floor and pulled off some sick moves which drew the crowd. Twilight wasn't really on the bandwagon though which really is sad. Alright. How you like this?! I started doing new dance moves that I haven't done before and that got Twilight's attention. Next thing I know, everyone is doing it and having a good ol' time. We're gonna party all night long here because why not? I think it would work just fine. Anyway, it's been a hectic few days, but once again, things turned out fine. The lesson here is to never change who you are no matter what people think and just be yourself. I can also look up towards heaven and say "Who You Say I Am."

AN: Welp, we've come to the end of another chapter. This one was particularly long as well just like the previous one. Some episodes have a lot to cover in 22 minutes, so that's why some of these chapters are very long. Also, I am completely back to full health now. I have been for a few weeks now, so things should start to speed up again, hopefully. Anything is possible these days. One more thing is things are eventually gonna start to heat up, so prepare for the upcoming chapters ahead through the final season of what I believe is the best TV show of all time. Anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter!

Next Chapter: Grogar is busy trying to plan his grand attack on Equestria, but he can't seem to get Cozy Glow, Tirek, and Chrysalis to resolve their differences and work together to destroy his enemies. So, he sends them out to Mount Everhoof to retrieve his Bewitching Bell and bring it back to him so that things can move forward. However, things are still quite tense between the villains and they do it on their own. Once they realized it didn't work, they finally begin to work together and retrieve the bell. But when they get the bell, they are unsure how to go about it. Will they be able to figure it out, or will their silence lead them to their demise?

Until then, my fellow readers