A/N: Last chapter for season 1! Enjoy!
Chapter 20: A Perfectly Decent Night
After the mine incident things were bit tenser between Izuku and Katsuki. Thankfully there were always distractions.
Like Twilight one night waking the library with her squees.
Turned out an owl showed up in the middle of the night… and it was indeed something that happened in the original timeline.
"I'm sorry for waking everyone." Said Twilight petting the owl, "I just wasn't sure that he was going to show up. You know weird timeline changes."
"So you just adopted a random owl in the original timeline?" asked Katsuki.
"It's Equestria, a lot of animals want to be pets." Said Spike.
Starlight created the sound proof bubble so that they could all go back to bed.
A few days later it was time for a big social gathering they were all invited to. The Grand Galloping Gala. The biggest social event in Canterlot and of course the ponies (and dragon) who lived in the library was invited.
"Why do we have to go!" yelled Katsuki as he fiddled with a bow tie.
"If you want to be a top rated hero you have to learn to attend Galas." Said Tenya.
"Seriously!" yelled Katsuki.
"It's true, my family once they felt I was old enough brought me along on a few." Said Tenya.
"It's the same with my father." Said Shoto.
Though he didn't tell them it was to show of "His creation" to various people. Esspeiclly since haddn't told them yet.
"All Might talked about it during our training." Admitted Izuku.
Though it wasn't so much talking about it as it was venting a little as it was the ones he couldn't say no to.
Katsuki gritted his teeth in anger.
"So you better be on your best behavior." Said Tenya.
"Actually Celestia won't care." Said Spike.
"If anything she's probably hoping for a villain attack." Said Sunburst.
"Wait… what…" said Izuku.
In the girls room, as they got ready, Twilight in her unicorn disguise was explaining the same thing… and telling them the story of her first Grand Galloping Gala.
"So she invited us in the hope that something might go wrong?" asked Ochaco.
"Pretty much." Said Twilight.
"You don't think anything will go wrong?" asked Momo.
"It could… you'll never know." Said Starlight.
"But last time it was a mix of all my friends so… especially Fluttershy." Said Twilight.
"Wait… Fluttershy did something?" asked Momo.
"Oh yes!" said Twilight, "She was the main cause… it's a long story but something caused her to snap."
Momo and Ochaco looked at each other.
"Don't worry, she's not going and if she were it wouldn't happen." Said Twilight.
The two girls turned ponies were still unsure.
And soon enough they were all in a carriage going to the Gala.
All of them having to wear clothes. The males (expect for Spike was who was wearing a whole suit) were wearing weird dress collars, while the females were wearing full on dresses.
"You know… maybe it's time address it." Sighed Ochaco, "We've been naked for the past few months haven't we?"
"Yes… yes you have." Sighed Twilight.
Izuku started to blush.
"Should we be talking about this now?" asked Tenya also blushing.
"You've been avoiding the topic for moons so…" said Spike.
"We've been nudists the entire time." Said Shoto.
"You know… you've could have worn clothes the entire time." Said Starlight.
None of them said anything about.
"It would be kind of weird outside of special events." Admitted Momo.
"I've heard Humans are not clothing optional like ponies are so… try not to start going nude if you end up remembering." Said Starlight.
This just made all six of them blush.
Yes even Katsuki.
"We really have to talk about something else." Said Tenya still blushing.
Twilight sighed, she knew they really have to talk about it.
"Remember this might be our last bit of rest for a while." Sighed Twilight.
Tenya nodded.
"Why?" asked Izuku.
"You forgot the schedule haven't you?" growled Twilight.
"Wait… is Discord going to attack soon?" asked Ochaco.
"You seriously need to pay attention to the schedule." Sighed Twilight.
"Sorry." Said Izuku.
"It's fine, but you really have to get ready for Discord." Said Twilight, "He's the one I'm worried most about you fighting."
"But remember it's a time for relaxing… hopefully…" said Starlight, "Unless Princess Celestia gets her wish."
They soon made it for the palace.
"Why didn't we take the train again?" asked Katsuki.
"I have no idea." Said Twilight as they were all stiff from the ride.
"Arriving in style." guessed Sunburst.
The six humans turned ponies saw a musical number going on.
"We've lived here for months and I'm still not used to it." Said Ochaco.
They walked through the crowd trying to avoid the musical number and arrived in the palace.
Once they made it to the entrance. Many ponies stares at them.
As it was the higher ups of Equestria of course they began to whisper about them.
"Those are the so called Heroes of Equestria, aren't they?" they heard a pony ask.
"I can't believe they're the ones to stop Nightmare Moon." Said another.
"I can… they have mysterious powers." Said yet another.
"Don't mind them." Said a voice.
They turned and saw Shinning Armor and Princess Cadance walking over.
"The Canterlot elite tends to be what's the word…" said Princess Candace.
"Bastards?" asked Katsuki.
"Most unorthodox!" they heard someone grumble nearby.
"Well I wouldn't use those words." Said Princess Cadance.
"Twilley and her friends are also here." Said Shinning Armor, "So if you're uncomfortable being here you can hang out with them."
"Tonight's date night isn't it?" asked Ochaco.
"Well it is the Grand Galloping Gala." Pointed out Princes Cadance.
"Whatever." Muttered Katsuki going off on his own.
"Should we be worried?" asked Ochaco.
"Well… it would be what Aunt Celestia wants." Said Princess Cadance.
"Oh you know why she invited us." Said Izuku.
"I substitute for her all the time. OF course I know she wants to liven up the party." Said Princess Cadance.
"But that doesn't give you free reign to do so." Said Shinning Armor.
"Shiny…" said Princess Candance.
"I know… I know… no work stuff." Sighed Shinning Armor, "So where's Twilight and the others?"
"Got caught up in a musical number outside." Said Shoto.
"Musical numbers don't happen on your world do they?" asked Princess.
"No." answered Shoto.
"That makes sense." Said Princess Cadance.
After the conversation they all parted ways.
Izuku didn't know what to do since he had never been to a Gala and was knew to it.
That was when a glowing pony suddenly crashed into him.
"I'm sorry... Are you okay?" asked Izuku.
"My friends tossed me into you and you're asking me if I'm okay." Laughed the pony.
He saw it was Twilley and saw that her friends and Bonbon were waving at him
"Why did they toss you into me?" asked Izuku.
"A prank! Just a silly prank!" said Twilley.
(Flashback)
Twilley was with her friends talking while looking at Bonbon getting into argument with a stallion, she came back to them with a huff.
"What was that about?" asked Lyra.
"Oh only an old acquittance that I used to work with… blaming me for something bad that happened a long time ago." Said Bonbon, "Noting to worry about."
Lyra looked at her "Not-date" unsure how to respond.
She still believed her "Best friend" was a spy but wasn't going to ask her out of fear.
"Oh hey! Is that Izuku Midoriya?" asked Twinkleshine changing the subject.
The mares all turned and saw it was him.
"It is!" said Lemon Hearts.
"Twilley go talk to him!" said Twinkleshine.
"I don't know… I mean… I should interact with more ponies and… I don't know if my dress is right and…" said Twilley.
Twinkleshine, Lyra, Lemon Hearts and Minute all looked at each other. Then they all combined their magic and tossed Twilley at Izuku.
"That's not a good way to set them up." Said Moon Dancer.
"What are you not going to ask Tenya Iida to dance?" asked Twinkleshine.
"It depends on where we meet." Said Moon Dancer with a shrug.
(End of Flashback)
"Why would they do that?" asked Izuku.
"No reason…" said Twilley.
Meanwhile Ochaco and Momo decided to hang out for a bit.
"You should just relax." Said Momo.
"I know… but this is my first party like this." Said Ochaco.
Momo laughed.
"It's not funny!" said Ochaco.
Momo sighed she remembered that the two were on opposite ends of how much money they had.
With Ochaco's family being poor and Momo's being rich.
However nearby a pure white stallion with a golden mane saw the two.
He smirked at them.
Meanwhile Katsuki was walking alone.
A group of ponies tried to take a picture of him.
He just glared at them causing them to run away.
"Nice glare you got." Said a voice.
He turned to who said that.
That was when he saw was one of the Wonder Bolts.
"What do you want?" asked Katsuki.
"You're one of those Heroes of Equestria." Said the pony who was the same one who handled the town hall evacuation.
"So what." Muttered Katsuki.
"I'm going to be honest. I want to hang out with you because you can keep away the fans." Said the mare.
"It's Spitfire and Katsuki Bakugo!" said a stallion.
"Fuck off!" yelled Katsuki.
"Most unorthodox!" they heard a pony shout.
The stallion retreated at the yell.
He heard Spitfire laugh.
"Sorry…" said Spitfire.
Katsuki glared at her.
"Look, I just want one Grand Galloping Gala where I could relax…" said Spitfire, "The fans always want a piece of me… and I take it the same thing with you."
"Whatever." Said Katsuki.
Spitfire smirked when he said that.
They headed to the VIP section.
Back with the girls turned ponies.
"You two are the two mares of the Heroes of Equestria. Aren't you?" asked a voice.
They turned to see the stallion who saw them.
"I am Prince Blueblood." Said the stallion, "I'm Celestia's nephew."
"Oh…" said Ochaco.
"How may I ask?" asked Momo.
"It's a long story." Sai the pony named Prince Blueblood, "But I'm more interested in hearing about you."
Both of them could tell how fake he was being.
"I'm starting to get hungry." Said Momo making up a lie.
"Me too." Said Ochaco.
"Oh I was planning to get food too." Said Prince Blueblood, "We can go together"
The two looked at each other nervously.
Meanwhile Izuku and Twilley decided to spend some time together.
Twilight and Spike saw them. But of course didn't approach them due to being completely invisible to Twilley.
"That is so surreal." Said Spike.
"I know." Sighed Twilight.
They saw how Twilley was looked at Izuku .
"Should we get Shinning Armor involved?" asked Spike.
"No… I don't know if that's a good idea." Said Twilight.
"Why?" asked Spike.
"Izuku hasn't figure out his popularity." Sighed Twilight.
"Seriously…" said Spike.
"He's completely oblivious." Sighed Twilight.
"And if Shinning Armor gives him the speech." Said Spike.
"He wouldn't get it." Sighed Twilight.
Spike nodded.
Back with Katsuki, Spitfire was telling him a story… a story he was interested in. It was about a huge fire in Fillydelphia.
"So then the fire spread to across the street." Said Spitfire, "Right at a bakery. Thankfully Soarin' managed to stop it there. The owner promised him free pies after that."
"Seriously?" asked Katsuki.
"It's his favorite food so it's a win for him." Said Spitfire, "Thankfully the team was able to put out the rest of the fire."
"So is that normal for you?" asked Katsuki.
"We're Equestria's premiere flight crew." Said Spitfire, "We do both stunt shows and saving Equestria from lesser threats."
"Oh my gosh! It's one of the Heroes of Equestria and Spitfire!" called out a mare.
"Get bent! We're talking!" yelled Katsuki literally blowing up.
"Most unorthodox!" they heard the same pony yell.
The mare ran off in fear.
"You know… don't take this the wrong way… but your mysterious powers… it's not magic is it?" asked Spitfire.
Katsuki looked at her suspiciously.
"Look I heard things as captain of the Wonderbolts. I just wanted to know if that part was true." Said Spitfire, "But it's okay if you don't' answer."
"Whatever." Muttered Katsuki.
"Oh and just letting you know." Said Spitfire, "Don't care about the cursing."
Katsuki looked at her surprised.
"You can say whatever the fuck you want." Said Spitfire, "I don't care."
"Most unorthodox!" they heard that pony once again yell.
"Did you just say…" asked Katsuki with a smirk.
"I'm the captain of the Wonder Bolts." Said Spitfire, "We curse like sailors in private."
"Didn't expect that." Said Katsuki.
"You've been living in Ponyville. Try going to Manehattan. One time I heard somepony yell out all 7 dirty words in a single sentence. The guy got punched by an angry mare for saying some of the words, but not everypony is uptight about saying fuck or piss." explained Spitfire.
"MOST UNORTHODOX!" yelled that one pony.
"Piss isn't that dirty." Said Katsuki.
"Still one of the 7 dirty words." Said Spitfire.
"Oh my god! It's Kacchan!" yelled one of the fans.
"DAMN IT! WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU HEAR THAT NAME!" yelled Katsuki.
This caused Spire to start laughing, as the Pony continued to yell "Most unorthodox!"
Meanwhile Izuku shuddered.
"What's wrong?" asked Twilley.
"It's nothing." Said Izuku.
"Excuse me are you Izuku Midoriya?" asked a mare with a couple others with her.
"I am." Said Izuku nervously.
"The one who faced Nightmare Moon on his own." Said another one.
"Well." Said Izuku blushing.
"Come with us… we'll be much better company than the librarian." Said one of the mares.
"What?" asked Izuku.
Twilley flinched when they said that.
"My family runs a popular restaurant in Canterlot. It even has three horseshoes." Said one of the mares.
"No thank you…" said Izuku.
"Oh come on my family is very rich." Said another of the mares.
"I don't know you that well…" said Izuku, "And I would like to spend time with Twilley."
"I can ruin you." Said one of the mares.
"What?" asked Izuku.
"I doubt it." Said Starlight appearing behind the mares.
The mares froze as Starlight had something of a reputation.
"He is good friends with the Princesses after all." Said Starlight, "How could somepony of minor nobility ruin him?"
The mare that made the threat walked away. Followed by the other two.
"Starlight." Said Izuku.
"Be careful with ponies here." Said Starlight.
"I already kind of figured that." Said Izuku.
"Thank you." Said Twilley blushing.
"It's fine, you're my friend." Said Izuku, "Of course I stand up for you."
Twilley sighed when he said that.
"What's wrong." Said Izuku.
"It's nothing." Said Twilley, "I'm fine really!"
"Poor dumb Izuku." Thought Starlight.
Meanwhile in the room where the food was. Ochaco and Momo were eating while Prince Blueblood wouldn't leave them alone.
"Now, my grandfather…" said Prince Blueblood.
Momo knew it was time to just cut out everything.
"You know…" said Momo, "We hoping to spend time as friends."
"What?" asked Prince Blueblood.
"It's true." Said Ochaco, "I've never been to a party like this… and…"
Prince Blueblood smirked.
"I can show you all about these kinds of parties." Said Prince Blueblood with a creepy smile.
"No." said Ochaco.
"What?" asked Prince Blueblood.
IT was clear that much like the three mares, he felt entitled to them.
"I don't want to spend the party with you." Said Ochaco.
"Do you know who I am! I am Prince Blueblood." Said Prince Blueblood.
"And they clearly don't care." Said Shoto showing up.
Prince Blueblood scowled at him.
"So you're one of the other Heroes of Equestria." Said Prince Blueblood.
Shoto didn't respond.
"How about we duel for them." Said Prince Blueblood.
"They're not a prize." Said Shoto.
"Are you afraid that you will lose." Said Prince Blueblood.
Shoto glared at him.
"I am the epitome of Canterlot Breeding and... "said Prince Blueblood.
That was when Shoto got even angrier than usual.
Ice began to form around him.
"Oh so you do want a fight." Said Prince Blueblood.
Shoto was ready to fight him.
"Enough!" yelled Shinning Armor getting between them and creating a shield as well.
"I would scold you for interrupting date night." Joked Princess Cadance, "But considering it's my honorary cousin… I can't say I'm surprised."
"Pun not intended but both of you need to cool off." Said Shinning Armor.
Prince Blueblood glared at Shoto.
"This isn't over." He vowed glaring at the bi-colored Pegasus.
Shoto just glared back.
Prince Blueblood walked away.
"Are you okay?" asked Momo.
"I'm fine." Said Shoto calming down, "It's just something he said. But It's nothing… really."
"If you say so." Said Momo.
Princess Cadance looked at the two and a certain look on her face.
"Cadance no…" said Shinning Armor recognizing the look.
"Cadance yes." Said Princess Cadance.
Shipper mode activated!
"You know let's go to the garden! It is date night after all." Said Shinning Armor.
"But…" said Princess Candace.
"It's a nice night!" said Shinning Armor dragging his special somepony away.
"What's that about?" asked Ochaco.
The other two shrugged.
Elsewhere, Tenya had just finished a conversation with a unicorn named Fancy Pants.
He was actually one of the nicer ponies in Canterlot and it as pleasant conversation…
Though his wife was a bit distracting with her hanging off him.
That was when Moon Dancer approached
"Hello Tenya Iida." Said Moon Dancer.
"Oh it's nice to see you again." Said Tenya, "Moon Dancer, right?"
"I was wondering if you wanted to dance in the dancing hall." Said Moon Dancing.
"What?" asked Tenya confused.
"Look my friends might do something if I don't… don't ask why… it's weird." Said Moon Dancer.
Tenya wasn't sure how to respond.
"What you can't dance?" asked Moon Dancer.
"Well." Said Tenya.
"IF you want to learn I can teach you." Said Moon Dancer.
"I would like that." Said Tenya knowing he would have to attend more social events as a pony.
"Thank you." Said Moon Dancer.
And the two danced, somewhat awkwardly.
The rest of the night was rather quiet.
And soon enough they headed back to Ponyville.
"You seem happy." Said Starlight.
"I made a friend okay." Said Katsuki, "If it's none of your business."
Everyone stared at him shock.
"Really?" asked Izuku surprised.
"It's none of your business Deku!" yelled Katsuki.
"What did you meet Spitfire and bond over the cool stories and the 7 dirty words?" asked Spike.
Katsuki didn't answer.
"I was just joking." Said Spike.
"So did you have a decent night at least?" asked Twilight.
The others all seemed to agree.
"Because remember prepping for Discord isn't going to be easy." Said Twilight.
"Fighting him isn't that bad, is it?" asked Izuku.
Twilight didn't answer.
Back in Canterlot Princess Celestia was at the Doughnut Shop.
"Another one! This time with sprinkles!" said Princess Celestia.
"I'm sure next year something will happen." Said Pony Joe.
"Why couldn't a villain attack?" asked Princess Celestia, "Or Shinning Armor let them fight?"
"Mystery for the ages." Said Pony Joe with a shrug.
And with that the rand Galloping Gala really was a decent night and was their last bit of peace before Discord…
A fight which would go in a way none of them ever predicated…
Next Time: Discord finally arrives, as expected he steals the Elements of Harmony. But what else he does is a combination of expected and unexpected: He steals parts of their quirks and kidnaps Twilight then sends them on a scavenger hunt to find him. What is Discord up to? And does it have to do with one of the six and a certain family member? Find out next time!