My Little Pony Friendship is Magic: The Best Night Ever
A/N: A guest made an interesting suggestion for a story idea, and while it is interesting, I have too much on my fan fiction writing plate at this time, but I might consider it as an AU storyline when I do have the time. Anyhow, here's the next chapter and up next will also be the first chapter for the Dr. Whooves season one finale, too.
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything from My Little Pony: Magic is Friendship. I just own any and all characters that I just happen create.
CHAPTER THREE: GALA DISAPPOINTMENTS
Inside the castle, it didn't take Twilight Sparkle and Sunrise Blossom very long to find Princess Celestia, who was greeting the ponies at the doorway that lead into the grand ballroom, and there was quite a line by the time the twins reached it. However, it wasn't long before they reached the Princess and they were able to greet their teacher.
"Princess Celestia!" the twins said together.
"Twilight! Sunrise!" said Princess Celestia with a delighted smile. "It is so lovely to see my star students."
The twins beamed. "Oh, we're so excited to be here! We have so much to catch up on."
Princess Celestia nodded. "Well, I want you both right by my side the entire evening, so we'll have plenty of time together," she stated and giggled when Twilight Sparkle and Sunrise Blossom zipped up to stand next to her.
"That's just what I was hoping you'd say," said Twilight Sparkle happily.
"Same here," Sunrise Blossom agreed, beaming.
Meanwhile, Rarity entered grand ballroom and she gasped when she saw Prince Blueblood heading outside. She let out a squeal of excitement and hurried after him.
"Hurry, Rarity… Oh, but not too fast," she advised herself, slowing a little to not draw so much attention to herself just yet. "But don't wanna lose him…" She started to speed up and then slowed herself again. "Wait! Have to play it cool. Oh, but don't be cold! I can't lose him, I can't!" She went outside and she let out another squeal when she saw the Prince standing next to the rose bushes, with a perfect red rose in his mouth. "He's everything I imagined! Even better than I imagined."
In an area not far from the grey unicorn, Fluttershy's ears twitched when a yellow/green bird went chirping by. "Oh my! A meadowlark!" she exclaimed and followed the bird deeper into the garden, hearing whistling. "I think she's calling to me," she guessed excitedly. "It's exactly what I wished for!" And she hummed in response, following the responding whistling.
Retrieving her cart from the carriage, Applejack opened it up to reveal her baked goods in the main hallway, and she soon was greeting one of the Wonderbolts. "Howdy, partner! You hungry?" she inquired.
The grey pegasus, whose name was Soarin, nodded eagerly. "As a horse!"
"Well, what'cha hankering for?" Applejack inquired, gesturing to the baked goods. "Caramel apple? Apple pie? Apple fritter? Apple fries?"
Soarin examined the items and then pointed to a large apple pie on a shelf. "I'll take that big apple pie!" he said and dropped a number of bits into the basket before accepting the apple pie and walking away happily.
"Well, thank you kindly, sir!" Applejack called after him, thrilled. "Yee-haw! In the first minute, I made my first sale. Just like I expected."
Soarin carried the apple pie in his mouth to the roped-off VIP section of the ballroom, where he was greeted by his fellow Wonderbolt, Spitfire.
"Always hungry after a show," she teased. "Eh, Soarin?"
"Heh. Yeah!" Soarin agreed and accidentally dropped his pie. "My pie!" And was relieved when it was quickly rescued by Rainbow Dash, who'd been nearby. "You saved it. Thanks," he said gratefully, taking his pie back and went to find a place to eat it before it got ruined.
"Hey, no prob," said Rainbow Dash with a smile.
"Hey! I know you," said Spitfire, recognizing the blue pegasus. "You're the pony that saved us in Cloudsdale and won The Best Flyer Competition."
Rainbow Dash nodded proudly. "Hay yeah! Name's Rainbow Dash."
"Well, Rainbow Dash," Spitfire complimented. "Looks like your skills saved us again. Oh, well, at least they saved Soarin's apple pie."
Soarin, who was eating noisily, nodded. "Yeah…"
"Wanna come hang out with us?" Spitfire offered as the guard pony opened the way to let them in.
"Sure. Why not?" Rainbow Dash agreed, thrilled and paused in the opening. "I'm… hanging… with the… Wonderbolts!" She squeed, and giggled before entering the VIP section to hang out with her heroes.
Meanwhile, Pinkie Pie was exploring until she found where the dancing was suppose to take place, only none of the ponies were dancing to the formal music being played, instead they were merely chatting. The pink pony, however, was too focused on the location itself. "The shiny dance floor…" she said, her excitement growing. "The pretty party ponies… Ooh, the fancy band… Shiny! Pretty! Fancy!" She made an anxious noise. "Gotta dance!"
Pinkie Pie leapt onto the dance floor, startling the ponies and she began dancing and singing. "I'm at the Grand Galloping Gala," she sang. "I'm at the Grand Galloping Gala, I'm at the Grand Galloping Gala, It's all I ever dreamed. It's all I ever dreamed, woo hoo! It's all I ever dreamed, yippee! I'm at the Grand Galloping GalaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAA!" She suddenly paused when she saw the disapproving looks that the ponies were giving her. "It's all I've ever… dreamed?" she finished lamely as the ponies went back to their conversations. 'Why did they stare at me like that? And why isn't anypony dancing?'
Outside, Rarity came up with a plan of how to get the attention of Prince Blueblood, and she put it into affect when she causally, but elegantly, strolled past him to admire the roses. The Prince blinked and he did follow after the grey unicorn, approaching her as she was sniffing at a particularly lovely red rose.
"Well, hello," he said politely and she looked at him. "I am Prince Blueblood."
"I am… Rarity," Rarity replied, bowing a little, and admired the rose she'd been sniffing. "Oh my, what a lovely rose."
"You mean… this rose?" Prince Blueblood inquired, gently picking the rose, much to the delight of the grey unicorn, who was then instantly disappointed when he inserted it into the buttonhole of his own suit. "Thank you. It goes with my eyes." And Rarity quietly moaned since this wasn't a good start to what she hoped was going to be a beautiful relationship.
Meanwhile, Fluttershy was still humming and following the whistling through the garden. "My little meadowlark is right around this bend!" she exclaimed and ran around a corner, but instead of the meadowlark, she found an old brown pony, whose name was Mr. Greenhooves, whistling instead. "Was that you?" she asked, disappointed.
"Yep!" Mr. Greenhooves confirmed as he racked up leaves. "I love whistlin' while I work." And as he went back to work, he resumed whistling.
Fluttershy flushed and flew away. "Oh! Yes… Well… Excuse me." As she left the gardener, she brightened when she saw all kinds of animals just ahead. "Oh! I see a toco toucan! And a spider monkey! And, oh! Is that a wallaroo?" But when she got close, the animals panicked and fled, clearly not use to have other ponies around them. "Oh, Fluttershy. You're such a loudmouth," she sighed, disappointed.
Inside the castle, the VIP section was filled with ponies chattering, and Rainbow Dash was trying to get the attention of both Spitfire and Soarin, but it wasn't easy, and she was getting frustrated. "Hey, Spitfire! You ever done a rain cloud double backflip?" she asked eagerly, but she couldn't be heard over all the talking. Gritting her teeth, she turned to Soarin. "You ever soared past lightning?" she asked, trying to be heard. "It's awesome!" But he didn't react and she sighed, frustrated. 'Seriously?!'
In the main hallway, Princess Celestia was greeting all the newly arrived ponies with the twins at her side. "Welcome to the Grand Galloping Gala," she said to a pair of ponies.
"Princess! I've been so excited to spend time with you and…" Twilight Sparkle began, but was interrupted when another pony walked up and was greeted by the Princess.
"Yes. Me too, Twi…" Princess Celestia began, but more ponies arrived. "Oh, good evening! Welcome to the Gala. Which is why I… Ladies! Lovely to see you again."
"Princess-" Sunrise Blossom began, but more ponies kept walking up and she let out a frustrated sigh.
Twilight Sparkle saw the long line that was snaking up the stairs to their location, and she also sighed. "Looks like getting a chance to talk to the Princess is gonna be a magic trick in itself."
"Sure looks like it," her twin agreed.
Meanwhile, the excitement that Applejack had felt when Soarin bought the apple pie earlier, was fading, and no other ponies were even looking her way or even at her baked goods. "First minute, first sale. Second… Fourth… Sixth… Sixtieth minute… no sales," she complained and sighed. "This ain't what I expected at all." 'Why aren't any of these here ponies buyin' what I'm sellin'?'
In the dance room, Pinkie Pie was sitting at a table all by herself, and she was depressed since no pony was dancing. "I'm at the Grand Galloping Gala… and it's not what I dreamed," she moaned.
Outside, Prince Blueblood positioned a pillow on the grass, but when Rarity went to sit on it, he sat on it instead, and she pouted.
"This isn't at all what I imagined," she whispered sadly.
In the main entrance, Princess Celestia was still greeting the ponies as they kept coming, and the twins' faces were becoming sore from having to smile since there still hadn't been any chances to speak with the Princess.
"This isn't what I hoped," Twilight Sparkle said softly.
"This isn't what I expected," Sunrise Blossom agreed.
In the VIP section, Rainbow Dash was still trying to get the attention of the Wonderbolts, but they were surrounded by other fans, and she couldn't get a word in edgewise with any of them. "This isn't hanging out," she complained.
Out in the garden, Fluttershy was still trying to see the animals, but they kept fleeing every time she got close to any of them, and she was becoming upset. "This isn't what I wished for," she wined.
All over the castle, both inside and outside, the Mane Seven had had enough, and they weren't going to let this night be ruined.
"No!"
"No!"
"I waited all my life…"
"…for this moment!"
"And I'm not going to…"
"…let it slip by!"
"If it's the last thing I do…"
"…I'm gonna make this…"
"…the best night ever!"
A/N: Talk about things not going the way you were hoping that they would. R&R everyone!
