Day 2:
Ray was naturally the first one to be awake. For a moment he forgot he was a pony and tried to stand on two legs, but failed horribly. Instead, Ray stretched out his forelegs. Ray decided it was best to let the other ponies sleep for a while. Ray went to Pinkie's collection of games to see what she had, she didn't have nearly as many games as the Achievement Hunter's office, but she still had some very good games. Ray selected a Call of Duty game and muted the tv to not wake anypony. Ray happily started a game of Kino Der Toten and started to solo a run. About an hour passed and Ray was at the 30th round and the other ponies began to get up. Ray turned the Xbox off and watched the others drowsily stand up. Gavin and Pinkie were the first to get up.
"'Eyy Ray" Gavin said a little loudly. Ray glared at Gavin for a second and looked at Michael and Geoff still waking up. Gavin blushed. Pinkie rubbed her eye and yawned. Gavin tried his best to show no outward feelings for Pinkie. He would never live that down. Geoff was more or less wide awake, but he had a hell of a hangover. Michael had a slight one, but not one nearly as bad as Geoff. Michael stood up and avoided eye contact. Ray snuck his way over to Geoff so he couldn't be seen by Geoff. As he was passing Gavin he whispered into Gavin's ear.
"I'm going to fuck with our boss, Vav." Ray said, with a slight smile.
"Go do it X-Ray." Gavin responded with a smile as well. Ray held back a laugh and kneeled next to Geoff's ear.
"Hey asshole! Get you hungover ass up!" Ray nearly yelled. Geoff nearly jumped out of his skin. He quickly realized what happened and scowled at Ray. "That's what you get when you drink like a mother fucker." Ray teased. Gavin and Michael were laughing pretty hard while Pinkie slowly left the room.
"Your lucky I'm not in the fucking mood to fire you. Fucking bitch." Geoff threatened.
"Ah, you wouldn't fire me, I'm your best guy!" Ray said, laughing very hard. Geoff glared at Ray with a deep anger. Ray elbowed Geoff. "Come on, let's go get some water." Ray offered, finally controlling his laugh. Geoff sighed at Ray and made his way passed the others and went down stairs to find Pinkie.
"Way to go X-Ray, cheers!" Gavin managed to say in between his laughs.
"Thanks, Vav." Ray replied. At this point, Michael couldn't help but laugh along.
"Come on guys, it would be nice to leave after breakfast." Michael said.
"We don't have any bits, why don't we stay for a bit longer? Besides, Pinkie has an Xbox." Ray pointed out.
"Raaaayyyyyy." Michael groaned.
"What?" Ray said, almost jokingly.
"I don't want to party again." Michael paused. "We need to go cakeless." Michael said. Ray squinted at Michael.
"Your right." He said. Gavin stayed to himself, thinking that he could con Pinkie into giving them some bits, even though he didn't know the importance of bits.
"Come on lads, onwards!" Gavin said pointing to the stairs. Ray led the way, followed by Michael. Gavin took the caboose. Pinkie was in the kitchen.
"Oh hello! Geoff is in the other room, if you want him. Breakfast will be out soon." Pinkie informed. Ray and Michael immediately went to tell Geoff the plan and Gavin stayed with Pinkie.
"Pinkie," he said "We all are extremely grateful for your help, and we don't mean to mooch off you, but we need to go, and if you don't mind... May we have some, um, bits?" Gavin explained gently.
"Aww you're gonna leave so soon? But here, you can have these bits. They are the tips I get while working." Pinkie said tossing a decent size bag to Gavin with a decent amount of bits. Gavin caught it with his magic.
"Thanks, Pink..." Gavin started, but Pinkie cut Gavin off with a kiss. At first, Gavin was taken by complete surprise, but very quickly realized that the kiss they shared the night before was real. Pinkie has the same feelings for Gavin. Gavin knew that he shouldn't fall for a pony, if any one of the guys knew about him and Pinkie; he would never be able to live that down. For now, Gavin didn't want to hide it, he loved Pinkie. Everything about her, to Gavin, was perfect: her hair, her love for parties, her voice, her personality, everything. Gavin dropped the bit bag and focused on kissing Pinkie. He pulled away for a moment. "Pinkamina Diane Pie, you are one sexy pony." Gavin whispered. Pinkie smiled.
"Come on, lets get these meals out." Pinkie said. Gavin sighed, but nodded anyway. Pinkie picked up one plate with her mouth and Gavin picked the rest up with his magic, along with the bit bag. Pinkie set the plate she was holding, down and Gavin served the others and sat at his own plate and inspected the food. It was a mix of oats and grass. Michael and Ray immediately started eating and Geoff waited a second before he ate. Gavin mentally shrugged it off and slowly ate it. After the first bite, Gavin found that his pony tongue loved it.
"This meal is very delightful, Pinkie, but we need to leave." Ray mentioned upon finishing his meal.
"I know, Gavin told me. I can you guys at least tell me what you do? Your cutie marks are much different than most ponies." Pinkie said. Before any of the guys could respond, Pinkie gasped loudly. "Do you guys make stuff for the Xbox?" She asked excitedly.
"Uhh no." Ray said. "We are just major gamers." Geoff quickly looked over to Pinkie.
"We call ourselves Achievement Hunters, and my mark is the logo." Geoff explained, but he still tried not to give away who he was completely to Pinkie.
"Oh cool!" She said. Gavin used his magic to levitate the bit bag.
"Well lads, and gent, shall we bugger off?" Gavin asked.
"That would be ideal." Michael commented, looking at the bit bag.
"Thank you so much, Pinkie Pie. Maybe we'll see you again." Ray said, backing off from the table. The others followed.
"Wait!" Pinkie quickly said. "Gavin, could you come into the kitchen for a moment? I need to give you something." Gavin looked at the others for a moment, then looked back at Pinkie.
"Uhh sure." He said following Pinkie, he decided to pick up the plates and bring them into the kitchen with him. Once they were in the kitchen, Gavin set down the plates and looked at Pinkie.
"I almost forgot to give you a strap to hold you bits." She said, picking up an old cloth strap with her mouth. Gavin lowered the bag of bits and watched Pinkie put the strap on. Gavin let go of the bag and let Pinkie get close to him, an excuse to let Pinkie get close to him one more time before he left. Pinkie put the bag over Gavin's shoulder and stayed in position for a hug. Gavin hugged her back and gently kissed the side of her face. He leaned up to her ear.
"We need to forget this, love." Gavin whispered then pulled away. Pinkie looked down to the floor.
"Yeah, but it was nice while it lasted." She said with a little bit of depression in her voice. Gavin turned and left without saying goodbye, but Pinkie stopped him. "No goodbye?"
"It's not a goodbye, it's a farewell. Farewell, Pinkamina Diane Pie." He said, and left Pinkie. Gavin didn't turn back to Pinkie and returned to the guys, who were waiting for Gavin right outside.
"Geez Gavin, we were beginning to think you died." Michael joked. Gavin nervously smiled.
"Naw, Pinkie was just getting this strap for me so I don't have to hold the bits." Gavin said, showing off the new accessory he had.
"You look like a fucking sissy." Ray commented without missing a beat.
"Fuck you Ray, you're rubbish." Gavin shot back. He used his magic to unstrap it and glared at Ray.
"Oh no no no no no no nnnnoooo." Ray said, backing off. Gavin stepped forward, and as fast as Ray could, he galloped away. Gavin quickly followed. Michael nudged Geoff.
"Son of a bitch." Geoff muttered, he then quickly followed Gavin and Michael took to the air. Ray led them through town center and eventually, in the direction of Twilight's library. Once they got out of view from most of the public, Gavin tripped and fell. The bit bag fell straight to the ground, but luckily stayed closed. When he hit the ground, Gavin let out a loud "oof." Michael flew as fast as he could to Gavin.
"Good fucking job, Gavino." Michael said, trying to hold back a laugh that Geoff had already let out. Ray turned to see what happened and he laughed as well. Gavin stood up and put his left hoof on his nose.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Gavin said, also smiling at his own stupidity. He moved his hoof away.
"Gavin, you cut your face!" Michael yelled concerned.
"Oh? I did?" Gavin said, attempting to look at his nose. He grunted and laughed. "Wow." He said loudly. Ray picked up the bit bag and strapped it on.
"Maybe Twilight has a bandaid for the Brit, we're not too far." Ray said.
"The sooner we move on the sooner we can go home." Geoff said. Michael took off again.
"I can see the library, lets hurry." Michael said. Ray led the way and gently knocked on the door.
"I got it, Twilight!" Spike yelled.
"It's fine, I can get it, we are waiting for a letter from the princess anyway." Twilight said and opened the door with her magic. She smiled at the sight of the guys. "Oh hello! What are you four doing here?" Twilight asked.
"Could we... Uhh... Talk in private?" Geoff asked nervously. Twilight's expression turned from a look of delight to a sudden look of worry. She stepped away from the door.
"Of course, is it about last night?" She asked as the guys stormed their way in, stopping to look at Gavin. "And what happened to you? Hang on let me get some first aid supplies." Twilight said, closing the door and running off at once to fetch the first aid kit she had stored in the library. When she came back, she found the guys sitting, except for Michael, who was hovering above the rest. Twilight immediacy started to care for the gash in Gavin's face.
"You have to promise that you won't tell anybody." Geoff said, slightly hushed. Twilight glanced over to him while finishing up with Gavin.
"You have my word." She said. She looked back to Gavin. "You're lucky, it shouldn't scar, I casted a spell that helped it heal to the point that it won't scar, by tomorrow the wound should be gone." She explained to Gavin, he nodded as Geoff had already began to talk.
"We are not ponies... We aren't even in the right world we are a creature called humans, from a place called Earth, and we need to get back there at have a wife and little girl, Michael is engaged to a beautiful young woman, Ray, well who knows,, but Gavin is really successful. We needs to get back to our family, friends, and jobs." Geoff explained, expecting Twilight to laugh, but she didn't.
"I see. I don't know. Maybe Princess Celestia may know something to get you back." Twilight offered.
"But how will we gain an audience with her?" Michael asked. Twilight thought for a moment. She suddenly gasped.
"The Grand Galloping Gala! She'll be there, we'll talk to her then. It's three days from now, so I'll need to write a letter asking for four more tickets ASAP and ask Rarity to make you four Gala vests. One moment please!" She said and hurried off. "Spike!" She yelled. Spike came running to Twilight. "Take a letter." Spike nodded and got ready to write. "Dear Princess Celestia, I have recently made acquaintances of four wonderful stallions who have always been wanting to attend the Grand Galloping Gala for many reasons, too many to list on parchment. I sincerely hope you understand that it really important to them that they come. I'm sure you wouldn't mind sending me four extra tickets to the Gala for them. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle." She said. Spike finished the letter and sent it on its way. It wasn't long before Spike belched out a letter back. Spike opened it and read it.
"My dear Twilight, I'm glad you made me aware of these stallions you met, I would like to meet them at the Gala. I will make sure to have time for the five of you. Princess Celestia." Spike held out the tickets. Gavin used his magic to levitate them out of Spike's hand and to each of the guys.
"So we have three days to prepare." Ray said. "I've never been to the Grand Galloping Gala, so what should we do?" Ray asked.
"First, we need to go to the Carousel Boutique so Rarity can make you outfits." Twilight said. "Spike, I'll be back later, make sure the library is clean when I return!" Twilight instructed. Spike sighed.
"Yes, Twilight." He said a bit depressed. Twilight ignored it and found her saddlebag and her bag of bits. She put her saddle bag on and put the bits in one of them. "Okay, we should go." She said. Gavin quickly collected the tickets "I can hold on to those with the rest." She offered.
"Thanks." Gavin said, moving the tickets over to Twilight, who took the tickets with her own magic and put it into her saddle bag and they started to head to the Carousel Boutique.
Twilight Sparkle entered first.
"Welcome to the Carousel Boutique, where everything is chic, unique and Magnific." Rarity called, abandoning her current project, the mane six's Gala dresses. "Oh Twilight! I was just doing some last minute repairs on our Gala dresses." Rarity said, then noticing the guys. "Oh, do you guys need something?" She asked.
"Actually, yes." Michael said. "Gala suits." He said. "For all four of us." Rarity smiled.
"Goody! Come with me." Rarity sang. They followed Rarity into the designing room. "Okay, Ray, Gavin, Geoff, and Twilight, why don't you take a seat. Michael, please stand on the pedestal." Rarity instructed, as she gathered various materials. Michael stood where he was instructed. Soon, Rarity returned with a lot of materials and other supplies and set them down. Rarity measured Michael then looked at her supplies. "We'll start with a red back and a black front. Yes?" She said.
"You're the fashionista, Rarity. I know nothing about fashion." Michael said, and he wasn't lying. Michael knew how to look nice as a human, but as a pony it was a whole different field. Rarity used her magic to lay the red material on Michael, then having it wrap around his body from midway up his neck to right where the wing is connected to the body to almost all the way down his forelegs. She then did the same with the black material, except letting some of the red show. She looked at what she had, then quickly levitated some scissors and cut a zig-zag esque pattern at the bottom. It patterned so it would be longer in the front than the back. Then she levitated the materials away and swifter sewn them into the basic suit. She brought it back to Michael.
"That's very cool, Rarity." Michael complimented, but dreading having to wear it.
"You're not done yet! I have one more thing." She said, wresting the suit back onto Michael. He looked over to Gavin. Gavin lifted a hoof, as if he was giving a thumbs up. Rarity dug through her pile of materials and pulled out some bronze colored material.
"What are you planning..." Michael said, eying the material. Rarity giggled.
"You'll see." She said, pulling out a variety of other things from her pile. She then crafted a pair of metallic bronze colored boots. They resembled the pattern on the legs of the suit. "Okay Michael! Now put these on." She instructed him as she set them down. Michael stepped into them one leg at a time. Michael stood there for a while longer with Rarity studying her handiwork.
"Is something wrong?" Michael finally asked.
"No! Oh no, not at all. Just making sure that your outfit is perfect." She said.
"Is something not right? Are you going to make me a whole new suit?" Michael asked, dreading the thought of having to stand there for another hour or so.
"Oh goodness no! However, I know the thing it was missing!" Rarity said, searching the room for something. Michael just listened and watched. Finally, Rarity used her magic to lift a spool of orange ribbon and returned to Michael. She cut of two pieces and tied one at the base of his tail and the other right under his ear. She smiled at her work. "Perfect!" She announced, levitating multiple mirrors to Michael so he could see his new Gala outfit. "Is it not?"
"It's perfect, Rarity. Thank you." Michael said, only thinking how long her would have to wear the suit. Rarity put the mirrors back and brought over one of her mannequins to keep the suit on. She first removed the shoes and placed them on the back hooves on the mannequin. Next she took the suit itself off and also placed that on the mannequin. Finally, she untied the ribbons and layer them on the flank and head of the mannequin.
"No need to thank me. I just love making outfits for friends. Now Gavin, I have an excellent idea for your Gala outfit." Rarity explained. Michael flew out of the way as Gavin stepped into the place where Michael was just standing. Michael decided to fly a little bit, mainly just because he could. Rarity immediately took Gavin's measurements and started to pull out a few different materials, mostly browns, but with some red and white materials. Rarity took a light brown and laid it on Gavin and it went down a little past his knee. then she took it off of him and sewed it together and got Gavin back into the shirt. Then she found a darker brown and made a suit with a fold and put it on Gavin. She found six gold buttons and fastened them on the legs of the suit. With the read material, she made a bowtie that would be attached to the white material and be wrapped round Gavin's neck, but still sitting on his suit. She stepped back to look and thought for a moment. She quickly found a very light brown, plain fedora and a lighter ribbon that she tied around the hat tightly and found a large, red feather and tucked it into the ribbon and made sure there was a hole in the top for Gavins horn then placed it on his head. She levitated the set of mirrors to Gavin so he could look at his outfit.
"How do you like it?" Rarity asked.
"I love it! Bowties are cool." He said, lifting a hoof to the bowtie. Rarity smiled and levitated a mirror next to Michael's and transferred Gavin's outfit to the mannequin.
"Okay, halfway done. Now, come Geoff, I think I have a brilliant idea for you." Rarity said, not even waiting for Geoff to come up before she started measuring Geoff. she took some lime green material and wrapped it on Geoff and a little under half-way down his forelegs. Then she sewed it together. She found some black material and made a suit out of it, but the ends were slanted a bit. She fastened six orange buttons on the legs of the suit, three on each leg. Then she made two pockets, one on each side, out of the same lime green material. She found a gold flank cover that wrapped around a pony's tail. She pulled Geoff's tail through it and set it on his flank. It reached to his suit. She made sure it didn't move too much, which it didn't. Rarity thought for a moment what she could add. She found the materials for making shoes and got yellow and orange materials. She made longer shoes for his back legs and shorter for the front. They were the same style, a long slant from the front, a short, straight line, spike up slightly and then straight again.
"Put these on." She said, setting them down. Geoff did as he was told and put them on. Rarity happily levitated the mirrors over and Geoff was surprised at how he looked. "You like it?" She said.
"Yes, I do like it...a lot." He said. Although he didn't completely like the flank piece. Rarity, once again, moved the outfit to a mannequin and set it next to Gavin's. Michael looked out the window, only to find it getting late. Geoff took his place again, and Ray walked up. Rarity looked at him for a second before she measured.
"I think you would look best in simple colors in a simple design. Hmm?" She commented.
"Simple...simple is great. Just as long as I don't look like a nerd." Ray said. Rarity ignored what he said and got some red material. She first made a tie then a shirt with short legs. Then with the lime green material, she made an overcoat that let some of the shirt show. She put them on Ray and made him some small shoes for his forelegs. She put them in front of him. Ray stepped into them and Rarity brought the mirrors over. Ray looked at himself and mouthed; "I look like a nerd."
"Do you like it, Ray?" Rarity asked.
"Yes, I do like it. Simple, nice." Ray said. Rarity, once again, move her creation to a mannequin and set it next to Geoff's.
"Since the Grand Galloping Gala is in two days now, as it is night, come back tomorrow evening to pick up your outfits. That's when everypony who is going picks up their outfit." Rarity said, finally taking her glasses off.
"Thank you so much, Rarity. I'll see you tomorrow." Twilight said. Rarity nodded and started to clean up the mess she made. All of them left to go back to Twilight's house, which was a silent walk as they were all tired. Twilight opened the door and let them in. "Spike, we're home." She said, only finding Spike curled up on the floor fast asleep. Twilight smiled and picked him up with her magic and tucked him in the bed. Twilight found some blankets and passed them out to the guys. "I'm sorry, but I don't have enough beds for all of you, I hope you don't mind sleeping on the floor for a few nights." Twilight said.
"Ehh, it's fine." Ray said.
"Don't worry about it. At least we have a place to sleep." Geoff said. Twilight nodded.
"Well, good night." She said walking to her own bed.
"Good night!"They called after her. Gavin immediately used his magic to lay his blanket on him. He laid with his head in his forelegs. Michael glared at Gavin in anger as he wrestled with the blanket to get comfortable. Geoff and Ray didn't have too much trouble getting comfortable, mainly because they didn't have wings to bother with. Eventually, they all managed to fall asleep.