Chapter 3

Dance Partners

Twilight took Shirley Temple back to her castle. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were coming to Ponyville to meet her and Shirley was feeling a little nervous. Twilight told Shirley all about Celestia and Luna and how they rule Equestria together.

Shirley was nervous about meeting them, but Twilight told her there was nothing to worry about. The princesses are very sweet and they always treat their subjects and newcomers with respect and all she has to do is be herself.

A few minutes later, Celestia and Luna flew down to Ponyville and stopped in front of Twilight's Castle. Twilight and her friends bowed at them while Neo and Shirley came out to see them.

Celestia smiled and approached Shirley. Shirley was still nervous, but she was mesmerized by Celestia's appearance.

Celestia smiled and said, "Hello, I am Princess Celestia and this is my sister Princess Luna. We rule Equestria together and watch over our dear little ponies. And my sister and I welcome you to Equestria Ms. Temple."

Shirley bowed at her and said," Thank you Princess."

Luna approached Shirley and said, "It's an honor to meet you Ms. Temple. It's always a pleasure to meet a friend of Neo's."

Neo mentioned to Shirley that he and Princess Luna are married and Shirley was shocked about that. She couldn't believe that Neo was actually married to a pony princess.

Shirley said to Neo, "That's wonderful. I guess that makes you a royal prince now."

"Yeah it kind of does," said Neo. "But I'm still a normal everyday person."

Luna giggled when he said that. He was always a prince to her and she always treated him like a prince.

Celestia said that she heard that Neo and Shirley were dance partners a long time ago and she and her sister would be interested in seeing them perform together. It had been a long time since they've worked together but they said they would be happy to do it.

Neo's friends went to set up a stage for them to perform on and the Ponyville ponies gathered outside the stage with the princesses at the front of the row. But this time, the Cutie Mark Crusaders weren't there.

When the show started, the stage filled with fog and Neo appeared in the mist as the fog began to clear. Neo was wearing his usual heavy metal outfit with full makeup and Shirley came out wearing a polka dot dress.

Then Neo and Shirley began dancing as Neo sang a heavy metal song ("Future Breed Machine" by Meshuggah).

During the song, Spike, Chucky and the Cutie Mark Crusaders came out on the stage, all in make up. And Chucky was wearing a suit with white makeup.

They all danced to the song during instrumental parts along with Shirley.

When Neo got to the end of the song, the Cutie Mark Crusaders danced around Shirley and the song ended with an explosion on stage. Then Neo and Shirley took a bow along with Spike, Chucky and the CMC.

When everypony saw that the explosion was part of the show, everypony clapped, including the princesses. The princesses smiled at Neo and Shirley and they were very impressed by the show.

When they all came off stage, Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash commended the Cutie Mark Crusaders for their performance. Starlight commended Spike and Chucky for their performance, and Neo's friends and the princesses commended him and Shirley for their performance. Luna said she loved seeing both of them dance together and it was a wonderful, and rather dark performance, but she loved it.

Then Shirley said it was time for her to go back to Earth. The ponies felt sad that she had to go back already, especially the Cutie Mark Crusaders. But she said she had to go join with Neo's human friends in Detroit and help control the crime rate there.

Then a portal opened, Neo gave Shirley a hug and said he will miss her. The Cutie Mark Crusaders hugged her as well and said they will also miss her.

Twilight said goodbye and said that she hopes that Shirley will come visit again someday and she and her friends would like to get to know her better. Shirley said she would like that. Then Shirley said goodbye to the princesses and they even hugged her.

Shirley walked towards the portal, she looked back at Neo and the ponies and she waved at them. Then she went through the portal and was on her way back to Earth. Neo and his friends watched the portal close and disappear and were hoping that they would see Shirley again very soon.

The End.