Hey everypony how are you. Sorry about not posting in awhile, I was going to the other night but I had huge pain in my stomach _. But I was able to finish up and now I present to you the next chapter. Now you my notice that I kinda in a way made this short but don't worry the next chapter will back this one up *cough* the next one is a fight chapter *cough*. Remember to comment and please enjoy the story.
Chapter 38: royal party
EQUESTIRA-GOLDEN OAKS LIBRARY
Today was a very big day for the citizens of ponyville as the day had finally arrived: the day of the grand galloping Galla.
The main twelve were all getting ready for the royal party as the boys were getting dressed upstairs and the girls were getting dressed downstairs, rarity had brought over some new dresses that she and Corey had made last week for them to wear. "oh I simply can't wait to see the look on Corey's face once he sees me in this beautiful dress" rarity said.
"I here ya rarity. I hope that sam really likes me in this here dress" applejack said, rarity smiled at her "oh of course he will darling. Once sam sees you in that dress he won't stop looking at you". This made applejack smile more as rarity was helping her out with her hair. Pinky pie was bouncing up and down "ooooo. I can't wait to see Jackie in his suit. This is gonna be the best night ever!" she said.
Twilight smiled at her and nodded.
"yes. This will be the best night ever. One that I want to cherish with max forever" she finished having a small blush on her face, rainbow dash then placed her hoof over her "yea. This is gonna be way better then last year's Galla" she said. Fluttershy walked over to them, "y-yes it will. It w-will be one that the boys will n-never forget as well" she said.
As the girls were just about done, the boys on the other hand were just about getting dressed up as well upstairs.
"ok. Everybody ready to go?" max said.
The five boys all looked at him and nodded. Corey then walked up to his younger brother and placed his hand on his shoulder "you look great man" he said, max only smiled "hehe. Thanks big brother".
"no problem. Now just one more thing".
He then walked over to the dresser and picked up a small box and placed it in his hand "something to give to your girl", max opened it up and saw that it was a silver chain necklace with twilight's cutie mark at the end. Max then hugged his brother tightly "thank you. Thank you. Thank you" he Said with a large smile on his face.
Corey could only pat his back "yea man. No big deal...umm...can I breathe now?" he asked him.
"oh sorry" max said as he let go of him as he then put the small gift in his pocket, max then turned to sam, jack, dillon, and Clayton who were also dressed up. Max then took a large deep breath as he then began to speak "alright. Is everyone ready to have the best night of there lives?". The boys all looked at each other and smiled widely as they all then looked at max and nodded in unison, "ok. Let's go to the grand galloping Galla" he said as he then opened the door as they all started walking out of the room going downstairs everyone except dillon.
Dillon was checking his pockets making sure that he didn't lose anything, as he checked the last one on his breast pocket he felt a small box as he then sighed in relief. Dillon smiled to himself "whew. I thought I almost forgot it" he said as he then ran out of the room downstairs. As he walked down the steps he saw fluttershy standing at the end of them, he looked at her and he almost drooled at the sight of her in her dress "she looks so wonderful" thought as he stopped at the last step and stood next to her.
Fluttershy then nuzzled his side as she smiled sweetly "he looks so handsome" she thought as she and dillon then turned there attention to twilight and max. The two were busy Eskimo kissing not noticeing that everyone was looking at them smiling, Clayton decided to sadly break there little embrace as he knocked on the wall as the two looked up at him "you guys might want to save the hugs and kisses for once we get there" he said with a smile, the two then started to blush madly as they all them walked over to the front door and opened it.
As they walked out they all saw a carriage that was had two ponies at the front of the carriage, they all walked inside and were very surprised that they all could fit inside, spike then ran out the house last and hoped onto the carriage as he then leaned down into the carriage window "ok. Everypony ready to go?" he asked. They all nodded at him as he then gave them a thumbs up well in this case a dragon claw thumbs up "ok. On the the Galla" he said as they all then headed off to canderlot.
As they were going down the path the main twelve were talking to one another inside the carriage "wow. Our first time going to the Galla. Man I've always dreamed of this day. And the best part I get to go with the mare of my dreams" sam said as he held onto applejack making her pull her hat over her face and sam's as the group then went "awwwww" at the seance, rainbow dash held onto clayton's arm "oh man this is gonna be sweet. To be honest I almost didn't go" she said as Clayton looked at her "almost didn't go. Why wouldn't you want to go to the Galla?" he asked her.
Rainbow dash then got onto his lap and leaned up to his face as placed her hoofs on his cheeks and pulled his face close to hers "take a wild guess" she said in a seductive tone as Clayton then pressed his lips onto hers deeply. They kissed for about eight seconds before breaking away as rainbow dash laid in his arms with a smile, the other four smiled as jack petted pinky pie's head "so pinky pie. What are you gonna do at the Galla this year? He asked her.
Pinky pie then smiled widely as she looked at him "oh I'm just gonna party all night long. Last year wasn't great. But this year I hope that that I will have better luck this time" said jack then wrapped his arm around her as she held onto him, Corey then placed his hand on rarity's hoof "well. I hope that my gorgeous young lady and I get to have a wonderful time with each other" he said as he looked at rarity as he saw her blush deeply at him.
"hehe. Oh you" rarity said as she leaned up to him and kissed his cheek, twilight and max were busy eskimo kissing again so they didn't have anything to say. Dillon was looking out of the carriage window with his mind far off somewhere, he was thinking about something very important until fluttershy broke his focus as he looked at her "hm?" he said as fluttershy looked at him.
"oh I-I'm sorry to bother you dillon. I didn't know that you were busy doing s-something" she said as she hid under her hair a bit, dillon smiled at her as he moved her hair out of her face and kissed her head making her smile "your beautiful you know that" he said with a wink which made her blush. They then stared into each others eyes before they all heard spike "were here" he said as spike jumped from the carriage and opened the carriage door for them to walk out.
As they all came out they all looked at the sight before them.
The boys mouths dropped as they saw how beautiful canderlot was at night and how they had gotten it all dressed up for the Galla, the boys then stood by there marefirends as they all walked to the entrance. As they walked up the stairs twilight saw princess celestia standing at the door greeting everyone, the main twelve then walked up to her and smiled as she saw them.
"ah there they are" princess celestia said as she walked over to them as they all hugged them except Clayton who was standing a few feet away because he wanted to surprise her.
"hello princess celestia" max said to her.
"hello max" she said with a smile "it's good to see you again. All of you", the boys all smiled at her as the girls bowed to her as she then felt someone tap her. She looked up to see dillon stand in front of her "yes dillon? Is there something that you want to tell me?" she asked him. Dillon smiled "as a matter a fact yes. We have a surprise for you".
Celestia smiled as she heard him say that "oh I love surprises. I wonder what it could be?" she said as dillon then raised his finger "well you can't look just yet" he said, princess celestia nodded "oh that reminds me. Do you all have your tickets?" she asked them. The eleven of them then showed her there tickets as they then placed them back in there pockets.
She nodded as they then walked past her "oh just a moment" she said as they all then turned to her "you said that you had a surprise for me. Mind if have a peak of that said surprise?" she asked, dillon then smiled at her "why of course you can" he said as he whistled to Clayton. Celesita was a bit confused by what dillon had done but was soon broken out of her confusion as she felt something move on her coat.
She slowly turned to her left side and held her hoof to her mouth as she saw Clayton walk past her and stand in front of the group "hey princess celestia. It's been while" clayton said with a grin on his face, princess celestia looked like as if she was about to cry as she walked up to him and touched his face gently "clayton?" she said as she still touched his face as he held her hoof and closed his eyes.
"yea. It's me. I'm right here".
She smiled warmly as she then stood back a bit "I'm so happy to see you again" she said, Clayton scratched his head as he smiled at her "yea. I know. It's really good to see everypony again and my friends as well" he said as he turned to his friends and his girlfriend. Celestia nodded at him "well. I hope that you all have the night of your lives" she said.
They all nodded at her as Clayton raised his hand "umm I don't have a ticket" he said, celestia raised her hoof "that's alright. You don't need one to enter" she said warmly. Clayton smiled as he ran to her and hugged her for a bit until he backed away "thanks princess celestia".
"your very welcome. I hope that you all have the best night of your life" she said.
They all smiled at her as they walked inside as celestia went back to greeting the guests as she smiled brightly "it's so good to have you back Clayton" she thought.
While the main twelve walked down the long hall they looked at all of the decorations that were all over the place. The boys were in awe at how everything was put up, they continued down the hallway until they reached two large doors that were opened. They walked inside and saw other ponies all over the place "wow. It looks like everyone was invited to the Galla" Corey said.
"yea I see" sam said as he saw some ponies from ponyville.
Rainbow dash walked over to the side of the group and saw the wonderbolts in the corner talking "oh oh. The wonderbolts are here!" rainbow dash said as she then turned to Clayton "hey let's go see them" she said as she pulled on clayton's arm with her hoof, Clayton smiled at her "hehe. Ok let's go see your team dashie" Clayton said as they walked over to them. Pinky pie and jack looked at each other and smiled "shall i dance with you my dear" jack said as he held his hand out to her.
Pinky pie smiled widely as she took his hand as they walked to the dance floor, applejack and sam followed them as well leaving only the other three still standing at the door. Corey and rarity were pondering on what they should do as were max and twilight, fluttershy gently poked dillon's side with her hoof as he then looked at her.
"yes fluttershy?" he said.
Fluttershy looked at him with a small visible smile "umm. I-if it's not too much tr-trouble. B-but could w-we go to the pri-private garden. If th-that's alright with you?" she said. Dillon only leaned down and kissed her head and nodded at her "I'd love that fluttershy" he said, they both then walked away from there friends as they went to the royal private gardens to enjoy some time alone.
As max, twilight, Corey, and rarity were thinking the four then heard somepony call out to one of them "twilight!", twilight then broke out of her train of thought as she saw that it was her brother shining armor. "shining!" she shouted as she ran to her older brother as max followed her, the two then hugged each other as they both then looked at each other "how have ya been sis?" shining asked her.
"I've been ok. I'm just enjoying this night with max" she said as she turned to max who was standing next to her as he then rubbed the back of his head with a small blush on his face "hehe. Hey shining" max said. "hey max it's been awhile" shining armor said as he raised his hoof at him, max took his hoof and shook it gently "yea I know. How have you been these past few weeks?" he asked him.
"oh I've been alright. Just been really busy lately. The last time we saw each other was at clayton's funeral. I'm still really sorry about how he had to go" shining said, twilight placed her hoof on him as he looked at her "he's not dead anymore shining" twilight said.
"he's not?".
"nope. Dillon brought him back a few days ago from the void".
Shining armor then starts to smile as he hugs his little sister tightly "oh man this is so awesome" he said joyfully as he kept hugging his sister, max was smiling at the siblings as they then looked at max. Max smiled at them as the three then began to have another conversation.
Meanwhile as the wonderbolts were talking amongst each other about mostly nothing spitfire then aimed her sight on rainbow dash who was walking over to them. She smiled as she was happy to see her again "hey look who it is. How have ya been rainbow dash?" spitfire said as she walked away from her team over to her new member of the wonderbolt family, rainbow dash smiled brightly at her "I've been good. I had a party thrown for me when my friends found out that I finally got to become a member" she said.
Spitfire smiled "well just remember newbie. Next week were gonna be getting you up to speed with some basic training. Got it?" she said as rainbow dash then did a salute in front of her "yes mam" rainbow dash said, spitfire giggled a bit "hehe. Don't worry. You don't have to salute. Were not at the acadamy" she said as she raised her hoof down. Rainbow dash smiled as she heard somepony shout for her.
"hey dash!".
Rainbow dash and spitfire both looked over to see lightning dust walk over to them, rainbow dash smiled as the two then did a hoof bump "hey hey. I see you made it" lightning dust said.
"yup. I wouldn't miss it for the world".
"so" lightning dust said "did you bring a date to the party?" she finished in a teasing tone. Rainbow dash only smiled "as a matter a fact I did" she said, this got spitfire a bit curious to know who it was "really? Who is he?" she asked. Rainbow dash then walked over to the side as spitfire and lightning dust followed her, as they walked over to the edge of the wall the three stopped as rainbow dash walked over to a figure that was leaning back on the wall wearing a fedora over his face.
Rainbow dash pokes his leg as the figure opened his right eye "yea dashie?" he said.
"you have some fans that want to see you".
The figure then takes off his fedora showing his face to them, lightning dust and spitfire's mouths drop as they can't believe who they are staring at. "n-no way" lightning dust said.
"it..can't be" spitfire said as she then rubbed her eyes to made sure that she wasn't dreaming, as soon as she finished she still saw Clayton stand in front of her.
Clayton smiled at them "well it's very nice to meet the both of you" he said in a kind tone as he then leaned down to them and held out his hands to them. Lightning dust instantly grabbed his hand and shook it rapidly "oh man oh man oh man. My favorite hero is standing right here before me" she said as she then squealed. Spitfire was still staring at his hand as she was still unsure if Clayton was real or not, Clayton saw this and he looked at her with a worried look "hey. Are you alright?" he asked spitfire as he then placed his hand on her forehead.
Spitfire then started to blush a bit as she felt his hand on her forehead "he's...he's touching me" she thought as Clayton then moved his hand onto her cheek "hmm. You seem to be warm a bit.
Spitfire then broke out of her train of thought "oh. Uhh y-yea. That could be it" she said, Clayton smiled at her "well. I'm sure it's nothing serious". He then turned his attention at lightning dust "so. I'm you favorite hero huh?" he asked her.
Lightning nodded at him "buck yea! Your my inspiration for wanting to become a hero! Ever since you and the others saved princess Luna. I then became motivated to train myself and become a member of the wonderbolts. But I kinda too carried away and got kicked out of the acadamy" she finished.
Clayton then rubbed her head as he smiled at her "hehe. Well let's hope that they give you another chance. You might just become a hero in no time" he said, this made lightning dust smile brightly at her hero as she then hugged him. Clayton smiled as he hugged her back as rainbow dash tapped on his arm as he then looked at her "yea dashie?".
Rainbow dash then nuzzled her face close to his in a loving way making him blush.
"h-hey. What's all this for?".
She then leaned up to his ear "I'm just so happy that your here" she whispered as she then kissed his cheek. Clayton closed his eyes as he then kissed her back as he then laid his head on her shoulder as they both smiled at each other, as the others were enjoying there time at the party Corey and rarity were outside on the balcony looking at the night sky gazing at the stars.
"this is a very beautiful night" Corey said.
Rarity nodded "indeed it is".
Corey then wrapped his arm around her as she then looked at him, the two then both started to stare into each others eyes lovingly as rarity then leaned up to Corey's face as she placed her hoofs onto his shoulders and locked her lips with his. she then broke from the kiss and looked at him "this is the best night that I have had" she said, Corey smiled at her as he stroked her mane "this has been the best night for me as well rarity. And I want to treasure it for life" he said. Rarity then laid her head on his chest as she closed her eyes smiling.
ROYAL GARDENS
While the others were having a good time dillon and fluttershy were walking in the royal garden as they were enjoying the flora and fauna of the gardens. Dillon glanced at fluttershy as she was enjoying the place, she had told him about what happened last year and how that turned into a real disaster. But she was willing to try it again.
As the two were walking dillon picked up a very beautiful and extremely rare purple rose that only grew in canderlot, as he picked it up he smelled it and was surprised to see that it smelled sweet. He then showed the flower to fluttershy who loved it's color as she then smelled it and enjoyed the sweet smell as well as dillon placed the flower into her hair gently. He then blushed a bit as he saw the purple rose on her "it looks very good on you fluttershy" he said, fluttershy smiled "t-thank you dillon" fluttershy said.
Dillon then kissed her head as the two then stopped at a large Sakura tree, the two then sat down next to the tree as fluttershy sat in dillon's lap, she then laid her head on his chest as she looked up at the sakura tree as the trees petals fell down over them. Fluttershy grabbed one of the Sakura petals as she smiled as a few more fell on her.
Dillon laid her head on hers as she then started to blush madly, dillon then wrapped his arm around her as fluttershy looked up at him. The two stare at each other lovingly as they both smile at each other.
"hey fluttershy" dillon said.
"y-yes?".
"how are you enjoying the party so far?" he asked her.
Fluttershy then turned around to face him "oh...well. I'm ha-having a good time" she said, dillon then leaned down to her ear "well what if I told you that I can make your night even better" he whispered, she then looks at him puzzled a bit "what do you mean?" she said. Dillon then clears his throat "fluttershy. I love you so much. And I want to be with you until the end. I want to spend the rest of my days with you. And in the future have a family with you" he finished.
Fluttershy then blushed more "d-dillon. What are you saying?" she said as she kept blushing more, dillon then pulled out the small black box and opened it as he showed fluttershy the golden peace sign necklace that had the words: to my loving joy in black letters written around the ring of the necklace.
Fluttershy then has tears coming down her face as she then looks at the bottom of the box to see two silver rings next to each other, fluttershy then looked at dillon who had a smile on his face.
"fluttershy. Will you marry me?" he asked her.
Fluttershy then moved her head up to dillon's face and kissed him deeply as she wrapped her hoofs around him and held onto him lovingly. "yes. Yes I will marry you" she said as dillon then pulled out the necklace and placed it around her neck as he then pulled out one of the silver rings and placed it on her right upper wing, he then puts the other ring on his left finger as he looks at fluttershy who then pulls his face to hers as they then make out under the Sakura tree as they both knew that tonight was the best night of there lives.