Sonic felt memories sink in once again as he and Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Rarity enter the palace. He remembered how when he was young he'd always be there, running around, taking a bun from the tables filled with food whenever nobody was looking; the Grand Galloping Gala was a very fond memory of Sonic's.
Sonic was soon interrupted from his thoughts, when he heard Spike speak up. "Yeah! This is gonna be the best night ever. You know why? Cause we're all gonna spend time at the Gala to... gether. Or not." he said, filled with dismay.
"I'll hang with you if you want," Sonic said, smiling a little.
"Eh, okay..." Spike said, though he secretly really wanted all of them to spend time at the gala together.
Meanwhile, with Twilight, excitement went through her as she caught a glimpse of Princess Celestia.
"Princess Celestia!" Twilight cried.
"Twilight! It is so lovely to see my star student." Celestia said, smiling kindly.
"Oh, I'm so excited to be here! We have so much to catch up on." Twilight said.
"Well, I want you right by my side the entire evening, so we'll have plenty of time together." Celestia replied.
"That's just what I was hoping you'd say." Twilight said, this definitely was going to be the best night ever. It had to be, right?
Rarity on the other hand gasped and let out tons of squeals of excitement. "Hurry, Rarity... Oh, but not too fast. But don't wanna lose him... WAIT! Have to play it cool. Oh, but don't be cold! I can't lose him, I can't! He's everything I imagined! Even better than I imagined."
"Hey, Rarity. What you doing?" Sonic asked, Spike following along.
"I'm thinking about how to talk to this lovely prince fellow, over there!" Rarity said, beaming.
Sonic turned, then his eyes widened in horror. "Rarity, that's Blueblood; you don't wanna be around him!" Sonic said.
Rarity's eyes widened a bit, and she raised her eyebrows. "Sonic, how can a prince be unpleasant to be around," Rarity laughed a bit.
"Rarity, I'm serious. You really don't wanna hang around with him tonight." Sonic replied.
Rarity smiled a little, clearly not getting what Sonic was talking about. "Sonic, Sonic, Sonic. I'll just see what he's like and if he's truly not a gentleman like I wished, then I'll simply leave off by myself!" Rarity said. She then went over to Blueblood, making Sonic sigh and facepalm.
Meanwhile, with Fluttershy, she smiled in pure delight as she heard a bird chirping. "Oh my! A meadowlark!"
Fluttershy then heard whistling, " I think she's calling to me. It's exactly what I wished for!" Fluttershy then became to hum a song as the sound of whistling got louder.
Applejack seemed to be having a lot of luck so far. Then, one of the Wonderbolts came to her. "Howdy, partner!" Applejack greeted. "Ya hungry?"
"As a horse!" the Wonderbolt known as Soarin' said.
"Well, what'cha hankering for? Caramel apple? Apple pie? Apple fritter? Apple fries?" Applejack asked, smiling.
"I'll take that big apple pie!" Soarin replied.
"Well, thank you kindly, sir!" Applejack said, just as she gave the apple pie to Soarin. "Yee-haw! In the first minute, I made my first sale. Just like I expected."
Soarin' carried his pie over to the other Wonderbolts.
"Always hungry after a show. Eh, Soarin?" Spitfire said.
"Heh. Yeah!" Soarin' said, only for him to lose grip of the pie and it went flying. "My pie!" Soarin' shouted.
Rainbow Dash, seeing this happen, went straight to it, and caught the pie before it hit the ground.
"You saved it," Soarin' said, smiling. "Thanks!"
"Hey, no prob." Rainbow replied, casually as Soarin' began to dig in.
"Hey, I think I know you. Weren't you the winner of last year's, The Best Flyer Competition, right?" Spitfire asked.
"Hay yeah! Name's Rainbow Dash." said Rainbow.
"Well Rainbow Dash, looks like your skills saved us. Well, at least they saved Soarin's apple pie." Spitefire commented.
"Yeah!" Soarin' said, as he continued to eat through his apple pie.
"Wanna come hang out with us?" Spitfire asked.
"Sure, why not?" Rainbow Dash replied, calmly. Then when Spitfire and Soarin' weren't paying attention, Rainbow made a noise that sounded like 'squee' and a giggle. "I'm... hanging... with the... Wonderbolts!"
In fact, Pinkie as well was having a brilliant time so far. "The shiny dance floor... The pretty party ponies... Ooh, the fancy band... Shiny! Pretty! Fancy!" She then made a sound, anxiousness evident. "GOTTA DANCE!"
"I'm at the Grand Galloping Gala, 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!"
Then there was a very awkward pause. "It's all I've ever... dreamed?"
That was when what was meant to be the best night ever, started to go downhill.
For example, let's start with Rarity. She went to Blueblood with high hopes.
"Well, hello. I am Prince Blueblood." he greeted.
"I am... Rarity. Oh my, what a lovely rose." Rarity said, when she saw the rose, she was expecting Blueblood to give it to her.
"You mean... this rose? Thank you. It goes with my eyes." Blueblood replied, this offended Rarity a lot, resulting in her moaning in irritation.
"I am starting to regret this already..." Rarity thought.
Fluttershy's night was also going downhill, she continued to hum. "My little meadowlark is right around this bend!" Fluttershy said, a smile forming on her face; only for it to droop, as instead of a meadowlark, a gardener met her eyes instead.
"Was that you?" Fluttershy asked.
"Yep! I love whistlin' while I work." the gardener replied, quite cheerfully.
"Oh! Yes... Well... Excuse me." Fluttershy said, backing away; only for some happiness to return as she heard animal noises. "Oh! I see a toco toucan! And a spider monkey! And, oh! Is that a wallaroo?" she said, only for them all to scatter. "Oh, Fluttershy. You're such a loudmouth."
Sonic and Spike weren't having so much fun now either, after Spike had shown his favourite places and vice versa, it got overly boring.
"This isn't the Best night ever, is it?" Spike asked.
"Nope." Sonic sighed.