Rainbow Dash was having bad luck as well. "Hey, Spitfire! You ever done a rain cloud double backflip?" Rainbow saw that Spitfire was too busy talking to someone else, so she turned to Soarin'. "You ever soared past lightning? It's awesome!" she said, trying to be happy, only for Soarin' to be too busy to be talking to another person, much to Rainbow's dismay.

Meanwhile, with Twilight, although she hoped she'd be able to talk with Celestia, she wasn't having any luck.

"Welcome to the Grand Galloping Gala." Celestia said to the guests as they entered.

Twilight perked up a bit. "Princess! I've been so excited to spend time with you and..."

Princess Celestia looked at Twilight for a second. "Yes. Me too, Twi... Oh, good evening! Welcome to the Gala. Which is why I... Ladies! Lovely to see you again."

Twilight sighed, looking down at the stairs. "Looks like getting a chance to talk to the Princess is gonna be a magic trick in itself." she mumbled.

After Soarin' had bought from Applejack, she hadn't had any sales since. "First minute, first sale. Second... Fourth... Sixth... Sixtieth minute... no sales." she sighed. "This ain't what I expected at all."

Meanwhile, Pinkie was just sitting there in the ballroom, not being able to have any fun, it was as if all her joy and excitement had dissolved. "I'm at the Grand Galloping Gala... and it's not what I dreamed."

Rarity was still with Blueblood, Rarity felt as if he wasn't treating her with the respect that she deserved.

"This isn't at all what I imagined..." she muttered as Blueblood showed off.

Princess Celestia was still too busy greeting the arriving guests, the voice was soon, in the background, her, "Good evening! So nice to see you. Welcome!" It was all in the background.

Twilight sighed. "This isn't what I hoped."

"This isn't hanging out."

"This isn't what I wished for."

"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!"

Determination filled their minds as they spoke. They were determined to make this the best night ever. It had to be.

"I just have to be more bold, like Twilight and Sonic say," Fluttershy said, then spoke loudly. "I'm so sorry to have scared you, my friends! But I'm leaving now, so you can all come out!"

It turned out, that Fluttershy was playing the oldest trick in the book. The box, the string and the carrot trick.

Fluttershy hid, only to hear crunching. She smiled as she came out. "Gotcha! It's okay. I promise not to hurt you. I just wanna be your... friend?" Her smile soon fell when it was just the gardener again. Now Fluttershy was starting to get angry.

Rainbow began to grow desperate. "Come on, Rainbow! If they don't notice you, you gotta make 'em notice you." she told herself, she then picked up a man known as Caesar, threw him and then caught him; but the wonderbolts still didn't notice her.

Rarity was still stuck with Blueblood. "Just give him a chance, Rarity. His princely side is sure to come out if you're just patient."

Blueblood then noticed a puddle of water and yelled, "Miss Rarity! Stop!"

Rarity thought he was doing this for her. "Oh. Prince Blueblood! How chivalrous."

"One would hate to slip." Blueblood said.

"Yes. One certainly would." Rarity replied.

"One's cloak should take care of the problem." Blueblood said.

"Oh, of course it will." Rarity said, smiling, only for the problem to be taken care of by her cloak.

To try to lighten things up, Pinkie decided to dance and sing.

"You reach your right hoof in, you reach your right hoof out, you reach your right hoof in and you shake it all about you do the Pony Pokey meeting lots of folks with clout! That's what I'm talking about! You step your left hoof in!

You pull it right back out! You step your left hoof in! But you better help him out, you do the Pony Pokey but should find a different route, That's what it's all about! You kick your back leg in! You pull your back leg out! You reach your back leg in! Just be brave and have no doubt! You do the Pony Pokey feeling like you're gonna pout, that's what I'm singing about,

You tilt your head in! You tilt your head out! You tilt your head in! Then you shake it all about! You do the Pony Pokey even though your date's a lout! You're better off without! You stomp your whole self in! You stomp your whole self out! You stomp your whole self in! And you stomp yourself about! You do the Pony Pokey and you give a little shout-"

"COME OUT!" Fluttershy screamed from the garden.

"That's what I'm talking about, you do the Pony Pokey, you do the Pony Pokey, you do the Pony Pokey! And that's what it's all about, yeah!" Pinkie finished.

A woman known as Lyrica Lilac went to Pinkie. "Young lady, this is not that kind of party."

"Ohhhhhh... They don't want a party. These ponies want a paaartay!" Pinkie said, she was a bit more happy now.

Back with Rarity and Blueblood, they went to Applejack's stand. "Two apple fritters, please." Rarity asked.

"Two apple fritters comin' right up. That'll be four bits." Applejack replied, happy she had at least one customer.

"Ahem." Rarity coughed.

Blueblood also coughed. "Ahem."

"Ahem!"

"AHEM!"

Rarity sighed. "I'm going to have to pay, aren't I?" she asked.

Applejack smiled. "It's okay, Rarity. I got you covered."

Rarity sighed in relief, "Thank you, Applejack. At least somebody here has good manners." she said.

Blueblood barfed. "Oh! Fritters! Dumplings! Caramel apples! My royal lips have touched common carnival fare! I'm going to the buffet for some... hors d'oeuvres." he said.

Applejack looked down. "Well, no wonder nobody wants my food. They're fillin' up on those fancy-schmancy vittles. Well, my down-home apples are plenty good enough for this crowd. I'll just dress 'em up a bit and prove it to 'em."

Fluttershy in the garden was...well, you could say she was losing her mind.

"I'll catch you yet, my pretties. Oh yes. As soon as one of you little birds or monkeys or bears touches this net... you'll be MINE! MINE!" She then let out an evil laugh. "Whoa!" She then got trapped in her own net seconds later.

Pinkie wanted to make everybody happy, and that was what she was going to do. "Come on, everybody! You wanted a partay? Now it's paaartaaay! Yeah! Uh! Now that's a beat, yeah! Uh! C'mon, dance! Yeah, woohoo!"

Applejack then entered, "Okay, all you high-class ponies. Here's a highfalutin apple cake for your hoity-toity taste buds." she said, she was pushing a huge apple cake on a cart with a table cloth over it.

Pinkie then jumped off the stage, yelling, "STAGE DIVE!"

Rarity and Blueblood screamed as the cake flew off the cart and straight in their direction. Blueblood then put Rarity in front of him, letting her be covered in cake.

Rarity growled angrily, this was the last straw. "You, sir, are the most uncharming prince I have ever met! In fact, the only thing royal about you is that you are a royal pain!" she said.

Blueblood stepped back, afraid. "Ewww...! Uh, stay back! I just had myself groomed!"

Sonic and Spike then entered. "What the heck happened here?" he asked, looking around.

"Afraid to get dirty!?" Rarity asked Blueblood, who simply responded with whimpering.

"This is my chance! Yes! Whoa!" Rainbow said, entering, only for there to be a crash instead.

"Well... it can't get any worse." Twilight sighed.

But then it did get worse, as animals ran in through an open door, revealing Fluttershy. "You're... going to LOVE ME!" she screamed.

Then, people began to scream and run out of the gala. Celestia leaned down and whispered, "Run."

To which she did, everybody did. Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie, Rainbow Dash and Rarity soon went back to the donut store.

"Seriously though, what the heck actually happened in there?" Sonic asked, looking confused.

"Well..." Twilight said.

A long explanation later...

"That sounds like the worst night ever!" Spike commented.

"It was!" With that, everybody laughed.

"Nothing else could go wrong after a night like that...now could it?" Sonic thought.