The Best Night Ever? The Canterlot Galla!
Rarity: Hello darlings! Can you believe it!? It's FINALLY HERE! The Caterlot Galla! EEEEEEEE! I'm so excited! We've been preparing for this for what seems like FOREVER! And now...It's time to PARTY!
Pinkie: Hey! That's my thing!
Rarity: Oops, sorry Pinkie. Shall we finish together and go get ready?
Pinkie: Gladly. Kurenairyu and Vegetasragebroke1994 do not own anything in this story. And now...
Pinkie and Rarity: THEME MUSIC!
*Asterisk*
[Music starts playing as images of Ranma, Flash, Master Asia and the girls scroll by.]
miageta yozora no hoshi tachi no hikari
miageta yozora no hoshi tachi no hikari
[Music keeps playing as Ranma stands in the center of the screen as all his friends appear around him. As the drum beat hits, his friends fade out as he stands alone and smiles at the screen. As the guitar plays, the screen switches a red and blue split screen with white silhouettes of Ranma and Master Asia facing away from each other. As the music keeps playing, the screen becomes white with a red line on top and a blue line on the bottom with a red silhouette and blue silhouette of Ranma and Master Asia respectively. As they looked away from each other, a flim strip of all the people in their lives scrolled behind them.]
hitotsu futatsu kane no ne wa hibiku
[As the lyrics kick in, Ranma and the girls are seen in a parking lot, at night, under some street lamps. As the lyrics are sung, the camera zooms in on each of their faces.]
kokoro no naka he to hiroku fukaku
monogatari no you na hoshi no shizuku
sono naka ni hosoi senro wo kizuku
jikan to tomo ni jidai wa ugoku
nagareru hoshi wa shizuka ni ugoku
me wo tojite mimi wo sumaseba
G.O.O.D. BYE
[Scene changes to day as Sunset is seen looking across a street. Scene switches again to Luna and Celestia looking across some rails at something unseen. The scene changes to a top and bottom split screen of Celestia and Master Asia, Celestia looking sad and Master Asia looking serious before the screen changes to show a shadowy figure with glowing red eyes rimmed with fire looking behind him before a tilte card for the show pops up.]
hanate hikari makezu ni shikkari
ima tokihanate dareka ni todoku made
eikou no hikari wa kono mukou ni
KIMItachi to tsukutteku SUTORI
[A red screen with Ranma and Celestia's silhouettes is shown with the two of them arguing before turning their heads away from each other. They walk away and then a panda is shown triping and falling before it is trampled by the cast. The scene changes again to show the gang all standing of tree stumps in a park with Twilight struggling to keep balanced.]
miageta yozora no hoshi tachi no hikari
[Ranma is seen running through a fog and battling against shadowy ninjas. The fog clears enough to show Ranma knocking them away with punches and kicks before he does a spin kick to clear them away and jumping at the rest of them.]
inishie no omoi negai ga jidai
koe iroaseru
KOTO naku todoku
[The scene then switches to the rest of the gang spray painting the title of the show on a wall. Sunset and Twilight jump in front of the cameras and spray red and purple paint on the screen before running off.]
KIRARI hitomi ni utsuru dareka no sakebi
kaze ni omoi wo tsuki ni negai wo
chikara aru kagiri ikitekunda kyou mo
[Scene switches to show only the feet of the cast as they run across the screen in different directions.]
miageta yozora no hoshi tachi no hikari
inishie no omoi negai ga jidai
koe iroaseru
[Ranma is then shown at night, watching as the world spins around him before switching to show him and on one side of the screen and The Mane Seven on the other.]
KOTO naku todoku
bokura no omoi mo itsuka
dareka no mune ni
hikari tsuzukeyou ano hoshi no you ni
[Final scene change shows various pictures of Ranma and all his friends as the song comes to an end.]
Ranma looked himself over in the mirro. Never in a million years did he ever think he'd see himself dressed like this. His usual Chinese clothes had been replaced by the tux that Rarity had insisted that he get from the tailor shop. He was decked out in a classic black suite, white shirt, red vest and tie and black dress shoes.
All and all, he had to admit, he looked pretty good. He smirked at his reflection and brushed his hair out of his eyes. He hated dressing like a city slicker, but he did like how sharp the penguin suit made him.
"I look like a young Japanese James Bond." He said as he struck cool pose.
"Ranma. Double O Ranma. License to thrill."
"Hahahaha!" Came the voice of Master Asia as he couldn't help but spy on his young disciple.
"Preparing for your public Ranma?" He asked with a chuckle. Ranma freaked and looked at his master in shock.
"Master!? I, uh...I was just..." Ranma tried to stamer out. Master Asia shook his head at his young student.
"Don't worry about it son. I'm sure many kids do it too when they think no one is looking." He said as he took out a camera and took a snap shot of Ranma.
"AGH! HEY!" Ranma said as he rubbed his eyes. Master Asia chuckled again.
"Oh come on son. Let an old man have some fun. Besides, I'm not sure if I'll ever see you dressed like this ever again." He said. Ranma glared at his master again.
"Not if I can help it." He said with a snarl. Master Asia chuckled again.
"Come on, just pose for a few pics, please. Humor your old master." He said, in a fake begging tone. Ranma smirked at his master and shook his head.
"Ok, ok. But just a few." He said as he started striking a few poses. After a while, Tsukirou came running in and ran up to Ranma's leg. Ranma looked down at the young wolf and picked him up in his arms.
"Hey, how about a few pics of me and Tsukirou together?" Ranma said. Master Asia laughed good naturedly.
"Ha ha! Why not?" He said and started taking pictures of Ranma and his pet wolf. After about another minute, Ranma put Tsukirou down and dusted himself off.
"Whelp, it's time for me to head off." He said. Tsukirou pouted at his master and Ranma nealed down and ruffled his fur.
"Sorry bud. But this time I have to go solo. But Master Asia will take good care of you. Right?" He asked, looking up at his master. Master Asia chuckled and nodded his head.
"Don't worry about a thing. I'll take good care of him. You just go off and have fun. And don't forget to say hi to your girlfriends for me." He said. Ranma glared at his master as he stood up.
"For the last time, they are NOT my GIRLFRIENDS!"
And with that, Ranma headed off to Rarity's house. As he walked, he wondered just what the dresses the girls were going to be wearing would look like. He was for sure that knowing Rarity's fashion sense, they would look amazing. But then again, all seven of them always looked pretty amazing.
Ranma shook his head at that. He wasn't sure where that came from. But he shook it off and continued his march to Rarity's house. He made sure not let anything mess up his tux, cause if he did, Rarity would probably kill him dead. He had a laugh at that as he came up to Rarity's house. He smiled as he pressed the button at the gate.
"Hello?" Came the voice of Geoffrey. Ranma smiled at the sound of his voice.
"Hey Geof. It's Ranma." He said. He heard Geoffrey scoff but knew he didn't really mean anything by it.
"Come on in Master Ranma." He said. Ranma walked up to the house and took in a deep breath. He could smell a lot of different perfumes in the air. He couldn't help smile even more. He looked towards the old butler.
"So, where are they?" He asked the older man. Geoffrey was keeping his composure but Ranma could see the twinkle in the older man's eyes.
"They're in Madame Rarity's room, freshening up. Follow me sir." He said as he lead the way. Ranma followed him and took another look around the house. No matter how many time he saw it, it never ceased to amaze him how a place this fancy could be hidden behind a simple outside appearance.
Finally, Geoffrey left him at Rarity's door, saying he needed to get the car ready for them. Ranma scratched his head at that.
'How can eight people all fit into one car?' He thought to himself. He shrugged and went over to the door and knocked.
"Who is it?" Came the sing-song voice of Rarity.
"Prince Albert in a can. Who do ya think? It's me, Ranma!" He said, slightly annoyed.
"I'LL GET IT!" Came Pinkie's voice, only for Rarity to stop her.
"PINKIE!" Came Rarity's voice as Ranma heard a tackling noise. "WHAT ARE DOING!? For Heaven's sake, we're not even DRESSED!"
Ranma blushed at hearing that.
"Heheheh...Sorry." Pinkie said.
"Ranma! Just hold on for a few more moments." Rarity said.
"O...Ok..." Ranma said, face still red from what he heard earlier. He shook his head to clear his thoughts.
"Hey Ranma." Came Spike's voice. Ranma turned to look at the purple dog at his foot, smiled and knelt down to ruffle is head.
"Hey Spike." He said. Spike started stomping his foot in happiness at what Ranma was doing.
"AAAAAHHHHHH! Oh yeah...!" He said. "That hits the spot."
"So, any idea how long I'll be out here waiting for those seven?" Ranma asked the dog. Spike shrugged.
"Hmmm. No idea." He said. "They've already been there for an hour."
"AN HOUR!?" Ranma exclaimed. "They've had a whole freaking HOUR to get ready, and they STILL aren't ready!?"
"Uhhhhh...Yeah. Sorry dude." Spike said. Ranma sighed as he sank to the down.
"Jeeze. How is it that girls take so dang long to do something a guy can get done with in just a few minutes?" Ranma said as he banged the back of his head against the wall.
After a few minutes, he heard the door to Rarity's room start to open. He sighed and got up, intending to give Rarity a piece of his mind. But as soon as the door opened up, his mouth fell to the ground and his eyes went wide. And Spike whistled at the sight of the mane seven.
Rarity was first. Her dress was in various shades of pink, with golden frills, and sparkles all over it. She even added a crow. All and all, she looked like a storybook princess. Fluttershy was next and she looked amazing!
Her dress looked like something a good Poison Ivy would wear. It looked like it had been made from plants, vines, flowers, the whole natural works! She looked like a forest Nymph, and to be honest, Ranma had a hard time looking away from her. Then came Rainbow Dash.
Her dress looked like it had been made from clouds and rainbows. It highlighted her curvy hips and even had fluffy lace around the shoulders that gave the impression of wings. In all honesty, she looked like she just descended from a city in the clouds.
Applejacks was a bit more down to Earth. It looked like a simple, form fitting green dress, with an apple broach at the center of her upturned collar, apples printed on her belt and glove cuffs, and left plenty of room in front to reveal her ample bosom.
Pinkies looked like something a well-dressed clown would wear, but it fit her SO well! It was mostly pink from the waist down and at the top it was slanted white and blue pinstripes. Mid way on the skirt of the dress, which was designed to look almost like a cake, there was a layer that had ice cream cones and cakes decorating it.
Next was Twilight, and her dress made her look like she came from the stars! At first glance, it looked like a simple midnight blue, strapless dress, but the bottom hem of the dress was decorated with stars with a big star in the center of the chest. With the glittery make up on her face, she looked like she was wearing the night sky.
And last but not least was Sunset. Her dress matched her hair, a mix of red and yellow, done up like a rising flame, Ranma felt hot just looking at her. Her hair was in a ponytail and had a red and yellow yin-yang symbol on her belt.
Ranma's jaw was officially through the floor. He wanted to say, SOMETHING, but he couldn't get any words to form in his mouth! His face was nearly as red as Sunset's hair, and the girls couldn't help but laugh at Ranma's dumbstruck expression.
"WOW! You all look AMAZING!" Spike said as he hopped over to Twilight, who picked him up and stoked his head.
"Heh heh! Thanks Spike." She said. "And I guess Ranma thinks so too."
"I think we may have broken him." Rainbow said with a laugh. Rarity walked over to Ranma and closed his mouth.
"Close your mouth darling, you'll catch flies." She said. Ranma shook his head.
"Uh...Sorry." He said. "But...wow...You all look...wow..." Was all the poor boy could manage to say. The girls all chuckled at him. Sometimes Ranma could be so cute when he didn't know what to say.
"And YOU," Sunset started to say as she walked up to him. "You clean up quite nicely too. Mister James Bond."
Ranma blushed and chuckled shyly at the praise. He scratched the back of his head, trying to look away so she didn't see his growing red face.
"Well, uh, thanks Sunset." He said. Pinkie bounced over to him, wanting to get his opinion on her outfit.
"SOOOO? How do I look Ranma!? Do I look like a girl ready to PARTY!?" She said pumping her fists and doing a spin. Ranma laughed at her antics.
"Yes, you look gorgeous Pinkie." He said with a chuckle. "In fact, you might find your own prince charming tonight too."
Pinkie blushed. She didn't know how, but Ranma could always get her to feel so giddy. She loved that about him. Fluttershy walked up to him and tapped his shoulder.
"Um...H-how do I look Ranma?" She said, her face doing a VERY good impersonation of a tomato. Ranma smiled at the girl who was his first kiss.
"Fluttershy, Mother Nature would ask if she could adopt you." He said with a wink. Fluttershy smiled and tried to hide her face with her hands.
"Oh...shucks Ranma." She said.
"Easy there, Casanova." Rainbow said, punching him in the arm playfully.
"We wouldn't want you looking like some playboy now, would we?" She said jokingly, Ranma went sheepish again.
"Uh, oh come on! A guy can complement his girl...I MEAN female friends, can't he!?" He said, trying to inch away from the girls. He blushed as he bumped into Applejack.
"Sorry." He said. Applejack laughed.
"It's ok Sugar Cube. But, uh...do I look okay?" She asked. Ranma smiled.
"All I can say is that, that dress is the real you. Down to Earth and shows off that farm girl tan and your toned arms and legs." He said. Now it was Applejacks turn to blush.
"Aw shucks Ranma." She said.
"And me?" Asked Rarity as she did a spin. "Do I look like I could catch myself a prince?" She asked. Ranma shook his head at her.
"I guarantee Rarity, if ANY idiot doesn't stare at you tonight, then they're either gay or have no taste what-so-ever." He said with a wink. Rarity hid her blushing cheeks with her hand and giggled.
"Why thank you Ranma." She said as she put her hands on his shoulders. "*Sigh* I've taught you so well." She said as she gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. Ranma was now redder than he'd been all night.
"Uh...N-no prob." He said. Sunset taps him on the shoulder.
"So, ready to head out, stud?" She said with a sly smirk. Ranma rubbed his arm in embarrassment.
"Um, right! Yeah, sure." He said before turning back to Rarity.
"So...Do you really think ONE car can fit all of us?" He asked. The others all giggled at Ranma's question. He looked at them with a confused look.
"Oh Ranma." Twilight said as she walked up to Ranma. "Poor, innocent, naive Ranma. You've still got SO much to learn."
"About what?" He asked. A few minutes later, he got his answer.
"WOW!" He said as he saw a huge stretch limo in front of the house! "We're taking THIS!"
He asked in shock! The others couldn't help but laugh at Ranma's expression, remembering how they felt the first time they saw how far their rich friend would go. Rarity giggled at his expression.
"But of course, darling. I always so, wherever you go, go in STYLE!" She finished by striking a fancy pose. Ranma smiled and shook his head at the purple haired girl.
"Ok. So, what are we waiting for? Let's hit the town!" He said as he and his friends piled into the limo. And with that, they headed to what most of them thought would be the best night ever!
Spike had his head out the window, his tongue slapping in the wind. Ranma couldn't help but laugh at the dog, suddenly wishing he brought Tsukirou with him. He shook his head again at that idea. No way leaving a wild wolf alone in a place with other animals was a good idea, even if Spike was around to look out for him.
Ranma looked around at the rest of his friends. Sunset and Twilight were talking about science stuff that he couldn't understand, Rainbow was practicing what she would say once she met the Wonder Bolts, Applejack was going over a list of apple made products that she planned to sell, Rarity was checking herself in the mirror for the umpteenth time, Pinkie was copying Spike and shouting 'Whoohoo!' out of the window, and Fluttershy was trying her best to hide herself from the others.
"So..." Ranma said, trying to start up a conversation. "What do you think we can expect from this Gala thing?"
"Well," Rarity chimed in. "I would expect to be surrounded by the people of high class and who will expect us to behave in the same manner." She said.
"Sooooooo, basically I shouldn't act like I usually do?" Ranma asked with a tilt of his head.
"In a word..." Rarity started to say.
"Yes." Sunset butted in. Ranma sighed.
"Man, I really shouldn't be here." He said. Pinkie brought her head back in to look back at her pigtailed friend.
"Why would you say that?" She asked, a sad look on her face. Ranma sighed again.
"Pinkie, I'm a dang street rat. I don't belong with some high class snobs. I wont' fit in. I'm like, a reverse Aladdin. I don't want to be on the outside looking out. Heck, even as a street rat, I don't even bother trying to look in."
"Why not?" Fluttershy asked.
"Yeah, don't you ever wonder what it's like to be one of the elite? To have everyone looking up to you?" Rainbow Dash asked. Ranma looked at the two of them.
"Not really. I mean, what's so great about being in those high-class circles anyway? I'm happy with my lot in life." Ranma said, crossing his arms.
"I guess that's where you and Aladdin differ huh?" Twilight said. "He wanted to be in the high-class crowd because he wasn't happy with his lot in life. That's why he used that lamp."
"Huh, you know Ranma, in a way, I wish I was more like you when I was Princess Celestia's student." Sunset said. Ranma looked quizzically at the redhead.
"Huh? Why?" He asked in confusion.
"Yeah Sunset, why would want to be more like Ranma?" Rainbow asked. Sunset giggled.
"I mean, I wish I had the sense to be happy with my lot in life and not want to rush things so much. If I didn't, I wouldn't have gotten so angry at my teacher and got myself trapped here. I also probably wouldn't have tried to enslave the entire school to pull a coup against her either." She said, blushing in embarrassment and shame. Ranma smiled at his friend.
"Hey, don't sweat it Sunset." He said. "Not everyone can be as cool and self-confident in their self-worth as me." He said in a cocky voice as he leaned back, trying to act cool and arrogant. It had the effect he wanted, they all shared a laugh at him, lightening the mood.
"Astounding humility, Ranma." Twilght said.
"Yeah, way to be humble." Sunset said, before whispering something to Applejack. She nodded and turned to Ranma and gave him a playful shove. Ranma chuckled at them, finding a strange sense of peace in their smiles and laughter. A peace he only experienced when he and Master Asia where traveling on the road. Then he had an evil smirk.
"You Sunset," He started to say. "If you really want to be more like me, you could always dress like me again."
"RANMA!" She screamed in a panic.
"WHAT!?" All the others said in shock.
"Hold on!" Pinkie said, holding up her hands. "What do you mean dress like you, AGAIN?" Pinkie asked. Ranma just grinned as Sunset glared daggers at him.
"Yoooooouuuuuuu son of a bitch." She said.
"Well," Ranma said as he crossed his hands.
"There was this one time Sunset followed me, Applejack and Rainbow back to my place for our usual training. She asked to see some of my manga and games and so I left her in my room while I started their training. When I went back to check on her, I found her in one of my outfits acting like she was me. Saying: 'Ha! Ha! Take that! No one can beat the great Ranma!'"
As he said this, Sunset buried her face in her hands, turning red as her hair as the others chuckled and giggled at the story Ranma was telling them.
"Hold on, you mean to tell me, that Sunset was cosplaying you, and I MISSED IT!" Pinkie screamed as she grabbed Sunset by the collar.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TAKE ANY PICTURES!?" She screamed.
"Oh, but we did." Ranma said. Pinkie slowly turned her head to face the smirking Ranma.
"What chu' talkin' 'bout Ranma?" She said.
"Ranma! No! You promised you wouldn't!" She said. Ranma just kept smirking.
"Oh, I promised I wouldn't show them. But I never said anything about them looking ON YOUR PHONE!" He exclaimed.
"NO!" Sunset screamed as the others tackled her and Pinkie pulled out the red head's phone and started looking through her gallery.
"No, no, no, no, no...*Gasp!* HERE IT IS!" Pinkie exclaimed as she showed the others. It showed a picture of Sunset, with her hair in a braid and wearing a light blue, sleeveless Kung Fu outfit with sliver lining in the middle of the shirt standing next to female Ranma.
"You mean you guys did this BEFORE HE GOT CURED!?" She exclaimed. Ranma shrugged.
"Kinda." He said smiling. Pinkie started pouting.
"MMMMM! I wanted to see you guys pose as twins in other outfits." She said. Ranma chuckled as he thought back to that day.
(Flashback)
Ranma was stretching out as he walked towards his door. He was about to open his door to check on his friend, Sunset, who he left in there while he got Rainbow and Applejack started on their training, when he heard Sunset's voice.
"Ha! Ha! Hiyah! Take that! That'll teach you to mess with Ranma the great!" He heard her voice. Ranma took on a look of confusion.
"Ranma the great?" He said to himself as he slowly and quietly opened his door and saw Sunset, wearing one of his outfits, her hair in a braid and posing like she was in a Kung Fu movie. Ranma laughed a little as he watched her.
"Ha! Take that! And that!" She said as she posed more. Ranma took this time to sneak up behind her and kept quiet, waiting for her to turn around.
"Rainbow! Lower your stance! Applejack! Straighten out that fist! Pinkie! Stop playing with their breasts! Rarity! Stop trying to..." Sunset was saying until she saw Ranma in the corner of the mirror and slowly turned to see his smirking face.
"Oh, don't mind me. Keep going, Ranma." He said, grinning like a monster. Sunset started to grin nervously.
"Uh, Ranma! Hi!" She said as she straightened up and chuckled nervously. "Um. I bet you're wondering why I'm dressed like this. Well, um...I...Lost a bet! Yeah. I lost a bet. To Pinkie. She said she wanted me to see me dressed like you and act like, like...oh you're not buying this, are you?"
"Uh uh." He said smugly. Sunset dropped her head.
"Ok. I don't know WHAT came over me. But when Rarity was braiding my hair today, she said something about how if I borrowed some of your clothes you and I could almost look like twins. So, while you were with the others I looked into your closet and found something I've never seen you in and I tried it on and I just got lost in a fantasy." She said, hanging her head in shame. Ranma smirked and shook his head.
"Do me a favor and stand right here for a moment." He said and stepped out. Sunset was confused until a minute later, female Ranma walked back in and stood with her, side-by-side in front of the mirror.
"You know what? She was right. Sister!" Ranma said teasingly, causing both of them to laugh. Sunset pulled out her phone and set it to camera.
"Say Twinsys!" She said as she and Ranma wrapped their arms around each other.
"TWINSYS!" They said as she took the picture.
(End Flashback)
"LOOK!" Pinkie cried out in excitement, breaking out of his remembrance. "WE'RE HERE!"
They all looked to where she was pointing and the girls all started to cheer. They were closing in on the hall where the Gala was being held. Ranma couldn't help but whistle, it was a lot bigger than he thought it would be. Spot lights were shining into the sky as cars and limos of varying sizes and looks were pulling up and people stepped out, all dressed up like it was the Grammies.
"Wow." He said. "Some party."
As the limo pulled to a stop, Ranma was the first to step out and, like he had been taught be Rarity, helped each of the girls out, one at a time. As they each got out, they all looked towards the party they had all dreamed of, stars shining in their eyes. But as for Ranma, he heard something in the distance that seemed to be getting louder as he listened.
"Hey, am I the only one who hears that music?" He asked. But as he did, he was interrupted by Twilight and the others, and for some odd reason, everyone around him singing some song that fit the music.
[Twilight Sparkle]
At the Gala
Ranma: Huh?
[Choir]
At the Gala
Ranma: Hey!
[Fluttershy]
At the Gala
In the garden
I'm going to see them all
All the creatures
I'll befriend them at the Gala
Ranma: What the!?
[Choir]
At the Gala
Ranma: Hey, what's going...?
[Fluttershy]
All the birdies
And the critters
They will love me big and small
We'll become good friends forever
Right here at the Gala!
[Choir]
All our dreams will come true
Right here at the Gala
At the Gala
Ranma: HEY! What in the world is going on here!?
[Applejack]
At the Gala (It's amazing)
I will sell them (Better hurry)
All my appletastic treats (Yummy yummy)
Hungry People (They'll be snacking)
They will buy them (Bring your money)
Caramel apples, apple sweets (Gimme some)
And I'll earn a lot of money
for the Apple family!
[Choir]
All our dreams and our hopes from now until hereafter
All that we've been wishing for will happen at the Gala
At the Gala
Ranma: Will someone PLEASE tell me what is...?
[Rarity]
At the Gala
All the royals
They will meet fair Rarity
They will see I'm just as regal at the Gala
[Choir]
At the Gala
[Rarity]
I will find him
My Prince Charming
And how gallant he will be
He will treat me like a lady
Tonight at the Gala!
[Choir]
This is what we've waited for to have the best night ever
Each of us will live our dreams
Tonight at the Gala
At the Gala
Ranma: Let me out of here!
[Rainbow Dash]
Been dreamin'
I've been waitin'
To fly with those great People
The Wonderbolts, their daring tricks
Spinning 'round and having kicks
Perform for crowds of thousands
They'll shower us with diamonds
The Wonderbolts will see me right here at the Gala!
[Choir]
All we've longed for
All we've dreamed
Our happy ever after
Finally will all come true
Right here at the Grand Gala
At the Gala
Ranma: This is ridiculous!
[Pinkie Pie]
I am here at the Grand Gala
For it is the best party
But the one thing it was missing was a girl named Pinkie
For I am the best at parties, all the People will agree
People playing
People dancing
With me at the Grand Gala!
[Choir]
Happiness and laughter at the Gala
At the Gala
Ranma: I'm not even going to bother.
[Twilight Sparkle]
At the Gala (At the Gala)
With Celestia (With the Celestia)
Is where I'm going to be (She will be)
We will talk all about magic and what I've learned and seen (She will see)
It is going to be so special
As she takes time just for me (This will be the best night ever!)
[Sunset Shimmer]
Into the Gala we must go
We're ready now, we're all aglow
Into the Gala, let's go in and have the best night ever
Into the Gala, now's the time
We're ready and we look divine!
[Choir and Fluttershy]
Into the Gala
[Fluttershy]
Meet new friends
[Choir and Applejack]
Into the Gala
[Applejack]
Sell some apples
[Choir and Rarity]
Into the Gala
[Rarity]
Find my Prince
[Choir and Rainbow Dash]
Prove I'm great
[Rainbow Dash]
As a Wonderbolt is
Fluttershy: To meet!
Applejack: To sell!
Rarity: To find!
Rainbow Dash: To prove!
Pinkie Pie: To whoop!
Twilight Sparkle: To talk!
Sunset Shimmer: To enjoy!
[All]
Into the Gala
Into the Gala
And we'll have the best night ever!
At the Gala!
Ranma just stood there and watched as everyone headed into the Gala. His mind still trying to wrap itself around what the heck he had just witnessed. He looked down at Spike, who was the only one left.
"Spike? Did you see and hear what the heck just happened?" He asked. Spike looked up from scratching his head with his foot.
"What? Oh, you mean the whole big musical number from out of nowhere? Yeah, that happens a lot around here. But you get used to it after a while." He said. Ranma narrowed his eyes at Spike and then looked towards the camera.
"Yo, author guys! I thought this was supposed to be some kind of Shonen action, rom-com, not some kind of High school Musical." Ranma said annoyed. After shaking his head in exasperation, he headed off after his seven friends.
As he entered the building, he immediately felt like a fish out of water. Everything looked so fancy and elegant, in all honesty, he felt like he was in a movie. The more he looked around the more he felt like he really shouldn't be here. But then he heard the voice of Pinkie shouting in happiness.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! IT'S BEAUTIFULL!" She cried out as she jumped around and started partying like the wild animal she was. Ranma smirked as he watched her bounce around the room. He turned his head and saw Applejack heading out to set up her little stand filled with all sorts of apple delights. Fitters, pies, candied and caramel apples, even apple fries. Ranma walked over to her stand, smiling at all the goodies she had.
"Hey AJ, stand's looking very good." He said. AJ smiled at him.
"You're darn tootin'! So, see anything you like?" She asked. Ranma looked around, thinking about what he should take.
"Hmm. I think I'll take...some of those apple fritters and apple fries." He said. Applejack smiled and gave him a wink.
"You've got it Sugar Cube." She said, as she got Ranma his food.
"Oh! And maybe some apple cider to go with it." He said.
"Coming up." She said as she poured him a cup of cider. Ranma licked his lips at the grub that was placed in front of him as he pulled out his wallet and what he owed in front of Applejack.
"Here ya go, AJ. And keep the change." He said as he started off. Applejack pocketed the money and waved at Ranma.
"Thanks Sugar Cube! Come again!" She said with a big smile.
"Hooo boy! My first sale in just a little under a minute. So far, off to a good start." She said.
Ranma munched on his apple fritters and apple fries and moaned in ecstasy. Applejack would DEFINITELY snag a man with the way she cooked. As Ranma was walking and eating, a man with messy black hair and wearing a blue pilots suit walked up to him.
"Say! Where did you get that from!?" He asked. "I didn't see anything like that on the inside!"
Ranma tilted his head, his mouth still full of food. He swallowed and cleared his throat.
"My friend Applejack over there has a stand full of her home-made apple foods." He said.
"Does she have, per say, apple pie?" The man asked. Ranma nodded as he took a sip of his cider, and moaned from how good it was.
"Oh definitely. And dude, take my advice, get yourself some of this apple cider! It's Heaven in a cup!" Ranma said, licking his lips. The messy haired man licked his own lips and nodded his head.
"Loud and clear chief." He said as he headed over to AJ's stand. Ranma smiled to himself. He just did AJ another favor and got her a second customer. As he started heading back in, he was stopped by Rainbow Dash, who was staring at the guy Ranma was just talking to. Ranma looked at the man, then back at Rainbow.
"He your type?" He asked. Rainbow snapped out of it and turned to look at Ranma.
"Do you have ANY idea who that was!?" She asked. Ranma shook his head.
"A pilot I'm guessing." Ranma said.
"Ranma," She said. "That guy is a member of the WONDERBOLTS!" She exclaimed. Ranma's eyes went slightly wide and he made an 'O' shape with his mouth.
"Oh..." He said. "Wait, didn't you want to talk to those guys? Go talk to him." Rainbow shook her head.
"I...I can't. I'm too nervous. I wouldn't even know what to say." She said, looking like she was about to have a panic attack. Ranma shook his head as he finished the last of his food and cider.
"Rainbow, look." He started to say as he put an arm around her shoulder.
"You are, by far, one of the coolest people I have ever met. And I've been to three different countries. Sure, that guy may be one of those airplane acrobats you like, but you are a superhuman martial artist, an expert guitarist and singer, and you're a freaking real life magical girl who's faced off against magical enemies on a bunch of occasions! Trust me, you can handle talking to one celebrity."
Rainbow calmed down and thought about it. Ranma was right, why should she be scared after everything she's been through? She mustered up her natural confidence and smiled at Ranma.
"You know what? You're right! I can handle this!" She said as she started walking away, but before she got too far, she turned around and kissed Ranma's cheek.
"Thanks sensei-kun." She said and headed off. Ranma just stood there, blushing up a storm.
As for Rainbow Dash, she got to the messy haired man, Soarin, just as he lost his grip on his apple pie and dashed at breakneck speed and caught it before it hit the ground.
"Whoa, thanks." He said. Rainbow got up and handed it back to Soarin.
"No problem." She said.
"Sweet move there, kid." Came a voice from behind. Rainbow looked back and saw the leader of the Wonderbolts, Spitfire. She gasped.
"Spitfire..." She whispered, hearts in her eyes. Spitfire walked up to the starry eyed girl and laughed.
"I'm guessing you're a fan. Say...I've seen you before. You're that rainbow girl that won that martial arts gymnastics match a while back. You had some nice moves. Tell me, ever think about trying out for our team after you graduate?" Rainbow's eyes went so wide they could be seen from outer space.
Ranma smiled as he saw his student and friend getting the talk she wanted with her ideals. Ranma dusted off his hands and gave himself a metaphorical pat on the back.
"Whelp, that's another couple of good deeds for the night." He said as he headed back inside.
Once inside, he saw Sunset and Twilight hanging with Celestia, talking and greeting more people who kept coming in. He smiled at them and turned to look at where he saw Rarity, and dropped his jaw as he saw her with some handsome looking dude.
"I guess she found her prince charming." He said. But then he saw the guy acting VERY unprincely by making Rarity do things that he should be doing for her. He glared at him.
"Prince maybe, but charming may be pushing it a bit." He said with a growl. He looked around and saw that Pinkie was jumping around like usual, but was starting to look kind of down as one of the stuck-up snobs started talking down to her, telling her that this was not that kind of party.
Ranma started glaring at her now. He headed over to Pinkie and sat down next to her. He put his arm around her shoulder.
"Hey, don't let those creeps get ya down Pinks." He said, trying to comfort her. Pinkie sighed.
"Thanks Ranma. I just thought they'd all be partying. This just isn't what I thought it would be like." She said. Ranma shook his head.
"Aw, don't worry about those kooks. They just don't know how to have fun." He said. Pinkie shot up.
"You're right! I'm not giving up. I've waited my whole life for a chance like this. I'm not going to let one schmuck get me down. I'm not leaving this party until I make this the BEST. NIGHT. EVER!"
She said as she got up and rushed over to the stage. Ranma shook his head at her as he got up. But then he shuddered.
"Why did I just feel a cold shiver go down my back?" He asked. He looked around and saw Rainbow trying to talk to the Wonderbolts but she kept getting pushed aside by the fancy creeps. Ranma shook his head.
He looked over to Sunset and Twilight and saw that they were having trouble of their own. People just seemed to keep coming! They couldn't get a word in edgewise to Celestia or to any of the scientists that came in. Every time they did, the person they were talking to was taken away and by the waves of fancy rich Schmucks.
"Sheesh, does that line EVER end?" He said to himself as he headed off. He saw Pinkie and couldn't help but smirk at the lines of the lines of the song she was singing as she took center stage. As he listened, he couldn't help but notice that some of the lines in her song seemed to fit the situations that some of their friends were going through. He smirked when he heard Pinkie say a line that went, 'Even though your date's a lout. You're better off without.'
As he heard that line, he noticed Rarity and her date walking around. He even noticed that her date really was acting like a lout. He couldn't help but growl as he saw the guy acting like Rarity should be opening the door for him instead of the other way around. He grit his teeth and head off outside, he really needed a drink.
As he got outside, he saw Applejack with her head down. He really didn't like the downcast look on her face. He looked around and at the table and noticed that she must have not had any customers since he and that Soarin guy were here. He walked over to her and knocked on the table to get her attention. She shot up and smiled at seeing Ranma.
"Hey Ranma!" She said. Ranma smiled at her as he rested his arm on her stand.
"No customers, AJ?" He asked. Applejack's smile fell as she sighed.
"Yeah. I don't get it. My home grown apple foods are TWICE as good as anything they're serving in that stupid party! What gives!?" She said. Ranma shook his head and shrugged.
"I don't know. Personally, I prefer your stuff over that crap. I tried some during Pinkie's song, and it had no taste what so ever!" He said. Ranma and Applejack then heard Rarity and her date coming up to them. Ranma smiled at his pretty friend and waved.
"Hey Rars! So, aren't you going to introduce us to your friend over here?" He asked teasingly. Rarity blushed as she did an extravagant wave of her hand to the pretty boy.
"Allow me to introduce, Jackson Hewett. The son of a very important diplomat." She said. The pretty boy, Jackson, did a bow.
"How do you do?" He said. Applejack smiled at the purple haired girl and waved her over to whisper in her ear.
"Congratulations Rarity. Looks like you got your prince charming." She said, making Rarity blush and giggle. Ranma, however, was giving him a slight glare.
'I don't know about charming.' He thought to himself.
"Can I get some food Applejack?" Rarity asked. Applejack nodded and picked out some of Rarity's favorites, and waited to be paid.
The thing was, however, Jackson gestured for Rarity to pay. Rarity gestured for him to pay. And it just kept going for a few seconds, until Applejack sighed.
"It's ok Rarity. This one's on the house. I take care of my friends." She said.
"Thank you, Applejack." Rarity said as she and Jackson took their food...and Jackson spat it back out.
"YEUCK!" He said. "What IS this!? Apple fritters? Apple pie? My delicate taste buds have tasted common carnival fair!?"
"HEY!" Ranma and Applejack both said at once.
"What did you just say!? You no good little blond haired sissy little prick!" Ranma said as he marched up to the guy to give him a punch to the nose. But Rarity stepped in between them.
"Ranma! Please! I'm sure he didn't mean it." She tried to say.
"Oh, I most certainly did. I'm going back inside for some hors d'oeuvres." Jackson said as he strutted off back inside. Ranma growled at the guy as he went off.
"Well no wonder nobody wants to eat my foods. They're all filling up on those fancy vittles." Applejack said.
"Forget that!" Ranma shouted out as he turned to Rarity.
"What the HECK Rarity!?" He screamed at her.
"I beg your pardon!?" She said.
"Don't give me that crap! The heck is wrong with you!? I don't care how hot looking that guy is, he just basically insulted your friend by telling her her food sucks! How can you NOT be mad!? In fact, how can you even THINK of dating an asshole like that!?" Ranma screamed in Rarity's face. Applejack gasped at seeing what looked like the beginnings of a showdown between her two friends.
"Look, I'll admit that what he said WAS a little insulting..." Rarity started to say.
"A LITTLE!?" Ranma cut her off. "Calling her food sour is a little insulting. That guy actually said that he thought her food was DISGUSTING! Are you really that stupid as to defend an asshole like that you...you...DUMB BIMBO!"
"What did you call ME!?" Rarity screamed as she got in Ranma's face.
Applejack's eyes went wide. She was so scared, she grabbed a shot glass and poured herself a shot of cider (Nonalcoholic) and drank it down.
"You heard me! I thought you cared about your friends! And yet here you are, not only letting some pretty boy asshole walk all over you but also you let him trash your friend in front of your face! What the HECK! BITCH!" He screamed. Applejack took another shot.
"LOOK, YOU FOREIGN VENEREAL DISEASE CARRYING BASTARD! (Applejack took another shot) I'm sure he just hasn't gotten the chance to try anything outside of high society. I'm sure if I can just get him to try it..."
"Oh gee when? After you hand him your dad's whole fortune just because he bats his eyes at you! You brainless SLUT!" Ranma screamed as Applejack took another shot.
"HOW DARE YOU!" Rarity screamed as she slapped Ranma as hard as she could.
"Aw heck with it." Applejack said as she just gulped down more cider straight from the bottle.
"You..." Ranma started to say as he glared at Rarity.
"You know what? I don't know why I even BOTHER! Here I am trying to get you to see what an ASSHOLE that guy is and all you want to do is roll over and be his door mat! I don't even know why we're even friends!" Ranma screamed at the top of his lungs. Rarity, who was ashamed of herself for slapping Ranma, was on the verge of crying before she hardened and glared back at him.
"You know what, I DON'T EITHER!" She said. "YOU ARE JUST AN OVERLY MUSCLE-BOUND JERK! I HATE YOU!" She said.
"FINE!" Ranma screamed.
"FINE!" Rarity shouted back.
"FINE!"
"FINE!"
"FINE!"
"FINE!"
"FINE!"
"FINE!"
And with that, Ranma went back to Applejack, who was taking even more shot gulps, and Rarity run off after Jackson. Ranma face palmed and growled at how that went. Best night ever? Yeah right. This gala just caused him to a friend.
"Hit me with some cider AJ. And leave the bottle." He said. Applejack pulled out another bottle and put it in front of the saddened boy.
"Here you go sugar cube. On the house." She said as Ranma chugged down a few gulps.
"*Sigh* Tell me something, why do you guys put up with that woman!? I'm willing to bet she'd sell her family's fortune if a handsome enough jackass asked her." Ranma said as he took a swig of his cider. Applejack sighed and put a hand on Ranma's shoulder.
"Look Sugar Cube, I know first hand how much of a dumb-dumb Rarity can be when it comes to crap like this. But she usually comes back around after a while." She said. Ranma gave her a skeptical look, like he didn't really believe that.
"Well, either way, I guess I'm down one friend. *Sigh* Man this really sucks." He said as he gulped down more cider. As he finished drinking, he noticed Applejack packing up.
"Uh? Where are you going?" He asked. Applejack looked at him with a determined look.
"Well, now that I finally know why no one's been coming for my homemade apple goods, I know how I can get their attention! I'll show them that my apples are TWICE as good as them fancy shmancy grubs they got in there! I Just need to gussy them up a little bit."
Ranma just looked at her like she was crazy as she walked off. Ranma tried to say something to stop her, but he just shook his head and groaned as he smashed his head into the counter. He looked up at the sky with an annoyed expression on his face.
"God, why did you have to make girls so...so...STUPID!" He shouted to the sky as he smashed his head on the counter again after taking a HUGE chug of cider. He sighed as he just laid there.
"Oh well, at least I know Fluttershy is having a better time than I am." He said. Meanwhile...
Fluttershy, who currently has her hair all a shambles and looking like she has been put through the ringer, is putting the finishing touches on a snare trap. Gone was her usual cheerful and shy demeanor, and she looked as if she was starting to go slightly crazy.
"I'll get 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! AAAAHHH HA HA HA HAA! AAAAHHHH HA HA HA HA...WAH!?"
Her tirade was cut off by her getting her own foot stuck in her own trap. She was yanked up by her ankle and hung from the tree. A little bunny hopped over and looked up at her. She looked down at the bunny and sighed. This was NOT going as she had hoped and dreamed.
Back with Ranma, he was walking back into the gala hall and just sat down at a random table and just kept chugging his cider. He sighed as he closed his eyes, his head aching from all the crap he was going through.
'Best night ever? Only if you like being miserable.' He thought to himself.
"You look like you're having fun." Came a voice. He looked up and to his surprise, saw Sunset Shimer looking down at him, a pleasant smile on her face.
"Oh, hey Sunset." He said, sitting back up.
"Got room for one more?" She asked. Ranma blinked in confusion.
"Huh? Sure, but why? I thought you'd be living it up at this party. You're the one who wanted to come more than anybody else. I mean, except Rarity." He said. Sunset took a seat next to Ranma and sighed.
"Yeah well, looks like you were right. This party really isn't all I hoped it would be." She said as she rested her head in one of her hands. Ranma blinked.
"I'm sorry, what was that?" He asked, leaning in close and put a hand to his ear. Sunset chuckled at Ranma's antics.
"I said, you were right." She said with a fake sigh of defeat. Ranma sat up straight, his cocky smirk back once again.
"Boy, how many guys can say that they ACTUALLY heard a girl say that to them?" He said. Sunset chuckled again at him.
"Probably not very many." She said as she took Ranma's cider and took a a few sips.
"Uh, Sunset?" He asked. Sunset giggled.
"What? Think I'm afraid of a little backwash?" But then she grinned. "Or, maybe YOU'RE afraid of catching cooties from me or something?"
"D-DON'T BE RIDICULOUS!" Ranma exclaimed. Sunset laughed at him. Ranma smiled at her, he really needed that laugh.
"But seriously," Sunset started to say. "I spent most of my night just helping Principal Celestia greet people as they came in. Me and Twilight actually did Rock, Paper, Scissors just to see which one of us could sneak away first. I won." She finished with a triumphant smirk. Ranma chuckled.
"So, what's bringing you down?" She asked. Ranma sighed.
"Well, I got in a fight with Rarity."
He then went on to explain how he and Rarity got into their fight and how their friendship was officially over. Sunset put a hand on Ranma's shoulder in a comforting way.
"I'm sorry Ranma." She said. "But if this jackass is really as bad as you say, I'm sure Rarity will get tired of him and dump his ass before too long."
Ranma clicked his tongue as he turned his head.
"Like I care." He said as he took back his cider and chugged down the last bit. He sighed as he got up.
"Sorry, but I've got to go to the bathroom. Be back in a bit."
When Ranma came back, he couldn't help but laugh at seeing Pinkie turning on some REAL party music and trying to get everyone dancing like they were supposed to be having a good time. He shook his head as he laughed at his crazy friend. Then he saw Applejack come in with a bit apple cake.
"Okay you fancy hoipoloi rich tight wads! I've got this homemade apple cake that's SURE to please your fancy hoity-toity taste buds!" She said as she rolled the cake...a little too close to the stage!
"STAGE DIVE!" Pinkie screamed as she dived right onto the cart with the cake and sent it flying!
"PINKIE!" Applejack screamed at her friend. Ranma watched the cake fly across the room...and was heading right for RARITY! Forgetting about how mad he was at her, Ranma panicked and tried to call out and warn her.
"RARITY!" He cried out. "RARITY! LOOK OUT! HEADS UP! INCOMING!"
Rarity was about to tell Ranma off, but then she looked up and saw the incoming cake!
"AAAAAAGGGHHHH!" Both she and her date screamed as the cake came flying at them. Then, Jackson grabbed Rarity and shoved her in front of him and used her as a human shield! And unfortunately, she took it head on!
"Ouch." Ranma said.
"*Gasp* Oh no he didn't." Sunset said.
Rarity turned around and glared daggers at her FORMER date. She was so steaming mad that she started glowing a violent purple aura as lightning arched off her body, and her face all red.
"That. Is. IT!" She cried out as her aura exploded!
"YOU sir. Are by far the most UNCHARMING! UNCARING! MOST UNSUFISTICATED SON OF A BITCH I HAVE EVER MET!" She screamed at him as she closed in on the retreating jerk wad.
"I can't BELEIVE I actually tried to defend you in front of my friend! Especially after you insulted one of my other friends the way you did! I even lost a VERY good friend because of you! I can't believe I even THOUGHT you of all people were my Prince Charming! In fact the royal thing about you is the fact that you are a royal PAIN IN MY...!"
"Stop! Please! I just had myself groomed!" Jackson said, shrinking away from the angry purple haired girl.
"Aw, what's a matter? Afraid to get DIRTY!?" She said as she started shaking her head fast enough to fling the cake off her face and at the jerk off.
"Rarity!" Ranma called out to the angry girl. "Have I taught you nothing?" He said as he walked up to her.
"If you want to get back at a guy like this, first you got to kick him in the balls, LIKE THIS!" Ranma said, kicking the prick in the nuts, causing him to bend over.
"Then you got to grab him by the hair and punch him in the nose, LIKE THIS!" Ranma then grabbed him by the hair, pulled him up and punched him in the nose.
"Oh," Rarity said. "You mean, kick him like THIS!" She said, kicking Jackson HARD in the crotch.
"And then punch him like, THIS!" She then reared her fist back and punched him in the nose as hard as she could. Ranma let go after the punch and watched with a smile as the no good jackass was sent flying into a table of food and it collapsed under his weight.
"That's my girl!" Ranma exclaimed as he wrapped an arm around Rarity's shoulders.
Both teens laughed out loud at the sight of the pampered 'Blue Blood' getting what he deserved for how he had been acting towards Rarity and her friends. Rarity soon stopped laughing as she looked towards Ranma. She quickly looked away, a look of shame on her face. Ranma looked towards the fashion forward girl, also looking a little shaken, remembering their earlier fight.
"Ranma...I'm..." Rarity started to say.
"Sorry." Ranma cut her off. "I'm...I'm sorry for...you know...earlier." He said. Rarity smiled at her friend.
"No, I'm sorry. You were right about that, that jerk off." She said. Ranma couldn't help but chuckle.
"Boy, people sure like saying that I'm right tonight." He said. Rarity smiled slightly and punched him in the arm.
"Watch it." She said, trying to be mad but failing because of her slight laughter.
"But seriously. You were right. I really was too caught up in my little fantasy about finding my prince that I couldn't see what a jerk he really was. Please, can you ever forgive me?" She asked. Ranma smirked at his cake covered friend.
"Yeah, I guess." He said.
"So, we're good?" She asked.
"No," Ranma started to say, surprising her by scooping cake off of her and slapping it onto his face. Rarity gasped as Ranma wiped the cake from his eyes.
"Now! We're good." He said. Rarity couldn't help but giggle at Ranma's antics before scooping the cake off of his face and slapped it onto her own face.
"No, NOW we're good." She said in between giggles. Ranma scooped more cake up and slapped Rarity in the face with it.
"No, now we're good!" He laughed. Rarity wiped some of the cake off of her face, scooped up more and struck Ranma back, laughing as she did so.
"No, NOW we're good!" She said as both of them burst out laughing at each other. Applejack and Sunset and the rest of their friends couldn't help but laugh as well.
"I told him she'd come around eventually." Applejack said. Sunset nodded.
"Yeah, and BOY did she let that creep have it!" She said laughing. Pinkie giggled at the cake fight between Ranma and Rarity and used her finger to scoop up some of the leftover frosting from the cake.
"Cake fixes everything." She said before licking it of her finger.
As Ranma and Rarity kept laughing at themselves, a overly dressed, pompous looking woman marched up to the two teens.
"Young lady!" She cried out, catching Ranma and Rarity's attention. "Just what do you think this is a bar? That is NOT how civilized people act in high society." She said, acting like she was the one in the right. Ranma scoffed at the woman and marched up to look her dead in the eye.
"Yeah, well guess what lady? I've seen bars and dives with more class than you and this whole dump put together!" Ranma shouted at her.
"In fact, in case you were too busy planning your next trip to the plastic surgeon's office to notice, that arrogant little prick messed with my friend and used her like a dang human shield! He got what he deserved! And if it were up to me, I'd have sent him up the river!"
The lady scoffed back at Ranma and turned her head in disgust.
"You sir, are no gentlemen. In fact, scum like you belong with the rest of the riff raff out in the gutter!" She shot back.
"HEY YOU BITCH!" Rarity screamed at the woman, catching the whole room off guard.
"I'll have you know that my friend Ranma here, has more class in one little FINGER than you and the rest of you high class SNOBS have in your whole bank accounts!" She screamed as she slapped the woman HARD across the face.
"Ouch!" Ranma said. "Nice one Rars." He said, patting her on the back. A few of the others in the room also laughed at the scene, only for others to slap them and so on.
Ranma and the others watched as chaos slowly started building. Twilight was starting to panic, Rarity too. Applejack didn't know what to think, Sunset was scratching her head nervously. Pinkie was eating whatever apple cake was left and Rainbow Dash was wondering if she should jump in and try to calm things down. As for Ranma...
"HOLD IT!" He screamed out. Everyone looked towards him as he stood on top of one of the tables so that everyone could see him.
"There's something I've always wanted to say." He said as he grinned mischievously.
"Pinkie, get some music ready." He said to his pink friend. Pinkie gave a salute and rushed over to the DJ stand on stage. Ranma then took a deep breath.
"FOOD FIGHT!" He shouted and kicked up a plate of food and threw it at the nearest rich person he could find. As he did so, Pinkie started playing the instrumental part of Free Bird on loop as the fight got started.
"Now THIS IS A PARTY!" She cried out as she kicked a serving cart full of food into a crowed of rich snobs.
Ranma laughed, only to be hit by a surprise attack by the guy he and Rarity dealt with earlier. As the creep kept laughing, Rarity smashed him in between two of her diamond shields.
"Oh no you don't, you, you...Blue Blooded son of a bitch!" She said as she grabbed another plate of food and threw it at the creep. He took it in the face and fell down in a heap. Rarity huffed, dusted off her hands, only to get hit in the back by the pompous woman from earlier. She was feeling good about herself, until she felt a tap on her shoulder.
"Hey you cow pie!" Said Applejack as she slammed an apple pie right in the woman's face. "No one does that to my friends!"
She then did a judo throw, tossing the woman right into a crowd of other rich creeps. She gave herself a pat on the back and rushed over to Rarity.
"You ok Sugar Cube?" She asked. Rarity shook her head to clear out the cobwebs.
"I'll be fine. But remind me to NEVER ask to be a part of THIS crowd EVER again!" She said with an annoyed look, causing Applejack to laugh.
"You got it." She said with a wink.
Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash was having the time of her life! She may not have gotten the exact night of hanging with the Wonderbolts like she wanted, but THIS was starting to become even MORE FUN! She had seen the altercation between Ranma, Rarity and Mr. Blue Blood, and she was happy to see him get what he deserved.
But when the food fight started, she was not sure what to do at first, but when she saw the rich schmucks attacking her friends and her idols, she jumped right in. And to be honest, this was the most she'd enjoyed herself all night. As she saw AJ and Rarity getting surrounded, she dashed towards them and blitzed the bums surrounding her friends.
"You two ok?" She asked. Applejack nodded.
"Yeah, we're fine. Thanks Dashy." She said. They all heard Pinkie scream and looked to see her being attacked by the rich snobs that insulted her dancing and music earlier. Rarity growled at the people she at one point wanted to join.
"I'll help Pinkie, you two cover me." She said as she charged off. Rainbow and Applejack didn't get a chance to answer her as she charged forward.
As she ran off, they noticed a bunch of creeps closing in on them. They jumped and flipped in front of them and braced themselves to fight.
"I'll hit them high..." Rainbow started.
"And I'll hit them low." Applejack finished.
Rainbow used her speed to dash around their enemies and hit them in their faces with anything she could get her hands on and when she was done, Applejack channeled her ki and magic to increase her strength and stomped hard to cause the ground in front of her, that housed the bone heads she and Rainbow were dealing with, to shake like a mini earthquake that knocked them all flat on their backs.
Rainbow ran to Applejack and they high fived at their work. Meanwhile, Rarity used her diamond shields to protect Pinkie from the group closing in on her. She looked up and smiled at her friend.
"Rarity! Thanks for the save." She said. Rarity smiled at her friend.
"You're welcome. Now get your canon and BLAST THEM PINKIE!" She cried out. Pinkie grinned evilly and from out of nowhere, she pulled out her party canon and as soon as Rarity lowered her shields, FIRED!
All the party goers screamed as they were knocked backwards by Pinkie's confetti canon. Pinkie and Rarity smirked and high fived as Pinkie picked up some of the food that was dropped and ate it. But as she chewed, her eyes went wide and she spat it out in disgust!
"Sugar...FREE!?" She said as she clenched her fist. Rarity started to get nervous as she back away from her angry friend. Pinkie started to glow an aura of pink anger as she poured her energy into her canon and took aim at another crowd of rich party poopers and fired.
"AAAAAHHHH!" She cried as she fired at them. She ripped off part of her dress and wrapped it around her head, making her look like a female Rambo.
"You will all eat my sugary FURY!" She cried as she jumped into the fray and fired more blasts at the crowd. Rarity sweat dropped at the sight.
"Boy, suddenly I feel really bad for those fools." She said as she followed after Pinkie.
Sunset and Twilight bobbed, weaved, jumped and dodged the incoming food that was sent flying at them. Twilight used her telekinesis to hold off the flying foods as she and Sunset tried to find shelter.
"Sheesh! One thing you can say about being Ranma's friend, life's never dull!" Sunset said in between laughs. Twilight grunted an agreement.
"Yeah well, for some reason I feel like something like this would have happened without him anyway. But still, I guess he makes it more exciting." She said as she got hit in the face by one of the cakes.
"Twilight!" Sunset cried out in shock. Twilight wiped the cake off her face, a look of pure rage adorning her features.
"Ok, NOW, I'm mad." She said as she used her telekinesis to pick up fallen food and fired it all around her, knocking back some of the snobbish creeps. Sunset was wide eyed at the sight.
"Whoa." She said, but then she felt someone grab her, trying to pull themselves up, only for Sunset to read their mind and turn to find the man who was holding her arm.
"Fresh creep!" She said as she punched him in the nose.
"What? What did you see in his mind?" Twilight asked. Sunset turned to her friend.
"Perverted thoughts." She said. Twilight glared at the fallen creep and then at the whole room.
"Shall we join the fun?" Twilight asked as she started to glow purple. Sunset smirked as she cracked her knuckles.
"Oh yeah!" She said as they jumped in.
Sunset threw any piece of food she could at all those who came within range of her and Twilight. She may not be as good a fighter as Ranma, Rainbow, Applejack, or even Pinkie, but she kept in shape so as not lose her edge.
She slipped through all the projectiles and managed to unload her pent-up stress on anyone who got too close. Twilight used her powers to catch all projectiles and hurled them back at the ones who threw them at her and Sunset. She served as the shield while Sunset served as the solider that went in close to the enemy.
Rainbow and Applejack were using Applejack's cart to shield themselves from enemy attacks and retaliated with all the food AJ had brought with her.
"Well, at least these chowder heads are FINALLY eating your food AJ!" Rainbow said as she threw another apple pie at one of the crowd. Applejack chuckled.
"Yeah. Sad thing is, I'm giving it away for free!" She said as she threw another plate at another one of the snobbish people who wouldn't eat her food.
Someone tried to sneak up behind them, but the two of them elbowed them in the gut, grabbed their head and threw them over the cart.
"BACK OFF CREEP!" They said as they looked around for more trouble.
Meanwhile, Pinkie was going full Rambo/Terminator on anyone who got in her way! She SOMEHOW got her hands on ACTUAL Sugar coated sweets and threw them at all those who dared to stand in her way.
"Eat sugar coated sweetness SUCKERS!" She said as she pulled out a soda bottle, shook it up, pricked a hole in it and threw it at a woman who caught it and got sprayed in the face. Pinkie turned around and slammed a cupcake in another woman's face.
"Eat something! You could use some meat on your skinny ass bones!" She cried as she threw pudding cups at some other people who ended up covered in chocolate pudding.
Rarity followed close behind Pinkie and covered her with her shields. As she defended Pinkie let loose her fury, occasionally loading her canon with sweets to fire at their unfortunate foes. Rarity even managed to use her shields to slam some of the gathering foes away and almost acted like a form of crowd control.
"Now THIS IS A REAL PARTY!" Pinkie cried as she somehow managed to fire her canon like a Gatling gun, mowing down even more high class punks. Rarity couldn't help but laugh.
"Who's got no class now!" She said with a maniacal laugh.
As for Ranma, he was getting right in the middle of the carnage. When one came at him from the left, he caught them by the wrist and did a standing arm bar that turned into a reverse throw. Then did a low sweep kick to take out another charging foe before rolling to catch a pie off the ground and threw it at someone in the crowd.
He turned to see another one come at him, but he caught their attacking hand, punched them in the gut and did a hip throw before kicking them in the head. He looked up and ducked under another attempted pie in the face, punched his attacker in the ribs, grabbed his arm and did a standing front leg sweep to take him down before stomping on his head.
Ranma saw another one coming and did a front snap kick to the attacking woman's gut before doing an uppercut to her face before turning to the next rich snob coming at him. He blocked their attempt at an attack, elbowed them in the face before doing a fulcrum throw.
He looked over to his right and did a shuffle side kick and back kick combo to two other enemies closing in. He looked ahead and did a combat roll to avoid three more, grabbed a bottle and cider, shook it up, and popped the cap and sprayed them in the face before doing a spinning hook kick to high round house kick combo, knocking them down.
He did a double jump kick to two more before bashing their heads together and throwing them at a mad Pinkie Pie.
"Yo Pinkie! Think fast!" He said. Pinkie turned to where she heard Ranma's voice and pulled out LONG piece of rock candy and swung it like a baseball bat! All in all, she hit a double grand slam!
Meanwhile, somewhere in the chaos, Ryoga had SOMEHOW found his way into the gala! He looked around at the carnage that was going on around him, totally confused as all heck.
"Where the heck am I now?" He asked. He walked around, trying to avoid the flying foods, until he felt himself bump into someone. The person turned around quickly and grabbed at Ryoga's collar as he tried to apologize, only to find...
"Ryoga!?" Ranma cried in shock.
"Ranma!?" Ryoga said in equal shock.
"WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING HERE!?" They both cried out as they pointed at each other.
The two boys were cut short as more people started throwing stuff at them. The two rivals were forced to duck for cover and crawled away as they tried to get in a few words to each other.
"Ranma! What the HECK is going on!?" Ryoga asked as they hid behind a table. Ranma took a deep breath as he collected himself.
"Well, long story short, I got invited to a fancy party, I punched a jackass in the nose after kicking his nads, started a food fight, and all hell broke loose." He replied. Ryoga just gave Ranma a deadpanned look.
"So basically, it's just business as usual for you isn't it?" Ryoga said. Ranma just gave a sheepish smile.
"Yeah, pretty much." He said, only for some food to hit him in the face. Ryoga busted out laughing only to get hit in the face as well.
"(Spit) That's a coincidence." He said. Ranma and Ryoga wiped off their faces and looked around, only to dodge as more food came their way. Ranma, seeing no other options, flipped a table over and called out to his rival.
"Ryoga! Ryoga, quick! Down here and we'll give them the works!" He said, waving the lost boy over.
The two ducked down and tried to swipe at any dishes of foods they could get, but then Ryoga looked behind them and saw someone trying to sneak up on them.
"Oh, a back fighter, eh?" He said before uppercutting them straight into the ceiling. After Ryoga came back, Ranma looked over the upturned table and spotted a few more sitting ducks.
"Don't fire until you see either the whites of their eyes or the shine of their overly botched up face jobs!" Ranma said. Ryoga took aim at the nearest people he could find.
"I've got 'em in my sights!" He said. Ranma smirked.
"Fire away!" Ranma cried and Ryoga did exactly that! He threw a few pies and hit almost all of his targets, including one of three overly glammed up, prissy looking rich old ladies.
"AH!" The one who got hit in the head said.
"The very idea!" One of the others said. Back with Ranma and Ryoga, it was Ranma's turn to take a pot shot at some of them.
"You may fire when ready, Gridley!" Ryoga said with a smile on his face. Ranma, also grinning like a devil, threw his own attacks. The pies he threw also ended up hitting the other two old ladies. As Ranma and Ryoga attacked any foes they could, the three old ladies marched up to them.
"Boys! Boys! Boys!" One of them cried to the two boys, catching their attention. "This is no way for gentlemen to act!" Ranma and Ryoga looked at each other and then back at the three ladies.
"Lady, we ain't gentlemen." Ranma said.
"Yeah, we're bums." Ryoga finished as they both smacked the three in the faces with pies. Both boys burst out laughing as the three old ladies tried to clean off their faces.
"Why you...no good...HOOLIGANS!" The ring leader said as she prepared to attack them only to be stopped by the voice of Celestia.
"Hold it you bitches!" She cried out as she marched over to them. "Don't you DARE try to wack MY favorite delinquent!"
"SO! You're the reason this, this, hooligan is here! I should have known. Every time you get involved with this gala, trouble ALWAYS happens! You...you...trouble making witch!"
Celestia glared at the three and cracked her neck.
"Oh yeah? Well guess what you prissy little THOTS! I've been keeping that trouble maker locked up for almost 10 years now, AND I'VE BEEN DYING TO LET HER OUT!"
She cried out and she slapped all three of them in the face before bashing their heads together and pushed them into another table. Ranma and Ryoga both looked shell shocked before Ranma grinned and clapped his hands.
"PC! I didn't know you had it in ya!" He said. Celestia looked smug until a piece of cake hit her in the face. Ranma and Ryoga laughed, but then they got smacked in the face. Ranma wiped away the cake on his face.
"That's the last straw!" He said. "Come on guys! I'll take lead, Celestia, Ryoga, cover me. We're going to take the rest of these jerks out!"
"Right!" Celestia said.
"Lead the way!" Ryoga said.
Ranma grinned and they took off! Ranma grabbed one person by the wrist and back fisted him before twisting him into a wrist lock and kicking him in the face, taking him out of the fight. He then went for the next person and twisted their arm so that he could use his shoulder to apply pressure on their elbow before twisting them into a throw.
Ryoga came up behind Ranma and grabbed another guy's arm and pulled it against his side before turning it into a wrist throw and kicking him in the face. He then grabbed a plate of food and threw it at another guy coming in behind him and kicking him in the gut.
Celestia grabbed as much food as she could and started throwing it at anyone in sight like shuriken. She ducked under a woman's attempt to swipe at her head and gave her an uppercut to the face. She then grabbed a punch bowl and splashed it on the woman's head before shoving her into another oncoming rich creep.
Celestia felt someone grab her hair and pull. She screamed but it was cut short as Ranma grabbed the hand of the woman pulling Celestia's hair and twisting it before giving the old hag a solid punch in the face. Celestia sighed in relief as she saw Ranma kick another rich snob away with a back kick.
"Thanks." She said with a smile. Ranma gave her a thumbs up.
As that was going on, Ryoga was side kicking away another foe as he looked behind him and countered another attacker. As he was about to turn to throw another plate of food at someone, he paused, seeing the woman he heard was Celestia's sister, Luna.
"Oh, hello." He said with a blush. Luna stopped mid throw as she saw the lost boy who was Ranma's rival.
"Oh, Mr. Ryoga. What are you doing here?" She asked. Ryoga scratched the back of his head as he chuckled.
"Well..." He was sadly cut off by a plate of steak to the face. He growled and looked back.
"Alright, who did that!?" He shouted. They found the person in question, who was starting to sweat bullets. Ryoga and Luna took aim and threw whatever food they could at him and watched him go down. They dusted off their hands and nodded with a huff.
Ranma and Celestia caught up with the two of them and pushed back another wave of enemies, one of which ended up with a tray cover over his head, curtesy of Rainbow Dash, and Applejack bashed the lid over and over again. When Rainbow removed the lid, she and Aj grinned at the shaking head of the creep as he slid to the ground.
"Nice one girls!" Ranma said as he charged off. Rainbow and Applejack joined the group of four as they made their way through the crowd of rich snobs that were still trying to attack the growing group.
As they made their way through the gala floor, Sunset and Twilight were being pushed back, until Ranma and Rainbow grabbed two of their attackers and threw them aside.
"We got your backs guys!" Rainbow said as she and Ranma formed up with their two friends.
"Thanks guys!" Sunset said. Twilight pushed back the oncoming foods with her telekinesis as she got back-to-back with Rainbow.
"Yeah, thanks." She said.
The group of eight kept fighting their way through the building as they came upon Rarity and Pinkie fighting through wave after wave enemies. Pinkie was blasting them all down with her own brand of sugary justice as Rarity used her diamond shields to both block attacks from their foes and bash them aside. Ranma did a flying side kick, knocking one creep away from Pinkie and grinned at her.
"Some night, huh?" He said with a devious grin. Pinkie smiled at him.
"Best fun I've had all night!" She said as she fired two t-shirt cannons filled with pies. Rarity formed a barrier around herself and the now group of ten, protecting them from an all-around barrage of attacks from all sides.
"This is NUTS!" She said. Twilight growled as she charged up her magic.
"I've had ENOUGH!" She shouted as she used her magic to release of wave of telekinetic energy that blasted all of their foes to the edge of the building. She and the others panted for breath as they looked around at the dance floor of downed enemies. Ranma started chuckling at them as he scratched the back of his head.
"Hey Ryoga, looks familiar, doesn't it!?" He said. Ryoga couldn't help but laugh at Ranma's words.
"Yeah! Just like home in a way! Ha ha ha!" They both started laughing, and as they did, everyone else started laughing to. What else could they do in this situation? Twilight sighed as she got control of herself.
"Well, I guess it can't get any worse." OH, how wrong she was. No sooner had she said those words, the ground started to shake and rumble. Everyone turned to look at Twilight with annoyed glares.
"(Sigh) I've got a BIG mouth." She said. Then...
BAM! The front door burst open and a horde of animals came charging into the dance hall. Ranma and the others all looked with shocked faces at the sight of all the animals racing around them.
"What the!?" Ranma said as he looked around at the rampaging animals. Then, he heard another noise that made him and the others look back at the entrance. As the dust finally started to clear, they were shocked to see a panting and angry looking...
"What the...? Fluttershy?" Ranma and some of the others asked. Their friend looked like she had been through a fight and was angry at being on the losing side. She looked around, glaring at all the animals that had been running from her ALL night.
"...You're...going to LOVE MMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEE!" She screamed. Ranma, Ryoga and the rest of their group all just went limp as all the color drained from them.
Fluttershy screamed a roar of fury as she charged in at the animals, who all ran again, causing another bout of running and screaming from whatever rich snobs weren't down on the ground unconscious. Ranma and the others were at a loss for words as they just stood their, gawking at the chaos that swirled around them.
Ranma tried to say something, but his brain just didn't seem to be working at the moment. Celestia snapped out of it and tapped him on the shoulder. Ranma recovered from his brain failure and leaned in to Celestia as she whispered into his ear.
"Run." Was all she said. Ranma nodded and put two fingers in his mouth and whistled as loud as he could.
"Welp! Time to scram gang!" He said as he ran and grabbed Fluttershy and slung her over his shoulder and he started running.
"LET ME GO! I HAVE TO MAKE THEM LOVE ME!" She screamed. Ranma shook his head at his pink haired friend.
"Fluttershy, if those animals don't like you for who you are, then they ain't worth it!" He said.
As they ran down the stairs, Rarity lost her one of her slippers and Pinkie noticed.
"OH! Rarity, your slipper! Now your prince is sure to find you!" She said happily, only for Rarity to scream, run to the crazy pink haired girl, and throw said slipper as hard as she could.
"Let's go!" She said as she grabbed Pinkie and ran as fast as she could.
"If their was EVER a time to get lost, NOW WOULD BE IT!" Ryoga said as he split away form the group in the mad dash towards the parking lot. Spike was scratching his ear and nibbling on his leash as he waited for the others. His ears perked up as he caught their sent coming from the source of a loud racket he had been hearing for a while now.
"Hey you guys!" He said, but then got a good look at how they all looked. "Whoa, what happened to you guys?" He asked, only for Twilight to grab him and dash into the limo.
"No time!" She said as the others filed into the limo.
"What in the name of..?" Geoffrey tried to say, only to see the gala building looking like it was about to collapse.
"GEOFFREY! DRIVE!" Rarity screamed and he took off!
After they got far enough away, they saw the place finally fall to the ground. As the girls all frowned at the sight of it, Ranma just blinked.
"Whelp...that happened." He said as Geoffrey looked back at his passengers.
"Just what DID HAPPEN in there?" He asked. Ranma just shrugged as he tried to fight back a smile.
"Well, let's just say that, I don't think we'll be asked back to THAT party ever again." He said. Although, it was clear from the looks on his friends faces, that they did not share in his mirth of the situation. And to be honest, he didn't like it. He took a good look around at their sad faces, their dreams for the best night ever destroyed, took a deep breath, and leaned towards the front of the car.
"Geof, drive us to that diner where Pinkie works, please." He said, catching everyone, especially Geoffrey, off guard.
"Um, why?" He asked.
"Yeah Ranma, why? The nights over." Said Sunset, only for Ranma to look at her with a look she knew to be one of determination that spoke ill for anyone that got in his way.
"Not yet it aint." He said, turning back to the driver. "Now drive please."
Geoffrey just sighed, shrugged and set a new course.
"Right oh, sir." He said as he drove the kids to the diner in question. As they got there, Ranma ushered the girls out and into the diner. At the sight of the group, the person at the counter gasped.
"Pinkie? What happened to you? And to your friends?" She asked. Pinkie shrugged as Ranma pushed his way to the front.
"Long story. But, can we have a table for eight and some drinks? And some donuts and snacks that aren't on our bodies?" He asked with a laugh and smile. The owner smiled at him and nodded as she chuckled.
"Take a seat wherever you like kids. I'll get your drinks and your snacks." She said.
Ranma and the others sat down at a table and after their drinks came, Ranma stood up and banged on the table to get their attention. They all looked up at Ranma as he cleared his throat.
"Alright! Listen up! I've got something to say!" He said as he looked around at his group of friends.
"Ok, look. I'll be the first to say it, this night SUCKED!" He said as he started walking around them.
"I know you guys are pretty much all disappointed that the night you'd been looking forward to, FAILED to live up to expectations. But, I'm not going to bother to say I told you so. Instead, I just want to say that...(Snicker, snicker) THIS WAS THE BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE!"
"HUH!?" The girls all shouted in shock! Even the owner and what hostesses were left all went slack jawed at what he had just said. Heck, even Spike and Geoffrey were shocked at what Ranma had said.
"B-but Ranma, this night was a..." Fluttershy started to say until Applejack cut her off.
"A total disaster!" She said. "Why would you say that THIS was the best night of your life!?"
"Yeah," Rainbow Dash added in. "This night sucked balls! Name ONE good thing about tonight!" Ranma chuckled at that.
"Ok. Well...Me and Rarity kicked the tar out of a blue-blooded prick, we saw Rarity punch a stuck up bitches lights out, we got to see Pinkie go full Rambo on just about EVERYBODY in that whole joint, we got to have one SUPERLY EPIC food fight and totally trashed that place like it was 1999, and to top it all off, we got to see Fluttershy go full psycho mode and caused a dang stampede of animals to charge into that place and drive those stuck up snobs into the most exercise they've ever had in their whole stinking lives!" He said.
"So, in all honesty, yeah. I'd say this was the most EPIC night I've ever had! And the best part, I got to enjoy it with the seven best friends in the whole world! And let's face it, if things hadn't have gone the way they had, we wouldn't have had that epic food fight and you'd guys still be at that party moping about how your nights weren't going the way that you planned. SO, I guess what I'm trying to say is, I'm actually thankful that all your nights, basically, sucked. Cause, if they hadn't, we wouldn't be here, at a place with REAL food, chilling with people we ACTUALLY like, and we wouldn't have had as much FUN as we did at the end of that lame party. To me, that's what made this the best night ever." He said as he took a sip of his drink.
They others all looked at each other, taking in Ranma's words. After a while, Sunset started to laugh. Then Rainbow Dash, then Applejack, then Pinkie, and then everyone started laughing!
"You know something," Applejack tried to say in between laughs. "He's right!"
"Yeah! He is!" Rainbow said, holding her sides as she burst out laughing.
"I HATED THAT PARTY UNTIL WE STARTED THAT FOOD FIGHT!" Pinkie said, rolling on the ground laughing.
"And Fluttershy bursting in really was the highlight of the night." Sunset said. "I mean, you bursting in, looking like you'd been through a hurricane, and charging after those animals the way you did, it was the perfect way to top off a crazy night like this."
"I'll drink to that!" Applejack said.
"Me to!" Chimed in Rainbow.
"Here's to Fluttershy! Queen of the beasts!" Pinkie said as she appeared next to Fluttershy and slung her arm around the girls' shoulders.
"Um...I...uh...I didn't mean to...I mean..." Fluttershy was at a loss for words.
"Don't stress it, Fluttershy." Twilight said. "I mean, to be fair, it actually was kind of cool to see you cut lose like that! You should act like that this Halloween, you'd kill it at the Haunted House."
Fluttershy blushed, but smiled at the praise from her friends. She played with her hair, looking away sheepishly.
"KANPAI!" Ranma said, causing some of his friends to look at him with confused looks.
"That means cheers." Twilight said.
"OH!" They all said as they drank their drinks.
"I'll drink to that." Came a voice from behind them. They all looked and were surprised to see Celestia.
"PRINCIPAL CELESTIA!" They all said in shock. She giggled as she smiled at her gathered students.
"Hello everyone." She said.
"I told you that inviting me was a bad idea, PC." Ranma said, sitting down and taking a sip of his drink. Twilight and the others all bowed their heads in shame.
"We're sorry Principal Celestia. We really ruined the gala." Twilight said. Sunset sighed as well.
"Yeah, we turned this night into a total disaster." She said. To everyone's surprise, Celestia just started laughing.
"Oh girls, I'm not mad. And besides, the gala is ALWAYS a disaster!"
"...EEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHH!? SAY WWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTT!?" They all said in shock as they jumped to their feet. She laughed again.
"Sorry, I should have mentioned it before, but the gala is always boring and uneventful, that's why I invited you kids. I was really hoping having you kids around would spice things up this year. Heck, that's the whole reason why I insisted on you bringing Ranma too."
"WHAT!?" He said as he marched over to the buxom principal.
"HOLD UP! You mean to tell me, that the WHOLE reason you dragged me into this stupid, crappy thing, is just because you were hoping that I'd cause some kind of calamity!?" He exclaimed.
"Hoping? I KENW that chaos would follow you to the gala. Heck I was counting on it." She said. Ranma growled.
"Celestia...!" He started to say as he growled. "Next time you want me to cause some kind of riot at some dumb event, just ASK ME!" He said. Celestia covered her mouth and giggled again.
"Ok, deal." She said.
"Wait, hold up!" Rarity said as she got up.
"You mean to tell me, that you USED US, on the night that I've been waiting my WHOLE LIFE FOR, JUST SO YOU COULD HAVE A CHEAP LAUGH!?" Rarity screamed.
And to her surprise, Sunset laughed.
"HAHAHAHAHA! Oh my gosh! I'd expect something like this from Princess Celestia back in Equestria, but YOU planned this kind of trick for us!?" She said between laughs. Celestia nodded.
"Well, glad to know that me and my counterpart in your home dimension share a sense of humor."
Rarity looked like she was about to explode! But then, she laughed.
"AAAHHH HA HA HA HA HA!" She laughed as she fell back in her seat. "OH my gosh! HA HA HA! I REALLY want to be mad, but I just can't!"
Ranma smiled as all of his friends started laughing. Even Spike started howling. Ranma turned to his principal.
"You know, I never pictured you to be this manipulative PC." He said. Celestia giggled again and feigned innocence.
"Me? Manipulative? I don't know what you mean?" She said, failing to hide her smile.
"I should have stopped her," Came the voice of Luna as she walked up to them. "But in all honesty, I kind of wanted to see how this madness would play out." She said, "But then again, I am really sorry that you ended up getting your heart broken by our stupid nephew, Rarity."
That made all the kids jump up in shock.
"NEPHEW!?" They all shouted as they stood up.
"Wait! That CREEP was your freaking NEPHEW!?" Ranma said. Celestia sighed.
"Technically, he's our nephew once removed." She said as she looked towards her sister with a disapproving glare. Luna looked away and sighed, her face a mask of shame.
"I married his uncle, even though Celestia said it would be a BAD idea. I didn't learn my lesson until after we were married. Thankfully, I divorced him about a year ago." She said.
"I told you that creep was no good." Celestia said as Luna glared back at her sister.
"Oh, like you're a good judge of character." She said, causing Celestia to REALLY glare harshly at her sister.
"You swore you'd never bring THAT up again." She said. Ranma was wondering what they were talking about, but then he remembered something and snapped his fingers.
"Oh! I almost forgot something!" He said. He turned to Rarity and from one of his coat pockets, he produced a glass slipper!
"My slipper!" Rarity exclaimed. Ranma blushed and scratched the back of his head.
"Yeah well, I saw you throw it as we were running away from the gala." He said as he started walking towards the purple haired girl and got down on one knee, shocking her.
"Look, Rars, I know you had this whole big fantasy about tonight: Meeting your prince charming, making him fall in love with you, living out the usual fairy tale ending and all that crap, and...I'm really sorry that your prince turned out to be a big, bogus dud. But, that doesn't mean your REAL prince charming isn't out there somewhere. In fact, I know he is, but until you find him...think you can settle for a street rat like me?" He asked with a sincere smile
Rarity blinked. Then she smiled warmly at her friend. No, her knight in shining armor. Because tonight, that's exactally what Ranma was.
"Ranma," She said. "I'd happily pick you over a thousand prince charmings. Because I know you'll always be there for me. Even when I don't deserve it."
Ranma smiled at his friend and took her bare foot and slid it back into the slipper it belonged in. As he did so, Rarity couldn't help but see Ranma in a different light. It was almost...almost as if HE were her Prince. Ranma smiled at her, then got up and strolled over to the juke box.
"You know," He said as he casually strolled over to the music player. "I spent a whole week taking dance lessons from Rarity, and I didn't get to use ANY of it during that whole stupid party!"
He then, in the style of Arthur Fonzarelli, hit it and music started playing. He turned to his seven beautiful friends and did a slight bow while extending his hand to them, a big smile on his face.
"So, ladies, may I have this dance?" He asked. The girls all looked shocked at each other, except for Pinkie.
"OH! OH! ME FIRST! ME FIRST!" She said, only to be beaten to the punch by a smirking Rarity.
"Uh uh, darlings! Teacher goes first." She said, as she took Ranma's hand and they started dancing to the music.
… Oh don't you dare look back
Just keep your eyes on me
I said you're holding back
She said shut up and dance with me
This woman is my destiny
She said oh oh oh
Shut up and dance with me
Ranma and Rarity swayed to the beat, as they stepped to and fro, they became lost in each others eyes.
… We were victims of the night
The chemical, physical, kryptonite
Helpless to the bass and the fading light
Oh we were bound to get together
Bound to get together
As they kept dancing, Ranma was soon hit with a daydream...a daydream of him and Rarity, older, and dressed like they were at a wedding. THEIR wedding! Dancing like it was the happiest time of their lives.
… She took my arm
I don't know how it happened
We took the floor and she said
"My turn!" Pinkie said, breaking Ranma out of his daydream as he switched to dancing with Pinkie.
… Oh don't you dare look back
Just keep your eyes on me
I said you're holding back
She said shut up and dance with me
This woman is my destiny
She said oh oh oh
Shut up and dance with me
As they started dancing, Ranma started having another daydream. This time, it was him and Pinkie, having a party for what looked like their kids. Ranma even used his finger to smear icing on Pinkie's nose.
"May I, sensei?" Rainbow said as she cut in. Ranma snapped out of his fantasy and smiled at his student as he spun Pinkie and took Rainbow's hand.
… A backless dress and some beat up sneaks
My discotheque Juliet teenage dream
I felt it in my chest as she looked at me
I knew we were bound to be together
Bound to be together
Ranma and Rainbow switched between doing close up dancing and breakdancing. As they danced, he couldn't help but get lost in another daydream. This time, his daydream was of him and Rainbow teaching in a dojo. They then started sparring, the daydream ended with Ranma on top of Rainbow, looking lovingly into her eyes.
… She took my arm
I don't know how it happened
We took the floor and she said
"Mind if I cut in, Sugar Cubes?" Applejack said as she took her turn with Ranma.
… Oh don't you dare look back
Just keep your eyes on me
I said you're holding back
She said shut up and dance with me
This woman is my destiny
She said oh oh oh
Shut up and dance with me
As Ranma and Applejack danced, once more Ranma lost in daydream of a future together with one of his friends. In this one, he and Applejack were working together on her family farm. As they worked together, they kept laughing and smiling at each other, then held each other in their arms.
… Oh, c'mon girl
Twilight tapped Ranma on his shoulder, did a bow and once again, he switched partners. As he danced with Twilight, he saw yet another possible future. This time, he was star gazing with an older Twilight, and with them was a young girl who must've been their daughter. They looked happy as Ranma put an arm around Twilight.
"May I?" Sunset asked. Once again, Ranma was not only switching partners but also daydreams.
Deep in her eyes
I think I see the future
I realize this is my last chance
In this newest daydream, he was congratulating Sunset for winning a gaming contest and they were actually kissing. As he came out of it, he couldn't help but blush.
… She took my arm
I don't know how it happened
We took the floor and she said
As Ranma spun Sunset out, she saw Fluttershy and grabbed her.
"Oh, get in there and dance with him will ya?" She said as she pushed the two of them together.
As they got together, Ranma had one final daydream. This time, it was him and Fluttershy were in a hospital, she was in bed, and holding what Ranma could only assume was THEIR baby! They looked at each other and smiled as they gazed at their child.
… Oh don't you dare look back
Just keep your eyes on me
I said you're holding back
She said shut up and dance with me
This woman is my destiny
She said oh oh oh
Shut up and dance
As Ranma and Flutterhsy separated, all the girls got together and started dancing with Ranma. As he looked at each of them, he had a brief flash of each of his daydreams. He danced with the girls who changed his life, smiling like a child on Christmas. He jumped, did a flip and as the music picked back up, he just danced like this was his last night on Earth. But as he did, and the song was hitting its last chorus, he was shocked to see a vision of all seven of the girls, wearing beautiful white wedding dresses and smiling at him.
Oh, don't you dare look back
Just keep your eyes on me
I said you're holding back
She said shut up and dance with me
These women are my destiny
They said oh oh oh
Shut up and dance with me
The girls all jumped on Ranma, pulling him into the last bit of dancing. As the song came to an end, the girls all kissed Ranma all over his face. Ranma blushed and smiled a goofy grin. The girls all laughed as they pulled him along.
… Oh oh oh shut up and dance with me
Oh oh oh shut up and dance with me
The night finally came to an end, and Geoffrey drove all the girls and Ranma to their respected homes. As Ranma got out and walked up to his house, he had a look on his face that looked like he was stuck in brain shock. As he opened the door to his house, Tsukirou jumped out and ran up to his master.
But to the little wolfs surprise, Ranma didn't even budge. Tsukirou howled at his master, but he just walked into the living room, and stopped in front of his master. Master Asia looked up from his book and looked at Ranma.
"Oh, hello Ranma. Wow, that must have been some party. Just what happened?" He asked. Ranma just stood there, looking at his master.
"Master, I have a question. How do you know if you're in love?" He asked. Master Asia tilted his head.
"Well, why do you ask?"
Ranma looked like he was on the verge of breaking down. He gulped.
"I think I'm in love." He said. Master Asia and Tsukirou both broke out in smiles.
"Ranma, that great." He said.
"NO IT'S NOT!" Ranma shouted back, causing his master to jump back and Tsukirou to jump into the old master's hands.
"Huh? But why would you say that?" He asked. And NOW Ranma was finally breaking out of his stupor. His hands went up and he started pulling his hair in frustration.
"I think I'm in love, WITH SUNSET, TWILIGHT, RARITY, AND THE OTHERS!" He cried out. Now Master Asia understood why his apprentice was acting so weird.
"Oh no."
"Oh yes."
"Oh boy."
"Actually, it's oh GIRLS! ALL FREAKING SEVEN OF THEM!"
Flash: Hey guys, Flash Sentry here, on the next episode of Equestria Wild Horse, Ranma is actually avoiding the girls! And to make things even weirder, he comes to me, Micro Chips and Sandalwood and asks us to help him fall OUT of love! I mean what's so bad about...oh...WHAT!? You're in love with all SEVEN of the girls!? Well, this ought to be interesting. And the season finale is coming up after this next chapter too. So don't miss the second to last episode of season 1 of Equestria Wild Horse: Affair of the heart. How do you fall out of love? See you guys there!
Ending: Life Is Like A Boat (Sung By Celestia)
Nobody knows who I really am
I never felt this empty before
And if I ever need someone to come along
Who's gonna comfort me, and keep me strong
[Celestia is seen in a white kimono, holding a red cloth to her chest. She seems sad and a single tear is rolling down her eye. She closes her eye as she starts to cry. But that's when Ranma and Master Asia put a hand on each of her shoulders and she turns to see them smiling at her.]
We are all rowing the boat of fate
The waves keep on comin' and we can't escape
But if we ever get lost on your way
The waves would guide you thru another day
[She crys again as she gets up and hugs the both of them. The camera zooms in on her face as she drops the cloth as an image of a man, shrouded in shadows, the only thing of him that can be seen are his red hair and eyes, appears at her feet.]
Far away, I'm breathing, as if I were transparent
It would seem I was in the dark, but I was only blindfolded
I give a prayer as I wait for the new day
Shining vividly up to the edge of that sea
[The two martial artists lead the crying woman out of the dark room she was in and into a bright light. Outside they see Luna and all of Ranma's friends waiting for them.]
Nobody knows who I really am
Maybe they just don't give a damn
But if I ever need someone to come along
I know you would follow me, and keep me strong
[Luna runs up to her sister and hugs her as Celestia falls into her arms. Ranma and Master Asia lead the two off into a beautiful sunset.]
People's hearts change and sneak away from them
The moon in its new cycle leads the boats again
[Ranma looks back at the two sisters and then to his master. He looks forward as a serious look crosses his face. The girls and Flash crowd around him as they look into the horizon.]
And every time I see your face,
the oceans heave up to my heart
You make me wanna strain at the oars,
and soon I can see the shore
[They all smile as they run into a field. Ranma jumps and lands in a crouch as he looks up at Canterlot from a distance. Everyone crowds around him and they all share a smile.]
I want you to know who I really am
I never though I'd feel this way towards you
And if you ever need someone to come along
I will follow you, and keep you strong
[Celestia smiles sadly and looks towards Ranma. Ranma smiles at her and gives her a thumbs up. Celestia blushes and and nods her head at him.]
And still the journey continues on quiet days as well
The moon in its new cycle shines on the boats again
I give a prayer as I wait for the new day
Shining vividly up to the edge of that sea
[The scene changes to Ranma walking the streets and images of his friends flash by. Celestia is then seen walking and images of her sister, her parents and Master Asia flash by and so does the mysterious man with red hair.]
And every time I see your face,
the oceans heave up to my heart
You make me wanna strain at the oars,
and soon I can see the shore
[Close up to Celestia as she wipes away her tears and adopts a serious face.]
We are rowing the boat of fate, but the waves keep attacking us
But isn't that still a wonderful journey? Aren't any of them a wonderful journey?
[Ranma and Celestia stand in front of each other. Images of their faces appear above them as they smile at each other.]
