Everypony gathered in the square, awaiting the first fireworks. Chattering and laughing, the crowd was excited for tonight’s New Year’s celebration.
“So, Keen, are you excited yet?” Dreamer asked her friend.
“Ah?” Keen was surprised, he smiled and looked at his friend, “A bit, and you?”
“Totally! I love fireworks!” Dreamer lilted.
“I’m not so enthused,” Tinsel admitted as she curled up into Dreamer’s bag and hid from the crowds.
“Yeah, she is worried something will go wrong and she’ll get broken or something,” Dreamer explained with a wave of her hoof.
“I’m sure nothing will happen,” Keen told her, looking up as his two friends were nearby.
“Oh, hello again!” Dreamer called to them with a grin.
The two walked over with a smile laughing a bit at their failure “So, how did your bet go?” The three laughed and Blue just shrugged.
“What bet?” Dreamer probed.
The three laughed again and Free Style looked at her, “Oh, nothing important,” He said as he noticed an Earth Pony mare nearby.
“Say… I really think you should get under that mistletoe, Keen,” Soon said Blue with a smirk, Keen looked around and rolled his eyes as he noticed who was close to said herb.
“Hey look! Princess Twilight is on her balcony! I think she’s gonna start the thing!” Dreamer piped up as she pointed.
Welcoming the distraction, Keen looked over and waited while Blue and Free Style nodded in agreement and smirked.
“Everypony,” Princess Twilight announced, “I am very pleased to open this first annual Canterlot-Ponyville united New Year’s Celebration!”
At that point, the crowds cheered happily. Ever since Twilight’s coronation, more ponies had been visiting Ponyville to see her in real life, and soon many of them moved into the area, making Ponyville increase so much in population that it was getting close to Canterlot’s main area, causing the two cities to celebrate more and more holidays together, such as New year’s. Soon after Twilight opened the ceremony, the magical fireworks began. Everpony watched in glee and awe at the marvelous display… until something went wrong. One of the fireworks exploded too early, lighting fire to a banner above Twilight’s castle.
Soon enough, Rainbow -and a good number of other pegasi- had taken some relatively nearby rainclouds to take care of it… However, it was enough to cause a scare among many of the present ponies and other creatures. Also, it was rather cold, making whoever got rained on very wet and very cold.
“Oh no,” Twilight gasped to nearby Princess Celestia, “This isn’t quite what I imagined happening… heh… I’ll make sure they get dried off.”
With that, she flew down to help the shivering ponies, while Princess Celestia let out a small chuckle and went to help as well, relieved that nopony was hurt, but still somewhat amused.
Unfortunately, more things simply had to go wrong. One of the fireworks somehow got knocked off course and hit one of the houses nearby, setting the roof on fire. The Pegasi quickly put out that fire, but the event still spooked many nearby Equines. The crowd started to get worried.
“Well, this isn’t exactly going right… I hope nothing else goes wrong,” Dreamer whispered to her companions.
“SEE? I told you we should have stayed home!” Tinsel Quill squeaked from her hiding spot.
“Well, you can’t say that it has been an uneventful evening,” Said Blue, looking as the fire was, once again, put out.
“Yeah, but I’m starting to worry that somepony will get hurt,” Dreamer confessed. As she said that, the last fire was being put out.
Thankfully, things were settling down and the rest of the show was majestic.
As the celebration began to die down, a cyan pegasus approached Princess Twilight.
“Hey Twi, we took care of the fires--why are you looking so upset?” She asked.
“I’m just worried about bad publicity… this event wasn’t supposed to have any problems… and it did… and I am in charge of it!” Twilight whispered as she nervously twitched her wings.
“Oh please! Who cares? You are a PRINCESS! You shouldn’t worry what they say,” Rainbow Dash laughed.
Twilight glared at her.
“Right… right… gotta look good for the royalness… “ Rainbow Dash sighed, realizing that Twilight actually had a point.
After that, Rainbow decided to have some fun, and what better way than strapping mistletoe to her tail and flying over random ponies?
As it happened, the Cutie Mark Crusaders were nearby, as the mistletoe dangled above them, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle backed up and left Scootaloo with Rumble.
“What?” Asked Scootaloo, looking at them.
Looking up, Rumble blushed and gaped at the dangling herb.
Scootaloo looked up and blushed, not sure about what to say, Rainbow was fighting hard to supress her laugh.
“Uhm… “ Rumble began, then thinking better of it, he quickly pecked Scootaloo on the cheek. For a few moments he sat there, blushing, and then zoomed away to hide.
Scootaloo sat there blushing as Applebloom finally said, “Ah thought it had to be on the lips, ” to which Sweetie Belle nodded.
However, Rainbow Dash simply laughed and looked for somepony else to annoy. Finally finding some more ponies… Soon enough, she flew over to Cheerilee and Thunderlane, almost bursting out in laughter at the awkward and flustered moment.
Afterwards, she decided to do one last prank, finding Applejack and Twilight talking with the odd Trotomians, she hid above them while she chuckled.
“Um… “ Keen looked up and then at his friends, “Maybe you should look up,” He told them, supressing a chuckle.
“Uh… Ah’m sorry, but ah don’t do mistletoe,” Applejack politely declined as she quickly trotted away, leaving Twilight behind.
Blue looked at Free, the two laughed, both thinking of the upcoming jokes on why she ran, Free then excused himself, leaving only a laughing Keen, a mildly amused Blue, and a blushing and confused Twilight in the place.
“Oh… um… ” before Twilight said anything, Rainbow yelled at them, “Come on!”
Blue laughed a bit and looked at her, “Well… that is something…” He leaned over, kissed her cheek before giving a small bow and walking off.
Ruffling her feathers, Princess Twilight huffed and glared at Rainbow Dash, who had gone over to chase Applejack, mostly to endlessly pester her about what had just happened.
“Well, it has been a pleasure, but I have to go, ” Was all Keen could tell Twilight, not noticing when he walked under a tree with yet another herb… nor that somepony was also walking there.
“Oh, hello Keen!” Said Lilac.
“Oh, hi Lilac,” He replied with a smile and a slight blush, still not noticing the dangling herb.
“Lovely fireworks, huh?” She replied sweetly.
“Yeah, quite good ones, well, without the whole malfunctioning and raining down on ponies thing,” He told her, briefly looking up and promptly freezing.
“What?” She eyed the tree above them and then giggled.
“Uh…?” Keen was just standing there, blushing a bit brighter and mentally cursing his luck, just when he was getting over this!
“Well?” Lilac asked, closing her eyes expectantly.
Still blushing brightly, Keen leaned over to give her a quick kiss on the lips, somewhat nervous.
And the Narrator decided to troll everyone and say THE END.
GET OWNED, READER!
“Um… was that really necessary Mr. Narrator?”
Yes it was. Totally. Pinkie Pie… yes it was.
“Awwww, oki!”