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// 27 December 605 
// Story: Ebony Crystal 
// by The Music Man 
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I just got back from THE BEST PARTY EVER! You know that invitation that Clear Crystals sent me? Apparently her boss rented the ballroom at the Mareiott Hotel and went all out! There was food everywhere, ponies from all over town, and a DJ that knew what songs to play. It was so awesome!

And I got to see Clear Crystal again! Ever since she left school, me, Straight, and Sunshine barely ever see her. I expected her to look like one of those ponies Mr. Foalsat showed us during the school's "Don't Do Drugs, Dummy!" week, but she looked better than a lot of the other foals in our classroom. 

And she's rich now! She had this beautiful ruby ball gown, a tiara, and her hair all done up. This actually surprised me. I never knew Clear Crystals was one for fashion. But if you have the money, you have the money.

So after she talked about the "commodities" business, we all sat down at a table with, get this, her boss. I thought this might end up like one of those gangster stories where someone gets shot because they made the boss mad, but he is actually quite the gentle colt. And all of his guys are so friendly! Definitely more friendly than that ass, Mr. Foalsat.

But then I asked him why he hadn't had gotten caught, and everypony stared at me. Then, he put his hoof on the table, and with his face inches to mine says, "Why? You a cop or something? You here to crackdown on our Hearth Warming Eve's dinner? Huh? You gonna frisk me? Well, we got something for this little filly right here, don't we fellas?" He reached under the table and quickly pulled a big paper bag. He reach in. Sweet Celestia, I thought I was going to piss myself.

Then he pulls out a cake! "Here, for the friends of my best helper." 

"But won't that ruin our dinner?" I stupidly said, and they laughed. But it's alright. I can take a joke.

Anyway, after dinner, dancing, and playing with the drunk stallions (we convinced one that there was a new dance where you wiggled on the floor. The idiot looked like he was having a seizure!), we all walked home.

That's when Sunshine Down spotted us. She ran out of her house to join us, but then stopped. From Clear's dress, she new we went to a party without her. I tried to explain to her that it wasn't that bad, but who was I kidding? She just started to cry and ran back into her house.

I knew that she had too big of a mouth to go to the party, but still, I've never felt like a bigger jerk in my entire life.