“So then every creature, we have arrived at the grand ballroom where the Grand Galloping Gala is taking place,” Sunset said, “It’s just as grand as I remember it when I was Celestia’s pupil.” They were at the main entrance to the grand hall, taking in the majesty of Canterlot Castle on this special night.
They spotted Twilight and her friends at a table, chatting together and eating food from the buffet. Well, it was mainly Pinkie eating the food from the buffet. The young six were there as well, admiring their first time visiting the capital. The usual nobles were keeping to themselves, eyeing rivals who had the most opulent dresses, the most bits in their accounts and most fancy estate. Princess Celestia met them at the opening staircase, trying to keep her best smile on as the long line of nobles and guests continued to grow.
“It’s certainly nice to see every creature enjoying themselves tonight,” Tempest observed with a content smile, “With all the disasters I have heard that occurred at the Gala, it’s good to see that everything is going smoothly so far. It’s not as if there will be three disastrous Galas in a-“
“Hey Starlight,” A voice spoke from behind them. The group turned as one, finding Sunburst with a smile on his face.
“S-Sunburst, what a nice surprise,” Starlight stuttered, causing Trixie to snicker. A quick jab on the side from Sunset told her to zip it.
“So,” Sunburst began, “Enjoying the night so far?”
“Yes, very much so,” Starlight manged to gain composure. It was then that Starlight caught Sunburst trying to act normal when he wasn’t it. He was avoiding her eye contact, his left hoof tracing circles on the marble floor.
“Sunburst, something wrong?” Starlight asked. For the others, it seemed to click.
“Well,” Sunburst started, “I was just wondering if you would like to dance with me?”
There was dead silence as Starlight, and the others, took in what Sunburst requested. If they were drinking water or the punch from the buffet, they would ultimately spit it out in shock. Trixie was the first to recover, a sly smile on her face.
“I think Starlight takes it as a yes,” Trixie encouraged. Starlight’s face lit up a brilliant red.
“W-what?” Starlight stuttered.
“I think it’s a brilliant way to get to know each other after some time apart, with Sunburst doing more wizardry from the Crystal Empire, and your counselling at the School of Friendship,” Trixie made her point.
“B-but, we are-“ Starlight tried to save her dignity, but was met with a hoof to her mouth.
“No excuses,” Trixie countered, “Treat it as a special long-time-no-see bonding time.”
“But I can’t dance to save my flanks!” Starlight burst out.
“Well, neither can I,” Sunburst smiled, “That makes two of us. So can I have this dance?” He reached a hoof out in offering. Starlight paused, then looked at the others. They just shrugged, shocked at either Sunburst’s request or Trixie’s tactics.
Sighing and giving a glare to Trixie which meant ‘we are going to talk about this later’, she reluctantly held her hoof out, giving the signal for Sunburst to gently grab it and pull her towards a space in the dance hall. The others from the R.U.G. looked at Trixie with varying faces.
“You’re still evil,” Sunset said with a deadpanned tone.
“Isn’t friendship about encouraging others and helping them in the best way they can?” Trixie mused.
The others soon turned to the dancefloor where Starlight and Sunburst tried to find their stepping. They were currently on their hind legs, finding it awkward to place their forelegs in the right position. They were looking at each other with blushes on their faces.
“Now is it one step forwards, two steps back, or the other way round?” Sunburst muttered.
“I think one of them is an expression, but one is real,” Starlight chuckled nervously, “We’ll just have to make it up as we go along?”
“Are you sure? We will become to the talk of the night,” Sunburst looked around. Rarity gave a gasp and nudged Fluttershy. The mane six turned to the dancefloor at the night, smiles on looks of surprise on their faces. The young six have also caught sight of them, smiling, or with knowing smiles in Gallus’ case.
“If we’re not fools now, we’re about to be,” Starlight sighed, “Let’s make it a night that we or they will certainly not forget.” Keeping in time to Octavia’s and the orchestra’s music in the best way they can. That was until Sunburst’s back hoof got caught in Starlight’s dress, bumping into Starlight and knocking them forward. They stumbled slightly backwards, then headbutted each other hard. They let go of each other hooves, causing Starlight to crash to the floor. Sunburst wasn’t so lucky, stumbling back to where every creature knew.
Sunburst crashed onto the buffet table, specifically the dessert table. Treats flew across the air, a cake landing on Rarity right on the face. The others in the mane six gasped, knowing how she would react.
“My dress! My beautiful, hoof-stitched dress!” Rarity wailed, they growled at Sunburst like what she did at Blueblood.
“Rarity, I can explain,” Sunburst help us hooves up in surrender, but Rarity had a tray of cakes in her magic, lobbing them at Sunburst. He ducked, the treats flying over his head, where they landed on the noble of all nobles of Canterlot.
“I say!” Fancy Pants wiped his glasses, “That’s one way to make a reintroduction.” His mare-friend, Fleur de Lis, on the other hoof, was not taking it, however.
“Don’t worry, my darling, I will defend your honour!” She declared before a tray of chocolate eclairs was levitated in her magic and thrown back at the mane six. Rarity gasp and ducked, only to hit Pinkie behind her. There was a gasp all around the hall as they knew what the best party planner in all of Equestria would say. She licked the chocolate from her face, a large smile revealed.
“GALA FOOD FIGHT!” Pinkie declared to every creature in the hall.
Every noble were now seeking shelter or running outside to the gardens as the mane six, except Twilight, the young six, Fancy Pants and Fleur joined in.
"There goes our honeymoon," Lyra sighed before being hit in the face by a cupcake. Bonbon laughed, but stopped immediately when Lyra levitated a cake in her hooves. They looked at each other before being locked into a food wrestle on the marble floor.
“And I wanted the night to go so smoothly,” Twilight sighed as she looked around at the chaos that would make Discord impressed, “Well, if you can’t beat them, join them.” She shrugged and decided to join her friends against their opponents. The remaining R.U.G members looked at the chaos unfurl before looking towards Trixie.
“Oops,” She simple responded. It was then that Princess Celestia of all ponies walked into the hallroom.
“And I thought this night couldn’t get any more interesting,” She observe, before spotting a particularly large cake ready to become ammunition by Rainbow Dash.
“Not the cake! Not the cake!” She cried in terror, running towards the group and ignoring the mess to her dress and white coat. The R.U.G. looked at bewilderment at the scene before them.
“Well, there goes our Best Night Ever,” Sunset sighed.
Where is Prince Blueblood here? Does that mean he was banned from attending the Grand Galloping Gala after Rarity experienced? What about Filthy Rich, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon? Are they not invited to the Gala?
Why is Starlight being an ungrateful jerk to Trixie who is helping her out enjoy the night by starting a dance with Sunburst? What an ungrateful jerk! Doesn't know how to appreciate efforts from a best friend trying to help her out feel the romance! Why doesn't she know how to appreciate Trixie for her actions?! I thought that she would learn after all the friendship lessons from Twilight!
What an ungrateful, judgmental, hypocritical jerk! Don't you have anything fun to do at the rest of the Gala instead of Antagonizing your Host Partner who is trying to get her best friend to just dance the night away with confidence and let their romance develop?! Why are you such a unlikable jerk?! I thought that you were already reformed. What's with this unlikable attitude?!
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I was just trying my best at creating a sense of awkwardness rather than a sense that Trixie was being mean to be honest. I like Trixie's and Starlight's dynamic in the show on a whole, but I wanted to be like when they play off one another, like To Change a Changeling, when Trixie passed the blame onto Starlight for Pharynx leaving the hive on his own. I decided not to included Blueblood, thinking that he already had enough incidences with cake and wanted to focus on the event on a whole.
Thanks for your perspective though, as I'm just still trying to get my head around conveying messages in writing
What a waste of perfectly delicious treats that could have been eaten
I find this to be a really nice and heartwarming scene, It looks like Starlight and Sunburst are finally going to get on with their dance, step by step, beat by beat. Perhaps that this will finally be the night where the two confess their feelings heart to heart? So much so that I have a nice Ballroom music for this one from the movie Waterloo. Although I could imagine having the guards wear scottish tartan kilts and heavy feather top fur hats while playing drums and bagpipes to announce the entrance of Princess Celestia to the Mane Event.
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It seems that Starlight and Sunset are being jerks here even after Trixie was helping her get acquainted with Sunburst in the best way possible like I have hated Trixie in this Reformed Unicorn Podcast on how flanderized and over the top her 'Great and Powerful' phrase is with being a narcissist thinking she's better than anypony else that they should be doing her bidding, Like she's using this phrase and its not tone down since she's not doing a stage magic show. This is a chapter that I love since you've toned down Trixie's self centered 'Great and Powerful' proclamation and make her actually nice for once. What I don't like is Starlight's attitude against her best friend, I can forgive that Sunset is being a hated jerk here with jabbing Trixie like that. She's just so filled with anger and being a selfless jerk that she couldn't find other fun things to do at the Gala and being the one who gets to be miserable at the end even though everyone else seem to have having a good time and wildly partying it out.
Well not 'Ours' but only yours. Seriously your the only all filled to the brim with being miserable. Seriously Sunset! This is the Grand Galloping Gala, Go find yourself a good looking guy, talk to him on the dance floor, have some dinner or invite him to the movies on Sunday or something!
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Thank you again for your perspective.
It's just that to me, she always has that playful narcissistic streak to her whenever she appears in an episode. I like Trixie and every character in the show in their own way, that she draws on others to intentionally seek her desires out to me, without thinking of the consequences or to how others are feeling (Starlight in All Bottled Up and A Horse Shoe-In, all pressuring her to make or break her.) I wanted to show Trixie in that way with how she plays with the R.U.G. Like the stage performer she is, she's just channeling her showpony-self to the podcasts, which is what I'm trying my best at, without displaying her as self-centred, with her opening catchphrase and the way she uses it often in the show itself a lot of the time. Starlight gets her, since she's been with her the longest. Sunset a-little, since she has the EG version to deal with.
The moment Pinkie was hit by food a food fight was inevitable.
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Thanks so much for being interactive in the comments on your fic, Right now Trixie is my least favorite of all the speakers on your Reformed Unicorn Podcast but I'll be staying for Tempest Shadow and the reformed villain guests that make an appearance, Starlight is getting there and also Sunset. I don't like Trixie that much but I gotta admit, She makes me laugh with the humor that comes and goes.
(happy sigh) jest like all the others that came before. that is true tradition.
I knew it wouldn't last.
Looks like you forgot to include "heard" in there.
Food fighttttt!
“But I can’t dance to save my flanks!” Starlight burst out.
“Well, neither can I,” Sunburst smiled, “That makes two of us. So can I have this dance?” He reached a hoof out in offering. Starlight paused, then looked at the others. They just shrugged, shocked at either Sunburst’s request or Trixie’s tactics.
Aww I still think it's so cute even though he doesn't know how to dance he still wants to offer her a dance I like that
My dress! My beautiful, hoof-stitched dress!” Rarity wailed, they growled at Sunburst like what she did at Blueblood.
“Rarity, I can explain,” Sunburst help us hooves up in surrender, but Rarity had a tray of cakes in her magic, lobbing them at Sunburst. He ducked, the treats flying over his head, where they landed on the noble of all nobles of Canterlot.
“I say!” Fancy Pants wiped his glasses, “That’s one way to make a reintroduction.” His mare-friend, Fleur de Lis, on the other hoof, was not taking it, however.
“Don’t worry, my darling, I will defend your honour!” She declared before a tray of chocolate eclairs was levitated in her magic and thrown back at the mane six. Rarity gasp and ducked, only to hit Pinkie behind her. There was a gasp all around the hall as they knew what the best party planner in all of Equestria would say. She licked the chocolate from her face, a large smile revealed.
“GALA FOOD FIGHT!” Pinkie declared to every creature in the hall.
Every noble were now seeking shelter or running outside to the gardens as the mane six, except Twilight, the young six, Fancy Pants and Fleur joined in.
FOOD FIGHT!!!!
Well when somebody say the best night ever things will go crazy I feel like that's like a triggered word when something disaster comes around but at first it turned out pretty good and sunburst asking Starlight for a dance which that's the most adorable thing I ever seen but shortly when they got to the dance floor they accidentally bump into each other and caused all the food to crash on some of the ponies and it looks like it started a food fight classic well this night turned out pretty well I will say lol
What are you talking about? That is the best night ever.
I can imagine Discord walking in and say, "What?! Chaos has come to the gala? And, you didn't invite ME?"