We later see Sonic, Twilight, and Spike at a restaurant in town and were just about to eat when, "Excuse me, but are you three going to eat in the rain?" Said the waitress.
"It's not raining..." Twilight looked out to see it was, "What's going on?"
"Hi there, best friend forever I've ever, ever had. Enjoying the sunny weather?"
The trio looked up to see Rainbow Dash.
"Rainbow Dash, what are you doing?" Asked Sonic.
"Whaddya mean? I just saw the smartest, most generous pony and her friends about to get rained on, so I thought I'd kick a hole in the clouds to keep her dry so she could eat in peace, that's all."
"Rainbow, you're not trying to get extra consideration for the extra ticket by doing me extra special favors, are you?" Twilight asked.
"Me? No no no, of course not!"
"Uh-huh."
"Seriously, I'd do it for anypony... wait what are you doing?"
"Rainbow, I am not comfortable accepting unwanted favors, so I'd appreciate it if you close up that rain cloud right now."
"Fine."
She zipped it closed, "That's better." Twilight was about to take bite out of the daisy sandwich she ordered when rain poured on her Sonic, and Spike. Rarity Then came up to her, "Twilight, it's raining."
"No really?"
"Come with me before you catch a cold."
And with that, Rarity drags the trio to the Carousel Boutique. As they dry off Rarity decides to "help" Twilight pick a dress for the Gala. Twilight tried to object, but when she saw herself in one of the dresses, she couldn't stop looking at herself in the mirror. That's when Rarity turned her attention to Sonic, and Spike. Sonic had a bit of an debate with Rarity as she was dressing Twilight, as to whether or not Rarity should give something formal to Sonic that he can wear at the Gala with Sonic arguing he doesn't like to stand out even more than he does already. It didn't take too long where Sonic persuaded Rarity to simply give him a tuxedo.
"Now darlings, would you like a black tuxedo, or a white tuxedo?" Rarity asked Sonic and Spike.
"I'll take a black tuxedo Rarity." Spike responded.
"Same here," Sonic said, "But I'm not wearing pants!"
"Why do you refuse to wear pants darling?" Rarity asked.
"They make it harder for me run, and if something takes away my speed, except for friends and loved ones, count me out." Sonic replied.
"As you wish, Prince Sonic." Rarity smiled.
"Come on Rarity, we've been over this, don't call me Prince, we're friends so there is no need, and I don't really like it when ponies call me Prince even though I am."
"I Know darling, I was only teasing." Rarity said. "Anyway Twilight, I see you are enjoying that dress you are currently wearing."
Twilight didn't respond, she was to focused on her reflection, mainly the dress she had on.
"I just now how well you will be among the stallions at the Gala, but if the two of us were together, we would be the elegant mares at the Gala!" Rarity said, although this caused Twilight to snap out of her trance, "this dress looks so great on me" trance.
'Figured she would try to persuade Twilight to take her to the Gala.' Sonic thought.
"I'm sorry Rarity." Twilight said, "But being nice isn't going to make me want to pick you as the the one to go to the Grand Galloping Gala with me. Come on guys let's go." As the trio leaves they took off the clothes Rarity gave them and leave them on the stage.
After leaving the Carousel Boutique, Twilight's stomach begins to rumble again.
"Looks like someone's hungry." Sonic said.
"I haven't had anything since this morning." Twilight said. "I hope I can get me some food to eat soon."
"Did somepony say food?" Applejack asked while pulling a cart full of apple products towards them.
"Applejack, I know what you doing and it isn't going to work." Twilight Deadpanned.
"What are you talking about sugarcube?"
"Twilight's right Applejack." Pinkie said as she came into view with a car full of cakes, cupcakes, cookies, etc. Twilight tried her best to resist her friends "kindness", but her empty stomach only made it harder.
"As if it's going to work with you!" Applejack glared at Pinkie.
"I know know it will, all my goodies taste better than what you were going to offer." Pinkie countered.
"Enough already!" Sonic yelled.
"What's going on here?" asked a random mare as a crowd was formed due to the belief Applejack and Pinkie were giving away food or something.
"Oh me and Applejack are trying to persuade Twilight to take one of us to the Grand Galloping Gala!" Pinkie explained.
"The Grand Galloping Gala!" said the crowd of mares.
"This does not look good." Sonic said as the crowd began closing in.
"What do we do?" Spike asked nervously.
"The only thing we can do." Twilight said. "RUUUUUUUUUNNN!"
With that the trio make a break for it with what seemed like the whole town after them. They tried to hide in some nearby bushes, but where quickly discovered due to Spike's tail sticking out. They tried to get to higher ground, but the Pegasui make that pointless. They managed to pull off the fake display figure trick by dressing as clowns in front of a joke shop, but they were quickly spotted after breaking disguise.
Soon the trio find themselves conered in an ally way with the crowd was closing in on them. Sonic was about to pull out a chaos emerald and use chaos control to teleport them out of there but he noticed Twilight's horn was glowing. Not too long after that there was a bright flash, and the trio was gone.
"Where did they go?" asked one of the mares in the crowd.
Back in the library, there was a flash of light and when it faded Sonic, Twilight and a charred Spike remained.
"Warn us the next time you're going to do that." moaned Spike.
"I didn't even know it was going to happen!" replied Twilight.
"Well at least you're making progress on that teleportation spell you've been working on for the last few days." Sonic said.
That's when they noticed Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash in front of them which causes Twilight to scream in frustration.
"If you're expecting me to choose now I can't decide, I just can't decide. It's important to all of you and I just can't stand to disappoint any of you, and giving me gifts and doing me favors won't make any difference because you're all my friends and I wanna make you all happy and I can't, I just can't!"
Her friends looked at each other, and AJ rubbed her head, "Twilight, sugar, I didn't mean to put so much pressure on you, and if it helps, I don't want the ticket anymore. You can give it to somepony else. I won't feel bad, I promise."
Fluttershy nodded, "Me too. I feel just awful that I made you feel so awful."
Pinkie sighed, "And me too. It's no fun upsetting your friends."
Rarity came forwards, "Twilight, it was unfair of me to try to force you as I did."
Dash was excited, "Yes! That means the ticket is mine, I got the ticket, I got the ticket--" everyone then shot a glare at her, "You know, I haven't perfected my signature moves for the Wonderbolts anyway, I don't need the ticket either."
"We all got so gun-ho about going to the gala that we couldn't see how un-gun-ho we were making you."
"We're sorry, Twilight." The five friends say together.
Twilight smiled, "Spike, take down a letter." He pulled out a scroll, quill, and started to write, "Dear Princess Celestia, I've learned that one of the joys of friendship is sharing your blessings, but when there are not enough blessings to go around, having more than your friends can make you feel pretty awful.So, though I appreciate the invitation, I will be returning both tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala."
"What!?!" yelled the five.
"If my friends can't all go, I don't wanna go either."
"Twilight, you don't have to do that."
"Nope. I've made up my mind. Spike, you can send the letter now." Spike listened and sent it.
Fluttershy then said, "Now you won't get to go to the gala either."
"It's okay, girls. I couldn't possibly enjoy myself without my best friends there with me, so I would rather not go at all." Twi hugged them all. Sonic couldn't help but smile while watching this.
Spike burped up another letter. "A letter from princess Celestia?" Twilight asked," That was fast."
Spike read the letter, "My faithful student Twilight, why didn't you just say so in the first place?"
Tickets came out, "Six tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala." They all gasped.
"Now we can all go." They all cheered.
"How come I don't get a ticket to the gala?" Spike burped again, "And one for you, Spike." He looked at the ticket with glee, until he saw Applejack and Sonic smirking at him, "I mean, gross, I have to go too?"
Twi hugged him, "It's alright Spike, we won't judge you for wanting to go too."
Twilight's then let out a growl. Twilight nervously laughed and said, "Do you guys think we can go get something to eat?"
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Pinkie exclaimed.
As they were leaving Sonic spoke out," You know, we didn't have to go through all that."
"What do you mean Sonic?" Twilight asked.
"Well I am crown Prince and my mom is hosting the Grand Galloping Gala. I could of just asked my mom for extra tickets earlier and avoided all of today's events, but you girls would interrupt me every time I tried to tell you girls so." Sonic explained.
He got several blank looks in return.
It didn't last long as Rainbow Dash yelled, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!"