//------------------------------// // Chapter 14 (Updated) // Story: Elements of Equestria // by Bookpony579 //------------------------------// The gym was worse off than anyone thought. Even with their magic, it would take a while to get this cleaned up. "I simply cannot believe they did all this!" Rarity exclaimed. "If I was allowed to bring my party cannon on school grounds I could have this fixed up in no time." Pinkie grumbled. "Now Pinkie, you remember what happened last time." Rarity reprimanded. "Yeah. I'm still finding confetti in weird places!" Rainbow spoke up. "But I finally worked out the kinks this time!" "Focus ya'll!" Aj reminded them. "I know it seems impossible, but, maybe if we all work together?" Twilight asked. "Now that's the kinda can-do spirit I'm lookin' for in a Fall Formal Princess! Let's do it, y'all!" Aj said, getting everyone on board. Soon, they were sweeping, dusting, and throwing away trash as a team. Even Spike was helping out. Fix it up Yeah, it's all right We'll get it ready by tonight Mix it up Yeah, help a friend We'll come together in the end As they worked, students who were passing by saw what they were doing a decided to help them out. Twilight was impressed by their enthusiasm to help and got them organized to different tasks. Soon the whole school was working together on decorations, moving tables, and getting the sound system ready. Before long, everything was fixed and the gym looked even better than before! We... will...) Fix it up, yeah, it's all right (Come... tonight, tonight...) We'll get it ready by tonight (We... will...) Mix it up, yeah, help a friend (Come... together, together...) We'll come together, together now! "This... looks... sooooo... GOOD!" Pinkie gush, seeing the brand new decorations. Hearing about what was going on Celestia and Luna decided to check in to see how they were doing. What they saw left them amazed. Celestia clapped, grabbing everyone's attention. "All right, everyone! Fall Formal is back on for this evening." Hearing the news, everyone cheered, especially the girls. They hadn't expected to be done this quickly! "So you'd better get out of here and start getting ready. Oh, and don't forget to cast your ballots for the Fall Formal Princess on your way out!" Students quickly lined up to drop their ballots into the box Luna was holding. Along they, several students addressed Twilight. "You got my vote Twilight." "Yeah! You totally rock!" "You've got my vote for sure." Twilight was ecstatic! Whatever students had reservations about voting for her before now were totally on her side. At this point, almost everyone at school was voting for her. The few exceptions to that fact were hiding in the storage closet watching everything that was going on. "You may have gotten lucky Twilight, but I've still got one more trick up my sleeve. Just you wait..." Sunset turned to Snips and Snails. "All right you two, this is what I need you to do..." The girls arrived at the boutique Rarity worked at to get ready for the dance. "I can't believe we actually pulled it off!" Fluttershy gushed. "Of course we did! We're awesome!" Rainbow asserted. "Yeah, you girls are amazing!" Spike spoke up. His eyes widened when he realized what he had done. Twilight paled and the other girls just stared at him in shock. "He can talk!?" Rarity freaked out. "Yes. You see..there was this incident with Sunset.." Twilight tried to explain until Fluttershy cut her off. "This. Is. So. Amazing! Tell me, what are you thinking right now?" Her eager face was not right in front of Spike's weirded out one. "Well...I...uh..." Was all he managed to blurt out before Twilight came to his rescue. "Listen, I'll tell you girls more later, but right now we need to get ready." This brought the other girls back to earth, and they nodded while still understandably a little freaked out. "All right girls. We need to get ready, and we need to look fabulous!" A she said this, Rarity pulled out a rack of dresses. This is our big night We're getting ready And we're doing it up right This is our big night Friendship survived, Now we'll start it out right The girls tried on different combinations of dresses, jewelry and make-up until they found the right look that suited them. Rarity helped them get sorted out, and even had a dress specially picked out for Twilight. Even Spike got a little bow tie. By the time they were done, the girls did indeed look fabulous and were ready to party. This was going to be a night they would never forget.