At Carousel Boutique one afternoon, the turtles were trying on tuxedos in their respective colors. Rarity was inspecting the boys, “Oh, yes. You boys are looking very dashing.” she approved.
“Thanks, Rarity. And we appreciate you helping us pick these outfits for the Grand Galloping Gala.” Leo said.
“Always a pleasure, Leonardo,” Rarity replied before looking over at Michelangelo who was wearing a neck tie that was decorate in orange Hawaiian flowers, “Oh! Michelangelo! You cannot wear that thing!” Rarity panicked, as she removed the neck tie from him and replaced it with a simple orange bow tie, “Much better.” she said in relief.
Mikey groaned, “Man, is this totally not my style or what?”
“Hey, it ain't mine either. But if we're required to dress nice. What can ya do?” Raph asked, as he fixed his red bow tie.
“And it'll be a good chance to observe such an honorable festivity such as this.” Donnie added.
“Not from what we heard from Rainbow Dash.” Casey said, as he and Keno walked in all dressed up. Casey was wearing a light blue tuxedo, and Keno's was black.
“What'd you hear?” Mikey asked, as Rarity looked a bit nervous.
“From what she told me, she and the girls caused a big commotion there.” Keno explained.
“A commotion?” Donnie asked.
“Is this true, Rarity?” Leo asked.
Rarity sighed, “Yes it is. First time we went we all had different plans on making it the best night ever. But it didn't go so well for any of us.”
“How so?” Donnie wondered.
“Well, Twilight wanted to talk with the Princess but she was too busy greeting the guests and Twilight ended up missing the gala because she wanted to be at her side,” Rarity began, “Rainbow Dash wanted to impress the Wonderbolts, but also was unable to talk to any of them because they were too busy talking with other guests. Applejack tried selling some of her families products, but got little to no customers.”
“Blasphemy.” Mikey squinted at the disrespect.
“Fluttershy tried to befriend the animals in the castle garden, but they were more timid of her than she is of anything. And Pinkie as you know wanted to party it up, but unfortunately none of the other guests shared her enthusiasm.”
“And what about you?” Raph asked, as the brothers and Casey were interested.
Rarity smiled sheepishly, before sighing, “I tried to get close to one of the royals who was a prince, but he was far from the true qualities of a prince. Long story short, we each got so frustrated with trying to make it the best night ever we ended up causing a scene.”
“How'd Princess Celestia react to all this?” Leo wondered.
“Actually, she was quite overjoyed and felt what we did livened it up for the better.”
Mikey chuckled, “classic Princess Celestia.”
“And of course you remember us talking about what happened last time with Discord and the Smooze.” Rarity reminded them.
“Well, let's hope we won't have anything like that.” Donnie said.
The door opened and walking in was Fugitoid, Bebop, and Rocksteady, “Pardon us, Rarity but we're here to try on our outfits for the Gala.” Fugitoid began.
“Oh, of course. I have them right here.” Rarity levitated some outfits to the three.
“Thanks, Rare.” Bebop said.
“I can't wait to see how it fits.” Rocksteady said, as the three went behind a screen.
They came out all looking dressed up. Fugitoid was wearing a silver tuxedo, while Bebop's was purple, and Rocksteady was wearing his old Russian Uniform when he was still human, “Now this is pretty tight.” Bebop admitted, as he posed.
“I love it.” Rocksteady said.
“You always outdo yourself, Rarity.” Fugitoid looked happy.
“Thank you so much.” Rarity smiled, “The girls should be due by soon to get fitted as well.”
“Well, we'll be out of your hair soon.” Leo promised.
Meanwhile in the Technodrome, Shredder, Krang, and Chrysalis were busy plotting their next move. Shredder spoke to the former Queen, “How goes your hunt for a new fuel to power the portal?”
“It's a work in progress. But I'm on a lead.” she replied.
“Well, that's just great. What're we supposed to do until then?” Shredder asked rhetorically.
“You could stop whining for once,” Krang answered, “Besides, I discovered a perfect opportunity to rid us of those turtles and ponies,” Krang pulled up an image of the Canterlot ballroom on screen being decorated, “Canterlot Castle is hosting it's annual Grand Galloping Gala, where only the elite or famous attend. And guess who apparently is on the guest list?” he snickered.
“Krang, I hate guessing games.” Shredder warned him.
Krang growled, “Our enemies, you simpleton!”
“All our enemies gathered under one roof, how interesting.” Chrysalis admitted.
“And it'll be a good chance for our clone turtles to get a workout. They've been getting very angsty with being stuck in here.” the brain explained.
“Speaking of, where are those clones?” Shredder wondered.
“Last I saw they went into the Foot Soldier lab.” Chrysalis explained.
“What?!” Shredder gasped as he galloped off.
Meanwhile in the Foot Soldier Lab, the Dark Turtles were busy breaking the robot Foot Soldiers with the machines making more for them, “Man, these buckets of bolts aren't much of a challenge.” Dark Donnie groaned.
“Yeah. I wanna fight a real opponent.” Dark Raph agreed, as he ripped a Foot Soldier in two.
“I know. I'll have a talk with our bosses.” Dark Leo said, as he was about to leave, until Shredder entered.
When he saw what the clones were doing he shouted, “You fools! What're you doing in here?!”
“Getting in some training, boss.” Dark Mikey answered.
“This lab is for making Foot Soldiers. The Hologram room next door is for training!” Shredder shouted.
“Wait, that room's for training?” Dark Mikey asked, “I've been using it for a bathroom.” Shredder groaned in exasperation.
“Listen, Master Shredder. My brothers and I are tired of doing nothing. We want some action!” Dark Leo demanded.
“Watch your tone with me you clone,” Shredder warned him, “And as it so happens I bring good news.”
“Ooh, goody-goody-goody, I love good news!” Dark Mikey cheered, as he got comfortable.
“In a few days Canterlot is hosting an event called the Grand Galloping Gala, and your good selves will be there.” Shredder explained.
“So we're looking to do a little party crashing?” Dark Leo asked.
“Precisely.”
“All right!” Dark Mikey cheered.
“So prepare yourselves, for in a few days those cursed ninjas will be ours.” Shredder instructed.
“Yes, Master.” The Dark Turtles bowed their heads.
A few days later the boys were all dressed up and waiting outside Rarity's shop for the girls, “How much longer?' Raph complained.
“You know girls, Raph.” Mikey replied.
“For real.” Spike agreed.
The door to the shop opened up and out came the girls all dressed up for the Gala. Each of the girls were dressed up in their own unique style. Spike recognized Twilight and her friends were dressed like the way she and the Canterlot High girls wore during the Fall Formal. Karai was in a Japanese kimono, Shini was in something black, gray, and mystifying, and April was wearing a pink dress with hints of yellow in it.
The boys looked impressed, while some like Donnie and Mikey were on the verge of salivating at the sight of April and Shini, “You girls look amazing.” Leo began, while smiling at Twilight who blushed.
“Oh, yes. You ladies look positively charming.” Fugitoid added.
“Thanks. This will be my first time at the Grand Galloping Gala.” Sunset admitted.
“Same for us.” April added on behalf of herself and her family.
“And me.” Starlight put in.
“Well, we're all ready so we walking to Canterlot?” Bebop asked.
“That won't be necessary.” Twilight said, as she used her magic to teleport them all to the castle.
“I love magic.” Karai smiled.
“Let's go, y'all.” Applejack said, as they went inside.
They looked around seeing many other guests all dressed up fancy, “Well, since we're dressed up like this we probably fit in more.” Mikey noted.
Princess Celestia who was also dressed up approached, “Good evening, my ponies.”
“Good evening, Princess.” They greeted.
“My you all look wonderful tonight.” she noticed.
“Thanks, Princess C.” Bebop said.
“You look amazing yourself.” Mikey added.
“Won't Luna be joining us?” Fugitoid asked.
“I'm afraid my sister is in charge of watching over the dreams of ponies at this point.” Celestia sighed.
“Bummer.” Mikey said.
“It's quite all right. I mean when we were young she didn't quite find the Gala as enjoyable like me.” Celestia admitted.
“Well, next time you see her make sure you give her our best regards.” Leo said.
“I shall see to it personally, Leonardo. Now then all of you enjoy your time here. And try to stay out of mischief.” she winked at the girls who smiled nervously.
“Well, let's go.” Leo said, as the group went out to enjoy themselves.
Leo, Karai, Twilight, and Spike walked around greeting several ponies who recognized them, “Nice to be at a party like this without having to keep up appearances.” Karai said.
“What do you mean?” Spike asked.
“When I was still with Shredder growing up there were times he was asked to attend functions to discuss business with other important people. I had to pretend to be the loyal daughter who never left her father's side. Personally I would've rather stayed home and train than listen to the adults talk business I could care less about.”
“Shredder at party functions?” Leo asked in shock, “Well, there's a surprise.”
“I'd hate to think of him getting messy with people who angered him.” Twilight feared.
“Not as bad as you might think,” Karai replied, “At least to those who didn't disagree with him.” the group cringed.
In another part of the Gala, Sunset, Fugitoid, Raph, Casey, and Rainbow Dash were checking around before happening upon the dance floor. A mare looked at Raphael and looked smitten, “Well, aren't you quite the handsome one. Would you care to dance?”
Raph blushed while stammering, “Uh, well, actually I...” The mare took Raph's stammering as a yes and danced with him in a spin while laughing.
“So graceful. What do you call that step?” she asked, as Raph spun while sounding dizzy.
“The turtle twirl.” he fumbled over to the others.
“Raph, you ok?” Sunset asked.
“This is not my kind of dance.” he answered dizzily.
“Hey at least you didn't step on anypony's hooves.” Casey noted.
“That'd be embarrassing.” Rainbow laughed.
“Well, I for one am enjoying this festivity. Without even worrying about anything.” Fugitoid said.
“We all needed this.” Sunset added, as they continued on.
Meanwhile Pinkie, Mikey, Flutershy, and Shini were exploring, until they got close to the buffet table. Mikey sniffed the air and gasped, “All right, finally!”
“What is it, Mikey?” Fluttershy asked.
“I smell pizza!”
“In a classy party like this?” Shini asked.
“Yeah. And it's right there,” Mikey lifted a tray lid up to reveal a pizza that was smaller than a personal pan pizza. Mikey looked disappointed and spoke, “Or at least it will be once it grows up.”
“That looks like it was made for one.” Pinkie noticed.
“I could swallow this thing whole and it wouldn't fill me up.” Mikey sighed.
“Well good evening to you all.” came Blade Swipe as he walked over wearing a black tux.
“Hi, Blade.” they greeted.
“Hey, Blade, what's with the cheap pizza?” Mikey demanded.
“The rich and elite of Canterlot like their portions small.” Blade answered.
“This is an outrage.” Mikey crossed his arms.
“I agree.” Pinkie added.
“Don't worry, afterward we'll all grab a real bite.” Blade promised.
“Good. Because these small rations won't satisfy me.” Shini looked at the small foods.
Donnie was with April, Rarity, and Applejack looking around. When they got to the dance floor, April spoke, “Come on, D. Let's dance.”
“Dance, here? Uh, well, I, uh...” he stammered, as Applejack and Rarity rolled their eyes.
“Come on!” April pulled Donnie to the dance floor, and the smart turtle danced with his crush.
"He's sure light on his feet." Applejack whispered to Rarity who held in a giggle.
Keno and Starlight walked over, “Seems Donnie's enjoying himself.” Starlight said.
“And he ain't the only one.” Keno motioned to Bebop who was shaking it up on the dance floor with his funky moves while hootin' and hollerin'.
“Hoo-Hoo! Whoo! Shamon! Shamon!” he ranted.
Rarity looked over and giggled, “And it looks like somepony else is becoming popular.”
They looked over seeing Rocksteady was busy conversing with several mares who looked like fashion models.
April and Donnie stopped dancing to catch their breath, “That was fun.” Donnie said.
“Sure was.” April agreed.
“What say we go find the others?” Donnie suggested, as April agreed.
In the Technodrome, Krang had punched in some coordinates onto the main screen, and spoke to Shredder and the Dark Turtles, “Alright, Shredder, you'll take the Dark Turtles up to the surface and entertain our enemies.” he laughed.
“It'll be a party to remember, Krang,” Shredder promised, before speaking to his henchmen, “Dark Turtles into the Transport Module!”
The Dark Turtles entered the Drill Vehicle, as Krang spoke, "Bring me back some cake while you're there!”
One of the transport tubes opened up, and the module went through the tube and drilled through the crust leading up to the surface.
Back at the Gala, the group gathered together, as Leo spoke, “So far this has turned out to be a relaxing event.”
“Yeah, aside from the fast dancing.” Raph groaned.
“And the lack of real food.” Mikey put in.
“And for once nothing bad happened.” Twilight added.
Suddenly the ground started shaking much to the guests confusion, “What's going on?” Karai asked.
“Earthquake!” Mikey cried.
Suddenly taking everyone by surprise, the the floor started cracking and popping up from it was the transport module.
“What is that?” Applejack asked.
“Amazing, an underground transport vehicle.” Donnie was astounded.
“Yes, but it belongs to only one person.' Fugitoid voiced his worry.
The module hatch opened up and stumbling out of it was Shredder and the Dark Turtles. Shredder coughed and groaned before speaking to Dark Mikey, “That's the last time I let you sit on my lap and steer!”
“Shredder!” Leo frowned, as the group got defensive.
Celstia arrived and spoke, “What is the meaning of this?”
“What's it look like? We're crashing this party!” Dark Mikey laughed.
“As Princess of the Sun, I demand you leave immediately.” she ordered.
“We'll leave when we want to.” Dark Raph answered.
“And I’m curious about this auspicious occasion.” Shredder admitted.
“I don't think you were on the guest list.” Leo spoke up.
“So we meet again.” Dark Leo said.
“You copycats are gonna wish you didn't come here.” Raph warned them.
“Plus with all of us, we outnumber you.” Rocksteady added.
“Then this'll even the odds.” Shredder replied, as multiple Foot Soldiers emerged from the Module.
“How can they all fit in there?” April asked in confusion.
“I fit a lot of things in a small environment.” Pinkie noted.
The guests got into a panic and took cover, as Leo and Twilight called, “Ninjas/Girls, take 'em down!”
“Attack!” Shredder ordered as his minions charged into battle.