As I lied, eating an apple, and listened to Applejack and Twilight talking, while Spike rummages through the apples. I already finished 5 trees so, that's why I'm not doing anything.
"Thank you kindly, Twilight, for helping me out. I bet Big McIntosh I could get all these Golden Delicious in the barn by lunchtime. If I win, he's gonna walk down Stirrup Street in one of Granny's girdles," Applejack chuckles a bit and it actually made me chuckle too.
Twilight shakes her head, "No problem at all, Applejack. I'm glad the goal is lunchtime. All this hard work is making me hungry."
Spikes perks up, "I know, Right?"
Twilight looked at bit exhausted, "Ooh-wee, Spike. You've been lounging on my back all morning while we worked," she said.
Spike throws his hands in the air, "Exactly. You two are taking so long, I missed snack-time." He looks over at me, "Trystyn's done 5 trees already."
Just on time, Twilight's stomach grumble, making her laugh nervously. "Eh, I guess we better get some food."
Spike then pulls a worm out of the apple he was holding, making me check my apples for worms. "Nope. Worm. A-ha."
Twilight then looks at spike, "Oh Spike, that looks delicious." Spike then eats the worm, making Twilight a bit ticked off, "Spike".
Spike looks at Twilight, "what?"
Spike then burps out a letter with a seal, saying its from Celestia. 'This should be interesting,' I thought as I got up and walked towards the others.
I didn't really hear what the letter said, but both Applejack and Twilight shouted, "The Grand Galloping Gala!"
This seem to make them excited as they started stomping their hooves. Spike then burps out 2 golden tickets.
"Wow, great! I've never been to the gala. Have you, Spike?" Twilight asked.
Spike shook his head, "No, and I plan to keep it that way. I don't want any of that girly frilly frou-frou nonsense," he said. He then gestures me to listen to him. He whispers in my ear, "If I were you, I wouldn't go." I just shrugged, I didn't know what this is.
Twilight pouted at that, "Aw, come on Spike. A dance would be nice."
Applejack chuckles, "Nice? It's a heap good more than just nice. I'd love to go. Land sakes, if I had an apple stand set up, ponies would be chowin' our tasty vittles 'til the cows came home. Do you have any idea how much business I could drum up for Sweet Apple Acres? Why, with all that money, we could do a heap of fixin' up 'round here. We could replace that saggy old roof, and Big McIntosh could replace that saggy old plow, and Granny Smith could replace that saggy old hip." She looks at Twilight, "Why, I'd give my left hind leg to go to that gala."
"Oh, well in that case, would you like to--" Twilight didn't get to finish as Rainbow crashed right into her.
"Ugh. Are we talking about the Grand Galloping Gala?" Rainbow asked, shaking her head.
Applejack glared at her, "Rainbow Dash. You told me you were too busy to help me harvest apples. What were you busy doing? Spyin'?"
Rainbow rolled her eyes, "No, I was busy napping, and I just happened to hear that you have an extra ticket?" She asked, turning to Twilight.
"Yeah, but-" she was again cut off by Rainbow's rant.
'God, these ponies are annoying, I thought, I mean, they shouldn't be getting this riled up about a golden ticket. Nightmare joined in my conversation, I know, it's just a ticket, they shouldn't be arguing about it.
As i was lost in thought, we started walking away. Then, Pinkie appeared and knocked into Twilight, making the tickets go into her eyes. I watch in amusement as she flailed around.
"Gah! Bats! Bats on my face! Help! Wait, these aren't..." Pinkie's eyes grew wide, "tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala?! It's the most amazing incredible tremendous super-fun wonderful terrifically humongous party in all of Equestria! I've always always always wanted to go!"
Out of nowhere, music started playing as Pinkie started singing.
Oh the Grand Galloping Gala is the best place for me
Oh the Grand Galloping Gala is the best place for me
Hip hip
Hooray!
It's the best place for me
For Pinkie...
With decorations like streamers and fairy-lights and pinwheels and piñatas and pin-cushions. With goodies like sugar cubes and sugar canes and sundaes and sun-beams and sarsaparilla. And I get to play my favorite-est of favorite fantabulous games like Pin the Tail on the Pony!
Oh the Grand Galloping Gala is the best place for me
Oh the Grand Galloping Gala is the best place for me
'Cause it's the most galarrific superly-terrific gala ever
In the whole galaxy
Wheee!!
After her song she bounced towards us. "Oh thank you, Twilight, it's the most wonderful-est gift ever."
Twilight tried to explain herself but was cut off again when the tickets were engulfed in a light blue aura and floated towards Rarity. 'This is so going to end badly,' I thought, tapping my foot in frustration.
"Are these what I think they are?" Asked Rarity.
I face palmed as, again, Twilight was interrupted by Pinkie's excitement, "Yes, yes, yes! Twilight's taking me to the Grand Galloping Gala in Canterlot."
I looked up, "No she didn't. She--" But I was cut off by Rarity's story.
"The gala? I design ensembles for the gala every year, but I've never had the opportunity to attend. Oh, the society, the culture, the glamour! It's where I truly belong, and where I'm destined to meet him," Rarity explained.
Both me and Pinkie asked, "Who?"
"Him. I would stroll through the gala, and everyone would wonder, "Who is that mysterious mare?" They would never guess that I was just a simple pony from little old Ponyville. Why, I would cause such a sensation that I would be invited for an audience with Princess Celestia herself, and the princess would be so taken with the style and elegance that she would introduce me to him, her nephew: the most handsome, eligible unicorn stallion in Canterlot. Our eyes would meet, our hearts would melt. Our courtship would be magnificent. He would ask for my hoof in marriage, and of course I would say, "Yes!" We would have a royal wedding, befitting a princess, which is [giggles] what I would become upon marrying him, the stallion of my dreams."
I yawned, 'God, these are selfish reasons why they should go to the gala,' I thought. 'It's only going to get worse,' Nightmare answered. 'How?' I asked, but was quickly answered as I heard Fluttershy gasp.
"Angel, these are perfect"
"Uh, listen guys, I haven't decided who to give the extra ticket to," twilight said, trying to calm the situation down a bit. Clearly, it didn't work.
Pinkie looked at Twilight wide-eyed, "You haven't?"
Fluttershy asked, "Um, excuse me, Twilight. I would just like to ask, I mean, if it would be all right, if you haven't given it to someone else--" But she was quickly cut off by Rarity.
"You? You want to go to the gala?" She asked.
Fluttershy smiled, "Oh, no. I mean, yes, or, actually, kind of. You see, it's not so much the Grand Galloping Gala as it is the wondrous private gated garden that surrounds the dance. The flowers are said to be the most beautiful and fragrant in all of Equestria. For the night of the gala, and that night alone, would they all be in bloom... and that's just the flora! Don't get me started on the fauna. There's loons and toucans and bitterns, oh my! Hummingbirds that can really hum, and buzzards that can really buzz. White-blue jays, and red jays, and green jays, pink jays and pink flamingos!"
"Wow," I said, "that sounds really beautiful shy."
Out of nowhere Rainbow appears, "Wait just a minute."
I started grinding my teeth, slowly getting more and more angry. I look at Twilight and could see she was also getting frustrated.
The ponies started arguing who deserves the ticket and I just couldn't take it anymore. "QUIET!!!!" Me and Twilight yelled, stopping the argument. I sighed, "Arguing isn't going to fix this." I held my finger up, signaling I don't want to be interrupted, "Eh! I don't want to hear it. Those are Twilight's tickets. She gets to decide who gets them and who doesn't. Now, off you go while me, Spike, and Twilight get something to eat. Now shoo." Everyone groaned and left. I sighed, "Just what I needed, spoiled little brats."
Twilight sighed, "Thanks Trystyn, but now what are we going to do?"
I smiled, "We'll figure something out. But first, lets get something to eat," I said, walking towards a cafe.
As Twilight complained about the whole ticket problem, I started playing a song to help calm my mind. I really didn't care about the ticket, but I did care about what this is doing to my friend. As I played my guitar, a song finally started playing in my head and I started singing.
When everyone you thought you knew
Deserts your fight, I'll go with you
You're facin' down a dark hall
I'll grab my light
And go with you, I'll go with you
I'll go with you, I'll go with you
I'll go with you, I'll go with you
I'll go with you, I'll go with you
I was abruptly stopped when I felt water falling on me. I sighed, 'maybe next time,' I thought, putting the guitar away and putting my hood up.
"Hi there, best friend forever I've ever ever had. Enjoying the sunny weather?" I heard Rainbow say, causing me to look up. And there she is, having a hole under Twilight. 'Great, and I thought this was going to be a nice day,' I thought, crossing my arms in frustration.
"Rainbow Dash, what are you doing?" Twilight asked, also looking up.
"Trying to get the golden ticket," I said, still glaring at Rainbow.
Rainbow glared at me back, but stopped when Twilight let out a little cough. "Is this true?"
Rainbow tried to defend herself, but neither me or Twilight was believing her. She sighed, failing at tricking Twilight into giving her the ticket. Closing up the cloud, which strangely sounded like a zipper, and left. Well after that, Twilight and her food were both soaked with water.
Rarity started frantically running towards us, "Twilight, it's raining."
"No, shit," I said, as I got up.
Rarity ignored my comment and quickly grabbed Twilight and took her to the boutique. Me and Spike quickly followed, wanting to get out of the rain and to see how Rarity will bribe Twilight. When me and Spike opened the door, we saw Twilight wearing a beautiful saddle.
As Spike laugh at Twilight's conundrum, I just stared in awe. 'That is a beautiful saddle. Why would Spike laugh at her, she gorgeous in that. Well, for a pony,' I thought, not realizing I was staring.
'Uh hello, Romeo. You're kind of staring,' Nightmare said.
I shake my head, seeing the others giving me weird looks. I quickly composed myself and calmly said, "It looks fine. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be going home to bleach my eyes." I started walking towards the door. I stopped, almost forgetting something. Turning around I motioned to Spike, "Hey Spike, why don't you come with me. You probably don't want anything to do with this whole ticket business." Spike happily, ran out. I chuckled and turned to Twilight, "I hope you'll make the right decision Twi." I then closed the door and followed Spike home.
While walking through the rain I started having my conversation with Nightmare. ‘So, what do you think we should do?’ I asked. 'From the way you reacted, I suggest you stay away from everypony,' she said. I rolled my eyes, ‘Great, all I have to do is stay away from everyone. That won’t be hard. At least no one else knows about the tickets.’
Nightmare chuckled. I didn’t bother asking her why, I just wanted to go home. We finally made it to Twilight’s house and what we saw made me even more ticked off. Fluttershy was cleaning the library with some help from her animals. I felt like yelling at the top of my lungs, but restrain myself.
I cleared my throat, getting her attention. She gasp when she saw me, then flew towards me. “Oh, hey Trystyn, I didn’t know you would come back this early,” she said, fidgeting a bit. I sighed, taking off my jacket and putting on the rack.
“Yeah, I’m back. I’m guessing you’re here to persuade Twilight into giving you the ticket?” I asked casually, sitting on the floor an opening my backpack. This caught her off guard, making me smile a bit. “I suggest you leave. Twilight is not in a good mood today, so, whatever it is you’re trying, it’s not gonna work,” I said, pulling out my Switch and putting in Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild.
She sighed, “Okay,” and left, her animals right behind her. I noticed that a white bunny turned around and glared at me. I rolled my eyes and flipped him off.
The slammed of the door told me that they left. “Now it’s time for me to relax,” I said, starting up my game.
A Few Hours Later
After a while, I decided to get some sleep, tired from all the stress these ponies were giving me. The door bashed open, revealing Twilight. She looked horrible; Mane messed up, a couple scratches on her body, even Twilight’s heavy breathing made me concern. I quickly rushed up and went to her side.
“What the hell happened to you?” I asked, worried for my friend. Before she could answer, a light upstairs revealed the 5 ponies that started this madness. They jumped down and practically pushed me away. They started asking if she needs any favors done over and over again. I could see that Twilight was getting nervous and decided to stop this. “ENOUGH!!!” I yelled, stomping my foot down. This made everyone jump and looked at me. I calmed my breathing and walked towards Twilight. Extending my hand, I asked, “Can you give me the tickets?” Surprised, they all started antagonizing me. But, Twilight obliged and handed me the tickets. I called for Spike to make a letter to Celestia, telling her to return the tickets back. Giving Spike the tickets. He blew a light flame, sending the letter and the tickets back. The others stared at me, puzzled.
It was then that Rainbow went up to my face, clearly pissed off. “Why?” she asked through clenched teeth. I started clenching my fist and gave them a clear answer.
“Because, ever since Twi got that letter, everything has been going crazy. Hell, I’m guessing when me and Spike left, the rest of you kept doing favors for her,” then, I let my emotions take control, “Just so you can go to some stupid dance.” I put my head down and chuckled, “Maybe instead of just trying to get the damn ticket, you should at least figure out what this is doing to your friend,” I finished, glaring at everyone. They all looked down, ashamed of what they done. I look over at Twilight as she gave me a silent ‘thank you’ and smiled.
I then felt a tap on my leg and looked down to see Spike with an envelope with my name on it. I opened it up and saw a letter and 7 golden tickets. Everyone looked up as I took out the note and began to read.
“Dear Trystyn,
It has come to my knowledge that you are the one you sent the letter. I apologize, I have not realized what the tickets could do. So, as you know, there are 7 tickets to the gala here. Thank you, and I hope you’ll write again,
Celestia.”
As I finished the letter, the ponies took their tickets, excited as hell, and walked outside. As I looked the ticket over, I started chuckling. “Ah, what the hell? Might as well go,” I said. After the others left, I started heading for the couch, my bed, and was ready to sleep again.
“Thank you,” I heard Twilight say.
I looked behind me and smiled, “No problem. I know all that stress was getting to you so I decided to help out.”
As Twilight and Spike went upstairs, saying goodnight to me first, I began to realize something that I wish I didn’t have to think about. ‘I’m going to have to wear a suit. Better get a suit from Rarity tomorrow,’ I lied down, ‘if I have time.’ The reason that I thought of that was because tomorrow Twilight is going to teach me how to use magic.