Star walked back into the town hall, thinking about potential solutions for the problem at hand.
They still had until the beginning of the next day to fix everything. Hopefully, that would be exactly what happened.
"Alright everypony, I can tell that things aren't going as planned at all," She said.
"Really? I couldn't tell," Claire sarcastically remarked, walking over from the stage.
Star shot ger a glare. "...Anyways, as I was saying. I may have some ideas for how we can fix this and get things organized and ready for tonight, so that way it's not a disaster," Star announced.
"Well, I think we would all like to have anything but this," Annie commented.
"Yeah, I can tell. But let's try and put this behind us and get something better together."
"In that case, what did ya have in mind, Star?" Del asked.
Star would have a near-complete revision of the entire setup. The first step was to fix the clashing of theme within the building. Instead of having three separate events look like they're taking place at the same time, it would all try to be close to the original decor.
The apple tablecloth was instead replaced with one covered in stars and the Mare in the Moon.
A wider range of snacks beyond apple was added.
Rather than the birthday party decorations that Candy had put in, she would get dark blue balloons and cover them in white dots. Which would cover the ceiling, making it look like the night sky.
The changes weren't very big, but they sure made a difference.
And finally, after the changes were made, everything looked to be finally like a proper event for the anniversary.
It was only an hour or so before sunrise and the anniversary events were to begin at this time, just as they did every year.
Everypony was outside the Town Hall, with Twilight and her friends standing center stage, and Star and hers off to the side, chatting amongst each other.
Twilight was having a speech about the importance of the day to her friends, as well as all of Equestria, but the seven had all heard it before.
Right after the speel was finished, Prism flew off to begin the airshow, which went along exactly as envisioned.
While Prism was cycling through the cutie marks, Twilight gave Star a wink. Maybe she knew this would happen all along.
After the show was over, they reenacted that night's events as best they could, what with them only being written down nine years after they happened and Mayor Mare's recent passing.
As everypony headed out to the Everfree forest, the seven opted to stay behind.
As they ran off, Twilight announced: "Come on everypony!"
But Star and the other stayed behind, thinking "No thanks. I'll spend the rest of the night with my friends."