Universe Mishap of the Magical Kind

by Zeprto678


Chapter 7: The Grand Galloping Gala Part 2-The Gala

Chapter 7: The Grand Galloping Gala Part 2-The Gala

The three of us walked inside the room. It was packed with ponies who were invited from Ponyville and Canterlot all the way to Manehattan. Some of the ponies were standing in a line either in front of or on the steps to either greet or kiss-up to the princesses, who were standing at the top of the landing. Either one or both of the princesses would talk to the same or different noble. Twilight herself was right next to Celestia, attempting to have a conversation. While we were walking towards them, we noticed that there were ponies staring at us and moving out of our way.

I inwardly sighed. “I know I’m a male Alicorn, but they shouldn’t stare at me like that. Makes me feel like a freak,” I thought. Then, I remembered my and Heartbreak’s current looks. “Although, me and HB are wearing outfits for the opposite gender. Maybe that’s why?” I felt insulted. “If it is, how rude. It’s like they’ve never seen two ponies crossdress before.

Amber was feeling scared as there were tons of ponies around the group. It felt a little crowded even with me and Heartbreak with her. “Just gotta stay calm. I’m doing this to help Twilight and the others out, then I’m gone,” she thought. She then noticed that there were ponies staring at them. “Stop staring. Please stop staring!

Heartbreak turned her head and noticed Amber’s scared expression. “Amber, calm down. Everything is going to be fine,” reassured Heartbreak. “The sooner we help out Twilight and her friends, the sooner we can get away from the crowd. Okay?”

Amber was able to calm down a little. “O-Okay,” she responded.

Once the three of us made it to the stairs, we decided to stay right there at the bottom step.

“Hey, Celestia. Teacher. How’s it been?” I asked loudly.

The only reason I did that was to gain their attention. The line of ponies looked at us, shocked. Celestia and Luna also looked, and were both speechless when they saw my and Heartbreak’s look.

Heartbreak waved her hoof. “Hi there, princesses. Lovely night for a Gala, huh?” she greeted casually.

“Uh, yeah. It is,” responded Celestia.

Before Celestia said anything, Luna decided to speak. “My student. Why are you dressed up like a mare and HB is dressed up like a stallion?” asked Luna. “Did somepony dare you two?”

I shook my head. “No. Actually, I’ve always wanted to crossdress before,” I replied. “Just never thought about it until the Gala happened.”

“As for me, I didn’t want to wear a dress,” said Heartbreak in a simple tone.

She understood slightly and just nodded her head. “I see,” she said. She then smiled. “Well, why don’t you and your friends join us up here for the announcement?”

Me and Heartbreak looked up at the stairs, then at each other.

I sighed. “You know what we must do,” I said.

Heartbreak gave off a frustrated sigh. “Yup,” she begrudgingly responded. “Fetting stairs.”

We walked upstairs to the top and stood right next to Princess Luna. There was barely any room, but Amber fit by standing on the steps next to Heartbreak.

Luna cleared her throat. “Attention, ponies! We have an announcement!”

I winced as I was the one who was standing right next to her. “Agh, my ears! For the love of...I’m standing right here!” I thought.

All the ponies stopped what they were doing and turned their attention on us.

“My little ponies, we would like to introduce you to three beings who have come from somewhere far far away, outside of Equestria itself,” announced Celestia. It was a story that Celestia put together for us, plus everyone who knows, to tell others who ask. She gestured her hoof at me. “I would like you all to welcome Prince Lemon Spark: the ‘Alicorn of Food’.”

Some ponies began clapping their hooves, while others were confused about my title.

“Hi there, everypony. I hope to get along with you all,” I greeted.

Celestia then gestured at Heartbreak. “The ‘Pony of Heartbreaks’, Heartbreak,” she continued.

Ponies clapped their hooves again.

“I don’t know how to feel about that, but I’ll take it for now,” muttered Heartbreak. She cleared her throat. “It’s nice to meet you everyp-p-pony.” 

She then gestured lastly at Amber. “And the ‘Pony Dragon’, Amber,” she ended.

Ponies clapped their hooves once more. Amber was scared as she saw the crowd of ponies, but was able to summon up the courage to speak to them. “H-hello, everyone,” said Amber, shyly.

It was now Luna’s turn. “As for the second announcement, I have taken Lemon Spark as my student,” announced Luna. Lots of ponies were either surprised, confused, or both, to hear that. Luna was luckily prepared to answer with a lie. “The reason is that I’d like to introduce him to the spells that he has never learned outside of Equestria. As for my sister, she couldn't take him on as her student since she already has young Twilight.”

“While my sister is off teaching him magic, the Day and Night Courts will be temporarily merged together until Lemon’s training is done,” informed Celestia.

Some understood, but others were still confused. I decided to distract them. “Hey, Celestia,” I whispered. She craned her head towards me. “May I?”

Celestia smiled. “Go ahead,” she whispered back.

“Me and my friends will now answer four questions. After that, the party will resume,” I informed. “So, who would like to ask me and my friends a question?” A lot of ponies raised their hoofs up in the air. I decided to choose a random pegasus mare. “Yes, you over there.”

“My name is Sunny Shine, and I have a question for Heartbreak,” said Sunny.

“Ask away,” replied Heartbreak. “I have the feeling that she’s going to ask me about my name.

“Why is your name Heartbreak?” she questioned.

I knew it,” she thought. Luckily, we discussed the lie that she could tell ponies the reason behind her name. “My parents named me Heartbreak. Unfortunately, back when I was a foal, they died before I could even ask them the reason behind my name.” She had said it all with a straight face.

That made the mare speechless. “...Oh,” said Sunny. That’s all she had to say.

Heartbreak nodded. “Yeah. Oh,” she said.

“Next pony,” I called out. I then chose some earth pony stallion noble. “You.”

“Silver Ore. This question is for your friend, Amber,” he said.

I had a frown on my face as I had a feeling on what he was going to ask. “If this is about why she looks more like a pony than a dragon, I want you to stop now,” I growled.

He was scared as that is what he was going to ask. “Um, never mind then,” said Silver, reluctantly.

Amber looked at me. “Lemon, I-I’ll answer it,” said Amber, meekly. I nodded my head. She then looked at the stallion and prepared to give him the made-up story she had prepared for herself. “Me and my family have no idea why I was born like this. No one we asked around does. So, I learned never to question it.”

The stallion was slightly satisfied with her answer but decided not to question it since it would seem rude and that he already used up his question.

“One more, and then me and my friends are done answering questions,” I announced. I pointed at a unicorn mare. “That mare over there. The one with the musical notes-like tropical fruits cutie mark.” 

“Tropical Remix, and this question is for you, your highness,” she said.

“Go ahead,” I said.

“I was wondering. If there’s a chance that you don’t have your own kingdom, are you planning on having one right here in Equestria?” asked Tropical Remix.

Everyone looked at me as I was silent and thought about the answer for a moment. I then had an idea and a grin on my face. “Actually, I’ve never had my own kingdom before since I’ve been too busy traveling, but now that I’m settling down, I’m planning on creating my own kingdom right here in Equestria’s. As for my castle, it’ll be the ‘Castle of the Two Sisters’, given to me by Princess Celestia and my teacher, Princess Luna,” I disclosed.

There were ponies in a shocked uproar towards my announcement. Even the princesses and Twilight were surprised. The princesses were surprised because it wasn’t true about the castle.

I continued like nothing happened. “The castle will need some repairs, which might take months. Until then, I’ll be staying in Ponyville,” I continued. “Thank you, and please continue to enjoy the Gala.”

I decided that me and my friends should join the party before Celestia and Luna say anything about my announcement. I used magic to levitate Heartbreak a few feet in the air.

Heartbreak was a little surprised, but knew I was trying to help her. “Fet. Be careful, I don't want to be dropped,” warned Heartbreak.

“Don’t worry, I will,” I responded. I carefully walked down the stairs with Amber walking behind me while Heartbreak was being levitated above the stairs. Once I made it to the bottom step, I set Heartbreak down.

She had an angry look on her face. “Thanks for helping me down the stairs, but never do that again without my permission. Next time, ask,” said Heartbreak with a serious and stern tone. “Got it?”

I chuckled a little. “Sorry about that, HB. I promise I’ll ask next time,” I said. I then smirked. “Now then, let’s go have some fun.”

Amber and Heartbreak both nodded as it was time to start the plan.


Some Time Later

Applejack was sad as it seemed like she hadn't sold a single thing at all. I was talking to some nobles as I was heading out towards Applejack’s food stall. It was time to put my part of the plan into action.

“Hey, Applejack,” I greeted. Applejack turned towards me with a frown on her face. “Slow business?” I knew the reason why none of the nobles was buying her food.

Her sad look then became a look of frustration. “Yeah, I haven’t sold a single gosh darn thing, ‘cept for a single apple pie I sold to Amber and HB,” responded Applejack, bitterly.

I had a sympathetic look on my face. “That does seem like a problem,” I said, concerned. I decided to help her out. “I’ll have an apple fritter and some apple juice, please.” I levitated a few Bits out of my dress pocket and placed them onto the stall’s counter.

“Ya don’t have to buy anythin’ to help me out, Lemon,” said Applejack. “I’m sure--”

I decided to stop her right there before she could say anything else. “I know, but I just want to,” I said. “Besides, you worked hard on preparing your family’s food for the Gala, AJ. Can’t let it go to waste.”

Applejack blushed and rubbed the back of her head with one of her forhooves. “Aw, shucks,” she bashfully replied.

My horn glowed as I floated an apple turnover and a bottle of apple juice over to me. I ate the apple turnover and drank the apple juice, making sure not to get any crumbs or stains on my dress. “Mmm, so good,” I complimented.

She smiled. “Well, nothin’ better than good ol’ fashioned Apple Family cooking,” boasted Applejack.

I had the feeling that if nobles saw me eating food from Ponyville like the apple family’s cooking, that would get those nobles interested in either try some to see if it’s good, or to try some and kiss up to me. There would be nobles who would want to get close enough to either get a high position in the kingdom, or to gain important information and spread it to the other nobles. In fact, the nobles who were with me decided to try some too.

The unicorn stallion had bought some apple fries. “I must say, this is very good,” he complimented.

The earth pony mare had bought some apple fritters. “You may be right. It may not look fancy, but it tastes delicious,” she agreed.

The others agreed as well as they ate. Some other nobles that were passing by became interested when they saw us eating Applejack’s food. They came over and bought some as well. Applejack smiled as she sold her food.

While everyone was distracted eating, I left. “Next is Rarity,” I thought. 


Meanwhile with Rainbow Dash

After asking around where the Wonderbolts were, Heartbreak arrived to see that Rainbow Dash was trying to talk to her idols, but they were busy talking to other ponies while they were talking to her. She approached Rainbow Dash with a pie that had been carefully balanced on her back thanks to Amber, who had left to go look for Fluttershy.

“Hey, Rainbow Dash,” greeted Heartbreak. “How’s the party?” 

Rainbow Dash turned her head towards Heartbreak with an angry look on her face. “Hey, HB,” responded Rainbow Dash with an exasperated tone.

Heartbreak had a feeling about what was wrong. “Frustrated?” she asked.

“Tch. Yeah,” grumpily replied Rainbow Dash. “As you know, I came to the Gala so I could meet my heroes ‘The Wonderbolts’ and impress them, but so far, they’re focused on talking to other ponies to even hang out with me.”

“Rainbow Dash, you shouldn’t try and impress them like you're some big hotshot. Just act like yourself,” advised Heartbreak. “Being yourself is what everyp-p-pony loves about you. Besides, you’re not their only fan, right?”

She looked down at the ground. “No,” she mumbled 

“Just have patience and then you’ll have a chance to hang out with them,” advised Heartbreak. “But for now, how about we go hang out together and have some fun? Just the two of us?”

She shrugged. “I guess that’s okay,” mumbled Rainbow Dash. 

“Before we go, can you give this apple pie to Soarin for me?” she asked. “I heard he liked pies, so I got one for him. I would have given it to him, but, you know…”

Rainbow Dash noticed the apple pie on HB’s back. “Oh, uh, sure, HB. I’ll be back in a sec,” she said. She grabbed the pie and took it over to Soarin. She exchanged a few words with him.

Hanging out with me will have to do since we never thought of a way for Rainbow Dash to even hang out with the Wonderbolts. Maybe we’ll have better luck next year?” she thought. “Wonder how Amber’s doing with Fluttershy?”

Rainbow Dash flew back over to her. “He said he wanted me to thank you for the pie,” she informed. She looked a little depressed and frustrated about the whole Wonderbolt thing.

Heartbreak already had an idea of how she could distract Rainbow Dash easily. “So...race you to Applejack’s stall?” she challenged. “Loser has to pay for the food.”

Luckily, Rainbow Dash was distracted by her own competitiveness. “You’re on,” she responded.

The two of them ran for Applejack’s stall, not knowing where it was located.


Meanwhile with Fluttershy

Fluttershy has been trying for a while to become friends with the animals of the garden, but for some reason they keep avoiding her. Amber arrived at the Canterlot Gardens and saw Fluttershy, who was looking frustrated. 

She walked up behind her. “Hey, Fluttershy,” greeted Amber.

Fluttershy was spooked. “Eep!” she quietly shouted. She turned around, scared, but as soon as she saw that it was Amber, she calmed down. 

Amber held up a claw. “I’m so sorry about that, Fluttershy,” Amber apologized. “I shouldn’t have snuck up on you.”

Fluttershy shook her head. “No, it’s my fault. I was too distracted with the animals to even notice you,” she meekly replied. 

After agreeing it was both of their faults, they stopped apologizing to each other.

Fluttershy was curious about something. “What are you doing here, Amber? Shouldn’t you be hanging out with everyone else?” she asked.

She shook her head. “Nah. I decided to hang out with you, Fluttershy,” replied Amber.

Fluttershy blushed. “T-Thanks, Amber,” she stuttered.

“No problem,” said Amber. “So, having trouble with the animals?”

She looked down at the ground. “Yeah,” Fluttershy said in a soft tone.

Amber shook her head. “Fluttershy, the animals will approach you on their own. To them, you are a stranger. If you keep trying to approach them, you’re going to scare them away from you and out of the garden forever,” she counseled. “You don’t want that, do you?”

Fluttershy looked sad like she was about to cry. “N-no, I don’t want to do that,” she whimpered.

She decided to hug Fluttershy in order to calm her down. “How about this? You can just watch them from afar. Like if you were bird watching, but you’re watching animals instead,” she advised. “That way, you won’t scare them off. Okay?” Amber separated the hug.

Fluttershy nodded, agreeing with her idea. After saying goodbye to Fluttershy, Amber left the garden to go find Spike and take him up on his offer to tour Canterlot.


Meanwhile with Rarity

Rarity was feeling irritated as she was currently on a date with Prince Blueblood. At first when she met him, she thought he was the prince of her dreams and went on a date with him, but then it turned out that he was egocentric. They were currently on a walk outside.

She had a frustrated look on her face. “Prince Charming, my plot. He cares more about himself than about me,” she thought. “I wish there was a stallion who could sweep me off my hooves and away from him.

I was nearby, watching, while floating a rose in my magic aura. All I needed to do was get Rarity away from him. “Okay, you can do this. Whatever you do, don’t mess this up!” I thought. I took a deep breath in, and then I let it out to calm myself.

I approached them. “Hey, Rarity,” I greeted.

Rarity smiled as she was secretly relieved when she saw me. “Ah, Lemon, darling. Are you having fun?” asked Rarity.

“I’m having a fun time at my first Gala. The announcement was made, so now every pony knows about me and my friends,” I said. I grinned widely. “You should have heard my announcement--”

“Excuse me,” said Blueblood, interrupting.

I continued like he wasn’t even there. “It surprised every pony there in the room,” I said. I chuckled.

Rarity was curious. “Don’t keep a lady waiting in suspense. What did you say?” she questioned.

“Excuse me,” repeated Blueblood.

“I told them that I’ll be creating my own kingdom here in Equestria, and that the princesses gave me the Castle of the Two Sisters, which will be under repairs for a few months,” I revealed. “Man, you should have seen the looks on their faces.”

She was surprised as well. “Oh, my. Is it true? About both parts I mean,” she asked. 

I confirmed by nodding. “Yeah, I’m creating my own kingdom and I have a castle that is in need of some repairs and cleaning,” I casually said.

Blueblood felt insulted that he was being ignored. “Excuse me,” he repeated again, loudly.

This guy was getting on my nerves. “We heard you, but me and Rarity were having a conversation between friends. Don’t butt in,” I responded. “Rude for a prince, isn’t he?”

Rarity nodded. “I know. Right, dear?” she agreed.

Before he could say anything, I interrupted him. “Maybe we should leave and discuss my castle’s decorations somewhere else, Rarity?” I offered.

She understood what I was trying to do. “You’re right, dear. After all, we need to discuss the fabrics and other stuff that your castle is going to need for the remodeling,” she pretended. She turned her head towards Blueblood. “Sorry, but he needs my help. Probably take a while.”

“And she needs to talk to Princess Celestia about it too,” I added.

Rarity nodded. “Exactly, Lemon. It seems I’m going to be extremely busy today. Maybe we could go on another date at next year’s Gala?” she said. She wasn’t promising to go on another date with him and secretly hoped he wouldn't take her seriously about it. “But for now, ta-ta.”

We left quickly before he could say anything. Once we were far away from him and from other ponies, we laughed.

Rarity fixed her hair even though it looked perfect. “Thanks for rescuing me, dear. I just couldn’t stand being in his presence any longer,” said Rarity.

“No problem. I was just passing by when I saw that you weren’t having any fun with him. So, I decided to swoop in and rescue you,” I explained. 

She believed the lie. “I thank you for saving me,” she responded. Rarity then kissed me on the cheek.

“No problem, but I was joking about the castle thing, but knowing Celestia and Luna, they might give me the castle anyway after they talk to me about what I said in front of all of those ponies, Rarity,” I said. “You don’t mind if we discuss color coordination even if I may or may not get the castle? How about over tea at Carousel Boutique tomorrow?”

She thought about it. “Tomorrow’s fine, darling,” said Rarity. “Now if you excuse me, I’m going to go find some ponies to hang out with and avoid Blueblood.”

We went our separate ways. Next, I needed to find Pinkie Pie.


Meanwhile with Pinkie Pie

Pinkie Pie was in the Ballroom, not having fun as the Gala was not fun as she was expecting. I was nearby, watching her.

There was a small grin on my face. “Time to dance,” I said to myself. I walked over to Pinkie Pie. “Hi, Pinkie.”

Pinkie Pie looked sad. “Hi, Lemon,” greeted Pinkie Pie.

“Having fun at the Gala?” I asked.

“No. The Gala isn’t fun like I thought it would be,” she answered.

I understood what she meant. “Dull, boring, and not fun,” I sympathized.

Pinkie Pie nodded. “Yeah, it is,” she agreed. “Wish there was something I could do to liven things up.”

I’m going to regret this so much,” I thought. I held out a hoof to her. “Want to have fun dancing?”

Pinkie Pie smiled, looking excited. “DO I?!” she shouted. She grabbed my hoof and pulled me to the dance floor. 

I let her lead since I didn’t know how to dance in a pony body. A lot of ponies watched us dance together. After a few dances with Pinkie Pie, I was tired. I took a break from the dancing and the party by heading for the Canterlot Sculpture Garden. I took note of each of the statues I passed by, impressed. But there was one statue I wanted to see out of all of them.

I then found what I was looking for. “Ah-ha, there you are!” I exclaimed. I approached the statue of Discord, who was actually Discord himself trapped as a statue. “To actually meet you face-to-face is an honor, even though you’re a statue now.” 

I touched Discord’s chest. The stone itself felt cold to the touch. “You’re not evil. You’re just chaotically misunderstood,” I empathized. I removed my hoof. 

I turned around to leave, but then something strange happened. I sensed that there was something in the garden, nearby and it felt faint. “Wouldn’t hurt to go investigate. Besides, I’ll go tell the princesses once I find out what it is that’s calling out to me,” I thought.

I decided to go and check it out. As soon as I arrived, I saw what it was and was afraid. “Uh-oh, not good,” I commented. “Not good at all.” 

Floating a few inches above the ground was a rift in time and space.