//------------------------------// // Chapter 9: The Grand Galloping Gala Part 4-End of the Gala // Story: Universe Mishap of the Magical Kind // by Zeprto678 //------------------------------// Chapter 9: Grand Galloping Gala Part 4-End of the Gala Me and Patchwork walked past ponies as we were heading for the princesses. There were ponies who looked shocked, surprised, or even scared when they saw the strange pony.  He noticed they were being stared at by lots of ponies. “Don’t pay any attention to them, Patchwork. They just never saw anyone or a pony like you,” I reassured.  He looked down as he walked. “Yeah, a freak like me,” he muttered. “I don’t think you’re a freak at all. I think you’re unique and special,” I complimented. “Don’t ever forget that no matter what.” Patchwork mumbled something that sounded like “thanks”.  I smiled. “No problem,” I responded. We continued on, ignoring everyone. Patchwork was curious about something, so he turned his head and looked at me. “Hey, Lemon?” he asked. “Yeah?” I said. “Why are your eyes a golden yellow color?” questioned Patchwork. I was confused because my eyes were a blue color. I turned my head. “A golden yellow color? Are you sure?” I asked. He nodded his head. “Yeah. Your pupils even look like the eys of a beast,” he said. When I heard him say that, that's when I realized what he was talking about. “Not good. I think opening and closing the rift must’ve done something to my form,” I thought. I stopped walking. Patchwork saw that I stopped, so he stopped too. “Is something wrong?” he asked, concerned. I decided to gather up my courage for what I was going to tell him. “I might as well tell you now since it’ll take us less than a minute to get to the princesses, but if I tell you, you cannot tell anyone what I’ve told you until I’m ready to tell them myself, and I want you to put your complete trust in me just like I’m putting my complete trust in you as my Royal Guard,” I informed with a serious tone. “Okay?”  He decided to do it since it seemed very important. “Okay,” he said. I had him follow me over to a wall, then I cast the privacy spell, which I learned from Luna in order to keep out any eavesdroppers from private conversations. It creates an invisible soundproof barrier around the unicorn and those around them, and can even be used around an area or an entire room. I then told Patchwork everything about my character, including the part that I’m really a human in a pony’s body. After I finished, he seemed to take it okay. He even promised to keep it a secret since he did give me his word. I nodded. “Great. I’m glad that nothing like that will ever change the way you think of me, Patchwork,” I said. I then rubbed one of my hoofs and blushed. “So...what did you think of my eyes when you saw them like that?” Patchwork thought about it as he looked at my eyes. “Hmm...I have to say that I think they’re scary yet mysterious,” he complimented. I felt disappointed. “Oh. Thanks. Let’s continue on,” I simply said. I removed the silencing spell and started walking again. Patchwork followed after me. “And they’re kind of cute too,” he thought, blushing. He had decided to keep that to himself. Meanwhile with Twilight Twilight has been trying to talk with Princess Celestia for a while now but has had no success as Celestia had been talking to each of the nobles in front of her. She was about to do something stupid to speed things up, but didn’t get the chance.  Me and Patchwork appeared before them. “Hey, Celestia. Teacher. Twilight.” I greeted. My eyes were back to normal. While I was training with Luna, I was able to learn one of the spells that Foodie Love himself knew, “The Body Illusion” spell. It’s a spell that uses a magical field to disguise a body part or the entire body. It looks and feels exactly what it’s disguised as. With help from her, I was able to master it quickly. I had used it to disguise my eyes back to their original look. Just like all the other ponies we encountered before, everyone was either shocked or scared when they saw Patchwork, but we ignored them. “I’d like you all to meet-” I gestured towards Patchwork himself, who waved. “-Patchwork.  Celestia and Luna were shocked as well once they saw Patchwork. After a few seconds, Luna was the first to talk. “My student, what is this thing?” she asked. Hearing Luna say that made him a little depressed. “Great. Now even his teacher, the ‘Princess of the Night’, is calling me a freak,” thought Patchwork. I felt angry at my teacher for what she called him. “Hey! He is not a ‘thing’, he is a pony! His name is Patchwork and he is the first of my Royal Guards,” I informed.  The news surprised everyone, including Luna. “Royal Guards? But--” she said. I interrupted her. “Yeah, he’s one of my Royal Guards, and if either of you don’t like it, then deal with it.” Every pony was even more shocked when they heard the way I talked to my teacher. Luna couldn’t believe the attitude I was showing towards her. Patchwork himself was impressed, but decided to take care of things himself. He put a hoof on my shoulder. “Lemon, it’s all right. You don’t have to defend me. I can defend myself,” he assured. “I’ve got this.” I gave off a calm sigh. “Fine,” I replied. “I trust you.” He nodded before looking at the princesses. “Your majesties, my name is Patchwork. As you can see, I’m not a normal pony. I know you just met me and know nothing about me, which I know means that you may not trust me at all since I might be a threat, but I do not care about that. What I do care about is protecting Lemon as a member of the Royal Guards to repay him for helping me. I ask you both to let me guard him as I will protect him with my life,” declared Patchwork. He bowed down. “Please.” Celestia and Luna were both silent for a while. It was from what I said and Patchwork’s speech. After a few seconds, Celestia decided to speak as she had made her decision. “Patchwork, to officially become a Royal Guard, you have to go through training that every one of our trainees go through,” informed Celestia. “You’ll be in Canterlot the entire time until then.” Patchwork was silent. “Do you still want to become a Royal Guard?” I noticed that he was then looking at me. “Don’t worry, I’ll be fine. What’s the worst that could happen to me?” I assured him. Patchwork nodded. “I’ll accept the training, your majesty,” he said. It sounded like he was talking to me as well. “Tomorrow you must report to the barracks to begin your training, young Patchwork,” said Luna. “You better not disappoint your prince.” He bowed to them. “I won’t,” said Patchwork.  Luna looked at me. “My student, where did you meet a pony such as him?” she questioned, curious. I noticed ponies were staring, wanting to know the answer too. “Uh...Can we talk about it later, privately? Like, after the Gala is over?” I asked. I didn't want anyone else to know about or try to get near the rift. It’s obvious that some of those ponies would try and mess with it. She nodded. “Of course,” she agreed. There was only a few hours left until the Gala was over. From the looks of it, Twilight won’t be able to talk to her teacher during the Gala at all. “Celestia, teacher, you need to take a break. Both of you need it,” I demanded. “But--” said Celestia. “If you don’t take a break, then your own student won’t,” I informed. “The Gala is all about having fun, and if the princesses don’t have fun, then it’s not fun at all.” She was silent, but then Luna spoke. “He is right, sister,” agreed Luna. Celestia was surprised. “Luna!” she shouted slightly. “Sister, all we’re doing is standing around, talking to ponies instead of having fun like everypony else,” she said. “I’m joining the gala, and I hope you do too.” Luna walked down the stairs and stood next to me. “Well, sister?” After a moment, Celestia made her decision. She walked down the stairs, past the ponies that were lined up. Twilight realized her teacher was leaving and trotted after her. “You’re both right,” she agreed. “It is time we had some fun at the Gala as well.”  “You’ve made the right decision, sister,” said Luna. She looked at the crowd of ponies. “What say you all? Do you want us to join the party too?” The ponies then started cheering, agreeing with the decision. “Then it’s settled,” said Celestia. “Let the Gala continue!” Every pony cheered and went back to what they were doing. Twilight took advantage of the chance to talk to her teacher now that she’s free.  Luna wanted to hang out with me since she was free too. Also, she didn't completely trust Patchwork yet. “Seeing as my sister is with her student, maybe I should join you?” she suggested. I was okay with it. “Sure. You can hang out with me and Patchwork,” I said. Luna smiled. The whole night was spent talking, eating, laughing, and dancing.  The End of the Gala The party was over and everyone had left to go home. Well, all except me, Heartbreak, Amber, Patchwork, the princesses, and the Mane Six. I was with Patchwork as we were heading for the Throne Room where everyone else was waiting for us. The others wanted to meet Patchwork, while the princesses wanted to know where I met him. I was excited to introduce him to everyone. I just hoped that everyone loves him. “I can’t wait for you to meet all of my friends, Patchwork. I just know that they’ll like you,” I said. Patchwork raised an eyebrow. “How can you be so sure? What if they hate me? What then?” he asked. I thought about it. “Mmm, I’m 45% sure that they’ll like you since some of them might not trust you, while the others will like you,” I theorized. “But, I know that they’ll change their minds at some point about you eventually.” Before I could say more, we made it to the Throne Room, but the doors were closed since we were all going to have a private group meeting. There were two unicorn guards posted on either side. I didn’t know their names since I’m never in Canterlot long enough to ask any of the Day and Night Guards their names. The only one whose name I knew was Shining Armor. “Hi, you two,” I greeted.“Can you please open the doors for us?” We watched as the guards bowed, then they stood aside and used magic to open the doors. Once the doors were fully opened, we walked past them.  “Thank you,” I said. Everyone inside the Throne Room was talking until they looked in our direction as soon as they had heard the doors open. Some of them were smiling, but then they became shocked like everyone else once they saw Patchwork. The only ones who weren’t shocked were the princesses and Twilight who had already met him, and Fluttershy, who was scared at the sight of him and hid behind Rainbow Dash, who looked at him like he might be a threat to her friends, but she kept herself from attacking him. Also Pinkie Pie, who looked excited and wanted to throw him a party but held herself back as well. The doors were closed by the guards, giving everyone privacy. Once we made it to the group, I began the introduction. “Glad to see that you’re all here,” I said. I put my hoof around Patchwork’s shoulders and gestured at him with my other hoof. “Everyone, this is Patchwork. He’s going to be the first of my Royal Guards after he gets done through training.” I pointed at each pony as I introduced them to him. “Patchwork, this is Twilight Sparkle. She’s Princess Celestia’s personal student and the librarian of Golden Oak Library.”  “Hi there,” said Twilight. “One of the members of the Apple Family who owns and works at Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack,” I said. “Howdy, nice to meet ya’,” greeted Applejack. “The Fashionista of Carousel Boutique, Rarity,” I said. “It’s a pleasure to meet you, darling,” greeted Rarity. “Come to my store anytime if you ever need something fashionable to wear.” I then pointed at Fluttershy as she was hiding behind Rainbow Dash. “That’s Fluttershy-” “Eep!” silently screamed Fluttershy. She hid behind Rainbow Dash even more. “-and the pony that she’s hiding behind is Rainbow Dash,” I said. “The fastest and the most awesomest pony in the entire...world,” I added.  She smirked out of pride. Rainbow Dash didn’t trust Patchwork and decided to keep an eye on him. “S’up?” she said. I pointed at Heartbreak. “That one is Heartbreak, but call her HB. She would rather be called that instead,” I said. Just like Rainbow Dash, Heartbreak didn’t trust him at all. She decided to give a response as to not seem rude. “Hey,” she said. I pointed at Amber. “The Dragon Pony, Amber,” I said. Amber waved at Patchwork. “H-Hi there,” she said. I pointed at Spike. “That’s Twilight’s Number One Assistant, Spike,” I said. Spike waved too. “Nice to meet you,” greeted Spike. I pointed at the princesses last. They’ve been sitting on their thrones the whole time. “And you’ve already met Princess Celestia and my teacher, Princess Luna during the Gala,” I finished. “It’s an honor to meet you,” said Celestia. “What my sister said,” said Luna. He nodded once the introduction was finished. “Hello, it's nice to meet you all. I hope to become friends with everyone in the future,” greeted Patchwork.  The ones who currently didn’t trust him were Rainbow Dash, a scared Fluttershy, Princess Luna, and Heartbreak. Speaking of Heartbreak, she decided to get down to business. “So, where did you meet Patchwork, Lemon?” asked Heartbreak. She only asked because this seemed suspicious to her. “You were in Ponyville the entire time. So there’s no way you two could have met there. We would have heard about him from Pinkie since she would have thrown him a welcome party like she does for every new pony.” Pinkie Pie agreed with her statement. “Yup! And I would’ve thrown him a super special one so he could make friends with everyone in Ponyville!” she exclaimed. “No new pony can hide from me without being thrown a ‘Welcome to Ponyville’ party!” The others agreed with Heartbreak and Pinkie Pie. I gave an inward sigh as I knew somepony was going to eventually point that out. “Well, it’s like this. Patchwork came from another universe,” I informed. Twilight was confused. “Wait, another universe? Like the one you three came from?” asked Twilight. I shook my head. “No. We came from another dimension. Patchwork came from another universe. In the ‘Equestriaverse’, which is the name of your Multiverse, there are lots of alternate universes where everything’s different. Different ponies, different beings, different wielders of the Elements of Harmony, etc.,” I explained. “You all get what I’m saying?” They all nodded, even Rainbow Dash was understanding it as well since I worded it simple enough for everyone to understand. “Okay. So, there’s these things known as ‘rifts’. They’re located in some universes within this entire Multiverse. They’re tears in the fabric of space and time and can act as portals to another universe that they’re connected to. They are not visible to anyone. Thus, if someone gets near them, they end up in the other universe, trapped,” I continued explaining. Everyone, except Heartbreak and Patchwork, gasped. Applejack thought about my explanation. “So what ya’ sayin’ is that Patchwork ended up here through one of them rifts?” she theorized. I rubbed my hooves together as she almost got everything correct. “Yes, but also no,” I said, sheepishly. “Would ya’ mind explain’?” asked Applejack. “Well...there is a rift in the Statue Garden-” I saw that everyone, except Heartbreak, Fluttershy, and Amber, was about to act. “-but it’s too weak to pull anyone through!” I exclaimed quickly. That stopped everyone. Rainbow Dash was confused. “Wait, then how did he-” she pointed her hoof at Patchwork “-get through?” she asked. I smiled sheepishly and chuckled. “I...brought him here,” I said. Heartbreak was in disbelief. “But how? You said yourself that the rift was weak. The only way you could’ve opened it is if you…” she said. Then Heartbreak figured it out. “You didn’t. Tell me you didn’t do what I think you did.” I then nodded. “Yeah. I used my magic to open up the rift as a portal and allow Patchwork through into our universe,” I explained. Everyone was staring at me. “Hey! If any of you were in his place, if I had to choose, I’d do the same thing again for any one of you.” I looked at Patchwork. “If I had to do it all over again, I’d free Patchwork without any hesitation whatsoever.” He smiled. “Thanks, Lemon. And if I had to do it all over again, I’d choose to be one of your Royal Guards rather than be imprisoned in a cell and hurt by Doctor Honey Skull,” said Patchwork. He was honest about what he said. Everyone was surprised to hear what he just said. Twilight decided to be the one to ask. “Excuse me,” said Twilight. He turned his head toward her. “Did you just say ‘imprisoned’?” “Yeah. I was imprisoned until I met Lemon, who freed me in return if I became one of his Royal Guards,” he informed. Everyone listened as Patchwork then told his story. His story was about the day he was brought to life by Doctor Honey Skull, to the day he was rescued and brought into this universe. When he finished, everyone looked sad, except Heartbreak, who was in deep thought about something.  I decided to hug him now. He was surprised and confused. “What are you doing?” asked Patchwork. “I’m hugging you,” I explained simply. “It sounded like you needed one. Plus, I wanted to hug you before Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie did.” He was confused again. “What do you mean before they--!” he was interrupted as Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie had joined in on the hug.  “Don’t be sad. I’ll throw you a super awesome, super special party to cheer you up and forget all about that meanie!” exclaimed Pinkie Pie. “And if you need anypony to talk to, I’m here to offer a shoulder,” offered Fluttershy. Patchwork was silent for a few seconds. He then started smiling and blushing a little. “Thanks,” he muttered. I let go of the hug. “You’re welcome,” I responded. Luna decided to interrupt the moment. “My student,” said Luna. Everyone turned their heads toward her. “While you have done an honorable deed in rescuing Patchwork, what if the rift was connected somewhere more dangerous? What if that Doctor Honey Skull was nearby when it happened? What if Patchwork hadn’t been a good pony or if he was corrupted by this Doctor character?” asked Luna. I had a feeling that someone might say that, so I already had my rebuttals ready. I had a serious look on my face. “I could see through the rift, so if she was near, I wouldn’t have opened it until she was far away, but if she was nearby, I would have stopped her with my magic and pulled Patchwork through quickly. Then, I would close the rift before she even got through. And if he wasn’t good? I would have freed him and helped him find a place where he would be safe. End of discussion,” I responded.  Luna was silent as she looked at my serious expression. Celestia decides to move the subject along to something a little more important. “We’ll talk about this later, but for now, can you show the two of us where you found the rift in the Statue Garden?” she asked.  I shrugged my shoulders nonchalantly. “I can do that,” I said. “Patchwork, you stay here. It’ll take us a while to be done.” “Of course,” he replied. “I’ll have a conversation with your friends while you’re out.” I nodded, and then I turned towards the princesses. “Follow me.” I trotted away, and they followed after me. Everyone watched as the three of us left the throne room. Once we were gone, Patchwork then noticed that everyone was staring at him. “So...what do you all want to talk about?” he asked. After a while of walking through the castle, I brought Celestia and Luna to the site of the rift. I pointed my hoof a few inches in front of the rift. “It’s right there in front of my hoof,” I informed. “Can you show us how tall it is?” asked Celestia. I was worried. I haven’t told anyone that the reason I’m not flying was that my right wing was injured. “I, uh, can’t,” I said. “Why?” asked Luna. I looked away and started lying. “Because...I don’t want to fly,” I said. “Why did I say that? Why didn’t I just say that I can’t fly?” I had hoped they wouldn't call me out on it. Unfortunately, the lie made her concerned. “Why don’t you want to fly, my student?” questioned Luna. “Uhhhh…” I said as I couldn’t think up a good enough lie to follow it up. I knew whatever lie I told would make her more and more concerned. “I...I hurt my wing?” She then became even more concerned. “Which wing did you hurt?” asked Luna. “My right one,” I replied. Luna used her magic to flex out my injured wing. It hurt when she did that. “Agh! Watch it!” I shouted.  She stopped flexing my wing once Luna heard me say that. “I am so sorry,” she apologized. “How did you hurt it?” questioned Celestia. Luna looked angry as she thought a certain pony was behind it. “Was it that Patchwork pony who did this?” questioned Luna, angrily. “No, it wasn’t him. I had hurt it back when I first came to Equestria,” I explained. “HB was angry, and then she pushed me. I fell on a rock where my wing was and it’s been hurting ever since.” I hadn’t been able to sleep because my wing was hurting. I didn’t know any healing spells. And even if I did, it’d be hard to keep my horn pointed at my wing for a while. “Do you know any healing spells?” “I do,” said Celestia. She walked and stood right next to me. Celestia then brought her head down and pointed her horn at my injured wing. A bright, yellow magic aura was emitted by her horn. I felt a warm feeling as her magic aura surrounded my wing. After a few seconds, the magic stopped, including the warm feeling. She moved her head away and stepped back to give me some room. I decided to test out my healed wing and began flapping both wings at the same time. While flapping them, I noticed that my right wing wasn't hurting anymore. “Amazing,” I said, very impressed. “Thanks.” Celestia looked at me. “Lemon, next time you get hurt, you should tell your friends, don’t hide it,” she informed. “Even if you did it to spare Heartbreak her feelings, if you kept hiding it from her without getting it looked at, she would have eventually found out herself and that would hurt her feelings even more. That you would rather hide it and let yourself be in pain than to tell her the truth and go to the hospital.” I was silent for a while. “You’re right, Princess Celestia,” I said. I decided to change the subject. “So, is knowing the location of the rift good enough for you?” She closed her eyes and sighed. “I guess so-” Celestia then opened her eyes. “-for now,” she said. “But what if somepony was to find out about the rift? It would cause a lot of trouble if they attempted to open it.” I wasn’t worried at all. “Don’t worry, I know for a fact that the rift can’t be seen by anyone else, it’s too weak for any other pony to travel through it, and a pony would need alicorn levels of magic to force open the rift. So, it’s definitely safe,” I reassured.  Celestia thought about it and realized I was right. “I see your point,” she said. “Even if somepony finds it, they would need a ton of magic or to be as strong as an Alicorn to open it.” I nodded. “Yeah. Besides, even if you close the garden, it’s obvious that there will be nobles who’ll be poking their noses into it, trying to learn whatever it is you’re hiding,” I informed. “Meaning, if you close the Sculpture Garden without a reason or with an excuse, there will be nobles who’ll be suspicious and start investigating.” “I agree with my student, sister,” agreed Luna. “There are nobles who will stop at nothing to learn about the rift. We have no choice but to keep the Sculpture Garden open while keeping the whole thing a secret from everypony.” “Then we’re all in agreement to keep the rift a secret,” I said. “Let’s get back to the others. They’re probably waiting for us.” We walked back to the throne room. I then became curious about something. “What time does the train to Ponyville arrive?” I asked. “The train to Ponyville left a while ago. It won’t be back for an hour or two,” explained Celestia. “I see,” I said. I couldn’t wait that long for the train to arrive. I decided to approach one of the guards in the hallway. The pony was a mare, a pegasus, and a Solar Guard. “Excuse me. Can we get two carriages for me and my friends to travel back to Ponyville?” She bowed. “Of course, your majesty,” she said. The mare then flew off. Now that there was a way for us to get home, I continued on my way to the throne room with the princesses following me. Once we arrived at the doors, the same two guards who were posted there, opened the doors for us. Inside, Patchwork was talking with the others. He looked like he was having fun. Everyone stopped their conversation and looked in our direction as we were approaching them. I smiled. “Having fun?” I asked. “Your friends are very interesting to talk to, Lemon,” said Patchwork. “They offered me a tour of Ponyville after I finished my training.” I laughed. “Of course they would. They’d do that for every new pony in Ponyville,” I said. I stretched my body a little. “Well, we should all get going. We all have to get back to Ponyville.” Pinkie Pie was sad. “Aww, do we have to?” she complained. Pinkie then zipped straight up to me. “Can’t we stay here just for tonight? Can we? Can we?!” I was immune to her begging. “Pinkie Pie, we all have our own jobs and things to do back in Ponyville,” I said. “I want to stay as well, but we have to go back.” “Lemon’s right, Pinkie. We all have our jobs back in Ponyville that we can’t put off,” said Rarity. “I have some outfits I need to work on in the morning.” “Sorry, I have to feed the animals or else they’ll get cranky,” said Fluttershy. “Weather duties,” said Rainbow Dash. “I have chores to do back on the farm,” said Applejack. “Same here, except I have to count inventory,” said Heartbreak. “And I have to open up the library in the morning,” said Twilight. Pinkie Pie slumped down to the ground. “And the both of us need to help the Cakes at the bakery, Pinkie,” I said. I used magic to pick her up off of the floor. “Maybe next time when we all have spare time?” “Fine. I guess I can wait,” grumbled Pinkie. “Great,” I said. I then had a serious expression on my face. “Now, before we leave, I want you all to Pinkie Promise me and the princesses that you’ll tell no one about the rift. It would be troublesome for everyone if word gets out about it. Know what I mean?” Twilight understood what would happen if word did spread. “I’m sure me and the girls can keep it a secret,” said Twilight. She looked around at her friends. “Right girls?” “Of course, darling,” said Rarity. “No problem,” said Rainbow Dash. Fluttershy nodded. “Mm-hmm,” she said. “Ya can count on me,” said Applejack. “I’ll keep it a super duper secret as well!” said Pinkie Pie. Twilight and her friends did the whole motion of the Pinkie Promise. The only ones who haven’t done it yet are Heartbreak and Amber. Heartbreak had just finished explaining to Amber about what a Pinkie Promise was.  I looked at Heartbreak. “Heartbreak?” I questioned.  “I’m not stupid enough to tell anyp-p-pony. It’d be troublesome for us as well if it got out,” said Heartbreak. “So, yeah, I can promise not to tell. I then looked at Amber. “Amber?”  Amber nodded her head. “I can keep it a secret too,” she said. They both did the Pinkie Promise as well but with some difficulty since they never did one before. “Well, now that that’s done, our carriages should be here by now,” I said.  “We’ll see everyone out at the entrance,” said Celestia. We decided to take her offer. While walking through the castle, Patchwork continued his conversation with the others. Then, we made it to the front entrance where there were two chariots. Both had a day guard and a night guard attached to them. “There’s our rides,” I said. Me, Heartbreak, Amber, and Spike decided to ride in one of the carriages, while the Mane Six decided to ride in the other. Twilight and her friends said goodbye to the princesses and got into their carriage. Heartbreak, Amber, and Spike got into the carriage. Before I went over to ours, I went over to Patchwork. I wrapped an arm around him and hugged. “I’ll see you when you make it to Ponyville, okay?” I said. Patchwork hugged back. He then had a grin on his face. “Sure thing, Foodie,” he teased. I groaned and rolled my eyes. “Whatever,” I said. I then bowed to the princesses. “Goodbye, your majesties.” They bowed back. “I’ll see you tomorrow night, my student,” said Luna. “Of course, teacher,” I said. I headed towards the carriage.  Celestia decided to say something before I got in the carriage. “Lemon, if you see any of those things, let us know,” said Celestia. I knew she was talking about the rifts. “Sure,” I said. I got in and shut the door. The carriages moved as the guards trotted off. “So, what did everyone think of their first time at the Gala?” I asked. “I liked it a little, but I did love the tour of Canterlot,” said Amber. Spike blushed. “It was no problem,” he said. Heartbreak took off her hat and placed it on the seat. “It was a little boring because of the stuffy ponies and the music, but my favorite part was spending time with everyp-p-pony,” she said. I smiled. “Me too,” I said. Meanwhile The rift slowly repaired itself until it disappeared completely. As for Discord’s statue, there was nothing left but pieces of it on and around the pedestal. A mysterious shadow appeared next to it. The pieces of the statue floated into the air, swirled around fast in a circle, and then combined together to become the Discord statue again, whole. The statue floated down onto the pedestal with a “thunk” noise. “Ha ha ha ha ha ha,” laughed the mysterious being. The voice was masculine in tone. “Free again. Time to cause some chaos.” They then flew off.