//------------------------------//
// Golden Ticket 
// Story: Dragon's Mothers 
// by TAD2 
//------------------------------//

It's been a week since the whole Nightmare Moon fiasco, and Spike was helping his Ma haul bushels of apples to the barn, with the town's newest residents, Twilight, Moondancer, and Sunburst. "Thanks for helping guys, I want to see how ridiculous Uncle Mac looks in one of Granny's girdles." Said Spike, earlier today, AJ and Big Mac made a stupid bet, if AJ could get a large section of the orchard cleared and hauled to the barn, he would walk around town in one of Granny's girdles, but if she lost, she would have to do pig calls all day. Both would have been hilarious to see, but seeing Mac in a girdle was just slightly better.

The unicorns chuckled at the idea, each of them was hauling a basket. "No problem, it's a perfect way for us to get to know you and the girls, Spike." Said Moondancer.

"Yeah, without the whole, possession by a demon, the threat of you getting eaten, and Twilight almost getting killed by your mamas." Said Sunburst. This earned him a hoof to the side by Moondancer. 

"Yes... it's been an interesting month." Said Twilight.

"Nah, I'd say in the top 10, but nowhere near the most interesting." Said Spike.

Twilight groaned. "I don't want to know, because knowing you, most of it won't make sense."

Spike chuckled, she was 100% correct. "Yeah, but Mister Time Turner, taking me back to see what Grandma looked like when she was a filly was so cool. Though I hope he is happy with Miss Hooves?"

"There you go again, I keep telling ya, there is no way that you went back in time in a large blue box, driven by a crazy stallion with no magic, it was a dream."

'If only she knew.' Thought Spike. But suddenly Spike's cheeks bulged. "You got mail." Said Spike as he belched up the note. Spike had really improved with getting messages, so much so that he was able to catch it before it landed.

He opened the note and found 9 golden tickets and a note from Celestia within.



Dear Spike, I just had a thought, I know that you want to come to see Canterlot, and visit with me and Luna, so let's make it fun. Every year since I took over as princess, I've held a gala, and it's always boring, it's not fun, there are only small talks, and the worst part, is that I have to stand around for an hour greeting guests. So this year I want to spice this gala up a bit, that is why I'm inviting the cause of all the crazy in Ponyville. Please give each of your mamas a ticket, as well as Twilight, Sunburst, and Moondancer. And of course, the last one is for you. Don't worry about what the ponies will say, I've already made a cover for a dragon being here, mister emissary. Luna is so excited to see you again, and I've made arrangements for you to meet Cadence, but a little heads up, she has no idea that you're a dragon, but I've told her all about you. See you in a month's Sweetie. Love Grandma. 

P.S. Make sure to dress up.



Spike looked at the tickets in his hand and shrugged. "Cool." Spike then sent each of his mamas a ticket with his fire. He then looked at AJ. "So, what is a gala?"

"Spike, a gala is a party, but more refined, there is music, high-class food, and very important ponies." Said Moondancer.

Spike gasped in horror. "Ma, I need to find Mama, this is going to take all of our power to make halfway decent." 

AJ sighed as she looked at Spike. "Fine, but you better be ready for Monday Spike, Applebuck season starts, and I better not find you passed out from drinking too much sugar punch."

Spike sighed. "It was one time, and Mama wanted to see if 4 bags of sugar was enough."

"That doesn't mean you need to drink the whole bowl." Said AJ. "Now get going, I got a bet to win." She kissed Spike on the cheek and smiled as he ran off to go find Pinkie. 

Twilight groaned. "I'm never going to have a normal day again."

AJ laughed. "Nope, but accepting that is the first step."





Spike ran into Sugar Cube Corner, and the moment he did, he smiled at his boss, landlord, and kinda aunt seeing as she's been part of his life since day 2, Misses Cake. She pointed up to the living loft. "She's already up there Spike."

Spike ran over to Misses' cake and kissed her on the cheek. "Thanks, Aunt Cake." Then he b lined it for his mama. 





Downstairs in the party cave, Pinkie was going full-blown for this, she somehow had a 5 o'clock shadow, but it was only 9 am, she was drinking coffee through a silly straw, and she looked like she was planning on how to rob a bank with blueprints of the royal castle on a desk. "Ok, so if we put the fondue fountain over here by the stage, we can move the giant chicken to the other side of the snack table. But where can I put the glowing dancefloor?" Pinkie slammed her head on the desk in defeat.

Spike walked over to Pinkie and looked over her shoulder,  at the setup. "Get rid of the dancefloor, and utilize the tiles that are there already with lights. The chicken can then be moved to the right, near the stairs and that'll free up space for even more cakes on the dessert table."

Pinkie looked over to Spike and smiled at him. "That's my boy." She then peeled off her shadow and kissed him on the cheek. "Now, I got the jest of it already, but the main goal of all of this to work is if we make a scene." She then pulled Spike down and the party plan was started.