The next day at the park, Velvet is immediately greeted by Nightlight before he starts his first shift of the day. “Hey sweetest, you up for more wedding planning tonight?” He inquires as he gives her a kiss.
“Always,” giggles Velvet, “but right now, I need to get into costume. We have our big show parade tonight, Light Up the Night, so we won’t be doing planning until extra late, but I’ll see you then.”
“See you then,” responds Nightlight. He then heads towards the ticket booth and starts setting it up for the day and Velvet heads to the princess hall where she soon gets into costume and they are given the run down for the night’s parade.
“For tonight,” says the princesses’ manager Spotting Glow, “you will all have special costumes. Special dresses and tiaras that light up.” He continues explaining for several minutes before sending the mares out into the park to their stations. As she heads to hers, Velvet can’t help but feel all giddy inside. She hopes Nightlight enjoys the night’s festivities even if it means them not getting to do as much wedding planning. He can at least enjoy the show she’s been working on for months with her fellow cast members.
Soon enough the gates open and ponies come flooding in, fillies and colts there on a school field trip and even more Miracle Fund foals. All of them head straight towards the princess hall. As they come rushing in, Velvet hears a familiar peep. The school that’s there on field trip is her little sister’s school, that’s right. “Hey princess,” says the voice. “My name is Aura. I’m here with my school. You’re my favorite princess, Snow Veil!”
“Well, thank you kindly,” responds Velvet. The two then take a picture together, a good keepsake for their mother. The little filly then joins back in with her class as they visit the remaining princesses. Velvet totally forgot the field trip was that day, so seeing her little sister was honestly a welcome surprise. She can’t wait for her to see the Light Up the Night show either. She definitely knows her mom plans on coming.
The day continues on as normal, Velvet taking pictures with every Miracle Fund filly and colt and with every foal there on a field trip with school. Around 9:00 that night, everything shifts and Velvet heads off to change into her special gown for the Light Up the Night Show along with the other princesses and around 10:00, the festivities finally begin. As she looks out from the float, Velvet is happy to see her mother, sister, and her fiancé as well as all the Miracle Fund foals. She’s thrilled they were all able to make it. She smiles as she and the other princesses sing as they galavant and trot through the streets and atop the float. It truly is a perfect night. An hour later, the parade finally ends and Velvet and the other princesses go change back into their civilian clothes and head their separate ways. Velvet is greeted at the door of the hall by her family and by Nightlight and they all head home for the night. As her sister is tucked in by her mother upstairs, Velvet and Nightlight quietly work on wedding planning downstairs until about 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning when they finally pass out on the couch. It has been an exhausting night for the couple and at 5:00, they have to head back to the park to start the day once again.