//------------------------------// // Princesses' invitation // Story: The Adventures End? // by Dragon Shimmer //------------------------------// Celestia is doing the court. Today is a painful day for her since the case of slavery case a few days ago. The victim told her that they were rescued by an orange dragon. Compared to the pony trafficking case, this one is more serious because it causes her ponies don't have any trust in nobles. The weird thing is that the orange dragon detail makes her suspicious. It causes her to remind her of the orange dragon in Ponyville. When the court is over, she walks to her room to deal with the paper. Celestia sighs as she opens the door but the white alicorn sees the blue one is dealing with the paper, which makes her smile a lot. Celestia walks to her sister and comforts her, making Luna smile. Luna asks her sister, "What's wrong with the noble today? Looks like our ponies aren't trusting them." Celestia sighs, "That is the problem, Sister. In the court, many ponies just want to give them home for the victim. Some of them even want to meet that dragon to say thank you but I don't know where she is." Luna rubs her chin, "...What does that dragon look like?" "Orange with two metal plates attracts on her horns," Celestia answers, "Just like the dragon lives in Ponyville but I don't believe that. The case happened in Las Pegasus while that dragon was in Ponyville." Luna thinks for a while, "That dragon is a magical one right? And her magic is still mysterious for us though." Then she shudders, "She can take my evil form so I can be sure that she can use her spell to boost the flying speed." Celestia nods, " You right. That can be sure. About the raiding inside, I think that she is just... you know... go into the case without knowing." Celestia circles her hoof on the air, "I should summon her though but she will deny every title from us." Luna comments, "Weird, I thought dragons should be greedy, not like this." Celestia agrees, "I know right. Well, I will summon that dragon right now to have a talk with her. Lucky for us that we have a party so we can take this reason to invite her." Sunset is eating breakfast with Twilight and Spike, they still live on a peaceful day. Spike hears the door knocks, "Wait a moment," and goes to open the door. He sees a guard is looking at him, behind him is the royal chariot that looks like it is waiting for someone. Spike asks the guard, "What's going on? Is Princess Celestia summoning Twilight again?" The guard shakes his head, "No kid. Princess Celestia wants to meet the orange dragon." "I see," Spike turns his head inside and yells, "SUNNY, you have been summoned by the princesses herself." Sunset grunts and goes outside to meet the guard. She tries to deny, "Can you tell her that I deny this summon." The guard shakes his head again, "No, madam. She told me that you have to come to her castle or else she will find a way to drag you out of the library." Sunset rolls her eyes, "Fine. Give me a minute. I haven't finished my breakfast yet." The guard nods as Sunset goes inside and quickly finishes her breakfast, then she washes her mouth and goes out to meet the guard. "Now, I'm ready." The guard looks at her and says, "You have to wear something too. It's a party that the princesses invite only you." Twilight and Spike' mouth grasp while the orange dragon squints her eyes, Celestia must plan something for this, "Right, I will be back." Sunset goes upstairs and takes out her robe. She sighs and wears it. The guard sees Sunset in the robe, then stunned. The orange dragon notices him, "So ready to go?" The guard shakes his head, "Yeah, yeah. Please come inside the chariot, we will take you from here." Sunset nods and she starts going inside the chariot. Rarity is walking to the library and she sees the orange dragon is walking to the royal chariot, with the guards escort her. The scene is enough to make her mouth hang in there and stoned. Sunset just sits inside and two pegasus pulls the chariot to Cancerlot to take the guest to join the party. Rarity walks to the purple duo and asks, "Is Sunny going somewhere formal? I saw her wearing that robe." Twilight rubs her head, "Well, Princess Celestia invites her to join the party." Rarity shocks and she faints on the ground. The purple duo looks at each other, then they drags her inside the library. Sunset Shimmer is sitting in the chariot and looks outside, she sees the thing has changed a lot, from the Appleloosa to the farm rock. 'Look like something has changed a lot,' The orange dragon closes her eyes and remembers when she is going on adventures with the Team and wonders what are they doing now. The chariot stops as the guard opens the door. Sunset wears the sallet and walks outside. The guards escort her to the party location as they are in the big building and behind the door. When the doors open and the orange dragon walks inside, many nobles turn their attention to the dragon and start murmuring. Some of them admire the dress while most of them are saying things like, "What is the dragon doing here?" or "Is Celestia dump enough to invite a dragon here.". The dragon just walks inside and wants to sit somewhere but she realizes that this is a standing party, which makes her more annoyed. Celestia and Luna just watch her and see how much she can contain this thing. Sunset walks to the empty table and takes some food, then she goes somewhere else to eat and waits for the princesses to come here as she knows their location. It is quite good but compared to Matt's cooking it is far from delicious. When she is eating, a white pegasus with a black mane comes to her. She tries to stomp the dragon's feet but Sunset puts her leg on the right and trips her, making her fall. The mare gets up and glares at the dragon, "You, dragon. How dare you trip me like that?" The orange dragon ignores the mare, making her even angrier, "Hey, you. I am talking to you," Sunset sighs, "I don't know which dragon are you talking about? So I'm not noticing. Sorry." The noble mare keeps staring at the dragon while the dragon doesn't care about her glaring, the mare greets her teeth, "How dare you ignore me like that? I am White Flora, the Flora family and you don't have the right to ignore me like that." Sunset turns at the guard, "Hey, can you take this filly to the kindergarten? I feel very tired dealing with her." All of the ponies in the room grasp as Flora is slamming her front hooves on the floor. Flora yells at the dragon, "You, you and your kind are just an animal, and you don't have the right to stand in this party. Get out of the party and live in your cage." Sunset shakes her head and she passes the mare without noticing. All of the ponies are looking at this as Princess Luna seems to enjoy this thing. Flora just continues to yell at her, "You think you can get away from this?" Sunset glances at her, "I'm not talking with an actress. Sorry." All of the ponies in the room murmur about this while Flora just stands there and is stunned. After that, the mare laughs as Sunset smirks, the ponies around look at each other and don't know what happens. The mare stands up and announces with everyone, "Lady and gentle colt, you are watching the small show before the real show happens. Please have a clap for our dragon." The ponies clap at them while Sunset is just walking on the stairs. Flora follows her, "Sorry miss dragon, can you tell me how you can notice that I am acting?" Sunset looks at Flora, "Because no one calls a dragon an animal, even if they see them as it is inside." Flora smiles, "I see. Thanks for helping me up, I should learn how to act more." "You should learn how not to take the princesses' quest." Sunset looks at the sisters, "As if I know that they are testing me." "I see." Flora gives her the hoof, "I will visit you sometime." "Ponyville, the library." Sunset shakes her hoof, "If you want to meet me." Then the dragon is walking upstairs and sees the princesses standing right there. Princess Celestia is wearing the green dress "Well, what can I know about this moon pony?" "You have to bow for us, dragon," "I don't bow for anyone," Sunset starts to taunt, "Especially the one who tried to destroy the world before." Luna is going to punish the dragon but Celestia raises her hoof to stop her. She glances at her sister and shakes her head. Celestia starts to talk, "I see. How about we meet something from somewhere else? This place is not a good place for talking." "Sounds good to me." Sunset and the princesses are walking to a secret room. Coral is training the upgraded scarecrow as she is just dealing with the pony named Alex. Coral thinks that who named a pony like that because Alex is the name doesn't make any sense. Just one hour ago, when Coral went to ask that pony, he said that he will be Fluttershy's husband as long as he wants, which gave Coral a headache so she decided to call the mental hospital in Manehanttan to drag this crazy pony out of Ponyville. Now, the pony is gone and Coral keeps training until she is tired. She lies on the floor and breathes heavily as the door opens, "Swift Blue, the work is over and I told you to come home. What are you doing here?" "Who is Swift Blue?" Coral's eyes widen and she stands up. She sees a brown pegasus with a green earth pony. The brown pegasus smirks, "You always like that Coral Blade." "Brown Dirt?" Coral grunts, "What are you doing here? Come to laugh at me." then she turns to the green mare. "And who is this mare?" Brown Dirt wraps his hoof around the green mare, making the mare blush, "This is Leaf Cutter, my wife." Coral shocks as she hangs the mouth in there, Brown closes her mouth, "Careful, you will catch the fly sometime." "But... But... you married? When and why didn't I receive the invitation?" "Well.. hard to say." Brown Dirt circles his hoof, "Anyway, I come here to live with my wife here." Coral looks at him in disbelief, "Then why are you here? You have to go to Town Hall, not here to annoy me." "Geez, you always like that. That's why you never have anypony follow you," Brown Dirt teases as he receives a slam from Coral Blade, making Leaf Cutter grasp. Brown Dirt raises his hoof to stop his wife, "I get used to it, don't worry." Leaf Cutter asks, "You two always like that?" Brown Dirt answers, "Yeah. And I get slammed by her a lot when I sit in the class with this captain and Truth Seeker." Then the brown stallion stands up, "Honestly, when I heard her dream to become a captain of the guard. We laughed at her a lot that time. Now, I should feel ashamed about this." Coral Blade rolls her eyes, "You right. you should be ashamed to laugh at me at that time. I have to pass many unicorn guards to receive this title." Leaf Cutter nods, "I see," Then Leaf Cutter raises her hoof, "My name is Leaf Cutter, nice to meet you." "Coral Blade, Captain of the guard." Coral Blade shakes her hoof, Leaf Cutter is feeling her muscle. It is too tough for a mare but yet the captain has good shape for Leaf Cutter. Coral looks at her, "What?" "Nothing," Leaf Cutter waves her front hoof, "Nothing at all." "Anyway," Brown Dirt says, "Can we stay here for a while before we get a new house?" "Sure." Coral nods, "Just help me to investigate the orange dragon." Brown Dirt tilts his head, "Orange dragon? You mean the dragon that destroyed a crime organization yesterday." "You guess right?" Coral turns to the door and sees the leaf is falling, "Look like tomorrow is the annual running of the leaf. You should join it. I will tell you the details later." Brown Dirt nods and the couple walks out of the room. Coral Blade sits on the bench and drinks some water. She wonders if Truth Seeker will be here too.