It's been a few weeks since Mico, his 2 siblings, Twilight, and Spike had moved to ponyville, and they've had some pretty good times with their new friends as well.
We now find Mico and his siblings, Twilight, and Spike at Sweet Apple Acers as they where helping Applejack take some apples back to the barn. Mico was using spindash despite being a pony, Macoy was kicking the trees with hind legs while JR only punches the trees.
"No. Nope. Nope..." Spike said, which still continues in the background.
"I wanna thank y'all again for helping collect all those apples." Applejack said, "That was impressive how you used that spinning attack of yours to knock the apples out of some of the trees Mico. You too MC, you kick the trees the way i also do and JR, you lightly punched the trees like they were nothing." she chuckled
"Oh that was nothing AJ." Mico said.
"Do you have have any plans for later Applejack?" Twilight asked, before Applejack could answer, Spike belched out a letter.
"It's a letter from Princess Celestia." JR said
"What does it say Spike?" Macoy said
Spike clears his throat ,"Hear ye, hear ye. Her Grand Royal Highness, Princess Celestia of Equestria, is pleased to announce the Grand Galloping Gala to be held in the magnificent capital city of Canterlot, on the 21st day of, eh, yadda yadda yadda, cordially extends an invitation to Twilight Sparkle plus one guest."
"The Grand Galloping Gala!" Twilight and Applejack gasped.
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"The Grand Galloping Gala!" Twilight and Applejack cheered.
"Oh look, 2 tickets!" Spike belched again
"HUH? What's Grand Galloping Gala?" Mico and JR said in unison while Macoy look in confusion.
Twilight and AJ facehoofed on that kind of question, "Well, the Grand Galloping Gala is an annual royal ball held to celebrate the completion of Canterlot after Equestria was founded. It is attended primarily by high-class ponies, to attend in this event, you need this ticket." Twilight showed the 3 siblings the ticket.
"Oh, okay."
"I've never been to the Grand Galloping Gala before." Twilight said. "Hey Mico and Spike, have either one of you gone before?"
"Why's that? Of course I've never been in the Gala before" Mico deadpanned. 'Don't they know I'm from another world, or let's just say, different universe's. Mico thought.
"Oh, right. What about you Spike?"
"No, and I plan to keep it that way. I don't want any of that girly frilly frou-frou nonsense." Spike said.
"Aw, come on Spike. A dance would be nice."
"Nice?" Applejack asked, "It's a heap good more than just nice. I'd love to go. Land sakes, if I had an apple stand set up, ponies would be chowin' our tasty vittles 'til the cows came home. Do you have any idea how much business I could drum up for Sweet Apple Acres? Why, with all that money, we could do a heap of fixin' up 'round here. We could replace that saggy old roof, and Big McIntosh could replace that saggy old plow, and Granny Smith could replace that saggy old hip, why, I'd give my left hind leg to go to that gala."
"Oh, well in that case, would you like to--" Twilight was cut off by a loud crash on Macoy's position,"WOAH!"
"Are we talking about the Grand Galloping Gala?" Rainbow Dash asked as it turns out she was the one who crashed on Macoy.
"O̶͔͐̋̇̀̏H̵̬̝̟̯͕̮̭̎̕͝ ̶̧̛̺̪̮̩̤̗͓̀̚Ç̵͙̗͇̻̥͔͔͖͌͝Ọ̴̻̪̩͔̫́̾͋̈͌̄̍́̿͝ͅM̸̢̚É̴̛͎͉̫̥̪̏͆̐̏̇̚͜͝ ̶̨͎͍̖̥͕̱̲̆͊͗̒͌̅́̉́ͅO̴̻̫͛͆̎̉͠N̸̡͇̲͒̿̄͊̏͛̽̓̈̚!̴̨̣͚̙̗̫̻̞͓̀̑̈́̉͋͊̿͜!̸͍͎̰̻̞̮̺̖̪͌̑̓̒̅̂̑͜͠͝" Macoy shouted, which was heard as far as 5 miles.
"No, I was busy napping, and I just happened to hear that you have an extra ticket?"
"Yeah, but--" Twilight was cut off again.
"YES!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, "This is so awesome. The Wonderbolts perform at the Grand Galloping Gala every year. I can see it now, everyone would be watching the sky, their eyes riveted on the Wonderbolts. But then in would fly Rainbow Dash!" Pretend audience gasps, "I would draw their attention with my Super Speed Strut." Audience cheers, "Then, I would mesmerize 'em with my Fantastic Filly Flash. And for my grand finale, the Buccaneer Blaze! The ponies would go wild!" They go wild, "The Wonderbolts would insist that my signature moves be incorporated into their routine, and then welcome me as their newest member. Don't you see, Twilight? This could be my one chance to show 'em my stuff."
Applejack then grabbed Rainbow Dash by her tail, "Hold on just one pony pickin' minute here." She said muffled and spat the tail out, "I asked for that ticket first."
"So? That doesn't mean you own it." Rainbow Dash countered.
"Oh, yeah? Well, I challenge you to a hoof-wrestle, the winner gets the ticket." Applejack challenged.
After going to a nearby rock, they both groan as they hoof-wrestled, JR then pushed them apart as Twilight approached the 3, "Girls, these are my tickets, I'll decide who gets it, thank you very much. Whoever has the best reason to go should get the ticket, don't you think?"
"Drummin' up business for the farm?" Applejack said.
"A chance to audition for the Wonderbolts?" Rainbow Dash said.
"Money to fix Granny's hip."
"Living the dream."
"Oh my, those were all pretty good reasons, aren't they?" Twilight asked. Her stomach rumbles and she chuckled, "Listen to that, I am starving. I don't know about you, but I can't make important decisions on an empty stomach, so I'll, uh, think about it over lunch and get back to you two, okay?" They both said okay and when she left they went back to hoof-wrestling.
"Who do you plan on giving the ticket to Twilight?" Spike asked.
Mico was about to say something when Twilight spoke first.
"I don't know Spike, but I really can't think straight when I'm hungry, so where should we eat?"
Before anything else could happen, Pinkie crashed into them.
They all moaned, the tickets then fell on Pinkie's face, "Gah! Bats! Bats on my face! Help! Wait, these aren't... tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala?! It's the most amazing incredible tremendous super-fun wonderful terrifically humongous party in all of Equestria! I've always always always wanted to go!"
Pinkie sang as music played, "Oh the Grand Galloping Gala is the best place for me, oh the Grand Galloping Gala is the best place for me, hip hip, hooray! It's the best place for me, for Pinkie... With decorations like streamers and fairy lights and pinwheels and piñatas and pin-cushions. With goodies like sugar cubes and sugar canes and sundaes and sun-beams and sarsaparilla. And I get to play my favorite-est of favorite fantabulous games like Pin the Tail on the Pony!" "Oh the Grand Galloping Gala is the best place for me, oh the Grand Galloping Gala is the best place for me, because it's the most galarrific superly-terrific gala ever in the whole galaxy, wheee!! Oh thank you, Twilight, it's the most wonderful-est gift ever."
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"Um, actually..." Twilight was about to say something when she was cut off yet again.
"Gasp! Are these what I think they are?"Rarity asked.
"Uh--"
"Yes, yes, yes! Twilight's taking me to the Grand Galloping Gala in Canterlot."
"Mind explaining why you want to go?" Macoy asked.
"The gala? I design ensembles for the gala every year, but I've never had the opportunity to attend. Oh, the society, the culture, the glamor! It's where I truly belong, and where I'm destined to meet him."
"Him!"
"Who?" Mico asked.
"Him. I would stroll through the gala, and everyone would wonder 'who is that mysterious mare?' They would never guess that I was just a simple pony from little old Ponyville. Why I would cause such a sensation that I would be invited for an audience with Princess Celestia herself."
"And the princess would be so taken with the style and elegance that she would introduce me to him, her nephew: the most handsome, eligible unicorn stallion in Canterlot. Our eyes would meet, our hearts would melt. Our courtship would be magnificent. He would ask for my hoof in marriage, and of course, I would say, 'Yes!' We would have a royal wedding, befitting a princess, which is..." She giggled. "What I would become upon marrying him, the stallion of my dreams."
"Twilight, I simply cannot believe you would invite Pinkie Pie so she can... party, and prevent me from meeting my true love. How could you? Hmph"
A bunny came and snatched the tickets.
"Hey!" exclaimed Twilight.
Fluttershy gasped as the bunny showed them to her, "Angel, these are perfect."
"Uh, listen, guys, I haven't decided who to give the extra ticket to." Twilight said.
They both asked, "You haven't?"
"Um, excuse me, Twilight. I would just like to ask, I mean, if it would be all right, if you haven't given it to somepony else--" Fluttershy said before she was cut off.
"You? You want to go to the gala?" Rarity asked.
"Oh, no. I mean, yes, or, actually, kind of. You see, it's not so much the Grand Galloping Gala as it is the wondrous private gated garden that surrounds the dance. The flowers are said to be the most beautiful and fragrant in all of Equestria. For the night of the gala, and that night alone, would they all be in bloom and that's just the flora! Don't get me started on the fauna, there's loons and toucans and bitterns, oh my! Hummingbirds that can really hum, and buzzards that can really buzz. White-blue jays, and red jays, and green jays, pink jays, and pink flamingos!"
"Gee, Fluttershy, it sounds... beautiful...?" Twilight said.
"Wait just a minute." Rainbow Dash said.
"Rainbow Dash! Were you following me?"
"No. I mean, yes. I mean, maybe. Look, it doesn't matter. I couldn't risk a goody-four-claws like you giving that ticket away to just anypony"
"Wait just another minute."Applejack said.
"Applejack, were you following me too?"
"No. I was followin' this one to make sure she didn't try any funny business. Still trying to take mah ticket."
"Your ticket?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"But Twilight's taking me." Rarity said.
"Mmm, I think we should duplicate the ticket!" JR whispered to Twilight, Macoy and Mico
They started to argue until Mico yelled, "E̴͓̦̲̥̐̇́̅͠n̵̩͕͙͇̪̟̟̈̄͜ṑ̴̪͍̣̰̪̠̝͚̞̄͒̒͝ͅú̵̡̗̖̭͔̼͕͚͖͎̎̈́͐̐͆͌͋̅̑̕̕g̶̡̼͓̲̥̘͈̰͓̬͇̪͉͋̈́͛̂̕h̶͎͉͑̈́̓̏̈͆͂̂͆͘͠ ̵̢̧͚̣̹̲͍̪̝̖͕̟͚̃̀̓́̂̏̊́̈́͝ǫ̵̲͉͍́̂̆͋̅͝k̸̙͍̝̘̳̥̫̭̗̈́ͅa̵̧̧̟̼̝͕̻̙̮͔͕͐̇͊͆͆̇̊̈̀͂̕̚̚y̴̨̻̣̮̥̘̤͍͚͚͎͍͉̘̋̆̒͆͂͌͐̽̀̋̌͝!̴̨̢̛̛̜͎̤͓̫̞͖̯̱̘͍̮̓͋͌̊̄̆̈́̆̉͊͘!̸̛̦̙̳̟͋́̃̀͌͒̄͛̾͂̓̚͠͝"
"Can you please stop using that voice, it kinda scares me?" Fluttershy asked.
They stopped except Pinkie, "And then I said, 'Oatmeal, are you crazy--' oh."
"G̸͓̈́͑̈́̋̇̅̔i̶̠͖͇̪͍͖̪͕̮͐͒̿̀̑̄͐r̴̞̀̔͝l̵̡̤̯͉̳̫̈́͜s̸͙̖̞͍̯̉̂̓̽̊̒͋̌́͜͠,̴͇̔͌͆͝ ̴̨̡̗̹̠̝͕̗͎̇̅̅̅͂̈́͘t̵̻͙̦̲̪̼̟̘̓ͅḩ̸̘̠̻͓̬̯̭͎̀̓͝e̵͚̟͖̘͜͝r̵͕̜̊ȇ̵͈͎̫̞͒́̐̀͑̌͆̅͗̂'̵͉̖̹̭͂́̃̇̃ͅs̴̡̳̻̝̬̼͙͛̎͝ͅͅ ̶̧͚̗͕̈͂͆̓n̴̻̱̲̗͍̬̎̂͂̏ȍ̶̱̈̈́́̆́͗͐̚͘͠ ̸̣͖̣͓̗̼̗͙̦̔ủ̸̦͇̟̦̗̖͍͇͇͜͝͠s̷̢͉̪̞̠̹̹̝̓̑̋̇ḛ̴̪͉̳̪̰̊͋̕ ̸̨͙͍̟͉͈̬̯̥̒̐ĭ̴̝̪̮̱̍͊̊̀͆̚̕̕͝ṇ̴̙͕͕̎̐̊̂̄ ̴̙͕͕̥̦̪͙͑͋͋̿͛̀͋͛̀͂ͅą̵̟̱͋̆̏́͆̾͛̏̍̕͝r̶̼͂̓̆͊̈̅g̸̡͇͖͎̙̹͚̜̝̤̏͌̓̿̎̈̾ͅu̴̹̓̚͜͜i̸̛͙̙͕̥̅̄́͋͂̍͜͜ṇ̴̡̢͙͖̝̼͚̀̉̒̔̚g̵̢̤͕͎̫̺̿̉." Mico said in glitchy voice, he was about to say something else when Twilight spoke up.
"He's right, this is my decision, and I'm gonna make it on my own, and I certainly can't think straight with all this noise..." Her stomach rumbles, "Not to mention hunger. Now go on, shoo."
They all grumble as they left, "And don't worry, I'll figure this out... somehow." She sighed, "Come on guys let's get something to eat."
"And please don't use that voice again?" Fluttershy said.
We later see the 3 siblings, Twilight, and Spike at a restaurant in town and were just about to eat when, "Excuse me, but are you three going to eat in the rain?" Said the waitress.
"It's not raining..." Twilight looked out to see it was, "What's going on?"
"Hi there, best friend forever I've ever, ever had. Enjoying the sunny weather?"
The 5 of them looked up to see Rainbow Dash.
"Rainbow Dash, what are you doing?" Asked Mico
"Whaddya mean? I just saw the smartest, most generous pony and her friends about to get rained on, so I thought I'd kick a hole in the clouds to keep her dry so she could eat in peace, that's all."
"Rainbow, you're not trying to get extra consideration for the extra ticket by doing me extra special favors, are you?" Twilight asked.
"Me? No no no, of course not!"
"Uh-huh."
"Seriously, I'd do it for anypony... wait what are you doing?"
"Rainbow, I am not comfortable accepting unwanted favors, so I'd appreciate it if you close up that rain cloud right now."
"Fine."
She zipped it closed, "That's better." Twilight was about to take bite out of the daisy sandwich she ordered when rain poured on her Mico, JR Macoy, and Spike. Rarity then came up to her, "Twilight, it's raining."
"No really?"
"Come with me before you catch a cold."
And with that, Rarity drags the trio to the Carousel Boutique. As they dry off Rarity decides to "help" Twilight pick a dress for the Gala. Twilight tried to object, but when she saw herself in one of the dresses, she couldn't stop looking at herself in the mirror. That's when Rarity turned her attention to Mico, JR, Macoy, and Spike. Mico had a bit of an debate with Rarity as she was dressing Twilight, as to whether or not Rarity should give something formal to the 3 that they can wear at the Gala with JR arguing he doesn't like to stand out even more than he does already. It didn't take too long where JR persuaded Rarity to simply give him a tuxedo.
"Now darlings, would you like a black tuxedo, or a white tuxedo?" Rarity asked the 3 siblings and Spike.
I'll take a black tuxedo Rarity." Spike responded.
"Same here," Mico said, "White for us!" Macoy and JR spoke in unison.
Rarity said. "Anyway Twilight, I see you are enjoying that dress you are currently wearing."
Twilight didn't respond, she was to focused on her reflection, mainly the dress she had on.
"I just now how well you will be among the stallions at the Gala, but if the two of us were together, we would be the elegant mares at the Gala!" Rarity said, although this caused Twilight to snap out of her trance, "this dress looks so great on me" trance.
'Figured she would try to persuade Twilight to take her to the Gala.' Sonic thought.
"I'm sorry Rarity." Twilight said, "But being nice isn't going to make me want to pick you as the the one to go to the Grand Galloping Gala with me. Come on boys let's go." As the Mico, JR, Macoy, Twilight and Spike leaves they took off the clothes Rarity gave them and leave them on the stage.
After leaving the Carousel Boutique, Twilight's stomach begins to rumble again.
"Looks like someone's hungry." Macoy said.
"I haven't had anything since this morning." Twilight said. "I hope I can get me some food to eat soon."
"Did somepony say food?" Applejack asked while pulling a cart full of apple products towards them.
"Applejack, I know what you doing and it isn't going to work." Twilight Deadpanned.
"What are you talking about sugarcube?"
"Twilight's right Applejack." Pinkie said as she came into view with a car full of cakes, cupcakes, cookies, etc. Twilight tried her best to resist her friends "kindness", but her empty stomach only made it harder.
"As if it's going to work with you!" Applejack glared at Pinkie.
"I know it will, all my goodies taste better than what you were going to offer." Pinkie countered.
"Enough already!" JR yelled.
"What's going on here?" asked a random mare as a crowd was formed due to the belief Applejack and Pinkie were giving away food or something.
"Oh me and Applejack are trying to persuade Twilight to take one of us to the Grand Galloping Gala!" Pinkie explained.
"The Grand Galloping Gala!" said the crowd of mares.
"This does not look good." JR said as the crowd began closing in.
"What do we do?" Spike asked nervously.
"The only thing we can do..." Twilight said. "RUUUUUUUUUNNN!" Mico added.
With that the 5 make a break for it with what seemed like the whole town after them. They tried to hide in some nearby bushes, but where quickly discovered due to Spike's tail sticking out. They tried to get to higher ground, but the Pegasi make that pointless. They managed to pull off the fake display figure trick by dressing as clowns in front of a joke shop, but they were quickly spotted after breaking disguise.
Soon the 5 find themselves conered in an ally way with the crowd was closing in on them. Macoy, Mico and JR was about to use their powers/magic to teleport when they noticed Twilight's horn was glowing. Not too long after that there was a bright flash, and the 5 was gone.
"Where did they go?" asked one of the mares in the crowd.
Back in the library, there was a flash of light and when it faded the 3 stallions, Twilight and a charred Spike remained.
"Warn us the next time you're going to do that." moaned Spike.
"I didn't even know it was going to happen!" replied Twilight.
"Well at least you're making progress on that teleportation spell you've been working on for the last few days." Mico said. "Heck, my magic is now replaced by this world's magic but I know how!"
That's when they noticed Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash in front of them which causes Twilight to scream in frustration.
"If you're expecting me to choose now I can't decide, I just can't decide. It's important to all of you and I just can't stand to disappoint any of you, and giving me gifts and doing me favors won't make any difference because you're all my friends and I wanna make you all happy and I can't, I just can't!"
Her friends looked at each other, and AJ rubbed her head, "Twilight, sugar, I didn't mean to put so much pressure on you, and if it helps, I don't want the ticket anymore. You can give it to somepony else. I won't feel bad, I promise."
Fluttershy nodded, "Me too. I feel just awful that I made you feel so awful."
Pinkie sighed, "And me too. It's no fun upsetting your friends."
Rarity came forwards, "Twilight, it was unfair of me to try to force you as I did."
Dash was excited, "Yes! That means the ticket is mine, I got the ticket, I got the ticket--" everyone then shot a glare at her, "You know, I haven't perfected my signature moves for the Wonderbolts anyway, I don't need the ticket either."
"We all got so gun-ho about going to the gala that we couldn't see how un-gun-ho we were making you."
"We're sorry, Twilight." The five friends say together.
Twilight smiled, "Spike, take down a letter." He pulled out a scroll, quill, and started to write, "Dear Princess Celestia, I've learned that one of the joys of friendship is sharing your blessings, but when there are not enough blessings to go around, having more than your friends can make you feel pretty awful. So, though I appreciate the invitation, I will be returning both tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala."
"What!?!" yelled the five. Mico lit up his horn with blue lightning aura and summoned 3 tickets in front of him and his siblings while he Snickers.
"If my friends can't all go, I don't wanna go either."
"Twilight, you don't have to do that."
"Nope. I've made up my mind. Spike, you can send the letter now." Spike listened and sent it.
Fluttershy then said, "Now you won't get to go to the gala either."
"It's okay, girls. I couldn't possibly enjoy myself without my best friends there with me, so I would rather not go at all." Twi hugged them all. Mico couldn't help but feel bad while watching this.
Spike burped up another letter. "A letter from princess Celestia?" Twilight asked, "That was fast."
Spike read the letter, "My faithful student Twilight, why didn't you just say so in the first place?"
Tickets came out, "Six tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala." They all gasped.
"Now we can all go." They all cheered. Suddenly, Mico whistles, getting their attention. "What about us?" Mico asked
"How come we don't get a ticket to the gala too?" Spike burped again, "3 for the Mico, JR and Macoy, 1 for you, Spike." He looked at the ticket with glee, until he saw Mico, JR and Macoy smirking at him, "I mean, gross, we have to go too?"
Twi hugged him, "It's alright Spike, we won't judge you for wanting to go too."
Twilight's then let out a growl. Twilight nervously laughed and said, "Do you guys think we can go get something to eat?"
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Pinkie exclaimed.
As they were leaving Mico spoke out," You know, we didn't have to go through all that."
"What do you mean Mico?" Twilight asked.
"Well, I could just duplicate the tickets for the Gala and we won't go through all of that. And you would interrupt me everytime I was about to say it."
He got several blank looks in return.
It didn't last long as Rainbow Dash yelled, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!"