//------------------------------// // Chapter 5 // Story: What Happens in Canterlot (English) // by NovaHaste //------------------------------// That morning Dash woke up, it was kind of late. She looked all over the room in order to see if Rarity was there. But no, there was no sign of her, just a piece of paper in the little desk located next to her bed. Dash saw the paper, it was a note from Rarity: "Darling: I went to have breakfast with Fancy Pants. See you in the afternoon! - Rarity" "Well, so this means more sleeping time!" Rainbow Dash said. And after that she returned to her bed, turned on the T.V. and after a while she slept again. . . "Rainbow Dash!" Rarity entered the room. "Whu- What?" RD tried to respond. "It is late! And I have to tell you something really really important!" Rarity said impatient. "What happened Rarity?" "It is about Fanc..." "Wait! What time is it?!" the pegasus interrupted her friend. "4 o'clock" Dash went crazy when she heard the time it was. "No way! Buck! I slept all day long! I haven't eat anything! And we need to be at the Wonderbolts Show like in 3 or 4 hours!" "Dash I have to tell you something!" Rarity was trying to control her friend, but she was yelling and flying as crazy. "Is it about Fancy Brand?!" "No, it is about Fancy Pants" Rarity said. "Okay, okay, did he said something about Fancy Brand coming with us?!" RD asked. "Yes, unfortunately, he is coming with us, but that is not what I was going to say..." "Damn it! Rarity I have to go and eat something, and take a bath, damn! It is really late! Why in the world did I slept that much?!" "Dashie, relax. You do not take too long for getting ready," the unicorn said. "But this day is special, I need to be about 20% cooler than usual!" Rainbow Dash said. "Well, gotta go to the kitchen and see what can I eat." "What?" Rarity asked at the same time her friend was leaving the room. The unicorn stood alone in the bedroom, she felt a little upset; she looked at the mirror and then then she thought "Oh my Dear Celestia, I have to start getting ready for tonight!" . . It was 7:30 pm, and both mares were almost ready. Rarity was retouching her make-up, meanwhile Rainbow Dash was looking herself in the mirror "Okay Rainbow Dash, this is your chance to impress them" the cyan pony whispered to herself. Rarity walked by her side and looked at the mirror too. "Darling, we look fabulous!" she said. RD smiled and looked at her friend. "I hope everything goes pretty well" "Yes it will, just let's follow the plan and everything is going to be perfect!" Rarity answered. Rarity was kind of nervous to see Fancy Pants again, unfortunately, she wasn't able to tell RD about what happened that morning because the cyan pony was so worried and excited at the same time about that night that she didn't pay attention to the white unicorn. Both ponies walked to the Castle's reception where they were supposed to meet Fancy Pants, and Fancy Brand. When the two mares arrived, the two stallions were already waiting for them. The male unicorns greeted the two mare by kissing their hooves; act that made Rainbow Dash feel awkward. After that they all headed to the Wonderbolts Show. in all the way to the show, RD tried to avoid Fancy Brand, but that was kind of impossible because he sat down beside her. The pegasus, in order to ignore him, looked at the window all the time, pretending that the landscape was pretty awesome for her. When they arrived, the place was full of very important ponies, all from Canterlot's high society. Rarity was so excited looking at them, admiring their apparels, manestyles, and accessories. "Look Rarity," Fancy Pants said "We are going to see the show from that box seat over there." Rarity tried to act like if nothing happened that morning. She looked at it, it was so pretty, full of luxuries and in the best place for enjoying the show. The four ponies headed the box seat and settled into their places. That night the box seat was reserved just for them. Rainbow Dash was really excited, she ran and sat down in the best place to see the Wonderbolts Show, nothing was going to ruin that moment, nothing even Fancy Brand, who sat by her side again. The show was just about to start, everypony was anxious, throughout the stadium screams and cheers were heard; and Rainbow Dash wasn't the exception, she was screaming like crazy. The moment came, Fleetfoot, High Winds, Misty, Rapidfire, Wave Chill, Soarin, Spitfire and some other wonderbolts entered the stadium flying as fast as the can. The show started. Its said that when you are having so much fun, time runs really quickly that you don't even notice it; and that's what happened to Rainbow Dash. That show was so special for her, she was cheering, screaming, and almost crying because the performance was pretty neat. When the show ended, she returned from her own world to reality; yes she was sitting next to Fancy Brand. He was looking at her all the time, RD didn't notice it because she was so focused on the Wonderbolts that she didn't care about him. "My dear Rainbow Dash," Fancy Brand said " it seems you loved the show, didn't you?" "Yes, it was SO AWESOME!" "I know, but I just cannot wait for the after party event in the hotel Hillton" He said. "I'm sure it will be better than the performance" "Are you kidding me?" RD responded. "The performance was AWESOME, it was the best performance ever! I really doubt that the party will be better than the show" "Well, let's see... but I guarantee that it will be" Fancy Brand added with a soft voice. Rainbow Dash exalted when he said that. She was pretty sure Fancy Brand was planning to be with her all night long. "Fancy Brand, Rainbow Dash!" Rarity called them "We are leaving right now!" the two ponies went the their friends and together headed the hotel. Hillton Hotel was the most elegant hotel in Canterlot. In there, the wonderbolts were supposed to stay meanwhile they were on tour in Canterlot. In order to make them feel more comfortable, Princess Celestia implore that the after party will be carried out in the hotel; thereby, if one of the team members needed to rest, they just can go to their hotel rooms and sleep. The four ponies arrived to the hotel, which was surrounded by the Canterlot's Royal Guards. One of them had a list in his hooves, in order to see which ponies were invited to the private party. The four of them said their names, and entered to the hotel. "Oh Fancy Pants! I can't believe you invited us!" Rarity said really pleased. "Rarity, that was nothing" he said "I'm glad to see you happy" Fancy Pants added. They all were in the hotel's ballroom which was so neat decorated. Rarity felt in heaven; she knew that she was in one of the most important events of Canterlot. Every second, more and more ponies arrived. Rarity knew most of them because of the other high society event she went with Fancy Pants the last time she was in Canterlot. Also, she was able to recognize some of the most important ponies of Equestria, thanks to all the magazines she read. Within minutes, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna arrived to the ballroom with all the Wonderbolts. Everypony greeted them with a lot of respect, and some of them cheered. "Good night everypony," Princess Celestia spoke. " I'm really glad you all are here, I do not want to give a long speech, so I just wanted to tell you thanks for coming, for all your support, and enjoy the night!" she added. Everypony was so excited, and the party began. This event was like the typical royal ball in which all ponies dance with a couple; for the ponies in Canterlot, this was the perfect party style they could have. Rarity was so amused with Fancy Pants; they were dancing in the center of the dance floor. The music was magical, all play by some ponies with their instruments (Octavia was there! :D). On the other side of the dance floor, there was a big table full of appetizers. Rainbow Dash was there, looking how most of the ponies were dancing with some other pony. She had two good reasons for being there: 1° She was hiding from Fancy Brand 2° She preferred to eat rather than dance with an estranger. "Oh my gosh..." RD said to herself. She was kind of disappointed for the party. She thought that she would be able to meet all the members of the Wonderbolts, have time with them, and hang out with them. But that was just her dream, all of them were dancing with some other ponies or eating with some other ponies in the tables near the balcony. "I can't believe it. This party is so, so..." She was looking for the best words to describe it. "...fancy?" "Yes, it is" RD heard that voice. She recognized it, she was pretty sure who he was. She felt a little nervous. She turn her face to look at him. "Soarin..." She said. "Hello Rainbow Dash" he said smiling. "Wha-what are you doing here?!" she asked He laugh for a moment, and he said "Well... this is the Wonderbolt after show 'party'. What are you doing here?" He was surprised to see her in this event, because he knew Rainbow Dash didn't live in Canterlot, and the party was exclusive for important ponies of Canterlot. "Oh, yes of course! Well, somepony invited me!" She said. "Cool! Who invited you?" "Emm... look!" RD pointed at Fancy Pants who was in the dance floor dancing with Rarity. "He invited me! Fancy Pants." "Really?! How do you know him?" Soarin asked RD, because he was surprised that a stallion like Fancy Pants who was always busy with work, and attending to high society events; knew a mare like RD who was totally different from him. "Well you know my friend Rarity, who is dancing with him. She is like very close to him, so he invited us to come here." "That's really nice" Soarin said. "Yes, I was really happy. But honestly, I preferred the Show than this party." "I know, me too!" Soarin added with a smile, making the mare smile too. "Every year, this party is always the same. It is nice that it's like a ball because you can meet interesting ponies from Canterlot. But I prefer the after parties from other places like Las Pegasus, or Manehattan" "OHMYGOSH! That sounds pretty cool!" Dash said. "I wish I could go to one of those parties!" "Maybe one day you can come with us!" Soarin added. They both smile. Rainbow Dash knew that the party was getting better, she felt so happy to be with Soarin; who was not only a wonderbolt, but her favourite wonderbolt. "Rainbow Dash, would you like to dance with me?" Soarin said trying to hide the little blush in his face. RD was shocked, she started blushing for a moment. "Yes" she said, trying to hide her feelings. The both headed to the dance floor and started dancing.