My Little Gohan
Chapter 3: The Great Gala of Gallope
Gohan had woken up early, to a commotion out in the courtyard of the castle. Letting out a big yawn he pushed the blankets off of his body and carefully climbed out of the bed. Looking around he noticed that Fluttershy was no where to be found and figured she had went to bed.
"I wonder what's happening outside?" he said to himself and went to go investigate. Stepping into the hallway Gohan took the time to admire the artwork on the stained glass window's. It appeared that they told a story of great importance and he was eager to learn what exactly that story was.
One depicted six ponies holding magic artifacts to defeat a large midnight colored pony. Another depicted that same pony with a another equally large pony of light combating a strange chimera looking creature.
As he continued walking he observed more of the wonderful paintings before bumping into something knocking both him and the thing in question down.
"Ow! How dare thou knock down the royal princess!" a voice yelled out to him. Looking down Gohan saw a pony with a midnight colored mane that looked as if the stars themselves flowed through it.
Gracefully standing straight up the pony looked at him with a look of annoyance. "Well what does thou have to say for yourself" her voice rang out through the hall echoing and chilling him to the bone.
"I...I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you" Gohan said, looking down at the ground with a sad look on his face. Turning on the heels of his hooves he was prepared to run away when the loud pony stopped him with a well groomed hoof blocking his path.
"Wait young one, I did not mean to frighten you." she spoke still using her loud voice. It frightened him when she spoke, making his heart race due to the sheer volume of her voice.
"Please don't yell at me, I'm really sorry for knocking you down." Gohan apologized again, still keeping his gaze trained on the floor.
" Thou must be mistaken, for we are using the traditional Canterlot voice, we require high volume to properly address our subjects!" she announced spreading her wings and raising her head high into the air.
Gohan stayed silent as her voice still intimidated him and slightly shivered as her Canterlot voice caused a burst of cold air to hit him. Looking down again the pony noticed the shivering Gohan was experiencing and mistook it for extreme fear.
"So thou is scared of the princess of night to?" her voice cracked and eyes started tearing up.
Snapping his head up Gohan looked at her worriedly as she started letting out small sobs. He didn't was confused about what to do, he had never made some cry before and guilt started hitting him hard.
Slowly walking over to her Gohan did the one thing that his mother used to do when he cried, before she turned on him. Wrapping his hooves around the ponies neck he hugged her and tried to quiet her crying.
"Please don't cry, I'm not afraid of you I just thought you were yelling at me" he said before letting go of her, watching as she dried her tears.
They both sat in the darkness of the hallway for a few minutes with only the light of the candles to provide light for them.
Deciding to break the ice, the pony tried to quiet her voice into a tone that was slightly gentler.
"What is thou doing in this hallway, should thou be in the courtyard to observe my sister Celestia raising the morning sun?" she asked hoping that he was telling the truth about not being afraid.
Hearing Celestia's name Gohan smiled and responded "Celestia is your sister, does that make you a princess too?"
Her face brightened as struck a royal post extending her hoof towards Gohan "Thou is correct for I am the Princess Luna." she said once again using her Canterlot voice.
Gohan looked at her outstretched hoof and did the most natural thing he knew and shook it.
"Well is thou going to reveal his name or continue to shake my hoof" Luna giggled as Gohan's face turned a deep shade of red.
"Oh yeah forgive me your highness, my name is Gohan" he said with a bow.
"Well Sir Gohan, We ask you again why are you not in the courtyard to observe my sister?" Luna asked curiously trying to figure out why a pony would bother wasting his time in a small dark hallway. Gohan thought about it and realized that the commotion he hear must have been the other ponies of the kingdom preparing to welcome the sunrise.
"I've been in the hospital for awhile and I don't know my way around the castle, so I stopped to look at the paintings on the wall." Gohan said and once again staring at the image of the light and darkness ponies.
Noticing that he was looking at the legend of discord she decided to enlighten him of the painting's history.
"Long ago a evil creature named Discord ruled the land. He enjoyed creating chaos, and making the lives of all ponies in Equestria a living nightmare. Deciding that he had to be stopped my sister and I found the Elements of Harmony and used them to combat Discord and turn him to stone. Seeing that Equestria was now without a ruler, my sister decided to make it our duty to guide Equestria into a time of prosperity and happiness. She ruled over the day and bathed Equestria in the warm sunlight, while I was given control of the night, and the bright moonlight." she finished and giggled at Gohan's amazed face.
Gohan had enjoyed Luna's story and imagined both of the princesses fighting the evil of Discord. Finally looking away from the painting Gohan eyes drifted to the other painting that showed what looked like a evil version of Luna being defeated by 6 ponies holding what Gohan assumed was the Elements of Harmony.
"Princess Luna, what about that painting?" he asked and raised his hoof and pointed to the painting.
Luna smile dropped as she gazed at the picture and slowly began to speak her sad story.
"This painting shows the story of my greatest shame. As I said before, Celestia ruled over the day while I ruled over the night. But I was always jealous of my sister because of this. Ponies all over the land laughed, and played in her warm sunlight while they slept through my beautiful night. One day I refused to allow the sun to raise and kept the moon high in the sky, which made my sister angry. We both fought each other, neither of us able to get the upper hand on each other. My jealousy and anger transformed me into a terrible and evil pony named Nightmare Moon. Realizing that I wouldn't stop fighting until only one of us stood the victor, my sister used the Elements of Harmony to imprison me on the moon cold and alone. For the next thousand years my sister took command of both night and day while I could only stare at my once happy home from the dark side of the moon. Earlier this year I had escaped from my lonely prison and came to seek my revenge. I was stopped by Twilight Sparkle and her friends wielding the Elements of Harmony and returned to my true from. I found that my return had became an unwanted one because no one remembered the once kind Princess Luna but only the terrible Nightmare Moon." Luna stopped talking as the painful memories came flooding back to her.
Gohan felt a wave of pity come over him as he listened to her story. In a way her story was just like his, one mistake leading to exile and hatred. But he also knew that while he had only been on the run for a few weeks she and been alone for a thousand years.
"It's not so bad right? At least you got to make up with your sister, I don't have a family to forgive me for what I did." Gohan said sadly and turned his face away her.
Luna frowned as she heard him speak. Wanting to knew what he was talking about she decided to press him on the issue.
"Sir Gohan what do you mean you have no family to forgive you?"
Gohan's eyes widened as he realized his big mouth had gotten him into trouble. Quickly thinking of a story he could tell Luna without completely lying to her.
"Well where I am from I was apart of a special team of monster fighter's. My father had finally had the creature on his last legs and was finally ready to finish him off when he decided to make me do it. I was really angry at the monster and wanted to make him pay so I dragged out the fight and toyed with him. The monster decided that if it couldn't kill me it would try to blow up everyone, by inflating it's body and the exploding. My father seeing no other way to save everybody gave his life to get the monster as far away from it as he could. After the monster was defeated my friends decided that I was to dangerous to live so they turned on me and tried to kill me. I ran for weeks trying to get away from them until I somehow ended up in a forest, when Fluttershy and her friends found me."
Gohan stopped talking and was silent for a few moments until he felt a large weight against his body. Princess Luna had embraced him in a tight hug, and softly kissed him on the cheek.
"It seems we both have had our share of hardships." she whispered to him and removed her hooves from around him. "Very well then Sir Gohan, I humbly request that we be friends."
Gohan smiled at her offer, not expecting someone of her rank to even think of wanting to be friends with someone like him. No words could express his happiness so he agreed with her by giving her a nod, and a warm smile.
"Well then my new friend, would you like to watch my sister perform her duty of the day?" Luna asked him helped him to stand from his seated position.
Smiling happily Gohan followed her as she trotted off down the hallway.
The noise of the courtyard kept getting louder and louder as they got closer and closer eventually pushing open the large doors that loud out to where the mass of ponies were collecting.
Trying to push their way through everypony that was there Princess Luna grew increasingly irritated. Gohan noticing her annoyance put his hooves over his ears as he prepared for the inevitable volume the princess commanded with her voice.
"STAND ASIDE MY SERVANTS, ALLOW YOUR PRINCESS AND HER FRIEND TO PASS" Luna spoke using her Canterlot voice. It obviously had the effect she was hoping for as they all bowed and moved out of the way forming a pathway right in the middle of them.
Motioning for Gohan to continue walking she led him to up to a platform with a large sun emblem in the middle of it. It was a interesting looking artifact and he wondered what purpose it served in welcoming the day.
He didn't have to think long before watching the Sun princess herself walk through the same place Luna had cleared out for them and taking her place right in front of the sun stone.
All of the ponies cheered as they were exited to witness Celestia perform her magical duty to the world. It made Luna slightly jealous though as hardly anyone ever cheered about her moonlight, in fact becoming Nightmare Moon made most ponies afraid of the night like it was some sort of plague.
Not wasting anymore time Celestia had begone the ritual by spreading her wings and flying high into the air. Answering Gohan's question about the importance of the stone, it glowed a fiery red. The light soon lifted off of the ground and combined with Princess Celestia, getting brighter and brighter with each passing second.
Gohan could feel the heat of the light taking away the small chill that accompanied the night time air.
After glowing for a few seconds Celestia had released the energy and everypony stared in awe has it rocketed high above the clouds and forming the sun in the sky. Sensing her job was complete Celestia gracefully lowered herself to the ground in front of Luna and Gohan.
The other ponies had started to file out of the courtyard to begin their daily duties leaving the two princess and Gohan remaining.
"So Gohan how did you enjoy the sun raising ceremony?" Celestia asked happy to see him out and about.
Gohan smiled and clapped his hands together. "It was amazing princess, I've never seen anything like it before!"
Princess Celestia chuckled and then looked over to Luna. "I see you have made friends with our newest guest, my little sister."
Gohan, and Luna both blushed as Celestia laughed at their blood-red faces and decided to have a little fun with them.
"Well Luna it looks like you have a date to tonight's Grand Galloping Gala, and here I thought you weren't going to come tonight." Celestia laughed seeing Luna and Gohan's eyes grow as large as dinner plates.
"Surely thou can not be seri..." Luna started but was cut off as Celestia spoke again.
"Now remember you two wear something nice tonight, and Gohan I am hoping the we can all get better aquainted with you tonight." she finished and left to oversee the decorations for the Gala.
Gohan was confused about what happened, and Luna could stand there with her mouth hanging open.
"Um...Princess Luna can you tell me what just happened?" Gohan asked scratching the top of his head. Luna was just as confused as he was but still attempted to give him a answer.
"Unfortunately my sister has a misguided sense of humor so for tonight we will be keeping each other company at the Grand Galloping Gala." she huffed trying to figure out what exactly her sister was trying to do.
"What's a Grand Galloping Gala?" Gohan asked.
Princess Luna shot him a weird look and answered "How does thou not even know about the biggest celebration in the kingdom?"
Staying silent Gohan only shrugged his shoulders and listened to Luna's explanation.
"Well Sir Gohan, the Grand Galloping Gala is a party that my sister throws once a year, where she invites all of the most fanciest ponies in all the land. My sister has saw fit to force the two of us to participate in the party this year." Luna finished as Gohan face dropped.
He had never been invited to a fancy party and didn't like the idea of being around fancy ponies he didn't know.
"Can't we just not show up to the party?" he asked hopeful that Luna would tell him they didn't have to go.
"DOES THOU HAVE A DEATH WISH! My sister banished me to the moon for a thousand years, and we would not like to return there." she said letting her voice raise and her usual speech pull through.
"You're right forget I said anything." said Gohan scared to think about being banished to the cold, dark moon.
"Alright friend Gohan, if we are to make an appearance at the Gala tonight then we must make our-self look presentable to all, when thou is ready to present thyself have one of my royal guards guide you to my quarters. And do try to find a suitable costume to wear." Luna said and retreated to her side of the castle.
Gohan sighed and returned to the room the he was most familiar with, surprised to see Fluttershy searching the room for him.
"Hello miss Fluttershy is something wrong?" he asked before getting knocked to the ground in a bone crushing hug.
"Oh Gohan I was so worried that something bad happened to you." Fluttershy cried her face buried in his mane.
Gohan was speechless, had she really been this worried about him. He would hate to see what happens when something really bad does occur.
"I was down in the courtyard with Princess Luna to see Celestia raise the sun up, it was so cool!" he said as Fluttershy finally let him go "Princess Celestia actually invited me to become Luna's date at the ball tonight."
All the color seemed to drain from Fluttershy's face as she heard the last part. "Nightmare moon, is your date tonight!" she almost screamed remembering how scary she looked when she escaped from the moon.
"She doesn't go by Nightmare Moon anymore, and it was Princess Celestia's idea for us to be each others dates for the night, I just wish I had something good to wear to the Gala." Gohan said looking down at his unclothed body.
Fluttershy thought about and the told him "Princess Celestia invited me and my friends to the ball too, maybe I can ask Rarity to make you a costume before they arrive tonight."
Not wanting to cause any trouble Gohan tried to decline her offer, but Fluttershy had already started to write a letter to Rarity telling her to bring her costume, and to also make a new one for Gohan.
"I will be right back Gohan, please don't go anywhere until I get Celestia to send this letter to Ponyville." Fluttershy told him and started racing off to find the princess.
"Good job Gohan not even here for a week and I'm already causing trouble." Gohan said to himself and waited for Fluttershy to return.
( Later that Day)
After Fluttershy had returned she told Gohan that Rarity had started working on a magnificent costume for him to wear to the ball (Princess Luna being his date had a lot to do with it...sneaky Rarity).
For the last bit of remaining time before the ball Fluttershy took the time to remove the rest of Gohan's bandages that were around his legs.
"There we go all fixed up." she smiled and placed the old bandages into a trash-bin in the corner of the room.
Gohan was glad to have those bandages off of his legs because the were making his limbs stiff. After thanking her for the helping him while he was injured, they both walked down to the castle gate to welcome Fluttershy's friends.
Fluttershy was on the lookout for the cart that Twilight had told her she had created with her magic. Sure enough being pulled by ponies came a large cart that looked like a giant apple being driven by a tiny dragon.
Stopping just outside the gate Fluttershy watched as each of her friends exited the apple each wearing a different costume hoof stitched by Rarity herself. Twilight Sparkle was the one to greet them as the rest of the ponies slowly made their way past the gate
"Hello Fluttershy how have you been in the last couple of days." Twilight asked and hugged Fluttershy.
"I have been really well, I can't believe Princess Celestia let me stay inside the castle for this long." Fluttershy at her good friend.
"And I see you're up and well Gohan" Twilight giggled at him as Gohan gave a small shy smile.
"Oh yes before I forget, Rarity finished both of your costumes and wanted to give them to you both personally...IF SHE CAN EVER GET THROUGH THE GATE!" she yelled back at rarity who was trying to find the best way to get through without getting dirt, or mud on her stylish dress.
"Twilight when are you going to learn that style is everything, I can't have the dress that I have been working on for days to become ruined before I even get into the party." she said with great sophistication in her voice "Ah Fluttershy and Gohan I have completed both of you costumes and spike will be bringing them along in a minute you must hurry and get changed the ball will begin any minute"
True to her words the dragon had pulled along two chests with both of the costumes in them.
"Um... Thank you miss Rarity I hope it wasn't to much trouble to make this for me." Gohan said grateful of the work Rarity had put in for him.
Rarity sweetly smiled at him "Think nothing of it Gohan, you are our new friend so it is only natural that we help each other out." she flicked a strand of her well combed mane behind her ear trying to get it to stay in place "Also I couldn't allow the date of Princess Luna to simply wear nothing."
Gohan eyes widened as he realized that he had forgotten about being Luna's date.
"Oh my gosh I almost forgot about that!" he yelled and grabbed the chest that was labeled for him and ran off to get changed.
Laughing at his antics RainbowDash couldn't help but say "Wow how did he ever get a date with Princess Luna?"
The other ponies all giggled along with except for Fluttershy who felt a tad bit jealous for some reason.
(With Gohan)
"Oh man how could I forget that I had to go find Princess Luna?" he said to himself as he finished putting on the outfit that Rarity had made for him.
He looked at himself in the mirror and admired exactly what Rarity had made. The front of his outfit was fashioned to look like royal armor that a knight would wear. It's color was made to match the flowing star pattern that showed in Princess Luna's mane.
The back was fashioned into a whitish gray design to completed the knight look and gave off a glow that looked as if the moon was shining from them. He noticed that a small area was cleared to show off his cutey mark. On his hooves were golden boots that looked extremely expensive. Finishing off the look was a small gold headpiece that resembled a crown.
The outfit was comfortable and lightweight so he wasn't upset about having to wear it, in fact he loved it because someone had actually taken the time to make such a wonderful costume for him.
Taking one last look at the chest he realized that one last item was left in the very bottom. Reaching down he lifted the last item out which turned out to be a bouquet of purple roses with a card stuck to it.
Opening the card he read the words out loud "Dear Gohan: The best way to a mare's heart is through a nice gift, simply give this to the princess and she will be yours. I wish you luck! Signed Rarity.
Gohan scratched his head for a second confused "What does she mean by she will be mine?"
He didn't have time to come up with a answer as he looked at the clocked at almost screamed " Oh man if I don't leave now the Princess will kill me!" sticking the bouquet in his mouth he ran to find one of Luna's guards to escort him to her chambers.
(With Luna)
Princess Luna was pacing around her chamber's with a small frown on her face.
"Where could Gohan be" she nervously asked no one in particular "maybe he thinks me ugly and does not wishes to show his face with mine."
Walking over to the large mirror that she had been standing in front of for the last several hours she tried to make sure her outfit was okay. She had used her own magic to create the clothing she now wore.
A long flowing dress that mirrored the night sky filled with stars covered her body. Her hooves had all been painted a dark blue and each contained a circle of diamonds in the shape of a moon. Her tiara was outfitted with the finest jewels in all of Equestria and sat perfectly upon her head.
"Maybe he is afraid of me and ran away." she spoke sadly and lowered her head to the ground.
Almost lost in her sadness she almost didn't hear one of her guards knocking on her chamber door. "What does thou require of me?" she yelled at the door before the voice of a guard answered back.
"A visitor requests to see you your highness, he said he is here to escort you to the Gala."
Almost running to the door she opened as fast as she possibly could allowing Gohan to step into the room.
"I'm so sorry princess, I lost track of the time...I um... got you these." he struggled to get out before presenting Luna with the beautiful bouquet.
Slightly blushing Luna accepted the flowers and went to find a vase to put them into.
"Thank you Sir Gohan, We must say you look very handsome." she said as she slowly walked around Gohan causing him to blush shyly.
"Thank you princess I think you look wonderful to." he said causing a equally red blush to appear on Luna's face.
Luna smiled at him before moving towards the doorway leading to the Gala "Come Gohan, if we are to get there on time we must get there with great haste."
Following her happily Gohan followed her as the made their way to the party.
(At the Grand Galloping Gala)
Princess Celestia was quite proud with the preparations of the Gala. She had invited her greatest student and her friends as a way of showing thanks for their hard work and defeating Nightmare Moon and restoring her sister to her true form.
Speaking of her sister, Celestia was wondering what was keeping Luna and Gohan away from the party.
She was getting worried that neither of them would show.
Her whole reason of setting them up to go together as so both of them could get used to the company of others. Her sister had been out of touch with the ponies of Equestria for the last millennium, and she was certain from what Gohan had said about his home that he didn't make many friends.
Suddenly the royal guards announced the next guests of the party. The head guard pony to a deep breath and sounded off loud enough for everyone to hear "Please Welcome her highness Princess Luna, and her date Sir Gohan!"
Everyone turned their attention towards the two ponies walking into the ballroom and bowed as they passed by, some of them still fearful of the memory of what Luna used to be.
Walking pass the guests and making their way up the stairs to where Princess Celestia was located Gohan and Luna started chatting with the sun princess.
"Well Gohan I can see miss Rarity has created such a fantastic costume for you, and my sweet sister your costume is wonderful as well." Celestia spoke praising how well they looked.
Gohan smiled at her comment and thanked her, Luna on the other hand remained silent and gave only a slight nod.
"Thank you for inviting me to your party princess, it's a great honor to be here." Gohan gleefully said and bowed to her.
Celestia was glad that she invited him, he reminded her of herself when she was a young filly. Gohan was such a charming boy, and reminded her of feelings that she had not felt in a very long time.
"Gohan it is a greater honor to invite one's friends to the party, it would not be right if I didn't make you one of my special guests and I'm pretty sure Luna is glad to have you as her date for the night." Celestia giggled as she say her sister turn red and tried to stutter out a defense.
"Dear sister... thou just can't s-say such p-private things out loud. Those are one's inner feelings and they shouldn't be broadcast out loud." Luna said while trying to control her embarrassment.
Celestia grinned as she realized Luna had just inadvertently confirmed what she had just said."So you admit that you are glad to have him as your date instead of some other colt?"
The red on Luna went from a light shade to a complete crimson as her sister pushed words into her mouth. Quickly turning away from Celestia, she took off fast away from the two "We must have a drink, we are burning up!"
Celestia's giggles turned into full blown laughter as she watched her sister gulp down glass after glass of punch.
Gohan was confused about what had just happened. Had Celestia caused Luna to reveal some kind of personal truth, and what did it have to do with him?
"Princess Celestia can you please explain to me what just happened because I am so confused." Gohan asked.
"Tis nothing Gohan, just a little sibling rivalry." she tried to pull back her laughter as she muffled herself with her hoof "Why don't you go enjoy yourself, I have a feeling that Luna is going to be really thirsty."
Gohan nodded and walked into the crowd. Looking all around the room he tried to find Fluttershy and her friends somewhere in the room.
After walking around for a few minutes he heard a voice call him, turning around he saw Twilight Sparkle sitting with her friends. Walking over to them they all started conversing with him.
"Wow Gohan it seems the costume I made for you was perfect, do you like it?" Rarity asked waiting for the critical feedback that she thrived on.
"I love it Rarity, it feels so comfortable and I love the effort you put in to make it look like knight's armor." Gohan said hoping his answer was what she was looking for.
The self-satisfactory smirk on Rarity's face told him it was. Applejack was more impressed with how fast Gohan had recovered from his injuries.
"Are you sure you are fixed up partner? Not many ponies could have taken the beaten that you went through and still be up and kicking." she asked and pointed to a small scar that was showing on the left side of his cheek.
"Don't worry about me Fluttershy did a very good job at patching me and taking care of me for the last couple of days." Gohan replied giving all of his thanks to Fluttershy.
"Well Fluttershy it looks like you have miracle hooves." said Twilight Sparkle clapping her hoof on Fluttershy's back.
The shy pegasus pony blushed and smiled at everyone "You don't have to thank me Gohan, I just did what anypony could have done."
"Aww Sugarcube you gotta give yourself more credit, I don't think anypony at this table could have done a better job at sewing someone back up like you. Applejack praised her and raised her glass of punch in the air.
Gohan could see that these were the closest of friends that there could possibly be. It made him think of the days when he had friends that he could call on for support, but sadly those days were long over.
Noticing Gohan smile turn into a frown Pinkie Pie jumped up from her seat and tried to cheer him up. "Don't worry Gohan we will find those monsters that chased you away from home and teach them a lesson!" she said and gave him a hoof tap on the arm.
Gohan smiled but shook his head at her "It's okay I don't think that I will ever return to that place ever again. It's really far in the forest and I had no one be friends with."
Fluttershy couldn't believe it, he was offered the chance to return to his home and he refused without giving it a second thought. She realized that something besides a few monsters made him not want to return.
They sat in the company of each other for about ten minutes before they all left to fulfill their reason for being at the Gala. Applejack was running a shop selling various apple food products, Rarity was chasing after some fancy looking pony with a brown mane, Pinkie Pie was trying to bust a move on the dance floor, Fluttershy was chasing after some woodland creatures that she kept seeing run away from her, RainbowDash was hanging out with some ponies in flying costumes, and Twilight Sparkle was in her favorite place...right by Celestia's side.
Gohan was by himself so he decided to find his date. Somewhere in the time he had started talking with the girls Luna had wandered away from the punch dish. He found her after a small search of the ball room on the upper level watching the other ponies from the upstairs balcony.
Walking up to her he placed his hoof on her shoulder startling her.
"My word Gohan how long have you been there?" she asked hoof placed on her heart. Gohan figured that he must have startled her and apologized to her.
"I was just wondering why you were up here alone instead of with everyone else?" he asked pointing to the rest of the ponies having a good time.
She lowered her head and sadly replied " We stay up here alone because we do not think they would enjoy my company."
Gohan was saddened about how the princess felt as if no pony cared about her.
"I enjoy your company princess...I KNOW!" he announced "how about we go down there and dance with each other?"
Luna looked at him surprised. He wanted to dance with her, even after knowing of her evil past.
"Thou should not poke fun at me, no creature wants to dance with one such as me." she said and was prepared to walk away until Gohan grabbed her hoof.
"I'm serious princess let's go down to the dance floor, I am your date after all aren't I?" Gohan said his face turning serious but soft as he continued to pull her towards the direction of the other ponies.
Luna was surprised that he had been able to convince her to actually dance with him, but his face was a mix of love and determination.
As soon as they were were in the middle of the dance floor they proceeded to lift up onto the back of their legs and placed their hoofs on each other shoulder's.
All of the other ponies observed them and followed their example as the DJ changed the song to a slow romantic one (Just imagine your own slow dance music I really do not want to put the lyrics of a song into the fanfic).
Luna was surprised at the gentleness Gohan showed when moving back and forth with her. She had danced with only one pony before her imprisonment and she remembered it didn't end well for her hooves.
Gohan was a different story though he was careful, smooth, and was trying to make the dance memorable for her.
She started to wonder if what Celestia had said was true. Was she right in guessing that Luna was glad to have Gohan for her date. She could feel a warmness in her heart the mad her feel magical, it made her feel safe like she belonged and not some evil creature like everypony thought her to be.
Looking to the top of the balcony Luna could see her sister smiling warmly at her. She could honestly say that she was glad her sister made her come to the party, the feeling that Gohan had made her feel inside made her want to try harder to earn the love of the people.
Gohan was feeling the same burning feeling inside his chest too. He had never thought about the opposite sex romantically, so these feelings that were rising up inside of him exited him. Princess Luna was filling a empty spot in his heart that he didn't think was possible to fix.
But it wasn't just Luna that was causing the strange feelings for him, his thoughts soon drifted to two other ponies that were also at this ball.
His thoughts drifted to the first of the other ponies. He remembered the tender care she had given him when they had first met, her kind words made the pain of losing everything seem not as bad as she cared for him. Fluttershy's love had found another empty spot inside his heart that was begging to be filled.
The last pony was the complete opposite of Luna. She had treated him with such kindness and respect that he couldn't help but allow a feeling of love to wash over him blending all of his feelings into one.
These three ponies who he had just met captured his heart in a way that no one else has ever done before.
At this point he didn't care about losing his home back on earth all he cared about was keeping his new home safe, and his new friends happy.
As the song came to a end both Luna and Gohan let out a satisfied sigh and reluctantly released their hold of each other.
"Well Gohan we than thank for being my date, but unfortunately I must perform my duties of the night so I will have to cut this night short." she said disappointingly and started to walk away from the party.
"Wait will I see you tomorrow?" Gohan asked sad to see her go.
Luna stopped and turned her head back at him gracing him with her best and kindest smile "We feel that we will see much more of each other in the coming days." and continued walking off to raise the moon and stars.
Smiling softly Gohan walked up to the stairs to rest next to Celestia and Twilight.
Princess Celestia and watched the whole thing and was eager to hear of Gohan's impression of the night so far.
"Did you enjoy your dance with Luna?" she asked him as Twilight moved closer to hear about the night princess.
"Yes your highness I enjoyed dancing with her, I just wish she didn't have to leave so soon." Gohan sadly said scooting his hoof along the ground.
"Do not worry yourself Gohan, my sister lost much after being imprisoned on the moon. To see her smile while she was dancing was a wonderful sight indeed." Celestia finished as her eyes watered slightly.
Twilight Sparkle hugged her teacher as she tried to calm her down "Don't worry Princess I'm sure Luna will make many friends now that she is back in Equestria, she just needs the right people to help her." looking at Gohan as she finished the last part.
Celestia tears dried as she heard her student's words "Yes Twilight you are right as long as she has the right people to guide her then she can truly be happy."
Celestia walked over to Gohan and wrapped her hooves around him.
"Thank you for showing her what it feels like to be cared for."after she finished her words Celestia leaned down and placed a soft kiss to the side of his face.
Gohan blushed as his cheek felt warm. Twilight Sparkle was surprised about what the princess had done but understood why the princess had kissed him. To Celestia it was her way of expressing her love without completely giving herself up.
She knew that her sister needed love more than she did at the moment. But that didn't mean that she would give up wouldn't compete for Gohan's love as she also knew that another pony besides her and her sister was interested as she could noticed Fluttershy eying Gohan from across the room. Who knows maybe they could all have a happy ending.
For the time being though they would have to buy their time and wait.
(Two hours later)
The Grand Galloping Gala was finally winding down as the majority of the guests left to return to the homes. Sitting at a large table in the empty party room Gohan, and the other ponies were chattering away.
Gohan laughed as the all recalled the stories of the night's failed adventures. Twilight Sparkle let out a exhausted sigh as she finally decided to speak the truth.
"I can't believe how dull the Gala actually was!" she said before slapping her hoofs over her mouth as Princess Celestia had walked into the room.
"Well my little Twilight the Gala is always dull, that is why I invited you all I was hoping you could spice things up a little." She laughed as spike decided to wake up from his junk food coma.
"NO thank you princess, I think your chef's did a job of spicing up the food by themselves" spike groaned and rolled over onto his stomach.
The ponies all laughed at Spike as he continued groaning on the ground.
"Well all my friends I think it is time for you all to return to Ponyville, I did so enjoy your visit and hope you will come back to visit more often." Celestia smiled and walked them all to the carriage.
"Wait princess what about Gohan even though he has healed he doesn't have a place to stay in Ponyville?" said Fluttershy not wanting to leave Gohan homeless.
"Gohan will be staying at the castle with Luna, and I." said Celestia answering her question.
"Oh...i see" said Fluttershy her eyes turning sad. Celestia noticed that she was sad about having to leave her new friend she decided to make a deal with Fluttershy.
"Do not worry, Fluttershy if you desire to come see Gohan then I can arrange transportation to the castle... as long as you all promise to assist Luna in becoming reacquainted with Ponyville.
Fluttershy face exploded into hapiness as she heard Celestia's offer. She could tell that the other ponies happy to help Luna in exchange for access to the castle whenever they wanted.
Waving goodbye to his new friends he watched as their carriage took off for Ponyville. Looking at the back window of the apple carriage Gohan could see Fluttershy staring right back at him with a smile on her face.
Raising his hoof up Gohan gave her a special wave just for her causing her to smile and return the gesture with a special wave of her own.
Gohan and Celestia eventually returned inside of the castle as Gohan let out a might yawn.
"Well Princess I think it's time for me to return to my bed for the night, thank you for inviting me to the party." he said and started walking off into the direction of the hospital wing.
"Gohan where are you going? I had a room made just for you, so you wouldn't have to sleep in the dark old hospital." Celestia said and led him off to the direction of his new room.
Coming up to a Jet black door with gold trim, Celestia pushed it open and showed Gohan in.
The room was large, able to allow 4 people to live in it without bumping into one another. There was a king sized bed in the right hand corner of the room, that came complete with blue and red blanket set. A large window presented itself behind a luxourious curtain that looked to be thousdands of years old.
"Princess...I don't think I can accept this room." Gohan started to say before being shushed with hoof to the face.
"Gohan I have told you before that you are my friend, and as my friend I will do my best to make sure that you stay as happy as possible." Princess Celestia assured him " Alright Gohan I will leave you to your rest, if you have need of me simply asked my guards to allow you entrance to my quarters. Good night and sleep well." she hugged him once more and then retired to her chambers to rest for the night.
Gohan climbed into his new bed and started thinking to himself.
"Why does she treat me so well? Celesta has been so kind to me yet I continue to lie about my true origins...but if I tell everyone about the real me they might hate me and I will be alone again." the thought of everything being taken away again caused tears to form in Gohan's eyes as he laid he head down and tried to sleep the bad thoughts away.
(With Celestia)
Celestia laid upon her royal bed trying to piece her thoughts together. Thanks to Gohan her sister had found someone she could trust and be friends with, and Gohan had managed to awaken the hearts of three lonely ponies.
Maybe Gohan didn't have to choose between them. She was the ruler of Equestria after all so she could allow Gohan to have as many mates as he wanted, but the question would Gohan agree to love all three of them without showing favoritism between them.
Realizing that only time would reveal the answer Celestia laid her head down and began to dream of her friends and the wonderful life that they all helped her create.
End Of Chapter 3
Power Levels:
Son Gohan (Pony) 1,250,000,000
Princess Luna 95,000,000
*(The Power level of Gohan, Mane 6, and Celestia and Luna will be the same until something else happens in the FIC)