//------------------------------// // The Best Night Ever - Part 7 // Story: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic -- Off The Record // by The King of Hearts //------------------------------// //// The Best Night Ever – Part 7 //// Fluttershy sat in Canterlot Garden, figuring that Applejack had already long since won Blueblood for herself since she had seen the two go to his room together. She sure was surprised that Applejack would trot off with some stallion she barely knew, and do… THAT. She never would have gone so far with a stallion before they had formed a strong bond with one another. So, perhaps she was never destined to win this game after all. “Why must Celestia keep all these animals here?” An annoyed voice said on the other side of a large hedge. Peeking her head over the wall, Fluttershy saw the man himself, Prince Blueblood. Had he not done anything with Applejack? Maybe she backed out of it… Or he was just a quick finisher. Fluttershy giggled just loud enough for him to hear. “Who’s there?” Blueblood said quickly, looking toward her head, as it poked over the wall. “Oh! Um… Sorry…” She said, dropping to the ground, hoping he wasn’t going to investigate her any further. Coming around the corner, she saw the yellow pony shrunken on the ground, clearly embarrassed that she had been seen. “Stand up,” He ordered, “Do you know who I am?” Complying, she stood up, while keeping eye contact to a minimum, “I know you… You’re Prince Blueblood.” “And did you know it’s very frowned upon to spy on royalty?” He asked, getting a close look at her, thinking this night might not be a total bust after all. “I-I didn’t!” She said quickly, “Bowing her head.” “That’s quite alright,” He smiled, making her calm down, “What is your business here tonight?” “I was invited by the Princess!” Fluttershy explained, hoping that was a good enough reason for him. “Were you?” He asked, not breaking eye contact with her for a moment, “Is your coltfriend here tonight?” “Oh, no,” She shook her head, smiling shyly, “I don’t have a coltfriend.” Perfect, now was the time to measure her up properly. A gorgeous face. Curves in all the right places. The best specimen so far tonight. “I’m just here with my friends,” She explained, “I think you’ve met some of them already.” “I did?” He asked, wondering which of the many women he had met were her friends. “Yeah!” She smiled, “There’s Twilight Sparkle, the Princesses student…” “I beg your pardon?” He asked, hoping that this wasn’t going where he thought it was. “Pinkie Pie, a girl in a candy dress,” She listed, “And Applejack! A farm pony!” His eyes went wide, “You’re friends with all of them?!” “Did you like them?” Fluttershy asked. “Absolutely not!” He said, recoiling from her, “Those girls have almost ruined my night!” This was her chance! She could still win! “Are you anything like them?” He asked quickly, scared that she might be in the same ballpark as her friends. “Oh, I think that we’re pretty similar,” She smiled, not realizing this was a bad thing for him, “In fact, I think I have a little bit of all my friends in me!” “You’re smart?” He asked, recalling his conversation with Twilight. “Well, I don’t want to toot my own horn, but I like to think so!” She said, expecting a better response. “Do you party often?” He asked, thinking about the disaster Pinkie had been. “Normally I’m very quiet, but a few songs can make me go crazy!” She giggled. “And what about your third friend… Applejack!” He recalled, squinting, “Do you buck a lot, like her?” “Applejack bucks the most out of all my friends,” Fluttershy said, not understanding the fear she was instilling in him, “I’ve watched her buck more apples off then any pony ever!” “You’ve WATCHED her do that?!” He practically shouted. “Of course!” She smiled, “All our friends watch! And sometimes we even join in!” He gasped. Poor Fluttershy thought she was doing so well, until he turned tail, and ran away from a mare for the second time that night. “Hey!” She called, watching him head toward the doors to the castle, “Wait up!” She wasn’t going to lose this game yet! //// “Well, it looks like the night has been as normal as you could hope,” Alex said to Dash, as they finished their fifth trip to the hors d'oeuvres table. “Yup!” She said, smiling, happy to have had this one thing happen, “We can have plenty of excitement from now on.” “Starting now?” He asked. “Not yet,” She shook her head, giving him a serious look, “Normal till midnight, is all I ask.” Looking at the large clock hanging above the entryway, Alex nodded. It was eleven forty-five. Just fifteen minutes and he would be in the clear. “Why don’t we dance till then?” She suggested nudging him toward the dance floor once again. “Can’t we do something else?” Alex groaned, “We’ve been dancing for like, ten times longer than anypony else.” “Suck it up, princess!” She laughed, walking ahead, while swaying her backside at him, “You’ll be happy you were dancing in a few hours.” “Got it!” He said, joining her instantly. //// “Don’t you want to spend just a few minutes with me?” Fluttershy called to Blueblood, as he kept a brisk pace ahead of her. “I most certainly do not!” He said, not looking back, “Your friends have ruined my night!” “Spend some time with me!” She offered desperately, “I can make your night better!” “No, you can’t!” He whined. “But I can!” She argued. “You absolutely can’t!” He tried to reiterate, losing it on her. “Yes I can!” She shouted, her volume increasing exponentially. “Just leave me alone!” He said, finally reaching the door to the ball room, and opening it as quickly as he could. He turned around and attempted to close the door, before she could make it inside, by pressing his entire body weight against it. But he was no match for her upper body strength, as she put all of herself into a single shove that rather comically sent Blueblood into the air slightly, knocking him into a huge statue of Princess Celestia, making it start to wobble. As the door flew open, Fluttershy looked at him with the scariest eyes he had ever seen in his life. “YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE ME!” She shouted, as the massive statue tipped over, and landed on the side of an equally huge pillar. Everypony screamed and ran, as the pillar, and all the ones next to it knocked over one by one, smashing on the dance floor. Eventually, the stone roof that the pillars supported collapsed, and smashed a massive hole in the ground where it landed, falling straight through to the floor below them, where it smashed deafeningly into a million pieces, as pieces of the floor fell into the rubble below. Fluttershy, however, was unfazed, as she walked over to Blueblood, and showed him the undying fire in her eyes. “D-do you want to spend that time together now…?” He asked through his tears, figuring that if she REALLY wanted to spend the night with him, he could put up with it. “No!” She shouted, seeing just how pathetic he really was, “I’ve changed my mind!” “O-okay!” He said, shielding his face from any attack she might send his way, “I didn’t want to do anything with you anyway!” She gave him a look. A hard, cold, stare. It gave him goose bumps. He wanted to run to his mother, and have her tell him that everything will be alright and that she loved him. But his mother wasn’t here. So, instead, he broke into the loudest, and most pathetic fit of tears that anypony had ever seen. Now, all that could be heard in the room, were the sobs of the petrified Blueblood, and the clicking of hoofs, as one couple remained dancing on the small fraction dance floor that hadn’t been destroyed by Fluttershy and Blueblood. Eventually, when everypony got sick of looking at the prince cry, they all looked to the only couple on the dance floor. //// “Dash…” Alex whispered, “Everypony’s looking at us.” Despite the horrendous damage to the castle, Dash had insisted that they remain in this position, and dance until the clock hit midnight. “Please…” She whispered in his ear, “Just keep like this until the bell tolls.” Nodding, Alex pressed to her and silently kept their dancing up. Hearing the commotion, Twilight, Applejack, Pinkie, Celestia, Luna, Ramsley, Comet, and the three Cutie Mark Crusaders arrived in the room, all completely shocked at what had happened. Then, the bell rung loudly, chiming twelve times, echoing through the entire Gala. “What is it that happened in here?” Luna asked, breaking the silence. It was very strange that the collective response to that question was for everypony to look at Fluttershy. “Congratulations, Fluttershy,” Celestia smiled, “I think you learned a very valuable lesson.” “Yeah!” She barked, still enraged, “I deserve somepony worth my attention!” Celestia smiled and nodded, “Very good dear. I’m proud of you.” “Thanks!” She smiled quickly. Ramsley leaned over to Comet, “This is a story I need to catch myself up on.” “Well, I’m sure we’ll have plenty of time over the summer in Ponyville,” Comet whispered back. “I just hope they have a decent pizza joint there,” Ramsley laughed, “I don’t think I could go three months without a decent slice.” “You’ll live, fatso,” Comet nudged, “Now, let’s see if they need any help cleaning up…” ////