Twilight Sparkle and her friends stood there in disbelief as they gawked at the very well decorated room. The most impressive thing that they saw were two perfectly crafted ice sculptures. The sculptures represented Rainbow Dash's and Soarin's cutie marks and they were standing proudly next to each other.
Pinkie Pie ambushed them and wrapped her front legs around her friends. "So, isn't it super awesome, fun, and totally cool just like Rainbow Dash?"
"You really out did yourself, Pinkie Pie," Twilight said. "This room looks absolutely amazing!"
"Maybe just a tad bit over done with the streamers and balloons," Rarity added.
"The more the merrier!" Pinkie Pie said and then tossed a bunch of streamers on top of Rarity.
Rarity quickly shook them off.
When everypony stepped in, the newly wedded couple came in.
Vinyl Scratch started the music up and the couple danced during the first song. Neither of them knew how to dance to this kind of music, but it was fun and they tried. Rainbow Dash and Soarin' made their way to their dinner table.
Fluttershy covered her ears. "Oh, no! It's that terrible wub-step music! How could they allow that to be played here?"
"This music isn't my cup of tea either, Fluttershy, but I think I have reminded you quite a few times that it's called, Dub-step," Rarity said.
Everypony else took their seats and feasted on the meals that were brought to them.
Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Risk Taker, Spike, Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo all sat at a large round table. There were just enough seats for them all.
Soarin' and Rainbow Dash sat at the head table with their maid of honor and best stallion, and Rainbow's and Soarin's parents sat at their own tables. Their parents were looking over Rainbow Dash's and Soarin's first picture together. The picture was of both of them dancing at the Grand Galloping Gala.
The music changed to something more appropriate for a fancy dinner. It took some discipline for Vinyl Scratch, but Rainbow Dash had promised her that after the meal, she could play some more Dub-step music as long as she also played a variety of different music so that everypony could find something that they liked. Rainbow Dash even put in a very special request for Applejack's most favorite bluegrass song of all time. She was no expert in dancing, and both Soarin' and her had to spend countless hours learning how to dance without arrows scrolling up an arcade screen.
If Soarin' had his way, they would have rented an In The Hooves Two dedicated cabinet as well as a Pony It Up arcade machine for their wedding, but Rainbow Dash knocked some sense into him even though she thought that was a really awesome idea at first. She didn't want herself or Soarin' to get drenched with sweat on their special night in front of their family and friends, and stepping on metal pads in these fancy slippers would be quite difficult, if not dangerous. Rainbow Dash had plans to get sweaty with Soarin' by other means tonight anyway.
Princess Celestia was the first to take her fork and tapped it loudly against her glass of Champaign and grinned a rather crooked smile.
"What is the Princess doing?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"I think it means that she wants us to kiss again," Soarin' said.
Rainbow Dash and Soarin' kissed and everypony applauded.
Pinkie Pie picked up on this and did the same thing.
"Pinkie Pie?" Rainbow Dash said as she watched her friend tap against her wine glass.
Soarin' and Rainbow Dash kissed once more and as soon as they finished kissing, Pinkie Pie was clanging against her wine glass once more.
Twilight Sparkle teleported her glass out of her hoof and put it to the side of the table. "No need to abuse this power, Pinkie Pie."
"But I just wanted to see them kiss like two hundred more times. I wasn't going to abuse it or anything," Pinkie admitted.
"Yeah, no. That's not going to happen. Maybe save your impulsivity for the dance floor when we are done eating," Twilight said. She then picked up her knife and fork and began to cut her food.
"Pssst! Twilight!" Applejack said. "Are ya gonna finish all of that by yerself?"
"Applejack, we just got our meals. You can at least finish yours first before you...." Twilight Sparkle paused for a moment when she noticed that Applejack's plate was bone dry as if she had licked every last morsel off of her plate. Twilight sighed. "I'm very hungry, but I'll let you have half of my meal since I have a sit down job and I know that you're always hungry from the farm work." Twilight levitated Applejack's plate over and used her fork to push half of her meal onto Applejack's plate. She then placed the plate back down for Applejack.
"Golly! Thank ya fer bein' so understandin', Twi. I sure am hungry!" Applejack bent over and began to inhale the food.
Twilight Sparkle looked around in a guilty manner and then back to her starving friend, "Applejack, we have very fancy utensils for us to eat with. You might want to use them before you embarrass or insult somepony here. Even Soarin' and Rainbow Dash are eating with utensils."
Applejack picked her head up and was already done eating. "What did ya say, Twi?"
Twilight sighed. "Never mind," she said. "Never mind." Twilight Sparkle looked at Apple Bloom who didn't even seem to mind Applejack's eating antics. Twilight assumed that Apple Bloom was used to how Applejack ate by now and went back to eating what was left of her dinner.
"Why the hay do we get one big gigantic napkin on the table?" Applejack picked up the table cloth and was about to wipe her face with it.
Twilight Sparkle saw this and said, "No! Put that down!" She used her magic to levitate one of the fancy napkins folded up and gave it to her friend. "The napkin was right in front of you."
Applejack dropped the table cloth and grabbed the napkin. "Golly. I would have never guessed that these fancy things are napkins. Whatever happened to the paper napkins or the paper towel rolls that we use? These things are as soft as silk. I would feel guilty fer usin' em."
"This is called elegance, Applejack. Maybe I should have thought to walk you through this before this all began," Twilight said. The lavender mare leaned over to Risk Taker and whispered, "I'm sorry about Applejack. She has yet to learn table manners."
Risk Taker smiled and said, "I have been with you girls for almost a year now. I think I have figured that out long ago."
Applejack finished wiping her face and put the napkin aside.
Apple Bloom spoke up and said, "Ya'll should see how she just drops food and picks it up off of the floor. She eats it without even washin' it."
"Hey! I have gotten better with that, Missy! It's a sin to let food go to waste. Ya'll know that. Besides, if ya blow on yer food after it hits the ground, the bacteria goes away. Right, Twi?"
"I don't think it works like that," Twilight said. "Food that hits the floor is teeming with bacteria the moment it makes contact with anything unclean."
"But it could...."
"No," Twilight said. "Just no."
Applejack shrugged and turned to Rarity. "Hey Rarity are ya gonna eat all of that?" Applejack asked as she reached her front hoof towards Rarity's plate.
Rarity used her magic and viciously stabbed at her friend's front leg. "Back! Back you voracious beast!"
Applejack pulled her front hoof back instantly before Rarity was able to stab her. "Hey! What gives? These portions are so tiny here and I figured that ya would automatically share with me since yer the element of generosity. That's mighty out of character fer ya to be so violent! I thought friendship and feedin' me was magic?"
Rarity levitated her fork back and said, "Learn some table manners first and then maybe I'll consider sharing." Rarity turned her head upwards with disgust. "Hmph!"
Applejack felt a few soft taps on her shoulder and turned to see Fluttershy looking shyly away.
"Um, you can have my food as long as you...."
Applejack instantly bent over and practically inhaled all of her food within a matter of seconds. She picked her head up and said, "Thanks! I knew that I could rely on the element of kindness to help fill my belly!"
"I actually was going to say as long as you save me some, but that's ok. I'd rather see you happy anyway. It's ok, I don't mind," Fluttershy squeaked those last words at the end of her sentence. Fluttershy perked up a bit and then looked away when she noticed Big Macintosh staring at her from across the other table. "Um, Twilight. I'd really like to dance with Big Macintosh since this song playing is so nice, but I'm just way too shy to go over there and ask him."
"Twilight Sparkle swallowed her food and said, "Just stand on the dance floor and he'll come to you."
"But won't everypony be looking at me? I don't want to draw attention to myself, and I certainly don't want Vinyl Scratch to shine those lights on me."
"There are already ponies on the dance floor," Twilight said as she pointed her hoof over to where there were some ponies dancing. "I think that she only shines the light on ponies in the center of the dance floor. You had better get over there fast before Vinyl Scratch plays some more Dub-step."
Fluttershy nodded her head yes innocently and shyly walked over to the dance floor. She put her head down so low that it almost appeared that her chin was touching the shiny wooden dance floor.
Big Macintosh got up out of his seat and stood next to Fluttershy.
She perked up a bit and asked, "Did you come here to dance with me?"
"E-yup!" the red stallion said. "I reckon I told ya that I would.
"O-o-ok, but please be gentle and try not to step on my hooves."
Twilight Sparkle watched with a satisfied look on her face as she watched Fluttershy and Big Macintosh dance. "It looks like we may hear wedding bells in the future. Just look how adorable they are."
"They are like the ketchup and mustard that compliments each other on a hot dog," Rarity said. "I can already foresee them getting married soon enough.
"Hey!" Applejack said. "That's my brother and one of my best friends that ya'll talkin' bout! I don't need any funny images runnin' through my head."
"Well, what other pony would be good enough for your brother? Isn't Fluttershy a nice pony for him?" Rarity asked.
"I guess I never thought of it like that. Yeah, I reckon that I can overreact sometimes like how Rarity once overreacted about that giant rock she named Tom that she thought was a diamond."
"Applejack, I thought I told you that I never wanted to hear that story again," Rarity said.
"But I'm just bein' honest!" Applejack said.
"And I'm being generous by not bucking you in the face for your brutal honesty!" Rarity said.
"Rarity must have thought that Tom really rocks!" Pinkie Pie said. "I never heard him talk before. Maybe he should try not to be so shy and become a little bit boulder, or maybe we were a little bit too hard on him. I think the rest of us just took him for granite." Pinkie looked around at her friends who did not look too happy. "Aw, come on girls. It's hard being a chip off of the old rock, but I guess Rarity's dream rock was nothing more than sweet sediment."
Twilight Sparkle hovered Pinkie Pie's wine glass over to her and said, "Pinkie Pie just drink up and be quiet!"
"Wow, you girls are really hard headed and..." before Pinkie Pie could make any more jokes, Twilight Sparkle used her magic to levitate the tip of the wine glass into Pinkie Pie's mouth.
More ponies were now getting up and making their way to the dance floor.
Fluttershy and Big Macintosh left shortly after when Vinyl Scratch put the spotlight on them. They danced for a little bit longer under the spotlight, but Fluttershy couldn't handle all of those eyes watching her and slowly backed off of the dance floor when the flashing of cameras blinded her eyes.
The ponies all cleared the stage when Rainbow Dash and her father had one very special song play that they picked out together. After their special dance, Soarin' and his mother took the dance floor.
Many pictures were taken and when Soarin' and his mother left the dance floor, the servants brought out dessert. Apple pie with ice cream.