//------------------------------// // At Dah Gala // Story: Your Adventure Continues // by My Only Weakness //------------------------------// Chapter 21 "Be good okay" Says Dash as Scootaloo walks into the Apples house "I will don't worry" Scootaloo says turning back to face you and Dash "Are you sure you're going to be fine with these three?" you ask looking at Big Mac "I'm sure" he replies nodding his head "It wouldn't be the first time I had to take care of these little filly" "Thanks Big Mac" Says Dash "Don't worry about it, now go on you've got a gala to go to" He say with a smile. With a nod you and Dash fly away from the door and fly towards Rarity's shop. Once landing the door opens and Rarity invites both of you in. You see that Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie and Rarity are already in there dresses "Don't you all look pretty" You say with makes them blush "Now go on a put on your cloths" Rarity says excitedly placing your suit on your back You walk over to the changing room with your cloths on your back. You place them on the table and pull the curtain. After a couple of minutes of changing "Come on Star, we're excited to see your suit" says Rarity You pull the curtain back and walk out. Everyponys eye all widen and smiles appear on their faces. "StarGazer, you look so handsome" Says Rarity "Well thank you very much" you reply to her comment "but where is my hat?" "You're not wearing a hat" Rarity say glaring at you "URRG, fine" you say disappointedly Suddenly you fill some wait on head. You go to feel what it is and it's a top hat. You look over to see you placed the hat on your head and you see Applejack with a smile. "Applejack!" Rarity say angrily "What? if the colt wants to wear a hat let him wear a hat" Applejack says defending you "And besides, I think he looks pretty good in the hat" "Thank you very much" you say thanking Applejack You look around the room to see that Dash isn't present. "Where's Dash?" You ask "She's already in the cart, she wants to keep her dress a surprise for you" Answers Rarity "Anyway, think we should get going" Twilight suggests You all agree and get into a carriage that will be pulled by other stallions. The girls get into the carriage while you and Spike get on the fount. "You mares ready?" you ask though the window that's behind you, they all nod in responds "To the gala" Spike says the stallions who start trotting to the Canterlot. After about an hour or so of talking to Spike and the stallions the cart come to a stop. You and Spike jump of the front of the cart and towards the door. Spike opens the door and one by one the mares step out. Then you saw something that widened your eyes. Rainbow Dash in her lovely rainbow dress and her mane in a style that made your jaw drop. "I thought I would have that effect on you" Dash snickers reconnecting you bottom jaw with your mouth. "You look so beautiful" you say still in shock of her beauty "Oh stop" Dash replies looking away with a blush "Shall we" "Lets" Dash says walking with you to the entrance You catch up with the others and walk to the front only to be stop by a guard. "Tickets please" Twilight pulls out the tickets with her magic and the guard takes them and scans them with his eyes. He rips half of it and gives it one to you and every one else. He then allows you to into the building. You and the others walking in and you look in awh of the castle. Soon everyone walks of in their own direction. You follow Dash into another part of the castle were there was an VIP section. "Why are we here?" you asks "Because I'm going to try and get the wonderbolts attention" Dash answers "Didn't you try that last year?" you question "Yeah, but maybe my luck will change this year and they'll let me be a wonderbolt" she says with confidants "Let's hope" After what seems like hours of not getting the wonderbolts attention you start to get board out of your mind. Who knows what you could of done the whole time. Dash seems to be distracted by the wonderbolts so you decided to sneak off and have own little adventure in the castle. You sneak away from Dash and walk into the main lobby where there was a huge stair case with the princess meeting all the guests. You walk past the staircase to head to another room. "StarGazer" A voice says from the of the stairs You look over to see Twilight and the Princess starring at you. Twilight waves at you as a signal to come over to her. You shrug and walk up the stairs. You reach the top and bow in front of the princess. "Princess, this is StarGazer" Twilight says introducing you "It's nice to meet you" Celestia says to you "Twilight has told me a lot about you" "How so?" "She told me you were dating Rainbow Dash" She begins, you nod in response "That you broke Rainbows heart and left Ponyville without a goodbye" She says a little angrily "But made it up to her by returning to Ponyville" "That's right Princess" you reply "But a little clarification, I may of broke Rainbows heart but It wasn't my fault" "Yes I know" She says smiling "Where is Rainbow anyway?" asks Twilight "She trying to get the wonderbolt attention again" you sat shrugging "I so though I would go off and look around" "Every well, I will let you continue with your journey around the castle" Celestia says with a giggle You bow again and walk back down the stairs. "Oh and StarGazer" the princess says grabbing you attention so you look back at her "That hat looks ridiculous on you" You tilt your hat with a smirk and walk down the stairs to head off to the room you were previously going into. This room was full with ponies who were listening to a classical music group while talking to each other. You thought that this room was going to be boring so you head off to the next room. This room was just ponies dancing with each other to slow music. You crack a smile at the sight of all these couples. If Dash was with you instead of trying to impress the wonderbolts you would of grabbed her hoof and pulled to the dance floor. You shrug it off and go to a door that was slightly open. You open the door and walk in. This room was every odd because it was a long hallway with no one around. You walk along the corridor with no nonleague of where you are. Suddenly some hood steps could be heard from behind you. "You there" A voice says from behind you You turn around fearing that It would be a guard but to your surprise it was the princess of the night, Luna. "What are you doing here?" she asks "I was just wondering around and I ended up here" you explain "This place is off limits, but then again you were never one to follow rules were you StarGazer" She say walking past you with a slight smile on her face "you always seem to sneak into places during the night" "How did you know?" you asks in confusion while following her "I'm the princess of the night I see everything that goes on while the moon is high above the sky" she continues walking into a room "You were always interesting to watch" "That's a little creepy, how long have you been watching me?" "Since you were twelve" she says walking onto a balcony "But weren't you trapped on the moon when I was born" you say standing next to her on the balcony "Yes, but I was still able to see Equstia from there" She says looking at the moon in the sky Some silent's falls as you and the princess of the moon stair at the night sky "I want to thank you" Luna says breaking the silence "for what?" "For taking Scootaloo into your arms and giving her a proper home" she says smiling at you "My pleaser princess" "I heard that Rainbow is looking for you so you should get going" You nod and walk away from the balcony to head off back to the gala. After walking back down the long hallway back to the room were all the ponies are dancing. You shut the door behind you only to have an orange southern mare standing in front of you. "Rainbow Dash is looking for you" she says "So I heard" you say rolling your eyes "Were is she?" "She's flying all over the castle but she told us to meet up at the main hall" Applejack explains "oh Let's go then" You say walking past her and heading towards the door "Err StarGazer" Applejack says from behind you "Yeah" you say turning around Applejack suddenly gets close to you and plants her lips onto yours and then takes them away quickly leaving you in a shock for a few seconds before shacking your head and looking at her in a slightly angry way "What was that?!" You asks "I'm sorry it's just that..." she begins looking away "I have a crush on you" You look at her in shock "For how long?" "Since you worked at the farm" Applejack says looking away in a blush "Is that why you've been acting strange whenever I'm around?" She nods her head in response "I'm flattered I am honestly, but you know we can't be together" "I know that!" she says "But I don't know how to tell Dash about this" You put your hoof under your chin and start to think "I got it. we don't" "What?" "We just don't tell her this ever happened" you explain "You know I can't do that, I'm the elements of honesty" "You managed to keep your crush on me hidden for this long surly how can keep this little kiss under the covers" "I'll try" she says with a little smile You and Applejack walk out of the room and head towards the meet up point that Dash has set You walking into the main hall where you see Dash and the others waiting. When Dash see's you walk in, she fly towards you. "Where have you been?" she asks "Walking around" you answer "Well don't do that again without telling me you had me worried" she says hugging you slightly "I'm sorry" you say nuzzling her "So... would you like to go to the other room and dance?" "You don't have to ask me twice" you say then grabbing her hoof and walking her to the dance room You making it to the middle of the dance floor with your marefriend . You hold her a slowly go back and forth in a dancing motion moving your hoofs to the sound of the music that's playing. You and Dash were surrounded by other dancing pony couples and dance the night away.