//------------------------------// // Chapter 6 : A Royal Ball // Story: My Little Pony The Creation of New Equestria. // by Tebbzy7 //------------------------------// Chapter 6: A Royal Ball Soarin Walked out of his room found Twilight walking down the hall talking with Forget-me-not. Soarin thought to his self “I have two questions. One, how can she party like that and still be this energetic. And two, what is that small flying pony. But Before I get those answers I need to find food. Soarin saw a maid as she walked by. ”Excuse me where would I find some food around here.” Dusty Smiled “I would try the Kitchen. Go down this hall to the end. Then you take a left. Part way down the hall there will be stairs on right, and go down the stairs to the first floor. You would be in the Dining hall the kitchen would be on your Right Soarin Said “thank you.” The maid Bowed then walked away. Then Soarin started to go down the hall to find Spitfire as she walked out of her room. The same tired look on her face as Soarin. “Good morning Spitfire.” Spitfire yawned “oh hi Soarin, good morning.” Soarin said “I was about to get breakfast would you like to join me.” Spitfire smiled “that sounds great. So lead the way.” They found their way to the kitchen. The Chef Smiled as they went into the kitchen, “so you are the two new Guards Celestia sent. You aren’t much to look at. So what can I get you?” Soarin was waiting to hear that question. “You might need a pen and paper for my order.” The Chef took control and said “Ok boy I will give you a large stack of Pancakes, Muffins, and Apple Juice. If you need more food than that come back. What will you have dear?” Spitfire ordered “could I have a Large Stack of Pancakes and orange juice?” “Of course you can. You two take a sit in the dining hall I will have some pony bring it out when it is done.” The Chef said before she assigned the orders to cooks. Spitfire said “there is something very odd about the ponies here. They party all night and not acting tried.” “Yes I agree it is like they are super ponies.” Soarin said Spitfire smiled “yes, that is it. They are super ponies. They Party all night and betting us in a race. It all makes sense now. ” Then they heard a small voice “I don’t feel like a super pony, do I look like one.” They turn to see a Fairy pony standing on the table. Soarin look at it and asked “who are you, what are you.” The Fairy pony smiles sweetly and said “I am morning glory and I am a fairy pony. I hear there are some new ponies here. Are you them?” Spitfire laughed “yes we are. It is great to meet you Morning glory.” Morning Glory smiled “no it is my pleasure to meet you. Please don’t find me rude but I have to take care of the garden so I have to leave.” Spitfire smiled “then you should go, and have a good day” Morning glory bowed “thank you, you have a good day too.” and with that she left. Spitfire smiled “What a nice little pony, she made my day a little better.” After that they ate then put on their armor, and went to the throne room. When they got there they find that all the Princesses were there with a group of unicorn guards. Celestia looked at them with a knowing smile. “How did you like the race yesterday?” Spitfire avoided eye contact “It was alright I guess.” And they went to take their place as Twilight’s guards. Then Shooting Star walks in with Firefly and Rainbow Dash in Royal Pegasus Guard Armor. Firefly wear the Armor of a Colonel and Rainbow Dash wear a huge smile. Twilight asked “So Rainbow Dash what with the Armor.” Rainbow Dash smiled “Shooting star and Firefly said they need more guards today and I would be perfect. And Shining Armor agreed. And here I am. Don’t I look awesome in Armor?” Nyx ran over “you look so cool, Scootaloo would love to see you like this.” Twilight looked at all three ponies that talked Rainbow into this, and they are avoided eye contact. One of the Guards Celestia said something under his breath. Shooting Star and Shining Armor both walked up to him and stared down the guard. Shining Armor asked the guard “what is wrong with her being a guard.” Shooting star added “can’t I choose my own guards.” The guard backed away “sorry sirs, I didn’t mean to apply that.” Then they turned and smiled at each other as they walked away. Celestia asked “Rainbow Dash how did you like Yesterday’s race.” Rainbow Dash beamed “it was the best race ever!” Celestia smiled “I also heard you are now a wonderbolt.” Rainbow Dash shakes with excitement “I still can’t believe it, and Firefly will teach me some new tricks.” Celestia smiles and say “when I told the wonder bolts that there will be a branch with Firefly as its leader they all want to be part of it.” Shooting Star said “You will talk to them in person in a little bit Rainbow Dash, just try not to act too excited. You are Firefly second in the Wonder bolts now.” Spitfire said “when I met you the first time I knew you would be a wonder bolt someday; I am a bit jealous you’re not serving under me.” Medley walked up and handed Rainbow Dash her helmet and said “don’t forget this.” Rainbow dash smiled “ok, Medley” Firefly starts to laugh until Medley handed Firefly her helmet. Firefly bashfully said “thanks Medley.” Celestia said “We should get going, important ponies are waiting.” Then they all walked through the portal to Canterlot. They spent most of the day in meetings and handling matter of the state. They talked to the senate and the royal court of each kingdom. Then they talked with reporters from each paper. Finally they had meetings about unified policies on laws and enforcement, and trade. The day was boring and drawn out but it needed to get done. After the said meeting they had a late lunch. Shooting star said “if any pony knew that ruling means that you have to sit in boring long meeting and argue with ponies that don’t know what they are talking about, nopony would want to rule.” Twilight said “I am sure it will get better as time go on.” All the other ponies looked at her and remember when they believed that. Cadence put her wing over Twilight “Twilight I will be nicer to you than Celestia was to me. This is your honeymoon period where everything is at its best. From here on it will only get worst. But don’t get me wrong, this is the most meeting I have had in one day.” Shooting star said “well because we’re new to the nobles of the kingdoms they didn’t know what to expect. So Celestia use us to get a unified policy approved. I would have done the same if I was her.” Celestia added “the nobles can be a bit… difficult at times. So sometimes you need to use tricks to point them in the right direction. And we needed to take care of matters while we are all here.” Shooting star asked “what are we doing after we are done here?” Celestia looked at her list “it looks like we are giving awards to the ponies that act heroically after the change of the land.” Shooting star smiled “Finally we get to do the fun part. It is always nice to give awards. What’s after that a meet and greet with the Royal Guards.” Celestia nodded and smiled “that is right. And after that we have free time before the ball tonight.” Shooting star hugged Celestia “I love you sister. You put my three favorite activities right after each other.” Then after they finished lunch they had Nyx give the awards. Then they met the guards. Finally they rested in the royal quarters. All the royal ponies were lying on oversized cushions that were sat around the Royal Quarters. Cadence kicked off her shoes and said “I am so glad to get off my feet. I don’t know about you but I will take a long soak in the bath.” Celestia sighed “I will get a full body massage.” Twilight pulled out a book “I will finish this book I am reading.” Luna said “I think I would play Wonder bots racing 3, I got it yesterday and haven’t got to play it yet.” Nyx ran over to Luna “can I play with you.” Luna just levitated a controller over to her and smiled. Shooting Star smiled “I think I will take a shower and take a nip. Maybe I will even play a game of chess.” Shining Armor said “a shower and a nip sound great for me also.” The Royal Ponies spent the rest of the last afternoon and early evening resting and getting ready for the ball. Shooting Star and twilight is waiting outside of the ballroom. Shooting Star looks over at Twilight. “That dress looks good on you, Princess.” As he said it he did a little bow and wink at her. Twilight smile even if it was a bit dorky, it made her feel good. Twilight looked at Shooting Star “you don’t look that bad in that tux either.” Shooting Star laughed “I can make anything look good.” Twilight smile “I never said you look good I said you don’t look that bad.” Shooting star put on a charming smile “we both know you think I am sexy. I saw how you were looking at my flank earlier.” Twilight hit Shooting Star in the back of the head “well we are next to be introduced in the ball.” Celestia was at the bottom of the stairs as she introduced the Royal ponies to the room. “Let me introduce my long absent Brother Prince Shooting Star and my beloved Student Princess Twilight Sparkle the Rulers of the southern island of Equestria.” When shooting Star and Twilight reach the bottom of the stairs Celestia thank the ponies for their time and went to talk with the noble ponies. Fancy pants walked up with Nyx to Shooting Star “Fancy Pants, this is Shooting Star. Shooting Star, this is Fancy Pants. Fancy Pants shook hooves with Shooting Star. “It is an honor to meet you Prince shooting Star. I have always been fascinated by the Stories about you.” “I am glad my stories amused you.” Shooting Star said. “I read about how you helped every pony after the Discord event 1000 years ago.” Fancy pants said “Yes I did what I could to help. But there were some ponies that did what they can to take advantage of other ponies.” Shooting Star Prince Blueblood walked up “what is wrong with looking out for one’s self?” Shooting star answered “nothing is wrong with it if you don’t hurt anypony as a result.” Prince Blueblood laughed “Ah ah that is funny; you can’t get far in life without stepping on those below you.” Shooting star smiled “I got to be a ruler of Equestria without stepping on those below me.” Prince Blueblood acted cocky “you are a ruler because your sister appointed you as one.” Nyx’s horn started to glow Shooting Star looked at her and shook his head and Nyx stopped. Shooting star “I see you haven’t read the history of this land. I was the great Military leader that kept the different types of ponies from fight with each other. I was a ruler before you’re your 45 X great grandfather was born. I was appointed by no one. I earned everything I have.” Prince Blueblood argued “if you were so great how come you were trapped in a curse all those years.” Nyx said “he wasn’t. He was looking for an answer to a problem that endangered all of Equestria.” Prince Blueblood said “this doesn’t prove that you should me a ruler of Equestria.” Shooting star asked “I get the feeling you think you should be a leader?” Prince Blueblood said “my Family is the older noble family in Equestria.” Shooting Star asked “Did your family restore order, and rebuilt all the towns in Equestria after Discord was gone?” Prince Blueblood said “no but you didn’t do that.” Celestia walked up “yes he did. He was out there every day building new houses and planting food. He worked harder than any other pony. He was loved by the ponies and hated by the nobles.” Prince Blueblood said “well auntie, you should have made me a ruler. I am so much better than him.” Celestia said “Prince Blueblood no one would respect you. You are an idiot. And you prove it by picking a fight with Shooting Star. He still could order the guards to kill you and they would.” Prince Blueblood said “they wouldn’t. I am a noble.” Firefly landed next to Shooting Star “Shooting Star, would you like us take him to jail.” As she says that a large group of guards fly and walk up. Celestia smiled “I think you should go home. It looks like you overstay your welcome.” Prince Blueblood asked “shouldn’t you tell them to stay away.” Celestia explained “well since Shooting Star is back the guards are under his control. He did start them and I never took them over. I was just keeping an eye on them for him.” Prince Blueblood begged “Shooting star helps me.” Shooting Star ordered ”Firefly would you help Prince Blueblood find the door.” Firefly smiled and the guards grabbed Prince Blueblood and take him to the door. Shooting star asked “is his Name Prince or is it his Title?” Celestia answered “it is his name. Don’t worry, we are not related. Shooting star sighed “that is a relief. Twilight do you want some punch” Twilight bowed “that would be great, thank you My Dear Prince.” Celestia added “some punch would be delightful.” Shooting Star smiled “Wait here and I will get some punch for you.” “I will help.” Fancy pants offered. Shooting Star and Fancy pants went to the punch bowl. Celestia asked “how is it working with my brother?” Twilight replied “he is great to work with. But I feel he take it too easy. He seems too laid back about his work.” Celestia knowing she is guilty of ponies viewing her the same way. “He has been doing it for over 1000 years. He might have been doing it so long that it looks as he is laid back. When he is just comfortable doing it.” Twilight smile “I guess so.” Shooting star walked up levitating the drinks. “Well Fancy pants got swarmed by ponies and couldn’t get away.” Twilight smile “That is too bad.” Twilight enjoyed Fancy Pants but she rather talk with ponies she knew better. Shooting Star smile “Should we mingle a bit. We are the royal family and we should grace them with our presence.” Celestia Smile “yes there are so many ponies asking about you Twilight.” With that Celestia took Twilight to meet them. Shooting Star was Left with Nyx and four cups of punch “would you like some Punch my Dear Princess Nyx.” Nyx Bowed and said “I would be honored Dear Prince Shooting Star.” Then they both laugh. They drank some punch. Looking around the room “I am not looking forward to talking to any of those ponies.” Shooting Star said taking another Drink of punch. “Well they still see me as Nightmare Moon, so I think I will go and spend the rest of the night with Rainbow Dash and Firefly.” Nyx said as she took a drink of Punch. Shooting Star doesn’t blame her for wanting to do that. “I wish I could join you. But I have to do my Royal Duty to smile and portend I want to talk to Stuff Shirts and Bores.” “Have fun with that.” With that Nyx ran off. Through the rest of the night Twilight kept watching Shooting Star. She didn’t mean to but her eyes kept going to him. Toward the end of the night Twilight saw Shooting star went outside and she wondered where he was going. So she followed him and he went out into the garden and talked with Luna. Luna laughed and push Shooting star. Cadence walked up to Twilight as she watched them. Cadence Laughed and said “Isn’t it great to see Luna Smile like that. Remind me of how you smile when you talk with your brother. I will tell you this, I am jealous of you and Luna. You two have brothers that you can smile and joke with. Shooting star smiles and you can see he tries to make every pony feel special. He is like your brother in that way. So don’t fall for him too fast, your brother isn’t ready to lose you yet.” Twilight blushed and said “We are not like that, we are just friends.” Cadence laughed “it looks like it is too late” Twilight got on her hind legs and started to kicking at Cadence. Cadence ran away and Twilight ran after her. Shooting and Luna laughed at them until they heard a Noble Unicorn Pony said “it is disgraceful how they are acting. I am glad they are not our Princesses.” Shooting Star walk up to him with his wings up and said “I think it is wonderful that they could let themselves go and enjoy themselves like that.” Luna is behind Shooting star with her wings up “I agree with my Brother. There is nothing disgraceful about how my niece and my friend Twilight’s actions.” The noble unicorns bow and walk away. Celestia walks up and said “it is good to see you still stand up for those you like. But you grow up since 1000 year ago. I know you didn’t want to come because you brought Rainbow Dash and Firefly. By the way great chooses.” Shooting Star sighed “Yes, I didn’t want to come. I don’t like how we were back then, and I was afraid if I came here we would start to act the way we were back then.” Celestia asked “Was I that bad back then?” Shooting Star smile “worst!!” They Smiled then watch Twilight and Cadence play. The Rest of the ball was uneventful. After the ball All the Royal Ponies were in the Royal Quarters. Nyx was happily sleeping next to Celestia on an oversized Cushion. All the other Ponies were sat on their own cushion chatting about the Ball and the day. Twilight looked at the Clock and said “it is getting late; we should go back Nyx should Sleep in her own Bed and I want to get Back to my research.” Celestia didn’t want it to end, but it is getting late. “I should get to bed also. Twilight and Shooting Star and also Shining Armor and Cadence we need to do this again. I had fun.” All the ponies agreed, hugged, and said their “goodbyes.” Twilight put the Sleeping Nyx on her back. Then Shooting Star, Twilight, Nyx, Firefly and Rainbow Dash went home. When they got back Twilight hand Nyx over to Nurse’s Corners and Shooting Star when to get a late night snack. Rainbow Dash Looked out the window and said “we should go on a late night flight, it feels good to have the night air under your wings. Firefly smile and said “great idea, twilight you’re coming and we will not take no as an answer.” So twilight agreed. There is no way they would let her off. Rainbow Dash alone made it impossible but Firefly was more powerful being the head of the guard. So they went for a flight.