face and laughed nervously. “Riiiiight um so, Shining, could you be my bouncer? Now that I’ve advertised free treats, I need you to make sure only people I actually invited show up. Think you could do that for me BBBFF?”Now, as for how Twilight regathered a bunch of ponies who had just been spooked by a bomb-threat back into the town hall, I'm afraid the answer is quite run of the mill. She bribed them. She had awkwardly flown up onto the town hall roof, and announced to the masses, "Those of you who are part of the Anti-Shipping Convention, please regather in the town hall in twenty minutes. Sugarcube Corner will be providing free snacks, and not those wimpy half-assed snacks you usually find at conventions either: There will be cake and actually decent coffee and yummy donuts and stuff. So please regather; the convention will resume in twenty minutes.''
After she landed back on the ground, she was approached by a worried Pinkie Pie. "Twilight!" the mare said, "What the heck? We can't afford to just give away free food willy-nilly!"
While Twilight wanted to say something like "That never stops you from throwing parties, does it?" instead she smiled and said "Oh no, of course Pinkie. I have a royal catering stipend I'll pay you from. Sound good?"
"Okie-Dokie-Norse God, Twilight!" Pinkie replied, and cheerfully hopped away to Sugarcube Corner to start gathering food.
Twilight spotted her brother and his wife making out in an alleyway. Gross. “Ewww, guys, stopped necking. Get a room for goodness sake.
“Oh, hi Twilight,” Cadance said cheerfully while her husband continued to stick his tongue in her ear, “wanna join us? There’s room for one more.”
Twilight blanched. “1). Cadance, you are disgusting. 2). I can never tell how serious you are being, given I know for a fact for reasons I wish I could forget that you are kinky as Tartarus, and that’s creepy. 3). That joke is overused and too easy and you know it. I’m dissappointed Cadance. I expected more from you.”
Cadance looked crestfallen. “You’re right. ‘I’m disappointed Cadance. I expected more from you.’ must run in the family, because Shiny said same exactly thing last night in bed.”
Shining removed his tongue from her ear and glared. “Hey you’re taking my words completely out of context. I didn’t realize those eggs would break so easily.”
Twilight made a face and laughed nervously. “Riiiiight um so, Shining, could you be my bouncer? Now that I’ve advertised free treats, I need you to make sure only people I actually invited show up. Think you could do that for me BBBFF?”
Shining perked up. “Oh, of course Twily. Just give me the list of ships, and I’ll do the rest.” Turning to Cadance, he whispered, “You’re mine tonight. Meet in the clocktower at midnight and I’ll really ring your bell. If you know what I mean.”
Cadance tittered and pecked him on the cheek. “Yes, I know what you mean. Now go help Twilight with her little shipfest. I’ll be mingling in the crowd checking on how the REAL couples are doing. Might as well do some relationship counselling since I’m there, right?”
Twilight smiled. “Thanks Bro. Thanks Sis-in-Law!”
The three of them parted ways.
...Meanwhile, at the front of a line in Canterlot Castle...
''Please Princess,'' Super Trampoline pleaded, ''You gotta help me! Your 'faithful student' Twilight threatened to kidnap me. I only wrote those stupid ships for fun. She's taking them entirely too seriously though!''
Celestia raised one eyebrow in puzzlement. ''My little pony, while I respect your concern, I believe YOU to be the one overreacting. Twilight would never do such a thing. I sent my sister Luna there to represent herself and I, and I believe that she shall see to it that no crazy shenanigans occur. She is after all, quite level headed,'' the princess added with a wink.
Super gulped. He was doomed.
''Oh, by the way,'' the princess said, leaning in close to the author's ear conspiratorially, ''Don't tell anypony else, but I personally enjoy your ships. The one with Rainbow Dash and the Star Wars opening crawl was especially clever."
Super smiled. "Your secret is safe with me, Princess."