Earlier today, Applejack asked for the assistance of Twilight and I in harvesting some apples. As we were walking back to the barn, apples in tow, AJ spoke up. “Thank you kindly, guys, for helping me out. I bet Big McIntosh I could get all these golden deliciouses in the barn by lunchtime. If I win, he’s gonna walk down Stirrup Street in one of Granny’s girdles.” I smile at the thought of that.
“No problem at all Applejack.” Twilight responded. “I’m glad the goal is lunchtime. All this hard work is making me hungry.” Spike was sitting on top of Twilight’s back, tossing apples out, looking for a good one.
Suddenly a loud rumble was heard, shaking everything nearby as the ponies struggle to stand up. “Good gracious! What was that!” AJ yelled when the rumbling stopped.
I just pat my stomach, and give a slight smile. “Sorry, I guess I’m getting hungry too.” The ponies just sigh and shake their heads, and we continue walking. And Spike continues looking for a good apple.
“Yeah, I’m getting pretty hungry myself.” Spike responds, accidentally throwing an apple at Twilight’s head.
“Spike, you haven’t done anything productive today.” I stated.
“You’ve just been lounging on my back all morning while we worked.” Twilight continued.
“Exactly.” Spike responds. “You three are taking so long, I missed snack time.”
Right after he said that, Twilight’s stomach growled. I just sighed and shook my head. ‘Even being in this universe for an entire year hasn’t changed what will happen much.’ I thought to myself.
I pull myself out of my thoughts, to see Spike devouring a big apple, and Twilight getting angry at him. I let out a small smile at Spike’s antics, before he burps up a letter that I have a good feeling is gonna cause lots of chaos. ‘If only my friend was here, he would have loved to see the chaos caused by that letter. Distan always did love chaos. I wonder how he’s doing?’ I suddenly became more depressed than usual at the thought of my family and best friend.
I look up to see Spike holding two golden tickets. I chuckle at the thought of one pony singing ‘I have a golden ticket!’ from Willy Wonka. AJ speaks up after Twilight mentioned a dance. “Nice? It’s a heap good more than just nice. I’d love to go.” As AJ is talking, I feel a thought bubble coming up.
“Land’s sakes! If I had an apple stand set up, ponies would be chawing our tasty vittles ‘till the cows came home.” Man, thought bubbles are weird. “Do you have any idea how much business I could drum up for Sweet Apple Acres? Why, with all that money, we could do a heap of fixin’ up ‘round here. We could replace that saggy, old roof. And Big McIntosh could replace that saggy, old plow. And Granny Smith could replace that saggy, old hip. Why, I’d give my left hind leg to go to that Gala.” I cringe at the thought of what would happen if AJ did do that, then found out that she would get very little profits.
After AJ was done fantasizing, Twilight walked up to her. “Oh. Well, in that case, would you like to…” She didn’t finish as Rainbow came falling down. I looked up to notice she somehow fell much higher than she slept.
“Are we talking about the Grand Galloping Gala?” Rainbow said after landing on top of AJ and Twilight.
“Rainbow Dash! You told me you were too busy to help me harvest apples. What were you busy doing? Spying?” AJ accused.
“No. I was busy napping.” Rainbow replied.
“That actually is a very valid excuse.” I pointed out, while AJ rolled her eyes.
Rainbow suddenly flew up into the air and flipped, looking at Twilight upside down. “And I just happened to hear that you have an extra ticket?”
“Yeah, but…” Twilight tried to speak, but Rainbow interrupted.
“Yes! This is so awesome!” Rainbow landed on the ground after doing a flip. “The Wonderbolts perform at the Grand Galloping Gala every year.” Rainbow started forming a thought bubble. “I can see it now. Everyone would be watching the sky, their eyes riveted on the Wonderbolts.” She said ‘everyone’ instead of ‘everypony.’ “But then, in would fly...Rainbow Dash! I would draw their attention with my Super-Speed Strut. Then I would mesmerize them with my Fantastic Filly Flash! And for my grand finale, The Buccaneer Blaze.” When the imaginary Rainbow Dash did that, I for some reason couldn’t see being done. Almost like in the show. “The ponies would go wild! The Wonderbolts would insist that my signature moves be incorporated into their routine. And then welcome me as their newest member.”
As the flashback ended, I went into my thoughts to figure out why I couldn’t see the Buccaneer Blaze. I had some theories, but it’s probably because it’s her thought bubble, so I couldn’t get the full picture. I’m still a bit surprised that I can see thought bubbles. ‘Probably has something to due with the fact that I have every kind of possible vision. I’m forced to see x-ray, night-vision, and many others all combined at the same time ever since I got my powers.’ I snap out of my thoughts again after hearing Twilight ask me something.
“What about you Connor? Why would you want to go to the Gala?” I gave her a confused look.
“What makes you think I want to go to the Grand Galloping Gala?” The three ponies all looked shocked at that statement.
“Don’t you have some dream or whatever that could be accomplished by going to the Gala.” Twilight asked.
“I haven’t had a dream since I got my powers. And no I don’t really want to go to the Gala. It’s full of a bunch of stuck up snobs who care only for themselves.” I said with a bit of disgust. But right after I said that, a miniature portal opened right in front of my face. Before I could do anything though, a scroll came flying out of it, and dove straight into my left eye. As I kneeled down in pain, I quickly removed the scroll from my eye so my eye could heal, then I shook the blood off the scroll, and unfurled it.
“What’s it say?” Twilight asked, after noticing my face go pale.
“It says I’m invited to the Grand Galloping Gala, I only get one ticket, and I am actually forced to go.” After saying this, I held up the golden ticket to show them. “Well, I guess I have to go to the Gala then.” I put the ticket away in my pocket universe, before I heard AJ and Rainbow start pestering Twilight for the ticket.
They stopped when Twilight’s stomach growled. She gave a nervous laugh, before speaking again. “Listen to that. I am starving. I don’t know about you, but I can’t make important decisions on an empty stomach. So I’ll, uh, think about it over lunch and get back to you two, okay?” Spike jumped of Twilight’s back, who started to walk away. I decided to follow her.
After a few minutes of quiet walking back into Ponyville, I decided to speak up first. “So, I know of a good restaurant that opened a few weeks ago. Never had the chance to check it out. Would you two like to accompany me to lunch? I’m paying.” Twilight’s stomach growled at that.
“I would love to, but I couldn’t ask for you to pay for both me and Spike.” Twilight responded.
“It’s no problem at all. I have enough money to afford lunch for the three of us, and it’s no setback.” With that, I managed to convince Twilight about letting me pay for it. It would feel wrong having her pay for it, because of what’s going to happen to her later today.
After another minute of walking quietly, Spike decided to ask the question. “So, who are you gonna give the ticket to, Twilight?”
“I don’t know, Spike, but I really can’t think straight when I’m hungry.” We started to pass by Sugarcube Corner, where I quickly braced for what is about to happen.
Just as I remembered, Pinkie Pie just jumped straight out of the door and crashed into Twilight and Spike, who let go of the tickets, and they fall onto Pinkie’s face, who promptly freaks out. “AAH! Bats! Bats on my face! Help! Wait! These aren’t… Tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala?!” I decided to deactivate my brain so I wouldn’t have to hear Pinkie’s song. Sure she has some good songs, but I never did like this song.
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“What’s Connor doing?” I asked out loud after the other ponies left. Spike and I looked at Connor, who while during all of our talking with our other friends, remained completely still and quiet. He just kept looking forward with no emotion in his eyes. Spike jumped on my back, and standing up began to snap his hooves...er...claws in front of his face. After three snaps, Connor blinked and shook his head.
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As my brain rebooted, I heard a snapping sound, and as I blinked to start processing data, I saw Spike’s claw snapping in front of my face. I shook my head and noticed the other ponies were gone now. I gave a small smirk before looking down at a relieved Twilight. “So, what did I miss?” She gave an annoyed groan before we continued walking again.
After yet a couple more minutes, we arrived at the restaurant, and found a seat. While we were waiting for the waiter, Twilight began talking. “Aw Spike, what am I gonna do? Five of my best friends have really good reasons to go to the Gala.” She began to pull petals of the centerpiece. “Applejack or Rainbow Dash? Pinkie Pie or Fluttershy? Rarity? Oh, who should go with me?” She ate the petals she blew off, leaving one petal stuck on her face.
“Have you made your decision?” The waiter asked after walking up to the table.
“I CAN’T DECIDE!” Twilight yelled, attracting the attention of everyone in the vicinity.
“Twilight, he just wants to take your order.” Spike stated.
“Oh.” Twilight realized. “I would love a daffodil-and-daisy sandwich.” The waiter nodded before turning to me.
“I would like a medium-rare steak please.” Twilight’s face turned green and she gagged, and Spike just looked surprised. I’m really glad this place has carnivore food too.
The waiter turned to face Spike. “Do you have any rubies?” The waiter just gave him a look. “Okay. I’ll have the hay fries. Extra crispy.” The waiter walked away to get our orders.
“Connor!” Twilight yelled at me. “How could you eat meat like that! You’ll get sick!” I gave her a confused look for a second before realizing what she was talking about.
“Um Twilight? What do you think these are for?” I opened my mouth and flicked one of my top canines a few times.
“What are you talking abo…” She realized what I was getting at. “YOU EAT CREATURES!” She yelled, yet again attracting the attention of all the ponies nearby.
“Yes I eat creatures. I’m an omnivore, I NEED meat. It gives me protein. Besides Spike can eat meat too.” I pointed to his sharp canines.
“Why would Spike eat meat!” Twilight was a little angry now.
“Because dragons are supposed to eat meat. Why do you think Spike looks like a baby? Because he’s unhealthy. He should be around my height at least if he was eating healthy.” Spike had a small smile on his face, but Twilight was still angry.
“So you’re saying that if I eat meat, I can get bigger!” He puffed his chest out as he said this.
“You should. I’m surprised you’re still alive if you haven’t eaten meat before. I guess the gems are one of the only reasons you’re still alive.” I chuckled a bit. “I have been to many universes ever since I’ve gotten my powers, and I have never seen a dragon survive without meat.”
“Really! You’ve seen other dragons?” Spike asked excitedly.
“Yep.” I nodded. “I’ve met an annoying purple space dragon that lead an attack that wiped out an entire human colony. I’ve met a dragon that was sent forward in time and started eating people’s souls. I’ve met a greedy dragon that took over a kingdom in a mountain for it's gold. I’ve met a kind and caring dragon that has retractable teeth. I’ve even met a dragon whose weakness was crickets and tried to convince a good friend of mine to fall into three rather obvious traps.” Spike looked very eager at the mention of all these other dragons.
Before anyone could say anything else, our food came and Spike and I dug into our respective dishes. After completely devouring my meal in one bite, I noticed all the ponies nearby running into the building. I just sighed, and created an umbrella using Cosmic energy.
Right after I made the umbrella, it started raining. I noticed Rainbow sitting above the clouds, purposely making a hole in it. I decided to wait to put the umbrella up on the table. I waited until Rainbow was about to close the hole, then I quickly put up the umbrella, preventing us from getting rained on.
Unfortunately for both me and Twilight, I seemed to be ionized from when I got my powers, so some lightning struck the umbrella, breaking it and drenching us in water. After a second, Rarity came along.
“Twilight! It’s raining.” She stated, which caused Twilight to reply sarcastically. I chuckled a bit, thinking about how the rain might affect a pony, but I’m immune to any disease that’s not Cosmic.I blink, and I’m suddenly in the Carousel Boutique with Spike, Twilight, and Rarity.
As Twilight shakes the water off of her and onto Rarity, I just increase my body temperature high enough to completely evaporate the water, and the steam it turned into. When I was dry, I just turned my temperature back to normal. When Rarity screamed ‘makeovers’, I caught Spike before he hit the wall, and we shared a look of fear as we heard power tools being used.
After Rarity was done with Twilight, she started to do Spike, who looked at me with fear before he got pulled behind the curtain-thingy. While that was happening, I had the tendrils in my back come out, and attach me to the ceiling. Good thing I did this too, because when Spike was freed, Rarity tried to grab me. Luckily, I was high enough to be out of her reach. But then she used her magic to pull my tendrils out of the ceiling, and over to the curtain-thingy.
I managed to escape her grasp before she could try anything, and I grabbed Spike, who had pulled off the stupid clothes, before running out of the building. After we escaped, I put down Spike, before taking a breath. “So, wanna go see some dragons in other universes?” Spike nodded rapidly at the idea. I picked him up before creating a portal in front of me and jumping in.
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After nearly escaping Zebes with our lives, Spike and I jumped out of another portal just in time to save Twilight from the horde of ponies. Spike climbed onto Twilight before asking the million-dollar question; “What are we gonna do?”
“We’re gonna RUN!” After she said that, we booked it out of there, running around town for several minutes before we got cornered. I noticed Twilight’s horn glowing, so I closed my eyes so I wouldn’t be temporarily blinded. When I opened them again, I found a bunch of angry ponies staring at me in anger, wanting to know where ‘their ticket’ is.
I looked around noticing that there wasn’t enough room for a portal. I quickly turned around, and ran up a wall, before climbing on top of it, running across roofs, avoiding angry ponies. I ran for a few minutes, before stopping on the edge of one of Ponyville’s tallest buildings. I looked over the edge, knowing that my legs would break if I jumped, giving the ponies enough time to stop me from running again. I heard some growling behind me, and I turned around to see a giant group of ponies slowly walking towards me, as if they were rabid wolves. All the while, they were growling about the location of ‘their ticket’. I gulped, taking a step back, before I quickly removed my foot from the air behind me.
As they were getting closer, I could hear them say, ‘there’s nowhere to run.’ As I was thinking of a way to escape this scenario, I heard a familiar sound. I looked to my right, to see an eagle, flying around the top of the building. I looked down at my feet, noticing a small amount of straw at my feet. I gave a small smile, before falling backwards off the building, hearing all the ponies gasp and run to the edge to see me fall. I flipped in mid-air, and right before I hit the ground, I created a portal, which I fell through.
After falling through the portal, I arrived at the library, landing on my feet. I looked to see Rainbow dancing in mid-air about getting the ticket. Although after getting glares from the other ponies, Rainbow stopped dancing, and withdrawn her stake on the ticket.
AJ calmed Twilight down, talking about gung-ho or whatever. After that, they all said ‘sorry’ at the same time. Spike was then asked to write a letter to Celestia about how sharing is communism caring. Then I was forcibly pulled into another group hug.
A few minutes later, we were all walking out of the library, everyone else holding their tickets by magic. I just sighed, before watching Spike run by me with a smile on his face.